FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie title. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. In 2018, Emmen were promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time, but in 2021 they were relegated to the Eerste Divisie again. 2022 they were promoted again and play the 2022-2023 season in the Eredivisie again. Home games are played at De Oude Meerdijk.
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| Full name | Football Club Emmen | ||
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| Founded | 21 August 1925 | ||
| Ground | De Oude Meerdijk Emmen | ||
| Capacity | 8,600 | ||
| Manager | Dick Lukkien | ||
| League | Eredivisie | ||
| 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie, 1st of 20 (champions, promoted) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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HistoryEdit
The amateur club Emmen was formed on 21 August 1925. When the Dutch professional league was formed in 1954, Emmen opted to maintain its amateur club status instead.[1]
In 1985, Emmen finally joined the professional ranks. In 1988 the club was split into an amateur and a professional section. The latter was mostly called BVO Emmen ( Betaald Voetbal Organisatie, professional football organisation). In 2005, the professional club Emmen changed its name into FC Emmen, for two reasons. Firstly, it was hoped that the new name would better reflect the club's history, and secondly because many misunderstandings had arisen, among people who had grown to believe that BVO was an abbreviation similar to for instance PSV, RBC or ADO.
FC Emmen has reached the Eerste Divisie play-offs eleven times and on 20 May 2018, they managed to clinch promotion to the Dutch Eredivisie for the first time in their history after beating Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 in the promotion/relegation play-off finals.[2]
They played their first Eredivisie match on 12 August 2018 against ADO, and won the match by 1–2. Glenn Bijl made the first goal for FC Emmen in the Eredivisie.[3]
Emmen finished 14th in their first Eredivisie season and secured their spot in the Eredivisie for the 2019–2020 season.
Despite a very poor start to the 2020–21 season (six points in the first 22 matches), Emmen incredibly bounced back with an 8-match unbeaten run (five wins, three draws) from February to April, and ended the season with two wins to finish with 30 points.[4] However, they could not achieve automatic safety, as they had a worse goal differential than 15th-placed RKC Waalwijk. This meant that Emmen would have to win the playoffs to avoid relegation, but they lost on penalties following a 1-1 draw vs. NAC Breda.[5] As a result of this loss, FC Emmen were relegated to the Eerste Divisie following three seasons in the top tier.[6]
StadiumEdit
FC Emmen's previous JenS Vesting, more popularly known as De Meerdijk, now as de Oude Meerdijk was the scene of several matches of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.
SponsorsEdit
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 1985–1988 | Yellow Bird | American Stores |
| 1988–1989 | Hummel | Haka Electronics |
| 1989–1991 | Zwiers | |
| 1991–1993 | Direktbouw Holland | |
| 1993–1995 | Meubelboulevard Emmen | |
| 1995–1997 | Gamma Emmen | |
| 1997–2001 | Ariston/Indesit | |
| 2001–2004 | Haka Electronics | |
| 2004–2006 | Henk ten Hoor | |
| 2006–2007 | KoelGroep Dorenbos | |
| 2007–2008 | Hof van Saksen | |
| 2008–2009 | Legea | |
| 2009–2012 | Peter van Dijk Projects & Investments | |
| 2011–2012 | Klupp/Legea | |
| 2012–2013 | Jako | Sunoil Biodiesel |
| 2013–2015 | Masita | |
| 2015–2016 | Robey | Q&S Garten Deco |
| 2016–2017 | Noordlease | |
| 2017–2018 | Beltona | |
| 2018–2019 | Hitachi Capital Mobility | |
| 2019-2020 | Hummel | |
| 2020-2021 | EasyToys |
ResultsEdit
Coaching staffEdit
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Dick Lukkien
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| Assistant manager | Gerard Wiekens Bas Sibum
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| First-team coach | Casper Goedkoop
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| Team Manager | Harm Hensens
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| Goalkeeper coach | Richard Moes
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| Fitness coach | Peter Eppinga
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| Video analyst |  Matthias Maurer
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| Materialman | Karel Hilbrands Dirk-Jan Stap
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| Rehabilitation trainer/Caregiver | Jan Haak
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| Club doctor | Hans de Vries Gerben Bulthuis Dick Grootoonk
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| Physiotherapist | Richard Moes Ruben Zuidema
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| Chief scout | Jan Korte Jurjan Mannes
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| Scout | Jordy Fühler
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PlayersEdit
Current squadEdit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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HonoursEdit
- Winner: 2021–22
- Winner: 1974–75
- Winner: 1974–75
Former technical directorsEdit
- Rob Groener
- Gerard Somer
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "FC Emmen history" (in Dutch). FC Emmen.
- ^ "Sparta degradeert uit Eredivisie, historische promotie FC Emmen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Emmen-doelpuntenmaker Bijl: 'In de bus kijken of ik al op Wikipedia sta'". NOS. 12 August 2018.
- ^ "FC Emmen". FotMob. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ "FC Emmen vs NAC Breda - Eredivisie Qualification - Semi-Final stats, H2H, lineups". FotMob. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ "Degradatie na strafschoppenserie – FC Emmen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ Van Dijk was fired on 17 February 2007 and replaced by former player Alfons Arts, who gave over the job on 7 March 2007 to Gerry Hamstra.
- ^ Hamstra was fired on 13 October 2008 and replaced by Thiemo Meertens. He handed over his job on 23 October 2008 to Paul Krabbe.
- ^ "FC Emmen - Squad 2019/2020" (in Dutch). Worldfootball. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Selectie FC Emmen – FC Emmen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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