HFC Haarlem
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HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982–83 UEFA Cup, losing to Spartak Moscow of the Soviet Union.
Haarlem was declared bankrupt on 25 January 2010, and excluded from professional football with immediate effect. Haarlem played its last professional match on 22 January 2010, a 3–0 away loss to Excelsior.
In April 2010, three months after its exclusion from professional football, a new HFC Haarlem merged into Tweede Klasse club HFC Kennemerland, the new club being named Haarlem-Kennemerland FC. The team played in Tweede Klasse A Saturday Division, West District I in its debut season and has since relegated two tiers.
History
The club was founded on 1 October 1889. Haarlem won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Dutch cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912 and losing in 1911, 1914 and 1950. Haarlem won the title in the Eerste Divisie in 1972, 1976 and 1981. In 1982, HFC Haarlem, featuring a young Ruud Gullit, qualified for UEFA Cup football, in which they were eliminated by Spartak Moscow in the second round (the match hosted by Spartak is known in Russia because of the Luzhniki disaster that occurred in the stadium after the game). In 1990, Haarlem was relegated to the Eerste Divisie again, in which they played until 25 January 2010.
Ajax partnership
On 10 August 2009, Haarlem and AFC Ajax announced a partnership. Ajax would loan one to four players to Haarlem every season, it also meant Ajax would get a say in Haarlem-transfers, and would deploy employees to Haarlem, Cock Jol, brother of Martin Jol supervised the Ajax-Haarlem project.
Bankruptcy
On 25 January 2010 Haarlem was declared bankrupt and was, according to Dutch league rules, excluded from competition, with all its previous results in the ongoing competition expunged. The club ceased to exist, with all its players (and staff) becoming free agents.
In February 2010, HFC Haarlem was reinstated as a new amateur club, who also took the naming and logo rights from the old version. This club then started talks for a potential merger with amateur Tweede Klasse Haarlem-based side HFC Kennemerland, which was announced to have been completed on 27 April; the new club would be called Haarlem-Kennemerland FC, and would play home games at Haarlem Stadion, thus continuing the legacy of the old HFC Haarlem.
Honours
- Eredivisie Winner: 1946
- KNVB Cup Winner: 1902, 1912 Runners-up: 1911, 1914, 1950
- Eerste Divisie Winner: 1972, 1976, 1981
- Tweede Divisie Winner: 1961, 1963, 1967
- Promoted to Eredivisie Promotion: 1969
1982–83 UEFA Cup
| HFC Haarlem | 2–1 | AA Gent |
|---|---|---|
| Gerrie Kleton 37' Martin Haar 73' | Kiyiaki Tokodi 78'(pen.) |
| AA Gent | 3–3 | HFC Haarlem |
|---|---|---|
| Aad Koudijzer 23', 60' Cees Schapendonk 29' | Joop Böckling 3' Gerrie Kleton 67' Piet Keur 90' |
| Spartak Moscow | 2–0 | HFC Haarlem |
|---|---|---|
| Edgar Gess 17' Sergei Shvetsov 90' |
| HFC Haarlem | 1–3 | Spartak Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Piet Huyg 25' | Sergei Shvetsov 43' Sergei Shavlo 55' Yuri Gavrilov 85' |
Results
Former players
National team players
The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with HFC Haarlem:
| Armenia Armenia Edgar Manucharyan (2009–2010) Denmark Denmark Niels-Christian Holmstrøm (1970–1971) | Netherlands Netherlands Henri Baaij (1920–1923) Netherlands Arie Bieshaar (1917–1934) Netherlands Gerrit Bouwmeester (1908–1914) Netherlands Klaas Breeuwer (1923–1925) Netherlands Nico de Wolf (1910–1913) Netherlands Piet Groeneveld (1950–1960) Netherlands Ruud Gullit (1979–1982) Netherlands Jur Haak (1911–1922) Netherlands Martien Houtkooper (1910–1927) | Netherlands (continued) Netherlands Kees Kuijs (1951–1955) Netherlands Edward Metgod (1979–1990) Netherlands Arthur Numan (1987–1991) Netherlands Joop Odenthal (1954–1957) Netherlands Wim Roosen (1945–1956) Netherlands Kick Smit (1928–1949) Netherlands Peet Stol (189?–19??) Netherlands Piet Tekelenburg (1913–1926) Netherlands Wiggert van Daalen (1918–1943) |
- Players in bold actively play for HFC Haarlem and for their respective national teams. Years in brackets indicate careerspan with HFC Haarlem.
Players in international tournaments
The following is a list of HFC Haarlem players who have competed in international tournaments, including the FIFA World Cup. To this date no HFC Haarlem players have participated in the UEFA European Championship, Africa Cup of Nations, Copa América, AFC Asian Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup or the OFC Nations Cup while playing for HFC Haarlem.
| Cup | Players |
|---|---|
| Italy 1934 FIFA World Cup | Netherlands Kick Smit |
| France 1938 FIFA World Cup | Netherlands Kick Smit |
Player records
| # | Name | Career | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most appearances (as of December 11, 2017) # Name Career Apps Goals 1Netherlands Beer Wentink1963–78524 2Netherlands Piet Groeneveld1950s408 3Netherlands Gerrit Peijs1966–7836823 4Netherlands Edward Metgod1979–903510 5Netherlands Piet Huyg1970–84349 | ||||
| 1 | Netherlands Beer Wentink | 1963–78 | 524 | |
| 2 | Netherlands Piet Groeneveld | 1950s | 408 | |
| 3 | Netherlands Gerrit Peijs | 1966–78 | 368 | 23 |
| 4 | Netherlands Edward Metgod | 1979–90 | 351 | 0 |
| 5 | Netherlands Piet Huyg | 1970–84 | 349 |
Historical list of coaches
This is the list of coaches of HFC Haarlem:
- Netherlands Kick Smit (1951–1956)
- Netherlands Wim Roosen (1956–1957)
- Netherlands Ben Peeters (1957–1959)
- Netherlands Karel Kaufman (1959–1962)
- Netherlands Ruud van Wilsum (1962–1965)
- Netherlands Kick Smit (1965–1966)
- Netherlands Piet Peeman (1966–1967)
- Wales Barry Hughes (1968–1970)
- Scotland Bill Thompson (1970–1971)
- Netherlands Joop Brand (1971–1973)
- Wales Barry Hughes (1973–1980)
- Netherlands Hans van Doorneveld (1980–1987)
- Netherlands Dick Advocaat (1987–1989)
- Netherlands Hans Eijkenbroek (1989–1990)
- Netherlands Ted Immers (1990–1991)
- Netherlands Hans van Doorneveld (1991–1994)
- Netherlands Henny Lee (1994–1995)
- Netherlands Ben Hendriks (1995–1997)
- Netherlands Karel Bonsink (1997–2000)
- Netherlands Heini Otto (2000–2002)
- Netherlands Leo van Veen (2002–2003)
- Netherlands Roy Wesseling (2003–2005)
- Netherlands Gert Aandewiel (2005–2007)
- Netherlands Jan Zoutman (2007–2009)
- Netherlands Hennie Spijkerman (2009–2010)