FC Dordrecht

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FC Dordrecht
Full name Football Club Dordrecht Rotterdam
Nickname(s) Schapenkoppen (Sheep heads)
Founded 16 August 1883 (1883-08-16)
Ground GN Bouw Stadion,
Dordrecht
Ground Capacity 4.100
Chairman Netherlands Ad Heijsman
Manager Netherlands Harry van den Ham
League Eerste Divisie
2012–13 Eerste Divisie, 9th
Home colours
Away colours

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

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

  • KNVB Cup
    • Winner: 1914, 1932
    • Runners-up: 1913, 1943

Results

Eerste Divisie Eredivisie

Domestic results

Below is a table with FC Dordrecht's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Current squad

As of 1 February 2014

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2013–14

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
Belgium GK Clint Alliet
Netherlands GK Warner Hahn
Netherlands GK Robbert te Loeke
Netherlands DF Jordy van Deelen (on loan from Feyenoord)
Cape Verde DF Jeffrey Fortes
Germany DF Robin Gosens (on loan from Vitesse)
Netherlands DF Jeffrey Ket
Netherlands DF Obi Onyeike
Belgium DF Marvin Peersman
Netherlands DF Matthew Steenvoorden (on loan from Feyenoord)
Netherlands DF William Troost-Ekong (on loan from FC Groningen)
Netherlands DF Nando Wormgoor
Netherlands MF Adnan Alisic
Netherlands MF Giovano Godeken
Netherlands MF Ilias Haddad
No. Position Player
Netherlands MF Wilmer Kousemaker (captain)
Netherlands MF Youri Loen (on loan from NEC)
Belgium MF Funso Ojo
Netherlands MF Michael Potkamp
Netherlands MF Javier Vet
Netherlands MF Sem de Wit
Netherlands FW Jair Balrak
Netherlands FW Erixon Danso
Netherlands FW Paul Gladon (on loan from Sparta Rotterdam)
Netherlands FW Giovanni Korte (on loan from ADO Den Haag)
Netherlands FW Jessy Mayele
Netherlands FW Rihairo Meulens
Netherlands FW Everon Pisas
Netherlands FW Genaro Snijders
Netherlands FW Felitciano Zschusschen (on loan from FC Twente)

References

  1. Historical attendances Archived 2 February 2011 at WebCite

External links

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