FC Emmen

Football club infobox
clubname = FC Emmen


fullname = Football Club Emmen
nickname = "Emmen", "The Kannibals"
founded = August 21, 1925
ground = Univé Stadion
Emmen
capacity = 8,600
manager = Gerry Hamstra
league = Eerste Divisie
season = 2007-08
position = Eerste Divisie, 9th
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FC Emmen is a Dutch football club, playing in the country's "Eerste Divisie"

The club was formed on August 21, 1925. When the Dutch professional league was formed in 1954, FC Emmen decided to remain an amateur club. In 1985, FC Emmen finally joined the professional ranks. The amateur section of the club retained the name FC Emmen, but the professional section used the name BVO Emmen (" Betaald Voetbal Organisatie", professional football organisation). In 2005, the club decided to return to the name FC Emmen, for two reasons. Firstly, it was hoped that the new name would better reflect the club's history, and secondly because many misunderstandings had arisen, among people who had grown to believe that BVO was an abbreviation similar to for instance PSV, RBC or ADO.FC Emmen's Univé Stadion, more popularly known as De Meerdijk, was the scene of several matches of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Current squad 2008/2009

Club staff

*First Team Manager: Gerry Hamstra
*Assistant Manager: Joseph Oosting
*Assistant Manager: Berry Zandink
*Goalkeeping Coach: Richard Moes
*Player Manager: Rini van Vilsteren
*Physio: Henk Wiersma
*Health: Jan Haak
*Materials: Karel Hilbrands

History of Football in Emmen

At the beginning of the years eighty the amateur football in Emmen concerning the peak was gone. The public interest was waning and the club had to large maintain itself effort in the top of amateur football. Then the KNVB came shove thus with a new transitional measure to paid football on, Emmen had there, however, ears nasty. In 1983, Emmen showed with RBC interest but the time of preparation was too short so that it was decided wait a year. A committee was appointed under the guidance of Tinus van Loon to examine the possibilities. This commission came eventually with a positive recommendation, the member meeting on 22 February 1984 this recommendation took over and said therefore yes against paid football.

In November 1984 a working party was set up to level the path. President of it became thick Kreijkes who had been in daily living burgomaster Odoorn. It costed Emmen far according to only effort to be allowed on sport-loving grounds because the selection of the head class had been undermined qualitatively awfully. The KNVB approached Emmen eventually with a made more flexible regulation so that in 1985/86 the paid football to the Meerdijk of start could go.

Notable players

*Lee Payne
*Martin Drent
*Edu Nandlal
*Jan van Beveren
*Mika Nurmela

Former managers

*Alfons Arts
*Piet Buter
*Azing Griever
*Jan de Jonge
*Leen Looyen
*René Notten
*Jan Olde Riekerink
*Hennie Spijkerman
*Theo Verlangen

Former technical directors

* Rob Groener
* Gerard Somer

External links

* [http://www.fcemmen.nl/ Official website]
* [http://www.emmeren.nl/ Official supporters website]