Go Ahead Eagles

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Go Ahead Eagles ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈɡoː əˈɦɛt ˈiɡəls ] ) are a dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top grade of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 temper. The club ‘s home plate stadium since 1920 is De Adelaarshorst. The cabaret have won the national championship on four occasions, in 1917, 1922, 1930 and 1933. They have produced numerous celebrated players including Raimond vanguard five hundred Gouw, René Eijkelkamp, Marc Overmars, Paul Bosvelt, Jan Kromkamp, Victor Sikora, Bert van Marwijk and Demy de Zeeuw while providing Henk ten-spot Cate and Leo Beenhakker with their first tastes of management.

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history [edit ]

early successes [edit ]

The cabaret was founded in 1902 as Be Quick by the Hollander brothers. The identify was soon changed to Go Ahead at the request of the Dutch Football Association in 1905. [ 2 ] Go Ahead started in the second-tier Tweede Klasse. In 1911, the baseball club reached promotion to the Eastern Eerste Klasse. In 1916, Go Ahead became champions of the Eastern Eerste Klasse for the first time, after which they faced off for the national championship in a competition with the other regional champions. In this championship playoffs for the national championship, however, the southerly champions from Willem II proved excessively strong. A year late, however, Go Ahead took their first league title, a feat repeated in 1922, 1930 and 1933. [ 2 ]
Polygoonjournaal from 1922. Decisive match against from 1922. decisive equal against Blauw-Wit in which Go Ahead became national supporter. location : Sportpark Hilversum. Without sound. In the period between the First and Second World War, Go Ahead was by far the most successful team in the Eastern league. The golf club won the regional championship fifteen times during that period, and even won the title eight times in a row from 1916 to 1923. The last pre-war Eastern Championship was won in 1937. After that, the club fell on tough times. In 1941, Go Ahead suffered delegating to the Tweede Klasse. The follow year, they promoted again. In 1948, the club became ace of the Eastern First Division for the sixteenth and final examination time. In the playoffs for the national championship with the early regional champions, Go Ahead finished third gear behind eventual champions, BVV Den Bosch, and Heerenveen. [ 2 ]

professionalism and Europe [edit ]

The initiation of professionalism in 1954 was initially abortive for Go Ahead. In 1956, the golf club finished second to end in the Tweede Divisie. In 1959, forwarding to the Eerste Divisie was secured. On 7 October 1962, Go Ahead recorded their biggest win in club history. In Deventer the final examination score was 11–1 against Roda JC. [ 3 ] Promotion to the top-tier Eredivisie followed in 1963. In the twenty-four years that followed, the club continuously played at the highest level. particularly in the second half of the sixties, Go Ahead did well in the Eredivisie. For exercise, from 1966 to 1969, the club finished in the exceed five four times in a row, with the 1967–68 season a high point when Go Ahead finished third base behind Ajax and Feijenoord. [ 2 ] Go Ahead besides had successes in the KNVB Cup in that period. The club reached the semi-finals four times in a course from 1965 to 1968. Those of 1966, 1967 and 1968 were lost, but in 1965, Go Ahead reached the final examination. This was lost 1–0 to Feijenoord, but because Feijenoord was besides national champion, Go Ahead qualified for european football. In the foremost attack, scots side Celtic, who would finally go on to win the european Cup a season subsequently, was drawn. Go Ahead lost the two legs, 0–1 and 6–0. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] On 1 July 1971, the suffix “ Eagles ” was added, following a suggestion from then head coach Barry Hughes, as the master department of Go Ahead separated from the parent club. [ 5 ] The eagle is the charge in the coat of arms of the city of Deventer. The clubhouse had a strong begin with their raw name. Go ahead Eagles were famously the only side to defeat Ajax in any competition during the 1971–72 season when they won 3–2 at De Adelaarshorst in the Eredivisie. [ 2 ] In the 1970s and early 1980s, Go Ahead Eagles was a stable Eredivisie club. relegation followed in 1987. A short Eredivisie period followed from 1992 to 1996, but afterwards the club played in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. [ 2 ] partially ascribable to the changeless delay of the construction of a raw stadium, major fiscal concerns arise. Thanks to the help of investors, the baseball club managed to survive. In switch over for that serve, the investors acquired 80 % of the club ‘s shares. The golf club is frankincense privately owned. The determining factor was former chair Hans de Vroome, who owns approximately 25 % of the shares. [ 6 ]

late seasons [edit ]

After about two decades in the Eerste Divisie, Go Ahead won forwarding to the 2013–14 Eredivisie at the end of the 2012–13 season, winning the promotion play-offs. [ 7 ] The baseball club remained in the top division for the 2014–15 season, finishing 13th.

Go Ahead Eagles would compete in Europe in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League due to the Netherlands ‘ first place in UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking. National Fair Play winner Twente withdrew due to fiscal difficulties, making the place for Go Ahead Eagles. however, they besides suffered relegation after losing 2–0 on aggregate to De Graafschap in the May 2015 promotion/relegation play-offs. [ 8 ] In July 2015, they were beaten 2–5 on aggregate by hungarian side Ferencváros [ 9 ] in the first Europa League qualifying round with the home leg played in Emmen ascribable to the Adelaarshorst being renovated, and the away leg without spectators because the Hungarians were serving a bachelor of arts in nursing by UEFA. The club bounced back to the Eredivisie on the first attack in May 2016 after beating De Graafschap 5–2 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-offs, [ 10 ] but were relegated again at the end of the 2016–17 season. In May 2021, Go Ahead finished second gear in the Eerste Divisie, earning promotion binding to the Eredivisie after four seasons in the second tier. [ 11 ]

Honours [edit ]

Runners-up: 1964–65

Promoted to Eredivisie

domestic results [edit ]

Below is a board with Go Ahead Eagles ‘ domestic results since the insertion of professional football in 1956 .

european criminal record [edit ]

Notes

Goals by Go Ahead Eagles are listed first.
1R: First round
GS: Group stage

Rivalries [edit ]

Go Ahead Eagles ‘ biggest rivals are PEC Zwolle. [ 12 ] Both clubs are located at the river IJssel, therefore the identify IJssel-derby. Further teams who contribution a competition with Go Ahead Eagles include FC Twente, Vitesse and De Graafschap .

stream team [edit ]

As of 31 August 2021[13]

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