Jan Louwers Stadion () is a multi-use

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in the

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. Previously the stadium had a cinder track, with curved, earthen and walled standing grandstands on the north and south sides, so that attendances could still reach up to 18,000 visitors in the 1970s. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of

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. The stadium is able to hold 4,200 people. The stadium is named after

Jan Louwers Jan Louwers (3 July 1930 – 1 November 2012) was a Dutch professional footballer and millionaire businessman. Career Louwers played football for FC Eindhoven, PSV and Roda JC. The Jan Louwers Stadion Jan Louwers Stadion () is a multi-use sta ...

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used to use it as their backup stadium.

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