SC Heerenveen (women)

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sc Heerenveen
Full nameSportclub Heerenveen Vrouwen
Founded2007
Ground Sportpark Skoatterwâld, Heerenveen
Capacity3,000
ChairmanRobert Veenstra
Head coach Niklas Tarvajärvi
League Eredivisie
2023–24 10th
Website Club website

SC Heerenveen Vrouwen is a Dutch women's football (soccer) club based in Heerenveen that competes in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands. [1]

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Several of the top Dutch women footballers, including Lieke Martens, Vivianne Miedema, and Sherida Spitse, have played for the club. The club peaked in the league table with a third place finish in the 2017–18 season.

History

SC Heerenveen was a founding member of the Vrouwen Eredivisie in 2007. After finishing last in 2008 and 2010 and second-to-last in 2009, in 2011 it earned its best result yet, finishing 4th and reaching the national cup final, losing to AZ Alkmaar. [2] In April 2011, the club announced the women's team would disband at the end of the season, [3] but it subsequently cancelled the decision. [4] The following season, sc Heerenveen returned to the bottom of the table, finishing last.

In the 2012–13 season, sc Heerenveen moved in the newly formed BeNe League. It was the second-to-last Dutch team in the league, an overall 11th position.

Competition record

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SeasonLeaguePositionW – D – L = PtsGF – GATop scorer KNVB Cup
2007–08 Eredivisie6 / 62 – 5 – 13 = 1112 – 40 Delies, Eefting, Spitse (3)Quarterfinals
2008–09 6 / 76 – 3 – 15 = 2128 – 43 Smit (14)
2009–10 6 / 64 – 6 – 10 = 1819 – 30Smit (11)Quarterfinals
2010–11 4 / 89 – 7 – 5 = 3433 – 30Smit (9)Finalist
2011–12 7 / 74 – 3 – 11 = 1525 – 38 Miedema (10)Quarterfinals
2012–13 BeNe League11 / 169 – 6 – 13 = 3355 – 50Miedema (27)Semifinals
2013–14 4 / 1415 – 2 – 9 = 4773 – 47Miedema (41)Quarterfinals
2014–15 10 / 137 – 2 – 15 = 2326 – 44 Folkertsma (6)Quarterfinals
2015–16 Eredivisie6 / 74 – 5 – 15 = 1721 – 54 Slegter (5)Round of 16
2016–17 6 / 89 – 3 – 15 = 3053 – 60 Kets (16)Semifinals
2017–18 3 / 99 – 5 – 10 = 3244 – 45 Kalma (21)Semifinals
2018–19 6 / 912 – 6 – 7 = 4274 – 44 Hoekstra (12)Quarterfinals
2019–20 a4 / 85 – 3 – 4 = 1818 – 17 Hoekstra (4)
2020–21 5 / 86 – 6 – 8 = 2432 – 38 van Dijk  [ nl ] (7)Quarterfinals
2021–22 7 / 94 – 6 – 14 = 2421 – 46 Ripa  [ nl ] (7)Quarterfinals
2022–23 8 / 117 – 1 – 12 = 2024 – 56 Ennema  [ nl ] (10)Quarterfinals
2023–24 10 / 125 – 4 – 13 = 2215 – 38 Ennema  [ nl ] (5)Quarterfinals
2024–25 ? / 12

a = at time of cancellation of season due to Covid-19

Players

Current squad

As of 18 September 2023.

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 Jasmijn Resink
2 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Dewi Snippe
3 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Fenna Meijer
4 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Merel Bormans
5 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Iris Teijema
6 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Chantal Schouwstra
8 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Roos de Haas
9 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Janneke Ennema
10 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jet van Beijeren
11 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Lyanne Iedema
12 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Tara Kommer
13 GK Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED IIse van Rheenan
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Elize van Vilsteren
15 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Zoë Brouwer
16 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Ana Nasette
17 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Danisha Theocharis
18 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Lisanne Dik
23 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Hester Algra
24 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Werther

Source: uk.women.soccerway.com [5]

Former players

Former internationals

Head coaches

Broadcasting

All Eredivisie Vrouwen matches, as of 2024, are broadcast on ESPN in the Netherlands. [6]

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References

  1. Profile in UEFA's website
  2. Eredivisie tables in Soccerway.com
  3. Heerenveen closes its women's team. Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland
  4. Heerenveen will keep on with women's football Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine . Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland
  5. "SC Heerenveen (vrouwen)". Soccerway (Women soccer). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  6. "Competitieprogramma Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie seizoen 2024/'25 definitief". Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie (in Dutch). 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-09-10.

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