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

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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

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 ...

, the top level of

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History

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

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

, 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 Abe Minderts Lenstra (27 November 1920 – 2 September 1985) was a Dutch footballer and national football icon in the 1950s who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the greatest players ever to hail from the Netherlands. He was als ...

. 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

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, before the club he departed was 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 ...

. By the end of the decade, Heerenveen was in the

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, 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

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. The achievement was overseen by Frisian coach

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. 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 Abe Lenstra Stadion () is a football stadium, located in Heerenveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly as a home ground for Eredivisie club Heerenveen. The current capacity is 27.224. Naming The stadium is named after Abe Lenstra, general ...

, 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, PSV, 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

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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

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, 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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, Michael Bradley,

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and

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(and earlier players like Jon Dahl Tomasson,

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, Ruud van Nistelrooy,

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and

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), 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

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, 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

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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

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. 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 VV Heerenveen and

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Colours, crest and anthem

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

. The

flag of Friesland The Flag of the province of Friesland or Frisian flag ( West Frisian: ''Fryske Flagge''; nl, Friese vlag), is the official flag of the Netherlands province of Friesland. It consists of four blue and three white diagonal stripes; in the white st ...

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

seeblatt (, German for 'lake leaf', plural '; da, søblad; fy, pompeblêd; East Frisian: Pupkeblad) is the term for the stylized leaf of a water lily, used as a charge in heraldry. Background This charge is used in the heraldry of Germany, the Nether ...

'' 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 SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...

. 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

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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 ''Martinitoren'' (; Martini or St. Martin's Tower) is the tallest church steeple in the city of Groningen, Netherlands, and the bell tower of the Martinikerk. The tower is located at the north-eastern corner of the ''Grote Markt'' (Main Ma ...

, 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 The Euroborg () is the stadium in Groningen, Netherlands. It is the home of football club FC Groningen, with a capacity of 22,525 seats. The stadium site houses a casino, movie theater, school, supermarket, and a fitness centre. A temporary r ...

had to be halted due to a major design mistake. Groningen fans countered by painting a statue of all-time Heerenveen hero

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 Anthony Lurling 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): 1992–93, 1996–97 *

**Play-off Winners (2): 1989–90, 1992–93 **Runners-up (1): 1980–81 *

**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

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, Lisbon.

Current squad

On loan

Notable former players

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* Thomas Holm *

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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) * Otto Bonsema (1945) *

(1946–47) * Piet van der Munnik (1947–51) * Bob Kelly (1951–55) * Volgert Ris (1955–58) * Siem Plooijer (1958–61) *

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(1961–63) * Evert Mur (1963–65) * László Zalai (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) * Henk van Brussel (1980–85) *

(1985–88) * Ted Immers (1988–89) * (1989–90) *

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(1 July 1990 – 30 June 1992) *

(18 October 1992 – 30 June 2004) *

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(1 July 2004 – 30 June 2008)van Cuilenborg, C. (Ed.) (2007). ''Voetbal international, seizoengids 2007–2008''. (p. 92). Amsterdam: WP Sport Media BV. *

(1 July 2008 – 31 August 2009) *

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''( int.)'' (5 February 2010 – 30 June 2010) * Ron Jans (1 July 2010 – 30 June 2012) *

(1 July 2012 – 30 June 2014) *

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(1 July 2014 – 20 October 2015) *

''( int.)'' (20 October 2015 – 30 June 2016) * Jurgen Streppel (1 July 2016 – 30 June 2018) *

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(10 April 2019 – 24 January 2022) *

''( 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 team, which competes in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, and between 2012 and 2015 in the BeNe League. While it has ranked mostly in the table's bottom positions, in 2011 it reached the

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's final, lost against AZ.

Vivianne Miedema Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) club Arsenal W.F.C., Arse ...

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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