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| Full name | Rooms-Katholieke Sportvereniging Groene Ster | |
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| Founded | 2 November 1926; 99 years ago (1926-11-02) | |
| Ground | Pronsebroek,Heerlerheide | |
| Capacity | 2,500 | |
| Chairman | Jos op 't Eijnde | |
| Manager | Jordy Reneerkens | |
| League | Derde Divisie | |
| 2024–25 | Vierde Divisie C, 2nd of 16 (promoted via play-offs) | |
| Website | http://www.groenester.nl/ | |
RKSV Groene Ster is a Dutchfootball club based inHeerlerheide. The club play its home games at Pronsebroek. The club colours, reflected in their crest, kit and name, are green and white. Formed on 2 November 1926, the club have mostly played in the lower tiers of Dutch football, but reached the final of the nationwideKNVB Cup in 1943–44, where they however lost to with a record 9–1 score to winnersWillem II. This result still stands as the biggest defeat in a KNVB Cup final. The club are currently playing in theVierde Divisie (fifth tier).
Groene Ster won theKNVB District Cup in the Zuid 2 (South 2) District in 2009 and 2019.
In the 1931–32 season, Groene Ster was promoted to theTweede Klasse and in the following years emerged mainly as a cup-fighter. In 1944, the club played in theKNVB Cup final against Willem II, where they however lost to with a record 9–1 score. This result still stands as the biggest defeat in a KNVB Cup final.[1] In 1950, Groene Ster first eliminatedNAC and then managed a draw againstPSV in the following round. However, the result was ultimately not enough to advance in the tournament.
In later years, Groene Ster mainly competed in theVierde Klasse andDerde Klasse, but in the 1993–94 season, the green-whites finally won promotion. Four seasons later, in the 1997–98 season, they became champions in theTweede Klasse Zonday and in the 2002–03 season, they also won a championship in theEerste Klasse Zondag, resulting in promotion to the fifth-tierHoofdklasse. Their place in the division was maintained for two seasons, but in the 2005–06 season, Groene Ster again suffered relegation to the Eerste Klasse Zondag, to promptly become champion again that same season, propelling them back to the Hoofdklasse. Another relegation followed, however, as Groene Ster finished 13th and the club would compete in the Eerste Klasse for the 2007–08 season.
ManagerSilvio Diliberto became the club's head coach until the 2010–11 season.[2] He became one of the most successful coaches in the history of Groene Ster. Between 2007 and 2010, the club consecutively reached the main rounds of the KNVB Cup and three consecutive seasons they reached theKNVB District Cup finals for the South 2 district.
In the 2010–11 season,Ed Hendriks returned as head coach after a four season hiatus.[3] The club convincingly won the championship and thus promoted to the Hoofdklasse and qualified for the main rounds of the KNVB Cup where they lost 2–4 toVV Staphorst in the first round.[4]
The team fromSouth Limburg stayed in the Hoofdklasse for a number of season, until Groene Ster eventually became champions of the Hoofklasse Zondag B in the 2018–19 season, promoting them to theDerde Divisie.[5] The fourth-tier division in the Netherlands, the promotion marked the first time in club history that Groene Ster reached that level. In the Derde Divisie Zondag group, Groene Ster were accompanied by fellowLimburg clubEVV. This made Groene Ster and EVV – after the professional sides ofMVV Maastricht,Fortuna Sittard,Roda JC Kerkrade andVVV-Venlo – the highest ranked football teams in the province. On 30 October 2019, Groene Ster defeatedEredivisie club VVV-Venlo in apenalty shoot-out in the KNVB Cup.[6] In the following round, Groene Ster lost toAZ.[7]
Ed Hendriks is bezig aan zijn derde periode bij de hoofdklasser uit Heerlerheide, in de eerste twee periodes (2000-2004 en 2010-2014) werd Hendriks twee keer kampioen in de eerste klasse en werd de promotie naar de hoofdklasse bewerkstelligd.
