Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional

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club based in

Almelo Almelo () is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek. Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, ...

, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won 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 the ...

title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to 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 ...

for the first time in 28 years. The club remained in the top division for 17 seasons before suffering relegation at the end of the 2021–22 season. In

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, they reached the

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final for the first time in the club's history, losing to PSV in the final. The club's main rival is

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History

The club was founded on 3 May 1903 as

Heracles Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adoptive ...

, after the demigod son of

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. They changed their name on 1 July 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. Heracles finished sixth in the Eredivisie during the 2015–16 season, qualifying for the end of season European play-offs. The club first defeated

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...

and then

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and thus qualified for the first time in club history for European football, starting in the third qualifying round of the

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. A run of three consecutive losses saw Heracles end the 2021–22 season in sixteenth place, condemning them to the promotion/relegation play-offs. The club were relegated to the

after losing 6-1 to

Excelsior Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam, commonly known as Excelsior, is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. The club was found ...

on aggregate in the semifinals.

Stadium

Heracles Almelo currently play at the

Erve Asito Erve Asito, formerly the Polman Stadion, is a multi-use stadium in Almelo, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 12.080 spectators and was built in 1999. It is the official stadium of Eredivis ...

. The

was built in 1999 with a capacity 6,900, this was expanded in 2005 to hold 8,500. The pitch at the

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. After renovation of the stadium at the beginning of 2015–16 season, it currently holds 13,500 spectators.

Honours

National

**Champions: 1926–27, 1940–41 *

**Winners: 1984–85, 2004–05Eerste Divisie Champions
RSSSF.com, Retrieved 7 June 2013 *

**Runners-up: 2011–12

Domestic results

Below is a table with Heracles Almelo's domestic results since the introduction of the

in 1956.

European record

;Notes * 3Q: Third qualifying round

Current squad

Coaching staff

Former coaches

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References

External links

Fansite HAFC.nl

Tactical formations at football-lineups.com
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