FC Dordrecht
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Full name | Football Club Dordrecht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Schapenkoppen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | August 16, 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | GN Bouw Stadion, Dordrecht |
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Capacity | 4,100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman | Ad Heijsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Gert Kruys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Eerste Divisie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005-06 | Eerste Divisie, 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, chaired by Ad Heijsman.
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[edit] History
Founded on August 16, 1883 as Dordrechtsche Football Club (DFC), it became a professional club in 1954 upon the introduction of professional football to the Netherlands. The next significant event was in 1972, at which time the professional and amateur branches of DFC Dordrecht severed their ties. The amateur branch remained DFC Dordrecht, while its professional counterpart became simply FC Dordrecht. There is no club in Holland that changed its name so often as FC Dordrecht. Following their reorganisation in 1979 (which lead to a change in name to Drechtsteden 79 (DS 79), referring to the region Drechtsteden, the club was promoted to the Eredivisie in 1983. This however was not to last and was immediately followed by a relegation back to the Eerste Divisie. They went back up to the Eredivisie in 1988/1989 season.
In 1990, another investor gave the club its third name of Dordrecht'90. The club just missed promotion to the Eredivisie in 1991, but was finally admitted when Dordrecht'90 surprisingly merged with neighbouring Schiedamse Voetbalvereniging (SVV) of Schiedam. The club used the name of SVV/Dordrecht'90 for one season, but in 1992, the 'SVV' was dropped and the club returned to the name Dordrecht'90. Finally in 2002, the club was again renamed, to the name it bore from 1972 to 1979: FC Dordrecht and that is how the name stands today. The fans hope it will stay that way for a long time, although the fans of the club are not exactly numerous. For a number of years it was the club with the lowest average attendance of all Dutch professional teams.[citation needed]
[edit] 2006/2007 squad
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[edit] Managers
- Hans Verèl (1990-1992)
- Han Berger (1992-1993)
- Nico van Zoghel (1993-1995)
- Lex Schoenmaker (1995-1996)
- Robert Verbeek (1996-2000)
- Harry van den Ham (2000-2002)
- Jos van Eck (2002-2003)
- Robert Verbeek (2003-2005)
- Joop Lankhaar (2005)
- Jurrie Koolhof (2005-2006)
- Gert Kruys (2006-)
[edit] External links
Dutch Eerste Divisie |
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Royal Netherlands Football Association - edit |