FC Twente (women)

FC Twente

Nickname(s)	The Tukkers The girls of Twente Strong women
Founded	21 January 2007
Ground	De Grolsch Veste
Ground Capacity	30,014
Chairman	Mary Kok-Willemsen
Head coach	Tommy Stroot
League	Eredivisie
2016–17	2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The women's football section of FC Twente^[1] was founded in 2007. It has won both the Vrouwen Eredivisie and its successor the BeNe League.^[2]

History

FC Twente played its first match 29 August 2007 in the newly founded Eredivisie's inaugural game, losing 2–3 against SC Heerenveen. It was also the first match of the Eredivisie in its inaugural season.^[3] The team ended in the bottom half of the table in its first three seasons, finishing 5th of 6 in 2008, 5th of 7 in 2009 and 4th of 6 in 2010. However, it won the national cup in 2008, beating FC Utrecht 3–1 in the final.

In the 2010–11 season Twente clinched its first championship on the last matchday with a 4–1 win over Willem II, ending AZ Alkmaar's three-year hegemony. Along with the title the team qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League, where it was defeated by Russian champion WFC Rossiyanka in the first round, and the new BeNe Super Cup, which they lost 1–4 against Belgian champion Standard Liège. In the last edition of the Eredivisie, which was merged in 2012 into the BeNe League, Twente couldn't defend the title, ending 14 points behind ADO Den Haag in the 2nd position.

Twente won its second championship in its BeNe League debut, snatching the lead from Standard Liège with a last matchday 3–1 win. The Tukkers narrowly missed a double, losing the national cup's final on penalties against ADO Den Haag.

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  First match in the Eredivisie
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  2011 Eredivisie Champions Ceremony
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  Twente players holding the 2011 Eredivisie trophy

Results Eredivisie / BeNe League

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

All results (away, home and aggregate) list Twente Enschede's goal tally first.

Season	Round	Club	Away	Home	Aggregate
2011–12	Round of 32	Rossiyanka Khimki	0–1	0–2 a	0–3
2013–14	Qualifying round	Birkirkara	–	6–0	–
		Osijek	–	4–0	–
		Glasgow City	–	0–2	–
	Round of 32	Olympique Lyon	0–6	0–4 a	0–10
2014–15	Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	1–2 a	1–3
2015–16	Qualifying round	Ferencváros Budapest	–	2–0	–
		Jeunesse Junglinster	–	10–0	–
		Tel Aviv University	–	7–0	–
	Round of 32	Bayern Munich	2–2	1–1 a	3–3
	Round of 16	FC Barcelona	0–1	0–1 a	0–2
2016–17	Qualifying round	Ferencváros Budapest	–	2–1	–
		Hibernians Paola	–	9–0	–
		Konak İzmir	–	6–2	–
	Round of 32	Sparta Prague	3–1	2–0 a	5–1
	Round of 16	FC Barcelona	0–1 a	0–4	0–5

^a First leg.

Honours

National

• Dutch League champion
  • Winners (5): 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 (as best Dutch team of BeNe League), 2016
• BeNe League
  • Winners (2): 2013, 2014
• KNVB Women's Cup
  • Winners (2): 2008, 2015
• BeNe Super Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 2011

Current squad

PSG-Twente, 2014-15 UEFA Women's Champions League.

As of 12 September 2016.^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jade Adan 2 DF Maud Roetgering 3 DF Maruschka Waldus 4 DF Danique Kerkdijk 5 DF Siri Worm 6 MF Marthe Munsterman 8 MF Lenie Onzia 9 FW Ellen Jansen 11 FW Renate Jansen

No. Position Player 12 DF Anouk Borgman 13 DF Fieke Hendriks 14 MF Licia Darnoud 15 DF Kristina Erman 16 MF Cheyenne van den Goorbergh 17 FW Eshly Bakker 19 FW Sabrine Ellouzi 20 MF Zoï van de Ven 21 FW Bente Jansen 22 GK Barbara Lorsheyd 23 GK Danique de Vree

Head coaches

• Mary Kok-Willemsen (2007–2011)
• John van Miert (2011–2012)
• Arjan Veurink (2012–2016)
• Tommy Stroot (2016–current)

Former players

Former internationals

• Netherlands: Marloes de Boer, Marije Brummel, Anouk Dekker, Stefanie van der Gragt, Maayke Heuver, Marlous Pieëte, Mirte Roelvink, Shanice van de Sanden, Sylvia Smit, Sherida Spitse, Sari van Veenendaal, Kirsten van de Ven
• Belgium: Lorca van de Putte

Former famous players

• USA: Ashley Nick

References

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