FC Twente

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FC Twente

Full name

F.C. Twente 1965

Nickname(s)

The Tukkers
The Reds

Founded

July 1, 1965

Ground

Arke Stadion
Enschede
(Capacity 13,250)

Chairman

Head coach

League

Eredivisie, 4th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Twente (also incorrectly referred to as Twente Enschede) is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede. They currently play in the Eredivisie.

The club was formed in 1965 as a merger of two professional clubs Sportclub Enschede and the Enschedese Boys. Although the current club has never won the Dutch championship, Sportclub Enschede did, in 1926.

The first successes of the club started just after the merger of 1965, under coach Kees Rijvers. Twente finished 3rd in 1969, 4th in 1970, 5th in 1971, 3rd in 1972 and once again 3rd in 1973. The team's key figures were local heroes, such as Epy Drost, Eddy Achterberg, Kick van der Vall and Theo Pahlplatz. Their finest Eredivisie season was 1973-1974, in which Twente battled for the Dutch championship with Feyenoord. A head-to-head confrontation in the very last game of the season, in Rotterdam, had to bring the decision. Feyenoord were slightly luckier: 3-2. A second slot and a UEFA Cup ticket -- that was all for FC Twente.

However, the Tukkers (as people from Twente are generally called) almost made the very most out of that UEFA Cup ticket. After beating Juventus in the semi-finals, FC Twente lost to German side Borussia Mönchengladbach in the finals.

Things went downhill for Twente after that, and the club was relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1982. Twente returned to the top flight a year later, but the club soon became known for their amazing number of 1-1 and 0-0 draws. Their new reputation 'boring Twente' overshadowed the fact that the club kept qualifying for European football on a fairly regular basis: five times since 1985.

Re-establishment followed in the 1990s. German coach Hans Meyer led Twente to the third slot in the Eredivisie of 1997 and to the third round of the UEFA Cup the next season. On May 24 2001, Twente clinched the KNVB Cup, beating PSV in the final after being 3-1 down in the penalty shoot-out

The season thereafter Twente crashed out of the cup against the teenagers of Ajax's second team, results in the league were poor and the hard core Twente fans Ultras Vak-P went on a rampage at the club's brand-new Arke Stadion out of frustration. The club's mother corporation (FC Twente '65 Corporation) was declared bankrupt in the 2002-2003 season, almost leading to the end of the club's existence. The club survived and made it to another KNVB Cup final in 2004, but Twente had to make do with a limited budget those days.

1 Stadium
2 Players
- 2.1 Current squad
- 2.2 Out on loan
3 Hall of Fame
4 Topscorers
5 Head coaches
6 Honours
- 6.1 National
- 6.2 International
7 Sponsors
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Fans and fireworks at FC Twente versus SC Heerenveen in 2002.

The Arke Stadion is the official stadium of FC Twente. It is located in Enschede, the Netherlands at the Business & Science Park, near the University of Twente. It has a spectator capacity of 13,250 with a standard pitch heating system and has a promenade instead of fences for the tribunes.

The Arke Stadion replaces the old Diekman Stadion as Twente's home ground on 22 March 1998. Plans have been afoot to expand and to renovate the old and now demolished Diekman stadium, however, with a growing fan capacity and with arguments that the location of the Diekman stadium was not strategic enough, the idea was conceived to build a new arena for the Twente fans. The Diekman ground had also faced problems with its seating plans as a result of the FIFA regulations which imposes a necessity to construct a seating tribune behind each goal post. Fans of the club seldom use the official name but refer to the stadium as 'Epy Drost Stadium' after all-time club hero Epy Drost.

The cost of the construction was estimated to be around 33 million guilders and took fourteen months to complete, with its foundation stone having been laid on 31 January 1997. Due to the tight budget available, the layout of the stadium was constructed in such that future expansions may be made possible without the necessity to tear down entire tribunes.

The first match played at the stadium was a historic 3-0 victory by the home team against PSV on 10 May 1998 in an Eredivisie match.

The famous You'll Never Walk Alone recording by musicians Gerry & The Pacemakers is loudly sung along in the whole stadium before every kick-off.

In 2006 plans have been unfolded to increase the stadium capacity to 24,244 seats. This expansion is expected to be ready in August 2008. FC Twente is also considering to expand to 36,000 seats in the future.

As of December 4th, 2007.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Sander Boschker
2	DF	Rob Wielaert
3	DF	Edson Braafheid
4	DF	Ramon Zomer
5	MF	Alfred Schreuder
6	MF	Wout Brama
7	FW	Romano Denneboom
9	FW	Blaise Nkufo
10	MF	Orlando Engelaar (captain)
11	FW	Stein Huysegems
12	DF	Jeroen Heubach
13	GK	Melvin Koetsier

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Luke Wilkshire
15	FW	Eljero Elia
16	GK	Cees Paauwe
17	MF	Youssouf Hersi
18	FW	Sergio Zijler
19	DF	Douglas
21	FW	Marko Arnautovic
22	DF	Niels Wellenberg
23	FW	Patrick Gerritsen
24	MF	Karim El Ahmadi
25	FW	Andrej Rendla
31	GK	Nikolay Mihaylov (on loan from Liverpool)

No.	Position	Player
––	DF	Arnar Viðarsson (on loan to De Graafschap)
––	FW	Marcel Kleizen (on loan to FC Zwolle)
––	FW	Guilherme Afonso (on loan to BV Veendam)

See also: FC Twente players

Season	Player's name	Goals
1965/1966	Hans Roordink	11
1966/1967	Jan Jeuring	10
1967/1968	Dick van Dijk	22
1968/1969	Dick van Dijk	30
1969/1970	Antal Nagy	17
1970/1971	Jan Jeuring	17
1971/1972	René van de Kerkhof	10
1972/1973	Jan Jeuring	13
1973/1974	Johan Zuidema	14
1974/1975	Johan Zuidema	10
1975/1976	Jan Jeuring	20
1976/1977	Arnold Mühren	13
1977/1978	Ab Gritter	15
1978/1979	Ab Gritter	14
1979/1980	Hallvar Thoresen	11
1980/1981	Hallvar Thoresen	15
1981/1982	Manuel Sanchez Torres	15
1982/1983	Martin Koopman	7
1983/1984	Billy Ashcroft	21
1984/1985	Willy Carbo	15
1985/1986	Martin Koopman	8
1986/1987	Ulrich Wilson	8
1987/1988	Piet Keur	17
1988/1989	Piet Keur	16
1989/1990	Claus Nielsen	14
1990/1991	Claus Nielsen	16
1991/1992	Youri Mulder	18
1992/1993	Prince Polley	11
1993/1994	Edwin Vurens	10
1994/1995	Michel Boerebach	12
1995/1996	Arnold Bruggink	11
1996/1997	John Bosman	20
1997/1998	John Bosman / Jan van Halst / Antti Sumiala	6
1998/1999	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	21
1999/2000	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	19
2000/2001	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	15
2001/2002	Jack de Gier	6
2002/2003	Ellery Cairo	7
2003/2004	Blaise Nkufo	14
2004/2005	Blaise Nkufo	16
2005/2006	Blaise Nkufo	12
2006/2007	Blaise Nkufo	22