NEC Nijmegen

NEC Nijmegen
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Full name	Nijmegen Eendracht ; Combinatie Nijmegen
Nickname(s)	NEC
Founded	November 15, 1900
Ground	Stadion de Goffert,; Nijmegen
Capacity	12,500
Chairman	Hans van Delft
Manager	Ron de Groot
League	Eredivisie
2004-05	Eredivisie, 13th
Home colours	Away colours

NEC Nijmegen is a Dutch football club founded in November 15, 1900.

The side has had its share of top world class players in the past including Guus Hiddink. The team's home ground is the 12,500 seater Stadion de Goffert. The club prides itself that it was born out of hard work and dedication and that the working-class founders started playing football not on any grass pitch but in the streets of Nijmegen. It was originally called 'Eendracht' meaning 'Unity' in Dutch. The team played well and in 1903, after a merger with the actual Nijmegen home team, their professional status was assured. The club name NEC is an acronym of 'Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie'.

The club has not won any major tournaments to date although they managed to attain runners-up placing in the Dutch Cup competition in 1973, 1983, 1994 and 2000 which was not a bad result for a team regularly faced with their prospective talents quickly moving on elsewhere for pastures new. They are, however, not short of talents within their ranks as they have experienced goalkeeper Dennis Gentenaar, defenders Rob Wielaert and Björn van der Doelen as well as wingers Romano Denneboom and Tininho. Romano Denneboom is particularly expected to achieve greater things in the future as he was selected for the Dutch national team recently. Recently, the club's management has sacked coach Johan Neeskens who although having a wealth of international experience both as an international player and as a coach, could not string together enough wins since October 2004. The club's coach has yet to be decided, with Neeskens' assistants, Cees Lok and Ron de Groot taking over on an interim basis. Its kit colors are green, black and red. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 11,800 people.

2005/2006 squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	HUN	Gábor Babos
2	DF	NED	Robbie Wielaert
3	DF	NED	Peter Wisgerhof
4	DF	NED	Jeffrey Leiwakabessy
6	DF	NED	Patrick Pothuizen
7	FW	NED	Romano Denneboom
8	MF	PAR	Edgar Barreto
9	FW	BEL	Bart van den Eede
10	MF	NED	Saïd Boutahar
14	DF	NED	Muslu Nalbantoglu
15	DF	SWE	Jonas Olsson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	BRA	Tininho
17	MF	NED	Björn van der Doelen
18	FW	NED	Guillano Grot
19	DF	ECU	José Valencia Murillo
20	FW	NED	Alexander Prent
21	MF	NED	Jasar Takak
22	DF	NED	Chaimil Mormon
23	FW	POL	Andrzej Niedzielan
24	FW	NED	Rutger Worm
25	GK	NED	Raymon van Emmerik

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2005/2006 squad

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