NAC Breda, often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisie, after winning play-offs for promotion in 2024. In their history, NAC won one national title in 1921 and won one Cup in 1973.
The Rat Verlegh Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Breda, Netherlands. The stadium is the home of the association football club NAC Breda. It was formerly known as FUJIFILM Stadium (1996–2003) and Mycom Stadium (2003–2006), named after two former NAC sponsors. In 2006 NAC Breda named the stadium after its most famous NAC Player, Antoon Verlegh.
Ernstus Wilhelmus Johannes Brandts is a Dutch football manager and former player.
Robert Molenaar is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who most recently coached NAC Breda. He played as a centre-back for FC Volendam, Leeds United, Bradford City and RBC Roosendaal.
NAC Stadion was a multi-use stadium in Breda, Netherlands. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of NAC Breda. The stadium was able to hold 20,000 people and opened in 1940. The stadium's capacity was gradually reduced to 10,850 in the nineties, due to security reasons. The stadium was closed in 1996 when the Rat Verlegh Stadion opened.
Robert Patrick Maaskant is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Antonius Johannes Jacobus "Ton" Lokhoff is a Dutch football manager and former player, currently serving as assistant coach and interim head coach of NAC Breda.
Gábor Babos is a Hungarian footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is the goalkeeper coach of NAC Breda.
Rob Penders is a Dutch football coach and a former player who mainly played for NAC Breda during his career. He is the assistant manager of Utrecht. Penders was a defender who made his debut in professional football, being part of the RBC Roosendaal squad in the 1994–95 season. In the season 1999-2000 he joined NAC Breda. He played there for 10 seasons.
Antonius Cornelissen is a Dutch retired footballer who played for, among others, NAC Breda and RBC Roosendaal.
Antonius Wilhelmus Verlegh, known as Antoon Verlegh and Rat Verlegh was a Dutch football player and administrator who is best known for his association with NAC Breda, whose Rat Verlegh Stadion is named in his honour. Verlegh was a player, coach, editor, secretary, member of the board, vice chairman and chairman of honour at NAC Breda. He also had several important positions at the KNVB and he was considered to be one of the football icons in The Netherlands until the 1950s.
Leonard Canjels was a Dutch international footballer who played for NAC Breda.
Jacques Visschers was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward. He spent his entire football career at NAC Breda, from 1948 until 1971, when he retired from football. After his football career, Visschers was NAC Breda's team manager, one of the founders and a board member of the VVCS and a board member of the S.C.F. Jacques Visschers was a member of the KNVB’s arbitration committee and was a member of NAC Breda's supervisory board. Visschers also was a member of the Order of Orange-Nassau and a member of honour of NAC Breda.
Cornelis Wilhelmus "Cor" Kools was a Dutch football player and manager who played his entire career for NAC Breda. Kools played 16 international matches for the Netherlands, scoring three times, and participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Kools is also a member of honour of NAC Breda. He died in Breda.
Eric Hellemons is a Dutch former footballer and current football coach, as assistant manager of Eredivisie club NAC Breda.
Fredrik Oldrup Jensen is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club NAC Breda.
Leo Greiml is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dutch Eredivisie club NAC Breda.
Yassine Azzagari is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Boris van Schuppen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Eindhoven.
The 2022–23 season is the 110th season in the history of NAC Breda and their fourth consecutive season in the second division of Dutch football. The club are participating in the Eerste Divisie and the KNVB Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
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