VVV-Venlo

VVV

Full name

Venlose Voetbal Vereniging

Nickname(s)

The Good Old,
Venlose trots,
Pride of the South

Short name

V.V.V.

Founded

February 7, 1903

Ground

De Koel
Venlo

Capacity

8,000

Chairman

Hai Berden

Manager

Maurice Steijn

League

Eredivisie

2016–17

Eerste Divisie, 1st (promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

VVV-Venlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌveːveːˈveː ˈvɛnloː], VVV stands for Venlose Voetbal Vereniging [ˈvɛnloːzə ˈvudbɑl vəˈreːnəɣɪŋ]) is a football club from Venlo, Netherlands, playing in the Eredivisie. The club plays its home games in the De Koel stadium.

History

VVV returned to the Eredivisie, the highest league in the Netherlands, by defeating RKC Waalwijk in the promotion/relegation play-offs in the 2006–07 season. After one season in the Eredivisie, VVV-Venlo were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie. After a single season, VVV-Venlo won the 2008–09 Eerste Divisie title and returned to the Eredivisie.

In the 2009–10 season, the team booked its best league result since 1988 after finishing 12th in the Eredivisie. Another remarkable event was the transfer of star player Keisuke Honda to CSKA Moscow. They also signed toddler Baerke van der Meij on a symbolic ten-year contract, after a video featuring him scoring a hat trick into a toy box went viral.^[1] Honda was replaced by Gonzalo and the club signed Japanese player Maya Yoshida. The department of Honda turned out to be a key point in the club's success. In the second half of the season, the team was not able to win matches and nearly escaped from relegation.

At the end of the season, key players Ruben Schaken and Adil Auassar both signed with Feyenoord on a free transfer. Gonzalo returned to his employer Groningen, while Sandro Calabro signed with Swiss side St. Gallen. The club contracted Ruud Boymans and the Nigerian Ahmed Musa to strengthen the squad to be able to escaping from relegation. This succeeded, but it had been a harsh season in which Jan van Dijk was fired and former international Patrick Paauwe terminated his contract after losing the competition from his competitors.

Belgian manager Glen De Boeck was signed for the next season, but failed to improve the results. As a result of that, he resigned in December 2011. Ton Lokhoff was recruited as the new manager and succeeded to not relegate after the winning the post-season play-offs. However, the 2012–13 season turned out to be the club's final season in the Eredivisie for the time being, as it was relegated after losing the promotion/relegation play-offs against Go Ahead Eagles. The club finished fifth in its first Eerste Divisie season since its promotion in 2009. But again, the club bounced back and returned to the Eredivisie in 2017, after clinching promotion by defeating RKC Waalwijk.^[2]

Japanese Players

Since Keisuke Honda transferred from Nagoya Grampus in 2008, a slew of Japanese players have played at VVV-Venlo, including Maya Yoshida, Robert Cullen and Yuki Otsu. Sef Vergoossen, a legendary manager of the club, and Japanese agent Tetsuro Kiyooka were the bridge between the Japanese players and the club.^[3]

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.

Results

Players

Current squad

As of 1 July 2017

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	Lars Unnerstall
2	DF	Moreno Rutten
3	DF	Jerold Promes
4	DF	Roel Janssen
5	DF	Leroy Labylle
6	MF	Danny Post (Captain)
7	FW	Vito van Crooy
8	MF	Clint Leemans
9	FW	Ralf Seuntjens
10	MF	Johnatan Opoku
11	FW	Lennart Thy (on loan from Werder Bremen)
13	DF	Nils Röseler

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Tarik Tissoudali (on loan from Le Havre)
15	DF	Damian van Bruggen (on loan from PSV)
16	GK	Delano van Crooy
17	DF	Tristan Dekker
19	FW	Torino Hunte
21	MF	Terry Antonis
22	GK	Roy Oomen
23	MF	Juul Respen
24	FW	Lugman Bezzat
27	MF	Jeffrey Rijkers
29	MF	Roy Gielen
30	GK	Sem Custers

Retired numbers

28 — Beau Vilters, defender (2014–15) — posthumous honour.

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
2014–15 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2014–15	round of 16
2013–14 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2013–14	third round
2012–13 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (losing promotion/relegation play-offs)	2012–13	second round
2011–12 Eredivisie	16th	– (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	2011–12	second round
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	10th	–	1958–59	winners
1957–58 Eredivisie	7th	–	1957–58	?
1956–57 Eredivisie	7th	–	1956–57	?

Managerial history

Years	Name	Nat.
1954–56	Ferdi Silz
1956–60	Wilhelm Kment
1961–63	Ferdi Silz
1964–65	Josef Gesell
1968–69	Bas Paauwe
1970–72	Josef Gesell
1972–78	Rob Baan
1978–79	Hans Croon
1979	Sef Vergoossen
1979–81	Jan Morsing

Years	Name	Nat.
1981–86	Sef Vergoossen
1986–88	Jan Reker
1989	Sef Vergoossen
1992–94	Frans Körver
1995–96	Jan Versleijen
1996–98	Henk van Stee
1998–99	Hennie Spijkerman
2000–01	Jan Versleijen
2002–04	Wim Dusseldorp
2004–05	Adrie Koster

Years	Name	Nat.
2005–06	Herbert Neumann
2006–08	André Wetzel
2008–10	Jan van Dijk
2010–11	Willy Boessen (a.i.)
2011	Glen De Boeck
2011	Willy Boessen (a.i.)
2011–13	Ton Lokhoff
2013–14	René Trost
2014–	Maurice Steijn

References

↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13224130
↑ VVV-Venlo na vier jaar terug in de eredivisie - NOS (in Dutch)
↑ Venlo chief eyes new Japanese talent, The Japan Times, 3 April 2014

External links

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Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies Eredivisie Live
Awards	Footballer of the Year Rinus Michels Award
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KNVB Cup winners (1899–1960)

1898–99 RAP
1899–00 Velocitas
1900–01 HBS Craeyenhout (1/2)
1901–02 HFC Haarlem (1/2)
1902–03 HVV Den Haag
1903–04 Koninklijke HFC (1/3)
1904–05 VOC Rotterdam (1/2)
1905–06 Concordia
1906–07 VOC Rotterdam (2/2)
1907–08 HBS Crayenhout 2 (2/2)
1908–09 Quick D.Haag 2 (1/4)
1909–10 Quick D.Haag 2 (2/4)

1910–11 Quick D.Haag (3/4)
1911–12 HFC Haarlem (2/2)
1912–13 Koninklijke HFC (2/3)
1913–14 DFC (1/2)
1914–15 Koninklijke HFC (3/3)
1915–16 Quick D.Haag (4/4)
1916–17 Ajax (1/18)
1917–18 RHC (1/2)
1918–19 not played
1919–20 CVV

1920–21 Schoten
1921–22 not played
1922–23 not played
1923–24 not played
1924–25 ZFC
1925–26 LONGA
1926–27 VUC Den Haag
1927–28 RHC (2/2)
1928–29 not played
1929–30 Feyenoord (1/12)

1930–31 not played
1931–32 DFC (2/2)
1932–33 not played
1933–34 Velocitas 1897
1934–35 Feyenoord (2/12)
1935–36 Roermond
1936–37 EVV
1937–38 VSV
1938–39 FC Wageningen (1/2)
1939–40 not played

1940–41 not played
1941–42 not played
1942–43 Ajax (2/18)
1943–44 Willem II (1/2)
1944–45 not played
1945–46 not played
1946–47 not played
1947–48 FC Wageningen (2/2)
1948–49 Quick 1888
1949–50 PSV (1/9)

1950–51 not played
1951–52 not played
1952–53 not played
1953–54 not played
1954–55 not played
1955–56 not played
1956–57 Fortuna '54 (1/2)
1957–58 Sparta (1/3)
1958–59 VVV
1959–60 not played

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