VVV-Venlo
Full name | Venlose Voetbal Vereniging | ||
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Nickname(s) |
The Good Old, Venlose trots, Pride of the South | ||
Short name | V.V.V. | ||
Founded | February 7, 1903 | ||
Ground |
De Koel Venlo | ||
Capacity | 8,000 | ||
Chairman | Hai Berden | ||
Manager | Maurice Steijn | ||
League | Eerste Divisie | ||
2014–15 | Eerste Divisie, 7th | ||
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VVV-Venlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌveːveːˈveː ˈvɛnloː], VVV stands for Venlose Voetbal Vereniging [ˈvɛnloːzə ˈvudbɑl vəˈreːnəɣɪŋ]) is a football club from Venlo in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club plays its home games in the De Koel stadium.
History
VVV returned to the Eredivisie, the highest league in the Netherlands, by defeating RKC Waalwijk in the promotion/relegation play-offs of the season 2006–2007. After one season in the Eredivisie, VVV-Venlo were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie. After a single season, VVV-Venlo won the Eerste Divisie 2008-09 title and returned to the Eredivisie.
In the 2009–2010 season, the team booked its best league result since 1988, by finishing 12th in the Eredivisie. Another remarkable event was the transfer of star player Keisuke Honda to CSKA Moscow. They also signed toddler Baerke van der Meij on a symbolic 10-year contract, after a video featuring him scoring a hat trick into a toy box went viral.[1] Honda was replaced by Gonzalo and the club signed Japanese player Maya Yoshida. The department of Keisuke Honda turned out to be a key point in the club's success. In the second half of the season the team was not able to win matches and nearly escaped from relegation. At the end of the season, key players Ruben Schaken and Adil Auassar both signed with Feyenoord on a free transfer. Gonzalo returned to his employer FC Groningen, Sandro Calabro signed with Swiss side St. Gallen. The club contracted Ruud Boymans and the Nigerian Ahmed Musa to strengthen the squad to be able to escaping from relegation. This succeeded, but it had been a harsh season in which Jan van Dijk was fired and former international Patrick Paauwe dissolved his contract after losing the competition from his competitors. Belgian manager Glen De Boeck was signed for the next season, but failed to improve the results. As a result of that, he resigned in December 2011. Ton Lokhoff was recruited as the new manager and succeeded to not relegate after the winning the post-season play-offs. However, the 2012–13 season turned out to be the club's final Eredivisie season in the Eredivisie for the time being, as it relegated after losing the promotion/relegation play-offs against Go Ahead Eagles. The club finished fifth in its first Eerste Divisie season since its promotion in 2009.
Stadium
VVV Venlo currently play at De Koel in Venlo. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was built in 1972. It is named after its main sponsor, hence its current name 'Seacon Stadion De Koel'.
Results
Players
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.
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Retired numbers
28 — Beau Vilters, defender (2014–2015) — posthumous honour.
Domestic Results
Below is a table with VVV-Venlo's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.
Domestic Results since 1956 | ||||
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Domestic league | League result | Qualification to | KNVB Cup season | Cup result |
2014–15 Eerste Divisie | 7th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2014–15 | round of 16 |
2013–14 Eerste Divisie | 5th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2013–14 | third round |
2012–13 Eredivisie | 17th | Eerste Divisie (losing promotion/relegation play-offs) | 2012–13 | second round |
2011–12 Eredivisie | 16th | – (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs) | 2011–12 | second round |
2010–11 Eredivisie | 17th | – (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs) | 2010–11 | third round |
2009–10 Eredivisie | 12th | – | 2009–10 | third round |
2008–09 Eerste Divisie | 1st | Eredivisie (promotion) | 2008–09 | second round |
2007–08 Eredivisie | 17th | Eerste Divisie (losing promo./releg. play-offs) | 2007–08 | second round |
2006–07 Eerste Divisie | 2nd | Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs) | 2006–07 | second round |
2005–06 Eerste Divisie | 2nd | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2005–06 | round of 16 |
2004–05 Eerste Divisie | 3rd | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2004–05 | second round |
2003–04 Eerste Divisie | 7th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2003–04 | second round |
2002–03 Eerste Divisie | 13th | – | 2002–03 | third round |
2001–02 Eerste Divisie | 13th | – | 2001–02 | third round |
2000–01 Eerste Divisie | 18th | – | 2000–01 | round of 16 |
1999–2000 Eerste Divisie | 15th | – | 1999–2000 | group stage |
1998–99 Eerste Divisie | 11th | – | 1998–99 | second round |
1997–98 Eerste Divisie | 11th | – | 1997–98 | group stage |
1996–97 Eerste Divisie | 4th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1996–97 | second round |
1995–96 Eerste Divisie | 5th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1995–96 | quarter final |
1994–95 Eerste Divisie | 12th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1994–95 | second round |
1993–94 Eredivisie | 17th | Eerste Divisie (relegation) | 1993–94 | third round |
1992–93 Eerste Divisie | 1st | Eredivisie (promotion) | 1992–93 | third round |
1991–92 Eredivisie | 18th | Eerste Divisie (relegation) | 1991–92 | quarter final |
1990–91 Eerste Divisie | 3rd | Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs) | 1990–91 | second round |
1989–90 Eerste Divisie | 4th | – | 1989–90 | second round |
1988–89 Eredivisie | 17th | Eerste Divisie (relegation) | 1988–89 | second round |
1987–88 Eredivisie | 5th | – (losing UC play-offs) | 1987–88 | semi-final |
1986–87 Eredivisie | 5th | – (losing UC play-offs) | 1986–87 | round of 16 |
1985–86 Eredivisie | 13th | – | 1985–86 | first round |
1984–85 Eerste Divisie | 2nd | Eredivisie (promotion) | 1984–85 | second round |
1983–84 Eerste Divisie | 10th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1983–84 | second round |
1982–83 Eerste Divisie | 7th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1982–83 | round of 16 |
1981–82 Eerste Divisie | 7th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1981–82 | second round |
1980–81 Eerste Divisie | 13th | – | 1980–81 | round of 16 |
1979–80 Eerste Divisie | 12th | – | 1979–80 | first round |
1978–79 Eredivisie | 18th | Eerste Divisie (relegation) | 1978–79 | second round |
1977–78 Eredivisie | 14th | – | 1977–78 | second round |
1976–77 Eredivisie | 13th | – | 1976–77 | second round |
1975–76 Eerste Divisie | 2nd | Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs) | 1975–76 | second round |
1974–75 Eerste Divisie | 5th | – | 1974–75 | second round |
1973–74 Eerste Divisie | 16th | – | 1973–74 | second round |
1972–73 Eerste Divisie | 18th | – | 1972–73 | second round |
1971–72 Eerste Divisie | 16th | – | 1971–72 | first round |
1970–71 Tweede Divisie | 11th | Eerste Divisie (promotion) | 1970–71 | first round |
1969–70 Tweede Divisie | 16th | – | 1969–70 | first round |
1968–69 Tweede Divisie | 15th | – | 1968–69 | first round |
1967–68 Eerste Divisie | 18th | Tweede Divisie (relegation) | 1967–68 | group stage |
1966–67 Tweede Divisie | 2nd | Eerste Divisie (promotion) | 1966–67 | DNC |
1965–66 Eerste Divisie | 15th | Tweede Divisie (relegation) | 1965–66 | group stage |
1964–65 Eerste Divisie | 8th | – | 1964–65 | second round |
1963–64 Eerste Divisie | 14th | – | 1963–64 | second round |
1962–63 Eerste Divisie | 14th | – | 1962–63 | round of 16 |
1961–62 Eredivisie | 17th | Eerste Divisie (relegation) | 1961–62 | ? |
1960–61 Eredivisie | 3rd | – | 1960–61 | ? |
1959–60 Eredivisie | 6th | – | not held | not held |
1958–59 Eredivisie | 10th | – | 1958–59 | winners |
1957–58 Eredivisie | 7th | – | 1957–58 | ? |
1956–57 Eredivisie | 7th | – | 1956–57 | ? |
Former managers
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References
External links
- Official website
- Fanclub – Fanclub D'n Twellefde Man
- Fanclub – GoodOld VVV
- Fanclub – East Side Venlo (ESV)
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