FC Emmen explained

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 ( 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 at ADO Den Haag, and won 2–1. Glenn Bijl scored the first goal for Emmen in the top flight.^[3] Emmen finished 14th in their first Eredivisie season and secured their spot in the Eredivisie for the 2019–20 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.

Sponsors

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

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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		13
2000–01	Eerste divisie	11	34	41	53	64	Jan de Jonge		14
2001–02	Eerste divisie	5	34	59	53	43	Hennie Spijkerman		14
2002–03	Eerste divisie	2	34	75	66	33	Hennie Spijkerman		30
2003–04	Eerste divisie	8	36	61	65	54	Hennie Spijkerman		14
2004–05	Eerste divisie	18	36	30	38	71	Jan Olde Riekerink		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		12
2010–11	Eerste divisie	13	34	35	48	64	Azing Griever René Hake		15
2011–12	Eerste divisie	18	34	17	24	73	René Hake		5
2012–13	Eerste divisie	12	30	32	38	52	Joop Gall		8
2013–14	Eerste divisie	12	38	51	64	68	Joop Gall		14
2014–15	Eerste divisie	4	38	67	88	57	Joop Gall		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		14
2017–18	Eerste divisie	7	38	58	58	50	Dick Lukkien		17
2018–19	Eredivisie	14	34	38	41	72	Dick Lukkien		5
2019–20	Eredivisie	12	26	32	32	45	Dick Lukkien		9
2020–21	Eredivisie	16	34	30	40	68	Dick Lukkien		15
2021–22	Eerste divisie	1	38	83	64	24	Dick Lukkien		17
2022–23	Eredivisie	16	34	28	33	65	Dick Lukkien		11
2023–24	Eerste Divisie	7	38	57	59	60	Fred Grim[11]	Piotr Parzyszek	10

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Robin Peter
Assistant coach	Gerard Wiekens Bas Sibum 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

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

External links

• • Official supporters website

Notes and References

1. Web site: FC Emmen. FC Emmen history. nl.
2. News: Sparta degradeert uit Eredivisie, historische promotie FC Emmen . NU.nl . nl . 20 May 2018.
3. Web site: NOS. Emmen-doelpuntenmaker Bijl: 'In de bus kijken of ik al op Wikipedia sta'. 12 August 2018.
4. Web site: FC Emmen. 2021-05-22. FotMob. en.
5. Web site: FC Emmen vs NAC Breda – Eredivisie Qualification – Semi-Final stats, H2H, lineups. 2021-05-22. FotMob. en.
6. Web site: Degradatie na strafschoppenserie – FC Emmen. 2021-05-22. nl.
7. Web site: FC Emmen secures promotion to Eredivisie NL Times . 2023-09-23 . nltimes.nl . en.
8. Web site: admin . 2023-06-11 . Almere City promoted as Emmen go down . 2023-09-23 . Football Oranje . en-US.
9. 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.
10. Hamstra was fired on 13 October 2008 and replaced by Thiemo Meertens. He handed over his job on 23 October 2008 to Paul Krabbe.
11. Grim was fired on 9 April 2024 and replaced by Alfons Arts.