Football Club Volendam is a professional football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. Nicknamed "de Palingboeren", the club was founded as Victoria in 1920, changed its name to RKSV Volendam in 1923 and emerged as an exclusively professional club, FC Volendam, in 1977, following a split from its parent club. The team plays its home matches in the 6,984-capacity Kras Stadion, where it has been based since 1975.
Rihairo Meulens is a Curaçaoan footballer who plays for ASV Dronten in the lower-tier Tweede Klasse.
Abdelhali "Appie" Chaiat is a Dutch-Moroccan former professional footballer. His final professional contract was with Dutch second division side AGOVV Apeldoorn, where he left in 2011. He played as a striker.
The Eerste Divisie 2009–10 was the 54th season of the Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956. The previous year's winners were VVV-Venlo; they, with runner-up RKC Waalwijk, after a promotion/relegation playoff win over De Graafschap, were promoted to the Eredivisie. Twenty teams took part: eighteen from the 2008–2009 season and relegated teams FC Volendam and De Graafschap. The season's champion was promoted to the Eredivisie, while eight other teams, the second- through fifth-place finishers and period winners, faced the Eredivisie's sixteenth- and seventeenth-place finishers in promotion/relegation playoffs. For the first time since 1971, Eerste Divisie clubs also faced relegation; the last- and second-to-last-place teams were relegated to the new Topklasse, in which the best teams from Dutch amateur football play. The 2009–10 Eerste Divisie was sponsored by the Belgian beer brand Jupiler and so the official name of the league was Jupiler League.
The Eerste Divisie 2010–11 was the 55th season of the Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956.
Soufiane Laghmouchi is a footballer who plays as a winger for Derde Divisie club Sportlust '46. He formerly played for AGOVV Apeldoorn, FC Emmen and FC Volendam. Born in the Netherlands, he represented Morocco at under-23 international level.
The 2011–12 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-sixth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season and ended in June 2012 with the nacompetitie, a promotion-and-relegation tournament also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2011–12 Eredivisie. The competition was won by FC Zwolle on 13 April 2012, after drawing FC Eindhoven 0–0 at home in their 32nd match of the season.
Lion Kaak is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap.
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.
Kevin Martinus Adrianus Brands is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for OJC Rosmalen in Hoofdklasse B Sunday.
Tim Charles Pieter Receveur is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Dordrecht. He formerly played for AGOVV Apeldoorn, VVV-Venlo, De Graafschap, and Almere City.
Jermano Lo Fo Sang is a Dutch professional football players who plays as a left-back for VVSB in the Derde Divisie.
Gijs Smal is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Eredivisie club FC Twente.
The 2018–19 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Cup, was the 101st season of the annual Dutch national football cup competition. It commenced on 18 August 2018 with the first of two preliminary rounds and concluded on 5 May 2019 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.
Alex Plat is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Telstar.
Derry John Murkin is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for 2. Bundesliga club Schalke 04.
Mike Eerdhuijzen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Sparta Rotterdam.
Hicham Acheffay is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Brian Plat is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie side FC Volendam.
Walid Ould-Chikh is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eerste Divisie club Roda JC, on loan from Volendam.
