FC Utrecht


Football Club Utrecht is a Dutch football club founded on 1 July 1970 and based in the city of Utrecht. The club's colours are red and white.

History

FC Utrecht was founded in 1970 as a merger of three clubs from the city of Utrecht: VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox, the former of the three having won the national championship in 1958.
FC Utrecht has won the KNVB Cup three times in, 1985, 2003 and 2004, also winning the Johan Cruijff Shield in 2004. After winning the Johan Cruijff Shield, Utrecht became the first club outside the "Big Three" of Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV to win the trophy. Utrecht is also the only club outside the Big Three that has never been relegated from the top-flight Eredivisie.

Stadium

FC Utrecht's stadium is the Stadion Galgenwaard, previously named the Galgenwaard, then later the Nieuw Galgenwaard. It has a current capacity of 23,750 spectators. The attendance on average was 19,600 people in 2004–05, while the average attendance rose to 20,004 in 2006–07. The stadium also accommodates several shops, offices, and the supporters home of the FC Utrecht fan club.

Management

was head coach until the winter break of the 2017/2018 season when he left to take over at AFC Ajax. Jean-Paul de Jong, his assistant, took over as head coach at FC Utrecht. Jean-Paul de Jong was fired after only four games in the 2018/2019 season and Dick Advocaat was appointed as head coach.

Business

On 2 April 2008, it was announced that former owner of Mammoet, Van Seumeren, had taken over 51% of the shares of FC Utrecht. This made Utrecht the second club in the Netherlands, after AZ, to be owned by investors.
The board of FC Utrecht further announced that, because of the money they got from this take over, there would be more room for youth facilities and scouting. The board wanted FC Utrecht to be competing within the top of the Eredivisie by 2013.

Honours

FC Utrecht's first competitive European match, in the team's current iteration, was on 17 September 1980, in the 1980–81 UEFA Cup, playing FC Argeş Piteşti to a 0–0 draw. Since then, the club has participated in fourteen UEFA competitions, advancing as far as the Group Stage in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%

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Source:
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

UEFA Current ranking

RankCountryTeamPoints
150Shkëndija7.250
151FC Utrecht7.150
152Vitesse7.150

Domestic results

Below is a table with FC Utrecht's results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.

Current squad

On loan

Retired numbers

4 — David Di Tommaso, defender — posthumous honour.

Records

#PlayerGoalsUtrecht career
1Leo van Veen1531970–1982, 1983–1984
2John van Loen521983–1988, 1996–1998
3Dirk Kuyt511998–2003
=Ton de Kruijk511976–1988
5Michael Mols501996–1999, 2004–2005
6Sébastien Haller442015–2017
=Willy Carbo441979–1983
8Erik Willaarts421986–1990
9Stefaan Tanghe402000–2005
10Igor Gluščević392000–2003

Coaches

PeriodKit Manufacturer
1970–1983Adidas
1983–1995Puma
1995–2001Reebok
2001–2009Puma
2009–2012Kappa
2012–2019Hummel
2019–2022Nike