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2021–22 FC Utrecht Season
The 2021–22 season is the 52nd season in the existence of FC Utrecht and the club's 52nd consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. In the regular season, they have qualified for the play-offs, for this they played for a place in the second round of the UEFA Europa Conference League. Players First-team squad Transfers Summer Transfers in Transfers out Winter Transfers in Transfers out Outside transfer window Transfers in Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record Eredivisie League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021. KNVB Cup Play-offs Semi-finals Statistics Goalscorers Friendlies Assists Monthly Awards Attendance Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Utrecht
Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merger between local clubs VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox. Since then, the club has won three national KNVB Cup, cup tournaments: in 1984–85 KNVB Cup, 1985, 2002–03 KNVB Cup, 2003 and 2003–04 KNVB Cup, 2004, also winning the Johan Cruyff Shield in 2004 Johan Cruyff Shield, 2004 as the first club outside the traditional Dutch Big Three (Netherlands), Big Three. Utrecht is also the only club outside the Big Three which has never suffered relegation from the top-flight Eredivisie. Utrecht have competed in 15 European campaigns, reaching the group stages of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, their best European results. History 1970–1979: Merger and early years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AZ Alkmaar
Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands. AZ won the Eredivisie in 1980–81 Eredivisie, 1980–81 and 2008–09 Eredivisie, 2008–09. In the same season as their first league title, they also reached the 1981 UEFA Cup Final, UEFA Cup Final, which they lost to Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town. The team has won the KNVB Cup on four occasions, and one Johan Cruyff Shield. History 1910–1972: Foundation and first years AZ was founded on 10 May 1967 as AZ '67, the result of a merger of Alkmaar '54 and FC Zaanstreek. Alkmaar '54 was founded as a professional team in April 1954 to play in the 10-team NBVB league, created because the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoya Grampus
; formerly known as is a Japanese association football club that plays in the J1 League, and have for all but one season since the inauguration of the league, following promotion from the J2 League in 2017. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939, the club shares its home games between Mizuho Athletic Stadium (capacity 27,000 and the J.League's oldest serving stadium) and the much larger Toyota Stadium in the city of Toyota (capacity 45,000). Grampus had its most successful season up to 1996 when it was managed by Arsène Wenger, well known for his subsequent exploits at Arsenal. They won the Emperor's Cup and finished second in the J.League, with their FR Yugoslavia captain Dragan Stojković being named J.League MVP. The 1995 success was eclipsed on November 20, 2010, when the club won its first J.League trophy, under the management of Stojković. The team's name was derived from two prominent symbols of Nago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Maeda (footballer, Born 1994)
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Career On 7 October 2012, Maeda was promoted to Tokyo Verdy's first team from the 2013 season. At the start of the 2014 season, he was made a vice-captain. On 9 January 2015, Maeda was announced at J1 League club Matsumoto Yamaga on a one year loan deal. On 30 December 2015, Maeda was announced at Yokohama F. Marinos on a permanent transfer. On the opening day of the 2017 season, he scored a goal to win the game in the 90th+2nd minute. On 11 January 2018, Maeda was announced at Matsumoto Yamaga on a permanent transfer. On 19 July 2018, Maeda was announced at Nagoya Grampus on a permanent transfer. In January 2022 he was loaned to FC Utrecht of the Dutch Eredivisie on a six-month loan spell. He made his debut on 16 January 2022 in a match against AFC Ajax, starting on his debut and played for 11 minutes before being forced off due to a broken leg following a tackle from Ajax’s L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyrano Kerk
Gyrano Emilio Kerk (born 2 December 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Belgian Pro League club Royal Antwerp. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Suriname national team. Club career Kerk started his club career at Utrecht in the Eredivisie. Kerk is a youth exponent from FC Utrecht. He made his Eredivisie debut on 28 September 2014 in a 3–1 away defeat against FC Twente. One week later, he scored his first goal against Go Ahead Eagles in a 3–2 home defeat. Lokomotiv Moscow On 1 September 2021, Kerk signed a four-year contract with Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow. Loan to Royal Antwerp On 21 January 2023, Lokomotiv announced that Kerk would finish the 2022–23 season on loan with Antwerp in Belgium. Antwerp confirmed the transfer on 28 January 2023. On 4 June, Kerk scored a goal for Antwerp in their 2–2 draw against Genk on the final day of the Belgian Pro League season, a result which secured the club their first league title in 66 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Maher
Adam Maher (; born 20 July 1993) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Damac FC, Damac. Born in Morocco, he played for the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team. Club career Maher made his professional debut for AZ (football club), AZ on 15 December 2010 in a 2010–11 UEFA Europa League game against FC BATE Borisov and scored a goal on his debut. He was the youngest player playing for a Dutch football club ever to score a goal in the Europa League and UEFA Cup. When AZ won the 2013 KNVB Cup Final Maher scored the first goal as they defeated PSV Eindhoven 2–1. On 1 July 2013, Adam Maher moved to PSV Eindhoven, PSV for a fee of €6.5 million. He signed a five-year contract and was one of 5 players that PSV signed. Maher returned to AZ in the 2018–19 season, before joining FC Utrecht in the summer of 2019. On 11 July 2022, FC Utrecht announced the departure of Maher to Damac FC on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidde Ter Avest
Hidde Willem ter Avest (born 20 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL Championship club Oxford United. Club career Twente Ter Avest began his football journey at SVZW Wierden before joining the Twente academy at age eleven. His leadership skills shone as he captained various youth teams. In 2013, he signed a three-year development contract with Twente. His debut for the reserve team Jong FC Twente came on 22 August 2014, against Almere City in the second-tier Eerste Divisie, securing a starting position. Later that year, on 17 December, he made his first-team debut, replacing Orlando Engelaar in a cup match against De Graafschap. He officially joined Twente's squad in February 2015, marking his Eredivisie debut as a starter against Excelsior on 7 February, despite a 3–1 loss. Becoming a regular starter from the 2015–16 season onward, Ter Avest even took on the captain's role on occasions during the 2017–18 season in the absence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy St
Tommy may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tommy (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army * Tommy Giacomelli (born 1974), Brazilian former footballer also known as simply Tommy Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film * ''Tommy'' (1975 film), a British operetta film based on the Who's album ''Tommy'' * ''Tommy'' (2015 film), a Telugu drama film * ''Tommy'' (TV series), a 2020 American drama series Music * ''Tommy'' (The Who album), 1969 ** ''Tommy'' (London Symphony Orchestra album), 1972 ** ''Tommy'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack to the 1975 film ** ''The Who's Tommy'', a stage production, premiered 1992 * ''Tommy'' (The Wedding Present album), 1988 * ''Tommy'' (Dosh album), 2010 * ''Tommy'' (EP), a 2017 EP by Klein * ''Tommy'', a 2022 EP by Kiesza * ''Tommy'', a 1965 album by Tommy Adderley * ''Tommy'', a 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Van Der Maarel
Mark van der Maarel (born 12 August 1989) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played his entire professional career for FC Utrecht as a right-back. Born in the Netherlands, he is of Indonesian descent. Club career Born in Arnhem, Van der Maarel played for Argon in his youth, and after a spell in the Haarlem youth, he joined FC Utrecht in May 2008. He made his debut on 22 August 2009 in a friendly against non-league side USV Elinkwijk. His first league match was on 20 September at ADO Den Haag, where he replaced the injured Sander Keller after 67 minutes. Due to injuries to regular right back and team captain Tim Cornelisse, he kept his place in the first team and made an impressive contribution to the best start to a season ever for Utrecht. In the 1–0 win against champions AZ he was voted Man of the Match. In the 2017–18 season, Van der Maarel was named FC Utrecht Player of the Year by the club's supporters and thereby won the ''David di Tommaso Trophy''. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maarten Paes
Maarten Vincent Paes (; born 14 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Indonesia national team. Club career NEC In the 2017–18 season, Paes served as a backup goalkeeper to Joris Delle at NEC. Utrecht In 2018, Paes had the opportunity to join FC Utrecht, where he became the reserve goalkeeper behind David Jensen and Nick Marsman. He made his debut for the club on 19 August 2018, in a 2-0 home victory against PEC Zwolle. Paes was given the opportunity to play as Jensen was ill, and Marsman was absent due to injury. This was his only match for the first team during the 2018/19 season, although he did play several matches for Jong FC Utrecht during that campaign. At the start of the 2019/20 season, Paes surprisingly became FC Utrecht's first-choice goalkeeper. However, during the winter break, he had an awful shoulder blade injury that required around six months of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
The 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League was the second season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played at Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. It was won by West Ham United, who defeated Fiorentina 2–1, and qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage as a result. As the title holders, Roma qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League. They were unable to defend their title after advancing to the Europa League knockout phase. Association team allocation A total of 177 teams from 54 of the 55 UEFA member associations (excluding Russia) participated in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: *Associations 1–5 each had one team qualify. *Associations 6–17 (except Russia) and 51–55 each had two teams qualify. *Associations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
