FC Emmen

FC Emmen

Full name	Football Club Emmen
Nickname(s)	Emmen
Founded	August 21, 1925
Ground	JenS Vesting Emmen
Capacity	8,600
Manager	vacant
League	Eerste Divisie
2014–15	Eerste Divisie, 4th
Home colours Away colours

FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, and currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands.

History

The amateur club Emmen was formed on August 21, 1925. When the Dutch professional league was formed in 1954,Emmen opted to maintain its amateur club status instead.

In 1985, Emmen finally joined the professional ranks. In 1988 the club was split up in an amateur and a professional section. The latter was mostly called BVO Emmen ( Betaald Voetbal Organisatie, professional football organisation). In 2005, the professional club Emmen changed its name into FC Emmen, for two reasons. Firstly, it was hoped that the new name would better reflect the club's history, and secondly because many misunderstandings had arisen, among people who had grown to believe that BVO was an abbreviation similar to for instance PSV, RBC or ADO.

FC Emmen has reached the Eerste Divisie play-offs eight times, but never managed to clinch promotion to the Dutch Eredivisie.

Stadium

FC Emmen's JenS Vesting, more popularly known as De Meerdijk, was the scene of several matches of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Stadium "JenS Vesting"

Results

Season	League	Rank	Games	Points	GF	GA	Manager	Topscorer	Goals
1985–86	Eerste divisie	18	36	24	30	54	Theo Verlangen	Henry Pelleboer	8
1986–87	Eerste divisie	16	36	26	41	59	Theo Verlangen	Rudy Metz	15
1987–88	Eerste divisie	18	36	22	29	59	Theo Verlangen	Gerrie Schaap	6
1988–89	Eerste divisie	18	36	20	39	91	Ben Hendriks	Willem Brouwer	13
1988–89	Eerste divisie	6	36	38	53	47	Ben Hendriks	Jan de Jonge	16
1990–91	Eerste divisie	12	38	36	54	67	Ben Hendriks	Michel van Oostrum	24
1991–92	Eerste divisie	18	38	29	37	56	Piet Buter	Jan de Jonge	13
1992–93	Eerste divisie	12	34	27	44	66	René Notten	Jan de Jonge	14
1993–94	Eerste divisie	9	34	36	49	58	René Notten	Jan de Jonge	14
1994–95	Eerste divisie	10	34	35	56	61	Leen Looyen	Antti Sumiala	9
1995–96	Eerste divisie	2	34	67	71	39	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	26
1996–97	Eerste divisie	3	34	63	58	36	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	25
1997–98	Eerste divisie	3	34	61	64	45	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	18
1998–99	Eerste divisie	3	34	61	53	37	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	11
1999-00	Eerste divisie	5	34	58	53	45	Jan de Jonge	Michel van Oostrum Peter Hofstede	13
2000–01	Eerste divisie	11	34	41	53	64	Jan de Jonge	Peter Hofstede	14
2001–02	Eerste divisie	5	34	59	53	43	Hennie Spijkerman	Paul Weerman	14
2002–03	Eerste divisie	2	34	75	66	33	Hennie Spijkerman	Donny de Groot	30
2003–04	Eerste divisie	8	36	61	65	54	Hennie Spijkerman	Dirk Jan Derksen	14
2004–05	Eerste divisie	18	36	30	38	71	Jan Olde Riekerink	Niki Leferink	11
2005–06	Eerste divisie	6	38	60	68	56	Jan van Dijk	Serginho van Dijk Mourad Mghizrat	18
2006–07	Eerste divisie	11	38	48	59	65	Jan van Dijk [1]	Serginho van Dijk	12
2007–08	Eerste divisie	9	38	53	61	74	Gerry Hamstra	Morten Friis Jensen Roy Stroeve	12
2008–09	Eerste divisie	13	38	47	48	68	Gerry Hamstra [2]	Roy Stroeve	13
2009–10	Eerste divisie	15	36	48	51	79	Harry Sinkgraven	Hans Denissen	12

1. Van Dijk was fired on 2007-02-17 and replaced by former player Alfons Arts, who gave over the job on 2007-03-07 to Gerry Hamstra.
2. Hamstra was fired on 2008-10-13 and replaced by Thiemo Meertens. He handed over his job on 2008-10-23 to Paul Krabbe.

Current squad

As of 1 September 2015

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Marko Meerits 2 DF Johan Kulhan 3 DF Derre Kwee 4 DF Tim Siekman 5 DF Gaby Jallo 6 MF Sander Rozema (captain) 7 MF Frank Olijve 8 MF Jurjan Mannes 9 FW Marnix Kolder 10 FW Rick ten Voorde 11 FW Erixon Danso 12 MF Justin Mulder 14 FW Arjen Hagenauw 15 MF Tom Overtoom (on loan from Excelsior)

No. Position Player 16 DF Jens Jurn Streutker 17 FW Dérian Reinders 19 DF Marcel Seip 20 MF Bart de Groot 21 FW Raymond Gyasi (on loan from AZ) 22 GK Eser Elmali 23 MF Josip Baric 24 DF Karel IJzerman 25 FW Boy Deul 26 GK Dennis Telgenkamp 27 DF Danny Bouws 28 MF Sem Nijkamp 29 DF Jordy van Deelen

Honours

• Sunday amateur football title: 1

1974–75

• Sunday Hoofdklasse C: 1

1974–75

• Best performance in the Dutch Cup: two times in the quarterfinals (KNVB Cup 1989-90 and KNVB Cup 1998-99).

Former technical directors

• Rob Groener
• Gerard Somer

External links

• Official website
• Official supporters website