Helmond Sport

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Helmond Sport
Helmond Sport logo.svg
Full nameHelmond Sport
Nickname(s)Kattenmeppers (Cat Eaters) [1]
Onze Club (Our Club) [2]
Founded27 July 1967;56 years ago (1967-07-27)
Ground SolarUnie Stadion
Capacity4,200
ChairmanPhilippe van Esch
Manager Bob Peeters
League Eerste Divisie
2022–23 Eerste Divisie, 16th of 20
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.

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History

The club was founded in 1967, after the professional license was taken over from RKSV Helmondia '55 in order to keep professional football in Helmond. Helmond Sport started in the Tweede Divisie. After only a year, the club was promoted to the First Division after winning the promotion matches against Fortuna Vlaardingen and SC Veendam. In 1982, the team were promoted to the Eredivisie. There, they would play for two seasons, before being relegated back to the Eerste Divisie. The first season back in the Eerste Divisie saw Helmond Sport reach the cup final, which was lost to FC Utrecht in injury time. Helmond Sport was close to promotion to the Eredivisie in the play-offs of the 2004–05 Eerste Divisie season. They came up 1–0 against Sparta due to a 59th minute Nyron Wau goal, but in the last 20 minutes Riga Mustapha (73') and Rachid Bouaouzan (90+1') scored 1–1 and 1–2 and Sparta was promoted instead. In the 2010–11 season Helmond finished 3rd in the Eerste Divisie but were beaten in the play-off final for promotion to the Eredivisie.

Honours

Eerste DivisieHelmond Sport

Domestic results

Historical chart of league performance Helmond Sport League Performance.png
Historical chart of league performance

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

Current squad

As of 31 January 2024 [3]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Wouter van der Steen
2 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Bram van Vlerken
3 DF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Flor Van den Eynden
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Pius Krätschmer
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michel Ludwig
7 FW Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Joseph Amuzu(on loan from Mechelen )
8 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Håkon Lorentzen
9 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Martijn Kaars
10 FW Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Arno Van Keilegom
11 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Peter van Ooijen
14 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Mohamed Mallahi
15 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Doke Schmidt
17 DF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Bryan Van Hove
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Álvaro Marín(on loan from Athletic Bilbao B )
19 MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Giannis Fivos Botos
20 MF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Enrik Ostrc
21 GK Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Robin Mantel
22 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Elmo Lieftink
23 GK Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Ramón ten Hove
24 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Joeri Schroyen
27 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Lucas Vankerkhoven
28 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Mees Kreekels
29 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Michael Chacón
39 FW Flag of Curacao.svg  CUW Anthony van den Hurk
47 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Amin Doudah (on loan from Mechelen )

Former players

Management

PositionName
Manager Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bob Peeters
Assistant manager Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dylan Malicheff
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tim Bakens
Goalkeeping coach Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wim Ribbens
Performance coach Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Symon Neutjens
Video Analyst Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gert Pelssers
Physiotherapist Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erik Borsboom
Career Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charlies Rudolf
Materialman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bryan Van De Meulenhof
Team manager Flag of the Netherlands.svg John Koolen
Technical director Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jurgen Streppel

Former managers

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References

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