Helmond Sport is a professional 2nd tier Dutch football league system Eerste Divisie

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club based in the city of

Helmond Helmond (; called ''Héllemond'' in the local dialect) is a city and municipality in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant in the Southern Netherlands. Helmond is home to several textile and metal companies. The Vlisco fa ...

, North Brabant, Netherlands. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, now bankrupt.

History

The club was founded in 1967, after the professional license was taken over from RKSV Helmondia '55 in order to retain professional football in Helmond. Helmond Sport started in the

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. After a year, the club was promoted to the First Division after a successful conclusion to the promotion matches against Fortuna Vlaardingen and SC Veendam. In 1982, the team were promoted to the Eredivisie. There, they would play for two seasons, before relegation return to the Eerste Divisie. The first season return in the Eerste Divisie Helmond Sport reached the

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, losing to

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in injury time. Helmond Sport was close to promotion to the Eredivisie in the play-offs of the 2004–05 season. They came up 1–0 against Sparta due to a 59th minute

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goal, but in the last 20 minutes

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(73') and

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(90+1') scored 1–1 and 1–2; Sparta was promoted instead. Helmond finished 3rd in the 2010–11 season but were beaten in the promotion play-off final to the Eredivisie.

Honours

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** Runners-up: 1985 * Eerste Divisie ** Winner: 1982 * Promoted to Eerste Divisie ** Promotion: 1968 ImageSize = width:800 height:60 PlotArea = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1990 till:01/01/2024 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1990 Colors = id:bl1 value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3) id:bl2 value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) id:rs value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0.6) id:rn value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1) PlotData= bar:Position width:15 color:white align:center from:01/01/1990 till:01/01/1991 shift:(0,-4) text:6 from:01/01/1991 till:01/01/1992 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/01/1992 till:01/01/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/01/1993 till:01/01/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/01/1994 till:01/01/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/01/1995 till:01/01/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:18 from:01/01/1996 till:01/01/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/01/1997 till:01/01/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/01/1998 till:01/01/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/01/1999 till:01/01/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/01/2000 till:01/01/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/01/2001 till:01/01/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/01/2002 till:01/01/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/01/2003 till:01/01/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/01/2004 till:01/01/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:6 from:01/01/2005 till:01/01/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/01/2006 till:01/01/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:19 from:01/01/2007 till:01/01/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/01/2008 till:01/01/2009 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/01/2009 till:01/01/2010 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/01/2010 till:01/01/2011 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/01/2011 till:01/01/2012 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/01/2012 till:01/01/2013 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/01/2013 till:01/01/2014 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/01/2014 till:01/01/2015 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/01/2015 till:01/01/2016 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/01/2016 till:01/01/2017 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/01/2017 till:01/01/2018 shift:(0,-4) text:19 from:01/01/2018 till:01/01/2019 shift:(0,-4) text:20 from:01/01/2019 till:01/01/2020 shift:(0,-4) text:20 from:01/01/2020 till:01/01/2021 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/01/2021 till:01/01/2022 shift:(0,-4) text:20 from:01/01/2022 till:01/01/2023 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/01/2023 till:01/01/2024 shift:(0,-4) text:11 from:01/01/1990 till:01/01/2024 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: " Eerste Divisie"

Domestic results

Below is a table with Helmond Sport's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Current squad

Management

Former managers

* Frans Debruijn (1967–1968) * Jacques de Wit (1968–1972) * René van Eck (1972–1974) *

Co Prins Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus "Co" Prins (5 June 1938 – 26 September 1987) was a Dutch former association football player. He played 184 matches for football club Ajax Amsterdam from 1959 to 1966 where he scored 60 goals. He played for the Germ ...

(a.i.) (1974) * Evert Mur (1974–75) *

Ron Dellow Ron Dellow (13 July 1914 – 7 November 2013) was an English footballer and coach. As a player, he was a right-winger who began his professional career at Blackburn Rovers, and later played for Mansfield Town, Manchester City and Tranmere Rovers ...

(1975–77) * Harrie van Tuel (1977–1978) * Jacques de Wit (1978–1979) *

Jan Notermans Willem II may refer to: People *William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands *William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands Other uses *Willem II (football club) Wille ...

(1979–83) * Jan Brouwer (1983–86) * Jo Jansen (1986–87) *

Theo Laseroms Matheus Wilhelmus Theodorus "Theo" Laseroms (8 March 1940 – 25 April 1991) was a Dutch football defender who made a name for himself when he played for Feijenoord. He gained six caps for the Netherlands national team. Club career Laseroms ...

(1987–88) * Dick Buitelaar (1988–89) *

Frans Körver Frans Körver (born 31 July 1937) is a Dutch former professional football player and manager. Career During the 1980s and 1990s, Körver guided five Dutch league teams to six promotions from the Eerste Divisie to the Eredivisie - FC Wageningen, ...

(1989–92) * Henk Rayer (1992–93) *

Louis Coolen Louis Coolen (born 12 January 1952 in Nuenen) is a Dutch football manager and retired player who works as an advisor to the board at Helmond Sport. Playing career During his playing career he played for PSV, Helmond Sport and RKSV Nuenen. Coac ...

(a.i.) (1993) * Adrie Koster (1993–95) *

Jan Pruijn Jan Pruijn (born 12 October 1958) is a Dutch football coach. As a footballer, Jan Pruijn only played amateur football, playing in the Hoofdklasse the 2nd highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands. In 1985, he became the coach of De ...

(1995–96) *

Willem Leushuis Willem Leushuis ( Eindhoven, 18 March 1952) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer. Career Footballer Willem Leushuis played for FC Wageningen, FC Den Bosch, and FC Eindhoven in the Netherlands and for AS Verbroederin ...

(a.i.) (1996) *

(1996–01) * Mario Verlijsdonk (2001–02) * Jan van Dijk (2002–04) *

Ruud Brood Ruud Brood (born 19 October 1962) is a Dutch football manager who last managed ADO Den Haag, and he is a former player. Football career Player Brood was born in Gorinchem. After joining the Feyenoord youth academy from hometown amateur side Uni ...

(2004–06) *

Gerald Vanenburg Gerald Mervin Vanenburg (born 5 March 1964) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He amassed Eredivisie totals of 372 games and 112 goals for Ajax and PSV combined, winning fifteen major titles between the two ...

(2006–07) * Mario Verlijsdonk (a.i.) (2007) *

Jan Poortvliet Jan Poortvliet (; born 21 September 1955) is a Dutch professional football coach and a former player who played as a left-back. He works as the coach of the Under-18 squad of FC Eindhoven He represented the Netherlands national team at the 1 ...

(2007–08) *

Jurgen Streppel Jurgen Streppel (born 25 June 1969) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, who is the current technical director of Helmond Sport. Playing career Born in Voorst, Streppel began his professional career in 1990 as a midfielder ...

(2008–11) * Hans de Koning (2011–12) * Eric Meijers (2012–13) * Mario Verlijsdonk (a.i.) (2013) * Jan van Dijk (2013–16) * Remond Strijbosch (a.i.) (2016) *

Roy Hendriksen Roy Pierre Vernond Hendriksen (born 21 January 1969) is a Dutch professional football manager, coach and former player. During his 16-year playing career he played Eredivisie football with SC Cambuur, before retiring in 2007 and entering managem ...

(2016–18) *

Rob Alflen Rob Alflen (born 7 May 1968) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is the assistant manager of Dutch Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard. Playing career Club Alflen was born in Utrecht. He played for FC Utrecht, Ajax Amsterdam, Vites ...

(2018–19) *

Wil Boessen Wil Boessen (born 3 May 1964) is a Dutch retired football player and now manager, who currently is in charge of Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport. Club career Born in Sittard, Boessen played a large part of his career for local side Fortuna Sit ...

(2019–22) * Sven Swinnen (2022) * Tim Bakens (a.i.) (2022) *

Bob Peeters Bob Peeters (born 10 January 1974) is a Belgian football manager and former player currently manager of Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport. Club career Lierse Noted for his large stature, measuring 1.96 m, Peeters grew up in Wommelgem, Antwerp ...

(2022–24) * Adrie Bogers (a.i.) (2024) * Kevin Hofland (2024–present)

References

External links

* {{Eerste Divisie Association football clubs established in 1967 1967 establishments in the Netherlands Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Helmond Helmond Sport seasons