SBV Excelsior

Football club infobox
clubname = Excelsior

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Excelsior
nickname = "The Kralingers"
"Roodzwarten" (red-blacks)
founded = July 23,1902
ground = Stadion Woudestein
Rotterdam
capacity = 3,527
chairman = flagicon|Netherlands Nico Janssens
manager = flagicon|Netherlands Ton Lokhoff
league = Eerste Divisie
season = 2007/2008
position = Eredivisie, 18th (relegated)
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SBV Excelsior is a professional football club from Rotterdam, in the Kralingen-Crooswijk district. 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 were relegated from the top Dutch league, Eredivisie in 2007/08.

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. Now there is just a little co-operation in the youth level. Excelsior's home stadium is the Stadion Woudestein, which has a capacity of about 3,527, one of the smallest stadiums in the Netherlands.

Current squad

Fs player|no=|nat=Netherlands|pos=MF|name=René van Dieren (Captain)

Out on loan

Honors

Honours

*sport honours|Eerste Divisie|3|1973/1974, 1978/1979, 2005/2006

Notable players

* Lloyd Doesburg

Former Players

*flagicon|Ireland David Connolly
*flagicon|South Korea Kim Nam-Il (2002-03)
*flagicon|Aruba Ronny Nouwen (2001-2005)
*flagicon|Netherlands Robin van Persie
*flagicon|Netherlands Luigi Bruins
*flagicon|Netherlands Andwele Slory
*flagicon|Belgium Thomas Buffel
*flagicon|Netherlands Royston Drenthe
*flagicon|Australia Brett Holman
*flagicon|Ivory Coast Salomon Kalou
*flagicon|Japan Takafumi Ogura

Managers

* Sandor Popovics (1990-1992)
* Cor Pot (1992-1994)
* Rob Baan (1994-1995)
* Hans van der Pluym (1995-1996)
* John Metgod (1997)
* Adrie Koster (1997-2003)
* Henk van Stee (2003-2004)
* John Metgod (2004-2005)
* Mario Been (2005-2006)
* Ton Lokhoff (2006-)

External links

* [http://www.sbvexcelsior.nl/ Official website] nl icon
* [http://www.excelsiorfans.nl/ Excelsior Fans] nl icon
* [http://www.erfc.nl/ Excelsior Fansite] nl icon