ADO Den Haag

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ADO Den Haag

Full name

Haagsche Football Club
Alles Door Oefening
Den Haag

Short name

ADO Den Haag

Founded

February 1, 1905

Ground

Den Haag Stadion
The Hague
(Capacity 15,000)

Chairman

Pierre Heijnen

Manager

André Wetzel

League

Eredivisie

2007-08

Eerste Divisie, 6th
(Promoted after playoffs)





Home colours





Away colours

ADO Den Haag (ADO stands for Alles Door Oefening, Everything Through Practice) is the main football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club. Despite being from one of the traditional three large Dutch cities, it has not been able to match Ajax or Feyenoord in terms of success in the Eredivisie. There is nonetheless a big rivalry with Ajax and Feyenoord.

ADO Den Haag won the Dutch national football title in 1942 and 1943 and the KNVB Cup in 1968 and 1975 (under the name FC Den Haag). Greatest European success was a quarter final game against West Ham United for the European Cup Winners Cup in 1976. A 4-2 win in The Hague followed by a 3-1 defeat in London meant elimination.

ADO supporters have strong links with Welsh club Swansea City. Flags of the respective clubs are often flown at the matches of the other club, and both clubs regularly hold pre-season friendly matches.

After a long spell in the country's second tier of league football, ADO Den Haag played four seasons in the Eredivisie, they were relegated in the 2006-07 season, however after finishing 6th in the 2007-08 season they went on to win the play-offs meaning promotion back to the Eredivisie for 2008-09. The club's new home is the 15,000 seater Den Haag Stadion, there is not yet an official name for this stadium. They used to play the home games at the Zuiderpark Stadion, the ground will be sold for public housing. Their home colors are yellow and green. The average attendance in 2005/06 was 6,800 people.

1 Current squad
2 Notable players
3 Notable Fans
4 Former managers
5 Honours
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Stefan Postma
2	DF	Daniël Rijaard
3	DF	Christian Kum
4	DF	Virgilio Teixeira (captain)
5	DF	Raymond Victoria
6	MF	Aleksandar Ranković
7	FW	Yuri Cornelisse
8	MF	Pascal Bosschaart
9	FW	Rick Hoogendorp
10	MF	Richard Knopper
11	FW	Wesley Verhoek
14	MF	Levi Schwiebbe
16	FW	Hans van de Haar

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Hursut Meric
18	DF	Raimund Riedewald
19	MF	Roel Stoffels
20	FW	Guyon Fernandez
21	FW	Nick Coster
22	GK	Robert Zwinkels
24	DF	Samir El Moussaoui
27	MF	Mimoun El Kadi
28	MF	Lex Immers
29	FW	Geoffrey Knijnenburg
53	DF	Daryl Janmaat
99	GK	Richard van Nieuwkoop
?	DF	Mitchell Pique
?	MF	Ekrem Kayha