VVV-Venlo

VVV-Venlo

Full name	Venlose Voetbal Vereniging Venlo
Nickname(s)	The Good Old, Venlose trots, Pride of the South
Short name	V.V.V.
Founded	February 7, 1903; 109 years ago (1903-02-07)
Ground	De Koel Venlo (Capacity: 8,000)
Chairman	Hai Berden
Manager	Ton Lokhoff
League	Eredivisie
2010–11	Eredivisie, 17th
Home colours Away colours

VVV-Venlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈveː ˈveː ˈveː ˈvɛn.lo]) (Venlose Voetbal Vereniging Venlo [Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɛn.loːzə ˈvut.bɑl vər.ˈeːnə.ɣɪŋ ˈvɛn.lo]]) is a football club from Venlo in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eredivisie. The club plays its home games in the De Koel stadium, known as Seacon Stadion – De Koel - for sponsorship reasons.

VVV returned to the Eredivisie, the highest league in the Netherlands, by defeating RKC Waalwijk in the promotion/relegation play-offs of the season 2006-2007. After one season in the Eredivisie VVV-Venlo relegated back to the Eerste Divisie. After a single season, VVV-Venlo won the Eerste Divisie 2008-09 title and returned to the Eredivisie.

In the 2009-2010 season the team booked its best league result since 1988, finishing 12th in the Eredivisie. Another remarkable event was the transfer of star player Keisuke Honda to CSKA Moscow for a club-record breaking transfer fee of around €9 million.

They made headlines in April 2011 by signing 1 year old boy, Baerke van der Meij, on a symbolic 10-year contract, after a video featuring him scoring a hat trick into a toy box went viral.^[1]

Contents 1 Stadium 2 Current squad 3 Domestic Results 4 Notable players 5 References 6 External links

Stadium

VVV Venlo currently play at De Koel in Venlo. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was built in 1972. It is named after its main sponsor, hence its current name 'Seacon Stadion De Koel'.

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 Dennis Gentenaar 2 DF Michael Timisela 3 DF Maya Yoshida 4 DF Andrea Mei (on loan from Internazionale) 5 DF Niels Fleuren 6 MF Ken Leemans 7 FW Ahmed Musa 8 MF Marcel Meeuwis (captain) 9 FW Uche Nwofor 10 FW Robert Cullen 11 MF Bryan Linssen 14 FW Michael Uchebo 15 DF Jeffrey Leiwakabessy

No. Position Player 16 GK Wilko de Vogt 17 MF Quin Kruijsen 18 MF Barry Maguire 19 DF Ferry de Regt 21 FW Soufiane Dadda 22 GK Robin Udegbe 25 MF Rick Verbeek 26 MF Rogier Molhoek 27 FW Anil Gülner 28 DF Mike van den Ban 29 FW Abdelaziz Khalouta 30 FW Yanic Wildschut 31 DF Alex Emenike

Domestic Results

Below is a table with VVV-Venlo'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	17th	- (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	2010-11	third round
2009–10 Eredivisie	12th	-	2009-10	third round
2008–09 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	2008-09	second round
2007–08 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (losing promo./releg. play-offs)	2007-08	second round
2006–07 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)	2006-07	second round
2005–06 Eerste Divisie	2nd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2005-06	round of 16
2004–05 Eerste Divisie	3rd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2004-05	second round
2003–04 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2003-04	second round
2002–03 Eerste Divisie	13th	-	2002-03	third round
2001–02 Eerste Divisie	13th	-	2001-02	third round
2000–01 Eerste Divisie	18th	-	2000-01	round of 16
1999–2000 Eerste Divisie	15th	-	1999-2000	group stage
1998–99 Eerste Divisie	11th	-	1998-99	second round
1997–98 Eerste Divisie	11th	-	1997-98	group stage
1996–97 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1996-97	second round
1995–96 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1995-96	quarter final
1994–95 Eerste Divisie	12th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1994-95	second round
1993–94 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1993-94	third round
1992–93 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1992-93	third round
1991–92 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1991-92	quarter final
1990–91 Eerste Divisie	3rd	Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)	1990-91	second round
1989–90 Eerste Divisie	4th	-	1989-90	second round
1988–89 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1988-89	second round
1987–88 Eredivisie	5th	- (losing UC play-offs)	1987-88	semi-final
1986–87 Eredivisie	5th	- (losing UC play-offs)	1986-87	round of 16
1985–86 Eredivisie	13th	-	1985-86	first round
1984–85 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (promotion)	1984-85	second round
1983–84 Eerste Divisie	10th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1983-84	second round
1982–83 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1982-83	round of 16
1981–82 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1981-82	second round
1980–81 Eerste Divisie	13th	-	1980-81	round of 16
1979–80 Eerste Divisie	12th	-	1979-80	first round
1978–79 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1978-79	second round
1977–78 Eredivisie	14th	-	1977-78	second round
1976–77 Eredivisie	13th	-	1976-77	second round
1975–76 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)	1975-76	second round
1974–75 Eerste Divisie	5th	-	1974-75	second round
1973–74 Eerste Divisie	16th	-	1973-74	second round
1972–73 Eerste Divisie	18th	-	1972-73	second round
1971–72 Eerste Divisie	16th	-	1971-72	first round
1970–71 Tweede Divisie	11th	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1970-71	first round
1969–70 Tweede Divisie	16th	-	1969-70	first round
1968–69 Tweede Divisie	15th	-	1968-69	first round
1967–68 Eerste Divisie	18th	Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1967-68	group stage
1966–67 Tweede Divisie	2nd	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1966-67	DNC
1965–66 Eerste Divisie	15th	Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1965-66	group stage
1964–65 Eerste Divisie	8th	-	1964-65	second round
1963–64 Eerste Divisie	14th	-	1963-64	second round
1962–63 Eerste Divisie	14th	-	1962-63	round of 16
1961–62 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1961-62	?
1960–61 Eredivisie	3rd	-	1960-61	?
1959–60 Eredivisie	6th	-	not held	not held
1958–59 Eredivisie	9th	-	1958-59	winners
1957–58 Eredivisie	7th	-	1957-58	?
1956–57 Eredivisie	7th	-	1956-57	?

Notable players

Holland Ruud Boymans Sandro Calabro John de Wolf Maurice Graef Jos Luhukay Patrick Paauwe Peter Ressel Remy Reynierse Pleun Strik Stan Valckx Baerke van der Meij Faas Wilkes

Brazil Vampeta Joni SC Japan Keisuke Honda Morocco Nordin Amrabat Nigeria Tijani Babangida Philippines Jason de Jong United States Earnie Stewart Brannon Crymes

References

External links

• Official website Dutch/German
• Fanclub – Fanclub D'n Twellefde Man
• Fanclub – Alles heej is VVV
• Fanclub - East Side Venlo (ESV)

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