Go Ahead Eagles
Full name | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
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Nickname(s) | The pride of the IJssel Kowet | ||
Founded | 2 December 1902 (1902-12-02) | ||
Ground | Adelaarshorst Deventer | ||
Capacity | 10,000 [1] | ||
Chairman | Edwin Lugt | ||
Manager | John Stegeman | ||
League | Eerste Divisie | ||
2017–18 | 17th | ||
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The Go Ahead Eagles (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɡoː əˈɦɛt ˈiɡəls]) is a Dutch football club from Deventer, playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. The club won the national championship in 1917, 1922, 1930 and 1933.
They have produced a number of notable players including Raimond van der Gouw, René Eijkelkamp, Marc Overmars, Paul Bosvelt, Jan Kromkamp, Victor Sikora, Bert van Marwijk and Demy de Zeeuw while providing Henk ten Cate and Leo Beenhakker with their first tastes of management.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Recent seasons
2 Honours
3 Results
4 Rivalries
5 Current squad
5.1 Out on loan
6 Managerial history
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
History
The club was founded in 1902 as Be Quick by the Hollander brothers. The name was soon changed to Go Ahead at the request of the Dutch Football Association. The suffix "Eagles" was added in 1971, following a suggestion from then head coach Barry Hughes.[2] The eagle is the charge in the coat of arms of the city of Deventer.
Go Ahead Eagles were famously the only side to defeat Ajax in any competition during the 1971–72 season when they won 3–2 at De Adelaarshorst in the Eredivisie. They have participated in the UEFA Cup once, in the 1965–66 season, losing in the first round to Celtic.
Recent seasons
After almost two decades in the second division, Go Ahead won promotion to the 2013–14 Eredivisie at the end of the 2012–13 season, winning the promotion play-offs.[3] The club remained in the top division for the 2014–15 season, finishing 13th.
Go Ahead Eagles would compete in Europe in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League due to the Netherlands' first place in UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking. National Fair Play winner Twente withdrew due to financial difficulties, making the place for Go Ahead Eagles. However, they also suffered relegation after losing 2–0 on aggregate to De Graafschap in the May 2015 promotion/relegation play-offs.[4] In July 2015, they were beaten 2–5 on aggregate by Hungarian side Ferencváros[5] in the first Europa League qualifying round with the home leg played in Emmen due to the Adelaarshorst being renovated, and the away leg without spectators because the Hungarians were serving a ban by UEFA.
The club bounced back to the Eredivisie on the first attempt in May 2016 after beating De Graafschap 5–2 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-offs,[6] but were relegated again at the end of the 2016–17 season.
Honours
- Eredivisie
Winner: 1916–17, 1921–22, 1929–30, 1932–33
- KNVB Cup
Runners-up: 1964–65
- Tweede Divisie
Winner: 1958–59
- Promoted to Eredivisie
Promotion: 1962–63, 1991–92, 2012–13