Full name | Heracles Almelo | ||
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Nickname(s) | Heraclieden | ||
Founded | May 3, 1903 | ||
Ground | Polman Stadion Almelo (Capacity: 8,500, new capacity will be 15,000) |
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Chairman | Jan Smit | ||
Manager | Peter Bosz | ||
League | Eredivisie | ||
2010–11 | Eredivisie, 8th | ||
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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 recent top flight seasons this has risen to just over 8,300 (close to the maximum capacity of 8,500).
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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.
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Heracles Almelo currently play at the Polman Stadion in Almelo. The Polman Stadion was built in 1999 with a capacity 6,900, this was expanded in 2005 to hold 8,500. The pitch at the Polman Stadion is artificial turf.
Currently there are advanced plans for the building of a new stadium for the club with a capacity of 15,000. The new stadium is predicted to be finished by mid-2013.
Below is a table with Heracles Almelo's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.
Domestic Results since 1956 | ||||
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Domestic league | League result | Qualification to | KNVB Cup season | Cup result |
2010–11 Eredivisie | 8th | - (losing EL play-offs) | 2010-11 | fourth round |
2009–10 Eredivisie | 6th | - (losing EL play-offs) | 2009-10 | round of 16 |
2008–09 Eredivisie | 15th | - | 2008-09 | second round |
2007–08 Eredivisie | 14th | - | 2007-08 | semi-final |
2006–07 Eredivisie | 14th | - | 2006-07 | second round |
2005–06 Eredivisie | 13th | - (losing IC play-offs) | 2005-06 | DSQ |
2003–04 Eerste Divisie | 1st | Eredivisie (promotion) | 2004-05 | third round |
2003–04 Eerste Divisie | 4th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2003-04 | quarter final |
2002–03 Eerste Divisie | 4th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2002-03 | second round |
2001–02 Eerste Divisie | 8th | - | 2001-02 | second round |
2000–01 Eerste Divisie | 15th | - | 2000-01 | round of 16 |
1999–2000 Eerste Divisie | 7th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1999-2000 | third round |
1998–99 Eerste Divisie | 17th | - | 1998-99 | second round |
1997–98 Eerste Divisie | 14th | - | 1997-98 | round of 16 |
1996–97 Eerste Divisie | 13th | - | 1996-97 | round of 16 |
1995–96 Eerste Divisie | 8th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1995-96 | second round |
1994–95 Eerste Divisie | 6th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1994-95 | quarter final |
1993–94 Eerste Divisie | 4th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1993-94 | third round |
1992–93 Eerste Divisie | 17th | - | 1992-93 | third round |
1991–92 Eerste Divisie | 6th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1991-92 | second round |
1990–91 Eerste Divisie | 6th | - | 1990-91 | second round |
1989–90 Eerste Divisie | 3rd | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1989-90 | first round |
1988–89 Eerste Divisie | 12th | - | 1988-89 | first round |
1987–88 Eerste Divisie | 19th | - | 1987-88 | second round |
1986–87 Eerste Divisie | 15th | - | 1986-87 | second round |
1985–86 Eredivisie | 18th | Eerste Divisie (relegation) | 1985-86 | second round |
1984–85 Eerste Divisie | 1st | Eredivisie (promotion) | 1984-85 | first round |
1983–84 Eerste Divisie | 12th | - | 1983-84 | second round |
1982–83 Eerste Divisie | 16th | - | 1982-83 | first round |
1981–82 Eerste Divisie | 16th | - | 1981-82 | quarter final |
1980–81 Eerste Divisie | 19th | - | 1980-81 | first round |
1979–80 Eerste Divisie | 10th | - | 1979-80 | first round |
1978–79 Eerste Divisie | 13th | - | 1978-79 | second round |
1977–78 Eerste Divisie | 10th | - | 1977-78 | second round |
1976–77 Eerste Divisie | 19th | - | 1976-77 | first round |
1975–76 Eerste Divisie | 15th | - | 1975-76 | second round |
1974–75 Eerste Divisie | 11th | - | 1974-75 | quarter final |
1973–74 Eerste Divisie | 10th | - | 1973-74 | second round |
1972–73 Eerste Divisie | 15th | - | 1972-73 | round of 16 |
1971–72 Eerste Divisie | 14th | - | 1971-72 | first round |
1970–71 Eerste Divisie | 6th | - | 1970-71 | second round |
1969–70 Eerste Divisie | 10th | - | 1969-70 | first round |
1968–69 Eerste Divisie | 10th | - | 1968-69 | quarter final |
1967–68 Eerste Divisie | 11th | - | 1967-68 | group stage |
1966–67 Eerste Divisie | 6th | - | 1966-67 | quarter final |
1965–66 Eredivisie | 16th | Eerste Divisie (relegation) | 1965-66 | round of 16 |
1964–65 Eredivisie | 9th | - | 1964-65 | second round |
1963–64 Eredivisie | 13th | - | 1963-64 | first round |
1962–63 Eredivisie | 14th | - | 1962-63 | third round |
1961–62 Eerste Divisie | 1st | Eredivisie (promotion) | 1961-62 | ? |
1960–61 Eerste Divisie | 3rd (group B) | - | 1960-61 | ? |
1959–60 Eerste Divisie | 4th (group B) | - | not held | not held |
1958–59 Eerste Divisie | 7th (group B) | - | 1958-59 | ? |
1957–58 Tweede Divisie | 1st (group B) | Eerste Divisie (promotion) | 1957-58 | ? |
1956–57 Tweede Divisie | 3rd (group A) | - | 1956-57 | ? |
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