Heracles Almelo

Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to the Eredivisie for the first time in 28 years. The club has remained in the top division ever since. In 2012, reached the KNVB Cup final for the first time in club history, losing to PSV in the final. The club's main rival is FC Twente.

Heracles Almelo
Full nameHeracles Almelo
Nickname(s)Heraclieden
Founded1903 (1903)
GroundErve Asito, Almelo
Capacity12,080
ChairmanHans Bredewoud[1]
ManagerFrank Wormuth
LeagueEredivisie
2019–20Eredivisie, 8th of 18
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded on 3 May 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on 1 July 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998.

Heracles finished sixth in the Eredivisie during the 2015–16 season, qualifying for the end of season European play-offs. The club first defeated FC Groningen and then FC Utrecht and thus qualified for the first time in club history for European football, starting in the third qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[2]

Stadium

Heracles Almelo currently play at the Erve Asito in Almelo. The Erve Asito was built in 1999 with a capacity 6,900, this was expanded in 2005 to hold 8,500. The pitch at the Erve Asito is artificial turf. After renovation of the stadium at the beginning of 2015–16 season, it currently holds 13,500 spectators.

Honours

National

Domestic results

Below is a table with Heracles Almelo's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2016–17 UEFA Europa League
3Q
Arouca 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
Notes
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round

Current squad

As of 1 February 2021[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Janis Blaswich
2 DF  NED Tim Breukers
3 DF  ITA Giacomo Quagliata
4 DF  NED Robin Pröpper (captain)
5 DF  GER Marco Rente
6 MF  GER Orestis Kiomourtzoglou
8 MF  NED Teun Bijleveld
9 FW  TUR Sinan Bakış
10 MF  NED Rai Vloet
11 FW  NED Silvester van der Water
13 DF  NED Mats Knoester
14 MF  USA Luca de la Torre
15 MF  BEL Lucas Schoofs
16 GK  NED Michael Brouwer
17 MF  HUN Adrián Szőke
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  BEL Ismail Azzaoui
19 DF  NED Navajo Bakboord
20 MF  DEN Kasper Lunding
21 GK  GER Daniel Mesenhöler
22 DF  CRO Mateo Les
23 DF  BEL Noah Fadiga
24 DF  GER Elias Oubella
25 FW  TUR Ahmed Kutucu (on loan from Schalke 04)
26 GK  NED Koen Bucker
27 MF  TUR Melih Ibrahimoglu
28 MF  BEL Elias Sierra
30 MF  BDI Mohamed Amissi
31 MF  NED Rohat Agca
34 DF  NED Jeff Hardeveld
37 FW  NED Delano Burgzorg

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  CUW Jeremy Cijntje (on loan to Waasland-Beveren)
No. Pos. Nation Player


Former managers

References

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