PSV

PSV's crest
Full name	Philips Sport Vereniging NV
Nickname(s)	Boeren (Peasants) Rood-witten (Red-whites) Red White Army
Founded	31 August 1913
Ground	Philips Stadion Eindhoven (Capacity: 35,000[1][2])
Chairman	Peter Swinkels
Manager	Dick Advocaat
League	Eredivisie
2010–11	Eredivisie, 3rd
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Philips Sport Vereniging (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfi.lɪps ˌspɔrt vɛ.ˈreɪ̯.nɪ.ɣɪŋ]) (English: Philips Sports Union), abbreviated as PSV and widely known as PSV Eindhoven ([ˌpe.ɛs.ˈveɪ̯ ˈɛi̯nt.hoː.və(n)]), is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department which has been the home for many Dutch and foreign football talents.

Founded in 1913, PSV is one of three European Cup-winning clubs in the Netherlands, alongside AFC Ajax and Feyenoord. They won the European Cup in 1988 against Benfica, making them the second Dutch club to win The Treble, and the UEFA Cup in 1978 against SC Bastia. The club has won the national league 21 times, the national cup nine times and the Johan Cruijff Schaal eight times.

They are often nicknamed Boeren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbuːrə(n)], Dutch for farmers/peasants) in reference to their origins as a provincial city club. Their home is Philips Stadion, which is based in the Eindhoven borough of Strijp.

History[link]

The first club crest

PSV's first league winning team in 1929

After Gerard and Anton Philips gave the foundation order, the club started out as a works team for employees of electronics conglomerate Philips on 31 August (then Koninginnedag), 1913 to celebrate the centennial defeat of the French in the Napoleonic Wars. PSV's home stadium, the Philips Stadion, then known as Philips Sportpark, was built at the same time as the inauguration of the club, although its current capacity was achieved by renovations and improvements over the years.

Because of their close ties with Philips, PSV have had the same jersey sponsor without exception since 1982, the year jersey sponsorships were introduced in the Eredivisie. This is a record in Dutch football.

PSV garnered many honours in the football arena and have been credited as the club where many successful players such as Ruud Gullit, Hans van Breukelen, Gerald Vanenburg, Romário, Eric Gerets, Ronald Koeman, Ronaldo, Luc Nilis, Wim Kieft, Jaap Stam, Boudewijn Zenden, Arthur Numan, Wim Jonk, Danko Lazović, Balázs Dzsudzsák, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Phillip Cocu, Ibrahim Afellay, and Ruud van Nistelrooy made their name. Their success was built on the foundations laid down by other famous players like Coen Dillen, Willy van der Kuijlen, Jan van Beveren, Jan Poortvliet, and the Van de Kerkhof brothers, Willy and René.

PSV has difficulty competing with the salaries that are being paid elsewhere. It has managed though to become a springboard for professional development for talents such as Ronaldo and Eiður Guðjohnsen, who spent two seasons at the club, as well as Mateja Kežman and Arjen Robben, and most recently, Park Ji-Sung, Jefferson Farfán, Ibrahim Afellay, Heurelho Gomes, Alex, and Balázs Dzsudzsák.

Famous coaches such as Guus Hiddink (who between stints at PSV coached the Dutch national team to a fourth-place finish in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and South Korea to a similar fourth place in the 2002 World Cup) have managed the team over the years and have brought considerable successes to the club.

1970s[link]

The mid-and late-1970s were a golden era for PSV. They boasted quality players with the likes of Willy van der Kuijlen, the Van de Kerkhof brothers, Jan van Beveren, Jan Poortvliet, Harry Lubse, and Huub Stevens and won two domestic cups and three domestic championships. PSV also won the UEFA Cup, their first major European title in 1978, by beating French opponents SC Bastia 3–0 in the final's second leg. The first leg ended 0–0.^[3]

Hiddink era, 1987–1990[link]

In 1988, coached by Guus Hiddink and with a team featuring players such as Ronald Koeman, Eric Gerets, Søren Lerby and Wim Kieft, PSV won the European Cup for the first and so far only time in their history, beating Benfica on penalties after an 0–0 ended final.^[4] Hans van Breukelen stopped the crucial penalty. Curiously, PSV took the trophy despite not winning any of its final five fixtures in the competition: they eliminated both Girondins de Bordeaux and Real Madrid on away goals, with all four matches ending in draws.

1988 European Cup Final[link]

25 May 1988	PSV Eindhoven	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
		Report
		Penalties
	Koeman Kieft Nielsen Vanenburg Lerby Janssen	6 – 5	Elzo Dito Hajry Pacheco Mozer Veloso

Following the European Cup win, PSV faced off with Copa Libertadores winners Club Nacional de Football of Montevideo, Uruguay. After a 2–2 draw, Nacional went on to defeat PSV in penalties to win their third FIFA Club World Cup title. Under Hiddink's supervision, PSV won three Eredivisie titles, three KNVB Cups, and the European Cup.

Romario, Ronaldo & Nilis, 1990–1998[link]

After Hiddink left, English coach Bobby Robson, who managed the England national football team, was signed as head coach. PSV won the Dutch league in both the 1990–91 and 1991–92 seasons. However, the team did not make the progress expected by the board in European competitions and Robson was informed that he would be leaving the club at the end of the 1991–92 season.^[5] Robson had problems with handling one of the keyplayers, Brazilian international Romário. Romário, one of the keyplayers scouted by Piet de Visser, joined the team in the Hiddink era, and stayed until 1993, winning three titles for the club.

After Robson left, Hans Westerhof took over, finishing second in the competition. He was replaced by Aad de Mos but he finished third, despite having players like Gheorghe Popescu, Nii Lamptey, and Arthur Numan. Hans van Breukelen retired after this season, having defended the goal for 10 seasons, and named one of the best goalkeepers the club ever had. Ronald Waterreus and Stanley Menzo were signed to compete for a place in the goal in the 1994–1995 season. The younger Waterreus got his place under the bar for ten years.

In his second season, Aad de Mos was fired in October 1994 and temporarily replaced by Kees Rijvers until Dick Advocaat in December 1994 signed as head coach. With new strikers as Ronaldo, who scored 30 goals, and Luc Nilis, the team again finished third, far behind AFC Ajax and Roda JC.

In Dick Advocaat's second season, the performance was better, finishing second in the competition and reaching the quarter-finals of the European Cup against FC Barcelona. After five years, the 1996–97 season proved to be successful, and PSV crowned themselves champions with players like Jaap Stam, Philip Cocu, Wim Jonk, Luc Nilis, Arthur Numan, and talent Boudewijn Zenden.

The 1997–98 season was known for the success of Ajax, and PSV finished second, far behind the champions. The Belgian striker duo of Luc Nilis and Gilles De Bilde scored the most goals in the competition. Even in the Cup Final, Ajax proved to be too strong for the Boeren. The UEFA Champions League campaign ended in the group round, finishing second behind Dynamo Kyiv, despite having played good matches against Barcelona and Newcastle United.

Goalmachines; Kežman & van Nistelrooy, 1998–2002[link]

In the late 1990s, the club had a team full of excellent players like Jaap Stam, Arthur Numan, Phillip Cocu, Boudewijn Zenden, and Luc Nilis. After the 1998 FIFA World Cup, which was a success for Dutch national team, finishing fourth, the club was a victim of that success. Key players were transferred and PSV started the 1998–99 season with a completely new team. Sir Bobby Robson returned to the Netherlands as a favour to the club while Eric Gerets achieved his coaching badges, with striker Luc Nilis and newly-signed Ruud van Nistelrooy, the club finished third on the last day in a 2–3 win over FC Utrecht. Van Nistelrooy and Luc Nilis scored 31 and 24 goals, respectively, becoming top scorer and second most scoring player of the 1998-99 Eredivisie season. They qualified for the Champions League and coach Robson returned to England, replaced by Belgian coach Eric Gerets.

In his first season, new players introduced to the team included Mark van Bommel, Swiss international Johann Vogel, and a player of Gerets' former club Club Brugge, Eric Addo. Veteran Jan Heintze also returned to the club where he won the European Cup. The two forwards, Luc Nilis and Ruud van Nistelrooy, proved to be successful and scored together 48 goals in the competition next to Arnold Bruggink. Van Nistelrooy was once again crowned top scorer of the Eredivisie. The combination of the midfielders Johann Vogel and Mark van Bommel was also very successful for PSV. Their performances that season meant that PSV were able to win their 15th title.

Eric Gerets also won the 2000–01 title with new striker Mateja Kežman, who replaced Luc Nilis and the injured Van Nistelrooy. Newcomers Kevin Hofland and John de Jong also showed their talents. In the Champions League, Anderlecht and Manchester United proved to be too strong, although a beautiful goal against Manchester United by Mateja Kežman is often remembered by the fans. He became topscorer of the Eredivisie in 2000–01 (24 goals), 2002–03 (35 goals), and 2003–04 (31 goals). The UEFA Cup quarter-final against Kaiserslautern was a black day in PSV history when angry fans entered the field. PSV didn't made it to the semi-finals and received a fine by UEFA and was forced to play a European match on neutral ground. PSV won the Eredivisie again and striker Van Nistelrooy, fully recovered from a knee-injury, was sold eventually to Manchester United. As a result, PSV signed FC Twente striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, who had to compete with Kežman for a primary position. Although the team still had some excellent players, a difficult start in the competition eventually saw them finishing second behind rivals AFC Ajax.

In the Champions League, PSV lost 4–1 to FC Nantes on 11 September 2001. PSV again didn't make it to the second round and had to play in the UEFA Cup instead. In the fourth round, PSV beat Leeds United. In the quarter-finals, for the first time in history, two Dutch teams played against each other in a European competition, with PSV facing Feyenoord. Both matches ended in 1–1 draws. Feyenoord won the encounter in a penalty shootout and went on to win the UEFA Cup. The team had lost faith in manager Eric Gerets, who was released by the club.

Second Hiddink era, 2002–2006[link]

Guus Hiddink

Soon after the successful 2002 FIFA World Cup for South Korea, Guus Hiddink was signed as the new coach. Arjen Robben was one of the talented new players at the club, which resulted in a new title. PSV finished last in the group round of the Champions League. In the same season, the influences of Hiddink as former coach of South Korea were shown, as Park Ji-Sung and Lee Young-Pyo joined the team.

In the 2003–04 season, PSV failed to reclaim the title. In the Champions League group round, the team finished third, despite having the same amount of points as Deportivo de La Coruña, but the Spanish side having a better result. In the UEFA Cup, PSV was beaten in the quarter-final by Newcastle United and old manager Bobby Robson. Goalkeeper Ronald Waterreus, who defended the club goal for 10 seasons, decided to leave the club.

In the 2004–05 season, PSV was at the top of their game with influential players such as Mark van Bommel, Johann Vogel, and Phillip Cocu on midfield, and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Park Ji-Sung as forwards. For the first time in history, PSV reached the knockout stage of the modern Champions League, despite losing a couple of key players such as Arjen Robben, Dennis Rommedahl, and Mateja Kežman in the summer of 2004. Hiddink created a new team with new players such as defender Alex, goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, and forwards Jefferson Farfán and DaMarcus Beasley.

PSV finished second behind Arsenal in the group stage of the Champions League and beat 2004 Champions League finalists AS Monaco with 1–0 and 0–2. After reaching the quarter-finals, another team from France came on their route, Olympique Lyonnais. The two matches ended in 1–1 and penalties were needed to decide the semi-finalists. PSV won the penalty shootout with Brazilian striker Robert scoring the final one.

PSV travelled to Italy but lost the first tie against Milan with a 2–0 score. PSV started well in the return match, with an early goal from Park Ji-Sung. A goal in the second half from Phillip Cocu doubled the score on the night. Milan midfielder Massimo Ambrosini, however, scored a goal in extra time of the second half. Despite a goal from Cocu a minute later, Milan went to the final on away goals. This is probably one of the strongest matches PSV has ever played and most fans remember the tears of Brazilian defender Alex, also known as "The Tank." The season was the most successful season in the recent years, winning the 18th Eredivisie title as well as their eighth KNVB Cup.

Regardless, after the departures of influential players such as Mark van Bommel, Johan Vogel, Park Ji-Sung, Lee Young-Pyo, and Wilfred Bouma after the 2004–05 season, PSV have moved to secure the services of players like Rangers' Michael Ball, Mika Väyrynen and Belgium midfielder Timmy Simons. With the addition of young players to bolster the squad such as Ismaïl Aissati and Ibrahim Afellay, PSV reached the knockout stage of the 2005–06 Champions League for a second running, having reached the semi-final stage in the Champions League season before. PSV ended again second in the group behind Milan. The team defeated the Italians in the home match with 1–0 in a tough group with Schalke 04 and Fenerbahçe. In the first knockout round, Lyon proved to be too strong over two matches. PSV again won the domestic title, but lost the cup final against archrivals Ajax, the last match of Hiddink as coach of the team.

Managerial turmoil, 2006–2009[link]

Eredivisie champions 2008

Arsenal - PSV, Champions League 2007

For the 2006–07 season, PSV contracted manager Ronald Koeman to succeed Hiddink. They also signed Ecuadorian player Edison Méndez and Mexican player Carlos Salcido after the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where they assisted their teams to the second round. Jan Wouters and Tonny Bruins Slot were brought in as the assistant-managers. André Ooijer and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink left the club after the start of the competition, and as replacements, Jan Kromkamp came from Liverpool and former Ajax striker Patrick Kluivert signed for a year. The top goal scorers of the season were Jefferson Farfán and Arouna Koné. The season saw the club building a gap with the other teams. The lead quickly dissipated in the 13 matches that followed. A draw of PSV at FC Utrecht in the penultimate round saw AZ and Ajax catching up. The three clubs were all on 72 points from 33 matches, with AZ on top due to goal difference. Ajax were second, PSV were third.

PSV won the Eredivisie for the 2006–07 season on 29 April with a 5–1 score, final day home victory against Vitesse Arnhem. AZ suffered a shocking 2–3 defeat away at SBV Excelsior, while Ajax and PSV both won. Therefore, the title was decided only by goal difference, with PSV's bigger winning margin proving decisive as they bettered Ajax's goal difference by just one goal (+50 compared with +49). This is known as the most exciting and closest title races in many years.

In the UEFA Champions League, PSV qualified for the knockout stage for the third time in a row, second behind Liverpool, leaving Girondins de Bordeaux and Galatasaray behind. In the first knockout phase, PSV defeated Arsenal at home with 1–0 by a goal from Edison Méndez. In the return, PSV struggled and keyplayer Alex scored an own goal. He scored the unexpected 1–1, however, which was enough for PSV to reach the quarter-finals. Liverpool again was the opponent, but an injured PSV squad lost 0–4 on aggregate.

Although the club won the title, chairman Schuitema voiced criticism on coach Ronald Koeman after almost losing the championship, despite having a huge lead in December. But it was decided that Koeman would stay on for another year. New chairman Jan Reker replaced Schuitema.

After the season in which PSV won their 20th title, key players Phillip Cocu and Alex left the club. A difficult job for coach Koeman to fill their positions. They signed Mike Zonneveld, Kenneth Perez, and Danko Lazović. Danny Koevermans came from AZ after Arouna Koné eventually was sold to Sevilla FC. Also, Ismaïl Aissati and Otman Bakkal came back from Twente after playing for that club on loan.

The team was disqualified from the Dutch Cup tournament, after fielding Manuel da Costa, who was still suspended as a result of last year's tournament. PSV general manager called it "a huge blunder." On 31 October 2007, Ronald Koeman agreed to be the new coach of Valencia CF, despite having a contract at PSV. The search for a new coach showed to be a struggle for the club and assistant coach Jan Wouters agreed to temporarily take over the job of head coach. Sef Vergoossen was contracted to be head coach until the end of the season, when Huub Stevens took over.^[6] On 31 December 2007, Kenneth Perez left the club for Ajax, where he was bought from in the summer of the same year. Chairman Reker declared that it was Perez's own choice to leave the club.^[7] On 26 February PSV midfielder John de Jong retired at the age of 30 after failing to recover from an injury he sustained during a training session in 2005.^[8] Despite these personnel changes, PSV went on to win their 21st title, making it the third time in the history of the league that a team won four championships in a row, after HVV Den Haag (1900, 1901, 1902, 1903) and PSV (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989).

On 23 August 2008, PSV won the Johan Cruijff schaal (Dutch Super Cup) 2–0, the goals scored by Danko Lazović and Dirk Marcellis against Feyenoord, PSV being the winner of the Eredivisie and Feyenoord won the KNVB Cup. PSV started well in the league, winning their first two games. However, the first Champions League match at home against Atlético Madrid was lost 0–3. This match was a sign of things to come. PSV were chanceless in their Champions League group, losing to Liverpool both home and away, losing away against Olympique de Marseille and losing home and away against Atlético Madrid. The only match won by PSV was the home game against Marseille. These poor results meant that PSV finished last in their group, behind Liverpool, Atlético Madrid, and Marseille, respectively. For the first time since 2002, PSV was eliminated from European football before the winter. AZ went on to win the national league and PSV finished fourth, their worst league performance since 1981 (curiously, the only other year in which AZ won the championship) when they finished fifth. This disappointing league performance meant that for the first time since the 1996–97 season, PSV would not be playing in the Champions League, but in the newly named UEFA Europa League instead.

Fred Rutten & Europa League, 2009-2012[link]

LOSC Lille - PSV, Europa League 2011

Fred Rutten, former Schalke 04 coach, took over as head coach and had a very successful first half of the 2009–10 season in which PSV didn't lose a single game in the national league, the national cup, and the Europa League. They finished the calendar year 2009 in the second spot in the national league behind FC Twente, who also did also not lose a single domestic game in the season's first half. The second half turned out to be less successful. PSV started drawing and losing many league matches (two draws and two defeats in the first 10 league matches of 2010) and was eliminated from the national cup and the 2009-10 Europa League tournaments by Feyenoord and Hamburger SV respectively. As of March 14, 2010 PSV were second in the league trailing leaders Twente by five points with only one point lead on the third placed team AFC Ajax.

As the 54th Eredivisie ended on 2 May 2010, PSV ended in third, eight points behind the champions, after a shaky end as Ajax climbed up the table to swipe second while Twente won with one point over Ajax. PSV would therefore enter the Europa League of the following season, thus missing qualification for the Champions League for the second year in a row.

On 24 October 2010, they beat Feyenoord with a 10–0 score. It was the third time in history that PSV won a match in the Eredivisie with this amount of goals. In 1973, Go Ahead Eagles and in 1998, FC Volendam, were also crushed with the same score.^[9] The goalscorers of the match: Jonathan Reis (24', 47', 59'), Ola Toivonen (49') Jeremain Lens (55', 87') Balázs Dzsudzsák (62', 77') Orlando Engelaar (69') (Bruno Martins Indi (39', own goal)).

On 24 February 2011, PSV reached the quarter-finale of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League by beating French side Lille 5–3 on aggregate. On 17 March, PSV advanced by beating Rangers 1–0 on aggregate in the round of 16, the goal courtesy of Jeremain Lens, to reach the quarter-finals. They lost against Benfica 6–3 on aggregate.

PSV ended on a disappointing third place in the 2010–11 season after losing a close title race to Ajax. Twente beat them to second place and qualified for Champions League, hence PSV found itself missing qualification for the Champions League for the third consecutive year. Being in financial problems, the club was helped by the city council of Eindhoven, who granted a larger amount of money to make sure the club would not face the possibility of going into administration.

Having financial struggles, transfers of profile players were inevitable. The captain and hero, Ibrahim Afellay, was sold to giants FC Barcelona in the winter transfer window, and Hungarian winger Balázs Dzsudzsák moved to the newly rich Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala in the summer of 2011. Despite the financial headaches, PSV was able to sign big talents to the squad. Kevin Strootman and Dries Mertens made the move from FC Utrecht to PSV, and Georginio Wijnaldum was bought from rivals Feyenoord. Furthermore, former FC Groningen striker Tim Matavž was brought to Eindhoven with ADO Den Haag defender Timothy Derijck. Goalkeeper Przemysław Tytoń made a loan-deal from Roda JC, and was later announced bought via an option to buy agreement in his loan contract.

In the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, PSV won their group with 16 points. They advanced to the group stage by beating Austrian SV Ried on an aggregate score of 5–0 in the play-offs. They won all their group matches except the home game against Hapoel Tel Aviv, where PSV came back after being 1–3 down after 59 minutes. Georginio Wijnaldum reduced the away side's lead after 12 minutes, and Ola Toivonen and Kevin Strootman made sure they went unbeaten to the round of 32. After being eliminated from Champions League, the Turkish side, Trabzonspor would meet PSV in the round of 32. The first leg was played in Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium in Trabzon, where PSV started strong by scoring two goals in the first half, courtesy of Tim Matavž and Ola Toivonen. The match ended 1–2 and the second leg would be played in Philips Stadion on 23 February 2011. Here, PSV beat Trabzonspor 4–1 by goals from Dries Mertens, Tim Matavž (twice), and Kevin Strootman. In the first leg of Round of 16 in March, Valencia CF beat PSV 4–2 at Estadio Mestalla. Ola Toivonen scored on a penalty and Georginio Wijnaldum reduced with a late goal.

PSV lost 3–1 away to NAC Breda the following Sunday in the Eredivisie, and Fred Rutten's position in the club was therefore under doubt by many critics. It became his last match in charge of PSV.

Current situation, 2012–[link]

On 12 March 2012, it was announced that head coach Fred Rutten would be replaced by former assistant-coach Phillip Cocu in the role as caretaker until the end of the 2012 season. Ernest Faber, former PSV defender and youth coach, was accordingly signed on a two-year deal from FC Eindhoven as Cocu's assistant-trainer.^[10] Rutten's resignation was originally planned to happen at the end of the season, but the fact that he had not been able to bring PSV back to the top of the Eredivisie in his previous seasons, and that the team recently had lost vital points against FC Groningen, FC Twente, and NAC Breda in the title race, meant that the club acted before Rutten's scheduled departure.

Cocu and Faber's first match in charge of PSV was the second leg of their Europa League Round of 16 match against Valencia CF on 15 March 2012. They drew 1–1 at the Philips Stadion, which meant that Valencia advanced to the quarter-final 3–5 on aggregate. Ola Toivonen scored the only goal for PSV in the Philips Stadion, but the team created many chances and above all showed evidence of progress.

On 16 March, former PSV player and club youth coach Chris van der Weerden was appointed as additional assistant-coach under Phillip Cocu.^[11]

PSV's first Eredivisie match under the supervision of Cocu and his new staff was the 5–1 win against SC Heerenveen on 18 March 2012. Ola Toivonen, Orlando Engelaar, and upcomer Memphis Depay each scored a goal, while Dries Mertens scored two. The win revitalized the club's current ambitions of becoming champions. On 21 March, PSV advanced the KNVB Beker final by beating Heerenveen 1–3. Zakaria Labyad, Giorginio Wijnaldum and Tim Matavž each scored, while Przemysław Tytoń, who had replaced Andreas Isaksson as first choice in the goal, saved a penalty from Bas Dost.

On 6 April, it was announced that PSV had been placed in the KNVB's financial category 3, the healthiest category, based on the financial strength of the club.^[12] Taking the financial struggles of 2011 into consideration, this was an important improvement for PSV.

PSV won the KNVB Beker final against Heracles Almelo 3–0 on 8 April, clinching the club's ninth domestic cup.^[13] Ola Toivonen opened the goal account by scoring a fine heel goal, and the victory was accordingly sealed by goals from Dries Mertens and Jeremain Lens. Approximately 17,000 fans traveled to Rotterdam in support.

Former PSV manager and current Russia coach Dick Advocaat announced on 30 April that he had reached a verbal agreement with to club to take over the reigns as manager after the season concluded.^[14] It was followingly rumored that Mark van Bommel would return to his old club from Milan.^[15] Although Phillip Cocu had been quite successful as caretaker both in terms of results and among players and the fans, he would become coach of one of the PSV youth teams. It had been reported that Cocu had been hesitant to take the role as head coach in the first place.

PSV ended the Eredivisie season in third place, failing to qualify for the 2012–13 Champions League. Winning the KNVB Cup had been somewhat of a consolation prize, ending the club's trophy drought which had lasted since 2008. Advocaat was on May 10 2012 officially announced as manager on a 1 year contract.

Stadium & training facilities[link]

Philips Stadion with a capacity of 35,000.

De Herdgang

The Philips Stadion is the PSV home base. Since the founding of the club, PSV's home base is still at the same place where the PSV sports grounds were established in 1913. It was first inaugurated by the five year old boy named Frits Philips, in January 1911 when the Philips Elftal played their first game. PSV was not founded yet. The neighborhood where the stadium is located is the Philipsdorp ('Philips village'), close to the centre of Eindhoven. The current capacity has been achieved by various modernisation programmes.

The stadium can accommodate 35,000 people on match days. Plans to further expand the ground to 45,000 seats are being examined, this would have been a mandatory task if the World Cup of 2018 or 2022 would have been hosted by the Netherlands and Belgium. The average attendance for the season 2007–08 was 33,600. All seats are covered and heated. In the summer of 2005, the board of the club decided to remove the tall fences around the pitch, replacing them with 90 cm high railings keeping the spectators off the grass. Unauthorized persons who do invade the pitch will receive a €15,000 penalty and a ten-year-ban from visiting the Philips Stadion.

The stadium has been host to many European Cup matches, and was one of the Dutch venues for the Euro 2000 competition jointly organised by the Netherlands and Belgium.

In 2006, the UEFA Cup Final between Sevilla FC and Middlesbrough was held in this stadium.

The stadium also features a Michelin-starred restaurant (Avant Garde) situated high above the pitch and available for meals wrapped around matches. No other stadium in the Netherlands holds a Michelin starred restaurant.

Approximately 3,5 km northwest of Philips Stadion lies "De Herdgang" - the training facilities of PSV. It is located near Philips de Jonghpark, in woodland surroundings. It is also the base of the club's youth team "Jong PSV" and therefore also consists of a youth complex with a main pitch and an artificial pitch. The first team's training sessions are often open for the public.

Honours[link]

Domestic[link]

• Eredivisie: 21
  • 1928–29, 1934–35, 1950–51, 1962–63, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
• KNVB Cup: 9
  • 1949–50, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1995–96, 2004–05, 2011–12
• Johan Cruijff Schaal: 8
  • 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2008–09

European[link]

• European Cup: 1
  • 1987–88
• UEFA Cup: 1
  • 1977–78

Unofficial[link]

• Philips Tournament: 3
  • 1982, 1984, 1985
• President's Cup: 1
  • 1983
• Torneo Internacional de Fútbol de Maspalomas: 3
  • 1984, 1985, 2000
• Trofeo Villa de Madrid: 1
  • 1984
• Peace Cup: 1
  • 2003
• Russian Railways Cup: 1
  • 2007

Domestic results[link]

Below is a table with PSV's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

UEFA Ranking[link]

Club coefficients 2011/12: (as of March 13, 2012)

• 19. — Villarreal CF  Spain
• 20. +1 PSV Eindhoven  Netherlands
• 21. +1 Sporting Clube de Portugal  Portugal

The club coefficient rankings are based on the results of clubs competing in the five previous seasons of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The rankings determine the seeding of each club in all UEFA competition draws.^[16]

In both the 2005-06 and 2007-08 Champions League season, PSV were ranked as the 12th best team in Europe according to UEFA's ranking system.

Sponsorship[link]

Philips - main sponsor since 1982

Companies that PSV Eindhoven currently has sponsorship deals with include

• Philips – Main Sponsor
• Nike – Official Partner
• Mercedes-Benz – Official Partner
• Bavaria – Official Partner
• Rabobank – Official Partner
• VDL – Official Partner
• De Lage Landen – Official Partner
• Menzis – Official Partner
• Banning – Official Partner
• Brain Wash – Official Partner
• Ernst & Young – Official Sponsor
• VolkerWessels – Official Sponsor
• Coca Cola – Official Supplier
• Athlon Car Lease – Official Supplier
• Maison van den Boer – Official Supplier
• Freo^{[disambiguation needed ]} – Shirt Sponsor

Current squad[link]

As of 27 May 2012

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Przemysław Tytoń 2 DF Stanislav Manolev 3 DF Wilfred Bouma 4 DF Marcelo 5 DF Erik Pieters 6 MF Mark van Bommel (captain) 7 FW Ola Toivonen 8 MF Kevin Strootman 9 FW Tim Matavž 10 MF Georginio Wijnaldum 11 FW Jeremain Lens 13 MF Atiba Hutchinson 14 FW Dries Mertens

No. Position Player 15 MF Stijn Wuytens 17 DF Abel Tamata 18 DF Timothy Derijck 19 DF Jetro Willems 20 FW Zakaria Labyad 21 GK Boy Waterman 22 FW Memphis Depay 23 MF Orlando Engelaar 24 MF Marcel Ritzmaier 25 DF Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen 28 MF Otman Bakkal 33 GK Nigel Bertrams

Retired number[link]

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

99 – Phoxy (Mascot)

Jong PSV[link]

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

No. Position Player 27 DF Stefano Marzo 29 DF Imad Najah 30 FW Ruben Bentancourt 38 DF Maikel Verkoelen 42 FW Jurgen Locadia GK Benjamin van Leer GK Nigel Bertrams

No. Position Player DF Robert Guerain DF Raoul Esseboom DF Marco Ospitalieri MF Jason Bourdouxhe MF Peter van Ooijen FW Gianluca Maria

Notable former players[link]

Main Article: List of PSV Eindhoven players

Technical staff[link]

Manager:	Dick Advocaat
Assistant Manager (ft):	Ernest Faber
Assistant Managers (pt):	Phillip Cocu, Chris van der Weerden
Team manager:	Mart van den Heuvel
Goalkeeping Coach	Anton Scheutjens
Head of Youth Academy:	Jelle Goes
Young PSV Head Coach:	Marco Roelofsen

Former Managers[link]

Name Years Trophies Kees Meijnders 1914–16 Wout Buitenweg 1916–21 Jan Vos 1921–22 John Leavy 1922–26 Ben Hoogstede 1926–27 Ignaz Klein 1927–28 Joop Klein Wentink 1928–29 1929 national championship Jack Hall 1929–35 1935 national championship Sam Wadsworth 1935–38 Jan van den Broek 1938–42 Coen Delsen 1942–45 Sam Wadsworth 1945–51 KNVB Cup 1950, 1951 national championship Harry Topping 1951–52 Huub de Leeuw 1952–56 Ljubiša Broćić 1956–57 George Hardwick 1957–58 Cees van Dijcke 1958–59 Ljubiša Broćić 1959–60 Franz Binder 1960–62 Bram Appel 1962–67 1963 Eredivisie Milan Nikolić 1967 Wim Blokland 1967–68 Kurt Linder 1968–72 Kees Rijvers 1972–80 1975, 1976 & 1978 Eredivisie, 1974, 1976 KNVB Cup, 1978 UEFA Cup Jan Reker 1980 Thijs Libregts 1980–83 Jan Reker 1983–86 1986 Eredivisie Hans Kraay 1986–87 Guus Hiddink 1987–90 1987, 1988 & 1989 Eredivisie, 1988, 1989 & 1990 KNVB Cup, 1988 European Cup Bobby Robson 1990–92 1991 & 1992 Eredivisie Hans Westerhof 1992–93 1992 Dutch Super Cup Aad de Mos 1993–95 Kees Rijvers 1995 Dick Advocaat 1995–98 1997 Eredivisie, 1996 KNVB Cup, 1996 & 1997 Dutch Super Cup Bobby Robson 1998–99 1998 Dutch Super Cup Eric Gerets 1999-02 2000 & 2001 Eredivisie, 2001 & 2002 Dutch Super Cup Guus Hiddink 2002–06 2003, 2005 & 2006 Eredivisie, 2005 KNVB Cup, 2003 Dutch Super Cup Ronald Koeman 2006–07 2007 Eredivisie Jan Wouters 2007 Sef Vergoossen 2008 2008 Eredivisie Huub Stevens 2008–09 2008 Dutch Super Cup Dwight Lodeweges 2009 Fred Rutten 2009–12 Phillip Cocu 2012- 2012 KNVB Cup