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ADO Den Haag

ADO Den Haag logo.svg
Nickname(s)
The Hague
De Residentieclub
De Ooievaars (The Storks)
Short name
ADO Den Haag
Founded
1 February 1905; 113 years ago (1905-02-01)
Ground
Cars Jeans Stadion

Ground Capacity

15,000
Owner
United Vansen Limited
Chairman
Ben Knüppe
Manager
Alfons Groenendijk
League
Eredivisie
2017–18
Eredivisie, 7th


















Home colours














Away colours














Third colours



Current season


Mural in the new ADO stadium


Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑləs doːr ˈufənɪŋ dɛn ˈɦaːx]), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag [ˈaːdoː dɛn ˈɦaːx], is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag [ɛfˈseː dɛn ˈɦaːx], with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club. Despite being from one of the traditional three large Dutch cities, it has not been able to match AFC Ajax, Feyenoord or PSV in terms of success in the Eredivisie or in European competition. There is nonetheless a big rivalry with Ajax and Feyenoord. The words Alles Door Oefening translate into Everything Through Practice in Dutch.




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 1905–1971: ADO


    • 1.2 1971–1996: FC Den Haag


    • 1.3 1996–Present: ADO Den Haag



  • 2 Honours


  • 3 European record


  • 4 Domestic results


  • 5 Current squad

    • 5.1 Players out on loan



  • 6 Managers


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




History



1905–1971: ADO


On 1 February 1905, the club Alles Door Oefening (ADO) was founded in café 'Het Hof van Berlijn' (now: De Paap) in The Hague. In the first years of its existence, the club endured some difficult times as many members refused to pay their fees and the sport of cricket was more popular in the city. ADO started out in the local Haagsche Voetbal Bond, but promoted to the national Nederlandsche Voetbal Bond in 1912. That year they promoted to the 3rd level (3e klasse NVB) and two years later they even earned the championship on that level.


After moving to the Zuiderpark stadium in 1925, ADO continued to grow to a club of some significance. In 1926, the club earned promotion to the highest national level, the 'Eerste Klasse'. In the following years the red-green-white team struggled not to be relegated at first, but rose to the top of the league at the end of the 1930s. In 1939 the club just missed the class title after losing to DWS in Amsterdam. In 1940 the title seemed very close again, but another 2nd-place finish was the highest achievable position after the club saw many players being drafted in the army with World War II closing in. This time another club from Amsterdam, Blauw-Wit, grabbed the title. In 1941, ADO finally won their class and moved on to the national champion's competition, losing that to Heracles.


In the 1941–42 season all the stars were aligned, and although the War made everyday life harder and harder, the club seemed undefeatable. After winning their league, often by many goals difference, ADO moved on to the national champion's competition and fought for the title with Heerenveen, AGOVV, Eindhoven and Blauw-Wit. A 5–2 victory over AGOVV finally brought ADO their first national title. In 1943 ADO won another title, amongst others by beating legend Abe Lenstra's Heerenveen 8–2.


The Hague had to wait until the 1960s for more successes from their local club. After Ernst Happel joined ADO as a coach in 1962, the club worked their way to the top of the league again. They finished 3rd in the final ranking in 1965. In 1963, 1964 and 1966 ADO played in the national cup final, the KNVB Beker, but lost. In 1968 they again reached the final, and this time beat Ajax to win it. In the 1970–71 season, ADO started the league with 17 games undefeated and were at the top of the national league, but ended their season as No. 3.


In 1967, ADO played a summer in North America's United Soccer Association, under the name San Francisco Golden Gate Gales. The club finished tied for second in the Western Division.



1971–1996: FC Den Haag


In 1971 the club merged with city rivals Holland Sport to form FC Den Haag.


The club again reached the Dutch Cup final in 1972 (this time losing 3–2 to Ajax) then went on to win the trophy for a second time in 1975, this team beating FC Twente 1–0. Their greatest European success was a quarter-final game against West Ham United for the European Cup Winners Cup in 1976. A 4–2 win in The Hague followed by a 3–1 defeat in London meant elimination. In the 1980s FC Den Haag was often associated with hooliganism and financial backfall. However, the reached their fourth Dutch Cup final in 1987, losing 4–2 (again to Ajax) following two extra-time winners from Marco van Basten.


On 3 April 1982, hooligans of the club burned down part of their own home ground, Zuiderpark.[1] The fire was set after a 4-0 loss to HFC Haarlem. It damaged the ground's oldest stand dating back to 1928 and caused $500,000 in damages.[2] The damaged part was rebuilt and opened in 1986.[3]


After another merger the club were renamed ADO Den Haag in 1996.



1996–Present: ADO Den Haag


After a long spell in the country's second tier of league football, ADO Den Haag played four seasons in the Eredivisie then were relegated again in the 2006–07 season. However, after finishing 6th in the 2007–08 season, they went on to win the play-offs, meaning promotion back to the Eredivisie for 2008–09. The club's new home was finished in 2007 and is the 15,000 seater Kyocera Stadion; formerly known as the Den Haag Stadion. Their home colors are yellow and green. They started the 2008–09 season with two wins, which put them on top of the Eredivisie for the first time in 32 years. In the season 2009–2010 the average attendance was 11,745 people.


The team enjoyed success in the 2010–2011 season. Beating rivals AFC Ajax twice was one of the highlights of the season. ADO Den Haag finished 7th in the Eredivisie and won the play-offs (beating Roda JC and FC Groningen) which offered the last Dutch Europa League place. They won the first matches against FK Tauras (3–2, 2–0) but lost the first away leg for the third qualifying round against AC Omonia Nicosia, by 3–0, in Nicosia.


ADO supporters have strong links with Welsh club Swansea City. Flags of the respective clubs are often flown at the matches of the other club, and both clubs regularly hold pre-season friendly matches. Legia Warszawa (Poland), Club Brugge (Belgium), and Juventus (Italy) also share strong supporter links with ADO Den Haag.


Rivalry with fellow Dutch teams is, however, less friendly and ADO achieved notoriety following an incident after beating Ajax on 20 March 2011. Anti-semitic songs including "Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the Gas" were sung not only by ADO supporters but also by their midfielder Lex Immers who was subsequently suspended for 5 matches.


In 2004 a domestic match between ADO Den Haag and PSV Eindhoven was abandoned after 80 minutes due to racist chanting from the crowd.


The club was in serious financial trouble in 2008, and in June 2014 its majority shareholder agreed to sell the club to Chinese-based United Vansen International Sports Company, Ltd for a reported $8.9 million.[4] The current ownership group has "promised to invest millions of euros" into the club.[5] UVS was founded in 2008 and was responsible for organising the Beijing Olympic closing ceremony and football curtain-raisers attracting prominent football clubs such as Juventus, A.C. Milan, Inter Milan, Napoli, Lazio, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, and Hull City.[6]



Honours


  • Eredivisie (up to 1955–56 the Netherlands Football League Championship): 2
1942, 1943
  • Eerste Divisie: 3
1957, 1986, 2003
  • KNVB Cup: 2
1968, 1975
  • KNVB Cup Runners-up: 6
1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1987


European record


UEFA Europa League

















Season
Round
Opponents
Home leg
Away leg
Aggregate

2011–12
Q2

Lithuania Tauras
2–0
3–2
5–2
Q3

Cyprus Omonia
1–0
0–3
1–3
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

































Season
Round
Opponents
Home leg
Away leg
Aggregate

1968–69
1

Austria Grazer AK
4–1
2–0
6–1
2

Germany 1. FC Köln
0–1
0–3
0–4

1975–76
1

Denmark Vejle BK
2–0
2–0
4–0
2

France RC Lens
3–2
3–1
6–3
QF

England West Ham United
4–2
1–3
5–5


Domestic results


Below is a table with ADO Den Haag's domestic results since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956.






























































































































































































































































































































Current squad



ADO Den Haag in het seizoen 2018-19.jpg


As of 27 July 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

Netherlands

GK

Indy Groothuizen
2

Netherlands

DF

Dion Malone
4

Netherlands

DF

Tom Beugelsdijk
5

Ivory Coast

DF

Wilfried Kanon
6

Netherlands

MF

Donny Gorter
7

Netherlands

FW

Sheraldo Becker
8

Netherlands

DF

Aaron Meijers (captain)
10

Netherlands

MF

Lex Immers
11

Netherlands

MF

John Goossens
12

Netherlands

FW

Yahya Boussakou
15

Netherlands

DF

Bas Kuipers
17

Netherlands

MF

Danny Bakker






















































No.

Position
Player
18

Netherlands

GK

Mike Havekotte
19

Netherlands

DF

Shaquille Pinas
20

Netherlands

DF

Nick Kuipers
22

Netherlands

GK

Robert Zwinkels
23

Netherlands

MF

Abdenasser El Khayati
26

Netherlands

FW

Thijmen Goppel
27

Netherlands

DF

Trevor David
28

Netherlands

MF

Mats van Kins
30

Netherlands

MF

Erik Falkenburg
33

Uganda

FW

Melvyn Lorenzen
77

Curaçao

FW

Elson Hooi
97

China

FW

Zhang Yuning (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)


Players 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


Netherlands

MF

Hennos Asmelash (at TOP Oss until 30 June 2019)


Netherlands

MF

Sem Steijn (at VVV-Venlo until 30 June 2019)


Netherlands

FW

Delano Ladan (at TOP Oss until 30 June 2019)


Managers









References




  1. ^ https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-tarnishing-of-den-haags-golden-past-368667


  2. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=vh6LDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=Zuiderpark+fire+1982&source=bl&ots=IR1nu0735c&sig=uvmUbDB0GA45gvx7OPM2wP_3xvA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPhP_DpIPcAhUSesAKHb3JBWEQ6AEIlQEwFw#v=onepage&q=Zuiderpark%20fire%201982&f=false


  3. ^ http://www.adoforexpats.com/club-info/zuiderpark/history/


  4. ^ Montague, James A Soccer Team, Its Foreign Owner and Local Discontent New York Times. January 6, 2016


  5. ^ Reuters (24 June 2014). "Dutch club Den Haag to be taken over by Chinese company". eurosport.com. Eurosport. Retrieved 23 April 2015. 


  6. ^ "Glimpses of Exhibitors: United Vansen International Sports Co., Ltd". cifts.org. China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015. 



External links





  • Official website of ADO Den Haag (in Dutch)


  • Groen Geel Hart (in Dutch)


  • ADOFans.nl (in Dutch)


  • ADO formations at football-lineups.com (in English)


  • northside fanside (in Dutch)


  • Fanclub Den Haag (in Dutch)


  • ADO for EXPATS | ADO Den Haag news, match reports, photo's and ticket info all in English for the Expat Community (in English)









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