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| Full name | Football Club Emmen | ||
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| Founded | 21 August 1925; 100 years ago (1925-08-21) | ||
| Ground | De Oude Meerdijk Emmen, Netherlands | ||
| Capacity | 8,600 | ||
| Chairman | Ronald Lubbers | ||
| Head coach | Menno van Dam | ||
| League | Eerste Divisie | ||
| 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie, 8th of 20 | ||
| Website | fcemmen | ||
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FC Emmen is a Dutch professionalfootball club based inEmmen, Netherlands. It currently plays in theEerste Divisie, the second tier ofDutch football, following relegation from theEredivisie in the2022–23 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 atDe Oude Meerdijk.
The amateur clubEmmen was formed on 21 August 1925 as NEC (NoordbargeEmmenCombinatie). It was quickly changed to VV Emmen due to confusion withNEC Nijmegen.[1][2] When the Dutch professional league was formed in 1954, VV Emmen opted to maintain itsamateur club status instead.[2][3]
In 1985, VV Emmen finally joined theprofessional ranks.[2] In 1988 the club was split into an amateur and a professional section. The latter was mostly called BVO Emmen (BetaaldVoetbalOrganisatie, professional football organisation). In 2005, the professional club BVO Emmen changed its name into FC Emmen, as it was hoped that the new name would better reflect the club's history, and because many misunderstandings had arisen, among people who had grown to believe that BVO was an abbreviation similar to for instancePSV,RBC orADO.[2]
FC Emmen has reached theEerste Divisie play-offs eleven times and on 20 May 2018, they managed to clinch promotion to theDutch Eredivisie for the first time in their history after beatingSparta Rotterdam 3–1 in the promotion/relegation play-off finals.[4][5]
They played their firstEredivisie match on 12 August 2018 away againstADO Den Haag, and won 2–1.Glenn Bijl scored the first goal for FC Emmen in the top flight.[6] FC Emmen finished 14th in their first Eredivisie season and secured their spot in the Eredivisie for the2019–20 season.
Despite a very poor start to the2020–21 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.[7] However, they could not achieve automatic safety, as they had a worse goal differential than 15th-placedRKC 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.[8] As a result of this loss, FC Emmen were relegated to theEerste Divisie following three seasons in the top tier.[9] However, they were promoted on the first attempt the next year.[10] In the2022–23 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 toAlmere City in the playoff final.[11]
FC Emmen's previousJenS Vesting, more popularly known asDe Meerdijk, now asde Oude Meerdijk was the scene of several matches of the2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. It was built in 1977.[12]
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 1985–1988 | Yellow Bird | American Stores |
| 1988–1989 | 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 | Hof van Saksen | |
| 2008–2009 | Legea | |
| 2009–2012 | Peter van Dijk Projects & Investments | |
| 2011–2012 | Klupp/Legea | |
| 2012–2013 | Jako | Sunoil Biodiesel |
| 2013–2015 | Masita | |
| 2015–2016 | Robey | Q&S Garten Deco |
| 2016–2017 | Noordlease | |
| 2017–2018 | Beltona | |
| 2018–2019 | Hitachi Capital Mobility | |
| 2019–2020 | Hummel | |
| 2020–2021 | EasyToys |
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Menno van Dam |
| Assistant coach | Alfons Arts Marc Hegeman |
| Goalkeeper coach | Richard Moes |
| Fitness coach | Peter Eppinga |
| Video analyst |  Matthias Maurer |
| Kitman | Karel Hilbrands Dirk-Jan Stap |
| Rehabilitation coach | Jan Haak |
| Club doctor | Hans de Vries Gerben Bulthuis Dick Grootoonk |
| Physiotherapist | Richard Moes Ruben Zuidema |
| Chief scout | Jan Korte Jurjan Mannes |
| Scout | Jordy Fühler |
| Team manager | Harm Hensens |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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