Excelsior Rotterdam
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SBV Excelsior is a professional football
club from the Kralingen-Crooswijk
district of Rotterdam
, Netherlands
. It was founded on July 23, 1902 and was formerly known as 'Rotterdamse Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Excelsior' (Rotterdam Football and Athletics Union Excelsior). The club was relegated from the top Dutch league, Eredivisie
in 2007/08, and promoted back to the Eredivisie at the end of the 2009/10 season.
Excelsior used to be a satellite club of Feyenoord, where Excelsior received money and players (either on loan or free transfer) from Feyenoord. That system ended in 2005. The agreement was set up again in 2009, which resulted in the loan of several Feyenoord players to Excelsior for the 2009–10 season. Excelsior's home stadium is the Stadion Woudestein, which has a capacity of about 3,531, one of the smallest stadiums hosting professional football in the Netherlands.
The main rival of Excelsior is Sparta
, another professional football team from Rotterdam.
: Rotterdam Football and Athletics Club Excelsior). However, the initial founders of the club, a group of close friends located in the Kralingen
district of Rotterdam
, were already playing their football matches together on the fields of the eighteenth century buitenplaats
Woudesteyn. After the actual establishment of the club, the municipality
officially gave permission to use the land. As football was still an elite sport at the beginning of the 20th century, Excelsior became one of the first working class clubs in the Netherlands
.
In the season 1945–46, Excelsior gained their first success by promoting to the Eerste Klasse, the highest tier of Dutch football before professional football was introduced in 1954. The deciding match against VUC was played in De Kuip
and attracted 52.000 spectators. Excelsior relegated in the next season, but managed to promote for the second time in the season 1951–52. After the introduction of professional football, Excelsior won the Eerste Divisie
championship three times (1974, 1979 and 2006) and promoted to the Eredivisie
various times, usually to relegate not long afterwards.
Excelsior once reached the KNVB Cup
final in the season 1929–1930, but lost the match to fellow Rotterdam club Feyenoord (0–1). Excelsior's biggest pre-war achievement was the win of the Zilveren Bal trophy. Excelsior beat Feyenoord (5–0) in the finals of the highly rated pre-season tournament.
; Feyenoord and Sparta
. Being the smallest professional club in Rotterdam, Excelsior always had to be creative to survive. This creativity made Excelsior play a pioneering role within Dutch football. In the mid-fifties, Excelsior were the leading club behind the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands. When the KNVB continued to refuse payments in football, Excelsior chairman Henk Zon and board member Aad Libregts managed to persuade association president Hans Hopster, in cooperation with the directors of Feyenoord, Sparta and ADO Den Haag
. In August 1954 the KNVB accepted the proposal and professional football was introduced.
In 1958 Excelsior became the first Dutch club with covered stands. Later, in 1974, Excelsior also were the first Dutch club with shirt advertising. Against the then existing rules, the club put an 'A' on the shirt. The character was supposed to stand for 'Team A', but in reality it stood for Akai
, the company of main investor Rob Albers. The KNVB decided to ban the 'A' from the shirt and it would take until 1982 for shirt advertising to be introduced. Akai would adorn the shirts of Excelsior until the season 1999–2000.
clubs Excelsior and Feyenoord. The finger tight relationship that existed between the two clubs since then was contractually sealed in 1996 with an official partnership. Excelsior became Feyenoord's feeder club and provided experience and training for young talented Feyenoord players.
On December 20, 2008, Feyenoord announced not to renew the partnership contract with Excelsior due to financial and flexibility reasons. However, only five months later, Feyenoord and Excelsior agreed on an even more extensive partnership. As part of the new agreement, the clubs started a joint regional youth academy called Feyenoord Academy
and merged the club's reserve teams. Also, Excelsior continued to be Feyenoord's feeder club. Excelsior's managing director Simon Kelder was pleased with the new extensive partnership: "I already regretted the earlier withdrawal of cooperation from Feyenoord, but now we get something better in return. It doesn't only reduces the costs, but I am also convinced both clubs will benefit on sportive grounds."
A majority of the Excelsior fans have always been against a partnership with Feyenoord. Michel van der Neut, chairman of Excelsior's supporters club, claimed: "Excelsior sold her soul with the extended partnership. Excelsior simply stops existing this way."
football, after defeating crosstown rival Sparta Rotterdam
in the final of the Eredivisie
promotion/relegation play-offs. The team was mostly composed by Feyenoord loanees and was coached by former Feyenoord youth coach Alex Pastoor
. In the 2010–11 season
Excelsior made a flying start in the Eredivisie, gaining ten points in its first five matches, including a home victory in the Rotterdam derby
against Feyenoord (3–2). In the remainder of the season, Excelsior upset some of the larger league teams at home, winning against AZ and getting draws against Groningen and eventual league champions Ajax. In the final match of the regular season, Excelsior got a 4-1 win away at Vitesse, a result that left them one goal short of staying up. Finishing 16th, Excelsior had to face FC Den Bosch and Helmond Sport in the relegation / promotion play-offs. A 4-2 home win against Helmond sport ensured another season of Eredivisie football for Excelsior.
, which has a capacity of 3,531 seats, one of the smallest stadiums hosting professional football in the Netherlands
.
The club had two short spells at different locations. For the season 1907–08 Excelsior played on the Afrikaanderplein
. After returning to Woudestein, Excelsior moved to the Toepad terrain for seasons 1922–39. When the Dutch government decided to build marine barracks on the Toepad area right before the start of the second world war, Excelsior moved back to the familiar Woudestein.
In the early nineties Excelsior went through a difficult period. The club merely survived the financial crisis, but the newly appointed board under the chairmanship of Martin de Jager had one important goal; a new Excelsior stadium. Various plans were made, one of them being a joint stadium for Excelsior and Sparta
, but eventually none of the plans were implemented. Due to financial pressure, Excelsior decided to take the plunge and started renovating Woudestein themselves. The club built two new stands themselves and with the help of the municipality
the main stand got renovated as well, including business seats and office space. On July 31, 2000, the new stadium was opened with a friendly match against Feyenoord.
When Excelsior promoted to the Eredivisie
after the season 2009–10
, the club decided to replace the grass surface with artificial turf
. Main reason for the change was the lack of financial resources to install under-soil heating
, which is mandatory for clubs participating on the highest level of Dutch football.
For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011
(on loan from Anderlecht)
F
F
F
in South Africa
, namely Michel Bastos, Brett Holman
, Salomon Kalou
, Kim Nam-Il
, Patrick Mtiliga
and Robin van Persie
.
Aruba Ronny Nouwen
Australia Brett Holman
Austria Volkan Kahraman
Belgium Thomas Buffel
Gill Swerts
Brazil Michel Bastos
Chile Sebastián Pardo
Denmark Patrick Mtiliga
Jan Sørensen
Ghana Christian Gyan
Jordan Opoku
Prince Polley
Ireland David Connolly
Ivory Coast Salomon Kalou
Japan Takafumi Ogura
Morocco Youssef El Akchaoui
Mounir El Hamdaoui
Netherlands Antilles Chaly Jones
Shelton Martis
The Netherlands Mario Been
George Boateng
Winston Bogarde
Dries Boussatta
Luigi Bruins
Royston Drenthe
Rinus Israel
Wim Meutstege
Oscar Moens
Graeme Rutjes
Cees Schapendonk
Henk Schouten
Andwélé Slory
Gaston Taument
Robin van Persie
South Korea Kim Nam-Il
Rinus Smits (1954–56) Bob Janse (1956–62) Rinus Smits (1962–67) Rinus Smits, Bob Janse (1967–68) Bob Janse (1968–69) Bob Janse, Jaap Kouters (1969–70) Bob Janse (1970–71) Joop Castenmiller (1970–73) Ben Peeters (1973–75) Thijs Libregts
, Bob Janse (1975–76) Thijs Libregts
(1976–80) Hans Dorjee
(1980–82) Rob Jacobs (1982–86)
Henk Wullems (1986–88) Joop van Daele
(1988–89) Joop van Daele
, Martin van der Kooy (1989–90) Sándor Popovics (1990–92) Cor Pot
(1992–94) Rob Baan
(1994–95) Hans van der Pluym (1995–96) Adrie Koster (1996–03) Henk van Stee
(2003–04) John Metgod
(2004–05) Mario Been
(2005–06) Ton Lokhoff
(2006–09) Alex Pastoor
(2009–10)
Cup
in 1956.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club from the Kralingen-Crooswijk
Kralingen-Crooswijk
Kralingen-Crooswijk is a township of the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It is located at the immediate east of the city's centre. As of 2005 it has about 52,379 inhabitants and has a territory of about 1,286 ha...
district of Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It was founded on July 23, 1902 and was formerly known as 'Rotterdamse Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Excelsior' (Rotterdam Football and Athletics Union Excelsior). The club was relegated from the top Dutch league, Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
in 2007/08, and promoted back to the Eredivisie at the end of the 2009/10 season.
Excelsior used to be a satellite club of Feyenoord, where Excelsior received money and players (either on loan or free transfer) from Feyenoord. That system ended in 2005. The agreement was set up again in 2009, which resulted in the loan of several Feyenoord players to Excelsior for the 2009–10 season. Excelsior's home stadium is the Stadion Woudestein, which has a capacity of about 3,531, one of the smallest stadiums hosting professional football in the Netherlands.
The main rival of Excelsior is Sparta
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
, another professional football team from Rotterdam.
Early history
Excelsior were officially formed on 23 July 1902 as Rotterdamse Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Excelsior (EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: Rotterdam Football and Athletics Club Excelsior). However, the initial founders of the club, a group of close friends located in the Kralingen
Kralingen
Kralingen is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland, now a neighbourhood of Rotterdam. It is located about 3 kilometres east of the city centre, in the borough Kralingen-Crooswijk....
district of Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, were already playing their football matches together on the fields of the eighteenth century buitenplaats
Buitenplaats
A buitenplaats was a summer residence for rich townspeople in the Netherlands. During the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, many traders and city administrators in Dutch towns became very wealthy...
Woudesteyn. After the actual establishment of the club, the municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
officially gave permission to use the land. As football was still an elite sport at the beginning of the 20th century, Excelsior became one of the first working class clubs in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
In the season 1945–46, Excelsior gained their first success by promoting to the Eerste Klasse, the highest tier of Dutch football before professional football was introduced in 1954. The deciding match against VUC was played in De Kuip
Feijenoord Stadion
The Feijenoord Stadion, better known by its nickname De Kuip , is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands that was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the area "Feijenoord" in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same name .Capacity at completion: 64,000. Maximum capacity: 69,000...
and attracted 52.000 spectators. Excelsior relegated in the next season, but managed to promote for the second time in the season 1951–52. After the introduction of professional football, Excelsior won the Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
championship three times (1974, 1979 and 2006) and promoted to the Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
various times, usually to relegate not long afterwards.
Excelsior once reached the KNVB Cup
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
final in the season 1929–1930, but lost the match to fellow Rotterdam club Feyenoord (0–1). Excelsior's biggest pre-war achievement was the win of the Zilveren Bal trophy. Excelsior beat Feyenoord (5–0) in the finals of the highly rated pre-season tournament.
Pioneering
Besides Excelsior, there are two more professional clubs from RotterdamRotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
; Feyenoord and Sparta
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
. Being the smallest professional club in Rotterdam, Excelsior always had to be creative to survive. This creativity made Excelsior play a pioneering role within Dutch football. In the mid-fifties, Excelsior were the leading club behind the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands. When the KNVB continued to refuse payments in football, Excelsior chairman Henk Zon and board member Aad Libregts managed to persuade association president Hans Hopster, in cooperation with the directors of Feyenoord, Sparta and ADO Den Haag
ADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club...
. In August 1954 the KNVB accepted the proposal and professional football was introduced.
In 1958 Excelsior became the first Dutch club with covered stands. Later, in 1974, Excelsior also were the first Dutch club with shirt advertising. Against the then existing rules, the club put an 'A' on the shirt. The character was supposed to stand for 'Team A', but in reality it stood for Akai
Akai
Akai is a consumer electronics brand, founded by Saburo Akai as , a Japanese manufacturer in 1929. It is now headquartered in Singapore as a subsidiary of Grande Holdings, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, which also owns the formerly Japanese brands Nakamichi and Sansui. The Akai brand is now used...
, the company of main investor Rob Albers. The KNVB decided to ban the 'A' from the shirt and it would take until 1982 for shirt advertising to be introduced. Akai would adorn the shirts of Excelsior until the season 1999–2000.
Feyenoord partnership
In 1979, Excelsior chairman Jaap Bontenbal and Feyenoord manager Peter Stephan were at the start of the close relationship between the two RotterdamRotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
clubs Excelsior and Feyenoord. The finger tight relationship that existed between the two clubs since then was contractually sealed in 1996 with an official partnership. Excelsior became Feyenoord's feeder club and provided experience and training for young talented Feyenoord players.
On December 20, 2008, Feyenoord announced not to renew the partnership contract with Excelsior due to financial and flexibility reasons. However, only five months later, Feyenoord and Excelsior agreed on an even more extensive partnership. As part of the new agreement, the clubs started a joint regional youth academy called Feyenoord Academy
Feyenoord Academy (Varkenoord)
Feyenoord Academy, often referred to as Varkenoord, is the joint academy of the professional football clubs Feyenoord and Excelsior located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The academy is a result of the extensive partnership between the two Rotterdam clubs...
and merged the club's reserve teams. Also, Excelsior continued to be Feyenoord's feeder club. Excelsior's managing director Simon Kelder was pleased with the new extensive partnership: "I already regretted the earlier withdrawal of cooperation from Feyenoord, but now we get something better in return. It doesn't only reduces the costs, but I am also convinced both clubs will benefit on sportive grounds."
A majority of the Excelsior fans have always been against a partnership with Feyenoord. Michel van der Neut, chairman of Excelsior's supporters club, claimed: "Excelsior sold her soul with the extended partnership. Excelsior simply stops existing this way."
Recent history
In 2010 Excelsior returned to the highest tier of DutchNetherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
football, after defeating crosstown rival Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
in the final of the Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
promotion/relegation play-offs. The team was mostly composed by Feyenoord loanees and was coached by former Feyenoord youth coach Alex Pastoor
Alex Pastoor
Alexander "Alex" Pastoor , is a Dutch football manager and former player. Pastoor played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Eredivisie club, NEC Nijmegen.-Playing career:...
. In the 2010–11 season
2010–11 Eredivisie
-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:...
Excelsior made a flying start in the Eredivisie, gaining ten points in its first five matches, including a home victory in the Rotterdam derby
Rotterdam derby
The term Rotterdam derby refers to the local derbies in Rotterdam played between two of the three professional football clubs Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam or Excelsior...
against Feyenoord (3–2). In the remainder of the season, Excelsior upset some of the larger league teams at home, winning against AZ and getting draws against Groningen and eventual league champions Ajax. In the final match of the regular season, Excelsior got a 4-1 win away at Vitesse, a result that left them one goal short of staying up. Finishing 16th, Excelsior had to face FC Den Bosch and Helmond Sport in the relegation / promotion play-offs. A 4-2 home win against Helmond sport ensured another season of Eredivisie football for Excelsior.
Stadium
Excelsior's home venue is Stadion WoudesteinStadion Woudestein
Stadion Woudestein is a multi-use stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Excelsior Rotterdam. The stadium is able to hold 3,531 people and was built in 2000....
, which has a capacity of 3,531 seats, one of the smallest stadiums hosting professional football in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
The club had two short spells at different locations. For the season 1907–08 Excelsior played on the Afrikaanderplein
Afrikaanderplein
Afrikaanderplein was a football ground in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was the first home of the professional football club Feyenoord – then known as Wilhelmina , HFC , Celeritas and eventually Feijenoord – from its foundation in 1908 until 1917, when the club moved to a new ground at the Kromme...
. After returning to Woudestein, Excelsior moved to the Toepad terrain for seasons 1922–39. When the Dutch government decided to build marine barracks on the Toepad area right before the start of the second world war, Excelsior moved back to the familiar Woudestein.
In the early nineties Excelsior went through a difficult period. The club merely survived the financial crisis, but the newly appointed board under the chairmanship of Martin de Jager had one important goal; a new Excelsior stadium. Various plans were made, one of them being a joint stadium for Excelsior and Sparta
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887....
, but eventually none of the plans were implemented. Due to financial pressure, Excelsior decided to take the plunge and started renovating Woudestein themselves. The club built two new stands themselves and with the help of the municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
the main stand got renovated as well, including business seats and office space. On July 31, 2000, the new stadium was opened with a friendly match against Feyenoord.
When Excelsior promoted to the Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
after the season 2009–10
2009–10 Eerste Divisie
-Coaches and budget:-Results table:Source: -Standings:-Standings 1st Period:Source: -Standings 2nd Period:Source: -Standings 3rd Period:Source: -Standings 4th Period:Source: ...
, the club decided to replace the grass surface with artificial turf
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
. Main reason for the change was the lack of financial resources to install under-soil heating
Under-soil heating
Under-soil heating is a method used in various sports stadia which heats the underside of the pitch to avoid any bad weather, such as snow and ice, from building up and ultimately helps the club avoid having to postpone any matches.The first ground in England to have under-soil heating installed...
, which is mandatory for clubs participating on the highest level of Dutch football.
Current squad
As of 1 August 2011For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011
(on loan from Anderlecht)
F
F
F
- F = On loan from Feyenoord
Player of the year
The Excelsior 'Player of the Year' award is voted for by the clubs supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. The annual election is organized by the supporters club Pro Excelsior since 1996.| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1995–96 |  Marinus DijkhuizenMarinus Dijkhuizen Marinus Dijkhuizen is a former Dutch footballer who last played for SC Cambuur.The striker has also played for FC Utrecht, TOP Oss and Dunfermline in Scotland, where he scored twice against Dundee United in the league and St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup. Now he is back at the team were he started... |
| 1996–97 | John Schuurhuizen |
| 1997–98 | Ferry de Haan Ferry de Haan Ferry de Haan is a retired Dutch footballer who currently coaches the youth team of Excelsior Rotterdam. He played club football for Excelsior Rotterdam and Feyenoord Rotterdam.-References:... |
| 1998–99 | Michael van der Kruis |
| 1999–00 | David Connolly David Connolly David James Connolly is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Southampton. He has previously played for various clubs including Feyenoord and Excelsior in the Netherlands as well as Wigan Athletic and Sunderland in the Premier League.Although born in England, Connolly has... |
| 2000–01 |  Jarda SimrJarda Simr Jarda Simr is a Czech footballer.Simr played for Excelsior Rotterdam and NEC Nijmegen in the Dutch Eredivisie as well as Amica Wronki in the Polish Ekstraklasa.... |
| 2001–02 | Michel Breuer Michel Breuer Michel Breuer is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for SC Heerenveen.-Club career:Breuer started his professional career with Excelsior Rotterdam. In Summer 2004 he moved to Heerenveen. He became captain of the Heerenveen team at the start of the 2008–09 Eredivisie season.-External links:* ... |
| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Steve Olfers Steve Olfers Steve Olfers is a Dutch footballer who is currently playing for Gabala FC. Olfers is a defender who was born in Haarlem and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Feyenoord Rotterdam squad in the 1999–2000 season... |
| 2003–04 | Danny Buijs Danny Buijs Danny Buijs is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock. He can play as a defensive midfielder.- Early life :Buijs was born in Dordrecht and raised in Alblasserdam... |
| 2004–05 |  Brett HolmanBrett Holman Brett Trevor Holman is an Australian professional football player. He currently plays as a attacking midfielder or left winger for the Dutch Eredivisie club AZ and the Australia national football team.-Early life:... |
| 2005–06 | Luigi Bruins Luigi Bruins Luigi Bruins is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Red Bull Salzburg.After being declined by Feyenoord at the age of six, the Rotterdam-born went through the complete Excelsior youth academy. Bruins made his first team debut in the season 2004–05 and managed to win the Eerste Divisie... |
| 2006–07 | René van Dieren René van Dieren René Theo van Dieren is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Sparta Rotterdam.-Club career:His former clubs are Fortuna Sittard, Feyenoord, Excelsior and AGOVV Apeldoorn. He joined Sparta in summer 2010.... |
| 2007–08 | Kees Luijckx |
| 2008–09 | Jeffrey Altheer Jeffrey Altheer Jeffrey Altheer is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Helmond Sport as a Defender.-Career:Born in Lekkerkerk, Altheer played for the youth team of Feyenoord, and made his professional debut in the 2007-08 season on loan for Excelsior.-External links:... |
Notable players
The calm environment at Excelsior is a good atmosphere for young players to mature and gain experience. Also thanks to the partnership with Feyenoord, various notable players were once at the start of their career at Excelsior. Most recently, six former Excelsior players were present at the 2010 FIFA World Cup2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, namely Michel Bastos, Brett Holman
Brett Holman
Brett Trevor Holman is an Australian professional football player. He currently plays as a attacking midfielder or left winger for the Dutch Eredivisie club AZ and the Australia national football team.-Early life:...
, Salomon Kalou
Salomon Kalou
Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a striker for Chelsea in the Premier League.He is often used on the wings at Chelsea. He has a preference for playing on the left wing as this gives him opportunities to cut inside and take shots with his favoured right foot...
, Kim Nam-Il
Kim Nam-Il
Kim Nam-il or Kim Namil is a South Korean footballer. Kim is a defensive midfielder for Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League. He was virtually unknown before he became a superstar for his impressive defensive displays in the 2002 FIFA World Cup....
, Patrick Mtiliga
Patrick Mtiliga
Patrick Jan Mtiliga is a Danish professional footballer, who plays for Danish club FC Nordsjælland in Danish Superliga. He is a defender, who is most frequently used as a left fullback. He has played five games for the Denmark national football team.- Club career :Patrick Mtiliga was born in...
and Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Arsenal and the Dutch national team. He is a youth product of Feyenoord. Having joined Arsenal in 2004, Van Persie became the club captain on 16 August 2011...
.
Aruba Ronny Nouwen
Ronny Nouwen
Ronny Nouwen is a football midfielder who currently plays in the Netherlands for top amateur side SC Feyenoord.-Club career:...
Australia Brett Holman
Brett Holman
Brett Trevor Holman is an Australian professional football player. He currently plays as a attacking midfielder or left winger for the Dutch Eredivisie club AZ and the Australia national football team.-Early life:...
Austria Volkan Kahraman
Belgium Thomas Buffel
Thomas Buffel
Thomas Buffel is a Belgian footballer who plays for Jupiler League side RC Genk. He is an attacking midfielder and can play as a striker...
Gill Swerts
Gill Swerts
Gill Swerts is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for Feyenoord.-Career:Swerts is a defender who was born in Brasschaat and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Excelsior Rotterdam squad in the 2001–2002 season...
Brazil Michel Bastos
Chile Sebastián Pardo
Sebastián Pardo
Sebastián Eduardo Pardo Campos, Pardo , is a former Chilean midfielder.Pardo began his career at Universidad de Chile, and joined Eredivisie's Feyenoord Rotterdam in 2002–03, debuting on September 10, 2002 against Excelsior Rotterdam , scoring his first Feyenoord in that match...
Denmark Patrick Mtiliga
Patrick Mtiliga
Patrick Jan Mtiliga is a Danish professional footballer, who plays for Danish club FC Nordsjælland in Danish Superliga. He is a defender, who is most frequently used as a left fullback. He has played five games for the Denmark national football team.- Club career :Patrick Mtiliga was born in...
Jan Sørensen
Jan Sørensen
Jan Vang Sørensen is a retired Danish football player, turned professional poker player from Odense. He has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker....
Ghana Christian Gyan
Christian Gyan
Christian Attah Gyan is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for RoPS in Finland.- Career :Gyan signed for Feyenoord in 1996. During the following season the club send him on loan to Excelsior. After only a couple of months Feyenoord recalled the defender, and he made his debut for Feyenoord...
Jordan Opoku
Jordan Opoku
Jordan Opoku is a Ghanaian football, who currently plays for Dinamo Tirana in Albanian Superliga.-Career:...
Prince Polley
Prince Polley
Prince Opoku Bismark Polley Sampene , simply known as Prince Polley is a retired Ghanaian footballer.- International :...
Ireland David Connolly
David Connolly
David James Connolly is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Southampton. He has previously played for various clubs including Feyenoord and Excelsior in the Netherlands as well as Wigan Athletic and Sunderland in the Premier League.Although born in England, Connolly has...
Ivory Coast Salomon Kalou
Salomon Kalou
Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a striker for Chelsea in the Premier League.He is often used on the wings at Chelsea. He has a preference for playing on the left wing as this gives him opportunities to cut inside and take shots with his favoured right foot...
Japan Takafumi Ogura
Morocco Youssef El Akchaoui
Youssef El Akchaoui
Youssef El Akchaoui is a Dutch-born Moroccan footballer, who plays for SC Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie.-Career:...
Mounir El Hamdaoui
Mounir El Hamdaoui
Mounir El Hamdaoui is a Dutch-Moroccan footballer. He currently plays as a forward for Ajax in the Netherlands...
Netherlands Antilles Chaly Jones
Chaly Jones
Shalimar "Chaly" Elvin Valerio Jones is a footballer who currently plays for FC Oss in the Dutch third division.-Career:...
Shelton Martis
Shelton Martis
Shelton Martis is a football defender, currently playing for Doncaster Rovers.-Early career:...
The Netherlands Mario Been
Mario Been
Mario Been is a former football professional and football manager from the Netherlands, who is currently the head coach of Genk since 30 August 2011....
George Boateng
George Boateng
George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...
Winston Bogarde
Winston Bogarde
Winston Bogarde is a retired Dutch professional footballer.A player of immense physical strength, he played mostly as a central defender, although he could occasionally appear on the left, and was best known for his spells at Ajax, FC Barcelona and Chelsea.With the latter side, he garnered...
Dries Boussatta
Dries Boussatta
Dries Boussatta is a retired Dutch international footballer of Moroccan origin who played professionally in the Netherlands, England and the United Arab Emirates.-Club career:...
Luigi Bruins
Luigi Bruins
Luigi Bruins is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for FC Red Bull Salzburg.After being declined by Feyenoord at the age of six, the Rotterdam-born went through the complete Excelsior youth academy. Bruins made his first team debut in the season 2004–05 and managed to win the Eerste Divisie...
Royston Drenthe
Royston Drenthe
Royston Rickie Drenthe is a Dutch footballer who plays for Everton on loan from Real Madrid.Mainly a midfielder, and regarded as one of football's fastest players, he can also operate as a defender or forward, but always on the left side of the pitch.-Youth:Born in Rotterdam, Drenthe joined local...
Rinus Israel
Rinus Israël
Marinus David Israël is a former Dutch football player, manager and currently scout....
Wim Meutstege
Wim Meutstege
Wim Meutstege is a former Dutch football player.During his club career he played for Go Ahead Eagles, Excelsior Rotterdam, Sparta Rotterdam and AFC Ajax. He earned 1 cap for the Netherlands national football team, and was included in their squad for the 1976 UEFA European Football...
Oscar Moens
Oscar Moens
Oscar Moens is a former Dutch footballer who currently has a commercial position at Sparta Rotterdam.-Early career:...
Graeme Rutjes
Graeme Rutjes
Graeme Wayne Rutjes is a former Australian-born Dutch footballer, who played for Excelsior Rotterdam , Y.R. K.V. Mechelen and R.S.C...
Cees Schapendonk
Cees Schapendonk
Cees Schapendonk is a former football striker from the Netherlands. In his sole appearance for the Netherlands national football team on February 22, 1981, he scored in a three-nil victory over Cyprus....
Henk Schouten
Henk Schouten
Henk Schouten is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder. Schouten made his debut at Excelsior Rotterdam and also played for Holland Sport and Feijenoord.-Honours:...
Andwélé Slory
Andwélé Slory
Andwélé "Andy" Cedric Slory is a retired Dutch footballer who last played as a right winger for Adelaide United FC in the Hyundai A-League. After his professional debut for Stormvogels Telstar at the age of 18, Slory promoted to the Eredivisie with his next club Excelsior.In the Eredivisie, Slory...
Gaston Taument
Gaston Taument
Gaston Taument is a former Dutch football right winger , who played the vast majority of his career for Feyenoord.-Football career:...
Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie
Robin van Persie is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Arsenal and the Dutch national team. He is a youth product of Feyenoord. Having joined Arsenal in 2004, Van Persie became the club captain on 16 August 2011...
South Korea Kim Nam-Il
Kim Nam-Il
Kim Nam-il or Kim Namil is a South Korean footballer. Kim is a defensive midfielder for Tom Tomsk in the Russian Premier League. He was virtually unknown before he became a superstar for his impressive defensive displays in the 2002 FIFA World Cup....
Current staff
- As of June 29, 2010.
Position Name Manager Alex PastoorAlex PastoorAlexander "Alex" Pastoor , is a Dutch football manager and former player. Pastoor played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Eredivisie club, NEC Nijmegen.-Playing career:...Assistant manager 
Jon Dahl TomassonJon Dahl TomassonJon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior....Goalkeeping coach Peter den OtterReserve team manager André HoekstraAndré HoekstraAndré Hoekstra is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder. Hoekstra made his professional debut at Feyenoord Rotterdam and also played for RKC Waalwijk...Intern Marinus DijkhuizenMarinus DijkhuizenMarinus Dijkhuizen is a former Dutch footballer who last played for SC Cambuur.The striker has also played for FC Utrecht, TOP Oss and Dunfermline in Scotland, where he scored twice against Dundee United in the league and St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup. Now he is back at the team were he started...Intern Robert MolenaarRobert MolenaarRobert Molenaar is a former professional footballer from the Netherlands. He played as a defender for FC Volendam, Leeds United and Bradford City and RBC Roosendaal....
Notable managers
Rinus Smits (1954–56) Bob Janse (1956–62) Rinus Smits (1962–67) Rinus Smits, Bob Janse (1967–68) Bob Janse (1968–69) Bob Janse, Jaap Kouters (1969–70) Bob Janse (1970–71) Joop Castenmiller (1970–73) Ben Peeters (1973–75) Thijs Libregts
Thijs Libregts
Thijs Libregts is a Dutch football coach and former player, who played professionally in the 1950s. His daughter Patricia was one of Holland's leading water polo players in the 1980s and 1990s.-Club career:...
, Bob Janse (1975–76) Thijs Libregts
Thijs Libregts
Thijs Libregts is a Dutch football coach and former player, who played professionally in the 1950s. His daughter Patricia was one of Holland's leading water polo players in the 1980s and 1990s.-Club career:...
(1976–80) Hans Dorjee
Hans Dorjee
Hans Dorjee was a Dutch professional football player and manager....
(1980–82) Rob Jacobs (1982–86)
Henk Wullems (1986–88) Joop van Daele
Joop van Daele
Joop van Daele is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a defender.Van Daele started his career in his town of birth, Rotterdam where he played for RVAV Overmaas, before he joined Eredivisie side Feijenoord...
(1988–89) Joop van Daele
Joop van Daele
Joop van Daele is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a defender.Van Daele started his career in his town of birth, Rotterdam where he played for RVAV Overmaas, before he joined Eredivisie side Feijenoord...
, Martin van der Kooy (1989–90) Sándor Popovics (1990–92) Cor Pot
Cor Pot
Cornelis Pot is a Dutch football manager and former footballer.- Playing career :He started his career with the academy of Sparta in Rotterdam, and subsequently moved to the Ajax academy.Clubs*1969 - 1972 Sparta...
(1992–94) Rob Baan
Rob Baan
Robert Baan is a Dutch football coach, appointed to the role of Technical Director for the Indian national team by the AIFF. He is currently appointed as the Technical Director of All India Football Federation...
(1994–95) Hans van der Pluym (1995–96) Adrie Koster (1996–03) Henk van Stee
Henk van Stee
Henk van Stee is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands, who played for Sparta Rotterdam and De Graafschap. He retired in 1990, and became a football manager, who worked for Sparta Rotterdam, VVV-Venlo, Feyenoord Rotterdam, AZ Alkmaar and Excelsior Rotterdam.-References:...
(2003–04) John Metgod
John Metgod
Johannes Antonius Bernardus Metgod is a retired Dutch footballer, who is a first-team coach at Derby County.-Club career:...
(2004–05) Mario Been
Mario Been
Mario Been is a former football professional and football manager from the Netherlands, who is currently the head coach of Genk since 30 August 2011....
(2005–06) Ton Lokhoff
Ton Lokhoff
Antonius Johannes Jacobus Lokhoff is a Dutch former football midfielder, who was the head coach of Excelsior since the summer of 2006, when he succeeded Mario Been. He is nicknamed Mister NAC. Lokhoff's contract at Excelsior expired in the spring of 2009...
(2006–09) Alex Pastoor
Alex Pastoor
Alexander "Alex" Pastoor , is a Dutch football manager and former player. Pastoor played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Eredivisie club, NEC Nijmegen.-Playing career:...
(2009–10)
Honours
League- Eerste DivisieEerste DivisieThe Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
- Winners (3): 1973–74, 1978–79, 2005–06
- Promotion (4): 1969–70, 1981–82, 2001–02, 2009–10
- Tweede DivisieTweede DivisieThe Tweede Divisie was the lowest professional football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The...
- Promotion (1): 1968–69Tweede Divisie 1968–69The Dutch Tweede Divisie in the 1968/1969 season was contested by 18 teams. De Graafschap won the championship and would be promoted to the Eerste Divisie along with two other teams.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eerste Divisie:* FC VVV* Velox...
Cup
- KNVB CupKNVB CupThe KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
- Runners-up (1): 1929–30
Domestic Results
Below is a table with Excelsior's domestic results since the introduction of the EredivisieEredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
in 1956.
| Domestic Results since 1956 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic league | League result | Qualification to | KNVB Cup KNVB Cup The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup... season |
Cup result |
| 2010–11 Eredivisie 2010–11 Eredivisie -Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:... |
16th | - (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs) | 2010-11 | fourth round |
| 2009–10 Eredivisie 2009–10 Eredivisie -Personnel and sponsoring:-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:... |
3rd | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... (winning promotion/releg. play-offs) |
2009-10 | third round |
| 2008–09 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 2008-09 Eerste Divisie 2008–09 began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion playoffs. Sixteen clubs were remained in the Eerste Divisie, whilst Excelsior and VVV-Venlo were relegated from the Eredivisie 2007-08... |
5th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2008-09 | round of 16 |
| 2007–08 Eredivisie | 18th | Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium... (relegation) |
2007-08 | round of 16 |
| 2006–07 Eredivisie | 16th | - (surviving promotion/relegation play-offs) | 2006-07 | third round |
| 2005–06 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 2005-06 The 2005/2006 season of the Eerste Divisie began on August 12, 2005 and ended on April 7, 2006. The title was won by Excelsior Rotterdam.-Newly admitted team:The following team was admitted to the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:*FC Omniworld... |
1st | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... (promotion) |
2005-06 | second round |
| 2004–05 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 2004-05 The 2004/2005 season of the Eerste Divisie began in August 2004 and ended in April 2005. The title was won by Heracles Almelo.-Relegated teams:These teams were relegated from the Eredivisie at the start of the season:... |
12th | - | 2004-05 | second round |
| 2003–04 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 2003-04 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2003/2004 season was contested by 19 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to AGOVV Apeldoorn entering from the amateurs... |
2nd | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2003-04 | third round |
| 2002–03 Eredivisie | 17th | Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium... (losing promo./releg. play-offs) |
2002-03 | quarter final |
| 2001–02 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 2001-02 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2001/2002 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Zwolle won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 2000-01* RBC RoosendaalTelstar merged with Stormvogels this season to form Stormvogels/Telstar... |
2nd | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... (winning promotion/releg. play-offs) |
2001-02 | round of 16 |
| 2000–01 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 2000-01 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 2000/2001 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Den Bosch won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1999-2000* Cambuur Leeuwarden* FC Den Bosch* MVV-League standings:... |
2nd | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2000-01 | round of 16 |
| 1999–2000 Eerste Divisie | 4th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1999-2000 | round of 16 |
| 1998–99 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1998-99 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1998/1999 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Den Bosch won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1997-98* FC Groningen* FC Volendam-League standings:-Promotion/relegation play-offs:... |
6th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1998-99 | second round |
| 1997–98 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1997-98 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1997/1998 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ won the championship.-League standings:-Promotion/relegation play-offs:... |
16th | - | 1997-98 | group stage |
| 1996–97 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1996-97 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1996/1997 season was contested by 18 teams. MVV won the championship.-League standings:-Promotion/relegation play-offs:... |
17th | - | 1996-97 | group stage |
| 1995–96 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1995-96 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1995–1996 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ won the championship. This was the first year teams earned three points for a win instead of two.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1994-95* Dordrecht '90* MVV... |
16th | - | 1995-96 | group stage |
| 1994–95 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1994-95 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1994/1995 season was contested by 18 teams. Fortuna Sittard won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1993–94 * Cambuur Leeuwarden* VVV-Venlo-League standings:-Promotion/relegation play-offs:... |
3rd | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1994-95 | second round |
| 1993–94 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1993-94 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1993/1994 season was contested by 18 teams. Dordrecht'90 won the championship. The play-off system was expanded this season: instead of two groups of three teams, four teams entered each group now... |
12th | - | 1993-94 | third round |
| 1992–93 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1992-93 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1992/1993 season was contested by 18 teams, two less than in the previous season. This was due to the departure of VCV Zeeland and FC Wageningen. VVV-Venlo won the championship.... |
14th | - | 1992-93 | round of 16 |
| 1991–92 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1991-92 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1991/1992 season was contested by 20 teams. TOP Oss from the amateurs replaced Dordrecht '90 who had merged with eredivisie-club SVV... |
15th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1991-92 | third round |
| 1990–91 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1990-91 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1990/1991 season was contested by 20 teams, one more than in the previous season. This was due to VC Vlissingen entering from the amateurs... |
19th | - | 1990-91 | second round |
| 1989–90 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1989-90 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1989/1990 season was contested by 19 teams. Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging won the championship.-New play-off system:... |
14th | - | 1989-90 | second round |
| 1988–89 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1988-89 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1988/1989 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1987-88* AZ* DS '79* FC Den Haag-League standings:-Promotion competition:... |
3rd | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1988-89 | first round |
| 1987–88 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1987-88 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1987/1988 season was contested by 19 teams. RKC Waalwijk won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1986-87* Excelsior* Go Ahead Eagles* SC Veendam-League standings:-Promotion competition:... |
8th | - | 1987-88 | round of 16 |
| 1986–87 Eredivisie | 18th | Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium... (relegation) |
1986-87 | quarter final |
| 1985–86 Eredivisie | 15th | - | 1985-86 | first round |
| 1984–85 Eredivisie | 12th | - | 1984-85 | round of 16 |
| 1983–84 Eredivisie | 13th | - | 1983-84 | first round |
| 1982–83 Eredivisie | 9th | - | 1982-83 | second round |
| 1981–82 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1981-82 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1981/1982 season was contested by 18 teams, one less than in the previous season. This was due to the bankruptcy of FC Vlaardingen. Helmond Sport won the championship.... |
3rd | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... (winning promotion/releg. play-offs) |
1981-82 | round of 16 |
| 1980–81 Eredivisie | 17th | Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium... (relegation) |
1980-81 | second round |
| 1979–80 Eredivisie | 9th | - | 1979-80 | second round |
| 1978–79 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1978-79 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1978/1979 season was contested by 19 teams. Excelsior won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1977-78* FC Amsterdam* Telstar-League standings:-Promotion competition:... |
1st | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... (promotion) |
1978-79 | second round |
| 1977–78 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1977-78 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1977/1978 season was contested by 19 teams. PEC Zwolle won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1976-77* FC Eindhoven* De Graafschap-League standings:-Promotion competition:... |
4th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1977-78 | semi-final |
| 1976–77 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1976-77 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1976/1977 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1975-76* Excelsior* MVV-League standings:-Promotion competition:... |
4th | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 1976-77 | round of 16 |
| 1975–76 Eredivisie | 18th | Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium... (relegation) |
1975-76 | second round |
| 1974–75 Eredivisie | 14th | - | 1974-75 | second round |
| 1973–74 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1973-74 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1973/1974 season was contested by 20 teams. Excelsior won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1972-73* FC Den Bosch* ExcelsiorHVC changed their name to SC Amersfoort for this season.... |
1st | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... (promotion) |
1973-74 | round of 16 |
| 1972–73 Eredivisie | 17th | Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium... (relegation) |
1972-73 | round of 16 |
| 1971–72 Eredivisie | 15th | - | 1971-72 | quarter final |
| 1970–71 Eredivisie | 16th | - | 1970-71 | second round |
| 1969–70 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1969-70 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1969/1970 season was contested by 18 teams. FC Volendam won the championship.-New entrants:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1968–69:* Excelsior* Fortuna Vlaardingen* De Graafschap... |
2nd | Eredivisie Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.... (promotion) |
1969-70 | second round |
| 1968–69 Tweede Divisie | 2nd | Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium... (promotion) |
1968-69 | second round |
| 1967–68 Tweede Divisie | 16th | - | 1967-68 | quarter final |
| 1966–67 Tweede Divisie | 9th | - | 1966-67 | DNC |
| 1965–66 Tweede Divisie | 9th (group B) | - | 1965-66 | group stage |
| 1964–65 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1964-65 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1964/1965 season was contested by 16 teams. Willem II won the championship for the second time.-New entrants:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1963–64:* Alkmaar '54* NECRelegated from the Eredivisie 1963-64:... |
16th | Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie The Tweede Divisie was the lowest professional football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The... (relegation) |
1964-65 | second round |
| 1963–64 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1963-64 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1962/1963 season was contested by 16 teams. Sittardia won the championship for the second time.-New entrants:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1962–63:* BVV... |
9th | - | 1963-64 | round of 16 |
| 1962–63 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1962-63 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1962/1963 season was contested by 16 teams. Teams from two leagues were united in one national eerste divisie league for the first time this season... |
8th | - | 1962-63 | third round |
| 1961–62 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1961-62 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1961/1962 season was contested by 36 teams. It was the last time the Eerste Divisie-teams were divided in two groups, next season there would only be one consisting of sixteen teams. This meant a lot of teams would relegate to the Tweede Divisie this year... |
2nd | - | 1961-62 | ? |
| 1960–61 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1960-61 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1960/1961 season was contested by 36 teams, divided in two groups. FC Volendam and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam won the championship.-Group A:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1959–60:* EDO* Enschedese Boys... |
4th (group B) | - | 1960-61 | ? |
| 1959–60 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1959-60 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1959/1960 season was contested by 33 teams, divided in one group of sixteen and one group of seventeen teams. GVAV and Alkmaar '54 won the championship.-Group A:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1958–59:* 't Gooi... |
11th (group A) | - | not held | not held |
| 1958–59 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1958-59 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1958/1959 season was contested by 31 teams, divided in one group of sixteen teams and one of fifteen. One team less participated this year, due to the merger of Door Wilskracht Sterk with eredivisie-club BVC Amsterdam... |
6th (group B) | - | 1958-59 | ? |
| 1957–58 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1957-58 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1957/1958 season was contested by 32 teams, divided in two groups. Willem II and SHS won the championship.-Group A:Promoted from the Tweede Divisie 1956–57:* RBCRelegated from the Eredivisie 1956-57:* Willem II... |
7th (group A) | - | 1957-58 | ? |
| 1956–57 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1956-57 The 1956-57 season was the first season in the history of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands. The league had been divided in two, with an Eerste Divisie A and an Eerste Divisie B, each comprising 16 teams... |
9th (group B) | - | 1956-57 | ? |