Helmond Sport

Helmond Sport
Full name Helmond Sport
Founded July 27, 1967 (1967-07-27)
Ground Stadion De Braak
Helmond
Capacity 4,100
Chairman Bas Bongers
Manager W. van Dommelen
League Eerste Divisie
2016–17 Eerste Divisie, 13th

Helmond Sport is a Dutch football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on June 27, 1967, by Michiel van Gaal, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.

History

Helmond Sport started in the Tweede Divisie. After only a year, the club was promoted to the First Division, where they won the title in 1982 and were promoted to the Eredivisie. From there on, Rob Bongers began his fruitful and successful career at Helmond Sport. His legacy will not be forgotten any time soon, as he brought Helmond Sport the victory of the Eredivisie. There, they would play for two seasons, before being relegated back to the Eerste Divisie. The first season back in the Eerste Divisie saw Helmond Sport reach the cup final, which was lost to FC Utrecht in injury time. Helmond Sport was close to promotion to the Eredivisie in the play-offs of the 2004–05 Eerste Divisie season. They came up 1–0 against Sparta due to a 59th minute Nyron Wau goal, but in the last 20 minutes Riga Mustapha (73') and Rachid Bouaouzan (90+1') scored 1–1 and 1–2 and Sparta was promoted instead. In the 2010–11 season Helmond finished 3rd in the Eerste Divisie but were beaten in the play-off final for promotion to the Eredivisie.

Honours

Eerste Divisie

Domestic results

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

Current squad

As of 25 January 2018[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Netherlands GK Stijn van Gassel (captain)
3 Netherlands MF Bart Meijers (on loan from NAC Breda)
4 Netherlands DF Ron Janzen
6 Netherlands MF Steven Edwards
7 Netherlands FW Diego Snepvangers (on loan from NAC Breda)
8 Belgium MF Tibeau Swinnen
9 Belgium FW Arne Naudts
10 Netherlands MF Bodi Brusselers (on loan from NAC Breda)
11 Netherlands FW Furhgill Zeldenrust
14 Netherlands MF Bram Zwanen
15 Netherlands DF Dylan de Braal
No. Position Player
16 Belgium DF Joeri Poelmans
17 Netherlands FW Daan Ibrahim
19 Curaçao DF Maiky Fecunda
20 Netherlands MF Koen Wesdorp
21 Netherlands GK Stefan Tielemans
22 Netherlands GK Jamie Watt
23 Haiti FW Richelor Sprangers (on loan from NAC Breda)
25 Netherlands FW Marijn van Heugten
26 Netherlands DF Jeroen Verkennis
27 Netherlands FW Juul Respen
28 Netherlands DF Nick de Louw

Former managers

References

  1. "Onze Spelers". www.helmondsport.nl. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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