Heracles Almelo

Football club infobox
clubname = Heracles Almelo


fullname = Heracles Almelo
nickname = "Heraclieden"
founded = May 3, 1903
ground = Polman Stadion
Almelo
capacity = 8,500
chairman = flagicon|Netherlands Jan Smit
manager = flagicon|Netherlands Gert Heerkes
league = Eredivisie
season = 2007/08
position = Eredivisie, 14th
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Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.

Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. One of the club's most famous players was South African Steve Mokone, nicknamed "The Black Meteor", the first black football player in the Netherlands ever.

In the 2004/05 season, Heracles won the title in the Eerste Divisie, so that during the 2005/06 season, Heracles played in the Eredivisie, where they finished 13th. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 5,700 people. In the current top flight season this has risen to just over 8,300.

Current squad

Reserve squad

Out on loan

Notable players

*flagicon|Netherlandsflagicon|Suriname Rudy Degenaar
*flagicon|South Africa Steve Mokone

Former managers

*Peter Bosz
*Henk ten Cate
*Azing Griever
*Hennie Hollink
*Fritz Korbach
*Gerard Marsman
*Jan van Staa
*Gertjan Verbeek
*Ruud Brood

External links

* [http://www.heracles.nl/ Official website] nl icon
* [http://www.hafc.nl/ Fansite HAFC.nl] nl icon
* [http://www.heraclied.nl/ Heraclied] nl icon
* [http://www.football-lineups.com/games/?campaign=17.113 Tactical formations at football-lineups.com] en icon