ADO Den Haag

ADO Den Haag
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Full name	Haaglandse Football Club ; Alles Door Oefening; Den Haag
Nickname(s)	ADO
Founded	February 1,1905
Ground	Zuiderpark Stadion,; Zuiderpark, The Hague
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	John van Ringelenstein
Manager	Frans Adelaar
League	Eredivisie
2005-06	Eredivisie, 15th
Home colours	Away colours

ADO Den Haag (ADO stands for Alles Door Oefening, Everything Through Practice) is the main football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club. Despite being from one of the traditional three large Dutch cities, it has not been able to match Ajax Amsterdam or Feyenoord Rotterdam in terms of success in the Eredivisie. There is nonetheless a big rivalry with Ajax and Feyenoord, which regularly leads to clashes between the hooligans of the three clubs. However, the rivalry with Ajax is bigger than the rivalry with Feyenoord, which means that during clashes between hooligans of Feyenoord and Ajax, ADO hooligans tend to choose the side of the Feyenoord hooligans. ADO Den Haag has won the Eredivisie title in 1942 and 1943 and the KNVB Cup in 1968 and 1975 (under the name FC Den Haag). Greatest European success was a quarter final game against West Ham United for the European Cup Winners Cup in 1976. A 4-2 win in The Hague followed by a 3-1 defeat in London meant elimination. After a long spell in the country's second tier of league football, ADO Den Haag currently play at the top level again. The club's home is the 11,000 seater Zuiderpark Stadion. Their home colors are yellow and green. The average attendance in 2005/06 was 6,800 people. Within a few years the club will move to the new Haaglanden Stadion with a capacity of 15,000 seats.

Current squad 2006/2007

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
––	DF	NED	Said Bakkati
––	MF	NED	Ferry Bodde
––	DF	NED	Pascal Bosschaart
––	MF	BEL	Laurent Delorge
––	FW	NED	Eljero Elia
––	MF	DEN	Jesper Hakansson
––	MF	NED	Richard Knopper
––	MF	NED	Santi Kolk
––	DF	NED	Christiaan Kum
––	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Loumpoutis
––	DF	NED	Angelo Martha


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
––	FW	NED	Michael Mols
––	GK	NED	Stefan Postma
––	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Rankovic
––	DF	NED	Daniel Rijaard
––	FW	FIN	Paulus Roiha
––	DF	ESP	Alberto Saavedra
––	MF	BRA	Tininho
––	MF	NED	Wesley Verhoek
––	DF	BEL	Stijn Vreven
––	FW	SUR	Mark de Vries
––	GK	CAN	Joshua Wagenaar
––	GK	NED	Robert Zwinkels

Players who once played for ADO Den Haag

Harald Berg - 54 caps for Norway
Martin Jol - 1987 Dutch Player of the Year
Aad Mansveld - 6 caps for The Netherlands and all-time club legend. 559 games for the club in the Eredivisie
Tony Morley - topscorer in season 1986/1987
Lex Schoenmaker - The club's European topscorer, together with Aad Mansveld

Managers

ADO Den Haag / FC Den Haag had some famous managers over the years. Some big names:

Ernst Happel - 1962 - 1969
Vaclav Jezek - 1969 - 1972
Vujadin Boskov - 1974 - 1976
Anton Malatinský - 1976 - 1978
Co Adriaanse - 1988 - 1992
Rinus Israel - 2001 - 2004

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Current squad 2006/2007

Players who once played for ADO Den Haag

Managers

See also

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