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Willem II

Full name	Willem II
Nickname(s)	Red White Blue Army King's Army Tricolores
Founded	August 12, 1896
Ground	Willem II Stadion Tilburg (Capacity: 14,637)
Chairman	Hans Verbunt
Manager	Andries Jonker
League	Eredivisie
2007/2008	Eredivisie, 15th
Home colours Away colours

Willem II is a Dutch football club playing in Tilburg. The club was founded as Tilburgia on August 12, 1896. On January 12, 1898, the club was renamed Willem II, after Dutch king Willem II (1840-1849), who, as Prince of Orange and commander of the Dutch army, had his military headquarters in Tilburg during the Belgian uprising of 1830.

The club has had many famous players, such as Jaap Stam. The club jersey consists of red-white-blue vertical stripes, inspired by the colours of the flag of the Netherlands. Willem II plays its home matches in the Willem II Stadion. The stadium, opened on May 31, 1995, has a capacity of 14,700 spectators. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 12,500 people.

Willem II has won three national titles (1916, 1952 and 1955) and two national cups (1944 and 1963). In 1987, 1990 and 1999, Willem II were voted Dutch Club of the Year. In 1999, a second place in the league guaranteed the club a UEFA Champions League berth. In the first group stage (Group G), Willem II were eliminated. They scored 2 points in 6 matches. In 1963, Willem II lost to Manchester United (7-2 on aggregate) in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In 1998-99, Willem II competed in the UEFA Cup. After beating Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia 6-0 on aggregate in the first round, Willem II lost to Spanish side Real Betis in the second round, 4-1 on aggregate. After reaching the Dutch cup final in 2004 (4-0 loss against PSV Eindhoven), Willem II qualified again for the UEFA Cup, in which they lost to French side AS Monaco in the first round (5-1 on aggregate).

Honours

• Eredivisie
  • Winners (3): 1916, 1952, 1955
• Eerste Divisie
  • Winners (2): 1957, 1965
• KNVB Cup
  • Winners (2): 1944, 1963

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Maikel Aerts (captain) 2 DF Jens Janse 3 DF Danny Schenkel 4 DF Arjan Swinkels 5 DF Léo Veloso 6 MF Danny Mathijssen 7 MF Boy Deul 8 MF Christophe Grégoire 9 FW Frank Demouge 10 MF Saïd Boutahar 11 FW George Mourad 12 MF Mehmet Akgün

No. Position Player 14 MF Mohamed Messoudi 15 DF Rens van Eijden (on loan from PSV) 16 GK Oscar Moens 17 FW Sergio Zijler 18 MF Paul Quasten 19 FW Ibad Muhamadu 20 MF Niels Vorthoren 21 DF Daan van Dinter 22 DF Ibrahim Kargbo 23 MF Steef Nieuwendaal 24 DF Angelo Martha 26 GK Bruno Appels

Players out on loan

No. Position Player DF José Valencia (on loan to FC Eindhoven)

Reserve squad

No. Position Player GK Jeroen van Binsbergen GK Ariën Pietersma DF Bart Biemans DF Josimar Lima DF Marlon Pereira DF Danny van der Ree MF Thijs van den Berg MF Faysal Bouchkachkhe MF Marc Corman MF Lars Lambooij

No. Position Player MF Michael de Leeuw MF Junior Livramento MF Wojciech Luczak FW Jelle van Kruijssen FW Ronnie Reniers FW Sidney Schmeltz FW Ratko Vansimpsen FW Thomas Verhaar FW Bram Weyten

Notable former players

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Former managers

• Co Adriaanse
• Jimmy Calderwood
• Bert Jacobs
• Adrie Koster
• Robert Maaskant
• Hans Verèl
• Piet de Visser
• Hans Westerhof
• André Wetzel
• Mark Wotte
• Kees Zwamborn

See also

• Dutch football league teams

External links

• Official website (Dutch)

Eredivisie 2008-09 v • d • e
ADO Den Haag | Ajax | AZ | Feyenoord | De Graafschap | FC Groningen | SC Heerenveen | Heracles Almelo | NAC Breda | NEC | PSV | Roda JC | Sparta | FC Twente | FC Utrecht | Vitesse | FC Volendam | Willem II
Division 1/Eredivisie Seasons v • d • e
1950–51 | 1951–52 | 1952–53 | 1953–54 | 1954–55 | 1955–56 | 1956–57 | 1957–58 | 1958–59 | 1959–60 1960–61 | 1961–62 | 1962–63 | 1963–64 | 1964–65 | 1965–66 | 1966–67 | 1967–68 | 1968–69 | 1969–70 1970–71 | 1971–72 | 1972–73 | 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 001990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10
Football competitions in the Netherlands v • d • e
Eredivisie | Eerste Divisie | Tweede Divisie (defunct) | Hoofdklasse | Eerste Klasse | Tweede Klasse | Derde Klasse | Vierde Klasse | Vijfde Klasse | Zesde Klasse | Topklasse (proposed) | KNVB Cup | Johan Cruijff Shield  Royal Netherlands Football Association

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