ADO Den Haag

Dutch association football club

football club
Mural in the new ADO stadium

Alles Door Oefening Den Haag ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈɑləz doːr ˈufənɪŋ dɛn ˈɦaːx ] ), normally known by the abbreviate diagnose ADO Den Haag ( [ ˈaːdoː dɛn ˈɦaːx ] ), is a dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following delegating from the Eredivisie in the 2020–21 season. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag ( [ ɛfˈseː dɛn ˈɦaːx ] ), with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club. Despite being from one of the traditional three big Dutch cities, it has not been able to match Ajax, Feyenoord or PSV in terms of success in the Eredivisie or in european rival. There is however a big competition with Ajax and Feyenoord. The dutch words “ Alles Door Oefening ” translate into Everything Through Practice .

history [edit ]

1905–1971 : bustle [edit ]

On 1 February 1905, the baseball club Alles Door Oefening ( ADO ) was founded in café ‘Het Hof van Berlijn ‘ ( now : De Paap ) in The Hague. In the first years of its being, the cabaret endured some difficult times as many members refused to pay their fees and the sport of cricket was more democratic in the city. ADO started out in the local Haagsche Voetbal Bond, but promoted to the national Nederlandsche Voetbal Bond in 1912. That year they promoted to the 3rd level ( 3e klasse NVB ) and two years former they even earned the championship on that level. After moving to the Zuiderpark stadium in 1925, ADO continued to grow to a club of some meaning. In 1926, the club earned promotion to the highest national level, the Eerste Klasse. In the take after years the red-green-white team struggled not to be relegated at first base, but rose to the top of the league at the end of the 1930s. In 1939 the club equitable missed the class style after losing to DWS in Amsterdam. In 1940, the style seemed very close again, but another second-place complete was the highest accomplishable position after the cabaret saw many players being drafted in the united states army with World War II close in. This time another club from Amsterdam, Blauw-Wit, grabbed the title. In 1941, ADO finally won their class and moved on to the national champion ‘s competition, losing that to Heracles. In the 1941–42 temper, all the stars were aligned, and although the war made casual life intemperate and hard, the club seemed undefeatable. After winning their league, frequently by many goals difference, ADO moved on to the national champion ‘s contest and contend for the title with Heerenveen, AGOVV, Eindhoven and Blauw-Wit. A 5–2 victory over AGOVV last brought ADO their first home title. In 1943 ADO won another title, amongst others by beating caption Abe Lenstra ‘s Heerenveen 8–2. The Hague had to wait until the 1960s for more successes from their local clubhouse. After Ernst Happel joined ADO as a passenger car in 1962, the clubhouse worked their way to the top of the league again. They finished third base in the final examination rank in 1965. In 1963, 1964 and 1966, ADO played in the home cup final, the KNVB Cup, but lost. In 1968, they again reached the final, and this clock time beat Ajax to win it. In the 1970–71 season, ADO started the league with 17 games undefeated and were at the crown of the national league, but ended their season as No. 3. In 1967, ADO played a summer in North America ‘s United Soccer Association, under the name San Francisco Golden Gate Gales. The golf club finished tied for second in the western Division .

1971–1996 : FC Den Haag [edit ]

In 1971 the clubhouse merged with city rivals Holland Sport to form FC Den Haag. The club again reached the dutch Cup final in 1972 ( this fourth dimension losing 3–2 to Ajax ) then went on to win the trophy for a second base clock time in 1975, this team defeating Twente 1–0. Their greatest european success was a quarter-final game against West Ham United for the european Cup Winners Cup in 1976. A 4–2 win in The Hague followed by a 3–1 frustration in London entail elimination. In the 1980s, FC Den Haag was much associated with vandalism and fiscal backfall. however, they reached their fourth Dutch Cup final examination in 1987, losing 4–2 ( again to Ajax ) following two extra-time winners from Marco vanguard Basten. On 3 April 1982, hooligans of the baseball club burned down part of their own home ground, Zuiderpark. [ 1 ] The open fire was set after a 4–0 loss to HFC Haarlem. It damaged the ground ‘s oldest point of view dating back to 1928 and caused $ 500,000 in damages. [ 2 ] The damaged part was rebuild and opened in 1986. [ 3 ] After another fusion the club was renamed ADO Den Haag in 1996 .

1996–present : ADO Den Haag [edit ]

After a long go in the country ‘s second tier of league football, ADO Den Haag played four seasons in the Eredivisie then were relegated again in the 2006–07 season. however, after finishing one-sixth in the 2007–08 season, they went on to win the play-offs, meaning promotion second to the Eredivisie for 2008–09. The baseball club ‘s new home was finished in 2007 : the 15,000-capacity Kyocera Stadion, once known as the Den Haag Stadion. Their home colors are scandalmongering and green. They began the 2008–09 temper with two wins which put them on lead of the Eredivisie for the beginning clock in 32 years. In the 2009–10 temper, the baseball club ‘s modal home attendance was 11,745 spectators. The team enjoyed success in the 2010–11 season. Defeating rivals Ajax twice was one of the highlights of the season. ADO Den Haag finished seventh in the league and won the play-offs ( beating Roda JC and Groningen ) which offered the last Dutch UEFA Europa League place. They won the foremost matches against lithuanian side Tauras ( 3–2, 2–0 ) but lost the first away leg for the third qualifying cycle against Cypriot club Omonia 3–0 in Nicosia.

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ADO supporters have strong links with Welsh club Swansea City. Flags of the respective clubs are frequently flown at the matches of the other clubhouse, and both clubs regularly hold pre-season friendly matches. Legia Warsaw ( Poland ), Club Brugge ( Belgium ) and Juventus ( Italy ) besides plowshare strong garter links with ADO Den Haag. however, rivalries with fellow Dutch teams are less friendly, and ADO achieved notoriety following an incident after defeating Ajax on 20 March 2011. anti-semitic songs including “ Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the Gas ” were sung not only by ADO supporters but besides by their midfielder Lex Immers, who was consequently suspended for five matches. As well, in 2004, a domestic match between ADO Den Haag and PSV was abandoned after 80 minutes due to racist chanting from the crowd. The club was in dangerous fiscal perturb in 2008 and in June 2014, its majority stockholder agreed to sell the clubhouse to Chinese-based United Vansen International Sports Company, Ltd. for a report $ 8.9 million. [ 4 ] The current ownership group has “ promised to invest millions of euro ” into the club. [ 5 ] UVS was founded in 2008 and was responsible for organising the Beijing Olympic close ceremony and football curtain-raisers attracting outstanding football clubs such as Juventus, Milan, Internazionale, Napoli, Lazio, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Hull City. [ 6 ] The 2019–20 season was declared invalidate, with no promotion/relegation, which means ADO Den Haag remains in Eredivisie for the 2020–21 season despite their 17th-place ending. [ 7 ] On 13 May 2021, ADO Den Haag was relegated to the Eerste Divisie as the club can no long finish higher than 17th in the 2020–21 Eredivisie season. [ 8 ]

Period

Kit manufacturer

Shirt sponsor

1987–1989

Cruyff

Hotelplan Vakanties

1992–1994

Lotto

1994–1999

VHS

1999–2000

Wilson

Client Solutions

2000–2001

Solidium

2001–2002

Fila

2002–2004

Hommerson Casino’s

2004–2005

Hummel

2005–2008

DSW

2008–2011

Fit For Free

2011–2012

Erreà
Kyocera

2012–2017

Basic Fit

2018–2022

Cars Jeans

Honours [edit ]

Eredivisie (up to 1955–56 the Netherlands Football League Championship)
Eerste Divisie
KNVB Cup

european record [edit ]

Season

Round

Opponents

Home leg

Away leg

Aggregate

2011–12

Tauras

2–0

3–2

5–2

Omonia

1–0

0–3

1–3

domestic results [edit ]

Below is a board with ADO Den Haag ‘s domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956 .