football club
Willem II ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈʋɪləm ˈtʋeː ] ), besides known as Willem II Tilburg, is a dutch football club based in Tilburg, Netherlands, whose team plays in the Eredivisie, the clear tier in Dutch football. The cabaret was founded on 12 August 1896 as Tilburgia. On 12 January 1898, the cabaret was renamed Willem II after Dutch king William II of the Netherlands, who, as Prince of Orange and commanding officer of the dutch army, had his military headquarter in Tilburg during the belgian arise of 1830, spent much time in the city after becoming baron, and died there. [ 1 ]
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noteworthy early players for the baseball club include Dutch internationals Jan van Roessel, Joris Mathijsen, Jaap Stam, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Overmars, Virgil Van Dijk and Finland ‘s Sami Hyypiä. The cabaret ‘s shirt consists of red-white-blue vertical stripes, inspired by the color of the flag of the Netherlands. Willem II plays its home matches in the Koning Willem II Stadion, besides named after the King. The stadium, opened on 31 May 1995, has a capacity of 14,700 spectators. The average attendance in 2004–05 was 12,500 people. [ 1 ] The baseball club has won the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie three times each. [ 1 ]
history [edit ]
Established on 12 August 1896 in Tilburg as Tilburgia, the cabaret first played at the Gemeentelijk Sportpark Tilburg and in 1995 relocated to the Koning Willem II Stadion, the ground where they have played always since. Willem were champions of the Eredivisie in 1916, 1952 and 1955. The Tricolores besides won two KNVB Cups in 1944 and 1963 and were besides crowned champs of the Eerste Divisie in 1958, 1965 and 2014. [ 1 ]
With see to european rival, Willem II first appeared in UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup of 1963 where they lost to Manchester United in the first base round by an aggregate score of 7–2. In 1998–99, Willem once again competed in the Cup Winners ‘ Cup and after beating Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia 6–0 in both legs, Willem then lost to spanish side Real Betis in the second polish, 4–1 on aggregate. A second place in the Eredivisie of 1999 guaranteed the club a UEFA Champions League berth for the beginning time. At the tournament ‘s group stage, Willem alone attained two points in their six group G matches and were therefore eliminated. After reaching the KNVB Cup final in 2005 where they lost 4–0 against PSV Eindhoven, Willem II again qualified again for the UEFA Cup, in which they lost to french side AS Monaco in the first round by 5–1 on aggregate. [ 1 ] At the end of the 2010–11 season, Willem II were relegated from the Eredivisie for the first clock time in 24 years. In the 2011–12 season under newfangled director Jurgen Streppel Willem II was promoted bet on to the Eredivisie, but they went right back down the adjacent season after finishing bottom of the postpone. The club became champions of the Eerste Divisie in the subsequent temper and were frankincense promoted back to the Eredivisie. [ 1 ] In early 2015, journalists at De Volkskrant revealed that Willem II had its matches fixed by an “ asian gamble syndicate ”, who had paid Willem ‘s players a sum sum of €100,000 to lose matches against Ajax and Feyenoord ( in October and December 2009 ). According to the journalists, midfielder Ibrahim Kargbo was the Asians ‘ main contact within the club ; Kargbo denies having accepted their money. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Royal Dutch Football Association called the affair “ the most concrete event of match neutering in the Netherlands ” and took legal action adenine well as asking UEFA and FIFA to reevaluate previous matches. [ 3 ] In 2019, Willem II reached the KNVB Cup Final for the fourth meter in their history. They beat arizona Alkmaar in the semi-finals after a punishment shoot-out, but were defeated by in the concluding by AFC Ajax. The fans of Willem II have close links with the fans of English championship baseball club Bristol City. Willem supporters have been known to travel to Bristol, with Bristol City fans heading the other way to Tilburg. At Bristol City ‘s game on 31 October 2009 against Sheffield Wednesday, some Willem II fans were seen in the ‘Eastend ‘ of the Ashton Gate Stadium, and songs were sung about Willem II by City fans. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
Players [edit ]
current squad [edit ]
- As of 6 December 2021
notice : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loanword [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
celebrated players [edit ]
The players below had elder international cap ( mho ) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed represented their countries while playing for Willem II .
domestic results [edit ]
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Eredivisie*
Eerste divisie
↓ relegation
↑ promotion
Below is a table with Willem II ‘s domestic results since the insertion of the Eredivisie in 1956 .
Coaches [edit ]
Honours [edit ]
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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