Roda JC

Roda JC Kerkrade

Full name	Sport Vereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade
Nickname(s)	The Pride of the South, De Koempels, De Limburgers
Founded	June 27, 1962; 49 years ago (1962-06-27)
Ground	Parkstad Limburg Stadion Kerkrade (Capacity: 19,979)
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Harm Van Veldhoven
League	Eredivisie
2010–11	Eredivisie, 6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Sport Vereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɔrt vərˈeːnəɣɪŋ ˈroːda jyˈliaːna kɔmbɪˈnaː(t)si ˈkɛrkˌraːdə]) (Limburgish: Sjport Verainiejoeng Roda Juliana Combinaatsiejoeën Kirchroa) , also known as Roda JC Kerkrade (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːda ˈjeː ˈseː ˈkɛrkˌraːdə]) (Limburgish: Roda JC Kirchroa) is a Dutch professional association football club located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Dutch Eredivisie. The club was founded after a merger between Rapid JC and Roda Sport in 1962. They were placed in the Eerste Divisie, and after a relegation they were promoted back to the top division in 1973, where they would stay ever since. In the 2009 season they added Kerkrade to their names so they would get financial support.

Roda are known as a "coal-miner's club". Fans of MVV, from the provincial capital of Maastricht, pronounce those words condescendingly, in Kerkrade and surroundings they are pronounced with pride. The last Dutch coal-mines were closed in the 1960s, but the Netherlands' most southern province, Limburg, is still referred to as the Mijnstreek ('mine district') today. The coal-mines are still industrious in folk songs in the regional dialect and in the stories of old miners, reminiscing of an era that will never return. Southern Limburg will always be their home. Their team, in most cases, is Roda JC.

Roda's club honours include seven European campaigns and six KNVB cup finals, of which two were won. One of the predecessors in Roda's "family tree" of mergers, Rapid JC, were champions of the Netherlands in 1956. Ten out of eleven players on that Rapid JC team were coal-miners.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Merge (1955-1962) 1.2 Struggling and staying at the top division (1963-94) 1.3 Dutch and European success (1994-Present) 2 Stadium 3 Statistics 3.1 Club honours 3.2 Achievements 4 Domestic Results 5 Current squad 5.1 On loan 6 Notable players 7 Managers 8 Former chairmen 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

History

Merge (1955-1962)

Roda JC Kerkrade came into being by the merger of several football clubs from Kerkrade. In 1954, SV Kerkrade (of 1926) and SV Bleijerheide (of 1914) merged to form Roda Sport. That same year, Rapid '54 (of 1954) and amateur club Juliana (of 1910) merged to form Rapid JC. Rapid JC was one of the success clubs at the time, winning the Championship play-off in 1956. In later years they would only finish in the top 10 once, when they finished second in the 1958-59 season. Roda Sport would only relegate to the Tweede Divisie and stay there until the last merge between them and Rapid JC, to form Roda JC.

Struggling and staying at the top division (1963-94)

After the merge they would start in the Eerste Divisie in the 1962-63 season, but would relegate immediately after finishing 16th. The following season they would almost promote back, but they lost in the promotion play-off and regained in the Tweede Divisie 8 years. After their promotion back to the Eerste Divisie it would only take two season to also promote to the Eredivisie, when they finished first.

They are finally at the top division but did not manage to qualify for an European competition even though they finished in the top several times. They had only qualify for Europe once when they lost in the finals of the KNVB Cup in 1975, but they lost in the first round with 5-3 on aggerate against Anderlecht. In the 1986-87 season they'd finally finished at a desired spot for the Europa Cup play-offs in the Netherlands, but lost their spot against FC Utrecht. One year later they finished 15th and struggled to not relegate back to the Eerste Divisie. They did, however, lost in the finals of the KNVB Cup. And because PSV already got a spot for Europe because they one the Eredivisie, Roda JC would gain the spot in the Europa Cup. This would be the club's most memorable European campaign, when Roda made it through the winter in the European Cup Winners Cup before succumbing to the superb strikers of Bulgarian PFC CSKA Sofia, Hristo Stoichkov and Emil Kostadinov, who became superstars in Europe's major football leagues. Two years later they would finish 5th two times, but only once they gained an spot for an European competition. They would do good in the KNVB Cup because in 1990–91 they got to the semi-finals and the year later even in the finals.

Dutch and European success (1994-Present)

Since 1994 they managed to make several successes in both Europe and the Netherlands. Most notable is the 2nd place in the Eredivisie in 1994–95. They had also won the KNVB Cup twice in the 1996-97 season and 1999-2000 season. Due to all of this they qualified for several European competitions. Roda's most memorable European game was played on 28 February 2002. After a 0–1 defeat to AC Milan in Kerkrade, Roda caused panic at the San Siro by winning the return leg by the same score. Roda even took the lead in the penalty shoot-out, but ended up losing the series. One penalty away from eliminating AC Milan.

Since then they only had qualified twice for the Intertoto Cup in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 season. In later years they did manage to qualify for the play-offs but never had one the play-offs.

Roda's position in Dutch football is best illustrated by their history in the KNVB Cup. Roda were good enough to make it to six finals, but the first three times and the last time the opponent in the final was one of the 'Big Three' – and Roda went home with the silver medal: PSV won in 1976 and 1988, Feyenoord in 1992 and 2008. In two of the club's cup finals, however, a 'non-Big Three' side was the opponent. Both times the cup went to Kerkrade: Heerenveen were beaten in 1997, NEC in 2000.

Since 1992 Roda have been in discussions with neighbours Fortuna Sittard, as well as MVV and VVV-Venlo, with a view to merging to form a new club, named F.C. Limburg.^[1] A statement of intent was published by Roda and Fortuna in November 2008 and in early 2009 financial backing was found for the scheme.^[1] All attempts, however, were stranded.

In 2010, the club added "Kerkrade" to its name, so the full new name of the sports club is now Roda JC Kerkrade. This was one of the condition of the municipality Kerkrade, in exchange for financial help.

Stadium

Since the establishment of the club, Roda JC Kerkrade played in Sportpark Kaalheide with a capacity of 21,500 people. The current stadium is called Parkstad Limburg Stadion and has a capacity of 19 000 seats. It was opened on August 15, 2000 with a match against Real Zaragoza which draw: 2-2.

Statistics

Club honours

Before the merge, Rapid JC had won the top league title once, in the 1955 season.

• Netherlands Football League Championship 1:

• 1955-56 (as Rapid JC)

• KNVB Cup 2:

• 1996–97, 1999–2000 (as Roda JC)

• Eerste Divisie 1:

• 1972-73 (as Roda JC)

Achievements

• Eredivisie runner-up 2:

• 1958-59 (as Rapid JC), 1994-95 (as Roda JC)

• KNVB Cup runner-up 4:

• 1975–76, 1987–88, 1991–92, 2007–08 (as Roda JC)

• Johan Cruijff Shield runner-up 2:

• 1997, 2000 (as Roda JC)

Domestic Results

Below is a table with Roda JC's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

Domestic Results since 1956
Domestic league	League result	Qualification to	KNVB Cup season	Cup result
2010–11 Eredivisie	6th	- (losing EL play-offs)	2010-11	round of 16
2009–10 Eredivisie	9th	- (losing EL play-offs)	2009-10	third round
2008–09 Eredivisie	16th	- (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	2008-09	quarter final
2007–08 Eredivisie	9th	- (losing UC play-offs)	2007-08	final
2006–07 Eredivisie	6th	- (losing UC play-offs)	2006-07	quarter final
2005–06 Eredivisie	8th	- (losing UC play-offs)	2005-06	semi-final
2004–05 Eredivisie	8th	Intertoto Cup (R3)	2004-05	third round
2003–04 Eredivisie	6th	Intertoto Cup (R3)	2003-04	second round
2002–03 Eredivisie	6th	-	2002-03	round of 16
2001–02 Eredivisie	13th	-	2001-02	round of 16
2000–01 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	2000-01	quarter final
1999–2000 Eredivisie	8th	UEFA Cup	1999-2000	winners
1998–99 Eredivisie	5th	UEFA Cup	1998-99	round of 16
1997–98 Eredivisie	14th	-	1997-98	round of 16
1996–97 Eredivisie	6th	Cup Winners' Cup	1996-97	winners
1995–96 Eredivisie	4th	UEFA Cup	1995-96	semi-final
1994–95 Eredivisie	2nd	UEFA Cup	1994-95	second round
1993–94 Eredivisie	6th	-	1993-94	third round
1992–93 Eredivisie	11th	-	1992-93	third round
1991–92 Eredivisie	9th	-	1991-92	final
1990–91 Eredivisie	10th	-	1990-91	semi-final
1989–90 Eredivisie	5th	UEFA Cup	1989-90	quarter final
1988–89 Eredivisie	5th	-	1988-89	second round
1987–88 Eredivisie	15th	Cup Winners' Cup	1987-88	final
1986–87 Eredivisie	4th	- (losing UC play-offs)	1986-87	first round
1985–86 Eredivisie	5th	-	1985-86	first round
1984–85 Eredivisie	11th	-	1984-85	first round
1983–84 Eredivisie	9th	-	1983-84	round of 16
1982–83 Eredivisie	6th	-	1982-83	quarter final
1981–82 Eredivisie	9th	-	1981-82	second round
1980–81 Eredivisie	11th	-	1980-81	round of 16
1979–80 Eredivisie	7th	-	1979-80	quarter final
1978–79 Eredivisie	5th	-	1978-79	round of 16
1977–78 Eredivisie	6th	-	1977-78	quarter final
1976–77 Eredivisie	5th	-	1976-77	round of 16
1975–76 Eredivisie	8th	Cup Winners' Cup	1975-76	final
1974–75 Eredivisie	8th	-	1974-75	round of 16
1973–74 Eredivisie	15th	-	1973-74	second round
1972–73 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1972-73	second round
1971–72 Eerste Divisie	4th	-	1971-72	first round
1970–71 Tweede Divisie	5th	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1970-71	first round
1969–70 Tweede Divisie	9th	-	1969-70	first round
1968–69 Tweede Divisie	4th	-	1968-69	first round
1967–68 Tweede Divisie	5th	-	1967-68	group stage
1966–67 Tweede Divisie	4th	promotion play-offs: no promotion	1966-67	DNC
1965–66 Tweede Divisie	5th (group B)	-	1965-66	group stage
1964–65 Tweede Divisie	4th (group B)	-	1964-65	round of 16
1963–64 Tweede Divisie	3rd	promotion play-off: no promotion	1963-64	second round
1962–63 Eerste Divisie	16th	Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1962-63	third round
1961–62 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1961–62 Tweede Divisie (as Roda Sport)	18th 2nd	Eerste Divisie (relegation) -	1961-62	?
1960–61 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1960–61 Tweede Divisie (as Roda Sport)	13th 6th	- promotion play-off: no promotion	1960-61	?
1959–60 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1959–60 Tweede Divisie (as Roda Sport)	11th 3rd	-	not held	not held
1958–59 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1958–59 Eerste Divisie (as Roda Sport)	2nd 15th	- Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1958-59	?
1957–58 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1957–58 Eerste Divisie (as Roda Sport)	12th 15th	-	1957-58	?
1956–57 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1956–57 Eerste Divisie (as Roda Sport)	11th 12th	-	1956-57	?

Current squad

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 Pawel Kieszek (on loan from FC Porto) 2 DF Martijn Monteyne 4 DF Rob Wielaert 5 DF Jagoš Vuković (on loan from PSV) 6 MF Ruud Vormer 7 MF Sebastian Svärd 8 MF Mark-Jan Fledderus 9 FW Mads Junker (captain) 10 MF Davy De Beule 11 FW Adil Ramzi 12 DF Bart Biemans 14 MF Mitchell Donald

No. Position Player 15 DF Jimmy Hempte 16 FW Sanharib Malki 17 FW Mikołaj Lebedyński (on loan from Pogoń Szczecin) 18 MF Arnaud Sutchuin 20 FW Guus Hupperts 21 GK Mateusz Prus 23 FW Wiljan Pluim 24 DF Leon Broekhof 26 MF Laurent Delorge 28 MF Kenneth Staelens 29 GK Bryan Roox

On loan

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 MF Adnan Sečerović (to Fortuna Sittard) MF Antonio Stankov (to FC Oss) FW Aleksandar Stankov (to FC Oss)

Notable players

Netherlands Dick Advocaat Michel Boerebach Johan de Kock Henk Fräser Harrie Gommans Edwin Gorter Maurice Graef Anouar Hadouir Ruud Hesp Bert Jacobs Willem Janssen Jan Jongbloed Adrie Koster Dick Nanninga Richard Roelofsen Olaf Rompelberg Huub Stevens Wilbert Suvrijn René Trost Gerard van der Lem Eric van der Luer Marco van Hoogdalem John van Loen Pierre Vermeulen Piet Wildschut

Australia Graham Arnold Željko Kalac Gary Van Egmond Belgium Jos Daerden Davy De Fauw Mark De Man Roland Lamah Bob Peeters Tom Soetaers Joos Valgaeren Kevin Van Dessel Peter Van Houdt Jamaïque Vandamme Denmark John Eriksen Jens Kolding Marc Nygaard Sten Ziegler Estonia Andres Oper Gambia Edrissa Sonko

Ghana Eric Addo Greece Yannis Anastasiou Ivory Coast Sekou Cissé Arouna Koné Cheick Tioté New Zealand Ivan Vicelich Nigeria Tijani Babangida Norway Pa Modou Kah Scotland Jimmy Calderwood Serbia Vladan Kujović Turkey Fatih Sonkaya

Managers

RODA JC MANAGER	FROM	TO
Piet Thomas	1962	1963
Michel Pfeiffer	1963	1965
Wiel Coerver	1965	1966
Adam Fischer	1966	1968
Breur Weyzen	1969	1971
Jacques Koole	1971	November 1972
Hennie Hollink	November 1972	February 1974
Fritz Pliska	February 1974	1974
Bert Jacobs	1974	1980
Piet de Visser	1980	1983
Hans Eijkenbroek	1984	November 1984
Eugene Gerards	November 1984	December 1984
Frans Körver	December 1984	1986
Rob Baan	1986	October 1987
Rob Jacobs	October 1987	1988
Jan Reker	1988	1991
Adrie Koster	1991	March 1993
Huub Stevens	March 1993	9 October 1996
Eddy Achterberg	9 October 1996	1 November 1996
Martin Jol	1 November 1996	March 1998
Theo Vonk	March 1998	June 1998
Sef Vergoossen	1998	2001
Jan van Dijk	2001	19 September 2001
Georges Leekens	19 September 2001	2002
Wiljan Vloet	2002	2005
Huub Stevens	2005	2 February 2007
Raymond Atteveld	2 February 2007	7 October 2008
Harm van Veldhoven	November 2008	Present

Former chairmen

• Servé Kuijer
• Olaf van Eijndhoven

See also

• Sporting Limburg

References

External links

• Official Roda JC Kerkrade website (Dutch)
• Site about Roda JC Players (Dutch)
• West Side Ultras (Dutch)
• Koempels Pleasure Dome (Dutch)
• 1st Official Supporters Fanclub (Dutch) / (German)
• Fanproject Kerkrade 98 (Dutch)
• Parkstadlimburg-stadion (Dutch)
• 1990s Review (Dutch)
• Supportersclub Roda (SCR) (Dutch)
• Roda United (Dutch)

Roda JC – current squad 1 Kieszek 2 Monteyne 4 Wielaert 5 Vuković 6 Vormer 7 Svärd 8 Fledderus 9 Junker 10 De Beule 11 Ramzi 12 Biemans 14 Donald 15 Hempte 16 Malki 17 Lebedyński 18 Sutchuin 20 Hupperts 21 Prus 23 Pluim 24 Broekhof 26 Delorge 28 Staelens 29 Roox Manager: van Veldhoven

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