MVV Maastricht

Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.

Because their crest is based on the city's coat of arms, an armed angel holding a red shield with a white star, they are nicknamed de Sterrendragers ("Wearers of Stars") and, in local dialect, Us MVV'ke ("our little MVV", ). The club's name was formerly Maastrichtse Voetbal Vereniging until 2011, when it was officially changed to include the city name after "MVV."

History

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Foundation and early years (1902–1946)

MVV was founded in 1902 following a meeting held on Maastricht's Vrijthof square. Initially named Maastrichtsche Voetbal Club (MVC), the club changed its name several times before adopting the title Maastrichtse Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) in 1908.

From its formation until the mid-1970s, MVV competed in the top tiers of Dutch football. The club enjoyed several strong campaigns in the interwar period, finishing as national runners-up in 1927 and 1932, and recording further high finishes in 1936, 1939 and 1946. That season the club began its Eerste Divisie campaign with an eight-point deduction due to financial irregularities, but nonetheless finished in mid-table.

Under coach René Trost, MVV challenged for promotion in the 2012–13 season, finishing fifth despite the annulment of results against bankrupt clubs AGOVV and Veendam. In 2016–17 the club reached the promotion play-off final, but were defeated by local rivals Roda JC Kerkrade.

By the early 2020s MVV remained an established second-tier club. In financial assessments by the KNVB the club was rated as "sufficient" in 2018, a marked improvement on its earlier struggles.

Support and rivalries

A hardcore supporters' group known as the Angel Side emerged in the 1980s, taking its name from Maastricht's coat of arms. The group became associated with match-day disorder at venues around the country and its prominence has since diminished amid anti-hooliganism measures and fluctuating results.

Matches against Roda JC Kerkrade constitute MVV's principal rivalry within the Dutch province of Limburg. Despite a period without league meetings in the early 2000s, fixtures between the clubs have been accompanied by incidents involving sections of the hardcore support, and some player transfers between the clubs have drawn threats from supporters.

Supporter sources describe Roda JC as emphasising a Germanic and Limburgish identity—with German flags visible in home sections and the provincial anthem played before matches—while Maastricht is often characterised as having a more Latin, Burgundian civic identity.

Beyond Roda JC and Fortuna Sittard, MVV also contest regional or historical rivalries with Helmond Sport, VVV-Venlo and NEC Nijmegen.

Stadium

In the early days MVV changed grounds often, starting by playing promotional games on the Vrijthof square. They moved to a cycling track on the edge of the city, before finally creating their own ground at the Boschpoort location. The stadium was given the same name. It is claimed that the first MVV players themselves raised the pasture to create a playable pitch. Later on stands were built, improved and enlarged during various periods in time.

In January 1962 they moved to their current ground at the Geusselt terrain. Again, the name of the location also became the name of the stadium. The Geusselt was restructured at different occasions. In a first major reconstruction the athletic track was removed, the pitch was turned 90 degrees and newly built seat-only stands reduced the capacity of the ground. In the new millennium the open corners of the stadium were closed and the last stand-only stand was replaced by a seat-only stand. Currently the stadium has a capacity of approximately 10,000.

Honours

Eerste Divisie
Winner: 1984, 1997
Promoted to Eredivisie
Promotion: 1978, 1988
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Winner: 1970

Results

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Below is a table with MVV's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"

! colspan=5 | Domestic Results since 1956

! style="width:20%;"|Domestic league

! style="width:20%;"|League result

! style="width:20%;"|Qualification to

! style="width:20%;"|KNVB Cup season

! style="width:20%;"|Cup result

|2024–25 Eerste Divisie

|15th

| –

|2024–25

|second round

|2023–24 Eerste Divisie

|9th

| –

|2023–24

|first round

|2022–23 Eerste Divisie

|5th

|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion

|2022–23

|first round

|2021–22 Eerste Divisie

|16th

|–

|2021–22

|second round

|2020–21 Eerste Divisie

|11th

|–

|2020–21

|round of 16

|2019–20 Eerste Divisie

|15th

|–

|2019–20

|first round

|2018–19 Eerste Divisie

|12th

|–

|2018–19

|first round

|2017–18 Eerste Divisie

|10th

|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion

|2017–18

|first round

|2016–17 Eerste Divisie

|7th

|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion

|2016–17

|first round

|2015–16 Eerste Divisie

|10th

| –

|2015–16

|second round

|2014–15 Eerste Divisie

|11th

| –

|2014–15

|third round

|2013–14 Eerste Divisie

|11th

| –

|2013–14

|second round

|2012–13 Eerste Divisie

|5th

|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion

|2012–13

|second round

|2011–12 Eerste Divisie

|8th

|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion

|2011–12

|third round

|2010–11 Eerste Divisie

|10th

|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion

|2010–11

|third round

|2009–10 Eerste Divisie

|10th

| –

|2009–10

|second round

|2008–09 Eerste Divisie

|6th

|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion

|2008–09

|second round

|2007–08 Eerste Divisie

|5th

|promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion

|2007–08

|third round

|2006–07 Eerste Divisie

|13th

| –

|2006–07

|round of 16

|2005–06 Eerste Divisie

|13th

| –

|2005–06

|quarter-final

|2004–05 Eerste Divisie

|14th

| –

|2004–05

|first round

|2003–04 Eerste Divisie

|18th

| –

|2003–04

|second round

|2002–03 Eerste Divisie

|16th

| –

|2002–03

|third round

|2001–02 Eerste Divisie

|14th

| –

|2001–02

|group stage

|2000–01 Eerste Divisie

|13th

| –

|2000–01

|third round

|1999–2000 Eredivisie

|style="background: pink" |16th

|Eerste Divisie (losing prom./releg. play-offs)

|1999–00

|second round

|1998–99 Eredivisie

|14th

| –

|1998–99

|second round

|1997–98 Eredivisie

|15th

| –

|1997–98

|second round

|1996–97 Eerste Divisie

|style="background: gold" |1st

|Eredivisie (promotion)

|1996–97

|group stage

|1995–96 Eerste Divisie

|11th

| –

|1995–96

|quarter-final

|1994–95 Eredivisie

|style="background: pink" |16th

|Eerste Divisie (losing prom./releg. play-offs)

|1994–95

|second round

|1993–94 Eredivisie

|10th

| –

|1993–94

|round of 16

|1992–93 Eredivisie

|7th

| –

|1992–93

|round of 16

|1991–92 Eredivisie

|7th

| –

|1991–92

|third round

|1990–91 Eredivisie

|15th

| –

|1990–91

|second round

|1989–90 Eredivisie

|15th

| –

|1989–90

|second round

|1988–89 Eredivisie

|14th

| –

|1988–89

|second round

|1987–88 Eerste Divisie

|style="background: #CD7F32" |3rd

|Eredivisie (winning promotion competition)

|1987–88

|second round

|1986–87 Eerste Divisie

|5th

| –

|1986–87

|second round

|1985–86 Eredivisie

|style="background: pink" |16th

|Eerste Divisie (relegation)

|1985–86

|first round

|1984–85 Eredivisie

|14th

| –

|1984–85

|quarter-final

|1983–84 Eerste Divisie

|style="background: gold" |1st

|Eredivisie (promotion)

|1983–84

|second round

|1982–83 Eerste Divisie

|4th

|promotion competition: no promotion

|1982–83

|first round

|1981–82 Eredivisie

|style="background: pink" |16th

|Eerste Divisie (relegation)

|1981–82

|round of 16

|1980–81 Eredivisie

|8th

| –

|1980–81

|round of 16

|1979–80 Eredivisie

|11th

| –

|1979–80

|second round

|1978–79 Eredivisie

|11th

| –

|1978–79

|second round

|1977–78 Eerste Divisie

|style="background: silver" |2nd

|Eredivisie (winning promotion competition)

|1977–78

|first round

|1976–77 Eerste Divisie

|style="background: #CD7F32" |3rd

|promotion competition: no promotion

|1976–77

|quarter-final

|1975–76 Eredivisie

|style="background: pink" |17th

|Eerste Divisie (relegation)

|1975–76

|second round

|1974–75 Eredivisie

|11th

| –

|1974–75

|second round

|1973–74 Eredivisie

|11th

| –

|1973–74

|second round

|1972–73 Eredivisie

|7th

| –

|1972–73

|second round

|1971–72 Eredivisie

|10th

| –

|1971–72

|round of 16

|1970–71 Eredivisie

|13th

| –

|1970–71

|second round

|1969–70 Eredivisie

|8th

| –

|1969–70

|round of 16

|1968–69 Eredivisie

|13th

| –

|1968–69

|second round

|1967–68 Eredivisie

|13th

| –

|1967–68

|round of 16

|1966–67 Eredivisie

|11th

| –

|1966–67

|round of 16

|1965–66 Eredivisie

|15th

| –

|1965–66

|round of 16

|1964–65 Eredivisie

|8th

| –

|1964–65

|first round

|1963–64 Eredivisie

|11th

| –

|1963–64

|first round

|1962–63 Eredivisie

|9th

| –

|1962–63

|quarter-final

|1961–62 Eredivisie

|6th

| –

|1961–62

|1960–61 Eredivisie

|14th

| –

|1960–61

|1959–60 Eredivisie

|13th

| –

|not held

|1958–59 Eredivisie

|8th

| –

|1958–59

|1957–58 Eredivisie

|5th

| –

|1957–58

|1956–57 Eredivisie

|4th

| –

|1956–57

Players

Current squad

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Club officials

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!Position

!Staff

| Manager || Peter van den Berg

| Assistant manager || Davy Heymans <br /> Peter Reynders

| Goalkeeping coach || Gerry Oste

| Team Manager|| Lei Bovens <br /> John Sliepen

Managerial history

Bill Julian (1932–34)
Viktor Havlicek (1948–56)
Friedrich Donnenfeld (1966–68)
George Knobel (1969–73)
Maarten Vink (1973)
Leo Canjels (1973–75)
André Maas (1975–76)
George Knobel (1976–78)
Leo Steegman (1978–81)
Cor van der Hart (1980–81)
Friedel Rausch (1982–83)
Jo Bonfrere (1983)
Clemens Westerhof (1983–84)
Barry Hughes (1984–85)
Jo Bonfrere (1985)
Cor Brom (1985)
Pim van de Meent (1985–86)
Frans Körver (1986–89)
Sef Vergoossen (1989–95)
Jan Reker (1995–95)
Frans Körver (1995–98)
Wim Koevermans (1998–2000)
Roger Reijners (2000–02)
Ron Elsen (2002–03) (caretaker)
Jan van Deinsen (2003–04)
Rob Delahaye (2004) (caretaker)
Andries Jonker (2004–06)
Jurrie Koolhof (2006–07)
Ron Elsen (2007) (caretaker)
Rob Delahaye (2007) (caretaker)
Robert Maaskant (2007–08)
Fuat Çapa (2008–10)
Paul Meulenberg (2010) (caretaker)
Ron Elsen (2010) (caretaker)
René Trost (2010–13)
Tiny Ruys (2013)
Edwin Hermans / Ron Elsen (2013–14)
Ron Elsen (2014–19)
Fuat Usta (2019–20)
Darije Kalezić (2020–21)
Klaas Wels (2021–2022)
Maurice Verberne (2022–24)
Edwin Hermans (2024–25)
Davy Heymans (2025) (caretaker)
Peter van den Berg (2025–present)

References

External links

Eredivisie ranking (archived 18 March 2012)
MVV-Schotland fansite (archived 1 April 2013)