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| Full name | Football Club Utrecht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Utreg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | July 1, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadion Galgenwaard Utrecht (Capacity 24,426) |
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| Chairman |  Jan Willem van Dop |
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| Manager | Willem van Hanegem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Eredivisie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/2008 | Eredivisie, 10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Utrecht is a Dutch football club founded on July 1, 1970. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New Galgenwaard Stadium was opened in 1982 At the time it was one of the most modern stadiums in the world especially due to the moat around the pitch Utrecht ( city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch football player and coach born in Breskens, Zeeland. The Eredivisie ( English: Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The 2007/2008 season of the Eredivisie started in August 2007 and ends on 18 May 2008 with defending champions PSV retaining The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was a merger of three clubs from the city of Utrecht: DOS, Elinkwijk and Velox. Utrecht ( city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It featured in the UEFA Cup in the 1980s several times but suffered a downturn in fortunes after 1991 and had to wait for a further ten years to play European football again. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.
DOS won the national championship in 1958. FC Utrecht has won the KNVB Cup three times: in 1985, 2003 and 2004. The KNVB Cup (KNVB beker is a competition organized by the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB since 1899. In 2004 FC Utrecht won the Johan Cruijff Shield. FC Utrecht was the first club outside the traditional top three Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV to win this Trophy. Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax ( also referred to as AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax, is a professional football club from Amsterdam Feyenoord is a professional football club located in Rotterdam. Philips Sport Vereniging ( English: Philips Sports Union) widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a Sports club from FC Utrecht is also the only club outside the traditional top three that has never relegated out of the Dutch Eredivisie. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Eredivisie ( English: Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. Partly the cause of this may be the relatively late founding, but it has to be noted that every other team, apart from the traditional top three, currently in the Eredivisie has relegated at least once since the founding of FC Utrecht. The Eredivisie ( English: Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands.
Its stadium is the Stadion Galgenwaard having been previously first named Galgenwaard and later Nieuw Galgenwaard with a current capacity of 24,426 spectators. The New Galgenwaard Stadium was opened in 1982 At the time it was one of the most modern stadiums in the world especially due to the moat around the pitch The average attendance in 2004/05 was 19,600 people. In the season 2006/07 the average attendance has risen to 20,004 people. The club's colours are red and white.
Willem van Hanegem has been appointed manager of FC Utrecht in July 2007. Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch football player and coach born in Breskens, Zeeland. Foeke Booy, the previous manager who led the team to two cup titles, has left the club for Saudi-Arabia.
On the second of April 2008 it has been announced that former owner of Mammoet, Van Seumeren, has taken over 51% of the shares of FC Utrecht. Mammoet a is privately-held Dutch company specialised in hoisting and transporting heavy objects This makes Utrecht the second club in the Netherlands, after AZ, to be owned by investors. AZ, an initialism for Alkmaar Zaanstreek, is a football club from Alkmaar, the Netherlands. The city of Utrecht welcomed the purchase, because it would mean that financial problems FC Utrecht might be facing in the future will no longer be affecting the city's finances.
The board of FC Utrecht has further announced that, because of the money they got for this take over, there will be more room for youth facilities and scouting. Also the board wants FC Utrecht to be competing within the top of the Eredivisie in five years.
On April 9th 2008, it was announced in an English local newspaper that Utrecht will be forming a partnership with English club Derby County, it was said that they will be 'forging links' similar to the way in which Manchester United have done with Belgian club Royal Antwerp. Derby County Football Club is a professional football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby England.
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Honours
- Eredivisie
- Winner: 1958
- Johan Cruijff Shield
- Winners: 2004
Current squad
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Out on loan
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Retired numbers
- 4 in memory of David Di Tommaso
Notable players
- Frans Adelaar
- Co Adriaanse
- Dick Advocaat
- Hans van Breukelen
- Dave van den Bergh
- Harry Decheiver
- Henk Fräser
- Igor Gluscevic
- Willem van Hanegem
- Johan de Kock
- Gert Kruys
- Dirk Kuyt
- John van Loen
- Michael Mols
- Edu Nandlal
- Rob Witschge
- Jan Wouters
- Patrick Zwaanswijk
- Joost Broerse
Former managers
- Frans Adelaar
- Han Berger
- Foeke Booy
- Ab Fafié
- Barry Hughes
- Bert Jacobs
- Simon Kistemaker
- Kees Loffeld
- Jan Rab
- Nol de Ruiter
- Leo van Veen
- Mark Wotte
See also
External links
- Official website (Dutch) / (English)
- True Support Official site (Dutch)
- Fansite FCUtrecht.net (Dutch)
- Fansite Bunnikside (Dutch)
- Official Supportersclub (Dutch)
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