HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the

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in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the

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, losing to

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of the

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. Haarlem was declared bankrupt on 25 January 2010, and excluded from professional football with immediate effect. Haarlem played its last professional match on 22 January 2010, a 3–0 away loss to

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. In April 2010, three months after its exclusion from professional football, HFC Haarlem completed a fusion with amateur

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club HFC Kennemerland, the new club being named

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. The team played in

A Saturday Division, West District I in its debut season.

History

The club was founded on 1 October 1889. Haarlem won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five

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finals, winning in 1902 and 1912 and losing in 1911, 1914 and 1950. Haarlem won the title in the

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in 1972, 1976 and 1981. In 1982, HFC Haarlem, featuring a young

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, qualified for

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football, in which they were eliminated by

in the second round (the match hosted by Spartak is known in Russia because of the

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that occurred in the stadium after the game). In 1990, Haarlem was relegated to the

again, in which they played until 25 January 2010.

Ajax partnership

On 10 August 2009, Haarlem and

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announced a partnership. They decided Ajax would loan 1 to 4 players to Haarlem every season, it also meant Ajax would get a say in Haarlem-transfers, and would deploy employees to Haarlem, Cock Jol, brother of Martin Jol supervised the Ajax-Haarlem project.

Bankruptcy

On 25 January 2010, however, Haarlem was declared bankrupt and was thus according to Dutch league rules excluded from competition, with all its previous results in the ongoing competition expunged. The club in its current form ceased to exist, with all its players (and staff) becoming

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s. In February 2010, HFC Haarlem was reinstated as a new amateur club, who also took the naming and logo rights from the old version. This club then started talks for a potential merger with amateur

Haarlem-based side HFC Kennemerland, which was announced to have been completed on 27 April; the new club will be called

, and will play home games at

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, thus continuing the legacy of the old HFC Haarlem.

Honours

** Winner: 1946 * KNVB Cup ** Winner: 1902, 1912 ** Runners-up: 1911, 1914, 1950 *

** Winner: 1972, 1976, 1981 *

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** Winner: 1961, 1963, 1967 * Promoted to

** Promotion: 1969

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Results

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Former players

* Bert Aipassa * Bernard Quainoo * Ron van Niekerk *

Player records

Historical list of coaches

This is the list of coaches of HFC Haarlem: #

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(1957-1959) #

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(1959-1962) #

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(1962-1965) #

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(1966-1967) #

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(1968-1970) # Bill Thompson (1970-1971) #

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(1971-1973) #

(1973-1980) # Hans van Doorneveld (1980-1987) #

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(1987-1989) #

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(1989-1990) # Ted Immers (1990-1991) # Hans van Doorneveld (1991-1994) #

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(1994-1995) # Ben Hendriks (1995-1997) # Karel Bonsink (1997-2000) #

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(2000-2002) #

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(2002-2003) # Roy Wesseling (2003-2005) #

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(2005-2007) #

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(2007-2009) # Hennie Spijkerman (2009-2010)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haarlem History of Haarlem Football clubs in Haarlem Defunct football clubs in the Netherlands Association football clubs established in 1889 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 1889 establishments in the Netherlands 2010 disestablishments in the Netherlands