HFC Haarlem was a Dutch

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 the city of Haarlem

Haarlem

Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title

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 1946 and reached five Cup finals

KNVB Cup

The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...

, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982–83 UEFA Cup, losing to Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

 of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

.

Haarlem was declared bankrupt on January 25, 2010, and excluded from professional football with immediate effect. Haarlem played its last professional match on January 22, 2010, a 3-0 away loss to Excelsior.

On April 2010, three months after its exclusion from professional football, HFC Haarlem completed a fusion with amateur Tweede Klasse

Tweede Klasse

The Tweede Klasse is the fifth tier of football in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 division, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday....

 club HFC Kennemerland, the new club being named Haarlem Kennemerland

Haarlem Kennemerland

Haarlem Kennemerland is a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 2010 as the result of a fusion between the old HFC Haarlem and amateur Tweede Klasse club HFC Kennemerland, after the former club was excluded in January 2010 due to bankruptcy...

. It is still unknown at what level the team will play in its debut season.

History

The club was founded on October 1, 1889. Haarlem won the Dutch national title in 1946 and has reached five Dutch cup

KNVB Cup

The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...

 finals, winning in 1902 and 1912 and losing in 1911, 1914 and 1950. Haarlem won the title 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...

 in 1972, 1976 and 1981. In 1982, HFC Haarlem, featuring a young Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit

OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...

, qualified for UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 football, in which they were eliminated by Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

 in the second round (the match hosted by Spartak is known in Russia because of the Luzhniki disaster

Luzhniki disaster

The Luzhniki disaster was a deadly human crush that took place at Lenin stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union during the UEFA Cup second round match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem on 20 October 1982. The official death toll to this day is 67, although many claim it to be as high as 340...

 that occurred in the stadium after the game). In 1990, Haarlem was relegated 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...

 again, in which they played until January 25, 2010.

Ajax-partnership

On August 10, 2009, Haarlem and AFC Ajax announced a partnership, they decided Ajax would loan 1 to 4 players to Haarlem every season, it also meant Ajax would get a say in Haarlem-transfers, and would deploy employees to Haarlem, Cock Jol, brother of Martin Jol

Martin Jol

Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder who currently manages Fulham in the Premier League. Jol played over 400 games during his career which included spells in the Netherlands, Germany, and England, as well as earning three caps with the Dutch national team...

 supervised the Ajax-Haarlem project.

Bankruptcy

On January 25, 2010, however, Haarlem was declared bankrupt and was thus according to Dutch league rules excluded from competition, with all its previous results in the ongoing competition

2009–10 Eerste Divisie

-Coaches and budget:-Results table:Source: -Standings:-Standings 1st Period:Source: -Standings 2nd Period:Source: -Standings 3rd Period:Source: -Standings 4th Period:Source: ...

 being scrapped. The club in its current form will cease to exist, with all its players (and staff) becoming free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

s. It is not yet known if the club, with its current matricule, will start over in a lower league.

In February 2010, HFC Haarlem was reinstated as a new amateur club who took also the naming and logo rights from the old version. Such club then started talks for a potential merge with amateur Tweede Klasse

Tweede Klasse

The Tweede Klasse is the fifth tier of football in the Netherlands and the third tier of Dutch amateur football. The league is divided into 22 division, 10 played on Saturday and 12 on Sunday....

 Haarlem-based side HFC Kennemerland, which was announced to have been completed on April 27; the new club will be called Haarlem Kennemerland

Haarlem Kennemerland

Haarlem Kennemerland is a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 2010 as the result of a fusion between the old HFC Haarlem and amateur Tweede Klasse club HFC Kennemerland, after the former club was excluded in January 2010 due to bankruptcy...

, and will play home games at Haarlem Stadion

Haarlem Stadion

Haarlem Stadion is a stadium in Haarlem, Netherlands, and the home stadium of the Dutch amateur football team Haarlem Kennemerland. It is located in the North of Haarlem...

, thus continuing the legacy of the old HFC Haarlem.

Honours

• 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....
  
  
  • Winner: 1946

• KNVB Cup
  KNVB Cup
  The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
  
  
  • Winner: 1902, 1912
  • Runners-up: 1911, 1914, 1950

• 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...
  
  
  • Winner: 1972, 1976, 1981

• Tweede Divisie
  Tweede Divisie
  The 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: 1961, 1963, 1967

• Promoted to 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....
  
  
  • Promotion: 1969

UEFA Cup run of 1982/1983

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Notable players

Kick Smit

Kick Smit

Johannes Chrishostomos "Kick" Smit was a Dutch football player. He earned 29 caps and scored 26 goals for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. During his club career, he played for HFC Haarlem.-References:...

 Wim Roozen Piet Groenenveld Gregory Van Der Wiel

Gregory van der Wiel

Gregory Kurtley van der Wiel is a Dutch international footballer who plays professionally for Ajax, as a right back.Born in Amsterdam to a father from Curaçao and a white Dutch mother, he is a product of the renowned Ajax youth system, who plays an attacking right back and is known for his speedy...

 Edgar Manucharyan

Edgar Manucharyan

Edgar Manucharyan is an Armenian footballer, who currently plays for Russian First Division club Ural Ekaterinburg on loan from Armenian Premier League club Pyunik Yerevan.-Pyunik:...

 Keith Masefield

Keith Masefield

Keith Masefield is a retired English professional footballer. He was born on 26 February 1957. He spent most of his career in Holland, playing as a fullback. Masefield was a member of the famous Haarlem team, that competed in the UEFA Cup in the 1982-1983 season, for the first time in the club's...

 Irfan Bachdim

Irfan Bachdim

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 Wim Balm Milan Berck Beelenkamp

Milan Berck Beelenkamp

Milan Berck Beelenkamp is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Dutch third division club ARC. He has formerly played for various clubs. The most well known being Ajax and Genoa.-Club career:...

 Benjamin van den Broek

Benjamin van den Broek

Benjamin van den Broek is a Dutch footballer currently playing for Den Bosch.He started his career with NAC Breda, but made no Eredivisie appearances for the club. In 2008 he moved to HFC Haarlem, where he made 57 appearances in the Eerste Divisie, scoring 10 goals. After Haarlem went bust in...

 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,...

 Barry van Galen Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit

OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...

 Martin Haar

Martin Haar

Martin Haar is a retired football defender from the Netherlands, who is the current serving as assistant coach at AZ Alkmaar. He played for Go Ahead Eagles , HFC Haarlem , AZ '67 , HFC Haarlem , Sparta Rotterdam and FC Wageningen...

 Hans van de Haar

Hans van de Haar

Johannes "Hans" van de Haar is a Dutch footballer who is currently unattached.-Netherlands:van de Haar has extensive experience playing in the Dutch, German and Austrian football leagues, having played with HFC Haarlem, De Graafschap, KFC Uerdingen 05, SSV Ulm 1846, SW Bregenz, FC Utrecht and RKC...

 Piet Huyg

Gerrie Kleton

Gerrie Kleton

Gerrie Kleton was a football midfielder from the Netherlands, who played for Ajax Amsterdam, AZ Alkmaar, HFC Haarlem, RKC Waalwijk and Cercle Brugge. He was a member of the Haarlem team, that competed in the UEFA Cup in the 1982-1983 season, for the first time in the club's history...

 Piet Keur

Piet Keur

Pieter Keur is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who was a prolific goalscorer in the 1980s and early 1990s...

 Ortwin Linger

Ortwin Linger

Ortwin Linger was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he played for HFC Haarlem. He was a passenger on Surinam Airways Flight PY764 when it crashed in Paramaribo on June 7, 1989. He died three days later, at 21 years of age, due to his injuries suffered in the crash...

 John Metgod

John Metgod

Johannes Antonius Bernardus Metgod is a retired Dutch footballer, who is a first-team coach at Derby County.-Club career:...

 Edward Metgod

Edward Metgod

Edward Metgod is a former Dutch football goalkeeper,and current coach of Team VVCS. He made his debut in Dutch professional football on 13 April 1980 for HFC Haarlem in a competition game against Roda JC losing 1-2. He spent 11 years at Haarlem before finishing his playing career with 7 seasons...

 Ricardo Moniz

Ricardo Moniz

Ricardo Moniz is a Dutch football coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg and former football player.- Career :He played for RKC Waalwijk, HFC Haarlem, Helmond Sport and FC Eindhoven.- Coaching career :...

 Luc Nijholt

Luc Nijholt

Luc Nijholt is a Dutch football manager and a former player, who played for a number of clubs, both home and abroad.Nijholt began his career in the early 1980s with Haarlem, spending six years with the club. Nijholt was a member of the famous Haarlem team that competed in the UEFA Cup in the...

 Arthur Numan

Arthur Numan

Arthur Numan is a retired Dutch footballer. He played as a left back and was a regular fixture in Netherlands national football team...

 Cornelius Pot Johnny Rep Peter van Velzen

Peter van Velzen

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 Menno Willems

Menno Willems

Menno Willems is a former Dutch professional footballer who played as a midfielder and a defender between 1996 and 2006 notably for Vitesse Arnhem, Ajax and Grimsby Town...

 Ryan Holman

Ryan Holman

Ryan Holman is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for HFC Haarlem. Holman is a defender who was born in Den Haag and made his debut in professional football, as a part of the Willem II Tilburg squad in the 2005-06 season.-References:...

Former managers

Dick Advocaat

Dick Advocaat

Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football manager and former player currently the manager of the Russia national football team.He has been moderately successful as a football player and as a coach, which included two stints with the Dutch national football team...

 Karel Bonsink Hans van Doorneveld Barry Hughes

Barry Hughes

Barry Hughes is a Welsh former professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands.-Playing career:...

 Heini Otto

Heini Otto

Heini Otto is a retired football player from the Netherlands.-Early career:Otto worked for his father-in-law in the gold business, and then in a whisky distillery before becoming a professional footballer...

 Roy Wesseling Gert Aandewiel

Gert Aandewiel

Gert Aandewiel is a former football player from the Netherlands, who was sacked by Sparta Rotterdam on 11 November 2007. He played professional football for FC Volendam , Sparta Rotterdam and FC Dordrecht...