Emmen

Full name

Football Club Emmen

Founded

21 August 1925; 98 years ago

Ground

De Oude Meerdijk
Emmen

Capacity

8,600

Manager

Fred Grim

League

Eerste Divisie

2022–23

Eredivisie, 16th of 18 (relegated via play-offs)

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Current season

FC Emmen is a Dutch professional football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. In 2018, Emmen were promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time. Home games are played at De Oude Meerdijk.

History

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 ( BetaaHoweld 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] However, they were promoted the first attempt the next year.^[7] In the 2022–23 season, they finished 16th, having to win the playoffs to avoid relegation again. This time, they became the first 16th-place team to reach the final under the new format, but they were relegated again after losing to Almere City in the playoff final.^[8]

Stadium

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.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
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

Results

Season	League	Rank	Games	Points	GF	GA	Manager	Topscorer	Goals
1985–86	Eerste divisie	18	36	24	30	54	Theo Verlangen	Henry Pelleboer	8
1986–87	Eerste divisie	16	36	26	41	59	Theo Verlangen	Rudy Metz	15
1987–88	Eerste divisie	18	36	22	29	59	Theo Verlangen	Gerrie Schaap	6
1988–89	Eerste divisie	18	36	20	39	91	Ben Hendriks	Willem Brouwer	13
1989–90	Eerste divisie	6	36	38	53	47	Ben Hendriks	Jan de Jonge	16
1990–91	Eerste divisie	12	38	36	54	67	Ben Hendriks	Michel van Oostrum	24
1991–92	Eerste divisie	18	38	29	37	56	Piet Buter	Jan de Jonge	13
1992–93	Eerste divisie	12	34	27	44	66	René Notten	Jan de Jonge	14
1993–94	Eerste divisie	9	34	36	49	58	René Notten	Jan de Jonge	14
1994–95	Eerste divisie	10	34	35	56	61	Leen Looijen	Antti Sumiala	9
1995–96	Eerste divisie	2	34	67	71	39	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	26
1996–97	Eerste divisie	3	34	63	58	36	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	25
1997–98	Eerste divisie	3	34	61	64	45	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	18
1998–99	Eerste divisie	3	34	61	53	37	Azing Griever	Michel van Oostrum	11
1999–00	Eerste divisie	5	34	58	53	45	Jan de Jonge	Michel van Oostrum Peter Hofstede	13
2000–01	Eerste divisie	11	34	41	53	64	Jan de Jonge	Peter Hofstede	14
2001–02	Eerste divisie	5	34	59	53	43	Hennie Spijkerman	Paul Weerman	14
2002–03	Eerste divisie	2	34	75	66	33	Hennie Spijkerman	Donny de Groot	30
2003–04	Eerste divisie	8	36	61	65	54	Hennie Spijkerman	Dirk Jan Derksen	14
2004–05	Eerste divisie	18	36	30	38	71	Jan Olde Riekerink	Niki Leferink	11
2005–06	Eerste divisie	6	38	60	68	56	Jan van Dijk	Serginho van Dijk Mourad Mghizrat	18
2006–07	Eerste divisie	11	38	48	59	65	Jan van Dijk^[9]	Serginho van Dijk	12
2007–08	Eerste divisie	9	38	53	61	74	Gerry Hamstra	Morten Friis Jensen Roy Stroeve	12
2008–09	Eerste divisie	13	38	47	48	68	Gerry Hamstra^[10]	Roy Stroeve	13
2009–10	Eerste divisie	15	36	48	51	79	Harry Sinkgraven	Hans Denissen Ruud ter Heide	12
2010–11	Eerste divisie	13	34	35	48	64	Azing Griever René Hake	Ruud ter Heide	15
2011–12	Eerste divisie	18	34	17	24	73	René Hake	Ruud ter Heide	5
2012–13	Eerste divisie	12	30	32	38	52	Joop Gall	Ruud ter Heide Wout Weghorst	8
2013–14	Eerste divisie	12	38	51	64	68	Joop Gall	Roland Bergkamp	14
2014–15	Eerste divisie	4	38	67	88	57	Joop Gall	Cas Peters	23
2015–16	Eerste divisie	7	38	51	58	57	Marcel Keizer Gert Heerkes	Erixon Danso	14
2016–17	Eerste divisie	9	38	55	50	40	Dick Lukkien	Cas Peters	14
2017–18	Eerste divisie	7	38	58	58	50	Dick Lukkien	Cas Peters	17
2018–19	Eredivisie	14	34	38	41	72	Dick Lukkien	Anco Jansen	5
2019–20	Eredivisie	12	26	32	32	45	Dick Lukkien	Michael de Leeuw	9
2020–21	Eredivisie	16	34	30	40	68	Dick Lukkien	Michael de Leeuw	15
2021–22	Eerste divisie	1	38	83	64	24	Dick Lukkien	Rui Mendes	17
2022–23	Eredivisie	16	34	28	33	65	Dick Lukkien	Ole Romeny	11

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Dick Lukkien
Assistant manager	Gerard Wiekens Bas Sibum
First-team coach	Casper Goedkoop
Team Manager	Harm Hensens
Goalkeeper coach	Richard Moes
Fitness coach	Peter Eppinga
Video analyst	Matthias Maurer
Materialman	Karel Hilbrands Dirk-Jan Stap
Rehabilitation trainer/Caregiver	Jan Haak
Club doctor	Hans de Vries Gerben Bulthuis Dick Grootoonk
Physiotherapist	Richard Moes Ruben Zuidema
Chief scout	Jan Korte Jurjan Mannes
Scout	Jordy Fühler

Players

Current squad

As of 25 January 2024^[11]^[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Eric Oelschlägel
2	DF	NED	Robin Schouten
3	DF	NED	Jeff Hardeveld
4	DF	NED	Mike te Wierik
6	MF	NED	Maikel Kieftenbeld
8	MF	FRA	Lucas Bernadou
9	FW	POL	Piotr Parzyszek
10	MF	NED	Desley Ubbink
11	FW	NED	Chardi Landu
13	DF	BEL	Michaël Heylen
14	DF	NED	Dennis Vos
16	GK	NED	Kyan van Dorp


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	NED	Lorenzo Burnet
19	FW	NED	Ben Scholte
20	MF	NED	Jari Vlak
21	FW	NED	Patrick Brouwer (on loan from Sparta Rotterdam)
22	GK	NED	Jan Hoekstra
24	DF	NED	Julius Dirksen
25	MF	NED	Jorrit Smeets
29	FW	NED	Joey Konings
34	DF	NED	Gijs Bolk
—	MF	ATG	DJ Buffonge
—	MF	MAR	Faris Hammouti
—	FW	NED	Vicente Besuijen (on loan from Aberdeen)

Honours

Eerste Divisie
- Winner: 2021–22
Sunday amateur football title
- Winner: 1974–75
Sunday Hoofdklasse C
- Winner: 1974–75

Former technical directors

Rob Groener
Gerard Somer

References

External links

FC Emmen

Eredivisie

Eredivisie
2023–24 clubs	Ajax Almere City AZ Excelsior Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles Heerenveen Heracles Almelo NEC PEC Zwolle PSV RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Vitesse Volendam
Stadiums	Abe Lenstra Stadion De Adelaarshorst AFAS Stadion Erve Asito Fortuna Sittard Stadion Galgenwaard GelreDome De Goffert De Grolsch Veste Johan Cruyff Arena Het Kasteel Kras Stadion De Kuip MAC³PARK Stadion Mandemakers Stadion Philips Stadion Woudestein Yanmar Stadion
Former clubs	ADO Den Haag Alkmaar '54 FC Amsterdam Blauw-Wit Cambuur De Graafschap De Volewijckers Den Bosch Dordrecht DOS DS '79 DWS FC Eindhoven Elinkwijk Emmen SC Enschede Fortuna '54 Groningen Haarlem Helmond Sport MVV NAC Breda NOAD RBC Roda JC SVV Telstar Veendam VVV-Venlo Wageningen Willem II XerxesDZB
Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Top scorers Hat-tricks Derbies Eredivisie Live
Awards	Footballer of the Year Rinus Michels Award Eredivisie Player of the Month
Associated competitions	League system Eerste Divisie KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield Eredivisie for women UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League
Netherlands Football League seasons	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56
Eredivisie seasons	1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
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FC Emmen
Information	Club Players Managers
Stadia	De Oude Meerdijk
Seasons	2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24