User:MrClog/sandbox5

FC Utrecht (full: Football Club Utrecht, short: FCU, ) is a Dutch professional football club currently competing in the Eredivisie. The club was founded in 1970 as a merger of the three clubs VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox. The home base of the club is Stadion Galgenwaard. In the 2018/19 season, the club ranked 163th on the UEFA team ranking.

Merger
Before FC Utrecht was founded, three clubs from Utrecht were active in professional football: VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox. Whilst VV DOS was mostly active in the Eredivisie, even winning the title in the 1957-58 season, USV Elinkwijk and Velox were mostly active in the semi-professional Tweede Divisie. In 1964, the members of VV DOS and USV Elinkwijk rejected a proposal to merge, despite the worsening financial situation of the clubs. After VV DOS just managed to maintain in the Eredivisie for the third season in a row, it was still suffering from a growing threat of bankruptcy, and as such, the idea of merging with the two other clubs from Utrecht became popular again. Additionally, the government of Utrecht pressured the clubs to merge, so that it would only have to fund one club instead of three, and consequently the chairmen of the three clubs came to an agreement, 15 June 1970. The municipal council of Utrecht agreed with the merger on 18 June 1970.

The merger officially took place 1 July 1970. Because VV DOS was still in the Eredivisie, the newly established FC Utrecht could directly start in the league. The first player bought by the new club was Co Adriaanse. The three original clubs retained their amateur football teams.

First season
Bert Jacobs was appointed as the first head coach of FC Utrecht, with Fritz Korbach as his assistant. They were given the difficult task of ensuring that three different teams would compete as one team with one identity.

https://www.fcutrecht.nl/club/historie/seizoen-19701971/ https://www.voetbaluitslagen.com/fc-utrecht/#team-info https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/historie-fc-utrecht https://www.fcfusie.nl/over-de-documentaire/het-verhaal/

Stadium
FC Utrecht's stadium is the Stadion Galgenwaard, previously named the Galgenwaard, then later the Nieuw Galgenwaard. It has a current capacity of 23,750 spectators. The attendance on average was 19,600 people in 2004/2005, while the average attendance rose to 20,004 in 2006/2007. The stadium also accommodates several shops, offices, and the supporters home of the FC Utrecht fan club (Supporters Vereniging F.C. Utrecht).

Management
Erik ten Hag was head coach until the winter break of the 2017/2018 season when he left to take over at AFC Ajax. Jean-Paul de Jong, his assistant, took over as head coach at FC Utrecht. Jean-Paul de Jong was fired after only four games in the 2018/2019 season and Dick Advocaat was appointed as head coach.

Business
On 2 April 2008, it was announced that former owner of Mammoet, Van Seumeren, had taken over 51% of the shares of FC Utrecht. This made Utrecht the second club in the Netherlands, after AZ, to be owned by investors.

The board of FC Utrecht further announced that, because of the money they got from this take over, there would be more room for youth facilities and scouting. The board wanted FC Utrecht to be competing within the top of the Eredivisie by 2013.

Honours

 * Eredivisie
 * Winners: 1957–58 (as VV DOS)
 * KNVB Cup
 * Winners: 1985, 2003, 2004
 * Runners-up: 1982, 2002, 2016
 * Johan Cruijff Schaal
 * Winners: 2004
 * Runners-up: 2003

FC Utrecht in European Competition
FC Utrecht's first competitive European match, in the team's current iteration (not as DOS), was on September 17, 1980, in the 1980-81 UEFA Cup, playing FC Argeş Piteşti to a 0–0 draw. Since then, the club has participated in fourteen UEFA competitions, advancing as far as the Group Stage in the 2004-05 UEFA Cup and the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League


 * Accurate as of 24 August 2017

Source: UEFA.com Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

Domestic results
Below is a table with FC Utrecht's results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

Retired numbers
4 — 🇫🇷 David Di Tommaso, defender (2004–05) — posthumous honour.

Records

 * Players in bold text are still active.

Coaches

 * 🇳🇱 Bert Jacobs (1 July 1970 – 30 June 1974)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan Rab (1974–76)
 * 🇳🇱 Han Berger (1 Jan 1976 – 30 June 1983)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Barry Hughes (1983–84)
 * 🇳🇱 Nol de Ruiter (1 July 1984 – 30 June 1987)
 * 🇳🇱 Han Berger (1 July 1987 – 30 June 1989)
 * 🇳🇱 Cees Loffeld (1989–90)
 * 🇳🇱 Ab Fafié (17 Oct 1990 – 17 Feb 1993)
 * 🇳🇱 Henk Vonk (caretaker) (17 Feb 1993 – Sept 16, 1993)
 * 🇳🇱 Leo van Veen (Sept 17, 1993–30 June 1995)
 * 🇳🇱 Ton du Chatinier and 🇳🇱 Henk Vonk (1995)
 * 🇳🇱 Simon Kistemaker (1 July 1995 – 30 Nov 1995)
 * 🇳🇱 Nol de Ruiter (caretaker) (30 Nov 1995 – 23 Jan 1996)


 * 🇳🇱 Ronald Spelbos (18 Jan 1996 – 27 Nov 1997)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan Wouters (1997)
 * 🇳🇱 Mark Wotte (31 Dec 1997 – 28 March 2000)
 * 🇳🇱 Frans Adelaar (29 March 2000 – 30 June 2002)
 * 🇳🇱 Foeke Booy (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2007)
 * 🇳🇱 Willem van Hanegem (1 July 2007 – 23 Dec 2008)
 * 🇳🇱 Ton du Chatinier (24 Dec 2008 – 19 May 2011)
 * 🇳🇱 Erwin Koeman (1 July 2011 – 18 Oct 2011)
 * 🇳🇱 Jan Wouters (18 Oct 2011 – 30 June 2014)
 * 🇳🇱 Rob Alflen (1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015)
 * 🇳🇱 Erik ten Hag (1 July 2015 – 27 Dec 2017)
 * 🇳🇱 Jean-Paul de Jong (28 Dec 2017 – 4 Sep 2018)
 * 🇳🇱 Dick Advocaat (17 Sep 2018 – 30 June 2019)
 * 🇳🇱 John van den Brom (1 July 2019 – )