Fortuna Sittard (; ) is a professional

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club from the municipality of

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, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity

Fortuna Sittard Stadion The Fortuna Sittard Stadion () is a 12,000-capacity multi-use stadium on the Milaanstraat, Sittard, Netherlands. Currently used mostly for association football, football matches, it is the home stadium of Fortuna Sittard. Built on the site of an ...

and features in the

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 o ...

. 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

in the 1990s, with players such as Kevin Hofland,

Mark van Bommel Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch Association football, football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackling machine and expert ball-winner, but ...

and

Fernando Ricksen Fernando Jacob Hubertina Henrika Ricksen (27 July 1976 – 18 September 2019) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a right back and central midfielder. After winning Eerste Divisie titles with Fortuna Sittard and AZ, he joined ...

emerging from its youth system. These players later joined

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and

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and played for the Netherlands national team. The team also signed

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and Patrick Paauwe from the youth setup of PSV. Both players developed under manager

Bert van Marwijk Lambertus van Marwijk (; born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch Association football, football manager who is a member of the supervisory board for MVV Maastricht. As a player, he played for the Go Ahead Eagles, AZ Alkmaar, AZ, MVV Maastricht, MVV and For ...

before joining the Dutch national side and moving to bigger clubs. Fortuna 54 won the

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in the 1956–57 season and finished the

season in second place behind champions

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. Sittardia were less successful and battled against relegation for many seasons. Fortuna 54 won the KNVB Cup again in 1964 before the merging of the two clubs in 1968, due to financial difficulties. At the end of the 1999–2000 season, manager Bert van Marwijk left to join

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, and the team was relegated to the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

in the 2001–02 season.

Financial difficulties (2002–16)

Financial irregularities were discovered, and the team faced bankruptcy over several seasons. In the winter of 2003, two of the club's fans won the Dutch lottery and donated all of the prize money to the club. The club cleared most of its debts by selling off its new stadium, the Wagner & Partners stadium. On 19 May 2009, the

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announced it would withdraw the club's license to play for the 2010–11 season. After going to

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, this decision was revoked. Despite ongoing financial difficulties, the club gradually began to recover financially in the following years, leading to improved results. In the 2011–12 season, Fortuna Sittard narrowly missed out on qualifying for the playoffs for promotion to Eredivisie, conceding an equaliser in the final seconds of the season in a home match against the

Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in th ...

, resulting in the Eagles taking the final playoff spot instead. Although the club qualified for the playoffs in the

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and 2013–14 seasons, offering them a chance to return to Eredivisie since relegation in 2002, Fortuna was unsuccessful in both first-round matches against

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Takeover and Eredivisie (2016–present)

The club again faced financial troubles in 2016, leading to its takeover by Turkish investor Işıtan Gün, who previously served as the

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. The 2016–17 season was a tough start for the club, but it managed to avoid relegation after changing coaches and recruiting new players, including some from Galatasaray. In December 2016,

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was appointed as the new coach of Fortuna Sittard. During his time as coach, he set two new records for the club, with eight consecutive home victories and the biggest away victory in the club's history, against

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by a score of 6–0. In January 2018, the team won a '' periodetitel'' after a 2–1 victory over

Jong Ajax Jong Ajax (; ), also referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2, is a Dutch association football team. It is based in Amsterdam and competes in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Jong Ajax is the only reserve team to have won a title in Dutch professional foot ...

. However, on 14 February 2018, Oliseh was suspended due to "repeated and culpable actions towards multiple individuals within the organisation over an extended period," according to a statement on the club's website announcing his release. Oliseh posted online that he was suspended due to his "refusal to participate in Illegal activities." In 2018, after 16 years in the

, Fortuna won promotion to the Eredivisie again after beating

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1–0 to stay clear from

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and finishing runner-up to champions

, which cannot be promoted. Fortuna Sittard finished in 16th place during the 2019–20 season. However, because the season was suspended and declared void due to the

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, the club remained in the Eredivisie for the 2020–21 season. After that reprieve, the club finished in 11th place that season. The following year, Fortuna Sittard finished 15th, just one point clear of the relegation playoff. Since then, the club's results have placed it more comfortably in the mid-table. Fortuna Sittard finished in 13th place in the 2022–23 season and 10th place in the 2023–24 season.

Honours

** Winners: 1956–57, 1963–64 ** Runners-up: 1983–84, 1998–99 *

** Winners: 1958–59, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1994–95 ** Promoted: 1981–82, 2017–18

International

Totals

Results

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

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Former players

National team players

''The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received

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during their tenure with Fortuna Sittard:The following is a consolidated list of clubs' ''RKSV Sittardia'', ''Fortuna '54'' and ''Fortuna Sittard'', as a result of the merger of the two prior aforementioned clubs in 1968. *;Cape Verde **

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(2021–2024) **

Lisandro Semedo Lisandro Pedro Varela Semedo (born 12 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Polish I liga club Wieczysta Kraków. Born in Portugal, he plays for the Cape Verde national team. Club career On 15 July 2016, Semedo s ...

(2017–2022) *;DR Congo ** Samuel Moutoussamy (2020–2021) *;Finland ** Rasmus Karjalainen (2019–2021) *;Greece **

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(2020–2021) *;Kosovo ** Arianit Ferati (2021–2024) *;Luxembourg ** Antoine Kohn (1959–1963; 1964–1965) *;Moldova **

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(2019–2020) **

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(2018–2021) *;Netherlands ** Henk Angenent (1954–1962) **

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(1954–1966) **

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(1980–1988) ** Frans de Munck (1954–1957) **

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(1955–1965) **

Willy Quaedackers Willy Quadackers (26 July 1937 – 18 April 2020) was a Dutch footballer who played as a right back. Career Born in Hoensbroek, Quadackers played for Fortuna'54 and MVV. He also earned one cap for the Netherlands national team in 1964. Later ...

(1961–1966) **

Wilbert Suvrijn Wilbert Suvrijn (born 26 October 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also operate as a defensive midfielder. Club career Suvrijn was born in Sittard, Limburg. In his country, he represented hom ...

(1981–1986) **

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(1959–1962) *;New Zealand ** Fred de Jong (1990–1993) *;North Macedonia **

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(2016–2018) *;Northern Ireland ** Phil Gray (1996–1997) *;Slovakia **

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(2018–2021) *;Suriname ** Justin Lonwijk (2024) **

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(2015–2019) *;Sweden ** Tesfaldet Tekie (2019–2022) *;Togo ** Sadik Fofana (2023–2024) *;Turkey **

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(2022–2023) * ''Players in bold actively play for Fortuna Sittard and for their respective national teams. Years in brackets indicate careerspan with Fortuna Sittard.''

National team players by Confederation

Member associations are listed in order of most to least amount of current and former Fortuna Sittard players represented Internationally

Players in international tournaments

The following is a list of Fortuna Sittard players who have competed in international tournaments, including the

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. To this date no Fortuna Sittard players have participated in the

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or the

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while playing for Fortuna Sittard.

Club staff

Coaches

;As Fortuna '54 * 1956–57: Friedrich Donenfeld (vice champion, cup winner) * 1957–58:

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* 1959–61: Friedrich Donenfeld * 1961–63:

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* 1963–65: Wim Latten (cup winner 1964) * 1965–66: Max Schirschin * 1966–67: Karl-Heinz Marotzke * 1967–68: Bram Appel ;As Sittardia *

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(1966–1968) *

(1968) ;As Fortuna Sittard *

(1968–69) * Henk Reuvers (1969–70) * Evert Teunissen (1970–72) *

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(1972–76) *

(1976–77) * Joop Castenmiller (1977–80) *

Frans Körver Franciscus Arnoldus Mattheus Körver (31 July 1937 – 14 December 2024) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. Career Körver made his debut for Sittardia in 1959 and played over 50 matches for the club before joining Limburg ...

(1980–84) *

Bert Jacobs Bert Jacobs (5 March 1941 – 14 November 1999) was a Dutch football manager and player. Having become a football coach at a young age, he worked for Roda JC, FC Utrecht, Fortuna Sittard, Vitesse Arnhem, RKC Waalwijk and Sporting de Gijón. R ...

(1984–87) * Hans van Doorneveld (1987–89) *

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(1989–91) *

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(1991–92) *

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(1992–94) *

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(1994–97) *

(1997–00) *

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(2000–01) *

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(2000–01) *

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(2001) *

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(2001–04) *

(2004–06) *

(2006–07) * Henk Wisman (2007) *

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(2007–10) * Wim Dusseldorp (2010–11) * Tini Ruys (2011–12) * Willy Boessen (2012–14) *

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(2014–15) * Ben van Dael (2015–16) *

(2017–18) * Claudio Braga (''a.i.'') (2018) * René Eijer (2018–19) *

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(2019–20) * Kevin Hofland (2020) *

(2020–2022) *

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(2022–2023) * Danny Buijs (2023–present)

Women's football

In January 2022, Fortuna announced it was beginning a women's football department. The club started playing in the women's Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season. In its first season, the club finished third out of 11 teams. In the 2023–24 season, Fortuna finished in fourth place out of 12 teams, and forward

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was the top goal scorer and

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. However, prior to the 2024–25 season, the club announced it had not generated sufficient revenue from the women's team and cut its player spending, with Wullaert, Alieke Tuin, and other players departing for new clubs.

References

Notes

External links

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