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N.E.C.

Full name	Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie
Short name	N.E.C.
Founded	November 15, 1900
Ground	McDOS Goffertstadion Nijmegen (Capacity: 12,470)
Chairman	Jan van Teeffelen
Manager	Wiljan Vloet
League	Eredivisie
2008-09	Eredivisie, 11th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie, commonly abbrieviated to N.E.C., is a Dutch football club from the city of Nijmegen.

The oldest predecessor of the club, "Eendracht" (Dutch for unity), was established on 15 November 1900. In 1903, Eendracht merged with Nijmegen to form the Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie. The team's home ground is the 12,500-seat McDOS Goffertstadion. They have often been wrongly referred to as NEC Nijmegen.

The club has not won any major tournaments to date, though they were runners-up in the KNVB Cup competition in 1973, 1983, 1994, and 2000; they played in the UEFA Cup tournaments in 1983, 2003, and 2008.

Contents 1 History 1.1 General history 1.2 Lower City 1.3 Money 1.4 Never First Classer 1.5 Golden Years 1.6 Professional football 1.7 Full stadiums 1.8 Lean years 1.9 The cup finals 1.10 Nijmegen Europe Cup 1.11 2008 2 Stadium 3 Rivals 4 Players & Staff 4.1 Current squad 4.2 Out on loan 4.3 Reserve team 4.4 Staff and management 5 N.E.C. in Europe 6 N.E.C. records 7 Achievements 8 Managers 9 Notable players 10 Man of the Year 11 Topscorers by season 12 Sponsors 13 See also 14 References 15 External links

[edit] History

[edit] General history

N.E.C. (Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie or, in English, Nijmegen Unity Combination) is the 41st oldest club in the Netherlands. It was known that the first football club was founded by "ordinary" workers, real people, and boys. Football was in 1900 already quite popular, but a football club was a real elitist activity. Associations as UD (Deventer), Quick (Nijmegen), Sparta Rotterdam, Vitesse, etc. were also all created by the sons of wealthy industrialists, middle and other notables.^[1]

[edit] Lower City

The founders of N.E.C. had a very different background. They were, without exception, from the old Nijmegen Lower City, the place where the poorest people lived was not much more than a slum. The boys from the Nijmegen-downtown were playing football every day. Not on a field, but on the street and preferably the Waalkade.

Unique was the fact that some of those guys on 15 November 1900 took the decision to own a football club there. They did it all themselves, without help from outside. They coined the name Eendracht and decided that every week for a fee of exactly two cents would be paid. With that money, a new ball could be purchased from time-to-time.

In the first years, Eendracht only played games against teams from other parts of Nijmegen. The ploeggie from the downtown area appeared to be playing good football. When in 1903, a Nijmegen Football Association was formed, Eendracht was the first champion and was thereby promoted to the Geldersche Football Association. The football at Eendracht became a serious matter, especially two years later after promotion to the second class of the KNVB.

The name N.E.C. was established in April 1910. Eendracht merged that year with a club called Nijmegen. Nijmegen had a history of only two years and was founded by members of the above called Quick who felt absolutely no place in that elite club. The Nijmegen Eendracht Combination seemed a golden finding.^[1]

[edit] Money

It took decades for the first big successes came. Indeed, only in 1936, N.E.C. was finally promoted to the First Class, which was the highest level. That N.E.C. had crept to reach the top had many causes, but the most important thing was money, or rather, lack of money.

N.E.C. was a boys club of normal and hard-working people. There were no rich members who could do a gift. The expectorate fee was often a problem, especially during crises such as World War I. N.E.C. kept holding warm relations with the local directors. Indeed, the leading figures in Nijmegen looked pretty down to N.E.C.^[1]

[edit] Never First Classer

In the beginning of the 1920s, the situation became slightly better. N.E.C. bought land and moved to the Hazenkampseweg. Finally, the club had his own sports complex. Above it, the memberships increased rapidly and N.E.C. became more popular. After that, there were frustrating years. To achieve promotion to the first class, it was in those years not enough to become the champion of the second class. Stressful decision matches were always being played. Although N.E.C. become champion in 1928, 1929, 1931, and 1934, the club was not promoted. The club was already called mockingly a "Never First Classer." Until 1936, N.E.C. finally took the last obstacle. They won the decision matches and reached the First Class.^[1]

[edit] Golden Years

Immediately after their promotion, there followed a period of great sporting achievements. The question remained always how the honors of N.E.C. were looking when World War II had not broken out at the stage that N.E.C. became a top-club.

N.E.C. won in 1939 the first East title and fought for the title of the Netherlands with the other four district champions. N.E.C. became third, behind AFC Ajax and DWS from Amsterdam. During the war, there could hardly played a football match, but after the liberation, N.E.C. took the thread simply and became in 1946 again the champion of the East. In 1947, N.E.C. took this title again; in this year, N.E.C. became again the third-most successful club in the Netherlands.^[1]

[edit] Professional football

For N.E.C., the introduction of professional football in 1954 came just at the wrong moment. The club had internal problems, had a few less years behind it, and financially it was not doing well. Netherlands called at this moment more than 80 paying clubs and the KNVB reorganized. Each time the competitions were classified otherwise, N.E.C. fell ever further away. At the last minute, N.E.C. was saved from a return to the amateurs. Just in the beginning of the 1960s, N.E.C. was growing slowly upwards again.

A major reason was that the city of Nijmegen began to see the importance of a paid club like the Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie. N.E.C. could finally count on financial support in 1963. In 1964, N.E.C. was promoted to the first division again and three years later, N.E.C. reached finally the First League.^[1]

[edit] Full stadiums

Then followed some years whereat the Nijmegen-residents are still thinking back to melancholy. The Goffert was full every game; the season averages of 14,000 spectators were normal. There was even a year (1970-71) in which N.E.C. had 18,000 viewers per game. N.E.C. flourished at this time, primarily on the great youth development and scouting.

Talented players were trained, played in the first team and, after a number of years, were sold for high fees. Frans Thijssen and Jan Peters are in that respect the most famous players. Although never won a prize, N.E.C. was really famous at this time, but the first signs of decline came quickly. N.E.C. actually lived above his position: the budget came only around by selling players and a strong subsidy from the municipality.^[1]

[edit] Lean years

The degradation of 1974 was a kind of warning. N.E.C. graduated a year later again and was also seventh in the league, but it was going wrong again at the beginning of the 1970s.

No one could turn the tide; N.E.C. were in a downward spiral. Each year, the team fought against relegation and fewer spectators were watching the matches. N.E.C. was each year a top club in the first division or a tail club in the major league. The list is significant: relegation in 1983, promotion in 1985, relegation in 1986, promotion in 1989, relegation in 1991, and finally promotion in 1994. N.E.C. suffered many difficult years and disappeared almost from professional football from time-to-time. In 1981, the club got only support from the town when the professionals and amateurs would be separated. In 1987, the club was bankrupt, but N.E.C. remained existent only because 80% of all creditors waived their claims.

The chairman Henk van de Water formed the sponsor club OSRN on which N.E.C. got a little air. Just in the mid-1990s, N.E.C. found their way up again. Three years later, the club remained at the last minute in the Eredivisie, but in 1998, N.E.C. surprised many with an 8th place finish. Meanwhile, the prospects excelled. The audience numbers were rising continuously, all the way up to 10,000. The sponsor club was growing out of its jacket and there was a nice future up ahead in the new Goffertstadion.^[1]

[edit] The cup finals

N.E.C. reached the cup-final four times. Twice N.E.C. were the underdogs, but on 31 May 1973, the club was the towering favorite. In De Kuip against NAC Breda, it, however, went completely wrong. N.E.C., with coach Wiel Coerver and players such as Jan Peters, Frans Thijssen, Harrie Schellekens, Jan van Deinsen, and Cas Janssens, could not reach their expectations. Rather, by internal problems, there was an internal fight at N.E.C. and NAC Breda won 2-0.

In 1983, it was actually a miracle that N.E.C. reached the cup-final. The club from Nijmegen were relegated that season, but reached the final. The opponent was AFC Ajax, and the club from Amsterdam was in two matches clearly better. The Amsterdammers won two times three against one.

In 1994, it was again remarkable that N.E.C. was in the final. Indeed, N.E.C. was a first-division club. But one with a very good team; a month later, they promoted via the Nacompetitie. N.E.C., with players such as Lok, Hoekman, van Wonderen, van der Weerden, and the lightning-quick Bennie Dekker, were already surprising in the semi-finals. Ajax was beaten in De Meer 2-1. In De Kuip at Feyenoord, Feyenoord won 2-1.

In the year of the 100-year anniversary of the club (2000), N.E.C. reached again the cup-final. The competition presentations were not too good and hardly participation at the Nacompetitie was averted. The final against Roda JC for the 20,000 fans from Nijmegen was more or less a disappointment. N.E.C. lost with no chances 2-0. The semi-finals (profit after penalties against AZ) were a highlight for many fans.^[1]

[edit] Nijmegen Europe Cup

In 1983, just in the darkest period of the club history, there was also a nice point in the history. N.E.C. played in the European Cup against FC Barcelona, while N.E.C. was at that time a mid-engine in the First Division.

N.E.C. lost in the spring the cup-final against Ajax and relegated also to the First Division. But because the Amsterdammers became also champion of the Netherlands, N.E.C. made the unique fact that a First Division club was registered for the Eurocup II tournament; this performance was never repeated again in the Netherlands.

In the first round of the European tournament, N.E.C. defeated Norway's SK Brann. This was a very little club, but N.E.C. had some problems to defeat the club from Norway. In Nijmegen, it became 1-1 and two weeks later Michel Mommertz scored in Bergen the winning hit (0-1).

A few days later, the draw was been done for the second round; the city of Nijmegen stood on his head in anticipation. Barcelona, the club that had world superstars Diego Maradonna and Bernd Schuster, were coming to Nijmegen. Both star players were injured by 19 October and did not take part in the games. But this was no big disappointment for the 25,000 spectators in the Goffertstadion. N.E.C. took the lead with strikes from Anton Janssen and Michel Mommertz to make the score 2-0. It was a thrill for Barcelona but they came back and eventually won 3-2. For the second leg in Barcelona, it was an easy game for the Catalans, which ended in 2-0 for the home team.

29 May 2003 was classified as a historic day. For the first time in the existence of the club, N.E.C. qualified on their own for the UEFA Cup. By the late hit from Jarda Simr, N.E.C. finished in 5th place in the Eredivisie. This led to unprecedented peak scenes; happy fans on the pitch in Waalwijk, an explosion of joy for over 5,000 supporters in the Goffert who watched the game on a large video screen and it was followed by a great homage in the center of Nijmegen. There were more than 25,000 people at this celebration.^[1]

[edit] 2008

In 2008, N.E.C. qualified for the third time in his history for European competition. With this, Mario Been walked into the footsteps of former-coach Johan Neeskens. After a disappointing first half year of N.E.C., the club was at the bottom of the Eredivisie at a 17th place. But after this, there was a remarkable resurrection from the Nijmegenaren. From January 2008, N.E.C. played great football and scored a lot of goals. Victory after victory resulted in an excellent 8th place in the Eredivisie. This presentation was rewarded by a participation at the play-offs for UEFA Cup. N.E.C. was also superior in the play-offs and beat Roda JC, FC Groningen, and NAC Breda. With 31 undefeated matches in a row a row with the 6-0 home victory at NAC Breda as a highlight, N.E.C. reached European football again. The return at Breda was a formality, but that game was also won. What followed was a great homage to many thousands of fans on the Goffertwei.^[1]

The year of 2008 became even more successful during the UEFA Cup. In the first round, the club beat Dinamo Bucureşti during two heartbreaking matches. After a 1-0 winning match, it was enough to play 0-0 in Romania to reach the group-stage of the UEFA Cup. In this stage, the club from Nijmegen were drawn against big European clubs like Tottenham Hotspur, Udinese, Spartak Moscow, and Dinamo Zagreb. All the experts gave the club zero chances to reach the next round, but N.E.C. beat the odds. After a stunning match against Zagreb with a goal from Dinamo in the last minute, there stood a disappointing 3-2 on the scoreboard. N.E.C. was the better team but gained zero points. After this, big English team Tottenham came to the McDOS Goffertstadion and won with a score of 0-1. The club from Nijmegen was on the bottom of the rank and was almost out of the tournament. But there was hope in the Netherlands after a 1-2 winning match against Spartak Moscow in Russia with a very important goal from Lasse Schöne. N.E.C. played its last match in Nijmegen against Udinese in Italy. To go to the next round, N.E.C. and Tottenham had to win (from Spartak Moscow). Tottenham were behind and after 45 minutes, there was a disappointing 0-0 at the scoreboard in Nijmegen. But in the 74th minute, there was a sensational moment: Tottenham came up and scored 2-1 against Spartak and Collins John scored in the same second to make the score 1-0 for N.E.C. With a 2-0 from Jhon van Beukering (his third European goal of the season), the next round was reached.

The draw of the last 32 of the UEFA Cup made sure N.E.C. had to play against the big German club Hamburger SV. The fairytale of the club from Nijmegen was ended by the Germans when they won 0-3 in the Goffertstadion and 1-0 in Hamburg. With this story, there became an end of the most successful year in the club history. N.E.C. was awarded for their great play of football and their sociability. The supporters were also been valued in Europe, especially by Franz Beckenbauer, who gave the N.E.C. fans a great compliment: He had never seen such a great ambiance by away-supporters and says against Premier League clubs that he has never seen so many away-fans at a club-match (4,500).^[2]

[edit] Stadium

N.E.C. plays its home matches in the De Goffert stadium (12,500 seats). The stadium was originally opened in 1939 and featured a cycling track between the pitch and the stands. In 2000, the rebuilt stadium was opened. The club wants to expand the stadium to 20,000 seats in 2011.

[edit] Rivals

Football club Vitesse of Arnhem is the main rival of N.E.C. The annual games between the two are called "de Gelderse derby." The rivalry has led to hooligans meeting after games that resulted in fights and public disorder.

[edit] Players & Staff

[edit] Current squad

[1] As of 8 September 2009.

No. Position Player 1 GK Gábor Babos (captain) 2 DF Ramon Zomer 3 DF Rens van Eijden 4 MF Dominique Kivuvu 5 DF Youssef El Akchaoui 6 DF Patrick Pothuizen 7 MF Rutger Worm 8 MF Lorenzo Davids 10 MF Lasse Schöne 11 FW Erton Fejzullahu 13 DF Mark Otten 14 FW Rick ten Voorde 15 DF Niels Wellenberg 16 MF Bas Sibum

No. Position Player 17 FW Saidi Ntibazonkiza 18 FW Bjorn Vleminckx 19 DF Mitchell Burgzorg 20 MF John Goossens 21 FW Moestafa El Kabir 23 MF Arek Radomski 24 MF Joey Brock 25 GK Rein Baart 30 GK Nicholas Skverer 31 FW Shapoul Ali 35 DF Bram Nuytinck 36 MF Bastian Weiser 37 FW Sherwin Grot

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player 9 FW Jhon van Beukering (on loan to De Graafschap)

[edit] Reserve team

No. Position Player 22 FW Joël Tshibamba 24 MF Joey Brock 30 GK Nicholas Skverer 31 FW Shapoul Ali 32 MF Bram Langedijk 33 MF Sebastiaan Goderie 34 MF Ryan van Dijk

No. Position Player 35 DF Bram Nuytinck 36 MF Bastian Weiser 37 FW Sherwin Grot 38 DF Joey Klare 39 DF Shanon Carmelia 40 GK Jasper Cillessen

[edit] Staff and management

No. Position Player Wim Rip (Interim Manager) Ron de Groot (Assistant manager/Team manager) Wilfried Brookhuis (Assistant manager/Goalkeeping coach) Jack de Gier (Headscout) Ruud Makaay (Scout) Ad Mellaard (Scout) Henk Grim (Scout) Carlos Aalbers (Technical Director) Jacco Swart (Common Director) Jan van Teeffelen (Chairman)

[edit] N.E.C. in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score
1969/70	Intertoto Cup	Group, match 1		MŠK Žilina	1-1, 1-2
		Group, match 2		Örebro	0-0, 1-1
		Group, match 3		Bellinzona	2-0, 3-3
1978/79	Intertoto Cup	Group, match 1		Antwerp	3-2, 0-2
		Group, match 2		Duisburg	4-2, 0-6
		Group, match 3		Bordeaux	Total: 3-4
1983/84	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round		Brann	1-1, 1-0
		1/8 Finals		Barcelona	2-3, 0-2
1986/87	Intertoto Cup	Group, match 1		Fortuna Düsseldorf	4-3, 0-3
		Group, match 2		MTK Hungária	0-3, 2-2
		Group, match 3		RFC de Liège	0-1, 1-1
2003/04	UEFA Cup	First Round		Wisła Kraków	1-2, 1-2
2004/05	Intertoto Cup	Second Round		Cork City	0-0, 0-1
2008/09	UEFA Cup	First Round		Dinamo Bucureşti	1-0, 0-0
		Group Stage		Dinamo Zagreb	2-3
				Tottenham Hotspur	0-1
				Spartak Moscow	2-1
				Udinese	2-0
		Third Round		Hamburg	0-3, 0-1

[edit] N.E.C. records

			Date
Highest attendance (competition)	32,000	Against Ajax	21-04-1968
Lowest attendance (competition)	1,000	Against Roda JC	14-05-1983
Biggest win	0-22	Against Overasseltse Boys	09-08-2008
Biggest win (competition)	0-7	Against FC Den Bosch '67	10-03-1973
Biggest loss (competition)	9-1	Against Ajax	05-11-1967
Match with highest score (competition)	3-7	Against RBC Roosendaal	04-01-1967
Most wins on a row	10		04-04-2008 until 30-08-2008
Most defeats in a row	10		03-10-1971 until 14-11-1971
Most matches without defeat	31		24-02-2008 until 21-09-2008
Most matches without win	16		22-01-1978 until 02-09-1978
Most matches without goal	7		03-03-1968 until 19-05-1968
Most matches without goal against	7		21-10-2005 until 18-12-2005
Top goalscorer	Hans Venneker	19	1967-1968
Most goals in a competition-match	Cas Janssens	4, Against FC Den Bosch '67	10-03-1973
Youngest player (competition)	Jan Peters		17 years, 0 months, 25 days
Highest competition-rank	Eredivisie	5th Place	2002-2003
Lowest competition-rank	Eerste Divisie	10th Place	1964-1965
Most matches (Eredivisie)	Sije Visser	342
Most goals scored (Eredivisie)	Frans Janssen	54

[edit] Achievements

• Eredivisie Winner Play-Offs: 1
  

2007-08

• KNVB Cup runner-up: 4
  

1972-73, 1982-83, 1993-94, 1999-00

• Eerste Divisie: 1
  

1974-75

• 1e Klasse: 3
  

1938-39, 1945-46, 1946-47

[edit] Managers

1923-1924 : Gyorge 1929-1930 : Smith 1931-1932 : Claus 1932-1933 : Longin 1933-1936 : Fons Lodenstijn 1936-1937 : Coen Delsen 1937-1939 : Bertus Schoester 1939-1940 : J. W. Julian 1940-1942 : Bertus Schoester 1947-1949 : G. Charlton 1949-1954 : Jan Bijl 1954-1956 : Coen Delsen 1956-1957 : Ferdi Silz

1957-1958 : K. ter Horst 1958-1958 : Fons Lodenstijn (interim) 1958-1960 : Wim Groenendijk 1960-1961 : Joop de Busser 1961-1970 : Jan Remmers 1970-1973 : Wiel Coerver 1973-1974 : Meg de Jong 1974-1976 : Piet de Visser 1976-1978 : Hans Croon 1978-1981 : Leen Looyen 1981-1985 : Pim van de Meent 1985-1987 : Sandor Popovics

1987-1991 : Leen Looyen 1991-1994 : Jan Pruijn 1994-1995 : Kees van Kooten 1995-1996 : Leen Looyen (interim) 1995-1996 : Wim Koevermans 1997-1999 : Jimmy Calderwood 1999-2000 : Ron de Groot (interim) 2000-2004 : Johan Neeskens 2005-2005 : Cees Lok 2005-2006 : Ron de Groot 2006-2009 : Mario Been 2009-2009: Dwight Lodeweges

[edit] Notable players

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Netherlands Carlos Aalbers Yassine Abdellaoui Arno Arts Patrick Ax Nacer Barazite Roy Beerens Remco Bicentini Kevin Bobson Mark van den Boogaart Zoran Borojevic Rachid Bouaouzan Saïd Boutahar Wilfried Brookhuis Willy Carbo Jan van Deinsen Frank Demouge Romano Denneboom Patrick van Diemen Björn van der Doelen Jeroen Drost Arjan Ebbinge Emiel van Eijkeren Juul Ellerman Ernest Faber Mitchell van der Gaag Desmond Gemert Dennis Gentenaar Jack de Gier Richard Goulooze Maurice Graef Henk Grim Ron de Groot Guilliano Grot Maurice Gubbels Pascal Heije Danny Hesp Guus Hiddink Danny Hoekman Paul Jans Anton Janssen Frans Janssen Tim Janssen Collins John Dick Jol Cees Kick Milano Koenders Marcel Koning Jeffrey Kooistra Cees Kornelis Willem Korsten Michel Langerak Bart Latuheru Jeffrey Leiwakabessy Jeremain Lens Cees van der Linden Cees Lok Luuk Maes Ad Mellaard Kevin Moeliker Michel Mommertz Muslu Nalbantoglu Dennis de Nooijer Mark Oosterhof Edo Ophof Frans Paymans Jan Peters Alexander Prent René van Rijswijk Hennie de Romijn Bas Roorda Ivo Rossen Adilson Ben David dos Santos Harry Schellekens Dominique Scholten Dennis Schulp Marchanno Schultz Albert van der Sleen Ferne Snoyl Pleun Strik Jasar Takak Frans Thijssen Mark Verhoeven Juan Viedma Schenkhuizen John Vievermans Sije Visser Carlos van Wanrooy Chris van der Weerden Erik Wegh Bennie Werts Rob Wielaert Frank Wijnhoven Peter Wisgerhof Kees van Wonderen Theo Worbst Mike Zonneveld

Australia Brett Holman (2006-2008) Belarus Pavel Mikhalevitch (1993-2001) Oleg Poutilo (1995-1998) Belgium John Hoeks (1993-1994) Pieter Collen (2000-2001) Bart van den Eede (2005-2006) Gunther Vanaudenaerde (2006-2007) Naïm Aarab (2006-2008) Brazil Tininho (2004-2006) Democratic Republic of the Congo Zico Tumba (2001-2004) Czech Jarda Simr (2001-2005) Denmark John Frandsen (1973-1975) Dennis Rommedahl (2009-2009) Dutch Antilles Moises Bicentini (1957-1961) Pedro Koolman (1957-1964) Bill Canword (1959-1961) Ecuador José Valencia Murillo (2004-2006) England Duncan Pratt (1979-1980) Anthony Hudson (1999-2000) David Jones (2006-2006) Chris Eagles (2006-2007) Ethiopia Youssouf Hersi (2002-2004) Finland Antti Sumiala (1995-1997) Germany Herbert Bönnen (1967-1972) Jürgen Jendrossek (1969-1971) Manfred Priewe (1973-1975) Ulrich Sarau (1977-1979) Dieter Sevens (1979-1980) Günter Kurek (1981-1982) Jörg Sobiech (1996-1998) Hungary Adam Hrepka (2007-2007) Krisztián Vadócz (2007-2008) Macedonia Dzevded Sainoski (1997-1999) Gorgi Hristov (2000-2003) Norway Erik Stock (1991-1996) Paraguay Edgar Barreto (2004-2007) Poland Janusz Kowalik (1974-1976) Krzystof Bociek (1994-1997) Andrzej Niedzielan (2004-2007) Serbia Nedeljko Bulatović (1966-1967) Dimitrije Davidović (1969-1971) Dejan Govedarica (2002-2004) Slovenia Ratislav Mores (1996-1997) Spain Manuel Sánchez-Torres (1990-1991) Dani Fernández (2008-2009) Suriname Ulrich Cruden (1993-1999) Benito Kemble (1996-1999) Maikel Renfurm (1998-2000) Maarten Atmodikoro (1999-2000) Fabian de Freitas (2003-2004) South Africa Mich D’Avray (1990-1992) Sweden Mike Owusu (2002-2003) Jonas Olsson (2005-2008) Turkey Ayhan Tumani (1998-1999) United States Charles Kazlauskas (2001-2005)

[edit] Man of the Year

Season	Name
2000/2001	Danny Hesp
2001/2002	Rob Wielaert
2002/2003	Rob Wielaert
2003/2004	Dennis Gentenaar
2004/2005	Peter Wisgerhof
2005/2006	Romano Denneboom
2006/2007	Jonas Olsson
2007/2008	Youssef El-Akchaoui
2008/2009	Lasse Schöne
2009/2010	Lorenzo Davids

[edit] Topscorers by season

Season	Name	Goals
1994/1995	Jeffrey Kooistra	8
1995/1996	Antti Sumiala	9
1996/1997	Antti Sumiala	8
1997/1998	Emiel van Eijkeren	13
1998/1999	Jack de Gier	16
1999/2000	Jack de Gier	9
2000/2001	Gorgi Hristov	15
2001/2002	Frank Demouge	7
2002/2003	Youssouf Hersi	9
2003/2004	Youssouf Hersi	10
2004/2005	Saïd Boutahar	8
2005/2006	Andrzej Niedzielan	10
2006/2007	Romano Denneboom	9
2007/2008	Jhon van Beukering	11
2008/2009	Youssef El-Akchaoui	6
2009/2010	Erton Fejzullahu and Bjorn Vleminckx	3

[edit] Sponsors

• Nike
• Curaçao (Fundashon Bon Intenshon)
• Novita
• Rabobank
• McDos

[edit] See also

• Dutch football league teams

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} "History at official N.E.C. website". N.E.C.]. http://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/layout.php?p=3&page=3. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
2. ^ "Franz Beckenbauer about great ambiance N.E.C. Supporters". De Trouwe Honden. 2009-03-17. http://www.detrouwehonden.nl/dbid=106/tpl=1937. 

[edit] External links

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Official

• Official website of N.E.C. (Dutch) / (English)
• Eredivisie.nl Official website Dutch Eredivisie (Dutch)

General fan

• NEC Supportersforum (Dutch) / (English)
• Official website Supportersclub (Dutch) / (English)
• Fansite HKN (Dutch)
• Fansite ForzaNEC (Dutch)
• Fansite NECfan.nl (Dutch)
• NECToday.nl (Dutch)
• Fansite De Trouwe Honden (Dutch)
• Fansite NEC Nijmeguh (Dutch)

News

• Football-Lineups.com / N.E.C. (English)
• VI / N.E.C. (Dutch)
• Headliner / N.E.C. (Dutch)

Multimedia

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v • d • e 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Still in competition Group A Anderlecht · Ajax · Dinamo Zagreb · Timişoara Group B Genoa · Lille · Slavia Prague · Valencia Group C Celtic · Hamburg · Hapoel Tel Aviv · Rapid Wien Group D Heerenveen · Hertha BSC · Sporting CP · Ventspils Group E Basel · CSKA Sofia · Fulham · Roma Group F Dinamo Bucureşti · Galatasaray · Panathinaikos · Sturm Graz Group G Lazio · Levski Sofia · Red Bull Salzburg · Villarreal Group H Fenerbahçe · Sheriff Tiraspol · Steaua Bucureşti · Twente Group I AEK Athens · BATE · Benfica · Everton Group J Club Brugge · Partizan · Shakhtar Donetsk · Toulouse Group K CFR Cluj · Copenhagen · PSV Eindhoven · Sparta Prague Group L Athletic Bilbao · Austria Wien · Nacional · Werder Bremen UCL 3rd place Liverpool Eliminated in Play-off round Sivasspor · Aston Villa · Guingamp · Dynamo Moscow · Amkar Perm · Zenit St. Petersburg · Vaslui · NAC Breda · Hearts · Trabzonspor · Vorskla Poltava · Metalist Kharkiv · Metalurh Donetsk · Racing Genk · PAOK · Teplice · Slovan Liberec · Sigma Olomouc · Sion · Litex Lovech · Stabæk · Tromsø · Odense · Brøndby · Red Star Belgrade · Bnei Yehuda · Elfsborg · Slovan Bratislava · Košice · MŠK Žilina · Lech Poznań · Maribor · Sarajevo · St Patrick's Athletic · Levadia · Baku · Karabakh · Aktobe Eliminated in Third qualifying round Aberdeen · APOP · Braga · Budapest Honvéd · Cherno More · Derry City · Dinamo Tbilisi · Fredrikstad · Gent · IFK Göteborg · Hajduk Split · Helsingborg · Honka · Interblock Ljubljana · KR · Krylia Sovetov · Lahti · Legia Warsaw · Maccabi Netanya · Motherwell · Omonia · Paços de Ferreira · Petrovac · Polonia Warsaw · Rabotnički · Randers · Rijeka · Sevojno · Slaven Belupo · Slavija · Vaduz · Vålerenga · Vėtra · Vojvodina · Young Boys Eliminated in Second qualifying round Aalborg · Anorthosis · Bangor City · Crusaders · Dacia Chişinău · Differdange · Dinaburg · Dinamo Minsk · Falkirk · Flamurtari Vlorë · Flora · Fram · Gandzasar · Gorica · Haladás · HB · HJK Helsinki · Iskra-Stal · Juvenes/Dogana · Kaunas · Larissa · Liepājas Metalurgs · Milano · MTZ-RIPO · Naftan · Olimpi Rustavi · Rosenborg · Rudar Velenje · Santa Coloma · Široki Brijeg · Skonto · Sliema Wanderers · Spartak Trnava · Sūduva · Tobol · Újpest · Valletta · Vllaznia · Zestaponi · Zimbru Chişinău Eliminated in First qualifying round B36 Tórshavn · Banants · Birkirkara · Budućnost · Dinamo Tirana · Grevenmacher · Inter Baku · Irtysh · Käerjéng · Keflavík · Linfield · Lisburn Distillery · Llanelli · MIKA · Narva Trans · Nõmme Kalju · NSÍ Runavík · Okzhetpes · Renova · Simurq Zaqatala · Sligo Rovers · Sutjeska Nikšić · The New Saints Round and draw dates · Qualifying phase and play-off round · Group stage · Knockout stage · Final