| Full name | Football Club Eindhoven | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Blauw-Witten (Blue-Whites) | ||
| Founded | 16 November 1909; 116 years ago (1909-11-16) | ||
| Ground | Jan Louwers Stadion, Eindhoven | ||
| Capacity | 4,600 | ||
| Chairman | Juul van Hout | ||
| Head coach | Maurice Verberne | ||
| League | Eerste Divisie | ||
| 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie, 11th of 20 | ||
| Website | fc-eindhoven.nl | ||
Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known asFC Eindhoven, is a professionalfootball club based inEindhoven,Netherlands, that competes in theEerste Divisie, the second tier ofDutch football. They are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one beingPSV.
FC Eindhoven play their home games atJan Louwers Stadion, in the southern part of the city. The club's official colours are blue and white, hence their nickname "Blauw-Witten" (lit. 'The Blue-Whites').

The club was founded on 16 November 1909 asE.V.V. It came from the fusion of Sparta and Eindhovia. It was decided to form a new club called E.V.V. (short for Eindhovense Voetbal Vereniging).[1][2] The club colours were blue and white, the blue stemming from the crest ofEindhoven at that time.[2] E.V.V. started to play in the Brabantse Voetbalbond, a regional league, but after a couple of years joined the NVB, the National League. In 1921 E.V.V. fused withGestel (local team) and changed its name toE.V.V. Eindhoven.[1][2] At the end of the 30s, the club had its first success winning as the Dutch Cup, theKNVB Beker, in 1937. In 1939, E.V.V. Eindhoven were champions of the 1st Division Region South and played for the title of The Netherlands with teams likeDWS,NEC,Ajax andAchilles 1894. They finished fourth.
In 1950, E.V.V. Eindhoven had their first Dutch international inNoud van Melis.Frans Tebak andDick Snoek were to quickly follow in his footsteps.[1] In 1954, E.V.V. Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league.[3][4] After turning professional in 1954, the club played in theEredivisie until 1957, when they were relegated to theEerste Divisie. In 1969, they were even relegated to theTweede Divisie. Two years later, the club secured promotion back to the Eerste Divisie, and in 1975, to the Eredivisie. In 1977, E.V.V. Eindhoven were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie, where they have remained ever since.[5] In 1997, E.V.V. Eindhoven moved from a professional club back to an amateur club. A new professional clubSBV Eindhoven (Stichting Betaald Voetbal Eindhoven) was founded, and in 2002 changed its name to FC Eindhoven.[1][2]
In the2009–10 season, FC Eindhoven qualified for playoffs to advance to the Eredivisie. They advanced past the first round defeatingAGOVV Apeldoorn 4–2 on aggregate. After that, they were pitted against relegation candidateWillem II and were defeated 3–2 on aggregate. In the2011-12 season, FC Eindhoven finished third, despiteErnest Faber leaving the club to joinDick Advocaat at PSV as his assistant in March 2012.[6] The club lost 3–0 toHelmond Sport over two legs, 1–0 in the first and 2–0 in the second, in the second round of the promotion playoffs.
Erwin Koeman, the replacement ofErnest Faber, left in the summer of 2012 and was replaced byJohn Lammers. Under Lammers the2012–13 season finished in a disappointing 16th spot, only above two sides whose points totals had been set at zero due to bankruptcy.[7] The2013–14 season was a big improvement with the club finishing sixth and qualifying for the promotion play-offs. There they encounteredSparta Rotterdam and lost 3–1 on aggregate.
Results improved over the next two seasons culminating in a 2nd place finish in the2014-15 season, but losing the promotion playoffs.[1][4] The club had another chance at promotion a season later, but failed again. The club then had a period of worse results, finishing 11th, 12th, and 14th in the next 3 seasons. In the2019-20 season, FC Eindhoven were 13th when competition was halted due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The next season they finished 15th, before an improvement in the2021-22 season saw the club finish 3rd and play for promotion, losing in the first round 1-4 on aggregate toAlmere City.[4][7] Results worsened again as the club achieved 8th and 14th in the next 2 seasons before an improvement in the2024-25 season to 11th.
FC Eindhoven's former biggest rivalry is with neighboursPSV Eindhoven, against whom they contest theLichtstad Derby ('City of Light Derby'). However, the clubs have not faced each other in league competition since the1976–77 season. FC Eindhoven used to be a bigger club thanPSV in the period between 1930 and 1955. PSV was a club for the workers of Phillips and seen as a club for the privileged while FC Eindhoven was seen as the people's club. In 2004, FC Eindhoven contracted a co-operation deal with neighbours PSV Eindhoven, meaning the possibility of swapping youth players between the two clubs.
Nowadays,Helmond Sport are seen as the biggest rivals. The clubs are about 15 km apart and have been playing in the same league for years.

Below is a table with FC Eindhoven's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.
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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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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The following players were called up to represent theirnational teams ininternational football and receivedcaps during their tenure with FC Eindhoven:
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Member associations are listed in order of most to least amount of current and former FC Eindhoven players represented Internationally
| Confederation | Total | (Nation) Association |
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| AFC | 0 | |
| CAF | 0 | |
| CONCACAF | 4 | |
| CONMEBOL | 0 | |
| OFC | 0 | |
| UEFA | 4 |
The following is a list of FC Eindhoven players who have competed in international tournaments, including theCONCACAF Gold Cup. To this date no FC Eindhoven players have participated in theFIFA World Cup,UEFA European Championship,Africa Cup of Nations,Copa América,AFC Asian Cup or theOFC Nations Cup while playing for FC Eindhoven.
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