football baseball club
VBV De Graafschap ( dutch pronunciation : [ də ˈɣraːfsxɑp ] ) is a professional football baseball club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.
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It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. The stadium was opened on 12 August 2000 and stands on the site of the club ‘s honest-to-god flip. The clubhouse name is Dutch for “ The County ”. They are nicknamed Superboeren ( “ Super Farmers ” ). While not a large club by european baseball club football standards, the baseball club has remained a semi-permanent fixture in the Eredivisie ( top league ) ; although to date it has never won any silverware of importance. It besides has a large stadium and a large fan base when compared to many other Dutch teams, peculiarly those in the Eerste Divisie. They had a fierce competition with Vitesse Arnhem, but during the years due several circumstances Go Ahead Eagles began to be a rival arsenic well. The golf club ‘s colors are blue and white hooped shirts with white shorts and blue socks. The cabaret ‘s major sponsors are Pincvision and ATAG [ nl ]. De Graafschap ‘s home base, De Vijverberg has been voted as the most atmospheric stadium in the Eredivisie for the 2018–19 campaign .
history [edit ]
De Graafschap had their longest streak in the Dutch top tier from 1995 until 2003. In the 1995–96 season De Graafschap finished in 8th put, an all-time gamey. After this season results went down and in 2003 the club was relegated after finishing in last locate ( 18th ). Since 2003, De Graafschap was relegated four times and gained forwarding five times. They were crowned champions of the Eerste Divisie in 2007 and 2010, and won the promotion playoffs in 2004 and 2015. [ 1 ] De Graafschap never finished last in the Eredivisie since 2003 but lost relegation playoffs after finishing in 17th place in 2005, 2009 and 2012. [ 2 ] In the 2015-16 Eredivisie season De Graafschap were once again relegated through playoffs after finishing 17th but not before drawing 1–1 against AFC Ajax on the final day of the season, denying Ajax the backing. In 2018, the club gained forwarding again by winning the promotion playoffs, beating Almere City FC in the playoffs finals. [ 3 ] They were relegated in 2019, and the future season ended in farther grief on April 24, 2020 as they were denied a potential promotion back to the top fledge due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the Eredivisie to declare their season void with no promotion or delegating. [ 4 ] late in the 2020–21 season, De Graafschap were in dominance of their promotion hopes, lone needing one win in their concluding two games to secure forwarding. however, they were held to a 1-1 draw, followed by a scoreless draw versus Helmond Sport, denying them an automatic promotion topographic point and forcing them to go through the promotion playoffs. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] De Graafschap crashed out of the playoffs in the foremost round off after a 3-2 dwelling loss to Roda JC, thus meaning that they would remain in the Eerste Divisie. [ 7 ]
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Honours [edit ]
Results [edit ]
Below is a table with De Graafschap ‘s domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956 .
Players [edit ]
current squad [edit ]
- As of 19 September 2021[8]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Out on lend [edit ]
notice : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
celebrated erstwhile players [edit ]
The players below had senior external cap ( sulfur ) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed represented their countries while playing for De Graafschap .
Coaching staff [edit ]
erstwhile coaches [edit ]
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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