FC Emmen is a Dutch professional football club based in Emmen, Netherlands. It currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. In 2018, FC Emmen was promoted to the Eredivisie for the first time. Home games are played at De Oude Meerdijk.
History
thumb|280px|Historical chart of league performance
The amateur club Emmen was formed on 21 August 1925 as NEC (Noordbarge Emmen Combinatie). It was quickly changed to VV Emmen due to confusion with NEC Nijmegen. When the Dutch professional league was formed in 1954, VV Emmen opted to maintain its amateur club status instead.
In 1985, VV Emmen finally joined the professional ranks.
They played their first Eredivisie match on 12 August 2018 away against ADO Den Haag, and won 2–1. Glenn Bijl scored the first goal for FC Emmen in the top flight. FC Emmen finished 14th in their first Eredivisie season and secured their spot in the Eredivisie for the 2019–20 season.
Despite a very poor start to the 2020–21 season (six points in the first 22 matches), FC Emmen bounced back with an 8-match unbeaten run (five wins, three draws) from February to April, and ended the season with two wins to finish with 30 points. However, they could not achieve automatic safety, as they had a worse goal differential than 15th-placed RKC Waalwijk. This meant that FC Emmen would have to win the playoffs to avoid relegation, but they lost on penalties following a 1–1 draw vs. NAC Breda. As a result of this loss, FC Emmen were relegated to the Eerste Divisie following three seasons in the top tier. However, they were promoted on the first attempt the next year. In the 2022–23 season, they finished 16th, having to win the playoffs to avoid relegation again. This time, they became the first 16th-place team in the Eredivisie to even reach the playoff final under the new format, but they were relegated again after losing to Almere City in the playoff final.
Stadium
FC Emmen's previous JenS Vesting, more popularly known as De Meerdijk, now as de Oude Meerdijk was the scene of several matches of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. It was built in 1977.
1145px|Panorama JenS Vesting in Emmen
Sponsors
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Period
! Kit manufacturer
! Shirt sponsor
|-
| 1985–1988
| |Yellow Bird
| |American Stores
|-
| 1988–1989
| rowspan=10|Hummel
| |Haka Electronics
|-
| 1989–1991
| |Zwiers
|-
| 1991–1993
| |Direktbouw Holland
|-
| 1993–1995
| |Meubelboulevard Emmen
|-
| 1995–1997
| |Gamma Emmen
|-
| 1997–2001
| |Ariston/Indesit
|-
| 2001–2004
| |Haka Electronics
|-
| 2004–2006
| |Henk ten Hoor
|-
| 2006–2007
| |KoelGroep Dorenbos
|-
| 2007–2008
| rowspan=2|Hof van Saksen
|-
| 2008–2009
| rowspan=2|Legea
|-
| 2009–2012
| rowspan=2|Peter van Dijk Projects & Investments
|-
| 2011–2012
| Klupp/Legea
|-
| 2012–2013
| Jako
| rowspan=2|Sunoil Biodiesel
|-
| 2013–2015
| Masita
|-
| 2015–2016
| rowspan=2|Robey
| |Q&S Garten Deco
|-
| 2016–2017
| rowspan=2|Noordlease
|-
| 2017–2018
| rowspan=2|Beltona
|-
| 2018–2019
| rowspan=2|Hitachi Capital Mobility
|-
| 2019–2020
| rowspan=3|Hummel
|-
| 2020–2021
| EasyToys
|}
Results
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from:01/01/1993 till:01/01/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/01/1994 till:01/01/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:10
from:01/01/1995 till:01/01/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/01/1996 till:01/01/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:3
from:01/01/1997 till:01/01/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:3
from:01/01/1998 till:01/01/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:3
from:01/01/1999 till:01/01/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:5
from:01/01/2000 till:01/01/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:11
from:01/01/2001 till:01/01/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:5
from:01/01/2002 till:01/01/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/01/2003 till:01/01/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:8
from:01/01/2004 till:01/01/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/01/2005 till:01/01/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:6
from:01/01/2006 till:01/01/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:11
from:01/01/2007 till:01/01/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/01/2008 till:01/01/2009 shift:(0,-4) text:13
from:01/01/2009 till:01/01/2010 shift:(0,-4) text:15
from:01/01/2010 till:01/01/2011 shift:(0,-4) text:13
from:01/01/2011 till:01/01/2012 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/01/2012 till:01/01/2013 shift:(0,-4) text:12
from:01/01/2013 till:01/01/2014 shift:(0,-4) text:12
from:01/01/2014 till:01/01/2015 shift:(0,-4) text:4
from:01/01/2015 till:01/01/2016 shift:(0,-4) text:7
from:01/01/2016 till:01/01/2017 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/01/2017 till:01/01/2018 shift:(0,-4) text:7
from:01/01/2018 till:01/01/2019 shift:(0,-4) text:14
from:01/01/2019 till:01/01/2020 shift:(0,-4) text:12
from:01/01/2020 till:01/01/2021 shift:(0,-4) text:16
from:01/01/2021 till:01/01/2022 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/01/2022 till:01/01/2023 shift:(0,-4) text:16
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!width="60"|Season
!width="180"|League
!width="30"|Rank
!width="30"|Games
!width="30"|Points
!width="30"|GF
!width="30"|GA
!width="220"|Manager
!width="220"|Topscorer
!width="30"|Goals
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||1985–86||Eerste divisie||18||36||24||30||54|| Theo Verlangen|| Henry Pelleboer <br> ||8
|-
||1986–87||Eerste divisie||16||36||26||41||59|| Theo Verlangen|| Rudy Metz <br> ||15
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||1987–88||Eerste divisie||18||36||22||29||59|| Theo Verlangen|| Gerrie Schaap <br> ||6
|-
||1988–89||Eerste divisie||18||36||20||39||91|| Ben Hendriks|| Willem Brouwer <br> ||13
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||1989–90||Eerste divisie||6||36||38||53||47|| Ben Hendriks|| Jan de Jonge <br> ||16
|-
||1990–91||Eerste divisie||12||38||36||54||67|| Ben Hendriks|| Michel van Oostrum <br> ||24
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||1991–92||Eerste divisie||18||38||29||37||56|| Piet Buter|| Jan de Jonge <br> ||13
|-
||1992–93||Eerste divisie||12||34||27||44||66|| René Notten|| Jan de Jonge <br> ||14
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||1993–94||Eerste divisie||9||34||36||49||58|| René Notten|| Jan de Jonge <br> ||14
|-
||1994–95||Eerste divisie||10||34||35||56||61|| Leen Looijen|| Antti Sumiala <br> ||9
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||1995–96||Eerste divisie||2||34||67||71||39|| Azing Griever|| Michel van Oostrum <br> ||26
|-
||1996–97||Eerste divisie||3||34||63||58||36|| Azing Griever|| Michel van Oostrum <br> ||25
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||1997–98||Eerste divisie||3||34||61||64||45|| Azing Griever|| Michel van Oostrum <br> ||18
|-
||1998–99||Eerste divisie||3||34||61||53||37|| Azing Griever|| Michel van Oostrum <br> ||11
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||1999–00||Eerste divisie||5||34||58||53||45|| Jan de Jonge|| Michel van Oostrum<hr /> Peter Hofstede ||13
|-
||2000–01||Eerste divisie||11||34||41||53||64|| Jan de Jonge|| Peter Hofstede ||14
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||2001–02||Eerste divisie||5||34||59||53||43|| Hennie Spijkerman|| Paul Weerman ||14
|-
||2002–03||Eerste divisie||2||34||75||66||33|| Hennie Spijkerman|| Donny de Groot ||30
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||2003–04||Eerste divisie||8||36||61||65||54|| Hennie Spijkerman|| Dirk Jan Derksen ||14
|-
||2004–05||Eerste divisie||18||36||30||38||71|| Jan Olde Riekerink|| Niki Leferink ||11
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||2005–06||Eerste divisie||6||38||60||68||56|| Jan van Dijk|| Serginho van Dijk<hr /> Mourad Mghizrat||18
|-
||2006–07||Eerste divisie||11||38||48||59||65|| Jan van Dijk|| Serginho van Dijk||12
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||2007–08||Eerste divisie||9||38||53||61||74|| Gerry Hamstra|| Morten Friis Jensen<hr /> Roy Stroeve||12
|-
||2008–09||Eerste divisie||13||38||47||48||68|| Gerry Hamstra|| Roy Stroeve||13
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||2009–10||Eerste divisie||15||36||48||51||79|| Harry Sinkgraven|| Hans Denissen<hr /> Ruud ter Heide ||12
|-
||2010–11||Eerste divisie||13||34||35||48||64|| Azing Griever<hr /> René Hake|| Ruud ter Heide ||15
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||2011–12||Eerste divisie||18||34||17||24||73|| René Hake|| Ruud ter Heide ||5
|-
||2012–13||Eerste divisie||12||30||32||38||52|| Joop Gall|| Ruud ter Heide<hr /> Wout Weghorst ||8
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||2013–14||Eerste divisie||12||38||51||64||68|| Joop Gall|| Roland Bergkamp ||14
|-
||2014–15||Eerste divisie||4||38||67||88||57|| Joop Gall|| Cas Peters ||23
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||2015–16||Eerste divisie||7||38||51||58||57|| Marcel Keizer<hr /> Gert Heerkes|| Erixon Danso||14
|-
||2016–17||Eerste divisie||9||38||55||50||40|| Dick Lukkien|| Cas Peters ||14
|-bgcolor="90EE90"
||2017–18||Eerste divisie||7||38||58||58||50|| Dick Lukkien|| Cas Peters ||17
|-
||2018–19||Eredivisie||14||34||38||41||72|| Dick Lukkien|| Anco Jansen ||5
|-bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
||2019–20||Eredivisie||12||26||32||32||45|| Dick Lukkien|| Michael de Leeuw ||9
|-bgcolor="#FFC0CB"
||2020–21||Eredivisie||16||34||30||40||68|| Dick Lukkien|| Michael de Leeuw ||15
|-bgcolor="90EE90"
||2021–22||Eerste divisie||1||38||83||64||24|| Dick Lukkien|| Rui Mendes ||17
|-bgcolor="#FFC0CB"
||2022–23||Eredivisie||16||34||28||33||65|| Dick Lukkien|| Ole Romeny ||11
|-
||2023–24||Eerste Divisie||7||38||57||59||60|| Fred Grim|| Piotr Parzyszek||10
|}
Coaching staff
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Position
!Staff
|-
|Head coach|| Menno van Dam
|-
|Assistant coach|| Alfons Arts <br/> Marc Hegeman
|-
|Goalkeeper coach|| Richard Moes
|-
|Fitness coach|| Peter Eppinga
|-
|Video analyst|| Matthias Maurer
|-
|Kitman|| Karel Hilbrands <br/> Dirk-Jan Stap
|-
|Rehabilitation coach|| Jan Haak
|-
|Club doctor|| Hans de Vries <br/> Gerben Bulthuis <br/> Dick Grootoonk
|-
|Physiotherapist|| Richard Moes <br/> Ruben Zuidema
|-
|Chief scout|| Jan Korte <br/> Jurjan Mannes
|-
|Scout|| Jordy Fühler
|-
|Team manager|| Harm Hensens
|-
|}
Players
Current squad
On loan
Honours
- Eerste Divisie
- Winner: 2021–22
- Sunday amateur football title
- Winner: 1974–75
- Sunday Hoofdklasse C
- Winner: 1974–75
Former technical directors
- Rob Groener
- Gerard Somer
References
External links
- Official supporters website