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2001–02 In Dutch Football
The 2001–02 season in Dutch football was the 46th season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax claimed the double (the Eredivisie title and KNVB Cup). Johan Cruijff-schaal Eredivisie * * * * * Top scorers Awards Dutch Footballer of the Year * 2001–02 — Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord) Dutch Golden Shoe Winner * 2001 — Johann Vogel (PSV) * 2002 — Cristian Chivu (Ajax) Ajax winning squad 2001–02 ;Goal * Joey Didulica * Fred Grim * Bogdan Lobonț ;Defence * André Bergdølmo * Cristian Chivu * Tim de Cler * John Heitinga * John O'Brien * Petri Pasanen * Mitchell Piqué * Hatem Trabelsi * Ferdi Vierklau * Abubakari Yakubu ;Midfield * Daniel Cruz * Tomáš Galásek * Cedric van der Gun * Jan van Halst * Richard Knopper * Maxwell * Steven Pienaar * Stefano Seedorf * Rafael van der Vaart * Richard Witschge ;Attack * Shota Arveladze * Mido * Zlatan Ibrahimović * Pius Ikedia * Nikos Machlas * Andy van der Meyde * Wamberto ;Management * Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. As of the 2024–25 season, it is UEFA coefficient#Men's association coefficient, ranked the sixth-best league in Europe by UEFA. The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the two clubs at the bottom are Promotion and relegation, relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the (First Division), while the champion and runner-up of the are automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The club finishing third from the bottom of the Eredivisie goes to separate promotion/relegation play-offs with six high-placed clubs from the . The winner of the Eredivisie claims the List of Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisie, after winning play-offs for promotion in 2024. In their history, NAC won one national title in 1921 and won one Cup in 1973. NAC was founded on 19 September 1912, when the two clubs ADVENDO and NOAD merged to one club, both being abbreviations of their respective full names. In 2012 Stefaan Eskes succeeded Ed Busselaar and in August 2012 NAC Breda reinstated their first logo as the new club logo for the 2012–13 season. Name and etymology NAC is a fusion of the two abbreviations of the two clubs that merged to create it in 1912, NOAD and ADVENDO. NOAD is a Dutch abbreviation for ''Nooit Opgeven, Altijd Doorzetten'' (English translation: ''Never give up, always persevere''), while ADVENDO is a Dutch abbreviation for ''Aangenaam Doo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Jon Dahl Tomasson (; born 29 August 1976) is a Danish football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Sweden national team. A forward, his most notable run of football came in his first stint at Feyenoord, with whom he won the 2002 UEFA Cup, and Italian club AC Milan, with whom he won the UEFA Champions League in 2003 and reached the final in 2005. He also played top-flight football in England, Germany and Spain. He is the joint all-time top goalscorer for the Denmark national team with 52 goals in 112 games and was also honoured with the Danish ''Player of the Year'' award in both 2002 and 2004. He played at the UEFA European Championship in 2000 and 2004 and the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2010. After his playing career, Tomasson went into coaching, being both assistant and manager in the Netherlands, before becoming assistant manager in the Denmark national team under Åge Hareide. In 2020, Tomasson became the manager of Malmö and left two years lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Vennegoor Of Hesselink
Johannes "Jan" Vennegoor of Hesselink (; born 7 November 1978) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), striker. Vennegoor of Hesselink played in the Eredivisie for FC Twente, Twente and PSV Eindhoven, PSV, in the Scottish Premier League for Celtic F.C., Celtic, in the Premier League for Hull City A.F.C., Hull City, in the Austrian Football Bundesliga for SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Vienna and the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team. Vennegoor of Hesselink earned 19 caps for the Netherlands national team between 2000 and 2009, scoring three goals. He was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. Name British newspaper ''The Guardian'' researched Vennegoor of Hesselink's unusual-sounding name in 2004. It found that in the 17th century, there was a marriage between the Vennegoor and Hesselink farming families of Enschede, and due to the prestige of both surnames, they kept bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Van Hooijdonk
Pierre van Hooijdonk (; born 29 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. He had spells with clubs across Europe where he was a prolific goal scorer. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Netherlands national team, for which he scored 14 goals and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. Noted for his bending free kicks, he is regarded by some as one of the greatest free kick specialists of all time. Early life Van Hooijdonk was born in Steenbergen. His Moroccan biological father left Van Hooijdonk's mother before his birth. He grew up in Welberg ( nl), a small village near Steenbergen. His favourite team was NAC Breda whose game he followed wholeheartedly. At 11 years old, while playing with local team SC Welberg's youth squad, he took part in a trial on the NAC open day, impressed their scouts and joined the club. At that time he played mainly as a right midfielder; when he was 14, he was cut from NAC's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard (; ) is a professional football club from the municipality of Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger of former clubs Fortuna 54 and Sittardia, which merged as the Fortuna Sittardia Combinatie on 1 July 1968. History The club experienced mixed fortunes throughout its history, although it was a regular fixture in the Eredivisie in the 1990s, with players such as Kevin Hofland, Mark van Bommel and Fernando Ricksen emerging from its youth system. These players later joined PSV Eindhoven and Rangers and played for the Netherlands national team. The team also signed Wilfred Bouma and Patrick Paauwe from the youth setup of PSV. Both players developed under manager Bert van Marwijk before joining the Dutch national side and moving to bigger clubs. Fortuna 54 won the KNVB Cup in the 1956–57 season and finished the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flight of Dutch professional football, which they have won six times, having earned promotion from the Eerste Divisie in 2018–19. The club is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior (est. 1902) and Feyenoord (est. 1908). History Origins On the Easter Sunday of 1 April 1888, eight students from Rotterdam founded a cricket club called Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta. It was established in the garden of the house of the first treasurer, Hartevelt Hoos Oostvestple, a building located on the 11 in Rotterdam. The club was founded by eight students between the ages of 13 and 16. Five of them were students of the then HBS at the Van Alkemadeplein, and the remaining three were students of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Den Bosch
FC Den Bosch () is a professional football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called ' De Vliert', an 6,500 all-seater. Ruud van Nistelrooy started his professional career at this club. In 2005 they finished bottom of the Eredivisie and were relegated and currently compete in the Eerste Divisie. History The club were founded on 18 August 1965 as the successor to BVV, who were formed in 1906 and Dutch champions in 1948. They were champions of the 1965–66 Tweede Divisie B., They merged with Wilhelmina (1890) on 10 May 1967 to form F.C. Den Bosch '67, before being crowned champions of 1970–71 Eerste Divisie to secure promotion to the Eredivise for the first time in their history. Their first season in the Eredivisie, the 1971–72 season saw Den Bosch struggle with relegation all season, but they would e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Groningen
Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first tier of Football in the Netherlands, Dutch football. Groningen played in the Eredivisie during their first three seasons, before the side were Promotion and relegation, relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1973–74 Eredivisie, 1973–74 as they got into financial difficulties. Groningen were Promotion and relegation, promoted back to the Eredivisie as champions in 1979–80 Eerste Divisie, 1979–80 with a squad composed mostly of players who were recruited from the club's youth academy, and remained in the top flight for 18 seasons before they dropped to the second tier in 1997–98 Eredivisie, 1997–98. The team won promotion back to the Eredivisie in 1999–2000 Eerste Divisie, 1999–2000, where they remained for 23 seasons before suffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Graafschap
Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap () is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the , the second level of the Dutch football league system. Founded on 1 February 1954, the club has played its home games at De Vijverberg since their foundation. Translated from Dutch, the club name means "The County", while its fans are affectionately referred to as ''Superboeren'' ("Super Farmers"). The club dons blue and white hooped shirts paired with white shorts and blue socks. Though modest in stature compared to some European counterparts, De Graafschap has maintained a consistent presence in the top-tier Eredivisie, albeit without clinching any major trophies. Despite this, the club boasts a substantial stadium and a dedicated fan base, particularly notable within the second-tier Eerste Divisie. Over time, the club has cultivated heated rivalries, notably with Vitesse. However, circumstances ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roda JC Kerkrade
Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. The club was founded by a merger between Rapid JC and Roda Sport in 1962. They were placed in the Eerste Divisie, and after a relegation they were promoted back to the top division in 1973–74 Eredivisie, 1973, where they would stay for 41 years until being relegated in 2013–14 Eredivisie, 2014. In 2009–10 Eredivisie, 2009–10, they added ''Kerkrade'' to the name to create brand awareness and get financial support. Roda JC is known as the "Miner, coal-miner's club"; fans of archrival club MVV Maastricht, MVV, from the provincial capital of Maastricht, say those words condescendingly. However, in Kerkrade and the surrounding area, they are said with pride and respect, although the last Dutch coal mines were closed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem II (football Club)
Willem II Tilburg (), commonly known simply as Willem II, is a Dutch football club based in Tilburg, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2024–25 season. The club was founded on 12 August 1896 as ''Tilburgia''. On 12 January 1898, the club was renamed ''Willem II'' after Dutch king William II (1792–1849), who, as Prince of Orange and commander of the Dutch army, had his military headquarters in Tilburg during the Belgian uprising of 1830, spent much time in the city after becoming king, and died there. Notable former players for the club include Dutch internationals Jan van Roessel, Joris Mathijsen, Jaap Stam, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Overmars, Virgil Van Dijk and Finland's Sami Hyypiä. The club's shirt consists of red-white-blue vertical stripes, inspired by the colours of the flag of the Netherlands. Willem II plays its home matches in the Koning Willem II Stadion, also na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
