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VVV-Venlo (Script error: No such module "IPA"., VVV stands for Venlose Voetbal Vereniging Script error: No such module "IPA". meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2020–21 season. The club plays its home games in the Covebo Stadion – De Koel stadium, which is named after one of the club's sponsors Covebo Uitzendgroep. VVV's home colours are yellow and black.

History

Foundation and first decades (1903–1952)

VVV originated from the association football club De Gouden Leeuw, which was founded by a group of friends in Venlo at the end of the nineteenth century. A few more name changes would occur, and the team was also known as Valuas for some time. Eventually, it was decided on 7 February 1903 to change the name to Venlose Voetbal Vereniging (VVV), the current name of the club. VVV wrote itself into the history books as one of the oldest clubs in Dutch professional football. In 1909, the clubs VITOS and THOR merged and became part of VVV. Quick followed in 1910.[1]

During the first years of its existence, VVV could not enter the highest league of Dutch football. This was due to the fact that before the 1911–12 season, there was no first-tier Eerste Klasse in the southern Netherlands, but only Eastern and a Western Eerste Klasse. From the 1912–13 season, the South also competed in its own Eerste Klasse. VVV has been part of this since its introduction into Dutch football, with varying degrees of success. After the 1921–22 season, the club suffered relegation to the second-tier Tweede Klasse. Afterwards, the team played for some time in the Tweede Klasse, in which they won the championship during several seasons. They, however, failed to reach promotion to the Eerste Klasse again afterwards. After the end of World War II, the number of Eerste Klasse teams was expanded, which also included VVV. From 1948 to 1952, the club achieved fourth-place finishes in the Eerste Klasse.

Recent years (2006–present)

VVV returned to the Eredivisie, the highest league in the Netherlands, by defeating RKC Waalwijk (3–0) in the promotion/relegation play-offs in the 2006–07 season. After one season in the Eredivisie, VVV-Venlo were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie. After a single season, VVV-Venlo won the 2008–09 Eerste Divisie title and returned to the Eredivisie.

In the 2009–10 season, the team booked its best league result since 1988 after finishing 12th in the Eredivisie. Another remarkable event was the transfer of star player Keisuke Honda to CSKA Moscow. They also signed toddler Baerke van der Meij on a symbolic ten-year contract, after a video featuring him scoring a hat trick into a toy box became popular.[2] Honda was replaced by Gonzalo and the club signed Japanese player Maya Yoshida. The departure of Honda turned out to be a key point in the club's season. In the second half of the season, the team was not able to win matches and barely escaped from relegation.

At the end of the season, key players Ruben Schaken and Adil Auassar both signed with Feyenoord on a free transfer. Gonzalo returned to his employer Groningen, while Sandro Calabro signed with Swiss side St. Gallen. The club contracted Ruud Boymans and the Nigerian Ahmed Musa to strengthen the squad for the 2010–11 season. They avoided relegation, but it was a harsh season in which Jan van Dijk was fired and former international Patrick Paauwe terminated his contract after losing the competition from his competitors.

Belgian manager Glen De Boeck was signed for the next season, but failed to improve the results. As a result of that, he resigned in December 2011. Ton Lokhoff was recruited as the new manager and succeeded in avoiding relegation by winning the post-season play-offs. However, in the 2012–13 season, the club was relegated after losing the promotion/relegation play-offs against Go Ahead Eagles. The club finished fifth in its first Eerste Divisie season since its promotion in 2009. But again, the club bounced back and returned to the Eredivisie in 2017, after clinching promotion by defeating RKC Waalwijk.[3]

On 24 October 2020, VVV-Venlo suffered the biggest defeat in Eredivisie history[4] by losing to Ajax at home 13–0.[5]

Japanese players

Since Keisuke Honda transferred from Nagoya Grampus in 2008, a slew of Japanese players have played at VVV-Venlo, including Maya Yoshida, Robert Cullen and Yuki Otsu. Sef Vergoossen, a legendary manager of the club, and Japanese agent Tetsuro Kiyooka were a bridge between the Japanese players and the club.[6]

Community support

The official club mascot since 1 July 2004 is a dog named "Koelie" (Template:Langx).

The Jan Klaassens Museum, set up in 2003 is located in the city center of Venlo and is operated by the Limburgs Museum. Since 2005, VVV has annually presented the Jan Klaassens Award to the greatest talent from its own youth academy.[7]

The Herman Teeuwen Memorial, named after the club icon who died suddenly in 2003, since 2004 has been organised by the club, usually with well-known foreign clubs participating on an invitational basis.

VVV announced in July 2015 that they would be retiring the number 28 shirt in memory of youth player Beau Vilters, who had previously worn that number but was killed in a traffic accident on 14 June 2015, at the age of 18.[8]

In April 2011, after a viral video of a local toddler, Baerke van der Meij, grandson of VVV player Jan van der Meij, showing him scoring a hat trick into his toy box, the club gave the 18-month-old an honorary contract.[9]

Stadium

VVV-Venlo currently play at De Koel in Venlo. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was built in 1972. It is named after its main sponsor, hence its current name, Covebo Stadion De Koel.

Results

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Players

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Template:Country data NED Robin Lathouwers
3 DF Template:Country data NED Roel Janssen
4 DF Template:Country data NED Rick Ketting
5 DF Template:Country data NED Simon Janssen
6 MF Template:Country data NED Joep Kluskens
7 FW Template:Country data GER Lasse Wehmeyer
8 MF Template:Country data BEL Elias Sierra
9 FW Template:Country data NED Dean Zandbergen
10 FW Template:Country data NED Brahim Darri
11 MF Template:Country data NED Thijme Verheijen
12 DF Template:Country data NED Sylian Mokono
14 DF Template:Country data MKD David Dailoski
16 GK Template:Country data CUW Trevor Doornbusch
17 FW Template:Country data NED Martijn Berden
19 FW Template:Country data GER Emmanuel Gyamfi (on loan from Schalke 04Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Template:Country data CUR Dylan Timber
21 MF Template:Country data NED Max de Waal (on loan from Willem IIScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
22 GK Template:Country data GER Tim Schrick
23 GK Template:Country data NED Delano van Crooij
24 MF Template:Country data NED Mohammed Odriss
25 MF Template:Country data NED Navarone Foor
26 MF Template:Country data NED Naïm Matoug
27 FW Template:Country data NED Layee Kromah (on loan from Sparta RotterdamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
29 MF Template:Country data NED Tim Braem
33 DF Template:Country data FRA Gabin Blancquart
34 DF Template:Country data NED Serano Seymor (on loan from ExcelsiorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
37 DF Template:Country data NED Diego van Zutphen
44 DF Template:Country data NED Niels van Berkel (on loan from Willem IIScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)'
96 DF Template:Country data MAR Driess Saddiki

Retired numbers

28 — Template:Flagicon Beau Vilters, defender (2014–15) — posthumous honour

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 VVV-Venlo:

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  • Players in bold actively play for VVV-Venlo and for their respective national teams. Years in brackets indicate careerspan with VVV-Venlo.

National team players by Confederation

Member associations are listed in order of most to least amount of current and former VVV-Venlo players represented Internationally

Total national team players by confederation
Confederation Total (Nation) Association
AFC 3 Template:Flagicon Japan (3)
CAF 3 Template:Flagicon Nigeria (2), Template:Flagicon Togo (1)
CONCACAF 1 Template:Flagicon Aruba (1)
CONMEBOL 0  
OFC 0  
UEFA 7 Template:Flagicon Netherlands (3), Template:Flagicon Finland (1), Template:Flagicon Greece (1), Template:Flagicon Latvia (1), Template:Flagicon Slovenia (1)

Players in international tournaments

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

Cup Players
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Domestic results

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Historical chart of league performance

Below is a table with VVV-Venlo's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

Club staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Template:Flagicon Rick Kruys
Assistant Head Coach Template:Flagicon Jay Driessen
First-Team Coach Template:Flagicon Frank van Kempen
Goalkeeper Coach Template:Flagicon John Roox
Chief Scout Template:Flagicon Jan Verbong
Scout Template:Flagicon Marc van Hintum
Team Doctor Template:Flagicon Rolf Timmermans
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon Rinus Louwers
Template:Flagicon Hans Kuijpers
Template:Flagicon Falk Louwers
Team Official Template:Flagicon Harrold Kerren
Advisor Template:Flagicon Hai Berden
Director of Football Template:Flagicon Stan Valckx
Sports coordinator Template:Flagicon Albert van der Weide
Manager Template:Flagicon Niels Mulders
Technical Director Template:Flagicon Willem Janssen

Coaching history

 
Years Name Nat.
1954–56 Ferdi Silz Template:Flagicon
1956–60 Wilhelm Kment Template:Flagicon
1961–63 Ferdi Silz Template:Flagicon
1964–65 Josef Gesell Template:Flagicon
1968–69 Bas Paauwe Template:Flagicon
1970–72 Josef Gesell Template:Flagicon
1972–78 Rob Baan Template:Flagicon
1978–79 Hans Croon Template:Flagicon
1979 Sef Vergoossen (a.i.) Template:Flagicon
1979–81 Jan Morsing Template:Flagicon
1981–86 Sef Vergoossen Template:Flagicon
1986–88 Jan Reker Template:Flagicon
 
Years Name Nat.
1989 Sef Vergoossen (a.i.) Template:Flagicon
1992–94 Frans Körver Template:Flagicon
1995–96 Jan Versleijen Template:Flagicon
1996 Joop Brand (a.i.) Template:Flagicon
1996–98 Henk van Stee Template:Flagicon
1998–2000 Hennie Spijkerman Template:Flagicon
2000–01 Jan Versleijen Template:Flagicon
2001–04 Wim Dusseldorp Template:Flagicon
2004–05 Adrie Koster Template:Flagicon
2005–06 Herbert Neumann Template:Flagicon
2006–08 André Wetzel Template:Flagicon
2008–10 Jan van Dijk Template:Flagicon
 
Years Name Nat.
2010–11 Willy Boessen (a.i.) Template:Flagicon
2011 Glen De Boeck Template:Flagicon
2011 Willy Boessen (a.i.) Template:Flagicon
2012–13 Ton Lokhoff Template:Flagicon
2013–14 René Trost Template:Flagicon
2014–19 Maurice Steijn Template:Flagicon
2019 Robert Maaskant Template:Flagicon
2019 Jay Driessen (a.i.) Template:Flagicon
2019–2021 Hans de Koning Template:Flagicon
2021–2022 Jos Luhukay Template:Flagicon
2022–2024 Rick Kruys Template:Flagicon
2024– John Lammers Template:Flagicon

References

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External links

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  6. ↑ Venlo chief eyes new Japanese talent Template:Webarchive, The Japan Times, 3 April 2014
  7. ↑ Simon Janssen wint Jan Klaassens Award Template:Webarchive Officiële website VVV-Venlo, 30 July 2019
  8. ↑ Nummer 28... Template:Webarchive – VVV-Venlo, 10 July 2015
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