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FC Den Bosch

Full name

Football Club Den Bosch

Nickname(s)

De blauwwitte draken (The Blue White Dragons)

Founded

18 August 1965; 59 years ago

Ground

de Vliert,
's-Hertogenbosch

Capacity

8,500

Owner

Pacific Media Group, Partners Path Capital, Randy Frankel, Chien Lee and Krishen Sud (53%)
BV Forza FC Den Bosch (47%)
Stichting Behoud Betaald Voetbal ’s-Hertogenbosch (Golden Share)

Chairman

Ramon van Aarle

Manager

Tomasz Kaczmarek

League

Eerste Divisie

2022–23

Eerste Divisie, 19th of 20

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

FC Den Bosch (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛfˈseː dɛmˈbɔs]) is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie.

They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. Ruud van Nistelrooy started his professional career at this club. In 2005 they finished bottom of the Eredivisie and were relegated and currently compete in the Eerste Divisie.

History
- Club name
Players
- Current squad
Honours
Club staff
Managerial history
Statistics
See also

History

Historical chart of league performance

The club were founded on 18 August 1965 as the successor to BVV, who were formed in 1906 and Dutch champions in 1948. They were champions of the 1965–66 Tweede Divisie B., They merged with Wilhelmina (1890) on 10 May 1967 to form F.C. Den Bosch '67, before being crowned champions of 1970–71 Eerste Divisie to secure promotion to the Eredivise for the first time in their history. Their first season in the Eredivisie, the 1971–72 season saw Den Bosch struggle with relegation all season, but they would eventually finish 16th, three points above the relegation zone, following a late-season upturn in form. Despite this the club lasted just two seasons in the Eredivise as they finished bottom of the 1972–73 Eredivisie and were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie.

Den Bosch struggled following their return to the Eerste Divisie, failing to finish in the top half until the 1977–78 season. However, come the turn of the decade, Den Bosch were consistently challenging for promotion, with the club competing in the promotion play-off for the 1980–81 season, only to lose out to De Graafschap. However, they would win the promotion play-offs for the 1982–83 season, marking their return to the Eredivisie. The club's first season back in the Eredivisie saw them finish 10th in the Eredivisie, before the next two seasons saw 6th-place finishes for the club, with the latter seeing Den Bosch finish just 3 points off the UEFA Cup qualification places. This success did not last though as they were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie in the 1989–90 season, shortly after the club was renamed B.V.V. Den Bosch in 1988.

The club saw promotions to the Eredivisie in the 1991–92, 1998–99, 2000–01 and the 2003–04 seasons (the latter three as champions), only to be relegated back to the Eerste Divisie each time. The club also changed its name back to FC Den Bosch in 1992. In the ten years following their relegation back to the Eerste Divisie, they competed in the promotion play-offs on six occasions bit failed to get promoted on any of them.

In the summer of 2018, after years of financial problems and bad performances in Eerste Divisie a Georgian businessman Kakhi Jordania, decided to invest in the club with intent to purchase. His ownership group was allowed to start making changes in the management, while they were awaiting the approval of KNVB. The club had a best season in years. The team finished as winter champions in Eerste Divisie, but could not continue their good form after the winter break. Den Bosch still managed to qualify for the promotion playoffs, where they lost to Go Ahead Eagles. After a year of due diligence, KNVB decided not to grant the new ownership group the right to purchase the club.

In November 2019, Den Bosch supporters racially abused SBV Excelsior player Ahmad Mendes Moreira in a match against the club, with Moreira having allegedly been called a 'negro and cotton-picker' prior to the match being halted after 30 minutes. Following the match, Moreira was labelled as a "pathetic little man" by Den Bosch's manager and the club originally stated that Moreira mistook 'crow sounds' for racist abuse, before later apologising for that statement. A few days after the match Den Bosch's manager apologised to Moreira. The "pathetic little man" label was about the way Moreira celebrated his goal and had nothing to do with racism. Moreira accepted these words. Following the incident and criticism from Netherlands internationals Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum, it was announced that players in the Dutch top two divisions would not play during the first minute of the following weekend's games in protest against racism in Dutch football as a result of the incident. In response to the incident, Den Bosch banned a number of supporters from attending games in January 2020. It was the first time a professional match in the Netherlands had to be halted as a result of racism.

In September 2021, Pacific Media Group, Partners Path Capital, Chien Lee, Randy Frankel and Krishen Sud acquired 53% of FC Den Bosch.

Club name

FC Den Bosch/BVV (1965–1967)
FC Den Bosch '67 (1967–1988)
BVV Den Bosch (1988–1992)
FC Den Bosch (1992–present)

Players

Current squad

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Victor van den Bogert
4	MF	Yuya Ikeshita
5	DF	Luke Mbete (on loan from Manchester City)
6	MF	Gedion Zelalem
7	MF	Anass Ahannach
8	MF	Steven van der Heijden
9	FW	Vieiri Kotzebue
10	MF	Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand (on loan from Arsenal)
11	FW	Danny Verbeek
14	DF	Nick de Groot
15	DF	Teun van Grunsven
16	MF	Jaron Vicario
17	FW	Tomas Kalinauskas
18	DF	Rik Mulders

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Sebastiaan van Bakel
20	MF	Ryan Leijten
24	DF	Stan Maas
27	DF	Ricardo Henning
30	MF	Shalva Ogbaidze
31	GK	Lars Vrolijks
40	MF	Ilias Boumassaoudi
41	MF	Rhino Goutier
45	DF	Dennis Gyamfi
47	FW	Sheddy Barglan
75	GK	Jakub Ojrzyński (on loan from Liverpool)
99	FW	Kacper Kostorz (on loan from Pogoń Szczecin)
	GK	Krisztián Hegyi (on loan from West Ham United)

Honours

Eredivisie/Dutch Champion
- Winners: 1947–48 (as BVV)
Eerste Divisie
- Winners: 1970–71, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2003–04
- Promoted: 1982–83, 1991–92
Tweede Divisie
- Winners: 1965–66
- Promoted: 1962–63
KNVB Cup
- Runners-up: 1990–91

Below is a table with FC Den Bosch'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
2022–23 Eerste Divisie	19th	–	2022–23	second round
2021–22 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	2021–22	first round
2020–21 Eerste Divisie	19th	–	2020–21	first round
2019–20 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	2019–20	first round
2018–19 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2018–19	first round
2017–18 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	2017–18	second round
2016–17 Eerste Divisie	14th	–	2016–17	first round
2015–16 Eerste Divisie	17th	–	2015–16	quarter-finals
2014–15 Eerste Divisie	16th	–	2014–15	second round
2013–14 Eerste Divisie	4th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2013–14	second round
2012–13 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	2012–13	quarter-final
2011–12 Eerste Divisie	6th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2011–12	third round
2010–11 Eerste Divisie	8th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2010–11	third round
2009–10 Eerste Divisie	7th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2009–10	third round
2008–09 Eerste Divisie	9th	–	2008–09	third round
2007–08 Eerste Divisie	3rd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2007–08	round of 16
2006–07 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2006–07	third round
2005–06 Eerste Divisie	7th	–	2005–06	first round
2004–05 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	2004–05	quarter-final
2003–04 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	2003–04	third round
2002–03 Eerste Divisie	5th	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	2002–03	group stage
2001–02 Eredivisie	16th	Eerste Divisie (losing prom./releg. play-offs)	2001–02	round of 16
2000–01 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	2000–01	round of 16
1999–2000 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1999–2000	second round
1998–99 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1998–99	second round
1997–98 Eerste Divisie	4th	–	1997–98	round of 16
1996–97 Eerste Divisie	7th	–	1996–97	group stage
1995–96 Eerste Divisie	3rd	promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion	1995–96	second round
1994–95 Eerste Divisie	18th	–	1994–95	second round
1993–94 Eerste Divisie	11th	–	1993–94	round of 16
1992–93 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (losing prom./releg. play-offs)	1992–93	semi-final
1991–92 Eerste Divisie	2nd	Eredivisie (winning prom./releg. play-offs)	1991–92	third round
1990–91 Eerste Divisie	17th	–	1990–91	final
1989–90 Eredivisie	17th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1989–90	round of 16
1988–89 Eredivisie	7th	–	1988–89	second round
1987–88 Eredivisie	7th	–	1987–88	round of 16
1986–87 Eredivisie	10th	–	1986–87	quarter-final
1985–86 Eredivisie	6th	–	1985–86	first round
1984–85 Eredivisie	6th	–	1984–85	quarter-final
1983–84 Eredivisie	10th	–	1983–84	first round
1982–83 Eerste Divisie	3rd	Eredivisie (winning promotion competition)	1982–83	first round
1981–82 Eerste Divisie	5th	–	1981–82	round of 16
1980–81 Eerste Divisie	6th	promotion competition: no promotion	1980–81	second round
1979–80 Eerste Divisie	4th	–	1979–80	second round
1978–79 Eerste Divisie	7th	–	1978–79	round of 16
1977–78 Eerste Divisie	8th	–	1977–78	first round
1976–77 Eerste Divisie	12th	–	1976–77	second round
1975–76 Eerste Divisie	10th	–	1975–76	second round
1974–75 Eerste Divisie	10th	–	1974–75	first round
1973–74 Eerste Divisie	17th	–	1973–74	quarter-final
1972–73 Eredivisie	18th	Eerste Divisie (relegation)	1972–73	second round
1971–72 Eredivisie	16th	–	1971–72	first round
1970–71 Eerste Divisie	1st	Eredivisie (promotion)	1970–71	first round
1969–70 Eerste Divisie	5th	–	1969–70	second round
1968–69 Eerste Divisie	9th	–	1968–69	first round
1967–68 Eerste Divisie	3rd	–	1967–68	group stage
1966–67 Eerste Divisie 1966–67 Tweede Divisie (as Wilhelmina)	5th 17th	– merged into existing FC Den Bosch	1966–67	round of 16 did not participate
1965–66 Tweede Divisie (and as Wilhelmina)	1st (group B) 14th (group B)	Eerste Divisie (promotion) –	1965–66	round of 16 group stage
1964–65 Tweede Divisie (as BVV and Wilhelmina)	7th (group B) 12th (group B)	–	1964–65	first round
1963–64 Eerste Divisie (as BVV) 1963–64 Tweede Divisie (as Wilhelmina)	16th 13th (group B)	Tweede Divisie (relegation) –	1963–64	first round quarter-final
1962–63 Tweede Divisie (as BVV and Wilhelmina)	2nd (group B) 15th (group B)	Eerste Divisie (winning promotion play-off) –	1962–63	first round
1961–62 Eerste Divisie (as BVV and Wilhelmina)	15th (group A) 17th (group B)	Tweede Divisie (relegation)	1961–62	?
1960–61 Eerste Divisie (as BVV) 1960–61 Tweede Divisie (as Wilhelmina)	11th (group A) 3rd (group A)	– Eerste Divisie (winning promotion play-off)	1960–61	?
1959–60 Eerste Divisie (as BVV) 1959–60 Tweede Divisie (as Wilhelmina)	4th (group A) 6th (group A)	–	not held	not held
1958–59 Eerste Divisie (as BVV) 1958–59 Tweede Divisie (as Wilhelmina)	8th (group A) 12th (group A)	–	1958–59	?
1957–58 Eredivisie (as BVV) 1957–58 Tweede Divisie (as Wilhelmina)	18th 2nd (group A)	Eerste Divisie (relegation) –	1957–58	?
1956–57 Eredivisie (as BVV) 1956–57 Tweede Divisie (as Wilhelmina)	15th 11th (group B)	–	1956–57	?

Club staff

Position	Name
Manager	Jack de Gier
Assistant manager	William van Overbeek
Assistant manager	Jan de Hoon
Assistant manager	Taylor Sexton
Assistant manager	Marc Höcher
Goalkeeping coach	John Vos
Teammananger	Pieter Tuns
Video analyst	Edwin Guchelaar
Technical manager	Yousuf Sajjad

Managerial history

Ben Tap (1965–70)
Jan Remmers (1970–74)
Nol de Ruiter (1974–76)
Ad Zonderland (1976–78)
Rinus Gosens (1979–80)
Ad Zonderland (1980)
Hans Verèl (1981–84)
Rinus Israel (1984–86)
Theo de Jong (1986–89)
Rinus Israel (1989–90)
Hans van der Pluijm (1990–95)
Chris Dekker (1995–96)
Kees Zwamborn (1996–98)
Martin Koopman (1998–00)
Mark Wotte (2000)
André Wetzel & Jan van Grinsven (2000)
Jan Poortvliet (2000–01)
Wiljan Vloet (2001–02)
Gert Kruys (2002–04)
Henk Wisman (2004–05)
J. van Grinsven, F. van der Hoorn & W. van der Horst (2005)
Theo Bos (2005–09)
J. van Grinsven, F. van der Hoorn & W. van der Horst (2009)
Marc Brys (2009–10)
Alfons Groenendijk (2010–12)
Jan Poortvliet (2012–13)
Ruud Kaiser (2013–15)
René van Eck (2015–16)
Wiljan Vloet (2016–17)
Wil Boessen (2017–19)
Erik van der Ven (2019–21)
William van Overbeek & Paul Verhaegh (2021)
Jack de Gier (2021–23)
Tomasz Kaczmarek (2023–)

Statistics

SEASON	CLUB TOP SCORER	GOALS	DIVISION	ATTENDANCE	RANK	MANAGER
1965–66	Frans Olde Riekerink	17	Tweede Divisie	6.640	1	Ben Tap
1966–67	Frans Olde Riekerink	14	Eerste Divisie	6.895	5	Ben Tap
1967–68	Ben Tinus	17	Eerste Divisie	7.670	3	Ben Tap
1968–69	Eef Mulders	9	Eerste Divisie	5.350	9	Ben Tap
1969–70	Eef Mulders	10	Eerste Divisie	3.810	5	Ben Tap
1970–71	Leo Ouwens	11	Eerste Divisie	8.400	1	Jan Remmers
1971–72	Ilja Mitić	9	Eredivisie	11.870	16	Jan Remmers
1972–73	Dick Beek	5	Eredivisie	8.645	18	Jan Remmers
1973–74	Dick Beek	6	Eerste Divisie	2.895	17	Jan Remmers
1974–75	Jos Peltzer	10	Eerste Divisie	3.085	10	Nol de Ruiter
1975–76	Jos Peltzer	10	Eerste Divisie	2.210	10	Nol de Ruiter
1976–77	Jan Peters	18	Eerste Divisie	2.415	12	Ad Zonderland
1977–78	Jan Peters	19	Eerste Divisie	3.517	8	Ad Zonderland
1978–79	Bert Nijdam	9	Eerste Divisie	3.700	7	Rinus Gosens
1979–80	Arie Romijn	16	Eerste Divisie	4.700	4	Rinus Gosens / Ad Zonderland ao
1980–81	Arie Romijn	10	Eerste Divisie	2.355	6	Ad Zonderland ao / Hans Verèl
1981–82	Arie Romijn	16	Eerste Divisie	2.870	5	Hans Verèl
1982–83	Wim van der Horst	17	Eerste Divisie	2.788	3	Hans Verèl
1983–84	Wim van der Horst	14	Eredivisie	7.154	10	Hans Verèl
1984–85	Peter van der Waart	12	Eredivisie	5.406	6	Rinus Israël
1985–86	Hans Gillhaus	16	Eredivisie	6.367	6	Rinus Israël
1986–87	Hans Gillhaus	17	Eredivisie	5.309	10	Theo de Jong
1987–88	Hendrie Krüzen	12	Eredivisie	3.938	7	Theo de Jong
1988–89	Mart van Duren	15	Eredivisie	3.803	7	Theo de Jong
1989–90	Peter Barendse	7	Eredivisie	3.521	17	Rinus Israël
1990–91	Jack de Gier	23	Eerste Divisie	1.334	17	Rinus Israël / Hans van der Pluym
1991–92	Geert Brusselers	13	Eerste Divisie	2.007	2	Hans van der Pluym
1992–93	Dirk Jan Derksen	10	Eerste Divisie	3.231	19	Hans van der Pluym
1993–94	Stefan Jansen	14	Eerste Divisie	1.626	11	Hans van der Pluym
1994–95	Orpheo Keizerweerd	7	Eerste Divisie	1.198	18	Hans van der Pluym
1995–96	Anthony Lurling	19	Eerste Divisie	2.735	3	Chris Dekker
1996–97	Ruud van Nistelrooy	12	Eerste Divisie	2.034	7	Kees Zwamborn
1997–98	Thijs Waterink	14	Eerste Divisie	2.405	4	Kees Zwamborn
1998–99	Harry van der Laan	30	Eerste Divisie	3.245	1	Kees Zwamborn / Martin Koopman
1999–00	Henk Vos	11	Eredivisie	4.240	18	Martin Koopman / Mark Wotte
2000–01	Bart Van Den Eede	23	Eerste Divisie	3.330	1	Mark Wotte / André Wetzel, Jan van Grinsven & Wiljan Vloet ao / Jan Poortvliet
2001–02	Bart Van Den Eede	14	Eredivisie	5.190	16	Wiljan Vloet
2002–03	Stefan Jansen	20	Eerste Divisie	3.919	5	Gert Kruys
2003–04	Stefan Jansen	25	Eerste Divisie	3.701	1	Gert Kruys
2004–05	Koen van de Laak	6	Eredivisie	5.790	18	Henk Wisman / Jan van Grinsven, Fred van der Hoorn & Wim van der Horst ao
2005–06	Berry Powel	19	Eerste Divisie	3.388	7	Theo Bos
2006–07	Frank Demouge	12	Eerste Divisie	3.800	5	Theo Bos
2007–08	Koen van der Biezen	18	Eerste Divisie	4.000	3	Theo Bos
2008–09	Adnan Barakat	13	Eerste Divisie	3.900	9	Theo Bos / Jan van Grinsven, Fred van der Hoorn & Arnold Scholten ao
2009–10	Fabio Caracciolo	19	Eerste Divisie	4.000	7	Marc Brys
2010–11	John Verhoek	10	Eerste Divisie	4.150	8	Alfons Groenendijk
2011–12	Tom van Weert	15	Eerste Divisie	4.050	6	Alfons Groenendijk
2012–13	Tom van Weert	17	Eerste Divisie	3.950	11	Jan Poortvliet
2013–14	Erik Quekel	19	Eerste Divisie	3.750	4	Ruud Kaiser
2014–15	Anthony Lurling / Barry Maguire / Alexander Mols	6	Eerste Divisie	3.250	16	Ruud Kaiser / René van Eck
2015–16	Arda Havar / Furhgill Zeldenrust	8	Eerste Divisie	3.000	17	René van Eck / Wiljan Vloet
2016–17	Romero Regales	8	Eerste Divisie	2.850	14	Wiljan Vloet
2017–18	Niek Vossebelt	15	Eerste Divisie	2.790	11	Wil Boessen
2018–19	Stefano Beltrame	14	Eerste Divisie	3.790	4	Wil Boessen / Erik van der Ven & Paul Beekmans ao
2019–20	Rúben Rodrigues	12	Eerste Divisie	2.941	12	Erik van der Ven
2020–21	Jizz Hornkamp	20	Eerste Divisie		19	Erik van der Ven / William van Overbeek / Jack de Gier
2021–22	Roy Kuijpers	9	Eerste Divisie	3.337	11	Jack de Gier