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FC Eindhoven
Full name	Football Club Eindhoven
Nickname(s)	Blauw-witten (Blue-Whites)
Founded	November 16, 1909
Ground	Jan Louwers Stadion,; Eindhoven; (Capacity: 4,600)
Chairman	Ed Creemers
Manager	Jan Poortvliet
League	Eerste Divisie
2008-09	Eerste Divisie, 18th
Home colours	Away colours

FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They current play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven.

FC Eindhoven play their home games at Jan Louwers Stadion, on the southern part of the city. The club's official colours are blue and white, hence their nickname Blauw-Witten (The Blue-Whites).

[edit] History

The club was founded on November 16, 1909 as EVV Eindhoven. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league. After turning professional in 1954, the club played in the Eredivisie until 1957, when Eindhoven were relegated to the Eerste Divisie, where it would remain until 1969. Two years later, the club secured promotion back to the Eerste Divisie, and in 1975, Eindhoven were promoted to the Eredivisie. In 1977, Eindhoven were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie, where it have remained ever since.

FC Eindhoven's biggest rivalry is with neighbours PSV Eindhoven, against whom they contest the Lichtstad Derby ('City of Light Derby'). Like football rivalries in some other cities, such as Glasgow, the rivalry between Eindhoven and PSV has its origins in religion. Having always been a Roman Catholic stronghold, FC Eindhoven used to be a bigger club than PSV in the period between 1930 and 1955. PSV on the other hand, were of a more Protestant background, being connected with the Philips company.

In 2004, FC Eindhoven contracted a co-operation deal with neighbours PSV Eindhoven, meaning the possibility of swapping youth players between the two clubs; that co-operation ended in 2005.

[edit] Results

[edit] Current squad

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Maros Ferenc
		GK	Jurgen Hendriks (captain)
		GK	Paul Dijkmans
		GK	Ruud Swinkels
		DF	Kevin van Assouw
		DF	Wesley Bakermans
		DF	Koen Bots
		DF	Juremy Reker
		DF	Ruud van der Rijt
		DF	Ivo Rossen
		DF	Justin Tahapary
		DF	Robin Faber
		MF	Rochdi Achenteh
		MF	Bart van Brakel

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Leon Kantelberg
		MF	Jens van Son
		MF	Rick Slaats
		MF	Koen van Steensel
		FW	Prince Asubonteng
		FW	Jean Black
		FW	Mark Bloemendaal
		FW	Rob van Boekel
		FW	Wout Meeuwssen
		FW	Tim Nelemans
		FW	Patrick N'Koyi
		FW	Jelle Schrijvenaars
		FW	Jeffrey Vlug