Fortuna Sittard

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History

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Historical chart of league performance

The club experienced mixed fortunes throughout its history, although it was a regular fixture in the Eredivisie in the 1990s, with players such as Kevin Hofland, Mark van Bommel and Fernando Ricksen emerging from its youth system. These players later joined PSV Eindhoven and Rangers and played for the Netherlands national team. The team also signed Wilfred Bouma and Patrick Paauwe from the youth setup of PSV. Both players developed under manager Bert van Marwijk before joining the Dutch national side and moving to bigger clubs.

Fortuna 54 won the KNVB Cup in the 1956–57 season and finished the Eredivisie season in second place behind champions Ajax. Sittardia were less successful and battled against relegation for many seasons. Fortuna 54 won the KNVB Cup again in 1964 before the merging of the two clubs in 1968, due to financial difficulties.

At the end of the 1999–2000 season, manager Bert van Marwijk left to join Feyenoord, and the team was relegated to the Eerste Divisie in the 2001–02 season.[1]

Financial difficulties (2002–2016)

Financial irregularities were discovered, and the team faced bankruptcy over several seasons. In the winter of 2003, two of the club's fans won the Dutch lottery and donated all of the prize money to the club.[2] The club cleared most of its debts by selling off its new stadium, the Wagner & Partners stadium.[3]

On 19 May 2009, the KNVB announced it would withdraw the club's license to play for the 2010–11 season. After going to civil court, this decision was revoked.[4] Despite ongoing financial difficulties, the club gradually began to recover financially in the following years, leading to improved results. In the 2011–12 season, Fortuna Sittard narrowly missed out on qualifying for the playoffs for promotion to Eredivisie, conceding an equaliser in the final seconds of the season in a home match against the Go Ahead Eagles, resulting in the Eagles taking the final playoff spot instead. Although the club qualified for the playoffs in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons, offering them a chance to return to Eredivisie since relegation in 2002, Fortuna was unsuccessful in both first-round matches against De Graafschap.[5][6]

Takeover and Eredivisie (2016–present)

The club again faced financial troubles in 2016, leading to its takeover by Turkish investor Işıtan Gün, who previously served as the chief operating officer of Galatasaray.[7] The 2016–17 season was a tough start for the club, but it managed to avoid relegation after changing coaches and recruiting new players, including some from Galatasaray.[8]

In December 2016, Sunday Oliseh was appointed as the new coach of Fortuna Sittard. During his time as coach, he set two new records for the club, with eight consecutive home victories and the biggest away victory in the club's history, against Telstar by a score of 6–0. In January 2018, the team won a periodetitel after a 2–1 victory over Jong Ajax. However, on 14 February 2018, Oliseh was suspended due to "repeated and culpable actions towards multiple individuals within the organisation over an extended period," according to a statement on the club's website announcing his release.[9] Oliseh posted online that he was suspended due to his "refusal to participate in Illegal activities."[10]

In 2018, after 16 years in the Eerste Divisie, Fortuna won promotion to the Eredivisie again after beating Jong PSV 1–0 to stay clear from NEC and finishing runner-up to champions Jong Ajax, which cannot be promoted.[11]

Fortuna Sittard finished in 16th place during the 2019–20 season. However, because the season was suspended and declared void due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club remained in the Eredivisie for the 2020–21 season.[12] After that reprieve, the club finished in 11th place that season. The following year, Fortuna Sittard finished 15th, just one point clear of the relegation playoff. Since then, the club's results have placed it more comfortably in the mid-table. Fortuna Sittard finished in 13th place in the 2022–23 season and 10th place in the 2023–24 season.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Honours

International

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Totals

Competition Participations Games Won Draw Lost Goals scored Goals conceded
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 6 2 1 3 6 7
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 4 2 1 1 8 6
Total 2 10 4 2 4 14 13

Results

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Below is a table with Fortuna Sittard's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Players

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Luuk Koopmans
4 DF Template:Fba/core Shawn Adewoye
6 DF Template:Fba/core Syb van Ottele
7 FW Template:Fba/core Kristoffer Peterson
8 MF Template:Fba/core Jasper Dahlhaus
9 FW Template:Fba/core Kaj Sierhuis
10 MF Template:Fba/core Alen Halilović
11 FW Template:Fba/core Makan Aïko
12 DF Template:Fba/core Ivo Pinto (captain)
17 MF Template:Fba/core Justin Lonwijk (on loan from Dynamo KyivScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
18 FW Template:Fba/core Dimitrios Limnios (on loan from PanathinaikosScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
19 FW Template:Fba/core Paul Gladon
20 MF Template:Fba/core Édouard Michut
21 DF Template:Fba/core Marko Kerkez
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Template:Fba/core Samuel Bastien
23 MF Template:Fba/core Philip Brittijn
24 DF Template:Fba/core Daley Sinkgraven
25 GK Template:Fba/core Niels Martens
26 DF Template:Fba/core Houboulang Mendes
28 DF Template:Fba/core Justin Hubner
29 MF Template:Fba/core Hasip Korkmazyürek
31 GK Template:Fba/core Mattijs Branderhorst
38 MF Template:Fba/core Tristan Schenkhuizen
44 DF Template:Fba/core Iván Márquez
52 MF Template:Fba/core Mohamed Ihattaren
71 GK Template:Fba/core Ramazan Bayram
77 MF Template:Fba/core Luka Tunjić
80 MF Template:Fba/core Ryan Fosso

Out on loan

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Former players

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National team players

The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with Fortuna Sittard:[nb 1]

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  • Players in bold actively play for Fortuna Sittard and for their respective national teams. Years in brackets indicate careerspan with Fortuna Sittard.

National team players by Confederation

Member associations are listed in order of most to least amount of current and former Fortuna Sittard players represented Internationally

Total national team players by confederation
Confederation Total (Nation) Association
AFC 3 Template:Flagicon Indonesia (3)
CAF 4 Template:Flagicon Cape Verde (2), Template:Flagicon DR Congo (1), Template:Flagicon Togo (1)
CONCACAF 2 Template:Flagicon Suriname (2)
CONMEBOL 0  
OFC 1 Template:Flagicon New Zealand (1)
UEFA 22 Template:Flagicon Netherlands (12), Template:Flagicon Moldova (2), Template:Flagicon Finland (1), Template:Flagicon Greece (1), Template:Flagicon Luxembourg (1), Template:Flagicon North Macedonia (1), Template:Flagicon Northern Ireland (1), Template:Flagicon Slovakia (1), Template:Flagicon Sweden (1), Template:Flagicon Turkey (1)

Players in international tournaments

The following is a list of Fortuna Sittard players who have competed in international tournaments, including the Africa Cup of Nations. To this date no Fortuna Sittard players have participated in the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, CONCACAF Gold Cup, AFC Asian Cup, Copa América or the OFC Nations Cup while playing for Fortuna Sittard.

Cup Players
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Club staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Template:Flagicon Danny Buijs
Assistant Head Coach Template:Flagicon Adrie Poldervaart
Template:Flagicon Wil Boessen
Template:Flagicon Patrick Creemers
Striker's Coach Template:Flagicon Toon Oijstra
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon Jeroen Dieteren
Template:Flagicon Martijn Smeets
Team Manager Template:Flagicon Danny van der Weerden
Club doctor Template:Flagicon Robert van Gool
Materialman Template:Flagicon Ronald Ronken
Video Analyst Template:Flagicon Tjerk van Eggelen

Coaches

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Women's football

Template:See In January 2022, Fortuna announced it was beginning a women's football department.[13] The club started playing in the women's Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season. In its first season, the club finished third out of 11 teams. In the 2023–24 season, Fortuna finished in fourth place out of 12 teams, and forward Tessa Wullaert was the top goal scorer and Player of the Year.[14] However, prior to the 2024–25 season, the club announced it had not generated sufficient revenue from the women's team and cut its player spending, with Wullaert, Alieke Tuin, and other players departing for new clubs.[15]

See also

References

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Notes

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  1. ↑ The following is a consolidated list of clubs' RKSV Sittardia, Fortuna '54 and Fortuna Sittard, as a result of the merger of the two prior aforementioned clubs in 1968.

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External links

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