SC Cambuur

Cambuur

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Full name	SC Cambuur
Nickname(s)	The Yellow-Blues SCC
Founded	19 June 1964 (1964-06-19)
Ground	Cambuur Stadion Leeuwarden
Ground Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Ype Smid
Manager	Marcel Keizer
League	Eerste Divisie
2015–16	Eredivisie, 18th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

SC Cambuur (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛsˈseː ˈkɑmbyːr]), formed on 19 June 1964, is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden that currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, the top flight of Dutch football, after being relegated in May 2016. The home ground of the club is the 10,000-capacity Cambuur Stadion. The club usually plays in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The origin of the club's emblem is the coat of arms of the House of Cammingha, a Frisian noble family.

History

Founded in 1964, Cambuur has played a total of five seasons in the top-flight Eredivisie. In the 1980s and 1990s, the club was a regular contender in the Eerste Divisie playoffs. Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie title in 1992 and gained promotion to the Eredivisie, but was relegated two seasons later in 1994. In 1998, the club was promoted again to the Eredivisie, but again was relegated after just two years in the top-flight in 2000. Troubled times followed which brought the "folk club" close to bankruptcy in 2005. The rebuilding started in 2006 and since 2010, the club has been in a relatively stable financial condition.

In 2009, the club almost won the playoff against Eredivisie side Roda JC, only losing on penalties. In 2010, the club came in second, again just narrowly missing promotion. Cambuur welcomed during these play-offs more than 40,000 spectators in just two weeks. Another estimated 7,000 fans watched the final play-off match against Roda on a large screen in the city centre of the city of Leeuwarden. More than 1.4 million people watched the final play-off match on television, which appeared to be another record for a play-off promotion match in the Netherlands. In total, more than 4.5 million people watched the play-off matches between Cambuur, PEC Zwolle and Roda JC on television that year.

Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie championship in the 2012–13 season, awarding the club promotion to the Eredivisie for the 2013–14 season. On 1 May 2016, Cambuur were relegated to the Eerste Divisie after they were beaten 6-2 away at PSV Eindhoven.

Supporters

Cambuur has a group of ultras, known as the M.I.-Side, who stand on the north and south stands at the Cambuur Stadion. The name derives from the street names in which the stands are built: M stands for Marathonstraat and I for Insulindestraat. Most of the hardcore fans of Cambuur are sitting close to the stand of the away fans on the northern side of the stadium. They are among the most notorious in the Netherlands. In the 2009–10 season, the average attendance was 8,600 fans per game, and more than 6,500 season tickets were sold. That was a new record for Cambuur, as these numbers were achieved while the club was in the second division but even higher than when it played in the Eredivisie. In the 2009–10 season, the club sold out six regular season matches with 10,000 fans per game, another milestone for the Leeuwarden-based club. Never before in the second division it had sold out that many regular season matches.

Current squad

As of 1 September 2015

For recent transfers, see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2015

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Wessel Dammers (on loan from Feyenoord) 4 DF Vytautas Andriuškevičius 5 DF Marlon Pereira 6 MF Erik Bakker 7 FW Furdjel Narsingh 8 MF Sjoerd Overgoor (captain) 9 FW Martijn Barto 10 MF Jack Byrne (on loan from Manchester City) 11 FW Dominik Masek 12 FW Xander Houtkoop 14 FW Mikhail Rosheuvel 15 FW Jergé Hoefdraad 16 DF Djavan Anderson 17 MF Rai Vloet (on loan from PSV)

No. Position Player 18 FW Kevin van Veen (on loan from Scunthorpe United) 20 MF Sander van de Streek 21 DF Martijn van der Laan (on loan from Groningen) 22 GK Leonard Nienhuis 23 DF Marvin Peersman 24 MF Tom Hiariej (on loan from Groningen) 25 MF Berend Schootstra 26 GK Harm Zeinstra 28 GK André Krul 29 DF Darryl Lachman (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) 30 DF Calvin Mac-Intosch 35 MF Jamiro Monteiro 39 MF Noureddine Boutzamar 41 DF Omar El Baad

On loan

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Kai Heerings (at Helmond Sport until 30 June 2016)

Players with dual citizenship

• Marlon Pereira
• Furdjel Narsingh
• Mikhail Rosheuvel
• Jergé Hoefdraad
• Djavan Anderson
• Bartholomew Ogbeche
• Valmir Berisha
• Marvin Peersman
• Calvin Mac-Intosch
• Jamiro Monteiro
• Noureddine Boutzamar
• Omar El Baad
• Darryl Lachman

Coaching staff

Head coach	Marcel Keizer
Assistant coach	Sipke Hulshoff
Assistant coach	Arne Slot
Assistant coach	Jan Bruin
Goalkeeping coach	René Ponk

Honours

• Eerste Divisie
  • Winner: 1992, 2013
  • Runners-up: 1997, 1998, 2010
• Tweede Divisie
  • Winner: 1957, 1965
• Promoted to Eredivisie
  • Promotion: 1992, 1998, 2013

Recent history

Below is a table with Cambuur's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Domestic Results since 1956
Domestic league	League result	Qualification to	KNVB Cup season	Cup result
2015–16 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	2015–16	second round
2014–15 Eredivisie	12th	–	2014–15	quarter-finals
2013–14 Eredivisie	12th	–	2013–14	round of 16
2012–13 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	2012–13	Round of 16
2011–12 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2011–12	second round
2010–11 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2010–11	fourth round
2009–10 Eerste Divisie	2nd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2009–10	second round
2008–09 Eerste Divisie	3rd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2008–09	third round
2007–08 Eerste Divisie	17th	–	2007–08	third round
2006–07 Eerste Divisie	12th	–	2006–07	second round
2005–06 Eerste Divisie	15th	–	2005–06	second round
2004–05 Eerste Divisie	9th	–	2004–05	second round
2003–04 Eerste Divisie	17th	–	2003–04	third round
2002–03 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	2002–03	second round
2001–02 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2001–02	third round
2000–01 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2000–01	third round
1999–2000 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (losing promo./releg. play-off)	1999–2000	second round
1998–99 Eredivisie	15th	–	1998–99	round of 16
1997–98 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (winning promo./releg. play-off)	1997–98	second round
1996–97 Eerste Divisie	2nd	promotion/relegation play-off: no promotion	1996–97	second round
1995–96 Eerste Divisie	6th	–	1995–96	quarter-finals
1994–95 Eerste Divisie	7th	–	1994–95	second round
1993–94 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1993–94	second round
1992–93 Eredivisie	14th	–	1992–93	third round
1991–92 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1991–92	third round
1990–91 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1990–91	second round
1989–90 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1989–90	first round
1988–89 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1988–89	first round
1987–88 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1987–88	second round
1986–87 Eerste Divisie	3rd	promotion competition: no promotion	1986–87	first round
1985–86 Eerste Divisie	19th	–	1985–86	first round
1984–85 Eerste Divisie	9th	–	1984–85	second round
1983–84 Eerste Divisie	4th	–	1983–84	first round
1982–83 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion competition: no promotion	1982–83	second round
1981–82 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1981–82	second round
1980–81 Eerste Divisie	9th	–	1980–81	first round
1979–80 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion competition: no promotion	1979–80	second round
1978–79 Eerste Divisie	15th	–	1978–79	first round
1977–78 Eerste Divisie	12th	–	1977–78	second round
1976–77 Eerste Divisie	10th	–	1976–77	first round
1975–76 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1975–76	first round
1974–75 Eerste Divisie	13th	–	1974–75	second round
1973–74 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1973–74	first round
1972–73 Eerste Divisie	7th	–	1972–73	first round
1971–72 Eerste Divisie	8th	–	1971–72	did not participate
1970–71 Eerste Divisie	4th	–	1970–71	round of 16
1969–70 Eerste Divisie	8th	–	1969–70	first round
1968–69 Eerste Divisie	4th	–	1968–69	first round
1967–68 Eerste Divisie	9th	–	1967–68	group stage
1966–67 Eerste Divisie	4th	–	1966–67	first round
1965–66 Eerste Divisie	9th	–	1965–66	group stage
1964–65 Tweede Divisie	1st (winning championship play-off)	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1964–65	first round
1963–64 Tweede Divisie	9th (group A) (as VV Leeuwarden)	–	1963–64	first round
1962–63 Tweede Divisie	7th (group A) (as VV Leeuwarden)	–	1962–63	first round
1961–62 Eerste Divisie	13th (group A) (as VV Leeuwarden)	Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1961–62	?
1960–61 Eerste Divisie	10th (group A) (as VV Leeuwarden)	–	1960–61	?
1959–60 Eerste Divisie	6th (group B) (as VV Leeuwarden)	–	not held	not held
1958–59 Eerste Divisie	2nd (group A) (as VV Leeuwarden)	–	1958–59	?
1957–58 Eerste Divisie	3rd (group B) (as VV Leeuwarden)	–	1957–58	?
1956–57 Tweede Divisie	1st (group A) (as VV Leeuwarden)	Eerste Divisie (promotion)	1956–57	?

Managers

• Jan Bens (July 1, 1964 – June 30, 1966)
• Piet de Wolf (1966–68)
• Jan Bens (July 1, 1968 – June 30, 1970)
• Leo Beenhakker (1972–75)
• Nol de Ruiter (July 1, 1976 – June 30, 1980)
• Henk de Jonge (1980–83)
• Theo Verlangen (1983–85)
• Fritz Korbach (July 1, 1986 – June 30, 1988)
• Sandor Popovics (June 1, 1988 – June 30, 1990)

• Rob Baan (July 1, 1990 – June 30, 1992)
• Theo de Jong (July 1, 1992 – Sept 30, 1993)
• Fritz Korbach (Sept 30, 1993 – Jan 31, 1995)
• Han Berger (July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1998)
• Gert Kruys (July 1, 1998 – May 18, 2002)
• Henny Lee (interim) (May 19, 2002 – June 30, 2002)
• Rob McDonald (July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003)
• Dick de Boer (July 1, 2003 – Dec 31, 2004)
• Jan Schulting (Dec 31, 2004 – June 30, 2005)

• Roy Wesseling (July 1, 2005 – Feb 19, 2007)
• Gerrie Schouwenaar (2007)
• Jurrie Koolhof (July 1, 2007 – Sept 14, 2008)
• Stanley Menzo (Sept 20, 2008 – Oct 27, 2010)
• Alfons Arts (Oct 27, 2010 – March 22, 2013)
• Henk de Jong (interim) (March 22, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
• Dwight Lodeweges (July 1, 2013 – April 1, 2014)
• Henk de Jong (April 2, 2014–February 9, 2016)
• Marcel Keizer (February 15, 2016–)

Notable former players

The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed represented their countries while playing for SC Cambuur.

• Vytautas Andriuškevičius
• Marc Mboua
• Jody Lukoki
• Reza Ghoochannejhad
• Adnane Tighadouini
• Bert Konterman
• Michael Mols

• Jaap Stam
• Robin Nelisse
• Bartholomew Ogbeche
• Evgeniy Levchenko
• Gregg Berhalter
• Milko Đurovski

See also

• List of football clubs in the Netherlands

External links

• Official website
• Cambuur Leeuwarden at weltfussballarchiv.com