RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional

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club based in

Waalwijk Waalwijk () is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of in and is located near the motorways A59 and N261. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former municipality of Sprang-Capelle) and ...

, that is currently competing in the

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. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('

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Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger of HEC, WVB and Hercules.

History

The club was formed on 26 August 1940 and used to play its home games at

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. Its new stadium, the 7,500 seater

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was opened in 1996 and featured the home match against

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. RKC's clubname was also expanded with the name of the town before that 1996-97 season. While considered one of the Eredivisie's smaller clubs, it nevertheless maintained its top flight status for many years. Its home colors are yellow and blue. At the end of the 2006–07 season, RKC Waalwijk were relegated from the Eredivisie after a defeat in play-offs against

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. On 3 June 2009 they were promoted to the

division after a win in the play-offs against

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. Though, their spell didn't last long ending in the last place with only 15 points. In the season followed they would finish first in the

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promoting back in the top flight of Dutch football. After another relegation at the end of the 2013–14 season, RKC Waalwijk finished 20th (last) in the 2014–15 season of Eerste Divisie. However, they didn't relegate to Topklasse (amateurs) because both of the two Topklasse champions declined promotion into professionalism. In 2016–17, they made the Eerste Divisie playoffs, losing 5–2 on aggregate to FC Emmen. In the 2017–18 season, RKC was placed 16th out of 20 teams in the Eerste Divisie. In 2019, Waalwijk promoted back to the Eredivisie after a five-year absence, after beating

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in the play-off finals. After a 0–0 draw in the first leg at home, RKC won the second leg 4–5 away. In the 2019–20 season, RKC finished in last place, but they survived relegation due to the season being declared void due to the

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. In the subsequent 2020–21 season, the club managed to avoid relegation on their own by finishing in 15th place.

Results

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" from:01/01/1988 till:01/01/2007 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "

" from:01/01/2007 till:01/01/2009 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " 1e Div." from:01/01/2009 till:01/01/2010 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: " Erediv." from:01/01/2010 till:01/01/2011 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " 1e Div." from:01/01/2011 till:01/01/2014 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: " Erediv." from:01/01/2014 till:01/01/2019 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " 1e Div." from:01/01/2019 till:01/01/2022 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: " Erediv." Below is a table with RKC's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1984.

RKC in Europe

* Group = group game * 1R = first round * 2R = second round * 3R = third round * 1/8 = 1/8 final

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

**Champions (2): 1987–88, 2010–11

Club officials

Former coaches

* Wim Klaassen (1968–71) *

Jan Remmers Jan Remmers (September 30, 1922 - April 3, 2013) was a football coach and former footballer from the Netherlands. He coached N.E.C. Nijmegen, FC Den Bosch and RKC Waalwijk, among others. Professional career Remmers worked for N.E.C. Nijmegen for ...

(1974–80) *

Leen Looijen Leen Looijen (born 9 July 1947) is a Dutch association football, football manager, who has worked in N.E.C. (football club), N.E.C., NAC Breda, RKC Waalwijk, FC St. Gallen (Swiss), FC Emmen, Willem II (football club), Willem II, FC Groningen and V ...

(1985–86) *

Leo van Veen Leo van Veen (; born 6 June 1946) is a Dutch former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward or Defender (association football), defender. During his career he played for FC Utrecht, Los Angeles A ...

(July 1, 1986 – June 30, 1993) *

Hans Verèl Hans Verèl (21 April 1953 – 9 November 2019) was a football defender and midfielder from the Netherlands, who played for Sparta Rotterdam, SVV and FC Den Bosch. Playing career Verèl made his debut for Sparta on 20 May 1973 against Den B ...

(July 1, 1993–Dec 18, 1993) *

Bert Jacobs Bert Jacobs (March 5, 1941 – November 14, 1999) was a Dutch football manager, who played for HFC Haarlem. Jacobs was a football trainer at a young age, worked for Roda JC, FC Utrecht, Fortuna Sittard, Vitesse Arnhem, RKC Waalwijk and Sportin ...

(Dec 18, 1993–June 30, 1995) *

(July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996) *

Cees van Kooten Cees van Kooten (; 20 August 1948 – 24 August 2015) was a Dutch former international football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' no ...

(July 1, 1996–Oct 12, 1996) *

(Oct 12, 1996–June 30, 1997) *

Peter Boeve Peter Boeve (born 14 March 1957) is a Dutch retired Association football, footballer who played for Ajax, Vitesse, Beerschot VAC and the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team. He is the current coach of Hoofdklasse club CSV ...

(July 1, 1997–Oct 26, 1998) *

Martin Jol Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol (born 16 January 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. He played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps wit ...

(Oct 26, 1998–June 30, 2004) *

Erwin Koeman Erwin Koeman (born 20 September 1961) is a Dutch retired professional football player and retired football manager. Personal life He is the son of Dutch international footballer Martin Koeman, and, alongside his younger brother Ronald, has also ...

(July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005) *

Adrie Koster Adrianus Cornelis "Adrie" Koster (; born 18 November 1954) is a Dutch football manager who was most recently the manager of Willem II. He is a former winger and former manager of Ajax, Club Brugge and the Netherlands U21 team. Career He pla ...

(July 1, 2005–Nov 27, 2006) *

Mark Wotte Mark Christian Wotte (born 16 December 1960) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Wotte has managed teams in the Netherlands, Egypt, Qatar, England and Romania, and has also worked for the Scottish Football Association. Playing career ...

(Nov 27, 2006–June 20, 2007) *

Željko Petrović Željko Petrović ( sr-cyr, Жељко Петровић; born 13 November 1965) is a Montenegrin football coach and former player. As a player, he represented the FR Yugoslavia national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Club career Budućnost P ...

(July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008) * Ruud Brood (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2012) *

(July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2014) *

Martin Koopman Martin Koopman (born 5 June 1956 in Wezep) is a Dutch former football defender, who played for Go Ahead Eagles, FC Twente and Cambuur Leeuwarden. He could also play as a midfielder. After 2 years as a youth coach then 8 as an assistant coach ( ...

(July 1, 2014 – February 11, 2015) * Peter van den Berg (February 12, 2015 - January 7, 2018) *

Hans de Koning Hans de Koning (; born 5 April 1960) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. De Koning played as a goalkeeper. Playing career De Koning played for AZ'67 for ten years, before moving to Twente, where he became known as "''Hansj ...

(January 7, 2018 - June 30, 2018) *

Fred Grim Johann Georg Friedrich "Fred" Grim (born 17 August 1965) is a Dutch football coach and former player who most recently worked as head coach of Willem II. A former goalkeeper, Grim represented Ajax and Cambuur during his playing career. Playin ...

(July 8, 2018 - June 30, 2021) *

Joseph Oosting Joseph Oosting (born 29 January 1972) is a Dutch Association football, football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Eredivisie side, RKC Waalwijk. Club career He played professional football from 1988 to 2006 for BV Veendam ...

(July 1, 2021 -)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waalwijk Association football clubs established in 1940 1940 establishments in the Netherlands Football clubs in the Netherlands Football clubs in Waalwijk