FC Den Bosch

Football club infobox
clubname = FC Den Bosch


fullname = Football Club Den Bosch
nickname = "The Blue White Dragons"
founded = August 18, 1965
ground = de Vliert,
's-Hertogenbosch
capacity = 9,000
chairman = Bert Kersten
manager = Theo Bos
league = Eerste Divisie
season = 2007-08
position = Eerste Divisie, 3rd
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FC Den Bosch is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

It was founded August 18, 1965 as FC Den Bosch/BVV. It is the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Its stadium is called 'De Vliert', a 9,000 all-seater. Ruud van Nistelrooij started his professional career at this club. In 2005 they finished bottom of the Eredivisie and were relegated.

Current squad

Honours

* Dutch Champion
**Winner: 1948 (as BVV)

* Eerste Divisie
**Winner: 1966, 1971, 1999, 2001 and 2004

* KNVB Cup
** Runners-up: 1991

Managers

* Ben Tap (1965-1970)
* Jan Remmers (1970-1974)
* Nol de Ruiter (1974-1976)
* Ad Zonderland (1976-1978)
* Rinus Gosens (1979-1980)
* Ad Zonderland (1980)
* Hans Verèl (1981-1984)
* Rinus Israel (1984-1986)
* Theo de Jong (1986-1989)
* Rinus Israel (1989-1990)
* Hans van der Pluym (1990-1995)
* Chris Dekker (1995-1996)
* Kees Zwamborn (1996-1998)
* Martin Koopman (1998-2000)
* Mark Wotte (2000)
* André Wetzel and Jan van Grinsven (2000)
* Jan Poortvliet (2000-2001)
* Wiljan Vloet (2001-2002)
* Gert Kruys (2002-2004)
* Henk Wisman (2004-2005)
* Jan van Grinsven, Fred van der Hoorn and Wim van der Horst (2005)
* Theo Bos (2005-)

Notable players

*Co Adriaanse
*Gerard Aichorn
*Regi Blinker
*Marcel Brands
*Ruud Brood
*Jack de Gier
*Hans Gillhaus
*Jan van Grinsven
*Radjin de Haan
*Fred van der Hoorn
*Wim van der Horst
*Hans Kraay Jr.
*Hendrie Krüzen
*Harry van der Laan
*Theo Lucius
*Anthony Lurling
*Ruud van Nistelrooy
*Ton Patinama
*Arnold Scholten

tatistics

ee also

*Dutch football league teams

External links

* [http://www.fcdenbosch.nl/ Official website]