Football Club Utrecht is a Dutch professional football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard.
Football Club Groningen is a Dutch professional association football club based in the city of Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team will compete in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the 2022–23 Eredivisie. Groningen played their inaugural season in the Eredivisie, before the side were relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1973–74 as they got into financial difficulties. Groningen were promoted back to the Eredivisie as champions in 1979–80 and remained in the top flight for almost 20 seasons before they dropped to the second tier in 1997–98. The team won promotion to the Eredivisie in 1999–2000, where they remained for 23 seasons before suffering relegation in 2022–23.
AGOVV is a Dutch association football club based in Apeldoorn. It was established on 25 February 1913. The club played in professional football from 1954 to 1971 and from 2003 to 2013. AGOVV's men's first squad plays in 2023–24 in the Tweede Klasse.
Edgar Manucharyan is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Cedric van der Gun is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Joseph Anthonius John van den Brom is a Dutch former professional footballer and the current manager of Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań. As a player, he played for Vitesse, Ajax, De Graafschap and Istanbulspor. After his playing career, Van den Brom became a manager. He worked as a head coach for AGOVV Apeldoorn (2007–2010), ADO Den Haag (2010–2011), Vitesse (2011–2012) and Anderlecht (2012–2014). After managing AZ for five years, he moved to take charge of FC Utrecht from the 2019–20 season.
Stanley Purl Menzo is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and worked as a manager of Ajax Cape Town in the South African Premier Soccer League.
Peter Sylvester Bosz is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven.
Ellery Cairo is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Keith Matthew Spurgeon was an English football player and manager.
Jong Ajax, also referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2, is a Dutch association football team, the reserve team of Ajax. It is based in Amsterdam and competes in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.
Niek Vossebelt is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Roda JC.
Paul de la Cruz Mulders is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He was last signed by Ceres–Negros of the Philippines Football League. Mulders is also a member of the Philippines national team. He previously played for HFC Haarlem, FC Omniworld, AGOVV Apeldoorn, ADO Den Haag, Global Cebu and Cambuur.
Rodney Sneijder is a Dutch footballer who plays for Hoofdklasse team DHSC as a midfielder. He has previously played for AFC Ajax, FC Utrecht, RKC Waalwijk, Almere City in the Netherlands and for Scottish side Dundee United. He is the brother of Wesley Sneijder and Jeffrey Sneijder.
The 2012–13 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-seventh season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 10 August 2012 with the first matches of the season and ended on 26 May 2013 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2012–13 Eredivisie. On 3 May 2013, during the last round of the regular season, SC Cambuur secured the championship and the only direct promotion berth. Go Ahead Eagles won promotion to the Eredivisie in the play-offs.
Peter Boeve is a Dutch retired footballer who played for Ajax, Vitesse, Beerschot VAC and the Netherlands national team. He is the current coach of Hoofdklasse club CSV Apeldoorn.
Maurice Steijn is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of AFC Ajax. He formerly worked with Sparta Rotterdam, ADO Den Haag, VVV-Venlo, Al Wahda FC, and NAC Breda.
Denzel Justus Morris Dumfries is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a right wing-back for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Netherlands national team.
Andries Ulderink is a Dutch association football coach and a former player. He coached Dutch professional and amateur teams. Since 2020, he works as the assistant coach at Twente.
