Heracles Almelo

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Heracles Almelo

Full name

Heracles Almelo

Nickname(s)

Heraclieden

Founded

May 3, 1903

Ground

Polman Stadion
Almelo
(Capacity 8,500)

Chairman

Jan Smit

Manager

Gert Heerkes

League

Eredivisie

2007/2008

Eredivisie, 14th





Home colours





Away colours

Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.

Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. One of the club's most famous players was South African Steve Mokone, nicknamed The Black Meteor, the first black football player in the Netherlands ever.

In the 2004/05 season, Heracles won the title in the Eerste Divisie, so that during the 2005/06 season, Heracles played in the Eredivisie, where they finished 13th. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 5,700 people. In the current top flight season this has risen to just over 8,300.

1 Current squad
2 Out on loan
3 Notable players
4 Former managers
5 External links

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Martin Pieckenhagen
2	DF	Emmanuel Boakye
3	DF	Rahim Ouedraogo
4	DF	Jan Wuytens
5	DF	Mark Looms
6	MF	Rob Maas
7	MF	Remon de Vries
8	FW	Srđan Lakić
9	FW	Igor Gluščević (on loan from Vitesse)
10	MF	Ricky van den Bergh
11	FW	Everton

No.	Position	Player
14	DF	Marnix Smit
15	DF	Ragnar Klavan
16	GK	Remko Pasveer
17	MF	Kwame Quansah
18	FW	Karim Bridji
19	MF	Gonzalo García García (on loan from SC Heerenveen)
20	MF	Kai Michalke
21	DF	Björn Daelemans
22	MF	Robbert Schilder (on loan from AFC Ajax)
25	MF	Martin Christensen (on loan from Charlton Athletic)
35	MF	Tim Breukers

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Marc Höcher (on loan to Helmond Sport)

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Former managers

[edit] External links

Official website (Dutch)
Fansite HAFC.nl (Dutch)
Tactical formations at football-lineups.com (English)

v • d • e Heracles Almelo – current squad

1 Pieckenhagen • 2 Boakye • 3 Ouédraogo • 4 Wuytens • 5 Looms • 6 Maas • 7 De Vries • 8 Lakić • 9 Gluščević • 10 Van den Bergh • 11 Everton • 14 Smit • 15 Klavan • 16 Pasveer • 17 Quansah • 18 Bridji • 19 Gonzalo • 20 Michalke • 21 Daelemans • 22 Schilder • 25 Christensen • 35 Breukers • Manager: Brood