FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven,

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ...

. They currently play in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as t ...

(second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...

. FC Eindhoven play their home games at

Jan Louwers Stadion Jan Louwers Stadion () is a multi-use stadium in the Eindhoven borough of Stratum, Netherlands. Previously the stadium had a cinder track, with curved, earthen and walled standing grandstands on the north and south sides, so that attendances co ...

, on the southern part of the city. The club's official colours are blue and white, hence their nickname ''Blauw-Witten'' (The Blue-Whites).

History

The club was founded on 16 November 1909 as

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. A couple of Gentleman had seen that the clubs in the North area called the Randstad were growing and felt there was a need for a new team in Eindhoven too. Decided was to found a new club under the name E.V.V. short for Eindhovense Voetbal Vereniging. Club colours were blue and white, the blue came from the crest of the city Eindhoven at that time. E.V.V. start to play in the Brabantse Voetbalbond, a regional league, but a couple of years after they start to play in the NVB, the National League. In 1921 E.V.V. fuses with Gestel (local team) and changes its name to E.V.V. Eindhoven. At the end of the 30s Eindhoven has his first bit of success as they got hold of the Dutch Cup, the

KNVB Beker The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

(1937). In 1939 E.V.V. Eindhoven is the new Champion of the 1st Division Region South and plays for the title of The Netherlands with teams like DWS,

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and

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. They finish 4th. In 1950 E.V.V. Eindhoven has their first Dutch international in the name of Noud van Melis. Frans Tebak and Dick Snoek were to follow in his footsteps soon. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league. After turning professional in 1954, the club played in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

until 1957, when Eindhoven were relegated to the

. In 1969 they were even relegated to the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

. Two years later, the club secured promotion back to the

, and in 1975, Eindhoven were promoted to the

. In 1977, Eindhoven were relegated back to the

, where it has remained ever since. In 1997 E.V.V. Eindhoven left the professional scene and is once again an amateur club. A new professional club

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(Stichting Betaald Voetbal Eindhoven) was founded, this name was in 2002 changed to FC Eindhoven. In the 2009–2010 season FC Eindhoven qualified for playoffs to advance to the

. Eindhoven advanced past the first round defeating

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4–2 goal aggregate. Eindhoven was pitted against possible relegation from

club Willem II and were narrowly defeated 3–2 aggregate. So they will remain in the

. In 2011/2012 FC Eindhoven had a fantastic season and finished 3rd, despite

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leaving FC Eindhoven as manager to join

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at PSV to be his assistant in March 2012. The club lost 3–0 to

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over two legs, 1–0 in the first and 2–0 in the second, in Round 2 of the promotion playoffs.

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, the replacement of

, left in the summer of 2012 and was replaced by John Lammers. Under Lammers the 12–13 season finished in a disappointing 16th spot, only above two sides whose points totals had been set at zero due to bankruptcy. The 13–14 season was a big improvement with the club finishing 6th and qualifying for the promotion play-offs. There they encountered Sparta Rotterdam to whom they lost to 3–1 on aggregate.

Rivalries

FC Eindhoven's former biggest rivalry is with neighbours

, against whom they contest the ''Lichtstad Derby'' ('City of Light Derby'). However, the clubs have not faced each other in league competition since the 1976–77 season. FC Eindhoven used to be a bigger club than PSV in the period between 1930 and 1955. PSV was a club for the workers of Phillips and seen as a club for the privileged while FC Eindhoven was seen as the people's club. In 2004, FC Eindhoven contracted a co-operation deal with neighbours PSV Eindhoven, meaning the possibility of swapping youth players between the two clubs. Nowadays,

are seen as the biggest rivals. The clubs are about 15 km apart and have been playing in the same league for years.

Honours

**Winner: 1954 * KNVB Cup ** Winner: 1937 * Promoted to

** Promotion: 1975 * Promoted to

** Promotion: 1971

Results

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" Below is a table with FC Eindhoven's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Current squad

Out on loan

Former players

* Geoffrey Prommayon * Joos van Barneveld * Jonathan Waterberg * Samuel Greven

Club Officials

Former managers

References

External links

Official website
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