football club
Feyenoord Rotterdam ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈfɛiəˌnoːrt ] ) is a dutch professional football clubhouse in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the clubhouse changed to assorted names before settling on being called after its neighborhood in 1912 as SC Feijenoord, updated in 1974 to SC Feyenoord, [ 1 ] and then to Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1978, when it split from the amateur club under its fender, SC Feyenoord. Since 1937, Feyenoord ‘s home ground has been the Stadion Feijenoord, nicknamed De Kuip ( ‘the bathtub ‘ ), the moment largest stadium in The Netherlands. It is regarded as the most atmospheric stadium in the nation.
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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 cabaret has played endlessly in the top tier of the Dutch football organization since gaining promotion to Eerste Klasse ( the Eredivisie ‘s precursor contest ) in 1921, more times than any other golf club in the state, [ 2 ] including the likes of Ajax and PSV Eindhoven. Feyenoord is known as a people ‘s club with a huge national and international [ citation needed ] support. Its most successful menstruation was the 1960s and 1970s, when Coen Moulijn and Ove Kindvall led the golf club to six league titles, two european trophies, and an intercontinental Cup, thereby becoming the beginning 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 title drought in 2017 and won the 2002 UEFA Cup against Borussia Dortmund in its home stadium, which makes them the first and placid the last 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 cabaret ‘s anthem is “ Hand in Hand ”. The home shirt colours are crimson and white split down the middle with both the shorts and socks being black. As of 2017, Feyenoord is a multi-sports club, including Sportclub Feyenoord ( amateurish 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 red shirts and blank shorts. [ 5 ] Between 1908, 1910, 1911, and 1912, the baseball club underwent a series of changes of name and team colours, becoming Hillesluise Football Club in 1909, [ 6 ] and then RVV Celeritas. Upon earning promotion to the National football association in 1912, the club renamed to SC Feijenoord ( after the city zone in which the team was founded ), and changed consistent once again, adopting the red and white shirts, black shorts and black socks that they distillery wear today. [ 7 ] In 1918, Feijenoord were promoted to the highest charge of Dutch football and moved to the anchor Kromme Zandweg. [ 7 ]
First successes [edit ]
After 18 years, the formation of the golf club and a mere three years after they were promoted to the highest level of Dutch football Feijenoord earned their first honours by capturing the national league backing 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 first Dutch Cup in 1930 by scoring the alone goal in a bowler hat concluding against Excelsior. [ 8 ] They continued to dominate their division with three straight titles, but were winless in subsequent backing finals. Five years after their first base cup gain, Feijenoord took the respect for a irregular fourth dimension 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 raw facility. The club moved to the Feijenoord Stadion ( nicknamed “ De Kuip ” or “ the Tub ” ) in 1937, playing the foremost catch there on 27 March against Beerschot. [ 9 ] During this time period Feijenoord won three consecutive division titles from 1936 to 1938, with their third and fourthly 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 ground, the Kromme Zandweg. [ 10 ] Feijenoord again won a division claim with a home championship in 1940, their fifth Dutch title. During the german occupation of the Netherlands, play continued in Dutch football leagues, though the 1945 backing was cancelled as the war came to its conclusion. [ 11 ] During this period, Feijenoord ‘s only trophy was a divisional championship in 1943. After the war, Feijenoord did not perform deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as they had in previous decades, not badly challenging in their division and so missing the home 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 deputation of the KNVB to discuss the start of professional football in the Netherlands. [ 12 ] The professional earned run average commenced with the first base 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 years of professional football was the brush between Feijenoord and the Volewijckers at 2 April 1956, which Feijenoord won 11–4, with nine goals by Henk Schouten. Feijenoord would grow an acute competition with Ajax. Matches between the two clubs cursorily were dubbed as de Klassieker ( “ The Classic ” ). The first base memorable Klassieker from a Feijenoord point of scene took place at 11 November 1956, when Daan den Bleijker scored four times to give Feijenoord a 7–3 gain over their archrivals. [ 14 ]
Golden earned run average [edit ]
Feijenoord claimed their first professional Eredivisie Championship and their one-sixth Dutch Championship in 1961. [ 15 ] On the road to the title Ajax was beaten 9–5 in De Kuip, four of Feijenoord ‘s goals were scored by Henk Schouten. [ 14 ] The keep up season, they played their foremost 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 surveil round. [ 18 ] In 1962, Feijenoord successfully defended their dutch Championship deed and reached the concluding 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 match versus Vasas SC in the moment round of the 1962–63 european Cup. The first two legs, in Rotterdam and Budapest, both ended in a 1–0 home victory, forcing a replay on a neutral ground to take locate. [ 20 ] The match was played in Antwerp, where 30,000 Feijenoord fans travelled by bus topology to see their team act. [ 20 ] besides this time, the concluding score was 1–0 ; Rinus Bennaars scored the entirely finish and was immediately nicknamed “ The Hero of Deurne ”, reflecting the vicinity in Antwerp where the equal 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 club faced Benfica on 8 May 1963 in the european Cup semi-finals. [ 20 ] The first stage, 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 club ‘s history. [ 22 ] Feijenoord won the doubly for the beginning time in their history in 1965, and managed to win another double a few years belated in 1969. [ 15 ] The 1965 championship secured Feijenoord a spot in the 1965–66 european Cup, where they faced multiple cup champion Real Madrid on 8 September 1965. During the match, Hans Kraay had to leave the sales talk injured after 31 minutes, without being substituted. He returned at the begin of the second base half and scored the goal which resulted in a 2–1 win. During the match, fans ‘ darling Coen Moulijn was attacked by a spanish defender. Moulijn then proceeded to chase the defender down the pitch, leading other players, and flush fans who entered the pitch, to do the lapp. The referee could do nothing but to suspend the equal at 2–1 in Feijenoord ‘s privilege. Two weeks subsequently, Real Madrid comfortably 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 round, the club faced Milan. [ 18 ] Feijenoord lost the first leg 1–0 in Italy but overcame the loss in their own stadium with a 2–0 acquire, securing a rate in the quarter-finals, where they faced ASK Vorwärts Berlin. [ 18 ] The tie followed the same practice as the former round : Feijenoord losing the first match 1–0 aside, then winning 2–0 at home plate. [ 18 ] In the semi-finals, Feijenoord rhythm Legia Warszawa 2–0 on sum, earning Feijenoord their first european final. [ 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 draw after 90 minutes. Three minutes before the end of excess time, Ove Kindvall scored Feijenoord ‘s succeed goal, leading Feijenoord to be the first base Dutch team to claim a major european trophy. [ 24 ] As reigning european champions, Feijenoord faced Estudiantes La Plata in the Intercontinental Cup. [ 25 ] The beginning couple in Buenos Aires ‘ La Bombonera finished in a 2–2 pull. Back in Rotterdam, Feijenoord managed a 1–0 victory ( winning goal by Joop van Daele ) to win the earth club crown, the beginning Dutch team to do so. [ 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 championship, which was won by Ajax. Feijenoord were eliminated in the first round, following a surprise defeat 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 name, they played in the 1973–74 UEFA Cup, reaching the final examination, following a 4–3 aggregate winnings over VfB Stuttgart in the semitrailer finals. [ 18 ] The opposition in the final was Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs took a 2–1 lead in the first stage at White Hart Lane, but Theo de Jong equalised after 85 minutes and the match 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 resultant role, 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 honor : the dutch championship in 1974. [ 11 ] In 1978, the golf club divided their professional and amateur sides to form two separate 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 bivalent for the third time in their history. [ 32 ] Key players in the police squad from this period included Johan Cruyff, Ruud Gullit and Peter Houtman ( who by and by became the Feyenoord stadium announcer ). [ 33 ] Cruyff reacted to Ajax ‘s decision not to offer him a new contract at the start of the season and signed for archrivals Feyenoord rather. [ 33 ] Cruyff ‘s move to Rotterdam was criticised and increased Ajax ‘s motivation to beat Feyenoord. In the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam Feyenoord suffered one of their most heavy defeats ever : 8–2. [ 34 ] however, Feyenoord subsequently 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. [ 36 ] After the successful season, Feyenoord experienced a list period and were ineffective to finish the temper in a higher position than third base. [ 37 ] In the 1989–90 season, the club struggled to remain in the Eredivisie, but finally managed to avoid delegating. [ 38 ] The club had fiscal problems, and as a result, the staff was not able to recover and their main sponsor, HCS went bankrupt. [ 39 ] When Wim Jansen was appointed as the interim director to replace Günder Bengtsson and Pim Verbeek after a 6–0 kill against PSV, the mentality began to improve for the cabaret. [ 40 ] PSV, the strongest dutch club of the time period, were knocked out of the KNVB Cup by a Henk Fräser goal in Eindhoven. Feyenoord progressed to the 1991 final, where they beat BVV Den Bosch 1–0 to win the contest. [ 41 ] As the cup holders, they faced champions PSV again, this time in the 1991 Dutch Supercup, the first base Supercup held since 1949. PSV were beaten 1–0 by a marian Damaschin goal to add another honor to the club ‘s achievements. [ 42 ] They went on to win another dutch Cup in 1992, beating Roda JC 3–0 in the final examination. [ 43 ] The same 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 away goals, after two draws. [ 18 ] In 1993, Feyenoord secured another dutch championship by beating Groningen 5–0 in the survive league match of the temper. [ 44 ] The match was played at the Oosterpark Stadion in Groningen, indeed 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 round. 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 late that season. Ajax was leading 1–0 when Ruud Heus equalised with a punishment good before full-time. In extra time, Feyenoord became the only team to defeat Ajax the same season they won the Eredivisie and the Champions League unbeaten. The goal scored by Mike Obiku was the decider as the new aureate goal rule became in practice. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] During the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, Everton and Borussia Mönchengladbach were beaten. A full 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 base 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 chief suspect. [ 51 ] On 25 April 1999, Feyenoord secured their 14th Dutch Championship. 250,000 fans celebrated with the team in the center of Rotterdam. however, by and by in the flush, heavy rioting started. [ 53 ] Prior to the beginning of the 1999–2000 season, Ajax were beaten in their own stadium when Feyenoord won their second base Dutch Super Cup title after a free-kick finish by Patrick Paauwe secured a 3–2 gain. [ 42 ]
millennium [edit ]
During the 1999–2000 season, Feyenoord participated in the Champions League for the second clock time. This prison term, the club managed to finish moment in their group, behind Rosenborg BK and ahead of Borussia Dortmund. [ 54 ] Feyenoord reached the second gear group phase and secured wins against Marseille ( home ) and Lazio ( away ). Chelsea won both clashes and, as a solution, Feyenoord had to win their last group match aside to Marseille to reach the smasher stages. The final solution was 0–0, and Feyenoord were eliminated. [ 54 ] Feyenoord again participated in the Champions League in 2001–02, finishing one-third in a group containing Bayern Munich, Sparta Prague and Spartak Moscow. [ 55 ] This mean Feyenoord continued their european temper 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 fellow Dutch cabaret PSV in the quarter-finals. [ 56 ] Both matches ended in 1–1 draws, and the clash went into extra time and a punishment shoot-out. [ 57 ] Pierre van Hooijdonk, who had a brilliant season by scoring many free-kicks goals, secured Feyenoord ‘s gain by scoring a 90th-minute counterweight before finishing PSV off by scoring the death goal in the penalty shoot-out. [ 58 ] A 1–0 acquire in Milan against Internazionale and a 2–2 return meet in Rotterdam then earned Feyenoord a spot in the final, against Borussia Dortmund. [ 59 ] Coincidentally, the final was held at De Kuip, and as a consequence, most spectators inside the stadium were Feyenoord fans. Feyenoord took a 2–0 lead thanks to another free-kick goal and a penalty by Van Hooijdonk. [ 56 ] early in the second half, Márcio Amoroso scored a goal to make it 2–1. Jon Dahl Tomasson then made it 3–1 and things looked good for Feyenoord. [ 56 ] Dortmund only managed to score one more finish and the cup was won by Bert van Marwijk ‘s Feyenoord. [ 56 ] A huge party erupted in and outside De Kuip not only because of the style, but besides because the final was held several days after Rotterdam ‘s political figure Pim Fortuyn was murdered. [ 60 ] many fans were silent full of emotion, before and after the match. As a result of Fortuyn ‘s mangle, the cup was not formally celebrated in the city center. [ 61 ] The 2002 UEFA Cup winnings was the start of a long dry spell for Feyenoord. In the 2002–03 temper, the baseball club finish third base in the Eredivisie, vitamin a well as strive the final of the KNVB Cup, which was lost 1–4 to Utrecht. however, in the follow 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 appeal, and despite three years of investigations, the trial verdict was continue. 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 temper, but finally lost out to champions PSV. [ 63 ] The newly created Dutch play-offs then proved to be glooming for Feyenoord. Ajax, which finished several points behind in the regular league, were Feyenoord ‘s opposition in the play-offs. Ajax outclassed them and Feyenoord lost out on a Champions League set. [ 64 ]
Feyenoord 100 Years Balloon In the 2006–07 season, the nightmare grew even bigger. The supporters saw their two star players leave to Chelsea ( Salomon Kalou ) and Liverpool ( Dirk Kuyt ). At the same time, it became clear Feyenoord were in an appalling fiscal submit despite earlier comments made by chair Jorien van hideout Herik, who claimed that the club was financially healthy. Supporters ‘ agitation grew into anger when Feyenoord bought Angelos Charisteas, a back-up striker of arch-rivals Ajax, with a hapless racetrack record, as a replacement for Dirk Kuyt. After continuous protests, Van den Herik resigned and the club began managerial reforms. however, the worst was not over. Feyenoord were banned from european competition following vandalism prior to and during a match against Nancy, [ 65 ] despite an appeal by the club. [ 66 ] The season ended in acrimonious disappointment with a seventh-place complete, causing Feyenoord to miss european football for the first time in 16 years. While desperate supporters started preparing for a Dark Age, the clubhouse surprised friend and enemy in the 2007 summer transfer window. A bright performance of young Dutch left back Royston Drenthe at the 2007 UEFA european Under-21 Championship had investors flocking to the fresh investment schemes Feyenoord had established. The club appointed former coach Bert van Marwijk and was able to make a numeral 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 identify. The trouble was relieved by claiming the first choice in six years : 100 years after the foundation of the 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 erstwhile “ golden logo ” returned as Feyenoord ‘s official logo, which had earlier been presented at the 2007 New Year ‘s brunch. [ 67 ] During the summer, a historical 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 disappointing league results. His assistant, Leon Vlemmings, took over as director. The results in this period improved slightly, resulting in securing a spotlight in the playoffs for the final Dutch Europa League slot. For the 2009–10 season, Feyenoord appointed former 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 clock coach of the Poland national team, took over as technical conductor. partially because of this stead, 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 surrogate was erstwhile Feyenoord player Martin avant-garde Geel, who at the time was working american samoa technical director for boyfriend Eredivisie cabaret Roda JC. [ 70 ] In July 2011, a majority of players in the squad voted to oust Been as club director ; 13 of 18 players voted they had lost all confidence in Been ‘s ability to successfully manage the club. [ 71 ] Been ‘s subsequent sack became ball-shaped news program, if only because reports of Been ‘s fuel promptly became a trending topic on Twitter, leaving people around the world to wonder who precisely Been was. [ 72 ] After Louis van Gaal turned down an crack to manage Feyenoord, the club approached early Barcelona defender Ronald Koeman, who had played for Feyenoord during the late 1990s. With his eventual lease as coach, Koeman became the first to ever serve as both player and head coach at all teams of the alleged “ traditional big three “ of dutch football : Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord. furthermore, he played and managed these teams in the same club. [ 73 ] At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Feyenoord lost valuable players Leroy Fer, Georginio Wijnaldum and André Bahia to Twente, PSV and Samsunspor respectively. In tax return, the cabaret restocked with players such as Jordy Clasie, Miquel Nelom, Guyon Fernandez and Kaj Ramsteijn, who came by and large from their own youth academy. Two other players were loaned, John Guidetti from Manchester City and Otman Bakkal from PSV. Feyenoord started the temper well and played the first match of the Eredivisie against the other Rotterdam cabaret in the league, Excelsior. Feyenoord ended the season by placing irregular in the Eredivisie, resulting in the third qualify polish for Champions League football. [ 74 ]
revival [edit ]
On 16 December 2011, it was revealed that Feyenoord had been placed in the more favorable 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 arrangement VVF ( Friends of Feyenoord, Vrienden Van Feyenoord ). however, to remain in the second category, Feyenoord needed to obtain the same number of points earned, rounding up to at least 65 points. [ 75 ] On 13 April 2012, Feyenoord was formally out of what has been described as the “ fiscal dangerzone ” and was officially placed in the second category. According to club president Eric Gudde, the place in the more favorable class came earlier than anticipated ; he besides congratulated the fans and promised to maintain the lapp policy until Feyenoord was completely healthy again, saying the club will never fall back into the first class. [ 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, entirely contracting players who were either out of contract or available for a moo transfer fee. John Goossens, [ 78 ] Ruud Vormer [ 79 ] and Daryl Janmaat [ 80 ] were out of contract and signed a share with Feyenoord over their respective anterior clubs. Mitchell ti Vrede [ 81 ] played for the affiliate football club Excelsior, equally well as for the highest-ranked academy team Jong Feyenoord/Excelsior and was promoted to the chief senior team. Harmeet Singh [ 82 ] and Lex Immers [ 83 ] were the only two players whom Feyenoord paid a transfer tip 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 join Feyenoord was Omar Elabdellaoui, who was brought in on loanword from Manchester City. [ 84 ] On 2 July 2012, Karim El Ahmadi completed his transplant from Feyenoord to English Premier League baseball club Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of €2.6 million. [ 85 ] On 15 July, Aston Villa supports uploaded a visualize on Twitter which showed Ron Vlaar, Feyenoord master since 2010–11, visiting Villa Park – Aston Villa ‘s home background – in Birmingham. curtly after, Martin vanguard 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 populace that he would not leave Feyenoord, and said that he felt he was kept “ dangling ” by Villa. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] however, four days by and by, 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 aesculapian. On 1 August, Vlaar officially joined Aston Villa, signing a three-year abridge. Feyenoord supporters received the news by and large desegregate, with some compliment and wishing the best of luck and others feeling betrayed by Vlaar for misleading them. [ 90 ] Stefan de Vrij became the new Feyenoord master, with Jordy Clasie, who because of his good play and doggedness soon became one of the most democratic players among the supporters, becoming vice-captain. [ 91 ] On 7 August, Feyenoord was eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the third qualifying round of the Champions League following losses in both legs. Feyenoord was consequently 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 score striker, referring to John Guidetti, who had rejoined Manchester City following the end of his lend. [ 92 ] On 10 August 2012, Dutch external and Málaga defender Joris Mathijsen joined Feyenoord on a three-year contract. Málaga had made clear 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 club level. [ 93 ] After drawing the beginning peg of the Europa League qualifier at home 2–2 against Sparta Prague, Feyenoord was eliminated following a 2–0 loss in the second leg, entail Feyenoord would not be playing european football in 2012–13. [ 94 ] Following these events, Feyenoord loaned Parma and erstwhile AZ striker Graziano Pellè [ 95 ] and exchanged Jerson Cabral for Twente striker Wesley Verhoek in a straight actor swap. [ 96 ] Feyenoord ended the season in third, 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 condense lasting until summer 2017. In the 2013–14 season, Feyenoord recorded the worst begin in its history, losing its first three matches to PEC Zwolle, Twente and Ajax respectively. [ 97 ] Feyenoord would recover, but its performances were fluid throughout the season. however, because the Eredivisie ‘s other top teams besides played inconsistently, Feyenoord remained in the title rush, although it finally finished second gear, four points behind Ajax. [ 98 ] In the UEFA Europa League, Feyenoord was eliminated in the third qualifying round by Kuban Krasnodar, making it Feyenoord ‘s fifth back-to-back season without european football. [ 99 ] On 1 February 2014, Ronald Koeman announced he would be resigning at the end of the season. On 3 March 2014, Fred Rutten was named the new director for the 2014–15 season. [ 100 ] During the summer of the 2014–15 season, 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 just appointed Koeman as its raw director. To replace them, adenine 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 baseball club after two years in England. [ 101 ] With new players angstrom well as a fresh head coach, Feyenoord began the 2014–15 Eredivisie temper with merely five points after four matches. however, the cabaret was successful in reaching the Europa League group stage for the first base time in six years. After losing to Besiktas 5–2 aggregate in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, [ 102 ] they defeated Zorya Luhansk in the final qualify 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 degree in eight years. Feyenoord besides beat Rijeka ( 2–0 ) and defending champions Sevilla ( 2–0 ), results sufficient for Feyenoord ‘s progress to the knockout beat for the first time in ten years. In the hard attack, Feyenoord lost to Roma 3–2 on aggregate. After this personnel casualty, Feyenoord did not recover. Despite about securing a spot in next season ‘s Europa League qualification 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 coach Fred Rutten opted not to extend his compress, on 23 March 2015 Feyenoord announced early Dutch external and Feyenoord musician Giovanni vanguard Bronckhorst would become its new coach. That summer the club contracted several modern 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 legend 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, a distance behind Ajax and the champions PSV. That next summer Feyenoord managed to do some full commercial enterprise in the transfer 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 release transfer from N.E.C. as a substitution for hurt first-choice goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer. The 2016–17 season started perfectly, as the first gear nine league matches were won, and Feyenoord beat Manchester United F.C. 1–0 in the Europe League. That was with a little help oneself from the reviewer as Nicolai Jørgensen, who gave the assist, was clearly offside. This match, and all of Feyenoord ‘s european home games were played in only a half-full stadium. These measurements were taken to avoid new penalties from the UEFA. In that lapp week reigning Dutch champions PSV were beaten, 0–1. The inaugural loss of points was against Ajax on 23 October 2016. The final score was 1–1 after goals of Kasper Dolberg and Dirk Kuyt. A workweek former another draw followed against SC Heerenveen. On 6 November, a weakened team lost for the first base clock time that temper ; delegating campaigner 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 venture ended. In the Eredivisie the team booked big victories, such as a 6–1 get the better of against Spartaand 0–4 against AZ. With a 5-point lead to irregular stead Ajax, Feyenoord ended the year at the top of the league table. The moment half of the temper, Feyenoord started impregnable, winning the first seven league games of 2017. however, in Arnhem, Vitesse proved to be besides 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 engineering. On 5 March, Sparta was the beginning team to beat Feyenoord in the new year, by a goal in the first minute of the bet on, scored by Mathias Pogba. Feyenoord recovered quickly and another big gain followed when they beat AZ, 5–2, and a week late SC Heerenveen were beat, 2–1. When Feyenoord lost to Ajax, and drew against PEC Zwolle, their lead was decreased to one point. After two more victories from Feyenoord, and a personnel casualty for number two Ajax against PSV, the col was four points with two games to go. One week before the end of the rival, Feyenoord could become champions off at Excelsior, just 4 kilometers from their home stadium, De Kuip, and besides in Rotterdam. however the team had a dispatch off-day and lost, 3–0. One workweek late, in the final game of the season, the team silent became champions by beating Heracles by 3–1. All three goals were made by the team captain, Dirk Kuyt, who would later announce his retirement, making it a ‘fairytail ‘ last equal on his bill. The championship was Feyenoord ‘s 15th and the first in 18 years. Feyenoord was the moment team in the history of the Dutch league to stay at the top of the postpone the stallion season. Because of the championship, Feyenoord was to compete for the Johan Cruyff Shield against cup achiever Vitesse in the Kuip on 5 August 2017. After a 1–1 tie Feyenoord beatnik Vitesse by penalties. As dutch champion Feyenoord qualified directly for the UEFA Champions League group stage 2017–18. They played in a group with Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk and SSC Napoli. Feyenoord lost the first 5 matches, but they won their last base match against Napoli ( 2–1 ). Feyenoord was not able to win the Dutch championship again, but they won the dutch Cup after beating AZ Alkmaar in the final with 3–0 .
placement [edit ]
Logo near De Kuip Feyenoord are located in the Feijenoord zone of southern Rotterdam and is named after the district in which the baseball club was founded. [ 104 ] More frequent appearances in international 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 other professional 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 irregular 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 district 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 record of ten finals of UEFA 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 pitch, you ‘re stepping into a leo ‘s home. ” [ 106 ] Feyenoord, however, does not own the stadium ; it is an constitution on its own. [ 106 ] In 1935, Feijenoord player Puck avant-garde Heel hit the foremost pole on their way into their new stadium. The stadium was opened on 27 March 1937 and Beerschot was beaten by 5–2, Leen Vente scored the first goal in De Kuip. [ 106 ] already in the very beginning the stadium was sold out on several occasions and other events held at de Kuip besides gained senior high school 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 match to decide the dutch championship between SVV Schiedam and Heerenveen ; 64,368 fans visited the match. [ 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 flood 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 lurch in the darkness and the fans were asked to light their matchsticks when the floodlights were activated. Since that even, 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 gain over Borussia Dortmund in the 2002 UEFA Cup concluding being the tenth and latest. [ 106 ] The attendance commemorate of 1949 was broken in 1968 when 65,427 fans visited the Feyenoord– Twente match. [ 106 ]
New stadium [edit ]
In December 2006, Feyenoord conductor Chris Woerts announced that Feyenoord were developing plans to build a new 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 cabaret is aiming for a stadium with a capacity of around 100,000 seats. [ 109 ] If possible, a capacitance of over 130,000 should be realized according to Woerts, which would earn the entitle of biggest stadium in Europe. The club emphasized its efforts to make it a true football stadium with seats close up to the pitch. The stadium will get a retractable roof thus that early events can be held vitamin a 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 newly stadium have been put on hold. A newly stadium will most likely be built in the future, though it will likely not have a spectator capacity greater than 70,000. In September 2012, Feyenoord confirmed that there will arise a new 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 plan was rejected by the Feyenoord and Stadion Feijenoord guidance. The new stadium should be a 63,000 all-seater. Despite the modern 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 gear grade on lead of the current stadium, increasing the capacity to 68,000. This plan 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 dissipated facilities, nightlife and renewed infrastructure. The old stadium ‘De Kuip ‘ will be transformed into an athletic contest racetrack. 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 hundred by german Wilhelm Speidel. In 1961, Jaap Valkhoff wrote the lyrics which became popular among Feyenoord supporters who adopted the song as their unofficial hymn. [ 112 ] Valkhoff wrote lyrics on the lapp melody for respective other teams as well. Among them were Feyenoord ‘s archrivals Ajax. [ 113 ] Nowadays, the birdcall 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 finish is scored by Feyenoord in their home matches the song 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 lot of assorted songs and chants in their equipment during matches. Among the most important 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 vanguard 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 club ‘s key players at the clock 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 patron groups in the world supporting the team during both thoroughly or bad 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 act 12 is never given to a player, but is reserved for Het Legioen rather .
popularity [edit ]
Feyenoord is a popular cabaret in the Netherlands with a large issue of supporters. [ 123 ] The team ‘s first training seance of a season alone attracts thousands of fans ; [ 124 ] 20,000 attended 2007–08 ‘s inaugural school term. [ 125 ] In 1963, about 3,000 fans boarded on two ships, among thousands of others by prepare or car and they travelled to Lisbon where Feyenoord faced Benfica in the european Cup. [ 126 ] When Feyenoord shimmer abroad 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 unconstipated equal at home while acme classes against Ajax, PSV and european cup opponents are sold out most of the meter. [ 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 dame, but that ‘s all part 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 connection with English side Sunderland A.F.C., although it is an association that is frequently 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 issue of Sunderland fans made the journey to watch the dutch side in their ultimately check regular against Vitesse. [ 130 ] [ 131 ] Beyond the Netherlands, Feyenoord opened a fanshop in the center of Tokyo, when japanese player Shinji Ono was a key actor 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 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 liaison between golf club and fans, produce match programmes, arrange change of location to away games and mastermind supporters ‘ evenings, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as being involved in the early supporters organisations. [ 133 ] Children between 0 and 12 years honest-to-god can join the Kameraadjes group ( english : little comrades ). [ 134 ] In 1998, the Feyenoord Supporters Vereniging were wondering about whether or not it would be possible to create more atmosphere inside the stadium chiefly during crucial matches. As a result, 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 meeting between fans and officials were arranged. In 2000 Harry Veth was given permission to establish a group of five Feyenoord fans called TIFO team Feyenoord Rotterdam. [ 135 ] Besides creating more flags and little pieces of paper released from the second platform the team besides started to organise bigger activities. The foremost bad activity was held on 10 December 2000 when Feyenoord faced Ajax and 40 fog machines were activated when the players entered the lurch. [ 135 ] In the follow years many unlike and respective activities were held to improve the atmosphere inside the stadium. Feyenoord ‘s TIFO team became celebrated afield adenine good and the italian TIFO foundation awarded Feyenoord the Best of TIFO Award 2000/01. [ 136 ]
Jeugdproject [edit ]
Feyenoord ‘s Jeugdproject ( Youth Project ) reduce on children between 6 and 12 years of long time, playing football at schools and amateur 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, excitation, emotions, fear and cosines, it brings people in concert. [ 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 provide schools and amateur clubs with little teaching books and expect these to be filled in by the visiting youth when they enter the stadium on a pit 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, however anterior to the startle of the competitive season, the cabaret opens its doors for rid for all Feyenoord fans to have fun in concert and to present the team for the approaching season. [ 138 ] De Kuip already opens in the dawn 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 gear. The activities inside the stadium itself normally start around noon, when there are respective performances by versatile artists. Every class, the new Feyenoord ambassador of the year is announced at opening day. [ 139 ] A minute of muteness is held for all former 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 team for the approaching season is presented to the fans. This is always a especial happen, chiefly for the new signings of the team. They will be flown into the stadium with helicopters when a broad stadium is cheering for them when they arrive. [ 139 ] Once they are there, the other 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 lone 51,117 seats available within the stadium. [ 142 ] The open day is known as a unique event in the Netherlands .
noteworthy 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 van 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 formally 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 parcel a long history together and matches between the two clubs are called the Klassieker ( “ The Classic ” ). [ 153 ] The competition is not lone 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 culture. [ 153 ] [ dead link ] [ citation needed ] The meeting between the two teams is inactive 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 fan Carlo Picornie being killed and respective others injured. [ 153 ] In 2004, Feyenoord player Jorge Acuña was taken to hospital with head, neck and rib injuries after Feyenoord players were attacked by Ajax hooligans during a equal between the reservation team of both clubs. [ 154 ] Another Feyenoord player, Robin van Persie, had to be rescued by Ajax coach John vanguard ‘t Schip and player Daniël de Ridder. [ 154 ] In 2005, riots before and after the match 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 eater clubhouse, but it is not comparable to other local derbies. The competition between Sparta and Feyenoord is by and large seen on the Sparta english. [ 155 ] The competition started in the 1910s and 20s, when Sparta was regarded as a club 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 concluding, 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 hand in court. [ 156 ] Feyenoord besides have a competition overseas against Tottenham Hotspur following respective fierce clashes between the club ‘s supporters and Tottenham ‘s “ connect ” 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 clubhouse chiefly had english managers, as football was already professional there. Feyenoord ‘s first Dutch passenger car was Engel Geneugelijk ( ad interim ), while Richard Dombi is seen as the first base successful coach. He led the team in three unlike periods. During the club ‘s weakest period, Feyenoord was coached by two coaches at once, the Dutchman Pim Verbeek and the Swede Gunder Bengtsson. Bengtsson was the last foreign passenger car 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 golf club ‘s chairmen have been largely Dutch, with Amandus Lundqvist from Sweden as the only exception. With 28 years, Cor Kieboom was the longest-reigning president in club history. [ 161 ]
Media [edit ]
Since 2000 Feyenoord has had its own television program, shown weekly on SBS6. [ 162 ] The show features interviews with players and early team members a well as documentaries about the team. [ 162 ] As of the 2006–07 season Feyenoord launched its own Feyenoord television receiver visualize on their web site with casual news and reports that tells everything about the club. [ 163 ] In 1993 Feyenoord introduced their own newspaper, the Feyenoord Krant, the only Dutch club to do then. [ 164 ] The newspaper is published fortnightly, with a print melt 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 related 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 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 home countries. [ 166 ] Since 2004 Feyenoord have shared a web site 2 teams 1 goal with UNICEF as part of Feyenoord ‘s children ‘s wellbeing project in Ghana. To mark Feyenoord ‘s centennial another web 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 choice to follow the club with news and statistics on cell phones or e-mail. [ 162 ] For each and every home match 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 new presentation magazine, while at the end of the season a Feyenoord annual is created. [ 162 ]
stream team [edit ]
- As of 31 August 2021
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Out on loanword [edit ]
note : 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
notice : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
retire 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 person slope, who have played at Varkenoord, directly behind De Kuip since 1949. [ 13 ] Sportclub Feyenoord ‘s annual young trials attract a large number of hopefuls, with thousands of boys attempting to impress the coaches. [ 13 ] The Feyenoord team typically contains a numeral 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 degree, including Puck van Heel, Wim Jansen and Giovanni avant-garde Bronckhorst. [ 13 ] A number of high-profile managers besides started their coach careers at Varkenoord, including Clemens Westerhof and Leo Beenhakker. [ 13 ]
Partnerships with early clubs [edit ]
As of 2007, Feyenoord presently have three courtly partnerships, a satellite golf club agreement 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 scepter of the first team. [ 168 ] The determination of this is to allow them to experience regular first-team football, aiding their development while simultaneously strengthening Excelsior ‘s squad. The highest profile players to have played at Excelsior as contribution of this placement 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 however work together. [ 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 scout for Feyenoord. [ 172 ] The Feyenoord Ghana academy in get up kind a visit by Feyenoord chair Jorien van den Herik to Abidjan to sign the then nameless Bonaventure Kalou, when Van den Herik contacted with the education institute at Kalou ‘s baseball club. [ 168 ] The academy was built in Fetteh, fair outside 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 addition to helping their football likely, the students are provided with courtly education which is funded by Feyenoord. [ 168 ] The Feyenoord Academy presently play their matches in the OneTouch Premier League. The cabaret have besides entered into respective early 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 club besides set ties with indian Super League franchise Delhi Dynamos FC. [ 174 ] On 15 January 2019, Feyenoord announced a partnership with Eerste Divisie golf club FC Dordrecht which would see players which are not so far ready for the first team loaned out to FC Dordrecht. [ 175 ]
Women ‘s team [edit ]
On 31 March 2021, Feyenoord announced that the club would be joining the women ‘s Eredivisie from the start of the 2021–22 season. [ 176 ]
Backroom staff [edit ]
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As of the 1981–82 Eredivisie season, the KNVB allowed the teams participating in the league to use sponsor names on their shirts in switch over for money. At the clock time, Feyenoord ‘s shirts were produced by Adidas and the first main sponsor was the dutch Yellow Pages, Gouden Gids. In the moment half of the 1982–83 season Adidas were replaced by Puma as the shirt supplier. As a resultant role, the Gouden Gids name was enlarged and was more visible on the shirts. Gouden Gids sponsored the team until 1984, when Opel became the new presenter. The cover 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 concisely 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 cabaret ‘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 respective companies. The lapp policy outgrowth which previously sponsored Feyenoord became ASR. To help with their sword recognition, it decided to continue Fortis ‘ patron obligations, but in 2011, it announced it would stop its sponsorship hand in the 2012–13 season. however, due to an economic recession, Feyenoord had trouble finding a newfangled shirt sponsor. Feyenoord and ASR consequently reached a compromise : ASR would remain presenter for one more season, giving Feyenoord the time it needed to find another patronize. After negotiations with several corporations, Opel became the cabaret ‘s new presenter, signing a contract until 2018 .
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
[ 180 ]
- Official sites
- Other sites
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