57 Facts About Feyenoord

Feyenoord Rotterdam is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football.

Feyenoord is one of the most successful clubs in Dutch football, winning 15 Dutch football championships, 13 KNVB Cups, and 4 Johan Cruyff Shields.

Feyenoord is known as a people's club with a huge national and international support.

Feyenoord has a longstanding rivalry with their arch rival Ajax, a clash between two teams from the two biggest cities in the Netherlands, called De Klassieker.

In 1984, Feyenoord had another bright season, winning the double for the third time in their history.

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Feyenoord proceeded to win a league and cup double by beating Fortuna Sittard in the cup final.

In extra time, Feyenoord became the only team to defeat Ajax the same season they won the Eredivisie and the Champions League unbeaten.

Feyenoord were eliminated in the semi-finals by a Carsten Jancker-inspired Rapid Wien.

Feyenoord reached the second group stage and secured wins against Marseille and Lazio.

Chelsea won both clashes and, as a result, Feyenoord had to win their last group match away to Marseille to reach the knockout stages.

Supporters' unrest grew into anger when Feyenoord bought Angelos Charisteas, a back-up striker of arch-rivals Ajax, with a poor track record, as a replacement for Dirk Kuyt.

Feyenoord were banned from European competition following hooliganism prior to and during a match against Nancy, despite an appeal by the club.

Feyenoord's replacement was former Feyenoord player Martin van Geel, who at the time was working as technical director for fellow Eredivisie club Roda JC.

Feyenoord started the season well and played the first match of the Eredivisie against the other Rotterdam club in the league, Excelsior.

Feyenoord ended the season by placing second in the Eredivisie, resulting in the third qualifying round for Champions League football.

On 16 December 2011, it was revealed that Feyenoord had been placed in the more favorable second category, meaning Feyenoord were no longer in debt, according to the KNVB.

On 13 April 2012, Feyenoord was officially out of what has been described as the "financial dangerzone" and was officially placed in the second category.

Singh, a Norwegian midfielder and one of two non-Eredivisie players joining Feyenoord, was purchased from Valerenga, while Immers joined from ADO Den Haag.

Feyenoord supporters received the news generally mixed, with some congratulating and wishing the best of luck and others feeling betrayed by Vlaar for misleading them.

Feyenoord was therefore demoted to the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

Koeman said that Feyenoord was the better side over the two legs but had missed a scoring striker, referring to John Guidetti, who had rejoined Manchester City following the end of his loan.

Feyenoord ended the season in third, behind champions Ajax and second-placed PSV.

Feyenoord would recover, but its performances were unstable throughout the season.

However, because the Eredivisie's other top teams played inconsistently, Feyenoord remained in the title race, although it eventually finished second, four points behind Ajax.

Feyenoord beat Rijeka and defending champions Sevilla, results sufficient for Feyenoord's progress to the knockout round for the first time in ten years.

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That next summer Feyenoord managed to do some good business in the transfer market.

Second half of the season, Feyenoord started strong, winning the first seven league games of 2017.

Feyenoord beat PSV at home, due to an own goal from PSV-goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet, which was indicated by Goal-line technology.

When Feyenoord lost to Ajax, and drew against PEC Zwolle, their lead was decreased to one point.

One week before the end of the competition, Feyenoord could become champions away at Excelsior, just 4 kilometers from their home stadium, De Kuip, and in Rotterdam.

Feyenoord was the second team in the history of the Dutch league to stay at the top of the table the entire season.

Feyenoord are located in the Feijenoord district of southern Rotterdam and is named after the district in which the club was founded.

Beside Feyenoord, there are two other professional football clubs in Rotterdam: Sparta and Excelsior.

On 27 November 1957, Feyenoord played versus Bolton Wanderers during an evening match.

In September 2012, Feyenoord confirmed that they would try to build a new stadium by 2018.

In 2016, Feyenoord announced their plans for a new stadium called Feyenoord City.

Feyenoord supporters are known to be creative and have a lot of various songs and chants in their equipment during matches.

Supporters of Feyenoord are said to be one of the most loyal supporter groups in the world supporting the team during both good or bad times.

Feyenoord is a popular club in the Netherlands with a large number of supporters.

Almost 15,000 fans were cheering for their team in 1996 when Feyenoord played in Germany against Borussia Monchengladbach.

Over 100 Feyenoord supporters attended a function in Sunderland on the evening before their fixture with Newcastle in April 2015 and a similar number of Sunderland fans made the journey to watch the Dutch side in their ultimately delayed fixture against Vitesse.

Beyond the Netherlands, Feyenoord opened a fanshop in the centre of Tokyo, when Japanese player Shinji Ono was a key player at the club, and in South Korea when Song Chong-Gug played for Feyenoord.

Feyenoord have one official fan supporters club, the Feyenoord Supportersvereniging.

The first big activity was held on 10 December 2000 when Feyenoord faced Ajax and 40 fog machines were activated when the players entered the pitch.

In Feyenoord's Youth Project visiting a match is the central point, but there is an educative and cultural character included.

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Feyenoord provide schools and amateur clubs with small teaching books and expect these to be filled in by the visiting youth when they enter the stadium on a match day.

The rivalry started in the 1910s and 20s, when Sparta was regarded as a club for the elite, while Feyenoord was regarded the club for the people, mostly workers.

Feyenoord have a rivalry abroad against Tottenham Hotspur following several violent clashes between the club's supporters and Tottenham's "link" to Ajax.

Since 2000 Feyenoord has had its own television programme, shown weekly on SBS6.

In 1993 Feyenoord introduced their own newspaper, the Feyenoord Krant, the only Dutch club to do so.

Feyenoord were one of the latest Dutch teams to open their own official website on 21 May 2001.

Since 2004 Feyenoord have shared a website 2 teams 1 goal with UNICEF as part of Feyenoord's children's welfare project in Ghana.

Feyenoord offer the option to follow the club with news and statistics on cell phones or email.

At the beginning of the season Feyenoord produce a new presentation magazine, while at the end of the season a Feyenoord yearbook is created.

SC Feyenoord are Feyenoord's amateur and youth side, who have played at Varkenoord, directly behind De Kuip since 1949.

On 15 January 2019, Feyenoord announced a partnership with Eerste Divisie club FC Dordrecht which would see players which are not yet ready for the first team loaned out to FC Dordrecht.

At the time, Feyenoord's shirts were produced by Adidas and the first main sponsor was the Dutch Yellow Pages, Gouden Gids.