FC Den Bosch

FC Den Bosch (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛfˈseː dɛmˈbɔs]) is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Den Bosch
Full nameFootball Club Den Bosch
Nickname(s)The Blue White Dragons
Founded18 August 1965 (1965-08-18)
Groundde Vliert,
's-Hertogenbosch
Capacity8,500
ChairmanHuub van Mackelenbergh[1]
ManagerErik van der Ven
LeagueEerste Divisie
2018–19Eerste Divisie, 4th
WebsiteClub website

They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. Ruud van Nistelrooy started his professional career at this club. In 2005 they finished bottom of the Eredivisie and were relegated and currently compete in the Eerste Divisie.

History

The club were founded on 18 August 1965 as the successor to BVV,[2] who were formed in 1906 and Dutch champions in 1948.[3] They were champions of the 1965–66 Tweede Divisie B.,[2] They merged with Wilhelmina (1890) on 10 May 1967 to form F.C. Den Bosch '67, before being crowned champions of 1970–71 Eerste Divisie to secure promotion to the Eredivise for the first time in their history.[2] Their first season in the Eredivisie, the 1971–72 season saw Den Bosch struggle with relegation all season, but they would eventually finish 16th, three points above the relegation zone, following a late-season upturn in form.[4][5] Despite this the club lasted just two seasons in the Eredivise as they finished bottom of the 1972–73 Eredivisie and were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie.[2]

Den Bosch struggled following their return to the Eerste Divisie, failing to finish in the top half until the 1977–78 season.[6] However, come the turn of the decade, Den Bosch were consistently challenging for promotion, with the club competing in the promotion play-off for the 1980–81 season, only to lose out to De Graafschap.[3] However, they would win the promotion play-offs for the 1982–83 season, marking their return to the Eredivisie.[3] The club's first season back in the Eredivisie saw them finish 10th in the Eredivisie, before the next two seasons saw 6th place finishes for the club, with the latter seeing Den Bosch finish just 3 points off the UEFA Cup qualification places.[6] This success did not last though as they were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie in the 1989–90 season,[6] shortly after the club was renamed B.V.V. Den Bosch in 1988.[2]

The club saw promotions to the Eredivisie in the 1991–92, 1998–99, 2000–01 and the 2003–04 seasons (the latter three as champions), only to be relegated back to the Eerste Divisie each time.[6] The club also changed its name back to FC Den Bosch in 1992.[2] In the ten years following their relegation back to the Eerste Divisie, they competed in the promotion play-offs on six occasions bit failed to get promoted on any of them.[6]

In the summer of 2018, after years of financial problems and bad performances in Eerste Divisie a Georgian businessman Kakhi Jordania, decided to invest in the club with intent to purchase.[7] His ownership group was allowed to start making changes in the management, while they were awaiting the approval of KNVB. The club had a best season in years. The team finished as winter champions in Eerste Divisie, but could not continue their good form after the winter break. Den Bosch still managed to qualify for the promotion playoffs, where they lost to Go Ahead Eagles. After a year of due diligence, KNVB decided not to grant the new ownership group the right to purchase the club.[8]

In November 2019, Den Bosch supporters racially abused SBV Excelsior player Ahmad Mendes Moreira in a match against the club, with Moreira having allegedly been called a 'negro and cotton-picker' prior to the match being halted after 30 minutes.[9][10] Following the match, Moreira was labelled as a "pathetic little man" by Den Bosch's manager and the club originally stated that Moreira mistook 'crow sounds' for racist abuse, before later apologising for that statement.[9][10] A few days after the match Den Bosch's manager apoligezed to Moreira. The "pathetic little man" label was about the way Moreira celebrated his goal and had nothing to do with racism. Moreira accepted these words.[11] Following the incident and criticism from Netherlands internationals Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum,[12][13] it was announced that players in the Dutch top two divisions would not play during the first minute of the following weekend's games in protest against racism in Dutch football as a result of the incident.[14] In response to the incident, Den Bosch banned a number of supporters from attending games in January 2020.[15] It was the first time a professional match in the Netherlands had to be halted as a result of racism.[15]

Honours
Eerste DivisieEredivisieEerste DivisieEredivisieEerste DivisieEredivisieEerste DivisieEredivisieEerste Divisie

Below is a table with FC Den Bosch's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Club Name
  • FC Den Bosch/BVV (1965–1967)
  • FC Den Bosch '67 (1967–1988)
  • BVV Den Bosch (1988–1992)
  • FC Den Bosch (1992–present)

Players

Current squad
As of Season 2020-2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NED Wouter van der Steen
2 DF  NED Mats Deijl
4 DF  NED Junior van der Velden
5 DF  NED Dwayne Green
6 MF  NED Kevin Felida
9 FW  NED Jizz Hornkamp
10 MF  NED Paco van Moorsel
11 FW  NED Ryan Trotman
12 DF  AUS Declan Lambert
13 DF  NED Christophe van Zutphen
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF  AFG Najim Haidary
15 MF  AUS Ryan Lambert
16 MF  NED Steven van der Heijden
18 MF  NED Rik Mulders
19 FW  NED Lars Miedema
20 MF  NED Ringo Meerveld
21 FW  NED Don Bolsius
23 GK  NED Konrad Sikking
24 DF  NED Robin Voets

Managerial history

Statistics
SEASON CLUBTOPSCORER GOALS DIVISION ATTENDANCE RANK MANAGER
1965–66 Frans Olde Riekerink 17 Tweede Divisie 6.640 1 Ben Tap
1966–67 Frans Olde Riekerink 14 Eerste Divisie 6.895 5 Ben Tap
1967–68 Ben Tinus 17 Eerste Divisie 7.670 3 Ben Tap
1968–69 Eef Mulders 9 Eerste Divisie 5.350 9 Ben Tap
1969–70 Eef Mulders 10 Eerste Divisie 3.810 5 Ben Tap
1970–71 Leo Ouwens 11 Eerste Divisie 8.400 1 Jan Remmers
1971–72 Ilja Mitić 9 Eredivisie 11.870 16 Jan Remmers
1972–73 Dick Beek 5 Eredivisie 8.645 18 Jan Remmers
1973–74 Dick Beek 6 Eerste Divisie 2.895 17 Jan Remmers
1974–75 Jos Peltzer 10 Eerste Divisie 3.085 10 Nol de Ruiter
1975–76 Jos Peltzer 10 Eerste Divisie 2.210 10 Nol de Ruiter
1976–77 Jan Peters 18 Eerste Divisie 2.415 12 Ad Zonderland
1977–78 Jan Peters 19 Eerste Divisie 3.517 8 Ad Zonderland
1978–79 Bert Nijdam 9 Eerste Divisie 3.700 7 Rinus Gosens
1979–80 Arie Romijn 16 Eerste Divisie 4.700 4 Rinus Gosens / Ad Zonderland
1980–81 Arie Romijn 10 Eerste Divisie 2.355 6 Ad Zonderland / Hans Verèl
1981–82 Arie Romijn 16 Eerste Divisie 2.870 5 Hans Verèl
1982–83 Wim van der Horst 17 Eerste Divisie 2.788 3 Hans Verèl
1983–84 Wim van der Horst 14 Eredivisie 7.154 10 Hans Verèl
1984–85 Peter van der Waart 12 Eredivisie 5.406 6 Rinus Israël
1985–86 Hans Gillhaus 16 Eredivisie 6.367 6 Rinus Israël
1986–87 Hans Gillhaus 17 Eredivisie 5.309 10 Theo de Jong
1987–88 Hendrie Krüzen 12 Eredivisie 3.938 7 Theo de Jong
1988–89 Mart van Duren 15 Eredivisie 3.803 7 Theo de Jong
1989–90 Peter Barendse 7 Eredivisie 3.521 17 Rinus Israël
1990–91 Jack de Gier 23 Eerste Divisie 1.334 17 Rinus Israël / Hans van der Pluym
1991–92 Geert Brusselers 13 Eerste Divisie 2.007 2 Hans van der Pluym
1992–93 Dirk Jan Derksen 10 Eerste Divisie 3.231 19 Hans van der Pluym
1993–94 Stefan Jansen 14 Eerste Divisie 1.626 11 Hans van der Pluym
1994–95 Orpheo Keizerweerd 7 Eerste Divisie 1.198 18 Hans van der Pluym
1995–96 Anthony Lurling 19 Eerste Divisie 2.735 3 Chris Dekker
1996–97 Ruud van Nistelrooy 12 Eerste Divisie 2.034 7 Kees Zwamborn
1997–98 Thijs Waterink 14 Eerste Divisie 2.405 4 Kees Zwamborn
1998–99 Harry van der Laan 30 Eerste Divisie 3.245 1 Kees Zwamborn / Martin Koopman
1999–00 Henk Vos 11 Eredivisie 4.240 18 Martin Koopman / Mark Wotte
2000–01 Bart Van Den Eede 23 Eerste Divisie 3.330 1 Mark Wotte / Jan Poortvliet
2001–02 Bart Van Den Eede 14 Eredivisie 5.190 16 Wiljan Vloet
2002–03 Stefan Jansen 20 Eerste Divisie 3.919 5 Gert Kruys
2003–04 Stefan Jansen 25 Eerste Divisie 3.701 1 Gert Kruys
2004–05 Koen van de Laak 6 Eredivisie 5.790 18 Henk Wisman / Jan van Grinsven ao
2005–06 Berry Powel 19 Eerste Divisie 3.388 7 Theo Bos
2006–07 Frank Demouge 12 Eerste Divisie 3.876 5 Theo Bos
2007–08 Koen van der Biezen 18 Eerste Divisie 4.155 3 Theo Bos
2008–09 Adnan Barakat 13 Eerste Divisie 4.090 9 Theo Bos / Fred van der Hoorn
2009–10 Fabio Caracciolo 19 Eerste Divisie 4.056 7 Marc Brys
2010–11 John Verhoek 10 Eerste Divisie 4.391 8 Alfons Groenendijk
2011–12 Tom van Weert 15 Eerste Divisie 4.063 6 Alfons Groenendijk
2012–13 Tom van Weert 17 Eerste Divisie 3.822 11 Alfons Groenendijk
2013–14 Erik Quekel 19 Eerste Divisie 3.637 4 Jan Poortvliet
2014–15 Anthony Lurling / Barry Maguire / Alexander Mols 6 Eerste Divisie 3.249 16 Ruud Kaiser / René van Eck
2015–16 Arda Havar / Furhgill Zeldenrust 8 Eerste Divisie 2.934 17 René van Eck / Wiljan Vloet
2016–17 Romero Regales 8 Eerste Divisie 2.741 14 Wiljan Vloet
2017–18 Niek Vossebelt 15 Eerste Divisie 2.822 11 Wil Boessen
2018–19 Stefano Beltrame 14 Eerste Divisie 3.663 4 Wil Boessen / Erik van der Ven & Paul Beekmans
2019–20 Rúben Rodrigues 12 Eerste Divisie 2.941 12 Erik van der Ven
gollark: Also, you're the one who decided that I had to only be talking about some specific "true replicators" so bees you.
gollark: Explain then.
gollark: Technically, yes.
gollark: Also, I am not aware of any proof that your "true" replicator is impossible.
gollark: Your definitions seem arbitrary and misaligned with any actually used ones.

See also

References
  1. "7 May 2020, Press release FC Den Bosch
  2. "F.C. Den Bosch and its Predecessors". rsssf. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. "Historie" (in Dutch). FC Den Bosch. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. "FC Den Bosch - 1971/72". rsssf. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. "Netherlands 1971/72". rsssf. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. "All-Time Record of B.V.V. and F.C. Den Bosch". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. "Den Bosch football club sold to Kakhi Jordania, subject to KNVB approval". DutchNews.nl. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. https://www.bd.nl/fc-den-bosch/nieuw-onderzoek-is-gereed-maar-fc-den-bosch-heeft-nog-geen-idee-welke-kant-het-op-gaat-met-de-overname~a9f521b6/
  9. "Ahmad Mendes Moreira: Den Bosch apologise for 'crow sounds' statement". BBC Sport. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  10. "Den Bosch boss labels racism victim 'pathetic'". ESPN.com. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  11. "Den Bosch boss apolidize". AD.nl. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  12. "Georginio Wijnaldum: Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman backs midfielder's gesture". BBC Sport. 20 November 2019.
  13. "Memphis Depay hits out after Excelsior striker walks off following alleged racist abuse". Sky Sports. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  14. "Ahmad Mendes Moreira: Footballers in the Netherlands to protest against racism". BBC Sport. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  15. "Football club FC Den Bosch bans fans after racist chanting incident". DutchNews.nl. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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