N.E.C.
Full name	Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie
Nickname(s)	N.E.C.
Founded	November 15, 1900
Ground	McDOS Goffertstadion, Nijmegen
Capacity	12,470
Chairman	Hans van Delft
Manager	Mario Been
League	Eredivisie
2005-06	Eredivisie, 10th
Home colours Away colours

N.E.C. is a Dutch football club founded in November 15, 1900. Image File history File links NEC_Nijmegen. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... The Goffertstadium was rebuilt into a modern stadium with all seats, covered and warmed, with modern catering facilities. ... Country Netherlands Province Gelderland Area 57. ... The following is an incomplete list of football (soccer) stadiums. ... The Eredivisie (English: Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... football kit with red half File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links white soccer jersey left arm with border File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links white soccer jersey right arm with border File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...

The team's home ground is the 12,500 seater McDOS Goffertstadion. The club prides itself that it was born out of hard work and dedication and that the working-class founders started playing football not on any grass pitch but in the streets of Nijmegen. It was originally called 'Eendracht' meaning 'Unity' in Dutch. The team played well and in 1903, after a merger with the actual Nijmegen home team, their league status was assured. The club name N.E.C. is an acronym of 'Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie'. The Goffertstadium was rebuilt into a modern stadium with all seats, covered and warmed, with modern catering facilities. ... Country Netherlands Province Gelderland Area 57. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Country Netherlands Province Gelderland Area 57. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ...

The club has not won any major tournaments to date although they managed to attain runners-up placing in the KNVB Cup competition in 1973, 1983, 1994 and 2000. Some talented players include defenders Rob Wielaert and Björn van der Doelen as well as wingers Romano Denneboom and Tininho. Romano Denneboom was selected for the Dutch national team recently. The two star players are midfielder Edgar Barreto from Paraguay, who recently played in the 2006 World Cup, and Andrzej Niedzielan from Poland. The KNVB Cup is a competition organized by the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) since 1899. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Romano Joel Denneboom (b. ... Ronildo Pereira de Freitas better known as Tininho (born 1977-10-23 in Montes Claros) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for ADO Den Haag. ... First international Belgium 1 - 4 Netherlands (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) Largest win Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November 1972) Worst defeat Netherlands 2 - 12 England Amateur (The Hague, Netherlands; 1 April 1907) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1934) Best result Runners-up, 1974 and 1978 European...

In 2004 the club's management sacked coach Johan Neeskens, who, despite having a wealth of international experience both as an international player and as a coach, could not string together enough wins since October 2004. Cees Lok took over, but resigned on 19 December 2005. Johannes (Johan) Jacobus Neeskens (born September 15, 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. ... Cees Lok (born August 18, 1966 in Emmeloord, Overijssel) is a retired football defender and forward from the Netherlands, who mainly played for NEC Nijmegen (1988-1998) during his professional career. ...

The average attendance in 2004/05 was 11,800 people.

Current squad 2006/2007

No. Position Player 1 GK Gábor Babos 2 DF Günther Vanaudenaerde 3 DF Peter Wisgerhof 4 DF Dominique Kivuvu 5 DF Youssef El Akchaoui 6 DF Patrick Pothuizen 7 FW Romano Denneboom 8 MF Edgar Barreto 9 FW Rutger Worm 10 FW Roy Beerens 11 MF Ferne Snoyl 13 DF Mark Otten

No. Position Player 14 DF Muslu Nalbantoglu 15 DF Jonas Olsson 17 FW Paul Jans 19 FW Brett Holman 21 DF Theo Dams 22 DF Bas Bakker 23 FW Andrzej Niedzielan 24 DF Naïm Aarab 25 GK Raymon van Emmerik 39 FW Saidi Ntibazonkiza 40 GK Dennis de Koning 41 MF Dominique Scholten

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Reserve squad 2006/2007

No. Position Player 27 MF Simon Yauw 28 DF Sven Werkhoven 29 DF Bob Verweij 30 GK Ferry Thomassen 31 MF Melvin Kolf 32 MF Kevin Ankersmit

No. Position Player 33 FW Engin Gungor 34 MF Bart van Brakel 35 DF Gaetan Klaassen 36 FW Dennie Lamers 37 DF Antonis Sotrinis 38 DF Soufian Boumanjal

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Former managers

• Ron de Groot
• Wim Koevermans
• Cees Lok
• Pim van de Meent
• Johan Neeskens
• Sandor Popovics
• Jan Pruijn
• Piet de Visser

Ron (Ronnie) de Groot (born April 29, 1960 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a retired football midfielder from the Netherlands, who mainly played for NEC Nijmegen (1979-1987) during his professional career. ... Wilhelmus (Wim) Jacobus Koevermans (born June 28, 1960 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland) is a former football central defender from The Netherlands, who earned one cap for the Netherlands national football team. ... Cees Lok (born August 18, 1966 in Emmeloord, Overijssel) is a retired football defender and forward from the Netherlands, who mainly played for NEC Nijmegen (1988-1998) during his professional career. ... Pim van de Meent (born November 20, 1937 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former football defender from the Netherlands, who played for Holland Sport, DOS and NEC Nijmegen. ... Johannes (Johan) Jacobus Neeskens (born September 15, 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. ... Piet de Visser (1934 - ) is a Dutch football coach and scout. ...

Notable players

• Jan van Deinsen
• Henk Grim
• Ron de Groot
• Danny Hoekman
• Dick Jol
• Cees Lok
• Jan Peters
• Sije Visser

Jan van Deinsen (born June 19, 1953 in Tiel, Gelderland) is a retired football midfielder and forward from the Netherlands, who played for NEC Nijmegen, Go Ahead Eagles and Feyenoord Rotterdam during his professional career. ... Ron (Ronnie) de Groot (born April 29, 1960 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a retired football midfielder from the Netherlands, who mainly played for NEC Nijmegen (1979-1987) during his professional career. ... Dick Jol (born March 29, 1956 in Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland) is a football (soccer) referee from the Netherlands, best known for supervising three matches during the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship held in Belgium and Holland. ... Cees Lok (born August 18, 1966 in Emmeloord, Overijssel) is a retired football defender and forward from the Netherlands, who mainly played for NEC Nijmegen (1988-1998) during his professional career. ... Yakov Khristoforovich Peters (Яков Христофорович Петерс) (December 3 {November 21 O.S.}, 1886 - April 25, 1938) was a deputy director of the Cheka in the Soviet Union and acting director from July 7 to August 22 1918. ...

See also

• Dutch football league teams

The Dutch Football League is organized by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (KNVB, Royal Dutch Football Association). ...

External links

• (Dutch) (English) Official website
• (Dutch) Fansite Forza NEC
• (Dutch) Fansite NEC Fan
• (Dutch) Fanzine De Trouwe Honden

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Eredivisie seasons
2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... These are the rankings of the Eredivisie for 2004/2005 1. ... The 2005/06 season of the Eredivisie began in August 2005 and ended in May 2006. ... The 2006/2007 season of the Eredivisie began on August 18, 2006 and will end on May 13, 2007. ...