Roda JC Kerkrade

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Roda JC Kerkrade

Full name

Sportvereniging Roda
Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade

Nickname(s)

De Koempels (The Miners)

Founded

June 27, 1962

Ground

Parkstad Limburg Stadion
Kerkrade

Capacity

19,979

Manager

Jon Dahl Tomasson

League

Eredivisie

2012–13

Eredivisie, 16th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Current season

Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈspɔrt.fə.ˌreː.nə.ɣɪŋ ˈroː.da ˌjy.li.ˈjaː.na ˌkɔm.bi.ˈnaː.(t)si ˈkɛr(ə)k.ˌraːdə]), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade ([ˈroː.da jeː.ˈseː ˈkɛr(ə)k.ˌraːdə]) 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.

History

The history of the forming of Roda JC.

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 remained in the Tweede Divisie 8 years. After their promotion back to the Eerste Divisie, it would only take two seasons to also promote to the Eredivisie, when they finished first.

They are finally at the top division, but did not manage to qualify for a European competition even though they finished in the top several times. They had only qualified 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 aggregate 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, lose in the finals of the KNVB Cup. Since PSV already got a spot for Europe by winning the Eredivisie, Roda JC would gain a 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 fifth two times, but only once they gained an spot for a European competition. They would do well in the KNVB Cup in 1990–91, reaching the semi-finals, and a year later would reach 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. In the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Roda was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Vicenza Calcio by an aggregate of 1 - 9. Roda's most memorable European game was played on 28 February 2002. After a 0–1 defeat to A.C. 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, only being one penalty away from eliminating A.C. 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 won it.

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 runners-up (2):

1958–59 (as Rapid JC), 1994–95 (as Roda JC)

KNVB Cup runners-up (4):

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

Johan Cruijff Schaal runners-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 ^{[citation needed]}
1968–69 Tweede Divisie	4th	-	1968-69	first round ^{[citation needed]}
1967–68 Tweede Divisie	5th	-	1967-68	group stage ^{[citation needed]}
1966–67 Tweede Divisie	4th	promotion play-offs: no promotion	1966-67	DNC
1965–66 Tweede Divisie	5th (group B)	-	1965-66	group stage ^{[citation needed]}
1964–65 Tweede Divisie	4th (group B)	-	1964-65	round of 16 ^{[citation needed]}
1963–64 Tweede Divisie	3rd	promotion play-off: no promotion	1963-64	second round ^{[citation needed]}
1962–63 Eerste Divisie	16th	Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1962-63	third round ^{[citation needed]}
1961–62 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1961–62 Tweede Divisie (as Roda Sport)	18th 2nd	Eerste Divisie (relegation) -	1961-62	? ^{[citation needed]}
1960–61 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1960–61 Tweede Divisie (as Roda Sport)	13th 6th	- promotion play-off: no promotion	1960-61	? ^{[citation needed]}
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	? ^{[citation needed]}
1957–58 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1957–58 Eerste Divisie (as Roda Sport)	12th 15th	-	1957-58	? ^{[citation needed]}
1956–57 Eredivisie (as Rapid JC) 1956–57 Eerste Divisie (as Roda Sport)	11th 12th	-	1956-57	? ^{[citation needed]}

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
1	GK	Filip Kurto
2	DF	Martijn Monteyne
3	DF	Bart Biemans
4	DF	Guy Ramos
5	DF	Ard van Peppen
6	MF	Roly Bonevacia
7	FW	Marc Höcher
8	MF	Mark-Jan Fledderus (captain)
9	FW	Krisztián Németh
10	MF	Davy De Beule
11	FW	Anco Jansen
12	FW	Frank Demouge

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Mitchell Donald
15	MF	Anouar Kali
17	DF	Henk Dijkhuizen
18	MF	Arnaud Sutchuin
19	MF	Mitchell Paulissen
20	FW	Guus Hupperts
21	GK	Mateusz Prus
22	GK	Bryan Roox
23	MF	Wiljan Pluim
24	DF	Timo Letschert
25	DF	Kees Luijckx
39	FW	Vasil Shkurti

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
		FW	Adnan Sečerović (at MVV Maastricht)

Managers

Roda JC Manager	From	To
Piet Thomas	1962	1963
Michel Pfeiffer	1963	1965
Wiel Coerver	1965	1966
Ádám 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	7 March 1998
Theo Vonk	28 February 1998	30 June 1998
Sef Vergoossen	1 July 1998	1 July 2001
Jan van Dijk	1 July 2001	19 September 2001
Georges Leekens	19 September 2001	30 June 2002
Wiljan Vloet	1 July 2002	30 June 2005
Huub Stevens	1 July 2005	2 February 2007
Raymond Atteveld	2 February 2007	7 October 2008
Martin Koopman (interim)	7 October 2008	19 November 2008
Harm van Veldhoven	20 November 2008	30 June 2012
Ruud Brood	1 July 2012	15 December 2013
Jon Dahl Tomasson	26 December 2013	present

Former chairmen

Servé Kuijer
Olaf van Eijndhoven

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Schaerlaeckens, Leander (9 February 2009). "Merger mania as Roda JC and Fortuna Sittard prepare to join forces". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

v t e Roda JC Kerkrade – current squad

1 Kurto 2 Monteyne 3 Biemans 4 Ramos 5 Van Peppen 6 Bonevacia 7 Höcher 8 Fledderus (c) 9 Németh 10 De Beule 11 Jansen 12 Demouge 14 Donald 15 Kali 16 Letschert 17 Dijkhuizen 18 Sutchuin 19 Paulissen 20 Hupperts 21 Prus 22 Roox 23 Pluim 25 Luijckx 39 Shkurti Manager: Tomasson

v t e Eredivisie

2013–14 clubs	ADO Den Haag AFC Ajax AZ SC Cambuur Feyenoord Go Ahead Eagles FC Groningen SC Heerenveen Heracles Almelo NAC Breda NEC PEC Zwolle PSV RKC Waalwijk Roda JC Kerkrade FC Twente FC Utrecht Vitesse

Stadiums	Abe Lenstra Stadion De Adelaarshorst AFAS Stadion Amsterdam ArenA Cambuur Stadion Euroborg Galgenwaard GelreDome De Goffert De Grolsch Veste IJsseldeltastadion De Kuip Kyocera Stadion Mandemakers Stadion Parkstad Limburg Stadion Philips Stadion Polman Stadion Rat Verlegh Stadion

Former clubs	Alkmaar '54 FC Amsterdam Blauw-Wit Amsterdam FC Den Bosch FC Dordrecht DOS DS '79 DWS FC Eindhoven USV Elinkwijk SC Enschede SBV Excelsior Fortuna '54 Fortuna Sittard De Graafschap GVAV HFC Haarlem Helmond Sport MVV Maastricht TSV NOAD RBC Roosendaal SHS Sittardia Sparta Rotterdam SVV Telstar SC Veendam FC Volendam De Volewijckers VVV-Venlo FC Wageningen Willem II XerxesDZB

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies Eredivisie Live

Awards	Footballer of the Year Rinus Michels Award

Associated competitions	League system Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie (defunct) Topklasse Hoofdklasse KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield Beloften Eredivisie Eredivisie for women UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Seasons	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

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Roda JC Kerkrade

History

Merge (1955-1962)

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

Dutch and European success (1994-Present)

Stadium

Statistics

Club honours

Achievements

Domestic results

Current squad

On loan

Managers

Former chairmen

See also

References

External links