RKC Waalwijk

RKC Waalwijk

Full name	Rooms Katholieke Combinatie Waalwijk
Short name	RKC Waalwijk
Founded	August 26, 1940 (1940-08-26)
Ground	Mandemakers Stadion Waalwijk
Capacity	7,500
Manager	Fred Grim
League	Eerste Divisie
2017–18	Eerste Divisie, 18th
Home colours Away colours

RKC Waalwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɛrkaːˈseː ˈʋaːlʋɛi̯k]) is a football club currently playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.

History

The club was formed on 26 August 1940 and used to play its home games at Sportpark Olympia. Its new stadium, the 7500 seater Mandemakers Stadion was opened in 1996 and featured the home match against Roda JC. While considered one of the Eredivisie's smaller clubs, it nevertheless maintained its top flight status for many years. Its home colors are yellow and blue.

At the end of the 2006–07 season, RKC Waalwijk were relegated from the Eredivisie after a defeat in play-offs against VVV-Venlo.

On 3 June 2009 they were promoted to the Eredivisie division after a win in the play-offs against De Graafschap. Though, their spell didn't last long ending in the last place with only 15 points. In the season followed they would finish first in the Eerste Divisie promoting back in the top flight of Dutch football.

After another relegation at the end of the 2013-14 season, RKC Waalwijk finished 20th (last) in the 2014-15 season of Eerste Divisie. However, they didn't relegate to Topklasse (amateurs) because both of the two Topklasse champions declined promotion into professionalism.

Results

RKC in Europe

• Group = group game
• 1R = first round
• 2R = second round
• 3R = third round
• 1/8 = 1/8 final

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score	Goalscorers RKC
1989	Intertoto Cup
		Group	West Germany	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1, 2–2
		Group	Austria	First Vienna FC	3–4, 2–4
		Group	East Germany	Carl Zeiss Jena	2–0, 1–0
1989	Intertoto Cup
		Group	France	Caen	1–0, 0–2
		Group	Denmark	Lyngby BK	1–1, 0–2
		Group	Germany	FC Schalke 04	3–2, 4–2
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	3R	England	Bradford City	0–2, 0–1
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	3R	Germany	TSV 1860 München	1–2, 1–3

Current squad

As of 31 July 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 GK Etienne Vaessen 2 DF Jurien Gaari 3 DF Jan Lammers 4 DF Henrico Drost 5 DF Paul Quasten 6 FW Hans Mulder 7 FW Darren Maatsen 8 MF Emil Hansson (on loan from Feyenoord until 30 June 2019) 9 FW Mario Bilate 10 MF Kevin Vermeulen 11 MF Anas Tahiri 12 DF Gigli Ndefe

No. Position Player 13 DF Ingo van Weert 14 FW Saïd Bakari 15 MF Nikki Baggerman 16 GK Jordy Zielschot 17 FW Dylan Seys 18 FW Ezra Walian (on loan from Almere City F.C) 19 MF Daan Rienstra MF Noël de Graauw MF Melle Meulensteen FW Roland Bergkamp

Honours

• Eerste Divisie (2):
  • 1987-88, 2010-11

Former managers

• Leen Looijen (1985–86)
• Leo van Veen (July 1, 1986 – June 30, 1988), (July 1, 1989 – June 30, 1993)
• Hans Verèl (July 1, 1993–Dec 18, 1993)
• Bert Jacobs (Dec 18, 1993–June 30, 1995)
• Leo van Veen (July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996)
• Cees van Kooten (July 1, 1996–Oct 12, 1996)
• Bert Jacobs (Oct 12, 1996–June 30, 1997)
• Peter Boeve (July 1, 1997–Oct 26, 1998)
• Martin Jol (Oct 26, 1998–June 30, 2004)
• Erwin Koeman (July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005)
• Adrie Koster (July 1, 2005–Nov 27, 2006)
• Mark Wotte (Nov 27, 2006–June 20, 2007)
• Željko Petrović (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008)
• Ruud Brood (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2012)
• Erwin Koeman (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2014)
• Martin Koopman (July 1, 2014 – February 11, 2015)

See also

• Dutch football league teams

References

External links

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• Official website