Cambuur Leeuwarden
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SC Cambuur (ˈɛˈseː ˈkɑmbyːr) , formed on June 19, 1964, is a Dutch
football club from Leeuwarden, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie
. The club's home ground is the 10,250 seater Cambuur Stadion
and they play in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The club's emblem originates from the coat of arms of the House of Cammingha, a Dutch noble family. SC Cambuur played four seasons in the Eredivisie
. In 2000 the club went down to the Eerste Divisie
and has been there without success until recently. In the eighties and nineties the club was a regular contender in the Eerste Divisie
playoffs. Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie title in 1992 and promotion in 1998. Back then Leeuwarder millionaire Jan Riedstra (64) was involved. He left the club in 1999 and after his departure the club went almost bankrupt in 2005. The same Jan Riedstra saved the club with his friends Wim Sleijfer, Dirk Hoekstra and Klaas Buwalda by buying the stadium and clearing the club's debt. Under the leadership of Dutch American /CEO Alex Pama the club has found its way up. Riedstra died in 2009 and before his death mentioned that the club was in good hands with Alex Pama. Pama
resigned in February, 2011 due to family reasons and was replaced by Gerald van den Belt.
The Ultras Leovardia (In proper English:Fanatic-Leeuwarden) is a part of the fanclub , the fanclub called: Core of Cambuur (in Dutch:Kern-van-Cambuur).
, Go Ahead Eagles
, rivalry between Cambuur and Heerenveen is fierce and very bitter because both clubs are from the same region. This rivalry is stronger than the one between Feyenoord and Ajax. You can compare it with Celtic-Rangers
. In the seventies and eighties Cambuur was bigger than Heerenveen. In the nineties the clubs were equally big in size. After the relegation in 2000, Cambuur lost many fans and corporate sponsors and Heerenveen grew to a much larger club. In 2010, Cambuur has claimed some of the local market back. The fans of both clubs hope that the derby will return one day.
For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011
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(1972–75) Nol de Ruiter
(1976–80)
Rob Baan
(1990–92) Theo de Jong
(1992–93) Fritz Korbach
(1993–95) Han Berger
(1995–98) Gert Kruys
(1998–02) Rob McDonald
(2002–03)
Frank Berghuis
Gregg Berhalter
Foeke Booy
Jan Bruin
Dirk Jan Derksen
Johan Derksen
Marinus Dijkhuizen
Jack de Gier
Fred Grim
Jerry Haatrecht
Winston Haatrecht Rene van Rijswijk Nico Jan Hoogma Bert Konterman
Harry van der Laan
Stefan Jansen
Michael Mols
Robin Nelisse
Mark Payne
Len Cantello
Andy King
Floyd Streete
Ray Richardson Tony McNulty Bernard Schuiteman
Jaap Stam
Erik Tammer
Guus Uhlenbeek Milko Djurovski Mitar Mrkela
Michael Jansen
Paul Beekmans
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
football club from Leeuwarden, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
. The club's home ground is the 10,250 seater Cambuur Stadion
Cambuur Stadion
Cambuur Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Cambuur Leeuwarden. The stadium is able to hold 10,500 people and was built in 1936. The soccer team has proposed plans for a new stadium in the east side...
and they play in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The club's emblem originates from the coat of arms of the House of Cammingha, a Dutch noble family. SC Cambuur played four seasons in the Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
. In 2000 the club went down to the Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
and has been there without success until recently. In the eighties and nineties the club was a regular contender in the Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
playoffs. Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie title in 1992 and promotion in 1998. Back then Leeuwarder millionaire Jan Riedstra (64) was involved. He left the club in 1999 and after his departure the club went almost bankrupt in 2005. The same Jan Riedstra saved the club with his friends Wim Sleijfer, Dirk Hoekstra and Klaas Buwalda by buying the stadium and clearing the club's debt. Under the leadership of Dutch American /CEO Alex Pama the club has found its way up. Riedstra died in 2009 and before his death mentioned that the club was in good hands with Alex Pama. Pama
Pama
Pama is a town located in the province of Kompienga in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Kompienga Province....
resigned in February, 2011 due to family reasons and was replaced by Gerald van den Belt.
Supporters
Cambuur have one firm, The M.I.-Side, who stand on the South and North stands at Cambuur Stadion. The name comes from the streets where the stands are built: "M" for the Marathonstraat and "I" for the Insulindestraat. Most of the hardcore fans of SC Cambuur now sit close to the away fans on the northern side of the stadium. Although Cambuur not being a big club they got one of the most notorious firms of the Dutch first division. In the 2009/2010 season the club broke all records when the average attendance was 8.600 fans per game and more than 6.500 season tickets were sold. That was a new high for SC Cambuur and remarkable because it was achieved in the second division and those numbers were higher than when the club played in the first division.The Ultras Leovardia (In proper English:Fanatic-Leeuwarden) is a part of the fanclub , the fanclub called: Core of Cambuur (in Dutch:Kern-van-Cambuur).
Honours
- Eerste DivisieEerste DivisieThe Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
- Winner: 1992
- Runners-up: 1997, 1998, 2010
- Tweede DivisieTweede DivisieThe Tweede Divisie was the lowest professional football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 1966, the league consisted of two divisions, Tweede Divisie A and Tweede Divisie B. The...
- Winner: 1957, 1965
- Promoted to EredivisieEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
- Promotion: 1992, 1998
Rivals
Rivals are FC Groningen, FC ZwolleFC Zwolle
FC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football. The club was founded in 1990 after the bankruptcy of PEC. They have played in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football, for a total of...
, Go Ahead Eagles
Go Ahead Eagles
The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...
, rivalry between Cambuur and Heerenveen is fierce and very bitter because both clubs are from the same region. This rivalry is stronger than the one between Feyenoord and Ajax. You can compare it with Celtic-Rangers
Old Firm
The Old Firm is a common collective name for the association football clubs Celtic and Rangers, both based in Glasgow, Scotland.The origin of the term is unclear. One theory has it that the expression derives from Celtic's first game in 1888, which was played against Rangers. However, author,...
. In the seventies and eighties Cambuur was bigger than Heerenveen. In the nineties the clubs were equally big in size. After the relegation in 2000, Cambuur lost many fans and corporate sponsors and Heerenveen grew to a much larger club. In 2010, Cambuur has claimed some of the local market back. The fans of both clubs hope that the derby will return one day.
Current squad
As of 1 August 2011For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2011
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Managers
Leo BeenhakkerLeo Beenhakker
Leo Beenhakker is an international Dutch football coach, who is the current Sports Director of Újpest FC.- Coaching career :...
(1972–75) Nol de Ruiter
Nol de Ruiter
Nol de Ruiter is a Dutch football coach and former player.-Playing career:Born in Utrecht, De Ruiter played football for local sides DOS, Velox and USV Elinkwijk. The three clubs merged in 1970 to form the professional FC Utrecht....
(1976–80)
- Henk de Jonge (1980–83)
- Theo Verlangen (1983–85) Fritz KorbachFritz KorbachFritz Korbach was a German professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands, where he died in 2011....
(1985–88) - Sandor Popovic (1988–90)
Rob Baan
Rob Baan
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(1990–92) Theo de Jong
Theo de Jong
Theodorus Jacob de Jong is a former Dutch footballer, and now coach.During his career he played for NEC Nijmegen and Feyenoord Rotterdam...
(1992–93) Fritz Korbach
Fritz Korbach
Fritz Korbach was a German professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands, where he died in 2011....
(1993–95) Han Berger
Han Berger
Han Berger is a Dutch football coach and former football player.-Biography:Han Berger is the youngest head coach ever in the history of professional football in The Netherlands. After suffering a severe knee injury, his playing career ended at the age of 22 and he was appointed youth and assistant...
(1995–98) Gert Kruys
Gert Kruys
Gert Kruys is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands, who played his entire career for FC Utrecht with one short spell at RKC Waalwijk . He retired in 1988, and soon afterwards became a coach who worked for AGOVV Apeldoorn, Cambuur Leeuwarden, FC Den Bosch, De Graafschap, and FC...
(1998–02) Rob McDonald
Rob McDonald
Robert Roderick McDonald is a retired English footballer who played striker for Hull City, SC Cambuur, FC Wageningen, Willem II Tilburg, FC Groningen, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Racing Jet de Bruxelles, Ikast FS, Newcastle United, Beşiktaş J.K...
(2002–03)
- Dick de Boer (2003–04)
- Jan Schulting (2005)
- Roy Wesseling (2005–07)
- Gerrie Schouwenaar (2007-replaced Roy Wesseling mid season) Jurrie KoolhofJurrie KoolhofJurjen Jacob Koolhof is a former Dutch international football striker and manager.As a player, Koolhof had a long and productive career, with 190 league goals. He played for a number of clubs in the Netherlands including Vitesse Arnhem, F.C. Groningen and PSV Eindhoven...
(2007–08) Stanley MenzoStanley MenzoStanley Purl Menzo is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and a current coach.Most of his professional career was spent at Ajax , appearing in more than 300 official matches with the club and winning nine major titles.Menzo represented the Dutch national team in one World Cup...
(2008–2010) Alfons Arts (2010–)
Notable former players
Gojko Kuzmanovic Johan Groote Willem van der ArkWillem van der Ark
Willem van der Ark is a former Dutch football striker, who played for Aberdeen in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
Frank Berghuis
Frank Berghuis
Frank Berghuis is a Dutch former international footballer who played professionally as a left winger in the Netherlands, Turkey, and Belgium, making over 300 career league appearances.-Club career:...
Gregg Berhalter
Gregg Berhalter
Gregg Berhalter is a retired American soccer player who currently is an assistant coach for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
Foeke Booy
Foeke Booy
Foeke Booy is a Dutch former football player and current football manager, who was born in the Frisian town of Leeuwarden. On Tuesday 18 December 2007 Booy was named as the Sparta Rotterdam coach after having guided Al Nasr in Saudi Arabia for only eight league matches during the summer of 2007...
Jan Bruin
Jan Bruin
Jan Bruin is a retired Dutch footballer. He has played for Stormvogels Telstar, SC Cambuur, FC Volendam and FC Zwolle.-External links:* at Voetbal International...
Dirk Jan Derksen
Dirk Jan Derksen
Dirk Jan Derksen, is a Dutch retired former football player. He is one of the only players who has played for all Limburgian professional clubs ....
Johan Derksen
Johan Derksen
- Go Ahead Eagles :His first professional football club was Go Ahead Eagles, where he stayed for two years. Go Ahead Eagles was famous back then for having the country's most successful youth academy. Derksen was one of the six players in the club's boarding school together with Oekie Hoekema,...
Marinus Dijkhuizen
Marinus Dijkhuizen
Marinus Dijkhuizen is a former Dutch footballer who last played for SC Cambuur.The striker has also played for FC Utrecht, TOP Oss and Dunfermline in Scotland, where he scored twice against Dundee United in the league and St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup. Now he is back at the team were he started...
Jack de Gier
Jack de Gier
Jack de Gier is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut in the 1988/89 season for BVV Den Bosch....
Fred Grim
Fred Grim
Johann Georg Friedrich "Fred" Grim is a retired Dutch football goalkeeper who represented Ajax Amsterdam. From 1986 to 1994 he played for Cambuur Leeuwarden....
Jerry Haatrecht
Jerry Haatrecht
Jerry Haatrecht was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served Cambuur Leeuwarden as well as a bunch of amateur clubs including VV Neerlandia '31. He died at the age of 28, when on June 7, 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo...
Winston Haatrecht Rene van Rijswijk Nico Jan Hoogma Bert Konterman
Bert Konterman
Bert Konterman is a former professional footballer from the Netherlands. He retired in June 2004.Konterman's career began with the local amateur club SC Rouveen, then went on to play for clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie including FC Zwolle, Cambuur, Willem II and Feyenoord, until he was snapped up by...
Harry van der Laan
Harry van der Laan
Harry van der Laan is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut in the 1988-1989 season for FC Den Haag. Later on he played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, ADO Den Haag, Dordrecht'90, Cambuur Leeuwarden, FC Den Bosch, and A.S. Viterbese Calcio .-References:...
Stefan Jansen
Stefan Jansen
Stefan Jansen is a former football striker from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1990-1991 season for Roda JC. Later on he played for FC Den Bosch, Cambuur Leeuwarden, Salernitana, Ischia Isolaverde, TOP Oss, NEC Nijmegen, FC Den Bosch, SW Bregenz and FC...
Michael Mols
Michael Mols
Michael Alexander Mols is a retired Dutch footballer, who played as a striker.-Club career:Born in Amsterdam to Indo parents, Mols, a product of local AFC Ajax's youth system, never appeared officially for its first team, making his professional debuts in the second division, with Cambuur...
Robin Nelisse
Robin Nelisse
Robin Nelisse is a Netherlands Antillean football forward, the former Netherlands Antillean national team.-Biography:Nelisse started his professional career in the 1997-1998 season playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam...
Mark Payne
Mark Payne (footballer)
Mark Richard Crawford Payne is an English former footballer who played in the Dutch Eerste Divisie for Cambuur Leeuwarden and in the Football League for Stockport County and Rochdale....
Len Cantello
Len Cantello
Len Cantello is a former football midfielder.He started his career with West Bromwich Albion, playing 11 years for them, despite being transfer-listed in 1974. In 1979 he moved to Bolton Wanderers, spending three years with them, before moving two divisions down to Hereford United...
Andy King
Andy King
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Floyd Streete
Floyd Streete
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Ray Richardson Tony McNulty Bernard Schuiteman
Bernard Schuiteman
Bernard Schuiteman is a retired football defender from the Netherlands, who began his professional career in the 1993-1994 with Bayer Leverkusen. He later played with Feyenoord Rotterdam, FC Utrecht, Grazer AK, FSV Mainz 05, SpVgg Unterhaching, Apollon Limassol and Cambuur Leeuwarden.-References:...
Jaap Stam
Jaap Stam
Jakob "Jaap" Stam is a retired Dutch football player who was twice voted best defender in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. He played for several European clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, S.S. Lazio, A.C. Milan and AFC Ajax before retiring in October 2007...
Erik Tammer
Erik Tammer
Erik Tammer is a former professional Association football striker from the Netherlands.-External links:...
Guus Uhlenbeek Milko Djurovski Mitar Mrkela
Mitar Mrkela
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Michael Jansen
Michael Jansen
Michael Jansen is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Go Ahead Eagles.-Vitesse and cardiac arrhythmias:...
Paul Beekmans
Paul Beekmans
Paul Beekmans is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Gold Coast United.-FC Den Bosch:Beekmans played in 195 games for FC Den Bosch, from 2002 until 2008 in the Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie and scored 23 goals.-SC Cambuur:...
Recent history
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Notes | |
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| 1996-97 1996-97 in Dutch football The 1996/1997 season in Dutch football was the 41st professional season in the Eredivisie, with PSV Eindhoven winning the title and Roda JC claiming the Dutch National Cup.-Johan Cruijff-schaal:-Eredivisie:*Champions League : PSV Eindhoven... |
ED | 2 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 33 | 67 | ||
| 1997-98 1997-98 in Dutch football The 1997/1998 season in Dutch football was the 42nd season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax Amsterdam won the double, claiming the title and the Dutch National Cup.-Johan Cruijff-schaal:-Eredivisie:*Champions League : Ajax and PSV... |
ED | 2 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 43 | 65 | promoted | |
| 1998-99 1998-99 in Dutch football The 1998/1999 season in Dutch football was the 43rd season in the Eredivisie, where Feyenoord Rotterdam claimed the title, for the first time since 1993... |
Ere | 15 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 64 | 32 | last 16 | |
| 1999-00 1999-00 in Dutch football The 1999/2000 season in Dutch football was the 44th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV Eindhoven claimed the title, while Roda JC won the Dutch National Cup.-Johan Cruijff-schaal:-Eredivisie:*Champions League : PSV Eindhoven and SC Heerenveen... |
Ere | 17 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 66 | 25 | 1st round | relegated |
| 2000-01 2000-01 in Dutch football The 2000/2001 season in Dutch football was the 45th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV Eindhoven claimed the title, while FC Twente won the Dutch National Cup.-Johan Cruijff-schaal:-Eredivisie:*Champions League : PSV Eindhoven... |
ED | 4 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 2nd round | |
| 2001-02 2001-02 in Dutch football The 2001/2002 season in Dutch football was the 46th season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax Amsterdam claimed the double .-Johan Cruijff-schaal:-Eredivisie:*Champions League : Ajax Amsterdam and PSV Eindhoven... |
ED | 7 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 42 | 51 | 2nd round | |
| 2002-03 2002-03 in Dutch football The 2002/2003 season in Dutch football was the 47th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV Eindhoven claimed the title while FC Utrecht won the Dutch National Cup by defeating Feyenoord Rotterdam in the final.-Johan Cruijff-schaal:-Eredivisie:... |
ED | 11 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 54 | 67 | 41 | 1st round | |
| 2003-04 | ED | 17 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 65 | 28 | 3rd round | |
| 2004-05 | ED | 9 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 54 | 47 | 2nd round | |
| 2005-06 Eerste Divisie 2005-06 The 2005/2006 season of the Eerste Divisie began on August 12, 2005 and ended on April 7, 2006. The title was won by Excelsior Rotterdam.-Newly admitted team:The following team was admitted to the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:*FC Omniworld... |
ED | 15 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 2nd round | |
| 2006-07 Eerste Divisie 2006-07 The 2006/2007 season of the Eerste Divisie began on August 11, 2006 and ended in May 2007.-Relegated teams:This team was relegated from the Eredivisie at the start of the season:*RBC Roosendaal -Promoted teams:... |
ED | 12 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 47 | 2nd round | |
| 2008-09 Eerste Divisie 2008-09 Eerste Divisie 2008–09 began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion playoffs. Sixteen clubs were remained in the Eerste Divisie, whilst Excelsior and VVV-Venlo were relegated from the Eredivisie 2007-08... |
ED | 3 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 68 | 46 | 69 | 3rd round | |
| 2009-10 | ED | 2 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 54 | 33 | 46 | 2nd round | |