Foeke Booy
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-04-25) 25 April 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cambuur
(technical manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1984 Cambuur 72 (8)
1984–1985 De Graafschap 34 (20)
1985–1987 PEC Zwolle 77 (37)
1987–1988 FC Groningen 29 (10)
1988–1989 Kortrijk 31 (8)
1989–1993 Club Brugge 111 (49)
1993–1994 AA Gent 28 (11)
1994–1996 FC Utrecht 26 (4)
Total 408 (147)
Managerial career
2000–2002 FC Utrecht (assistant)
2002–2007 FC Utrecht
2007 Al-Nassr
2007–2009 Sparta
2009–2012 FC Utrecht (techn dir)
2012–2013 Cercle Brugge
2013–2015 Go Ahead Eagles
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Foeke Booy (born 25 April 1962) is a Dutch football manager, executive, and former player. He serves as the technical manager of Cambuur.

Club career

Booy played for eight clubs in sixteen seasons. After hometown club Cambuur Leeuwarden, De Graafschap, PEC Zwolle and FC Groningen he opted for a Belgian adventure. He wore the shirt of Kortrijk, Club Brugge and Gent. During his time with Club Brugge, he won the national championship twice and the national cup. In 1994, he played for FC Utrecht. However, a serious knee injury made it almost impossible for Booy to continue to play football at the highest level.

Managerial career

At the age of 34 he therefore decided to focus on a future as a coach. He coached the B-juniors of FC Utrecht, he had Young FC Utrecht under his wing and was assistant to the coach of the A-selection for two years. In 2002, he became technical manager and coach of FC Utrecht.

Booy is the most successful coach in the history of FC Utrecht. In his first year as a coach his team challenged for a European place for a long period but finally ended eighth with 47 points. The climax of the season 2002–03 was that FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup at Feyenoord's expense. The club from Rotterdam had been beaten in its own stadium 4–1.

In his second year as coach he saw some important names disappear from his selection, but FC Utrecht won the Amstel Cup again and scored only one point less in the league than they did the year before. Last season, Booy obtained the third main trophy with the club: Ajax were beaten at their own stadium, 4–2 in the match for the Johan Cruijff Schaal, the traditional game before the start of the season between the national champions and the Cup winners.

On 18 December 2007, Booy was named as the Sparta Rotterdam coach[1] after managing Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia from summer 2007.[2] He left Sparta at the end of the 2008–09 season to become director of football at FC Utrecht, where he was sacked in May 2012.[3] In November 2012, he was appointed head coach of Cercle Brugge in Belgium.[4] However, in April 2013 he was fired because of poor results.[5]

On 23 June 2013, Booy was appointed as manager of newly promoted Eredivisie side Go Ahead Eagles.[6] He was sacked on 22 March 2015.[7]

On 24 November 2017, it was announced that he would be the new technical manager of Cambuur, returning to the club where he started his playing career in 1980.[8][9]

Managerial statistics

As of 21 March 2015[10]
Team From To Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Utrecht July 2002 June 2007 Eredivisie 170 66 42 62 220 232 −12 038.82
KNVB Cup 16 12 1 3 48 18 +30 075.00
Europe 12 3 1 8 14 21 −7 025.00
Other[nb 1] 10 1 4 5 10 17 −7 010.00
Total 208 82 48 78 292 288 +4 039.42
Al-Nassr July 2007 November 2007 Saudi Premier League 8 3 2 3 10 12 −2 037.50
Total 8 3 2 3 10 12 −2 037.50
Sparta Rotterdam 18 December 2007 June 2009 Eredivisie 53 16 9 28 77 105 −28 030.19
KNVB Cup 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 066.67
Total 56 18 9 29 82 109 −27 032.14
Cercle Brugge 5 November 2012 2 April 2013 Belgian Pro League 17 1 4 12 15 34 −19 005.88
Belgian Cup 5 4 1 0 9 5 +4 080.00
Total 22 5 5 12 24 39 −15 022.73
Go Ahead Eagles 23 June 2013 22 March 2015 Eredivisie 62 16 13 33 71 120 −49 025.81
KNVB Cup 4 2 1 1 5 1 +4 050.00
Total 66 18 14 34 76 121 −45 027.27
Career totals League 310 102 70 138 393 503 −110 032.90
Cup 28 20 3 5 67 28 +39 071.43
Europe 12 3 1 8 14 21 −7 025.00
Other 10 1 4 5 10 17 −7 010.00
Total 360 126 78 156 484 569 −85 035.00

Notes

  1. ^ Includes Johan Cruijff Shield and Eredivisie UEFA and Intertoto play-offs.

Honours

Manager

Utrecht

References

  1. ^ Foeke Booy nieuwe trainer Sparta - Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Al-Nassr meldt komst Foeke Booy - Trouw (in Dutch)
  3. ^ FC Utrecht ontslaat Foeke Booy - Rijnmond (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Foeke Booy nieuwe trainer Cercle Brugge - AD (in Dutch)
  5. ^ Cercle Brugge ontslaat Foeke Booy - Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)
  6. ^ Foeke Booy nieuwe trainer van Go Ahead Eagles - AD (in Dutch)
  7. ^ Go Ahead Eagles ontslaat Foeke Booy - AD (in Dutch)
  8. ^ "Foeke Booy nieuwe technisch manager SC Cambuur". cambuur.nl (in Dutch). SC Cambuur. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  9. ^ Caldenhoven, Mark (24 November 2017). "Foeke Booy bij Cambuur terug op het oude nest". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Foeke Booy". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  11. ^ "2003: FC UTRECHT NEEMT REVANCHE". totoknvbbekker.nl. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  12. ^ "2004: FC UTRECHT PROLONGEERT DE BEKER". totoknvbbekker.nl. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

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