FC Emmen


FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe, playing in the Eredivisie, the first tier of football in the Netherlands. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. In 2017, Emmen were promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time. Home games are played at De Oude Meerdijk.

History

The amateur club Emmen was formed on 21 August 1925. When the Dutch professional league was formed in 1954, Emmen opted to maintain its amateur club status instead.
In 1985, Emmen finally joined the professional ranks. In 1988 the club was split into an amateur and a professional section. The latter was mostly called BVO Emmen. In 2005, the professional club Emmen changed its name into FC Emmen, for two reasons. Firstly, it was hoped that the new name would better reflect the club's history, and secondly because many misunderstandings had arisen, among people who had grown to believe that BVO was an abbreviation similar to for instance PSV, RBC or ADO.
FC Emmen has reached the Eerste Divisie play-offs eleven times and on 20 May 2018, they managed to clinch promotion to the Dutch Eredivisie for the first time in their history after beating Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 in the promotion/relegation play-off finals.
They played their first Eredivisie match on 12 August 2018 against ADO, and won the match by 1–2. Glenn Bijl made the first goal for FC Emmen in the Eredivisie.
Emmen finished 14th in their first Eredivisie season and secured their spot in the Eredivisie for the 2019-2020 season.

Stadium

FC Emmen's previous JenS Vesting, more popularly known as De Meerdijk, now as de Oude Meerdijk was the scene of several matches of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Sponsors

Results


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SeasonLeagueRankGamesPointsGFGAManagerTopscorerGoals
1985–86Eerste divisie1836243054 Theo Verlangen Henry Pelleboer
8
1986–87Eerste divisie1636264159 Theo Verlangen Rudy Metz
15
1987–88Eerste divisie1836222959 Theo Verlangen Gerrie Schaap
6
1988–89Eerste divisie1836203991 Ben Hendriks Willem Brouwer
13
1988–89Eerste divisie636385347 Ben Hendriks Jan de Jonge
16
1990–91Eerste divisie1238365467 Ben Hendriks Michel van Oostrum
24
1991–92Eerste divisie1838293756 Piet Buter Jan de Jonge
13
1992–93Eerste divisie1234274466 René Notten Jan de Jonge
14
1993–94Eerste divisie934364958 René Notten Jan de Jonge
14
1994–95Eerste divisie1034355661 Leen Looijen Antti Sumiala
9
1995–96Eerste divisie234677139 Azing Griever Michel van Oostrum
26
1996–97Eerste divisie334635836 Azing Griever Michel van Oostrum
25
1997–98Eerste divisie334616445 Azing Griever Michel van Oostrum
18
1998–99Eerste divisie334615337 Azing Griever Michel van Oostrum
11
1999-00Eerste divisie534585345 Jan de Jonge Michel van Oostrum
Peter Hofstede		13
2000–01Eerste divisie1134415364 Jan de Jonge Peter Hofstede14
2001–02Eerste divisie534595343 Hennie Spijkerman Paul Weerman14
2002–03Eerste divisie234756633 Hennie Spijkerman Donny de Groot30
2003–04Eerste divisie836616554 Hennie Spijkerman Dirk Jan Derksen14
2004–05Eerste divisie1836303871 Jan Olde Riekerink Niki Leferink11
2005–06Eerste divisie638606856 Jan van Dijk Serginho van Dijk
Mourad Mghizrat		18
2006–07Eerste divisie1138485965 Jan van Dijk Serginho van Dijk12
2007–08Eerste divisie938536174 Gerry Hamstra Morten Friis Jensen
Roy Stroeve		12
2008–09Eerste divisie1338474868 Gerry Hamstra Roy Stroeve13
2009–10Eerste divisie1536485179 Harry Sinkgraven Hans Denissen / Ruud ter Heide12
2010–11Eerste divisie1334354864 Azing Griever / René Hake Ruud ter Heide15
2011–12Eerste divisie1834172473 René Hake Ruud ter Heide5
2012–13Eerste divisie1230323852 Joop Gall Ruud ter Heide / Wout Weghorst8
2013–14Eerste divisie1238516468 Joop Gall Roland Bergkamp14
2014–15Eerste divisie438678857 Joop Gall Cas Peters23
2015–16Eerste divisie738515857 Marcel Keizer / Gert Heerkes Erixon Danso14
2016–17Eerste divisie938555040 Dick Lukkien Cas Peters14
2017–18Eerste divisie738585850 Dick Lukkien Cas Peters17
2018–19Eredivisie1434384172 Dick Lukkien Anco Jansen5
2019–20Eredivisie12269512 Dick Lukkien Michael de Leeuw9

Current squad

Honours