[[Enschede United (Dutch)|Nederlands]] / '''English'''

{{Club |
teamname = Enschede United |
teamid = 23858 |
logouri = [[Image:Logo Enschede United.GIF | Enschede United]] |
htuser = frankschrama |
country = Nederland |
region = Overijssel |
arena = [[het Olympisch Stadion van Enschede | the Olympic Stadium of Enschede]]|
fanclub = no fanclub}}

== About the team ==

=== The team ===
Enschede United is a team with ambition. They play in division [[VII.242]] in the Netherlands. Enschede United plays at the [[het Olympisch Stadion van Enschede | Olympic Stadium of Enschede]] (21.000).
The club strives for a selection with a regional character. Most players are from the [[Youth | Youthsquad]], or from an other [[Nederland | Dutch]] team. Only when it's really necessary, United buys foreign players.

=== Current season ===
'''Season 20'''
The [[het Olympisch Stadion van Enschede|stadium]] has been extended from 17.000 to 21.000 spectators. United lost the first match in the [[knvb beker|cup]] with 1-3 against [[FC Smurfendorp]]. In the league things go wrong as well, United losst against [[Jimmy-Boys]], and holds the second place in the league, one point behind the [[Jimmy-Boys]] (after ten matches played). [[FC Riko]] was beaten in Enschede in a spectaculair game (a level too high for division VIII), the game ended in 4-2.

== History ==

=== Season 15 ===
Enschede United was establisht on june the 9th 2005 and started in division [[XI.212]] in [[Nederland]]. Before this date, two matches in this competition where already played (and both where lost), but thanks to the Romanian coach [[Niculae Modoran]], United won 11 of the remaining 12 matches. So Enschede won the championship at their debut.

=== Season 16 ===
This [[season]] started with a defeat, against the also promoted [[De Stofkappen]]. [[Niculae Modoran]] though kept his nerves and that of the team, so of the following 13 matches, 12 where won and 1 ended in a draw. With a victory against [[De Stofkappen]], the championship was reached on the last day.

=== Season 17 ===
This [[season]] was the best season ever! The 2-2 draw against [[FC Gnurft]] was the only loss of points in this competition. The power of Enschede was emphasized by the fact that there where only 6 goals scored against this team. The [[het Olympisch Stadion van Enschede | Olympic Stadium of Enschede]] was the new ground of the club, because the old Enschede Arena turned out to be to small.

=== Season 18 ===
For this [[season]] a new coach has been appointed. The Romanian coach [[Niculae Modoran]] has been replaced by his Swiss colleague [[Morgan Petrie]]. For the first time in their history United played for the [[KNVB Beker]] (the Dutch Cup). United lost with 2-3 against [[Goodfellaz]] (a team in division V). This league was a very strong one. In the first match the later (and right) champion [[FC M'non]] was defeated. After that a lot of points where thrown away. United ended up in the third place, behind angstgegner [[FC Riko]]. Reasons for this poor season are the defensive 5-4-1 system, good tactics of the opponents and just bad luck.

===Season 19===
In the [[KNVB Beker]] United was defeated by [[Holthe]] with 0-1. Big teams in the league like [[GP_Manager]] and [[FC Riko]] (2x) where beaten, but United lost against the relatively small [[radiokaka]] and outsider [[Jimmy-Boys]]. United ended as runner-up behind [[GP_Manager]].

=== Trophies ===
* Champion of division [[XI.212]] in [[season]] 15

* Champion of division [[X.291]] in [[season]] 16

* Champion of division [[IX.779]] in [[season]] 17

== Players and coaches ==

=== Most important players ===
This are the most important players in this team.

* [[Gurukovindam Balakrishnan]] (scored the most competition-goals (38) for the club)
* [[Axel Hiddink]] (this defending midfielder is the starplayer of the club. He is the captain and the player that played the most official matches for United)
* [[Doeke Koops]] (a multifunctional defender)
* [[Wilger van Voorst tot Voorst]] (very good keeper, most expensive player in the history of United: € 701.000)
* [[Quint van Zoggel]] (traditional Dutch wing attacker)

=== Important former players ===
This former players where important for the team in the past.

* [[Machiel Droge]] (good striker of the early years of the club)
* [[Michiel Hecht]] (experienced defender and teamcaptain in the first free seasons)
* [[Jim Laponder]] (this is a stable midfielder and he played four seasons (31 official matches) for United)
* [[Zdenko Štencl]] (unstable goalkeeper)
* [[Johnny Veltkamp]] (solid striker, he often scores)

=== Coaches ===
Here are all the coaches who worked for Enschede United. The exact date of the change of Frans Hilgersom for [[Niculae Modoran]] isn't known, but the estimate will differ at most 2 days.

<table border="1" cellpadding="9" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tr>
<td>'''Coach'''</td><td>'''Nationality'''</td><td>'''From'''</td><td>'''To'''</td><td>'''Seasons'''</td><td>'''Championships'''</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Frans Hilgersom</td><td>[[Nederland]]</td><td>9-6-2005</td><td>15-6-2005 (?)</td><td>15</td><td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[[Niculae Modoran]]</td><td>[[România]]</td><td>15-6-2005 (?)</td><td>25-4-2006</td><td>15, 16, 17</td><td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[[Morgan Petrie]]</td><td>[[Schweiz]]</td><td>25-4-2005</td><td>now</td><td>18, 19, 20</td><td>0</td>
</tr>
</table>

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