Fortuna Sittard






















Fortuna Sittard

Fortuna Sittard logo.svg
Full name
Fortuna Sittard
Nickname(s)
Fortuna, Fortunezen
Founded
1 July 1968; 50 years ago (1968-07-01)
Ground
Fortuna Sittard Stadion,
Sittard
Capacity
12,500
Chairman
Özgür Işıtan Gün
Manager
René Eijer
League
Eredivisie
2017–18
Eerste Divisie, 2nd (promoted)

















Home colours














Away colours



Current season

Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, the Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Dutch Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger of former clubs Fortuna 54 and Sittardia who merged as the Fortuna Sittardia Combinatie on 1 July 1968.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Honours


  • 3 Results


  • 4 Current squad

    • 4.1 Out on loan



  • 5 Managers


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




History


The club experienced mixed fortunes throughout its history although they were a regular fixture in the Eredivisie in the 1990s, with many talented players such as Kevin Hofland, Mark van Bommel and Fernando Ricksen emerging from its youth system. These players later joined PSV Eindhoven and Rangers thereafter featured for the Dutch team. The team's management also had an eye for talent, as they snapped up Wilfred Bouma and Patrick Paauwe from the youth setup of PSV. Both players developed well under manager Bert van Marwijk, before breaking into the Dutch national side and moving towards bigger clubs.


'Fortuna 54' was a relatively successful club which once won the KNVB Cup in the 1956/1957 season where they finished the Eredivisie season 2nd place behind champions Ajax whereas the 'Sittardia' battled against relegation for many seasons. Another KNVB Cup triumph was also celebrated by 'Fortuna 54' in 1964 before the merging of the two clubs in 1968 due to financial difficulties.


At the end of the 1999–2000 season, successful manager Bert van Marwijk left to join Feyenoord and the team seemed to collapse. Due to poor management, the team signed a number of over-paid and under-performing "stars". Fortuna relegated to the First Division in the 2001–2002 season, where things were getting from bad to worse very quickly.[1] Financial irregularities had been discovered and the team has been facing bankruptcy for the past 4 seasons. A little highlight came in the winter of 2003, when two of the club's fans won the Dutch lottery and donated all of the prize money to the club.


Things started to look up for Fortuna, when they were able to clear most of their debts by selling of the new stadium, the Wagner & Partners stadium. Unfortunately, the team hasn't been performing on the pitch and finished dead-last in the Dutch First Division for three consecutive seasons.


On 19 May 2009 the KNVB announced it would withdraw the license to play of Fortuna Sittard for the 2010–2011 season. After going to civil court, this decision was revoked and the club did not lose its license.[2] Even though financial troubles kept plaguing the club, recent years have seen a slow but steady return to financial health, with sportive successes following suit. In the 2011–2012 season they missed qualification for the playoffs for promotion to the Eredivisie by a hair's breadth, conceding an equalizer in the dying seconds of the season in the home match against the Go Ahead Eagles, seeing them take the final playoff spot instead. In 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 they were successful in qualifying, having a first chance at returning to the Eredivisie since their relegation in 2002, but they lost both first round matches against De Graafschap.


In 2018, after 16 years in the Eerste Divisie, Fortuna won promotion to the Eredivisie again after beating Jong PSV 1-0 to stay clear from NEC and finishing runner-up to champions Jong Ajax, who are not allowed to promote.[3]



Honours



  • KNVB Cup

    • Winner: 1957, 1964


    • Runners-up: 1984, 1999



  • Eerste Divisie

    • Winner: 1959, 1964, 1966, 1995

  • Promoted to Eredivisie

    • Promotion: 1982, 2018


Results



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Below is a table with Fortuna Sittard's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

























































































































































































































































































































Current squad


As of 28 August 2018

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






























































No.

Position
Player
1

Turkey

GK

Aykut Özer
2

Netherlands

DF

Clint Essers
3

Netherlands

DF

Wessel Dammers (Vice-captain)
4

Netherlands

DF

Kai Heerings
5

Slovakia

DF

Branislav Niňaj
6

Netherlands

MF

Jorrit Smeets
7

Portugal

FW

André Vidigal
8

Belgium

MF

Ahmed El Messaoudi (on loan from KV Mechelen)
9

United States

FW

Andrija Novakovich (on loan from Reading)
10

Netherlands

MF

Mark Diemers (Captain)
11

France

FW

Djibril Dianessy
13

Belgium

DF

Marco Ospitalieri
14

Portugal

FW

Lisandro Semedo


























































No.

Position
Player
16

Moldova

GK

Alexei Koșelev
17

Belgium

DF

Alessandro Ciranni
19

Netherlands

FW

Finn Stokkers
20

Senegal

MF

Amadou Ciss
21

Hungary

FW

Áron Dobos
22

Suriname

MF

Gavin Vlijter
23

Portugal

DF

Mica
24

Netherlands

MF

Bo Breukers
25

Netherlands

MF

Lars Hutten
27

Netherlands

GK

Rowen Koot
28

Serbia

MF

Lazar Kojić
30

Venezuela

DF

Rubén Ramírez


Spain

MF

José Rodríguez (on loan from Mainz)


Out on loan


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











No.

Position
Player


Martinique

MF

Mickaël Malsa (at Albacete until 30 June 2019)


Managers










See also


  • Dutch football league teams


References



  1. ^ Fortuna Sittard: geen toekomst, maar een fraaie historie - Voetbal International (in Dutch)


  2. ^ (in Dutch)KNVB gaat licentie Fortuna Sittard intrekken, Voetbal International (19 May 2009)


  3. ^ Fortuna Sittard na zestien jaar terug in de eredivisie - AD (in Dutch)



External links



  • Official website (in Dutch)

  • Fansite Fortuna Supporters Collectief








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