Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ...

. They currently play in the

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, the top level of

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History

Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July 1920 in the town of

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, as Athleta. It changed name twice, first to Spartaan and then to v.v. Heerenveen in 1922. While the Netherlands was occupied by Germany, Heerenveen won three successive North of the Netherlands championships, and following the end of

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it went on to win the same title six times in a row; the club's dominance partly ascribed to the presence of Abe Lenstra. During this period, Lenstra led Heerenveen to a famous victory over

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in one of the most noted games in Dutch domestic football history. Trailing 5–1 with 25 minutes remaining, the Frisian team inexplicably fought back for a 6–5 victory. During the 1950s, Heerenveen regional dominance faded and after Dutch football turned professional Lenstra left to join Sportclub Enschede, before the club he departed was relegated to the Tweede Divisie. By the end of the decade, Heerenveen was 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 th ...

, but found itself relegated again. In 1969–70, the Frisian club won the Tweede Divisie to return to the Eerste Divisie and for two seasons in the 1970s, the club was close to achieving promotion to the top-flight

. By 1974, the club was in financial trouble and to ensure its survival it was split into amateur and professional sections on 1 June 1977, the professional part being renamed sc Heerenveen. In the 1980s, Heerenveen twice made the promotion playoffs, but were unsuccessful both times. It finally reached the Eredivisie in 1990, becoming the first Frisian club to reach the top level, at the expense of near-neighbours Cambuur. The achievement was overseen by Frisian coach Foppe de Haan. Heerenveen's first season in the Netherlands' top division was not at all successful and it was relegated, before returning in 1993, though they reached the final of the

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while still an Eerste Divisie club. Having established itself as a top-flight club, Heerenveen moved to a new stadium, named after their most celebrated player, the Abe Lenstra Stadion, and reached the final of the KNVB Cup for a second time. The 1998 semi-final in the cup competition was lost to Ajax. Because Ajax and the other finalist,

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, had both qualified for the cup final, a decision match was needed to fill in the vacant spot for the next season's

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. Heerenveen had to play against the other losing semi-finalist,

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. Heerenveen won that match in which Ruud van Nistelrooy scored his last goal for Heerenveen. The match ended 3–1. Heerenveen became regular competitors in the

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, and in 1999–2000 finished second in the Eredivisie, its highest ever finish, and qualified for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League. The club was led from 1983 until September 2006 by president Riemer van der Velde, the longest tenure of any president with a professional club in the Netherlands. As the results of recent transfers that include

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, Afonso Alves, Michael Bradley, Miralem Sulejmani, Petter Hansson and Danijel Pranjić (and earlier players like

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, Marcus Allbäck, Erik Edman, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Igor Korneev and Daniel Jensen), Heerenveen is one of the most financially secure Eredivisie clubs. A 2010 report by the Dutch football association showed that Heerenveen is the only Eredivisie club that has a financially secure budget. Under the tenure of Trond Sollied, Heerenveen won its first KNVB Cup, also its first ever major trophy. Trond Sollied, however, was sacked on 31 August 2009 due to a weak opening of the season and a conflict with the board. On 17 May 2009, the club defeated

5–4 in a penalty shoot-out to win the Dutch Cup for the first time after a 2–2 draw in the final, with Gerald Sibon scoring the winning penalty. On 13 February 2012, it was announced that

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would replace Ron Jans, who had led Heerenveen for two years, as team manager for the 2012–13 season.

Stadium

The club plays its home matches at the Abe Lenstra Stadium, which opened in 1994 and holds 26,100 people. Before that, the team played at a ground with the same name elsewhere in the town, but it could not meet the increasing popularity of the club. Throughout the years, the club developed several plans to further expand the stadium. One of the plans was to extend at least one side stand towards the pitch, as seen in English football stadiums. Due to deteriorating league results and financial limitedness, however, those plans were shelved. It is uncertain whether or not the club will ever carry them out. Before the move to the Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen played at the Sportpark Noord. The club's training facilities are regarded as world class, which is said to be a major factor in their recruitment of younger players. The name of the clubs facilities is sportpark . The facilities are shared with

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and sc Heerenveen (women).

Colours, crest and anthem

The crest on the club emblem is the symbol of the flag of

. The flag of Friesland is based on the arms of the 15th century. The stripes and ''

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'' shapes represent the districts of Friesland. A unique tradition in the Dutch Eredivisie is that the Frisian national anthem is played and sung before every domestic match.

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does not allow this tradition in European matches. Nevertheless, the anthem is sung by the supporters anyway.

Rivalry

SC Cambuur

Heerenveen retain a very fierce rivalry with SC Cambuur. One of the reasons of the rivalry is the short distance between the two clubs. Because of that the clubs often refer to each other as DKV which stands for Dertig Kilometer Verderop (Thirty Kilometers Away) so that they don't have to mention each other's names. However, the biggest and also the most confusing reason is the background of the clubs. Many people who aren't involved in the rivalry find it difficult to understand. Most of the Heerenveen fans are from small villages from the entire province (and even outside it) and are very proud of their Frisian identity. Since the 80's the club have been expressing this Frisian pride to the rest of the Netherlands. The Frisian flag, the Frisian anthem, all Frisian symbols were linked to the club, which made Heerenveen the face of Frisia. Because of this Cambuur slowly disappeared in the shadow of Heerenveen, as a reaction to this Cambuur fans started distancing themselves from the Frisian identity. Nowadays Cambuur don't consider themselves Frisian even though they are from the capital of the province. They now call themselves Leeuwarders aka people from the city. Heerenveen fans are mockingly called boeren (farmers) because Heerenveen isn't a city and the fans mainly live in small villages. Because of the successes of Heerenveen and the meager performances of Cambuur including almost going bankrupt, the rivalry was almost forgotten. When Cambuur got promoted back to the

in 2013 by winning the 2012/13 season of the Jupiler League the rivalry got revived. Before the meeting on 29 September 2013 the game hadn't been played for 13 years, giving Cambuur a great opportunity to prove themselves. Heerenveen won that game 2–1. The away game later in the season was won 3-1 by Cambuur.

FC Groningen

The absence of Cambuur caused FC Groningen to be the nearest Eredivisie team and soon it became rivals with Heerenveen. Strikingly, both northern sides used to maintain more or less of a friendship in the past. Therefore, this Northern Derby rivalry is only based on geographical location. Because most Heerenveen fans have always considered Cambuur as main rivals, this derby is often referred to as a surrogate derby. Traditionally, the winner claims the title ''Pride of the North''. Days before the game, Heerenveen and Groningen fans tease each other by means of playful actions, usually with no violence. Heerenveen fans once stole the centre spot from the , and raised the Frisian flag at the Martinitoren, the highest tower in Groningen, combined with a banner saying ''"SCH op eenzame hoogte" (SCH on lonely height)''. The front yard of a Groningen chairman once got filled with rubble from a construction site. This was because the construction of the Euroborg had to be halted due to a major design mistake. Groningen fans countered by painting a statue of all-time Heerenveen hero Abe Lenstra green and white, the colours of Groningen. They also transformed a viaduct near Heerenveen to green and white. A year later, in the 2001–02 season, Groningen fans awarded Heerenveen player

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the title of "Biggest cheat of the season" and handed him therefore a sewing machine. In that same week the town signs of Heerenveen were changed to "Hoerenveen It Sucks" (''Whore''-veen) by the Groningen supporters. The following season, Groningen fans teased the Heerenveen following again, this time by establishing a border post on the border of Groningen and Friesland.

Honours

*Netherlands Football League Championship /

**Runners-up (3): 1946–47, 1947–48, 1999–2000 *

**Champions (1): 2008–09 **Runners-up (2):

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, 1996–97 *

**Play-off Winners (2): 1989–90,

**Runners-up (1): 1980–81 * Tweede Divisie **Champions (1): 1969–70 **Play-off Winners (1): 1959–60

Domestic results

Below is a table with sc Heerenveen's domestic results since the introduction of the

in 1956.

European competition

SC Heerenveen played 16 seasons in one of the European club football competitions. : score marked with * = first played match : Due to safety concerns in Israel, the first leg was cancelled by UEFA. : Played in Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon.

Current squad

On loan

Notable former players

Players listed below have had junior and/or senior international cap(s) for their respective countries before, while and/or after playing at Heerenveen. * Raphael Bove *

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Club staff

Coaching history

*''No official trainer'' (1920–30) * Sjoerd van Zuylen (1930–32) * Sid Castle (1932) * Otto Pinter (1932–33) * Dirk Steenbergen (1934) * Theo Eikenaar (1934–36) * Sid Castle (1936–38) * Piet Smit (1938–39) * Anton Dalhuysen (1939–45) *

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(1945) * Abe Lenstra (1946–47) * Piet van der Munnik (1947–51) * Bob Kelly (1951–55) * Volgert Ris (1955–58) * Siem Plooijer (1958–61) * Arie de Vroet (1961–63) * Evert Mur (1963–65) *

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(1965–66) * Ron Groenewoud (1966–67) * Evert Teunissen (1967–69) * Bas Paauwe Jr. (1969–71) * Meg de Jongh (1971–73) * (1973–78) * Jan Teunissen (1978–80) * Hylke Kerkstra ''(

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)'' (1980) *

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(1980–85) * Foppe de Haan (1985–88) * Ted Immers (1988–89) * (1989–90) * Fritz Korbach (1 July 1990 – 30 June 1992) * Foppe de Haan (18 October 1992 – 30 June 2004) * Gertjan Verbeek (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2008)van Cuilenborg, C. (Ed.) (2007). ''Voetbal international, seizoengids 2007–2008''. (p. 92). Amsterdam: WP Sport Media BV. * Trond Sollied (1 July 2008 – 31 August 2009) *

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(1 July 2010 – 30 June 2012) *

(1 July 2012 – 30 June 2014) * Dwight Lodeweges (1 July 2014 – 20 October 2015) * Foppe de Haan ''( int.)'' (20 October 2015 – 30 June 2016) * Jurgen Streppel (1 July 2016 – 30 June 2018) *

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(1 July 2018 – 10 April 2019) * Johnny Jansen (10 April 2019 – 24 January 2022) * Ole Tobiasen ''( int.)'' (4 February 2022 – ) Foppe de Haan

Match statistics

; All competitions * Biggest home win: SC Heerenveen - FC Oss 11–1; KNVB Cup (21 December 2011) * Biggest score: Ton Pentre AFC - sc Heerenveen 0–7; Intertoto (2 July 1995) * Largest double result: Helsingborg IF - sc Heerenveen 8-6 (3-5 and 5–1); UEFA Cup 1st Round (2007) * Most goals in a season: 88 goals, 2007/08 * Most goals in a game: Afonso Alves 7 (also Dutch record); sc Heerenveen - Heracles (7 October 2007) ; Eredivisie * Biggest home win: sc Heerenveen - Heracles Almelo 9-0 (7 October 2007) * Biggest game: Willem II - sc Heerenveen 1-6 (23 February 2001) * Largest home defeat: SC Heerenveen - AFC Ajax 0-5 (11 April 2012) * Fastest penalty for: sc Heerenveen - sc Cambuur (19 October 2014) ; Champions League * Biggest home win: SC Heerenveen - Olympiakos Piraeus 1-0 (17 October 2000) * Most spacious stay: none * Highest draw: Valencia CF - sc Heerenveen 1-1 (7 November 2000) * Largest double result: SC Heerenveen - Olympique Lyon 1-5 (2000) ; European Cup II * Biggest home win: SC Heerenveen - KS Amica Wronki 3-1 (17 September 1998) * Biggest game: KS Amica Wronki - sc Heerenveen 0-1 (1 October 1998) * Largest double result: sc Heerenveen - KS Amica Wronki 4-1 (1998) ; UEFA Cup * Biggest home win: SC Heerenveen - Maccabi Petach Tikwa 5-0 (30 September 2004), SC Heerenveen - FC Baník Ostrava 5-0 (29 September 2005) and SC Heerenveen - FK Ventspils 5-0 (16 December 2009) * Biggest game: Vitória Setúbal - sc Heerenveen 0-3 (14 September 2006) * Largest double result: Helsingsborg IF - sc Heerenveen 8-6 (2007) ; Intertoto Cup * Biggest home win: SC Heerenveen - Aalborg BK 8-2 (19 July 1997) * Biggest score: Ton Pentre AFC - sc Heerenveen 0-7 (2 July 1995) * Largest double result: FHK Liepajas Metalurgs - sc Heerenveen 4-8 (2001)

Women's team

In 2007, SC Heerenveen created a

women's football Women's football most often refers to: * Women's association football (hannah jones ). Women's football may also refer to: * Women's gridiron football * Women's Australian rules football * Ladies' Gaelic football * Women's rugby league * Women's ...

team, which competes in the

Vrouwen Eredivisie The Vrouwen Eredivisie () (Dutch for ''Honor Division'', ''Eredivisie Vrouwen'' before 2020), also known as the Azerion Eredivisie Vrouwen due to a 3 year sponsor contract starting from the 2022–2023 season, is the highest women's football le ...

, and between 2012 and 2015 in the

BeNe League The BeNe League was the highest women's football league in Belgium and the Netherlands. To increase competitiveness in their national leagues, the BeNe League was a joint cooperation between the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal Du ...

. While it has ranked mostly in the table's bottom positions, in 2011 it reached the

national cup The English National Cup is an annual basketball knock-out competition held between professional, semi-professional and amateur teams from the various divisions of the National Basketball League. For most of the competition's history, the draw ha ...

's final, lost against AZ.

Vivianne Miedema Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) club Arsenal and the Netherlands national team. She previously played for Ba ...

started her profesional career at Heerenveen.

References

External links

Official website of the supportsclub of sc Heerenveen

Unofficial website of sc Heerenveen

Unofficial website of sc Heerenveen
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