FC Utrecht
Football Club Utrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛfˈseː ˈytrɛxt]) is a Dutch football club founded on 1 July 1970 and based in the city of Utrecht.[1] The club's colours are red and white.
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Full name | Football Club Utrecht | ||
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Founded | 1 July 1970 | ||
Ground | Stadion Galgenwaard Utrecht | ||
Capacity | 23,750 | ||
Owner | Frans van Seumeren Holding B.V. (99%) Stichting Beheer Aandelen FC Utrecht (1%) | ||
Chairman | Paul Verhoeff | ||
Head coach | John van den Brom | ||
League | Eredivisie | ||
2019–20 | Eredivisie, 6th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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History
FC Utrecht was founded in 1970 as a merger of three clubs from the city of Utrecht: VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox, the former of the three having won the national championship in 1958.[2]
FC Utrecht has won the KNVB Cup three times in, 1985, 2003 and 2004, also winning the Johan Cruijff Shield in 2004. After winning the Johan Cruijff Shield, Utrecht became the first club outside the "Big Three" of Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV to win the trophy. Utrecht is also the only club outside the Big Three that has never been relegated from the top-flight Eredivisie.[2]
Stadium
FC Utrecht's stadium is the Stadion Galgenwaard, previously named the Galgenwaard, then later the Nieuw Galgenwaard. It has a current capacity of 23,750 spectators. The attendance on average was 19,600 people in 2004–05, while the average attendance rose to 20,004 in 2006–07. The stadium also accommodates several shops, offices, and the supporters home of the FC Utrecht fan club (Supporters Vereniging F.C. Utrecht).
Management
Erik ten Hag was head coach until the winter break of the 2017/2018 season when he left to take over at AFC Ajax. Jean-Paul de Jong, his assistant, took over as head coach at FC Utrecht. Jean-Paul de Jong was fired after only four games in the 2018/2019 season and Dick Advocaat was appointed as head coach.
Business
On 2 April 2008, it was announced that former owner of Mammoet, Van Seumeren, had taken over 51% of the shares of FC Utrecht. This made Utrecht the second club in the Netherlands, after AZ, to be owned by investors.
The board of FC Utrecht further announced that, because of the money they got from this take over, there would be more room for youth facilities and scouting. The board wanted FC Utrecht to be competing within the top of the Eredivisie by 2013.
Honours
FC Utrecht in European Competition
FC Utrecht's first competitive European match, in the team's current iteration (not as DOS), was on 17 September 1980, in the 1980–81 UEFA Cup, playing FC Argeş Piteşti to a 0–0 draw. Since then, the club has participated in fourteen UEFA competitions, advancing as far as the Group Stage in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League
- Accurate as of 1 August 2019
Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 50.00 |
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 54 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 69 | 72 | −3 | 29.63 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
Total | 58 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 73 | 78 | −5 | 29.31 |
Source: UEFA.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.
UEFA Current ranking
- As of 9 July 2020[3]
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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150 | ![]() | Shkëndija | 7.250 |
151 | ![]() | FC Utrecht | 7.150 |
152 | ![]() | Vitesse | 7.150 |
Domestic results
Below is a table with FC Utrecht's results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.
Domestic Results since 1956 | ||||
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Domestic league | League result | Qualification to | KNVB Cup season | Cup result |
2019–20 Eredivisie | 6th | – | 2019–20 | finalist[lower-alpha 1] |
2018–19 Eredivisie | 6th | Europa League (after winning EL play-offs) (Q2) | 2018–19 | round of 16 |
2017–18 Eredivisie | 5th | – | 2017–18 | second round |
2016–17 Eredivisie | 4th | Europa League (after winning EL play-offs) (Q2) | 2016–17 | Quarter final |
2015–16 Eredivisie | 5th | – | 2015–16 | final |
2014–15 Eredivisie | 11th | – | 2014–15 | second round |
2013–14 Eredivisie | 10th | – | 2013–14 | quarter final |
2012–13 Eredivisie | 5th | Europa League (after winning EL play-offs) (Q2) | 2012–13 | second round |
2011–12 Eredivisie | 11th | – | 2011–12 | second round |
2010–11 Eredivisie | 9th | – | 2010–11 | semi-final |
2009–10 Eredivisie | 7th | Europa League (after winning EL play-offs) (Q2) | 2009–10 | second round |
2008–09 Eredivisie | 9th | – (after losing EL play-offs) | 2008–09 | second round |
2007–08 Eredivisie | 10th | – (after losing UC play-offs) | 2007–08 | second round |
2006–07 Eredivisie | 9th | Intertoto Cup (after losing UC play-offs final) | 2006–07 | quarter final |
2005–06 Eredivisie | 6th | – (after losing UC play-offs) | 2005–06 | third round |
2004–05 Eredivisie | 11th | – | 2004–05 | round of 16 |
2003–04 Eredivisie | 11th | UEFA Cup | 2003–04 | winners |
2002–03 Eredivisie | 8th | UEFA Cup | 2002–03 | winners |
2001–02 Eredivisie | 7th | UEFA Cup | 2001–02 | final |
2000–01 Eredivisie | 5th | UEFA Cup | 2000–01 | round of 16 |
1999–2000 Eredivisie | 10th | – | 1999–2000 | quarter final |
1998–99 Eredivisie | 12th | – | 1998–99 | round of 16 |
1997–98 Eredivisie | 10th | – | 1997–98 | group stage |
1996–97 Eredivisie | 12th | – | 1996–97 | group stage |
1995–96 Eredivisie | 15th | – | 1995–96 | second round |
1994–95 Eredivisie | 12th | – | 1994–95 | semi-final |
1993–94 Eredivisie | 15th | – | 1993–94 | third round |
1992–93 Eredivisie | 8th | – | 1992–93 | round of 16 |
1991–92 Eredivisie | 11th | – | 1991–92 | quarter final |
1990–91 Eredivisie | 4th | UEFA Cup | 1990–91 | round of 16 |
1989–90 Eredivisie | 14th | – | 1989–90 | second round |
1988–89 Eredivisie | 13th | – | 1988–89 | round of 16 |
1987–88 Eredivisie | 10th | – | 1987–88 | first round |
1986–87 Eredivisie | 6th | UEFA Cup (after winning UC play-offs) | 1986–87 | round of 16 |
1985–86 Eredivisie | 12th | – | 1985–86 | second round |
1984–85 Eredivisie | 10th | Cup Winners' Cup | 1984–85 | winners |
1983–84 Eredivisie | 8th | – | 1983–84 | second round |
1982–83 Eredivisie | 10th | – | 1982–83 | second round |
1981–82 Eredivisie | 5th | UEFA Cup | 1981–82 | final |
1980–81 Eredivisie | 3rd | UEFA Cup | 1980–81 | round of 16 |
1979–80 Eredivisie | 5th | UEFA Cup | 1979–80 | round of 16 |
1978–79 Eredivisie | 13th | – | 1978–79 | round of 16 |
1977–78 Eredivisie | 8th | – | 1977–78 | round of 16 |
1976–77 Eredivisie | 6th | – | 1976–77 | round of 16 |
1975–76 Eredivisie | 14th | – | 1975–76 | second round |
1974–75 Eredivisie | 15th | – | 1974–75 | round of 16 |
1973–74 Eredivisie | 9th | – | 1973–74 | semi-final |
1972–73 Eredivisie | 8th | – | 1972–73 | second round |
1971–72 Eredivisie | 6th | – | 1971–72 | first round |
1970–71 Eredivisie | 9th | – | 1970–71 | second round |
1969–70 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1969–70 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk) 1969–70 Tweede Divisie (as Velox) |
6th 4th 3rd |
– | 1969–70 | second round quarter final second round |
1968–69 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1968–69 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk) 1968–69 Tweede Divisie (as Velox) |
17th 12th 10th |
– (after surviving promotion/relegation play-off) – – |
1968–69 | first round second round first round |
1967–68 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1967–68 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk... ...and Velox) |
16th 8th 19th |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – Tweede Divisie (relegation) |
1967–68 | group stage quarter final second round |
1966–67 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) 1966–67 Eerste Divisie (as Velox) |
15th 17th 16th |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Eerste Divisie (relegation) – |
1966–67 | first round second round DNC |
1965–66 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) 1965–66 Eerste Divisie (as Velox) |
12th 14th 5th |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – – |
1965–66 | second round group stage group stage |
1964–65 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1964–65 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk... ...and Velox) |
12th 2nd 4th |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Eredivisie (promotion) – |
1964–65 | first round second round round of 16 |
1963–64 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1963–64 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk... ...and Velox) |
9th 7th 5th |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – – |
1963–64 | first round first round round of 16 |
1962–63 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1962–63 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk... ...and Velox) |
7th 10th 5th |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – – |
1962–63 | third round third round second round |
1961–62 Eredivisie (as DOS) 1961–62 Eerste Divisie (as Elinkwijk) 1961–62 Tweede Divisie (as Velox) |
10th 3rd (group B) 1st |
– – Eerste Divisie (promotion) |
1961–62 | ? |
1960–61 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) 1960–61 Tweede Divisie (as Velox) |
5th 16th 8th |
– Eerste Divisie (relegation) – |
1960–61 | ? |
1959–60 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) 1959–60 Tweede Divisie (as Velox) |
4th 15th 4th (group B) |
– – (after surviving promotion/relegation play-off) – |
not held | not held |
1958–59 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) |
4th 12th |
– | 1958–59 | ? |
1957–58 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) |
1st 16th |
European Cup – |
1957–58 | ? |
1956–57 Eredivisie (as DOS... ...and Elinkwijk) |
10th 16th |
– | 1956–57 | ? |
- On 24 April 2020, the 2019–20 Eredivisie and KNVB Cup seasons were prematurely terminates as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. As such, the final of the 2019–20 KNVB Cup was canceled with no club being appointed as winners.
Current squad
- As of 17 August 2020[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
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Records
- As of 17 May 2017[5]
- Players in bold text are still active.
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Coaches
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Kit manufacturers
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See also
References
- "Netherlands - FC Utrecht - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- "Historie: Eredivisievoetbal sinds 1970". FC Utrecht. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- "Uefa current ranking".
- https://www.fcutrecht.nl/team/selectie
- De All Time Eredivisietopscorerslijst van FC Utrecht: – FC Utrecht
- https://www.fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/2019/02/fc-utrecht-gaat-driejarig-partnership-aan-met-nike/