FC Dordrecht

FC Dordrecht
Full name Football Club Dordrecht
Nickname(s) Schapenkoppen (Sheep heads)
Founded August 16, 1883; 128 years ago (1883-08-16)
Ground GN Bouw Stadion,
Dordrecht
(Capacity: 4,100)
Chairman Ad Heijsman
Manager Theo Bos
League Eerste Divisie
2010–11 Eerste Divisie, 11th
Home colours
Away colours

FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.

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History

Founded on 16 August 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club (DFC), it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands. The next significant event was in 1972, at which time the professional and amateur branches of DFC Dordrecht severed their ties. The amateur branch remained DFC Dordrecht, while its professional counterpart became simply FC Dordrecht. Following their reorganisation in 1979 (which led to a change in name to Drechtsteden'79 (DS'79) - referring to the region Drechtsteden), the club was promoted to the Eredivisie in 1983. This however was not to last and was immediately followed by a relegation back to the Eerste Divisie. They went back up to the Eredivisie in 1988/1989 season.

In 1990, another investor gave the club its third name of Dordrecht'90. The club just missed promotion to the Eredivisie in 1991, but was finally admitted when Dordrecht'90 surprisingly merged with neighbouring Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging (SVV) of Schiedam. The club used the name of SVV/Dordrecht'90 for two seasons, but in 1993, the 'SVV' was dropped and the club was renamed Dordrecht'90. Finally in 2002, the club was again renamed, to the name it bore from 1972 to 1979: FC Dordrecht and that is how the name stands today. For a number of years it was one of the clubs with the lowest average attendance of all Dutch professional teams.[1] Undoubtedly the most famous player to wear a Dordrecht shirt was Johan Cruijff, who played 3 friendly matches for the club in January 1981.

Honours

Current squad

As of 1 August 2011

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Stef Doedée
GK Nick van der Ploeg
DF Mawouna Amevor
DF Casper van Beers (on loan from Willem II)
DF Tom Beugelsdijk (on loan from ADO Den Haag)
DF Roderick Gielisse (on loan from ADO Den Haag)
DF Josimar Lima (on loan from Willem II)
DF Kevin Patijn
DF Johan Versluis
MF Nick Coster
MF Giorgio Achterberg (on loan from ADO Den Haag)
MF Salif Diao
MF Donny van der Dussen (on loan from ADO Den Haag)
MF Serhat Köksal (on loan from ADO Den Haag)
No. Position Player
MF Wilmer Kousemaker
MF Shabir Isoufi (on loan from Feyenoord)
MF Danny Post
MF Jeffrey Rijsdijk
MF Björn Vlasbom
FW Shayron Curiel
FW Santy Hulst
FW Renaldo Jongebloet
FW Cecilio Lopes (captain)
FW Jesse Mayele
FW Jermaine van Pijkeren
FW Kevin Tano (on loan from ADO Den Haag)
FW Wouter de Vogel (on loan from ADO Den Haag)

References

  1. ^ Historical attendances Archived 2 February 2011 at WebCite

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