Mengenal Lebih Dekat FC Utrecht (mantan klub irfan bachdim)

History

FC Utrecht came into being as a merger of three clubs from the city of Utrecht: DOS, Elinkwijk and Velox.

It featured in the UEFA Cup in the 1980s several times but suffered a downturn in fortunes after 1991 and had to wait for a further ten years to play European football again.

DOS won the national championship in 1958. FC Utrecht has won the KNVB Cup three times: in 1985, 2003 and 2004. In 2004 FC Utrecht won the Johan Cruijff Shield. FC Utrecht was the first club outside the traditional top three Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV to win this Trophy. FC Utrecht is also the only club outside the traditional top three that has never been relegated out of thee Dutch Eredivisi. Partly the cause of this may be the relatively late founding, but it has to be noted that every other team, apart from the traditional top three, currently in the Eredivisie has been relegated at least once since the founding of FC Utrecht.

Stadium

FC Utrecht's stadium is the Stadion Galgenwaard having been previously first named Galgenwaard and later Nieuw Galgenwaard with a current capacity of 24,426 spectators. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 19,600 people. In the season 2006/07 the average attendance has risen to 20,004 people.

Management

Ton du Chatinier is the current manager of the team with Jan Wouters as his assistant. Foeke Booy, the previous manager who led the team to two cup titles and a Johan Cruijff Shield, is now the technical director.

Business

On 2 April 2008 it was announced that former owner of Mammoet, Van Seumeren, has taken over 51% of the shares of FC Utrecht. This makes Utrecht the second club in the Netherlands, after AZ, to be owned by investors.

The board of FC Utrecht has further announced that, because of the money they got for this take over, there will be more room for youth facilities and scouting. Also the board wants FC Utrecht to be competing within the top of the Eredivisie in five years.

European Cups History

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Cup/Europa League	36	13	7	16	47	47
Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	0	1	3	5

Honours

• Eredivisie
  • Winner: 1957-58 (as DOS)

• KNVB Cup
  • Winners: 1985, 2003, 2004
  • Runners-up: 1982, 2002

• Johan Cruijff-schaal
  • Winners: 2004
  • Runners-up: 2003