VVV-Venlo

VVV
Full name	Venlose Voetbal Vereniging Venlo
Nickname(s)	The Good Old,; Venlose Trots,; Pride of the South,; Yellow Black Army
Short name	VVV
Founded	7 February 1903
Ground	De Koel; Venlo
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Hai Berden
Manager	Hans de Koning
League	Eredivisie
2019–20	Eredivisie, 13th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

VVV-Venlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌveːveːˈveː ˈvɛnloː], VVV stands for Venlose Voetbal Vereniging [ˈvɛnloːzə ˈvudbɑl vəˈreːnəɣɪŋ]) is a football club from the Dutch-German border town Venlo, Netherlands, playing in the Eredivisie. The club plays its home games in the Covebo Stadion – De Koel stadium, which is named after one of the club's sponsors Covebo Uitzendgroep. VVV's home colours are yellow and black, the former being the dominant shirt colour.

History

VVV returned to the Eredivisie, the highest league in the Netherlands, by defeating RKC Waalwijk (3–0) in the promotion/relegation play-offs in the 2006–07 season. After one season in the Eredivisie, VVV-Venlo were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie. After a single season, VVV-Venlo won the 2008–09 Eerste Divisie title and returned to the Eredivisie.

In the 2009–10 season, the team booked its best league result since 1988 after finishing 12th in the Eredivisie. Another remarkable event was the transfer of star player Keisuke Honda to CSKA Moscow. They also signed toddler Baerke van der Meij on a symbolic ten-year contract, after a video featuring him scoring a hat trick into a toy box became popular.[1] Honda was replaced by Gonzalo and the club signed Japanese player Maya Yoshida. The departure of Honda turned out to be a key point in the club's season. In the second half of the season, the team was not able to win matches and barely escaped from relegation.

At the end of the season, key players Ruben Schaken and Adil Auassar both signed with Feyenoord on a free transfer. Gonzalo returned to his employer Groningen, while Sandro Calabro signed with Swiss side St. Gallen. The club contracted Ruud Boymans and the Nigerian Ahmed Musa to strengthen the squad for the 2010–11 season. They avoided relegation, but it was a harsh season in which Jan van Dijk was fired and former international Patrick Paauwe terminated his contract after losing the competition from his competitors.

Belgian manager Glen De Boeck was signed for the next season, but failed to improve the results. As a result of that, he resigned in December 2011. Ton Lokhoff was recruited as the new manager and succeeded in avoiding relegation by winning the post-season play-offs. However, in the 2012–13 season, the club was relegated after losing the promotion/relegation play-offs against Go Ahead Eagles. The club finished fifth in its first Eerste Divisie season since its promotion in 2009. But again, the club bounced back and returned to the Eredivisie in 2017, after clinching promotion by defeating RKC Waalwijk.[2]

Japanese players

Since Keisuke Honda transferred from Nagoya Grampus in 2008, a slew of Japanese players has played at VVV-Venlo, including Maya Yoshida, Robert Cullen and Yuki Otsu. Sef Vergoossen, a legendary manager of the club, and Japanese agent Tetsuro Kiyooka were a bridge between the Japanese players and the club.[3]

Stadium

VVV-Venlo currently play at De Koel in Venlo. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was built in 1972. It is named after its main sponsor, hence its current name, Covebo Stadion De Koel.

Results

Players

Current squad

As of 12 August 2020[4]

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	GER	Thorsten Kirschbaum
2	DF	GER	Tobias Pachonik
3	DF	NED	Arjan Swinkels
4	MF	SUI	Roy Gelmi
5	DF	GER	Steffen Schäfer
6	MF	NED	Danny Post (captain)
7	FW	NED	Guus Hupperts
11	FW	GRE	Giorgos Giakoumakis
14	DF	NED	Christian Kum
15	MF	NED	Simon Janssen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	NED	Delano van Crooij
17	DF	NED	Tristan Dekker
18	DF	NED	Stan van Dijck
19	FW	NED	Yahcuroo Roemer
20	MF	NED	Aaron Bastiaans
21	MF	NED	Evert Linthorst
22	GK	NED	Bram Verbong
24	MF	NED	Wassim Essanoussi
25	FW	CUW	Jafar Arias
26	DF	GER	Lukas Schmitz
30	GK	NED	Jens Craenmehr

Retired numbers

28 — Beau Vilters, defender (2014–15) — posthumous honour

Notable players

Domestic results

Below is a table with VVV-Venlo's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

Domestic Results since 1956
Domestic league	League result	Qualification to	KNVB Cup season	Cup result
2014–15 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2014–15	round of 16
2013–14 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2013–14	third round
2012–13 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (losing promotion/relegation play-offs)	2012–13	second round
2011–12 Eredivisie	16th	– (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	2011–12	second round
2010–11 Eredivisie	17th	– (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs)	2010–11	third round
2009–10 Eredivisie	12th	–	2009–10	third round
2008–09 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	2008–09	second round
2007–08 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (losing promo./releg. play-offs)	2007–08	second round
2006–07 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)	2006–07	second round
2005–06 Eerste Divisie	2nd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2005–06	round of 16
2004–05 Eerste Divisie	3rd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2004–05	second round
2003–04 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2003–04	second round
2002–03 Eerste Divisie	13th	–	2002–03	third round
2001–02 Eerste Divisie	13th	–	2001–02	third round
2000–01 Eerste Divisie	18th	–	2000–01	round of 16
1999–2000 Eerste Divisie	15th	–	1999–2000	group stage
1998–99 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1998–99	second round
1997–98 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1997–98	group stage
1996–97 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1996–97	second round
1995–96 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1995–96	quarter final
1994–95 Eerste Divisie	12th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1994–95	second round
1993–94 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1993–94	third round
1992–93 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1992–93	third round
1991–92 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1991–92	quarter final
1990–91 Eerste Divisie	3rd	Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)	1990–91	second round
1989–90 Eerste Divisie	4th	–	1989–90	second round
1988–89 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1988–89	second round
1987–88 Eredivisie	5th	– (losing UC play-offs)	1987–88	semi-final
1986–87 Eredivisie	5th	– (losing UC play-offs)	1986–87	round of 16
1985–86 Eredivisie	13th	–	1985–86	first round
1984–85 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (promotion)	1984–85	second round
1983–84 Eerste Divisie	10th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1983–84	second round
1982–83 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1982–83	round of 16
1981–82 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1981–82	second round
1980–81 Eerste Divisie	13th	–	1980–81	round of 16
1979–80 Eerste Divisie	12th	–	1979–80	first round
1978–79 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1978–79	second round
1977–78 Eredivisie	14th	–	1977–78	second round
1976–77 Eredivisie	13th	–	1976–77	second round
1975–76 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (winning promotion/releg. play-offs)	1975–76	second round
1974–75 Eerste Divisie	5th	–	1974–75	second round
1973–74 Eerste Divisie	16th	–	1973–74	second round
1972–73 Eerste Divisie	18th	–	1972–73	second round
1971–72 Eerste Divisie	16th	–	1971–72	first round
1970–71 Tweede Divisie	11th	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1970–71	first round
1969–70 Tweede Divisie	16th	–	1969–70	first round
1968–69 Tweede Divisie	15th	–	1968–69	first round
1967–68 Eerste Divisie	18th	Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1967–68	group stage
1966–67 Tweede Divisie	2nd	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1966–67	DNC
1965–66 Eerste Divisie	15th	Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1965–66	group stage
1964–65 Eerste Divisie	8th	–	1964–65	second round
1963–64 Eerste Divisie	14th	–	1963–64	second round
1962–63 Eerste Divisie	14th	–	1962–63	round of 16
1961–62 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1961–62	?
1960–61 Eredivisie	3rd	–	1960–61	?
1959–60 Eredivisie	6th	–	not held	not held
1958–59 Eredivisie	10th	–	1958–59	winners
1957–58 Eredivisie	7th	–	1957–58	?
1956–57 Eredivisie	7th	–	1956–57	?

Managerial history

Years	Name	Nat.
1954–56	Ferdi Silz
1956–60	Wilhelm Kment
1961–63	Ferdi Silz
1964–65	Josef Gesell
1968–69	Bas Paauwe
1970–72	Josef Gesell
1972–78	Rob Baan
1978–79	Hans Croon
1979	Sef Vergoossen (a.i.)
1979–81	Jan Morsing

Years	Name	Nat.
1981–86	Sef Vergoossen
1986–88	Jan Reker
1989	Sef Vergoossen (a.i.)
1992–94	Frans Körver
1995–96	Jan Versleijen
1996	Joop Brand (a.i.)
1996–98	Henk van Stee
1998–2000	Hennie Spijkerman
2000–01	Jan Versleijen
2001–04	Wim Dusseldorp
2004–05	Adrie Koster

Years	Name	Nat.
2005–06	Herbert Neumann
2006–08	André Wetzel
2008–10	Jan van Dijk
2010–11	Willy Boessen (a.i.)
2011	Glen De Boeck
2011	Willy Boessen (a.i.)
2012–13	Ton Lokhoff
2013–14	René Trost
2014–19	Maurice Steijn
2019	Robert Maaskant
2019	Jay Driessen (a.i.)
2019–present	Hans de Koning

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gollark: About 30 of them, at last count?

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References

"Club 'signs up' hat-trick toddler". 28 April 2011 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
VVV-Venlo na vier jaar terug in de eredivisie – NOS (in Dutch)
Venlo chief eyes new Japanese talent, The Japan Times, 3 April 2014
"Selectie". vvv-venlo.nl. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

External links

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[1] "Club 'signs up' hat-trick toddler". 28 April 2011 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[2] VVV-Venlo na vier jaar terug in de eredivisie – NOS (in Dutch)

[3] Venlo chief eyes new Japanese talent, The Japan Times, 3 April 2014

[4] "Selectie". vvv-venlo.nl. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

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