football club
NEC Nijmegen, normally NEC ( dutch pronunciation : [ ɛnˈeːseː ] ) is a professional Dutch association football baseball club based in Nijmegen, in the state of Gelderland. The club presently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following forwarding from the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie. The cabaret has reached the final examination of the KNVB Cup on four occasions – in 1973, 1983, 1994 and 2000 – but has never won any major silverware.
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history [edit ]
1900–1919 : amalgamation and early years [edit ]
The oldest leftover of NEC Nijmegen, Eendracht, was formed on 15 November 1900 by three men – August Lodenstijn, Antoon Kuypers and Wouter de Lent – representing the people from the benedenstad ( lower township ) who, due to their working course status, were not able to play for the major club in the city, quick 1888. [ 1 ] due to a lack of funds, Eendracht initially played alone friendly matches against teams from early parts of the city until 1903, when the local league in Nijmegen was formed. Eendracht was the first champion and was promoted to Gelderland ‘s regional league, and two years former the club was promoted to the second tier of Dutch football. Eendracht merged in April 1910 with NVV Nijmegen, a baseball club formed two years early by early members of quick 1888. The new baseball club was given the name Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie, and played its first match against Amsterdam side DEC, the match ending 0-0. [ 2 ]
After a series of land moves in the golf club ‘s early years, at the begin of the 1920s, NEC bought estate and moved to a background at Hazenkampseweg. [ 2 ] Finally, the club had a permanent wave family and the club ‘s fanbase began to grow. however, despite a new home and increased membership, on-field success did not follow. Although NEC won second-tier championships in 1928, 1929, 1931, and 1934, the clubhouse did not win promotion after losing straight play-off matches. [ 3 ] The cabaret was jeeringly nicknamed : “ Nooit eerste classer ” [ 4 ] ( in English “ Never first division ” ), before being promoted at the fifth attempt in 1936. [ 5 ] In 1939, NEC won the first Eastern deed and contend for the dutch title in a playoff competition with four other zone champions. NEC came in third place, behind Amsterdam sides Ajax and DWS. The club moved from Hazenkampseweg in 1942 to the Goffertstadion, located in the Goffertpark on the outskirts of the city, where the clubhouse silent plays today .
During the second World War, little football was played, but after liberation, the club ‘s pre-war success continued and again became the ace of the East in both 1946 and 1947. Professional football was introduced in the Netherlands in 1954, but came at the improper fourth dimension for NEC. The club was not in a good fiscal state of matter and not a well established as other clubs. When the Royal Dutch Football Association ( KNVB ) reorganised the league structure in meter for the 1956–57 season, NEC found themselves in the lowest semi-professional division, the Tweede Divisie .
1960–1973 : recovery [edit ]
At the begin of the 1960s, NEC began to recover from its fiscal difficulties. A major reason for this was new support from the municipal council who began to see the importance of a professional cabaret like the NEC, and started providing fiscal support in 1963. The surveil year, the clubhouse was promoted to the second-tier Eerste Divisie again and three years former, reached the top-tier Eredivisie for the foremost fourth dimension, finishing tenth in its first season. [ 6 ] The club remained in the top flight for seven seasons in a row, with some games played in front of capacity crowd ; season averages of 14,000 spectators were normal. NEC flourished, chiefly due to the growth of players from their youth apparatus, including Frans Thijssen and Jan Peters .
1974–2002 : Lean years [edit ]
however, a sharp descent soon followed. NEC could not sustain itself with its lone major gross sources being the sale of players and the large subsidy from the Nijmegen council. relegation from the top flight came in 1974, and although NEC returned to the top division the postdate year, the club was heading in a down trajectory. During the postdate years, NEC became renowned as a yo-yo club ; in little over a ten, they changed leagues six times : relegation in 1983, forwarding in 1985, relegation in 1986, promotion in 1989, relegation in 1991, and ultimately forwarding in 1994. In 1981, the club was given foster support from the municipal council, when NEC ‘s professional and amateur sides separated, but this did not prevent the club ‘s bankruptcy in 1987. NEC continued to exist only after 80 % of creditors waived their claims. New president Henk van de Water formed a sponsors ‘ club to raise funds which started to gather momentum. By the mid-1990s, NEC was on the way up again. In 1995, the clubhouse cling on to a place in the Eredivisie by the skin of their teeth. In 1998, it surprised many with an eighth-place finish up. Its fiscal site had improved and attendance numbers rose gradually, improving to an average of 10,000 spectators. [ 7 ]
Cup finals [edit ]
NEC has reached the final of the KNVB Cup four times. On two occasions NEC were underdog, but going into the 1973 final, the clubhouse was the consuming favored. At Rotterdam ‘s De Kuip against NAC Breda, things went wholly wrong for the Nijmegen club, with NAC coming away 2–0 winners, amidst claims of infighting and disagreements with the director. In 1983, NEC by chance reached the Cup Final despite having been relegated that season, but fell to the league champions Ajax 3–1 – the final goal being scored by Johan Cruyff in his final game for Ajax. NEC, about to be promoted from the Eerste Divisie surprised many by defeating Ajax 2–1 away from home in the semi-finals of the 1994 competition, coming up against Rotterdam at De Kuip in the final, but fell once more 2–1. In 2000, the club ‘s centennial year, they reached the final for the fourth time but the meet against Roda JC would end in disappointment for the 20,000 fans who made the tripper ; NEC lost the equal 2–0 .
NEC in the Cup Winners ‘ Cup [edit ]
In 1983, during the darkest period of the cabaret ‘s history, the golf club played a match which many see as a highlight of the club ‘s history : a match played in the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup against Barcelona, while NEC was fiddling more than a mid-table second-tier team. In the spring, NEC had lost the cup-final against Ajax and were besides relegated. But because the Amsterdam-based side had besides been crowned champion of the Eredivisie, NEC qualified for UEFA rival while in the second-tier, something which has lone happened once since : Wigan Athletic ‘s engagement in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League while playing in the Championship. In the first circle of the European tournament, NEC narrowly defeated Norway ‘s Brann, 2–1 on aggregate. A few days by and by, the describe was completed for the moment round off, which pitted the superstars of Barcelona – with both Bernd Schuster and Diego Maradona – against the belittled Dutch equip. Both players were injured for the connect, though there was still agitation for the fans at the Goffertstadion – NEC raced into a 2–0 lead after 44 minutes, with goals from Anton Janssen and Michel Mommertz, though the Blaugrana would hit back, winning the game 3–2, and strolled to a 2–0 victory at Camp Nou in the second leg. [ 8 ]
2003–2012 : NEC in Europe [edit ]
29 May 2003 marked a historic day for NEC. Following a late strike from Jaromír Šimr against RKC Waalwijk, NEC finished fifth in the Eredivisie. For the beginning time in the clubhouse ‘s history, NEC qualified for the UEFA Cup through their league position. This led to unprecedented scenes with exultant fans invading the flip. similar scenes occurred in the city center with over 25,000 people celebrating. In the 2007–08 Eredivisie temper, NEC qualified for european competition again, despite a disappointing first half of the season, when the golf club found itself in 17th locate at the winter break. however, there was a noteworthy turnaround. From January, NEC improved their form and finished eighth place in the league. This position secured engagement in the UEFA Cup play-offs, which they won, beating Roda JC, Groningen, and NAC Breda. With 31 undefeated matches in a row and with a 6–0 home victory at NAC Breda the highlight of the turnaround, NEC achieved european qualification once again. [ 9 ]
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The year became even more successful following early rounds of the UEFA Cup. In the beginning rung, the club defeated Dinamo București over two ties. After a 1–0 home succeed, NEC drew 0–0 in Romania to reach the group stagecoach. They were then drawn against Tottenham Hotspur, Udinese, Spartak Moscow, and Dinamo Zagreb. They started ill, with defeats to both Dinamo Zagreb and Tottenham Hotspur [ 10 ] – meaning they were bottom of the group and about out of the rival. After a 2–1 victory against Spartak Moscow in Russia with a finish from Lasse Schöne, NEC played their last peer in Nijmegen against Udinese. To advance, NEC had to win and hope that other results went their way. Tottenham were trailing at half time, while NEC were being held at 0–0. In the 74th minute, however, Tottenham scored twice to finally draw 2–2 against Spartak and goals from Collins John and Jhon van Beukering gave NEC a 2-0 victory, and they qualified for the hard round off. The round of 32 of the UEFA Cup saw NEC draw against Bundesliga slope Hamburger SV. The run ended when the Germans won 3–0 in Nijmegen and 1–0 in Hamburg. NEC supporters were subsequently complimented in Europe by Franz Beckenbauer, who said he had never witnessed such great subscribe from away supporters. [ 11 ]
2013–present : relegation and return [edit ]
At the end of the 2013–14 season, NEC prevented automatic delegating by holding Ajax to a 2–2 draw in Amsterdam on the last matchday with a brace from Alireza Jahanbakhsh. [ 12 ] however, in the follow relegation play-offs, NEC lost 4–1 on aggregate to Eerste Divisie ‘s 16th set Sparta Rotterdam and was relegated to the second tier of Dutch football, ending a 20 year run in the top flight. [ 13 ] They bounced back however at the foremost attempt after beating Sparta 1–0 on 3 April 2015 to clinch the Eerste Divisie title with six games left. On 28 May 2017, NEC faced delegating again after two years in the Eredivisie after losing 5–1 on aggregate against NAC Breda. [ 14 ] They reached the promotion play-offs in both the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, but lost in the semi-finals on both occasions to FC Emmen and RKC Waalwijk. For the 2019–20 season, the club took the ususual step of appointing three question coaches : Adrie Bogers, Rogier Meijer and Francois Gesthuizen – the club finished in one-eighth place, which would have granted them a put in the play-offs, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, there was no promotion or relegation between Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie. In May 2021, the baseball club once again achieve promotion to the Eredivisie after beating NAC Breda 2–1 in the final examination of the promotion/relegation play-offs. [ 15 ]
stadium [edit ]
Stadion de Goffert In the early years of NEC ‘s being, the club played at respective grounds around the city, most notably at Hazenkampseweg. The cabaret ‘s stream home, Goffertstadion, was opened in 1939 by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. It had been constructed by thousands of the city ‘s unemployed people, during a time of compulsory use. At the time of its completion it was the third highest capacity stadium in the Netherlands, after Ajax ‘s Olympic Stadium and De Kuip in Rotterdam. The Gofferstadion was a project by the municipal council, but upon completion both local clubs quick 1888 and NEC refused to play there, as both had their own stadiums and did not want to pay rent for De Goffert. It therefore took until 1942 for the first match to be played, after NEC ’ s home grate was damaged during the second World War and the golf club permanently moved to the Goffert. [ 16 ] In 1992 the baseball club purchased the stadium from the municipal council for the emblematic summarize of 1 guilder. The stadium was renovated in the late 1990s, with an increased capacity of 12,500, opening with a friendly match between NEC and RSC Anderlecht, which the home side won 3-1. On October 17, 2021, character of the stadium collapsed after a match between NEC and rivals Vitesse. cipher was seriously injured. [ 17 ]
International matches [edit ]
Goffertstadion has hosted assorted elder men ‘s international matches .
Kit and colours [edit ]
Club colours [edit ]
Upon the fusion of NVV and Eendracht, the baseball club played in black shirts with a k and crimson band across the breast. however the club ‘s traditional shirt is known as the Balkenshirt, consisting of a bolshevik shirt with a green chestband with black trim. During the 2000s, other variations of the club ‘s colours were worn, such as a quarter plan in 2004 – 05 and versatile half-and-half designs. In 2016 NEC ‘s board allowed a sports fan vote on whether to restore the classic breast band, which passed with a slender majority. [ 18 ] [ 19 ]
baseball club culture [edit ]
Rivalries [edit ]
Vitesse are NEC ‘s archrivals. The two clubs share a long history together and they contest the Gelderse Derby ( Derby of Gelderland ), a confrontation between the two largest cities of the province of Gelderland, Arnhem and Nijmegen, two cities with major differences in attitude and culture. Since 1813, Arnhem has been the capital of Gelderland and is historically based on finance and trade, perceived as an office city with advanced buildings. Nijmegen, on the other hired hand, is predominantly a workers ‘ city, with middle and high-income groups in the minority. [ 20 ] The two cities are merely 24 kilometers apart, resulting in an intense crosstown competition. The confluence between the two teams is hush considered to be one of the biggest matches of the season. [ 21 ] De Graafschap are besides considered a equal, and games between them are known as the Kleine Gelderse Derby ( Little Gelderland Derby ) but these matches are not as loaded with the latent hostility and competition of those with Vitesse. [ 22 ]
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mascot [edit ]
Since 2007, the club ‘s mascot has been Bikkel, a Roman legionnaire, with a sword and carapace, a reference to the Roman history of the city of Nijmegen. The name Bikkel reportedly refers to the dub given to erstwhile musician and passenger car Ron de Groot, who spent his whole career at the club .
Players [edit ]
First team team [edit ]
- As of 25 September 2021[23]
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Youth/reserves squad [edit ]
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On loanword [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
luminary players [edit ]
- Africa
- DR Congo
- Australia
- Iran
- Europe
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Denmark
- Hungary
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Poland
- Sweden
- South America
- Paraguay
staff [edit ]
UEFA ranking [edit ]
- As of 26 April 2013[24]
early managers [edit ]
Source. [ 25 ]
Honours [edit ]
Results [edit ]
Below is a board with NEC ‘s domestic results since the presentation of master football in 1955 .
NEC in european contest [edit ]
Records and statistics [edit ]
attendance [edit ]
- Record attendance: 22,000 v Ajax, Eredivisie, 6 May 1990
- Highest season average attendance: 12,379, 2009–10
Transfers [edit ]
- Biggest Transfer fee paid: €1.75 million to KV Mechelen for Björn Vleminckx, 2009
- Biggest Transfer fee received: €4.7 million from Ajax for Jasper Cillessen, 2011
team records [edit ]
- Biggest victory: 7–0 v FC Den Bosch, 3 November 1973
- Biggest defeat: 1–9 v Ajax, 5 November 1967
- Highest league finish: 5th, 2002–03
- Most wins in a season: 15, 1971–72
- Most goals scored in a season: 100, 2014–15
- Fewest goals conceded in a season: 36, 1970–71