RKC Waalwijk

File:RKC Waalwijk.png
Full name	Rooms Katholieke Combinatie Waalwijk
Short name	RKC Waalwijk
Founded	August 26, 1940; 71 years ago  (1940-08-26)
Ground	Mandemakers Stadion Waalwijk (Capacity: 7,500)
Chairman	Justin Goetzee
Manager	Ruud Brood
League	Eredivisie
2010–11	Eerste Divisie, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

RKC Waalwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɛr.kaː.ˈseɪ̯ ˈʋaːɫ.ʋɛi̯k]) is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' (Roman Catholic Combination in Dutch) and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.

History[link]

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 as 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 season 2006/07, 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.

Results[link]

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RKC in Europe[link]

• 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[link]

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2009 and List of Dutch football transfers winter 2009-10.

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 Jeroen Zoet (on loan from PSV) 2 DF Sigourney Bandjar 3 DF Henrico Drost 4 DF Frank van Mosselveld 5 DF Ard van Peppen (captain) 6 MF Adil Auassar (on loan from Feyenoord) 7 MF Roald van Hout 8 MF Aaron Meijers 9 FW Rick ten Voorde (on loan from NEC) 10 MF Robert Braber 12 DF Cuco Martina 14 FW Mitchell Schet

No. Position Player 15 FW Furkan Alakmak 16 MF Jeff Stans 17 MF Sander Duits 18 DF Guy Ramos 19 FW Mark Janssen 20 FW Geoffrey Castillion (on loan from Ajax) 21 MF Karim Bridji 22 GK Arjan van Dijk 23 MF Evander Sno 24 GK Maik van den Kieboom 29 FW Krisztián Németh

On loan[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 11 FW Karim Fachtali (to Go Ahead Eagles)

Honours[link]

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

Former managers[link]

• Peter Boeve
• Hans Verèl (1993)
• Bert Jacobs (1996–97)
• Martin Jol (1998–04)
• Erwin Koeman (2004–05)
• Adrie Koster (2005–07)
• Mark Wotte (2006–07)
• Željko Petrović (2007–08)
• Ruud Brood (2008–)

See also[link]

• Dutch football league teams

External links[link]

• Official website (Dutch)