SC Cambuur

SC Cambuur

Full name	SC Cambuur
Founded	June 19, 1964; 47 years ago (1964-06-19)
Ground	Cambuur Stadion Leeuwarden (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Alex Pama
Manager	Alfons Arts
League	Eerste Divisie
2010–11	Eerste Divisie, 5th
Home colours Away colours

SC Cambuur (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛˈseː ˈkɑmbyːr]) , formed on June 19, 1964, is a Dutch football club from Leeuwarden, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home ground is the 10,250 seater Cambuur Stadion and they play in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The club's emblem originates from the coat of arms of the House of Cammingha, a Dutch noble family. SC Cambuur played four seasons in the Eredivisie. In 2000 the club went down to the Eerste Divisie and has been there without success until recently. In the eighties and nineties the club was a regular contender in the Eerste Divisie playoffs. Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie title in 1992 and promotion in 1998. Back then Leeuwarder millionaire Jan Riedstra (64) was involved. He left the club in 1999 and after his departure the club went almost bankrupt in 2005. The same Jan Riedstra saved the club with his friends Wim Sleijfer, Dirk Hoekstra and Klaas Buwalda by buying the stadium and clearing the club's debt. Under the leadership of Dutch American /CEO Alex Pama the club has found its way up. Riedstra died in 2009 and before his death mentioned that the club was in good hands with Alex Pama. Pama resigned in February, 2011 due to family reasons and was replaced by Gerald van den Belt.

Contents 1 Supporters 2 Honours 3 Rivals 4 Current squad 5 Managers 6 Notable former players 7 Recent history 8 See also 9 External links

Supporters

Cambuur have an ultras, The M.I.-Side, who stand on the South and North stands at Cambuur Stadion. The name comes from the streets where the stands are built: "M" for the Marathonstraat and "I" for the Insulindestraat. Most of the hardcore fans of SC Cambuur now sit close to the away fans on the northern side of the stadium. Although Cambuur not being a big club they got one of the most notorious firms of the Dutch first division. In the 2009/2010 season the club broke all records when the average attendance was 8.600 fans per game and more than 6.500 season tickets were sold. That was a new high for SC Cambuur and remarkable because it was achieved in the second division and those numbers were higher than when the club played in the first division.

The Ultras Leovardia (In proper English:Fanatic-Leeuwarden) is a part of the fanclub , the fanclub called: Core of Cambuur (in Dutch:Kern-van-Cambuur).

Honours

• Eerste Divisie
  • Winner: 1992
  • Runners-up: 1997, 1998, 2010

• Tweede Divisie
  • Winner: 1957, 1965

• Promoted to Eredivisie
  • Promotion: 1992, 1998

Rivals

Rivals are FC Groningen, FC Zwolle, Go Ahead Eagles, rivalry between Cambuur and Heerenveen is fierce and very bitter because both clubs are from the same region. This rivalry is stronger than the one between Feyenoord and Ajax. You can compare it with Celtic-Rangers. In the seventies and eighties Cambuur was bigger than Heerenveen. In the nineties the clubs were equally big in size. After the relegation in 2000, Cambuur lost many fans and corporate sponsors and Heerenveen grew to a much larger club. In 2010, Cambuur has claimed some of the local market back. The fans of both clubs hope that the derby will return one day.

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 1 GK Marco Bizot 2 DF Wout Droste 3 DF Léon Hese 4 DF Martijn van der Laan 5 DF Jonathan Vosselman 6 MF Erik Bakker 7 FW Charles Dissels 8 MF Marco van der Heide 9 FW Martijn Barto 10 MF Sandor van der Heide (captain) 11 FW Melvin de Leeuw 12 FW Mark de Vries 14 MF Oğuzhan Türk

No. Position Player 15 DF Mart Dijkstra 16 DF Alim Öztürk 17 DF Lucas Bijker 18 DF Nuelson Wau 19 MF Frits Dantuma 20 GK Robbert Te Loeke 21 MF Mohamed El Makrini 22 GK Kevin van der Meulen 23 MF Mohamed El Makrini 24 FW Sicco Bouwer 25 DF Robert van Boxel 27 FW Bob Schepers (on loan from FC Utrecht)

Managers

Leo Beenhakker (1972–75) Nol de Ruiter (1976–80) Henk de Jonge (1980–83) Theo Verlangen (1983–85) Fritz Korbach (1985–88) Sandor Popovic (1988–90)

Rob Baan (1990–92) Theo de Jong (1992–93) Fritz Korbach (1993–95) Han Berger (1995–98) Gert Kruys (1998–02) Rob McDonald (2002–03)

Dick de Boer (2003–04) Jan Schulting (2005) Roy Wesseling (2005–07) Gerrie Schouwenaar (2007-replaced Roy Wesseling mid season) Jurrie Koolhof (2007–08) Stanley Menzo (2008–2010) Alfons Arts (2010–)

Notable former players

Gojko Kuzmanovic Johan Groote Willem van der Ark Frank Berghuis Gregg Berhalter Foeke Booy Jan Bruin Dirk Jan Derksen Johan Derksen Mark de Vries Marinus Dijkhuizen Jack de Gier

Fred Grim Jerry Haatrecht Winston Haatrecht Rene van Rijswijk Nico Jan Hoogma Bert Konterman Harry van der Laan Stefan Jansen Michael Mols Robin Nelisse Mark Payne

Len Cantello Andy King Floyd Streete Ray Richardson Tony McNulty Bernard Schuiteman Jaap Stam Erik Tammer Guus Uhlenbeek Milko Djurovski Mitar Mrkela Michael Jansen Paul Beekmans

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1996-97	ED	2	34	20	7	7	65	33	67
1997-98	ED	2	34	20	5	9	66	43	65		promoted
1998-99	Ere	15	34	7	11	16	37	64	32	last 16
1999-00	Ere	17	34	6	7	21	35	66	25	1st round	relegated
2000-01	ED	4	34	15	9	10	55	52	54	2nd round
2001-02	ED	7	34	15	6	13	50	42	51	2nd round
2002-03	ED	11	34	12	5	17	54	67	41	1st round
2003-04	ED	17	36	6	10	20	35	65	28	3rd round
2004-05	ED	9	36	13	8	15	44	54	47	2nd round
2005-06	ED	15	38	12	14	12	48	50	50	2nd round
2006-07	ED	12	38	13	8	17	44	57	47	2nd round
2008-09	ED	3	38	20	9	9	68	46	69	3rd round
2009-10	ED	2	22	13	7	2	54	33	46	2nd round

See also

• List of football clubs in the Netherlands
• Eerste Divisie

External links

• Official website

Eerste Divisie · 2011–12 Clubs Almere AGOVV Cambuur Den Bosch Dordrecht Eindhoven Emmen Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles Helmond Sport MVV Oss Sparta Telstar Veendam Volendam Willem II Zwolle

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