SC Heerenveen (women) explained

Clubname:sc Heerenveen
Fullname:Sportclub Heerenveen Vrouwen
Founded:2007
Ground:Sportpark Skoatterwâld, Heerenveen
Capacity:3,000
Chairman:Robert Veenstra
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Niklas Tarvajärvi
League:Eredivisie
Season:2023–24
Position:10th
Website:https://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/vrouwen
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SC Heerenveen Vrouwen is a Dutch women's football (soccer) club based in Heerenveen that competes in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands.[1]

Several of the top Dutch women footballers, including Lieke Martens, Vivianne Miedema, and Sherida Spitse, have played for the club. The club peaked in the league table with a third place finish in the 2017–18 season.

History

SC Heerenveen was a founding member of the Vrouwen Eredivisie in 2007 and one of three clubs, along with FC Twente and ADO Den Haag, to field a team in the Eredivisie or BeNe League in every season. The club won the first-ever Eredivisie match, spoiling FC Twente's debut at the Arke Stadion, 3–2.[2]

After finishing last in 2008 and 2010 and second-to-last in 2009, in 2011 the earned its best result yet, finishing 4th and reaching the KNVB Women's Cup final, losing to AZ Alkmaar.[3] In April 2011, the club announced the women's team would disband at the end of the season,[4] but it subsequently cancelled the decision.[5] The following season, sc Heerenveen returned to the bottom of the table.

In the 2012–13 season, sc Heerenveen moved in the newly formed BeNe League. It was the second-to-last Dutch team in the league, an overall 11th position, though forward Vivianne Miedema led the league with 27 goals. Miedema and her club improved the following season, with the forward scored 41 goals, the most in a season for the short-lived league. The club finished in fourth place overall and third among Dutch clubs. The BeNe League lasted just one more season, in which the club finished in 10th place.

SC Heerenveen and other Dutch clubs returned to the Eredivisie for the 2015–16 season. In 2017 and 2018, the club again reached the semifinals of the KNVB Women's Cup, losing to PSV in 2017 and AFC Ajax in 2018.[6] [7] On 26 April 2019, sc Heerenveen announced it would cease competing in the league.[8] However, on 19 June, the club reversed course and announced it would continue its women's team.

Competition record

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BeNe League
x = season abandoned due to Covid-19
SeasonLeaguePositionW – D – L = PtsGF – GATop scorerKNVB Cup
2007–08Eredivisie6 / 62 – 5 – 13 = 1112 – 40Delies, Eefting, Spitse (3)Quarterfinals
2008–096 / 76 – 3 – 15 = 2128 – 43Smit (14)
2009–106 / 64 – 6 – 10 = 1819 – 30Smit (11)Quarterfinals
2010–114 / 89 – 7 – 5 = 3433 – 30Smit (9)bgcolor=silverFinalist
2011–127 / 74 – 3 – 11 = 1525 – 38Miedema (10)Quarterfinals
2012–13BeNe League11 / 169 – 6 – 13 = 3355 – 50Miedema (27)Semifinals
2013–144 / 1415 – 2 – 9 = 4773 – 47Miedema (41)Quarterfinals
2014–1510 / 137 – 2 – 15 = 2326 – 44Folkertsma (6)Quarterfinals
2015–16Eredivisie6 / 74 – 5 – 15 = 1721 – 54Slegter (5)Round of 16
2016–176 / 89 – 3 – 15 = 3053 – 60 (16)Semifinals
2017–183 / 99 – 5 – 10 = 3244 – 45Kalma (21)Semifinals
2018–196 / 912 – 6 – 7 = 4274 – 44Hoekstra (12)Quarterfinals
2019–20 a4 / 85 – 3 – 4 = 1818 – 17Hoekstra (4)
2020–215 / 86 – 6 – 8 = 2432 – 38 (7)Quarterfinals
2021–227 / 94 – 6 – 14 = 2421 – 46 (7)Quarterfinals
2022–238 / 117 – 1 – 12 = 2024 – 56 (10)Quarterfinals
2023–2410 / 125 – 4 – 13 = 2215 – 38 (5)Quarterfinals
2024–25? / 12
a = at time of cancellation of season due to Covid-19

Players

Current squad

.Source: uk.women.soccerway.com[9]

Former internationals

Head coaches

Broadcasting

All Eredivisie Vrouwen matches, as of 2024, are broadcast on ESPN in the Netherlands.[10]

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=2600861/profile/index.html Profile
  2. Web site: Vrouwen SC Heerenveen eerste koploper in eredivisie - NDC mediagroep - De Krant van Toen . 2024-09-30 . www.dekrantvantoen.nl.
  3. http://es.women.soccerway.com/national/netherlands/vrouwen-eredivisie/2010-2011/regular-season/ Eredivisie tables
  4. http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6671&Itemid=1 Heerenveen closes its women's team.
  5. http://www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6716&Itemid=1 Heerenveen will keep on with women's football
  6. Web site: KNVB Beker Women 2016/2017 scores, results, fixtures and table . 2024-09-30 . www.fastscore.com.
  7. Web site: KNVB Beker Women 2017/2018 scores, results, fixtures and table . 2024-09-30 . www.fastscore.com.
  8. Web site: 26 April 2019 . Na twaalf jaar einde aan vrouwenteam SC Heerenveen . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190427162553/https://lc.nl/sport/Na-twaalf-jaar-einde-aan-vrouwenteam-SC-Heerenveen-24400547.html . 27 April 2019 . 28 April 2019 . . nl.
  9. Web site: SC Heerenveen (vrouwen). Soccerway (Women soccer). 17 August 2018.
  10. Web site: 2024-07-19 . Competitieprogramma Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie seizoen 2024/'25 definitief . 2024-09-10 . . nl-NL.