football club
Feyenoord Rotterdam ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈfɛiəˌnoːrt ] ) is a dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to versatile names before settling on being called after its vicinity in 1912 as SC Feijenoord, updated in 1974 to SC Feyenoord, [ 1 ] and then to Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1978, when it split from the amateurish clubhouse under its flank, SC Feyenoord. Since 1937, Feyenoord ‘s home labor has been the Stadion Feijenoord, nicknamed De Kuip ( ‘the tub ‘ ), the second largest stadium in The Netherlands. It is regarded as the most atmospheric stadium in the state.
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Feyenoord is one of the most successful clubs in Dutch football, winning 15 Eredivisie titles, 13 KNVB Cups, and 4 Johan Cruyff Shields. internationally, it has won one european Cup, two UEFA Cups, and one Intercontinental Cup. The clubhouse has played continuously in the top tier of the Dutch football system since gaining promotion to Eerste Klasse ( the Eredivisie ‘s harbinger contest ) in 1921, more times than any other club in the country, [ 2 ] including the likes of Ajax and PSV Eindhoven. Feyenoord is known as a people ‘s golf club with a huge national and international [ citation needed ] subscribe. Its most successful time period was the 1960s and 1970s, when Coen Moulijn and Ove Kindvall led the club to six league titles, two european trophies, and an intercontinental Cup, thereby becoming the first Dutch club in history to win both the european Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. In the twenty-first hundred, Feyenoord ended an 18-year league deed drought in 2017 and won the 2002 UEFA Cup against Borussia Dortmund in its dwelling stadium, which makes them the inaugural and still the survive team from the Netherlands to win a european trophy. [ 3 ] Feyenoord has a longstanding competition with their arch rival Ajax, a clash between two teams from the two biggest cities in the Netherlands, called De Klassieker ( “ The Classic ” ). The club ‘s anthem is “ Hand in Hand ”. The home shirt colours are bolshevik and whiten rent down the middle with both the shorts and socks being black. As of 2017, Feyenoord is a multi-sports club, including Sportclub Feyenoord ( amateur football team ), Feyenoord Basketball, Feyenoord Futsal and Feyenoord Handball. [ 4 ]
history [edit ]
foundation [edit ]
The first logo ( 1912 ) The football club Wilhelmina was founded in the public house De Vereeniging on 19 July 1908 [ 5 ] and played in blue-sleeved crimson shirts and white shorts. [ 5 ] Between 1908, 1910, 1911, and 1912, the club underwent a series of changes of name and team colours, becoming Hillesluise Football Club in 1909, [ 6 ] and then RVV Celeritas. Upon earning forwarding to the National football association in 1912, the club renamed to SC Feijenoord ( after the city district in which the team was founded ), and changed uniform once again, adopting the crimson and white shirts, black shorts and black socks that they even wear today. [ 7 ] In 1918, Feijenoord were promoted to the highest level of Dutch football and moved to the grind Kromme Zandweg. [ 7 ]
First successes [edit ]
After 18 years, the formation of the golf club and a bare three years after they were promoted to the highest level of Dutch football Feijenoord earned their first base honours by capturing the national league championship in 1924. [ 7 ] The team enjoyed a string of successes in the latter half of the decade, taking divisional titles in 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929, and winning their second national championship in 1928. [ 7 ] Feijenoord won their foremost Dutch Cup in 1930 by scoring the merely goal in a bowler hat final examination against Excelsior. [ 8 ] They continued to dominate their division with three consecutive titles, but were winless in subsequent backing finals. Five years after their beginning cup acquire, Feijenoord took the loot for a second time in 1935, by beating HVV Helmond. [ 8 ] Feijenoord started to attract more fans to their stadium at Kromme Zandweg, and in 1933, they decided to build a new facility. The club moved to the Feijenoord Stadion ( nicknamed “ De Kuip ” or “ the Tub ” ) in 1937, playing the beginning catch there on 27 March against Beerschot. [ 9 ] During this menstruation Feijenoord won three straight part titles from 1936 to 1938, with their third gear and fourth national championships coming in 1936 and 1938. [ 10 ] During World War II, Feijenoord played their matches at Sparta Rotterdam ‘s Kasteel, as the Nazis had occupied De Kuip. [ 10 ] When Het Kasteel was unavailable due to clashes with Sparta fixtures, Feijenoord played at their former grate, the Kromme Zandweg. [ 10 ] Feijenoord again won a division title with a home backing in 1940, their fifth Dutch title. During the german occupation of the Netherlands, gambling continued in Dutch football leagues, though the 1945 championship was cancelled as the war came to its conclusion. [ 11 ] During this period, Feijenoord ‘s only trophy was a divisional backing in 1943. After the war, Feijenoord did not perform ampere well as they had in previous decades, not badly challenging in their division and so missing the national playoff rounds. On 30 June 1954, the chairmen of the three biggest Rotterdam teams organised a meet in Utrecht, which was attended by several chairmen of other clubs and a delegating of the KNVB to discuss the begin of professional football in the Netherlands. [ 12 ] The professional earned run average commenced with the inaugural Eredivisie season in 1954/1955. [ 13 ] Feijenoord were one of the clubs participating in the inauguration Eredivisie and have never been relegated. [ 12 ] One of the most memorable matches in these first gear years of professional football was the collide between Feijenoord and the Volewijckers at 2 April 1956, which Feijenoord won 11–4, with nine goals by Henk Schouten. Feijenoord would grow an intense competition with Ajax. Matches between the two clubs cursorily were dubbed as de Klassieker ( “ The Classic ” ). The beginning memorable Klassieker from a Feijenoord point of view took position at 11 November 1956, when Daan den Bleijker scored four times to give Feijenoord a 7–3 win over their archrivals. [ 14 ]
Golden era [edit ]
Feijenoord claimed their beginning professional Eredivisie Championship and their sixth Dutch Championship in 1961. [ 15 ] On the road to the championship Ajax was beaten 9–5 in De Kuip, four of Feijenoord ‘s goals were scored by Henk Schouten. [ 14 ] The comply season, they played their inaugural european Cup match facing IFK Göteborg. The Swedes were beaten 0–3 in Gothenburg and 8–2 in Rotterdam. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Feijenoord were eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur in the pursuit round. [ 18 ] In 1962, Feijenoord successfully defended their dutch Championship entitle and reached the final of the Intertoto Cup 1961–62. [ 15 ] where Feijenoord faced arch-rival Ajax in the final and subsequently lost 4–2. [ 19 ] On 12 December 1962, Feijenoord played a decisive equal versus Vasas SC in the second round of golf of the 1962–63 european Cup. The beginning two legs, in Rotterdam and Budapest, both ended in a 1–0 dwelling victory, forcing a replay on a inert background to take place. [ 20 ] The match was played in Antwerp, where 30,000 Feijenoord fans travelled by busbar to see their team play. [ 20 ] besides this time, the concluding seduce was 1–0 ; Rinus Bennaars scored the only finish and was immediately nicknamed “ The Hero of Deurne ”, reflecting the neighborhood in Antwerp where the match was played. [ 20 ] The events in Antwerp resulted in an enduring friendly relationship between the fans of Feijenoord and Royal Antwerp. [ 20 ] In 1963, hundreds of thousands of people stood ashore by the Nieuwe Maas and the Nieuwe Waterweg to wave two ships, de Groote Beer and the Waterman adieu. The ships transported thousands of Feijenoord fans to Lisbon where the golf club faced Benfica on 8 May 1963 in the european Cup semi-finals. [ 20 ] The first peg, held in Rotterdam a calendar month earlier, finished 0–0. [ 21 ] Despite Feijenoord finally losing the match 3–1, this turned out to be the begin of the most successful period in the golf club ‘s history. [ 22 ] Feijenoord won the bivalent for the beginning time in their history in 1965, and managed to win another doubling a few years late in 1969. [ 15 ] The 1965 title secured Feijenoord a spotlight in the 1965–66 european Cup, where they faced multiple cup champion Real Madrid on 8 September 1965. During the equal, Hans Kraay had to leave the gear injured after 31 minutes, without being substituted. He returned at the start of the second gear half and scored the finish which resulted in a 2–1 win. During the match, fans ‘ front-runner Coen Moulijn was attacked by a spanish defender. Moulijn then proceeded to chase the defender down the pitch, leading other players, and even fans who entered the lurch, to do the like. The referee could do nothing but to suspend the match at 2–1 in Feijenoord ‘s favor. Two weeks late, Real Madrid well beat Feijenoord 5–0 and finally won the european Cup that season. [ 23 ] As the 1969 Dutch champions, Feijenoord participated in the 1969–70 european Cup. After winning against Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur 16–2 on aggregate in the first gear circle, the club faced Milan. [ 18 ] Feijenoord lost the first gear leg 1–0 in Italy but overcame the loss in their own stadium with a 2–0 winnings, securing a stead in the quarter-finals, where they faced ASK Vorwärts Berlin. [ 18 ] The tie followed the same pattern as the former round : Feijenoord losing the first match 1–0 away, then winning 2–0 at home. [ 18 ] In the semi-finals, Feijenoord pulse Legia Warszawa 2–0 on aggregate, earning Feijenoord their first base european concluding. [ 18 ] Feijenoord faced Celtic in the final, held in the San Siro stadium in Milan. Goals by Tommy Gemmell and Rinus Israël resulted in a 1–1 pull back after 90 minutes. Three minutes before the end of extra time, Ove Kindvall scored Feijenoord ‘s win finish, leading Feijenoord to be the first Dutch team to claim a major european trophy. [ 24 ] As reigning european champions, Feijenoord faced Estudiantes La Plata in the Intercontinental Cup. [ 25 ] The inaugural match in Buenos Aires ‘ La Bombonera finished in a 2–2 tie. Back in Rotterdam, Feijenoord managed a 1–0 victory ( winning goal by Joop van Daele ) to win the populace baseball club pennant, the first Dutch team to do thus. [ 26 ] Estudiantes player Oscar Malbernat got thwart and grab Van Daele ‘s glasses and trampled on them. “ You are not allowed to play with glasses … at least not in South America ” was his excuse. [ 27 ] As the cup holders, Feijenoord participated in the 1970–71 european Cup despite relinquishing the dutch title, which was won by Ajax. Feijenoord were eliminated in the first gear round, following a surprise frustration by the romanian team UTA Arad. [ 18 ] In 1971, Feijenoord won their tenth Dutch Championship. [ 28 ] In 1974, the club changed their name from Feijenoord to Feyenoord, as people from outside the Netherlands did not know how to pronounce Dutch ij. [ 1 ] Under their new identify, they played in the 1973–74 UEFA Cup, reaching the final examination, following a 4–3 aggregate win over VfB Stuttgart in the trailer truck finals. [ 18 ] The adversary in the final was Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs took a 2–1 lead in the first leg at White Hart Lane, but Theo de Jong equalised after 85 minutes and the peer ended in a 2–2 draw. [ 29 ] Feyenoord then won their match in Rotterdam 2–0, thanks to goals by Wim Rijsbergen and Peter Ressel, and besides became the first Dutch team to win the UEFA Cup. [ 30 ] As a consequence, Spurs fans started to riot, [ 31 ] introducing dutch football to the ghost of vandalism in the procedure. The remainder of the ten saw Feyenoord win entirely one more respect : the dutch backing in 1974. [ 11 ] In 1978, the cabaret divided their professional and amateur sides to form two disjoined teams, Feyenoord Rotterdam for professionals and SC Feyenoord for amateur. [ 32 ] Feyenoord won their fifth Dutch Cup in 1980 by beating Ajax 3–1 in the final. [ 32 ] In 1984, Feyenoord had another bright temper, winning the double for the third gear time in their history. [ 32 ] Key players in the team from this period included Johan Cruyff, Ruud Gullit and Peter Houtman ( who late became the Feyenoord stadium announcer ). [ 33 ] Cruyff reacted to Ajax ‘s decisiveness not to offer him a modern contract at the start of the temper and signed for archrivals Feyenoord alternatively. [ 33 ] Cruyff ‘s go to Rotterdam was criticised and increased Ajax ‘s motivation to beat Feyenoord. In the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam Feyenoord suffered one of their most arduous defeats ever : 8–2. [ 34 ] however, Feyenoord late defeated Ajax in Rotterdam 4–1 and Ajax were subsequently beaten a second time in the dutch Cup. [ 35 ] Feyenoord proceeded to win a league and cup double by beating Fortuna Sittard in the cup final examination. [ 36 ] After the successful season, Feyenoord experienced a tilt period and were unable to finish the season in a higher position than third base. [ 37 ] In the 1989–90 season, the baseball club struggled to remain in the Eredivisie, but finally managed to avoid relegation. [ 38 ] The baseball club had fiscal problems, and as a result, the staff was not able to recover and their chief sponsor, HCS went bankrupt. [ 39 ] When Wim Jansen was appointed as the interim coach to replace Günder Bengtsson and Pim Verbeek after a 6–0 frustration against PSV, the mentality began to improve for the club. [ 40 ] PSV, the strongest dutch club of the period, were knocked out of the KNVB Cup by a Henk Fräser finish in Eindhoven. Feyenoord progressed to the 1991 final, where they beat BVV Den Bosch 1–0 to win the rival. [ 41 ] As the cup holders, they faced champions PSV again, this time in the 1991 Dutch Supercup, the first gear Supercup held since 1949. PSV were beaten 1–0 by a marian Damaschin goal to add another respect to the club ‘s achievements. [ 42 ] They went on to win another dutch Cup in 1992, beating Roda JC 3–0 in the final. [ 43 ] The like class, Feyenoord reached the semi-finals in the 1991–92 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup, beating Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-finals, before being eliminated by Monaco on off goals, after two draws. [ 18 ] In 1993, Feyenoord secured another dutch backing by beating Groningen 5–0 in the stopping point league match of the season. [ 44 ] The match was played at the Oosterpark Stadion in Groningen, so 40.000 Feyenoord fans watched the game on giant screens in De Kuip. [ 44 ] The title was followed by another two dutch Cups in 1994 ( beating NEC 2–1 ) and 1995 ( beating Volendam 2–1 ). [ 8 ] During the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, Feyenoord reached the quarter finals after beating Werder Bremen in the second rung. They finally lost to Real Zaragoza. [ 18 ] In the quarter-finals in the 1995 KNVB Cup, Feyenoord visited Ajax, which would win the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League by and by that season. Ajax was leading 1–0 when Ruud Heus equalised with a punishment precisely before full-time. In supernumerary time, Feyenoord became the only team to defeat Ajax the same season they won the Eredivisie and the Champions League unbeaten. The finish scored by Mike Obiku was the decider as the newly fortunate finish principle became in use. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] During the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, Everton and Borussia Mönchengladbach were beaten. A entire of 14,000 Feyenoord fans travelled to Germany to support the team against Mönchengladbach. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] Feyenoord were eliminated in the semi-finals by a Carsten Jancker -inspired Rapid Wien. [ 18 ] [ 49 ] Feyenoord made their UEFA Champions League debut in 1997–98, finishing third in their group behind Manchester United and Juventus. however, Juventus was beaten 2–0 in Rotterdam, with both Feyenoord goals scored by Julio Cruz. [ 50 ] In 1998, the FIOD-ECD ( Fiscal Information and Investigation Service/Economic Investigation Service ) visited Feyenoord because of suspect fraud, [ 51 ] chiefly based on the signings of Aurelio Vidmar, Christian Gyan and Patrick Allotey. [ 52 ] This became an ongoing scandal in following years, with club president Jorien van den Herik the main distrust. [ 51 ] On 25 April 1999, Feyenoord secured their 14th Dutch Championship. 250,000 fans celebrated with the team in the center of Rotterdam. however, late in the evening, heavy carouse started. [ 53 ] Prior to the depart of the 1999–2000 season, Ajax were beaten in their own stadium when Feyenoord won their second Dutch Super Cup entitle after a free-kick goal by Patrick Paauwe secured a 3–2 succeed. [ 42 ]
millennium [edit ]
During the 1999–2000 season, Feyenoord participated in the Champions League for the second time. This time, the club managed to finish second gear in their group, behind Rosenborg BK and ahead of Borussia Dortmund. [ 54 ] Feyenoord reached the second group stage and secured wins against Marseille ( home ) and Lazio ( away ). Chelsea won both clashes and, as a result, Feyenoord had to win their stopping point group match away to Marseille to reach the hard stages. The final examination result was 0–0, and Feyenoord were eliminated. [ 54 ] Feyenoord again participated in the Champions League in 2001–02, finishing third in a group containing Bayern Munich, Sparta Prague and Spartak Moscow. [ 55 ] This think of Feyenoord continued their european season in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup alternatively of the second Champions League group stage. [ 56 ] The disappointment of failing to reach the second group degree finally resulted in optimism and celebration. By defeating SC Freiburg and Rangers, Feyenoord faced boyfriend Dutch club PSV in the quarter-finals. [ 56 ] Both matches ended in 1–1 draws, and the clash went into excess time and a punishment shoot-out. [ 57 ] Pierre avant-garde Hooijdonk, who had a superb season by scoring many free-kicks goals, secured Feyenoord ‘s winnings by scoring a 90th-minute equalizer before finishing PSV off by scoring the last goal in the penalty shoot-out. [ 58 ] A 1–0 winnings in Milan against Internazionale and a 2–2 return key match in Rotterdam then earned Feyenoord a smudge in the final, against Borussia Dortmund. [ 59 ] Coincidentally, the final was held at De Kuip, and as a result, most spectators inside the stadium were Feyenoord fans. Feyenoord took a 2–0 lead thanks to another free-kick goal and a punishment by Van Hooijdonk. [ 56 ] early in the second gear half, Márcio Amoroso scored a finish to make it 2–1. Jon Dahl Tomasson then made it 3–1 and things looked effective for Feyenoord. [ 56 ] Dortmund entirely managed to score one more goal and the cup was won by Bert van Marwijk ‘s Feyenoord. [ 56 ] A huge party erupted in and outside De Kuip not entirely because of the title, but besides because the final was held respective days after Rotterdam ‘s political name Pim Fortuyn was murdered. [ 60 ] many fans were still full of emotion, before and after the match. As a result of Fortuyn ‘s murder, the cup was not officially celebrated in the city center. [ 61 ] The 2002 UEFA Cup acquire was the start of a retentive dry spell for Feyenoord. In the 2002–03 season, the golf club finish third in the Eredivisie, equally well as scope the final examination of the KNVB Cup, which was lost 1–4 to Utrecht. however, in the following years, Feyenoord disappointed in both the Eredivisie and KNVB Cup. In between, in 2002 Feyenoord and chair Jorien van lair Herik were both found not guilty. Following the prosecutor ‘s attract, and despite three years of investigations, the trial verdict was uphold. however, the prosecution stated it would not yet abandon its case. [ 62 ] The 2005–06 season ended in disappointment for Feyenoord. The team pursued the Dutch championship for most of the season, but finally lost out to champions PSV. [ 63 ] The newly created Dutch play-offs then proved to be blue for Feyenoord. Ajax, which finished several points behind in the regular league, were Feyenoord ‘s opponent in the play-offs. Ajax outclassed them and Feyenoord lost out on a Champions League stead. [ 64 ]
Feyenoord 100 Years Balloon In the 2006–07 season, the nightmare grew even bigger. The supporters saw their two leading players leave to Chelsea ( Salomon Kalou ) and Liverpool ( Dirk Kuyt ). At the same time, it became authorize Feyenoord were in an appalling fiscal express despite earlier comments made by chair Jorien van den Herik, who claimed that the club was financially healthy. Supporters ‘ unrest grew into wrath when Feyenoord bought Angelos Charisteas, a back-up striker of arch-rivals Ajax, with a poor track phonograph record, as a surrogate for Dirk Kuyt. After continuous protests, Van den Herik resigned and the baseball club began managerial reforms. however, the worst was not over. Feyenoord were banned from european contest following vandalism anterior to and during a equal against Nancy, [ 65 ] despite an entreaty by the baseball club. [ 66 ] The season ended in bitter disappointment with a seventh-place eat up, causing Feyenoord to miss european football for the foremost time in 16 years. While desperate supporters started preparing for a Dark Age, the club surprised acquaintance and enemy in the 2007 summer transmit window. A brainy performance of unseasoned Dutch left back Royston Drenthe at the 2007 UEFA european Under-21 Championship had investors flocking to the new investment schemes Feyenoord had established. The club appointed former director Bert van Marwijk and was able to make a total of high-profile signings, including Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Roy Makaay. Despite the efforts, Feyenoord underperformed once again in the Eredivisie, finishing in a disappoint sixth place. The trouble was relieved by claiming the first prize in six years : 100 years after the foundation of the baseball club, Feyenoord managed to win the KNVB Cup after defeating Roda JC 2–0. As Van Marwijk accepted a job as coach of the national team, Feyenoord appointed Gertjan Verbeek as their director for the 2008–09 season .
fiscal problems [edit ]
In the 2008–09 season, Feyenoord celebrated their hundredth birthday and organised many events throughout the year. The old “ aureate logo ” returned as Feyenoord ‘s official logo, which had earlier been presented at the 2007 New Year ‘s brunch. [ 67 ] During the summer, a historic tournament was held between Feyenoord and the three opponents they met in the european Cup finals – Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur and Celtic – named the Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament. [ 68 ] Midway through the season, coach Verbeek was sacked due to disappoint league results. His assistant, Leon Vlemmings, took over as director. The results in this menstruation improved slightly, resulting in securing a spot in the playoffs for the final Dutch Europa League slot. For the 2009–10 temper, Feyenoord appointed early assistant director and Feyenoord football player Mario Been to take over from Vlemmings. Been, after achieving minor european successes with NEC, was considered the ideal candidate for the job. Former director Leo Beenhakker, at the time coach of the Poland national team, took over as technical director. partially because of this side, Beenhakker was able to attract more investors to the club, leading to some unexpected signings, including Sekou Cissé, Dani Fernández and Stefan Babović. On 24 October 2010, Feyenoord lost heavily to PSV 10–0. In mid-january 2011, Beenhakker resigned after multiple clashes with the Feyenoord directors. [ 69 ] His successor was early Feyenoord player Martin van Geel, who at the time was working deoxyadenosine monophosphate technical conductor for chap Eredivisie baseball club Roda JC. [ 70 ] In July 2011, a majority of players in the team voted to oust Been as golf club coach ; 13 of 18 players voted they had lost all assurance in Been ‘s ability to successfully manage the club. [ 71 ] Been ‘s subsequent dismissal became global newsworthiness, if entirely because reports of Been ‘s arouse promptly became a trending topic on Twitter, leaving people around the universe to wonder who precisely Been was. [ 72 ] After Louis van Gaal turned down an offer to manage Feyenoord, the club approached former Barcelona defender Ronald Koeman, who had played for Feyenoord during the late 1990s. With his eventual hire as coach, Koeman became the first to ever serve as both player and head passenger car at all teams of the alleged “ traditional boastfully three “ of dutch football : Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord. furthermore, he played and managed these teams in the lapp order. [ 73 ] At the begin of the 2011–12 season, Feyenoord lost valuable players Leroy Fer, Georginio Wijnaldum and André Bahia to Twente, PSV and Samsunspor respectively. In return, the clubhouse restocked with players such as Jordy Clasie, Miquel Nelom, Guyon Fernandez and Kaj Ramsteijn, who came largely from their own young person academy. Two early players were loaned, John Guidetti from Manchester City and Otman Bakkal from PSV. Feyenoord started the season well and played the first match of the Eredivisie against the other Rotterdam club in the league, Excelsior. Feyenoord ended the temper by placing second in the Eredivisie, resulting in the third gear qualify round for Champions League football. [ 74 ]
revival [edit ]
On 16 December 2011, it was revealed that Feyenoord had been placed in the more golden second class ( Categorie 2 ), meaning Feyenoord were no longer in debt, according to the KNVB. They achieved the reclassification following the transfer of several significant players and a large capital injection made by the constitution VVF ( Friends of Feyenoord, Vrienden Van Feyenoord ). however, to remain in the second class, Feyenoord needed to obtain the lapp number of points earned, rounding up to at least 65 points. [ 75 ] On 13 April 2012, Feyenoord was officially out of what has been described as the “ fiscal dangerzone ” and was formally placed in the second class. According to cabaret president Eric Gudde, the target in the more favorable category came earlier than anticipated ; he besides congratulated the fans and promised to maintain the lapp policy until Feyenoord was wholly healthy again, saying the golf club will never fall back into the beginning category. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] Despite no longer having to request permission from the KNVB to invest in modern players, Feyenoord kept continuing the policy for the 2012–13 season, merely contracting players who were either out of abridge or available for a broken transfer fee. John Goossens, [ 78 ] Ruud Vormer [ 79 ] and Daryl Janmaat [ 80 ] were out of contract and signed a deal with Feyenoord over their respective anterior clubs. Mitchell ti Vrede [ 81 ] played for the affiliate football clubhouse Excelsior, adenine well as for the highest-ranked academy team Jong Feyenoord/Excelsior and was promoted to the main senior team. Harmeet Singh [ 82 ] and Lex Immers [ 83 ] were the only two players whom Feyenoord paid a remove fee for. Singh, a norwegian midfielder and one of two non-Eredivisie players joining Feyenoord, was purchased from Vålerenga, while Immers joined from ADO Den Haag. The other non-Eredivisie player joining Feyenoord was Omar Elabdellaoui, who was brought in on loanword from Manchester City. [ 84 ] On 2 July 2012, Karim El Ahmadi completed his transfer from Feyenoord to English Premier League club Aston Villa for an undisclosed tip believed to be in the region of €2.6 million. [ 85 ] On 15 July, Aston Villa supports uploaded a picture on Twitter which showed Ron Vlaar, Feyenoord captain since 2010–11, visiting Villa Park – Aston Villa ‘s home ground – in Birmingham. curtly after, Martin van Geel confirmed Vlaar sought to leave Feyenoord. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] After the incident, Villa did not contact Vlaar, prompting Ronald Koeman to issue Villa a deadline of 23 July to negotiate Vlaar ‘s transfer. On 23 July, Vlaar told the public that he would not leave Feyenoord, and said that he felt he was kept “ dangling ” by Villa. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] however, four days late, Vlaar told the public he would finally be joining Villa, as he had agreed personal terms and would sign for Villa subject to him passing a medical. On 1 August, Vlaar officially joined Aston Villa, signing a three-year contract. Feyenoord supporters received the news generally interracial, with some congratulate and wishing the best of luck and others feeling betrayed by Vlaar for misleading them. [ 90 ] Stefan de Vrij became the fresh Feyenoord captain, with Jordy Clasie, who because of his beneficial play and doggedness soon became one of the most popular players among the supporters, becoming vice-captain. [ 91 ] On 7 August, Feyenoord was eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the third base qualifying round of the Champions League following losses in both legs. Feyenoord was therefore demoted to the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League. Koeman said that Feyenoord was the better side over the two legs but had missed a grade hitter, referring to John Guidetti, who had rejoined Manchester City following the end of his loanword. [ 92 ] On 10 August 2012, Dutch international and Málaga defender Joris Mathijsen joined Feyenoord on a three-year contract. Málaga had made open to Mathijsen that he needed to find a modern club to generate income for the financially suffering Málaga after Sheikh Al Thani left. Stefan de Vrij remained captain, despite Mathijsen being more experienced at both international and baseball club level. [ 93 ] After drawing the first branch of the Europa League modifier at home 2–2 against Sparta Prague, Feyenoord was eliminated following a 2–0 personnel casualty in the second stage, mean Feyenoord would not be playing european football in 2012–13. [ 94 ] Following these events, Feyenoord loaned Parma and former AZ striker Graziano Pellè [ 95 ] and exchanged Jerson Cabral for Twente striker Wesley Verhoek in a straight actor trade. [ 96 ] Feyenoord ended the temper in third base, behind champions Ajax and second-placed PSV. Pellè surprised many after scoring 27 goals in 29 matches, prompting Feyenoord to sign him permanently from Parma on a compress lasting until summer 2017. In the 2013–14 season, Feyenoord recorded the worst start in its history, losing its first three matches to PEC Zwolle, Twente and Ajax respectively. [ 97 ] Feyenoord would recover, but its performances were unstable throughout the season. however, because the Eredivisie ‘s other top teams besides played inconsistently, Feyenoord remained in the deed slipstream, although it finally finished irregular, four points behind Ajax. [ 98 ] In the UEFA Europa League, Feyenoord was eliminated in the third base qualifying round of golf by Kuban Krasnodar, making it Feyenoord ‘s one-fifth straight season without european football. [ 99 ] On 1 February 2014, Ronald Koeman announced he would be resigning at the end of the temper. On 3 March 2014, Fred Rutten was named the newfangled director for the 2014–15 temper. [ 100 ] During the summer of the 2014–15 temper, Feyenoord lost four of its best players : Daryl Janmaat to Newcastle United, Stefan de Vrij to Lazio, Bruno Martins Indi to Porto and Graziano Pellè to Southampton, with Southampton having barely appointed Koeman as its newly coach. To replace them, a well as early departed players, Feyenoord signed Warner Hahn from Dordrecht, Luke Wilkshire from Dynamo Moscow, Khalid Boulahrouz from Brøndby, Bilal Başaçıkoğlu from Heerenveen, Colin Kazim-Richards from Bursaspor, Jens Toornstra from Utrecht, Kenneth Vermeer from Ajax and Karim El Ahmadi from Aston Villa, returning to the club after two years in England. [ 101 ] With new players vitamin a well as a new head coach, Feyenoord began the 2014–15 Eredivisie season with just five points after four matches. however, the club was successful in reaching the Europa League group stagecoach for the first time in six years. After losing to Besiktas 5–2 aggregate in the third qualifying cycle of the Champions League, [ 102 ] they defeated Zorya Luhansk in the final stipulate round of the Europa League play-off, 5–4 aggregate. [ 103 ] Feyenoord won with 2–1 against Standard Liège in their first home match in Group G of the Europa League. It was the first victory for Feyenoord in the Europa League group stage in eight years. Feyenoord besides beat Rijeka ( 2–0 ) and defending champions Sevilla ( 2–0 ), results sufficient for Feyenoord ‘s advance to the knockout attack for the first time in ten years. In the smasher round, Feyenoord lost to Roma 3–2 on aggregate. After this loss, Feyenoord did not recover. Despite about securing a position in future season ‘s Europa League reservation rounds, they failed to win any of their last five matches, ending the year in the fourth point, behind AZ. In the play-offs to earn a topographic point for Europa League, they were eliminated by Heerenveen. After director Fred Rutten opted not to extend his contract, on 23 March 2015 Feyenoord announced former Dutch international and Feyenoord actor Giovanni van Bronckhorst would become its new director. That summer the golf club contracted several new key players, Eric Botteghin from FC Groningen, Jan-Arie van five hundred Heijden from Vitesse, and Eljero Elia from SV Werder Bremen. It besides welcomed back club caption Dirk Kuyt from Fenerbahçe on a annual contract. After eight years without any prizes, Feyenoord won its 12th KNVB Cup on 24 April 2016. In the Eredivisie the team came third base, a distance behind Ajax and the champions PSV. That future summer Feyenoord managed to do some good business in the remove market. The contracts of starting players like Dirk Kuyt and Eljero Elia were extended. furthermore, it acquired Nicolai Jørgensen from F.C. Copenhagen for €3,500,000 and Brad Jones was contracted on a barren transportation from N.E.C. as a successor for hurt first-choice goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer. The 2016–17 season started absolutely, as the first nine league matches were won, and Feyenoord beat Manchester United F.C. 1–0 in the Europe League. That was with a small avail from the referee as Nicolai Jørgensen, who gave the aid, was intelligibly offside. This pit, and all of Feyenoord ‘s european dwelling games were played in only a half-full stadium. These measurements were taken to avoid modern penalties from the UEFA. In that lapp week reigning Dutch champions PSV were beaten, 0–1. The first base loss of points was against Ajax on 23 October 2016. The concluding grudge was 1–1 after goals of Kasper Dolberg and Dirk Kuyt. A week subsequently another draw followed against SC Heerenveen. On 6 November, a weakened team lost for the first time that season ; delegating candidate Go Ahead Eagles won 1–0. In the European campaign Feyenoord struggled, and after losses to Manchester United ( 4–0 ) and Fenerbahçe ( 0–1 ) the european gamble ended. In the Eredivisie the team booked boastful victories, such as a 6–1 frustration against Spartaand 0–4 against AZ. With a 5-point lead to second place Ajax, Feyenoord ended the year at the top of the league table. The second half of the season, Feyenoord started potent, winning the first base seven league games of 2017. however, in Arnhem, Vitesse proved to be excessively potent in the KNVB Cup ( 2–0 ). Feyenoord beat PSV at home ( 2–1 ), due to an own finish from PSV-goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet, which was indicated by Goal-line technology. On 5 March, Sparta was the first team to beat Feyenoord in the new year, by a goal in the first moment of the game, scored by Mathias Pogba. Feyenoord recovered promptly and another boastful succeed followed when they beat AZ, 5–2, and a workweek later SC Heerenveen were beat, 2–1. When Feyenoord lost to Ajax, and drew against PEC Zwolle, their conduct was decreased to one point. After two more victories from Feyenoord, and a loss for number two Ajax against PSV, the gap was four points with two games to go. One workweek before the end of the contest, Feyenoord could become champions away at Excelsior, just 4 kilometers from their home stadium, De Kuip, and besides in Rotterdam. however the team had a complete off-day and lost, 3–0. One week former, in the final plot of the season, the team still became champions by beating Heracles by 3–1. All three goals were made by the team captain, Dirk Kuyt, who would by and by announce his retirement, making it a ‘fairytail ‘ last match on his history. The championship was Feyenoord ‘s 15th and the first in 18 years. Feyenoord was the irregular team in the history of the Dutch league to stay at the top of the mesa the entire season. Because of the backing, Feyenoord was to compete for the Johan Cruyff Shield against cup winner Vitesse in the Kuip on 5 August 2017. After a 1–1 tie Feyenoord beat Vitesse by penalties. As dutch champion Feyenoord qualified directly for the UEFA Champions League group stagecoach 2017–18. They played in a group with Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk and SSC Napoli. Feyenoord lost the beginning 5 matches, but they won their last home match against Napoli ( 2–1 ). Feyenoord was not able to win the Dutch backing again, but they won the dutch Cup after beating AZ Alkmaar in the concluding with 3–0 .
location [edit ]
Logo near De Kuip Feyenoord are located in the Feijenoord zone of southern Rotterdam and is named after the district in which the club was founded. [ 104 ] More frequent appearances in external tournaments led the club to change its name in 1974, because foreign fans unfamiliar with the dutch linguistic process did not know how to pronounce ij. [ 1 ] Beside Feyenoord, there are two early master football clubs in Rotterdam : Sparta and Excelsior. Feyenoord and Sparta, promoted after the 2018–19 season, are presently playing in the Eredivisie, while Excelsior was relegated to the second tier after the 2018–19 season .
Stadia [edit ]
De Kuip [edit ]
Outside the stadium
De Kuip in 2006 The club ‘s Feijenoord Stadion, located in the IJsselmonde zone of Rotterdam, is nicknamed De Kuip, Dutch for The Tub. [ 105 ] It was built in 1937 and is one of the major european stadiums. [ 106 ] It has 51,117 seats and has hosted a read of ten finals of UEFA baseball club competitions, including the 2002 UEFA Cup Final appropriately won by Feyenoord. [ 107 ] Former Feyenoord player Mike Obiku once said, “ Every time you enter the flip, you ‘re stepping into a lion ‘s home. ” [ 106 ] Feyenoord, however, does not own the stadium ; it is an arrangement on its own. [ 106 ] In 1935, Feijenoord actor Puck van Heel hit the first pole on their direction into their new stadium. The stadium was opened on 27 March 1937 and Beerschot was beaten by 5–2, Leen Vente scored the first finish in De Kuip. [ 106 ] already in the identical beginning the stadium was sold out on several occasions and other events held at de Kuip besides gained high attendance. [ 106 ] During World War II, the stadium was one of the few locations which was not bombed, however the Nazis occupied the stadium. [ 106 ] After the war, De Kuip became a popular localization once again. In 1949, the attendance record was broken during the equal to decide the dutch championship between SVV Schiedam and Heerenveen ; 64,368 fans visited the equal. [ 106 ] Besides football, there were besides boxing and motorcycle speedway races in De Kuip, which were besides gaining popularity. In 1953, people had to hide inside the stadium during the North Sea deluge of 1953. [ 106 ] On 27 November 1957, Feyenoord played versus Bolton Wanderers during an evening match. It was the first time the floodlights were taken in use. [ 106 ] The players entered the sales talk in the dark and the fans were asked to light their matchsticks when the floodlights were activated. Since that flush, that match at De Kuip has always been special among Feyenoord fans. [ 106 ] In 1963, De Kuip hosted their first european final ( Cup winners ‘ Cup ) between Tottenham Hotspur and Atlético Madrid. Nine more european finals would follow in the years after with Feyenoord ‘s win over Borussia Dortmund in the 2002 UEFA Cup final examination being the tenth and latest. [ 106 ] The attendance record of 1949 was broken in 1968 when 65,427 fans visited the Feyenoord– Twente match. [ 106 ]
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New stadium [edit ]
In December 2006, Feyenoord film director Chris Woerts announced that Feyenoord were developing plans to build a newly stadium which would have a capacity of approximately 90,000 seats. The stadium would most likely be placed on the Nieuwe Maas, the river that runs through Rotterdam, and should be completed by 2016. [ 108 ] In May 2008, Woerts announced far details : the club is aiming for a stadium with a capacity of around 100,000 seats. [ 109 ] If possible, a capacity of over 130,000 should be realized according to Woerts, which would earn the title of biggest stadium in Europe. The club emphasized its efforts to make it a true football stadium with seats close to the sales talk. The stadium will get a retractable roof so that other events can be held equally well. According to plans in those days, the stadium should be ready in 2016. Due to fiscal difficulties for all parties involved and the fact that the Netherlands were not chosen to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the plans for a new stadium have been put on hold. A new stadium will most probable be built in the future, though it will probably not have a spectator capacity greater than 70,000. In September 2012, Feyenoord confirmed that there will arise a fresh stadium in 2018. The stadium will be built by builder VolkerWessels, it will cost around €300 million ( ~£242 million ). Another choice was a design made by a consortium of BAM, Eneco Energie and Siemens. But the design was rejected by the Feyenoord and Stadion Feijenoord direction. The new stadium should be a 63,000 all-seater. Despite the new plans, much of the supporters prefer a renovation of De Kuip. One of those initiatives are Red de Kuip, which is Dutch for Save de Kuip. [ 110 ] They made plans of building a third tier on exceed of the current stadium, increasing the capacity to 68,000. This design would cost only €117 million ( ~£94 million ). In 2016, Feyenoord announced their plans for a new stadium called Feyenoord City. The new stadium will have a capacity of 65,000. The city council agreed with the plans of Feyenoord City which besides involve new sporting facilities, nightlife and renewed infrastructure. The old stadium ‘De Kuip ‘ will be transformed into an athletic contest path. The project is ought to be delivered in 2022 .
stadium songs [edit ]
official Feyenoord hymn [edit ]
Feyenoord ‘s official hymn since 1961 is called “ Hand in Hand ”. [ 111 ] Its melody was written in the nineteenth century by german Wilhelm Speidel. In 1961, Jaap Valkhoff wrote the lyrics which became popular among Feyenoord supporters who adopted the sung as their unofficial hymn. [ 112 ] Valkhoff wrote lyrics on the same melody for several other teams as well. Among them were Feyenoord ‘s archrivals Ajax. [ 113 ] Nowadays, the song is heard wherever Feyenoord play their matches, but besides fans of MVV and Club Brugge have their own translation that they sing. [ 114 ]
other songs [edit ]
When a goal is scored by Feyenoord in their home matches the birdcall I Will Survive, covered by the Hermes House Band ( but made celebrated by Gloria Gaynor in the 1970s ) is played. [ 115 ] Feyenoord supporters are known to be creative and have a bunch of diverse songs and chants in their equipment during matches. Among the most crucial Feyenoord songs are Wie heeft er weer een goal gescoord, Feijenoord, Feijenoord by Tom Manders, “Mijn Feyenoord” by Lee Towers, [ 116 ] “Feyenoord, wat gaan we doen vandaag?” by Cock avant-garde five hundred Palm [ nl ], [ 117 ] and “De laatste trein naar Rotterdam” by Tom Manders. [ 118 ] During the 2001/02 season, when Feyenoord won the UEFA Cup, a parody of the song “ Put your hands up ” by Black and White Brothers was launched, called “ Put your hands up for Pi-Air ”, a tribute to Pierre ( “ Pi-Air ” ) van Hooijdonk, one of the cabaret ‘s identify players at the time. [ 119 ] In the 1970s, Coen Moulijn besides had a song dedicated to him, “ Coentje Coentje Coentje ”. [ 120 ]
Supporters [edit ]
The supporters of Feyenoord are said to be one of the most loyal athletic supporter groups in the global supporting the team during both good or regretful times. [ 121 ] [ 122 ] They are dub Het Legioen, Dutch for The Legion and can be found everywhere in The Netherlands and far across [ citation needed ] the dutch borders. Squad number 12 is never given to a actor, but is reserved for Het Legioen alternatively .
popularity [edit ]
Feyenoord is a popular clubhouse in the Netherlands with a big count of supporters. [ 123 ] The team ‘s first training school term of a season alone attracts thousands of fans ; [ 124 ] 20,000 attended 2007–08 ‘s inaugural address school term. [ 125 ] In 1963, about 3,000 fans boarded on two ships, among thousands of others by train or car and they travelled to Lisbon where Feyenoord faced Benfica in the european Cup. [ 126 ] When Feyenoord play overseas in european competitions, approximately 8,000 travel together to support their team. [ 127 ] Almost 15,000 fans were cheering for their team in 1996 when Feyenoord played in Germany against Borussia Mönchengladbach. [ 128 ] About 40,000 fans visit a regular match at home plate while top classes against Ajax, PSV and european cup opponents are sold out most of the time. [ 127 ] About 250,000 fans showed up when Feyenoord ‘s Dutch championship was celebrated in 1999 at the Coolsingel in the center of the city. After Feyenoord beat Internazionale in the 2002 UEFA Cup semi-final, Inter midfielder Clarence Seedorf said, “ I in truth enjoyed the atmosphere in the Kuip. As an ex-Ajax actor I was in truth given the boo, but that ‘s all share of the emotions in football. It besides illustrates the acute way in which the Feyenoord supporters experience their club ‘s matches. ” [ 129 ] A number of the club ‘s followers acknowledge a very close associate with English side Sunderland A.F.C., although it is an association that is much unwelcome and denied by the authorities. Over 100 Feyenoord supporters attended a affair in Sunderland on the evening before their repair with Newcastle in April 2015 and a like number of Sunderland fans made the journey to watch the dutch side in their ultimately delay repair against Vitesse. [ 130 ] [ 131 ] Beyond the Netherlands, Feyenoord opened a fanshop in the center of Tokyo, when japanese player Shinji Ono was a key musician at the club, and besides in South Korea when Song Chong-Gug played for Feyenoord. [ 132 ]
Supporters organisations [edit ]
Coentje, the mascot of the Kameraadjes Feyenoord have one official sports fan supporters club, the Feyenoord Supportersvereniging. [ 133 ] Independent of the cabaret, FSV has a membership of about 23,000, as of 2006. [ 133 ] The FSV act as a affair between club and fans, produce catch programmes, arrange travel to away games and organize supporters ‘ evenings, deoxyadenosine monophosphate good as being involved in the early supporters organisations. [ 133 ] Children between 0 and 12 years old can join the Kameraadjes group ( english : little comrades ). [ 134 ] In 1998, the Feyenoord Supporters Vereniging were wondering about whether or not it would be potential to create more atmosphere inside the stadium chiefly during important matches. As a resultant role, a few huge flags were produced and brought into the stadium anterior to matches played by Feyenoord. [ 135 ] The flags were a success, but people started asking for more activities and a merging between fans and officials were arranged. In 2000 Harry Veth was given license to establish a group of five Feyenoord fans called TIFO team Feyenoord Rotterdam. [ 135 ] Besides creating more flags and small pieces of paper released from the second gear chopine the team besides started to organise bigger activities. The first large activeness was held on 10 December 2000 when Feyenoord faced Ajax and 40 fog machines were activated when the players entered the peddle. [ 135 ] In the be years many different and assorted activities were held to improve the atmosphere inside the stadium. Feyenoord ‘s TIFO team became celebrated abroad adenine good and the italian TIFO initiation awarded Feyenoord the Best of TIFO Award 2000/01. [ 136 ]
Jeugdproject [edit ]
Feyenoord ‘s Jeugdproject ( Youth Project ) concentrate on children between 6 and 12 years of senesce, playing football at schools and amateurish teams. [ 137 ] To show the kids the importance of sports and sportsmanship, Feyenoord invite the children to De Kuip to see what sport can do to people : happiness, disappointment, excitement, emotions, reverence and cosines, it brings people together. [ 137 ] In Feyenoord ‘s Youth Project visiting a match is the central point, but there is besides an educative and cultural character included. [ 137 ] Feyenoord leave schools and amateurish clubs with belittled teaching books and expect these to be filled in by the visiting young when they enter the stadium on a meet sidereal day. [ 137 ] The groups that support Feyenoord in the most master way and those who can predict the score correctly are awarded with prizes. [ 137 ]
Opening day [edit ]
A few weeks after the startle of the pre-season, so far prior to the start of the competitive season, the cabaret opens its doors for loose for all Feyenoord fans to have fun together and to present the squad for the approaching season. [ 138 ] De Kuip already opens in the good morning when there are many activities around the stadium chiefly for kids and promotional activities for companies which have a partnership with Feyenoord. [ 138 ] Fans can besides take a stadium enlistment and walk on the slope. The activities inside the stadium itself normally start around noon, when there are several performances by assorted artists. Every class, the modern Feyenoord ambassador of the year is announced at opening day. [ 139 ] A minute of silence is held for all early Feyenoord players who have died and for known fans who have died in the previous year. [ 140 ] Former Feyenoord players return to De Kuip every year to play versus a team of Dutch celebrities. [ 141 ] The stadium activities end after the squad for the approaching season is presented to the fans. This is constantly a particular happen, chiefly for the raw signings of the team. They will be flown into the stadium with helicopters when a entire stadium is cheering for them when they arrive. [ 139 ] Once they are there, the early players and club officials enter the pitch one by one. last but not least, all players are available for autograph sessions afterwards. [ 139 ] Feyenoord ‘s open day attracts approximately 60,000 to 70,000 fans towards Rotterdam, coming from all over the Netherlands, while there are entirely 51,117 seats available within the stadium. [ 142 ] The orifice day is known as a alone event in the Netherlands .
luminary supporters [edit ]
celebrated supporters of Feyenoord include Craig Bellamy, [ 143 ] Wouter Bos, [ 144 ] Gerard Cox, [ 145 ] Robert Eenhoorn, [ 146 ] DJ Paul Elstak, [ 147 ] Arjan Erkel, [ 148 ] Dennis vanguard five hundred Geest, [ 149 ] Ernesto Hoost, Jan Marijnissen, [ 150 ] Mark Rutte and Raemon Sluiter. [ 151 ] Raemon Sluiter, Lee Towers, Dennis van five hundred Geest, Robert Eenhoorn and Renate Verbaan have all officially been Feyenoord ambassadors. Gerard Meijer is the current ambassador, besides being appointed “ ambassador for life ” on 19 July 2008 .
Rivalries [edit ]
De Klassieker [edit ]
ajax from Amsterdam are Feyenoord ‘s archrivals. [ 152 ] The two clubs share a long history together and matches between the two clubs are called the Klassieker ( “ The Classic ” ). [ 153 ] The competition is not only between the two teams, but besides a confrontation between the two largest cities of the country, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, two cities with extreme differences in attitude and polish. [ 153 ] [ dead link ] [ citation needed ] The meet between the two teams is even considered to be the biggest match of the season. [ 153 ] [ dead link ] In the past, there have been many clashes between the supporters of both clubs, of which the Beverwijk clash in 1997 is the most ill-famed, with Ajax sports fan Carlo Picornie being killed and respective others injured. [ 153 ] In 2004, Feyenoord musician Jorge Acuña was taken to hospital with lead, neck and rib injuries after Feyenoord players were attacked by Ajax hooligans during a catch between the reserve team of both clubs. [ 154 ] Another Feyenoord player, Robin van Persie, had to be rescued by Ajax coach John van ‘t Schip and player Daniël de Ridder. [ 154 ] In 2005, riots before and after the peer occurred in Rotterdam and were considered to belong to the worst in the history of Dutch football. [ 153 ] [ dead link ]
Rotterdam bowler hat [edit ]
Rotterdam is the city with the most professional teams in the Netherlands. Besides Feyenoord there are Sparta Rotterdam and Excelsior. There is a competition between the teams, by and large between Feyenoord and Sparta as Excelsior used to be Feyenoord ‘s bird feeder baseball club, but it is not comparable to other local anesthetic derbies. The competition between Sparta and Feyenoord is largely seen on the Sparta side. [ 155 ] The competition started in the 1910s and 20s, when Sparta was regarded as a clubhouse for the elite, while Feyenoord was regarded the club for the people, largely workers. Some Sparta fans have refused to enter Feyenoord ‘s De Kuip stadium, even when Sparta had reached the KNVB Cup final examination, which was played in De Kuip. [ 155 ] In the 1950s there was much more of a competition. One of the key factors for these feelings was football player Tinus Bosselaar, who moved from Sparta to Feyenoord in 1954 before Sparta re-signed him, despite Feyenoord trying to prevent the deal in court. [ 156 ] Feyenoord besides have a competition abroad against Tottenham Hotspur following respective violent clashes between the club ‘s supporters and Tottenham ‘s “ associate ” to Ajax. [ 157 ]
Honours [edit ]
National [edit ]
european [edit ]
International [edit ]
european record [edit ]
As of 30 September
UEFA ranking [edit ]
- As of 31 May 2021[159]
Rank
Country
Team
Points
68
Feyenoord
21.000
Feyenoord coaches [edit ]
Feyenoord have had coaches from all over Europe. In the early years, the baseball club chiefly had english managers, as football was already professional there. Feyenoord ‘s beginning Dutch coach was Engel Geneugelijk ( ad interim ), while Richard Dombi is seen as the first gear successful coach. He led the team in three different periods. During the cabaret ‘s weakest menstruation, Feyenoord was coached by two coaches at once, the Dutchman Pim Verbeek and the Swede Gunder Bengtsson. Bengtsson was the last alien coach to lead Feyenoord. Feyenoord ‘s international trophies were won by Ernst Happel, Wiel Coerver and Bert van Marwijk. [ 160 ]
Feyenoord chairmen [edit ]
Although Feyenoord ‘s coaches have come from all over Europe, the baseball club ‘s chairmen have been by and large Dutch, with Amandus Lundqvist from Sweden as the entirely exception. With 28 years, Cor Kieboom was the longest-reigning president in clubhouse history. [ 161 ]
Media [edit ]
Since 2000 Feyenoord has had its own television program, shown weekly on SBS6. [ 162 ] The testify features interviews with players and other team members american samoa well as documentaries about the team. [ 162 ] As of the 2006–07 season Feyenoord launched its own Feyenoord television visualize on their web site with daily news and reports that tells everything about the club. [ 163 ] In 1993 Feyenoord introduced their own newspaper, the Feyenoord Krant, the merely Dutch club to do so. [ 164 ] The newspaper is published fortnightly, with a mark streak of 25,000. extra editions are published to coincide with european matches. [ 164 ] Inside the newspaper news, background data, interviews, reports and columns by Feyenoord relate figures can be found. [ 164 ] Feyenoord were one of the latest dutch teams to open their own official web site on 21 May 2001. [ 165 ] The web site is available in Dutch and English, plus other languages depending upon the nationalities of the golf club ‘s high-profile players. As of 2007, japanese and korean editions are available due to the popularity of Shinji Ono and Song Chong-Gug in their dwelling countries. [ 166 ] Since 2004 Feyenoord have shared a web site 2 teams 1 goal with UNICEF as part of Feyenoord ‘s children ‘s social welfare project in Ghana. To mark Feyenoord ‘s centennial another site was launched in January 2007 to publicise events related to the occasion. [ 167 ] Feyenoord besides opened official Live.com and YouTube pages in 2006. [ 162 ] Feyenoord besides offer the option to follow the club with news and statistics on cell phones or e-mail. [ 162 ] For each and every home plate meet a daily program magazine is created and children who are members of the Kameraadjes besides receive a magazine. [ 162 ] At the begin of the season Feyenoord produce a fresh presentation magazine, while at the end of the season a Feyenoord annual is created. [ 162 ]
stream police squad [edit ]
- As of 31 August 2021
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Out on loan [edit ]
bill : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Reserve team [edit ]
- As of 28 October 2021
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adjourn numbers [edit ]
- 12 Het Legioen (reserved for the club supporters)
Personnel [edit ]
Backroom staff [edit ]
Partnerships [edit ]
SC Feyenoord [edit ]
SC Feyenoord are Feyenoord ‘s amateur and young side, who have played at Varkenoord, directly behind De Kuip since 1949. [ 13 ] Sportclub Feyenoord ‘s annual youth trials attract a large numeral of hopefuls, with thousands of boys attempting to impress the coaches. [ 13 ] The Feyenoord police squad typically contains a number of players who joined the club after playing for Sportclub Feyenoord, and several players from Sportclub Feyenoord have progressed to have successful careers at international flush, including Puck vanguard Heel, Wim Jansen and Giovanni van Bronckhorst. [ 13 ] A number of high-profile managers besides started their coach careers at Varkenoord, including Clemens Westerhof and Leo Beenhakker. [ 13 ]
Partnerships with other clubs [edit ]
As of 2007, Feyenoord presently have three courtly partnerships, a satellite club arrangement with nearby Excelsior, a partnership with Hungary ‘s Újpest FC and the Feyenoord Academy in Ghana. The strongest of these partnerships is that with Excelsior, who since 1996 have loaned young Feyenoord players on the brink of the beginning team. [ 168 ] The determination of this is to allow them to experience regular first-team football, aiding their development while simultaneously strengthening Excelsior ‘s team. The highest profile players to have played at Excelsior as part of this arrangement are Thomas Buffel and Salomon Kalou, who were both subsequently involved in transfer deals worth several million euros. [ 169 ] [ 170 ] The partnership between Feyenoord and Excelsior was scaled back in 2006, though the clubs still work in concert. [ 171 ] Feyenoord ‘s co-operation with Újpest started when hungarian ex-footballer and former Feyenoord player József Kiprich joined the Hungarian team as an under-19 passenger car and started as a lookout for Feyenoord. [ 172 ] The Feyenoord Ghana academy in rebel form a travel to by Feyenoord chair Jorien van den Herik to Abidjan to sign the then strange Bonaventure Kalou, when Van den Herik contacted with the education institute at Kalou ‘s club. [ 168 ] The academy was built in Fetteh, merely outdoor Accra, after green light for and was given by the Chief of Fetteh in 1998. At the academy, young talented african footballers can work on their football skills. In summation to helping their football electric potential, the students are provided with formal education which is funded by Feyenoord. [ 168 ] The Feyenoord Academy presently play their matches in the OneTouch Premier League. The club have besides entered into several other partnerships which are now discontinued, most extensively in Brazil with América and J.J. ‘s football school in Rio de Janeiro. early clubs who have previously entered partnerships with Feyenoord include Parramatta Power, Nagoya Grampus Eight, B.93, Helsingborgs IF, Supersport United, Westerlo, KV Mechelen, Breiðablik UBK, Lyn, UKS SMS Łódź, Omiya Ardija and Jiangsu Shuntian. [ 168 ] [ 173 ] The golf club besides set ties with indian Super League franchise Delhi Dynamos FC. [ 174 ] On 15 January 2019, Feyenoord announced a partnership with Eerste Divisie cabaret FC Dordrecht which would see players which are not even ready for the first team loaned out to FC Dordrecht. [ 175 ]
Women ‘s team [edit ]
On 31 March 2021, Feyenoord announced that the cabaret would be joining the women ‘s Eredivisie from the begin of the 2021–22 season. [ 176 ]
Backroom staff [edit ]
Position
Head coach
Assistant coach
Second Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach
Team manager
As of the 1981–82 Eredivisie season, the KNVB allowed the teams participating in the league to use presenter names on their shirts in central for money. At the clock time, Feyenoord ‘s shirts were produced by Adidas and the beginning main patronize was the dutch Yellow Pages, Gouden Gids. In the second half of the 1982–83 season Adidas were replaced by Puma as the shirt supplier. As a consequence, the Gouden Gids list was enlarged and was more visible on the shirts. Gouden Gids sponsored the team until 1984, when Opel became the new sponsor. The deal between Feyenoord and Opel lasted until 1989, but in 1987 Hummel International replaced Puma as the shirt manufacturer. In 1989, Hummel produced the shirts sponsored by HCS [ nl ]. In 1990, Adidas began producing Feyenoord ‘s kits, however HCS declared bankruptcy soon thereafter and could no longer sponsor the club. Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringen then began sponsoring Feyenoord in what would turn out to be a long-run partnership : it remained Feyenoord ‘s main sponsor until 2004, when it was taken-over by Fortis. In January 2007, the parties ‘ sponsorship contract was extended until 2009, with the option of Fortis continuing its obligations for an extra three seasons. [ 178 ] In 2000, Kappa began producing the baseball club ‘s kits ( replacing Adidas ) until after the 2008–09, when it was replaced by Puma. When Fortis faced near bankruptcy, its assets were divided among several companies. The like indemnity branch which previously sponsored Feyenoord became ASR. To help with their mark recognition, it decided to continue Fortis ‘ patron obligations, but in 2011, it announced it would stop its sponsorship deal in the 2012–13 season. however, due to an economic recession, Feyenoord had worry finding a raw shirt patronize. Feyenoord and ASR therefore reached a compromise : ASR would remain patronize for one more season, giving Feyenoord the time it needed to find another sponsor. After negotiations with several corporations, Opel became the club ‘s new presenter, signing a narrow until 2018 .
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
[ 180 ]
- Official sites
- Other sites
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