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FC Utrecht
FC Utrecht logo
Full nameFootball Club Utrecht
Short nameFCU
Founded1 July 1970; 54 years ago (1970-07-01)
GroundStadion Galgenwaard
Capacity23,750
Coordinates52°04′42″N 5°08′45″E / 52.07833°N 5.14583°E / 52.07833; 5.14583
OwnerFrans van Seumeren Holding B.V. (81,5%)
Stichting Administratiekantoor FC Utrecht (17,5%)
Stichting Continuïteit FC Utrecht (1%)
ChairmanFrans van Seumeren
Head coachDick Advocaat
LeagueEredivisie
2018–19Eredivisie, 6th
Websitehttps://www.fcutrecht.nl/
Current season

FC Utrecht (full: Football Club Utrecht, short: FCU,[1] Dutch pronunciation: [ɛfˈseː ˈytrɛxt]) is a Dutch professional football club currently competing in the Eredivisie. The club was founded in 1970 as a merger of the three clubs VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox. The home base of the club is Stadion Galgenwaard. In the 2018/19 season, the club ranked 163th on the UEFA team ranking.

History

Merger

Before FC Utrecht was founded, three clubs from Utrecht were active in professional football: VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox. Whilst VV DOS was mostly active in the Eredivisie, even winning the title in the 1957-58 season, USV Elinkwijk and Velox were mostly active in the semi-professional Tweede Divisie.[2] In 1964, the members of VV DOS and USV Elinkwijk rejected a proposal to merge, despite the worsening financial situation of the clubs. After VV DOS just managed to maintain in the Eredivisie for the third season in a row, it was still suffering from a growing threat of bankruptcy, and as such, the idea of merging with the two other clubs from Utrecht became popular again.[3] Additionally, the government of Utrecht pressured the clubs to merge, so that it would only have to fund one club instead of three,[4] and consequently the chairmen of the three clubs came to an agreement, 15 June 1970. The municipal council of Utrecht agreed with the merger on 18 June 1970.[3]

The merger officially took place 1 July 1970. Because VV DOS was still in the Eredivisie, the newly established FC Utrecht could directly start in the league. The first player bought by the new club was Co Adriaanse. The three original clubs retained their amateur football teams.[4]

First season

Bert Jacobs was appointed as the first manager of FC Utrecht, with Fritz Korbach as his assistant. They were given the difficult task of ensuring that three different teams would compete as one team with one identity.[5]

https://www.fcutrecht.nl/club/historie/seizoen-19701971/ https://www.voetbaluitslagen.com/fc-utrecht/#team-info https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/historie-fc-utrecht https://www.fcfusie.nl/over-de-documentaire/het-verhaal/

Stadium

FC Utrecht's stadium is the Stadion Galgenwaard, previously named the Galgenwaard, then later the Nieuw Galgenwaard. It has a current capacity of 23,750 spectators. The attendance on average was 19,600 people in 2004/2005, while the average attendance rose to 20,004 in 2006/2007. The stadium also accommodates several shops, offices, and the supporters home of the FC Utrecht fan club (Supporters Vereniging F.C. Utrecht).

Management

Erik ten Hag was head coach until the winter break of the 2017/2018 season when he left to take over at AFC Ajax. Jean-Paul de Jong, his assistant, took over as head coach at FC Utrecht. Jean-Paul de Jong was fired after only four games in the 2018/2019 season and Dick Advocaat was appointed as head coach.

Business

On 2 April 2008, it was announced that former owner of Mammoet, Van Seumeren, had taken over 51% of the shares of FC Utrecht. This made Utrecht the second club in the Netherlands, after AZ, to be owned by investors.

The board of FC Utrecht further announced that, because of the money they got from this take over, there would be more room for youth facilities and scouting. The board wanted FC Utrecht to be competing within the top of the Eredivisie by 2013.

Honours

FC Utrecht in European Competition

FC Utrecht's first competitive European match, in the team's current iteration (not as DOS), was on September 17, 1980, in the 1980-81 UEFA Cup, playing FC Argeş Piteşti to a 0–0 draw. Since then, the club has participated in fourteen UEFA competitions, advancing as far as the Group Stage in the 2004-05 UEFA Cup and the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League

Accurate as of 24 August 2017
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
Cup Winners' Cup 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 050.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 52 16 16 20 67 69 −2 030.77
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 0 2 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Total 56 17 18 21 71 75 −4 030.36

Source: UEFA.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

UEFA Current ranking

As of 22/05/2019[6]
Rank Country Team Points
162 Slovakia AS Trenčín 6.500
163 Netherlands FC Utrecht 6.486
164 Netherlands Heracles Almelo 6.486

Domestic results

Below is a table with FC Utrecht's results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

Current squad

As of 29 January 2019[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Denmark DEN David Jensen
2 DF Netherlands NED Mark van der Maarel
5 DF Germany GER Leon Guwara
6 MF Germany GER Rico Strieder
7 FW Netherlands NED Gyrano Kerk
8 MF Netherlands NED Joris van Overeem
9 FW Denmark DEN Simon Makienok
10 MF Sweden SWE Simon Gustafson
11 FW Belgium BEL Cyriel Dessers
13 DF Sweden SWE Emil Bergström
14 MF Netherlands NED Willem Janssen (captain)
15 DF Netherlands NED Timo Letschert (on loan from Sassuolo)
16 GK Netherlands NED Nick Marsman
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Netherlands NED Sean Klaiber
19 FW France FRA Jean-Christophe Bahebeck
21 MF Morocco MAR Oussama Tannane (on loan from Saint-Étienne)
22 MF Netherlands NED Sander van de Streek
23 MF Netherlands NED Riechedly Bazoer (on loan from Wolfsburg)
24 DF France FRA Nicolas Gavory
26 FW Belgium BEL Othman Boussaid
27 FW Germany GER Lukas Görtler
28 MF Netherlands NED Urby Emanuelson
29 FW Netherlands NED Nick Venema
30 FW Netherlands NED Michiel Kramer
41 GK Netherlands NED Maarten Paes
- MF Netherlands NED Justin Lonwijk
- FW Ghana GHA Issah Abass

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dario Đumić ( at Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2019)
19 FW Netherlands NED Patrick Joosten ( at VVV Venlo until 30 June 2019)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Netherlands NED Giovanni Troupée ( at ADO Den Haag until 30 June 2019)
25 MF Netherlands NED Odysseus Velanas ( at Helmond Sport until 30 June 2019)

Retired numbers

4 — France David Di Tommaso, defender (2004–05) — posthumous honour.

Records

As of May 17, 2017[8]
Players in bold text are still active.

Coaches

Kit manufacturers

See also

References

  1. ^ ten Boden, Ben (17 March 2019). "FC Utrecht wint met twee vingers in de neus". De Utrechtse Internet Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. ^ "FC Utrecht - Fusieclub en subtopper Eredivisie". VoetbalUitslagen (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Utrechtse voetbalgeschiedenis - Het ontstaan van FC Utrecht". FC fUsie (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Historie FC Utrecht". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 28 August 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ^ de Ruiter, Ton. "Seizoen 1970/1971". FC Utrecht. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Uefa current ranking".
  7. ^ https://www.fcutrecht.nl/team/selectie
  8. ^ De All Time Eredivisietopscorerslijst van FC Utrecht: – FC Utrecht
  9. ^ https://www.fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/2019/02/fc-utrecht-gaat-driejarig-partnership-aan-met-nike/