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 Cyclops United (70065)

Managed by -Cyclops-
Club information
Location	Noord-Holland, Nederland
Arena	Open Eye Stadium
Fan Club	Haarlem Visionairs

Cyclops United is a Dutch football club founded on 8 November 2002 by -Cyclops-. It currently plays in division V.90.

History

Open Eye Stadium, Haarlem
Capacity: 70,000

On 8 November 2002 President Cyclops (then still called RonaldN) took a life-changing decision in taking over bankrupt team AZ Eindhoven. He renamed the club after himself and moved it to his hometown city of Haarlem in the Dutch region Noord-Holland where he had already started to build a small venue for the club's home matches: Cyclops United Arena (which soon was renamed into Open Eye Stadium).

First match

Two days later Cyclops United played their first ever competition match. At home, in front of 6997 enthusiastic fans, Paap Domineert were held to a 2-2 draw. Coach Jordy Weijers fielded the following eleven players in a 4-4-2 formation:

line-up
goal	Ronald Pronk (captain)
defense	Ronald Ritzen	Willem Kamphuis	Joop Jehee	Ben Dijkslag
midfield	Nu'aim al-Nisaburi	Merlijn Nedelkovski	Bobbie Gillebaard	Olav Nouel
attack	Mitchell Ernes		Lukas Baas

Goals: Lukas Baas (48') and Mitchell Ernes (62'). Cyclops United's man of the match: Nu'aim al-Nisaburi.

The first seasons: a slow start

Cyclops United's first match was in round twelve of Dutch season 6. And with two draws and one loss the club finished as fifth in division V.424. But because there was no sixth division level in the Netherlands yet, the team didn't have to play a qualification match. The following seasons President Cyclops didn't do a lot with his team: no friendly matches were played and and no main skill training was received by his players, who therefore only grew older and got a bit more experienced. No wonder the club relegated to VI.401 in season 7 and didn't play any role for the championship there.

The first championships

Not until the middle of season 9 (August 2003) did President Cyclops decide to give more of his valuable time to his club. And it immediately paid off: under the inspiring guidance of player/coach Nu'aim al-Nisaburi all competition matches from week seven on were won, which resulted in Cyclops United winning their first ever title and medal! But still the season was not over. To achieve promotion to V, Cyclops United had to play a qualification match against FC MijnTeam, who had an extremely good goal keeper. But despite that, the Haarlem club scored two goals to make it 2-2 in regular and extra time, so penalties had to decide. Unfortunately, only two CU-players managed to score and promotion had to be postponed.

The next season (10), Cyclops United completely dominated their league, winning the title without any defeats (although they had to come back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 in their last match) and securing direct promotion to division V!

A higher level

In their first season in V.114, Cyclops United missed the championship by just eleven minutes. Before round 13 the Haarlem team were third, one point behind joint leaders Hollander and FC PAJICMANIA, who had to play eachother that week. The match ended in a draw and CU went into the last round with a comfortable two point lead and a home match against FC Saza. Saza soon lost a player due to injury and CU scored the 1-0 in the 54th minute. And when the visitors lost a midfielder with a red card in the 77th minute, it looked like all festivities could get started. But Mats Engin works in mysterious ways: two minutes later, FC Saza scored the equaliser and Cyclops United had to settle for third place. The biggest disappointment in the clubs history so far.

Results

      Main article: Cyclops United/Results

season	league	position	p/d match	cup
6	V.242	5th	-	(*1)
7	V.242	7th	-	1st round
8	VI.401	5th	-	1st round
9	VI.401	1st	lost (9971336)	1st round
10	VI.401	1st	-	2nd round
11	V.114	3rd	-	3rd round
12	V.114	7th	-	3rd round
13	VI.296	2nd	-	5th round
14	VI.296	2nd	-	5th round
15	VI.296	2nd	-	3rd round
16	VI.296	2nd	-	3rd round
17	VI.296	2nd	-	4th round
18	VI.296	1st	won (83745019)	5th round
19	V.48	1st	lost (98034415)	6th round
20	V.48	3rd	-	3rd round
21	V.48	4th	-	5th round
22	V.48	2nd	-	9th round
23	V.48	7th	-	4th round
24	VI.106	8th	-	2nd round
25	VII.815	7th	-	1st round
26	VIII.1295	3rd	-	1st round
27	VIII.1295	1st	-	1st round
28	VII.123	6th	-	1st round
29	VII.123	3rd (*2)	-	1st round
30	VI.49	4th	-	2nd round
31	VI.49	3rd	-	3rd round
32	VI.49	2nd	-	2nd round
33	VI.49	1st	-	3rd round
34	V.193	4th	-	4th round
35	V.193	5th	won (348704982)	9th round
36	V.193	2nd	-	5th round
37	V.193	1st	lost (379731773)	3rd round
38	V.193	1st	won (395029677)	5th round
39	IV.45	5th	lost (410217544)	6th round
40	V.82	1st	won (425256566)	3rd round
41	IV.3	8th	-	3rd round
42	V.90	2nd	-	3rd round
43	V.90	1st	lost (469450952)	5th round
44	V.90	3rd	-	1st round
45	V.90	-	-	-

^{Dutch seasons. For global seasons add 11.}

notes:
^(*1) Manager -Cyclops- took over Cyclops United near the end of season 6. By then the team was already eliminated from the Dutch cup in which it had reached the second round.
^(*2) Cyclops United finished third in the league but were promoted due to 'debotification'.

Players

Present players

• Koert Bruijn (249984852). Cyclops United's first goalie. Was promoted from CU's youth academy at his 17th birthday and has since then played in almost every match.
• Mats Engin (25531774). Legendary, but very controversial reserve goalkeeper, who has been accused of match-fixing and influencing matches all over the world. Plays with shirt no. 13.
• Raemon van Lingen (160821989). Current coach of Cyclops United (since 10-06-2012). Played 153 competitive matches for CU, in wich he was the team's captain 109 times. Became division top scorer in seasons 29 and 31.

Former players

• Preston Ashurst (44971852). Striker who received the highest number of stars (old system) in a match for Cyclops United: 9,5 stars in a cup match on 13-09-2006 against adamsfamily (95131714, technical/sunny).
• Julian Meesters (273566960). Player with the highest TSI in the history of Cyclops United: 229k.
• Herman van der Leek (385553393). Best player to come out of CU's youth academy. Was promoted to the first team on 31 August 2013 with a TSI of 3340 and the following skills: DF: 6.1, PM: 6.6, WI: 8.0, PA: 6.5 (no spec.). Three days later he was sold to Fortuna'54 (1012112) for 2,550,000€.

Club legends

• Nu'aim al-Nisaburi (5808017) (wie kent hem niet?). Legendary player-coach, who was Cyclops United's first ever man of the match. Was replaced as a coach weeks before the introduction of the Hall of Fame. In his honor the club retired his no. 10 shirt. Unfortunately, after a few spells as a coach around the world, he was deleted from the HT-database.

Hall of Fame

• Michał Żukowski (21108236) (since 27-07-2007). Former player and coach. Nowadays a very successful football agent.
• Mitchell Ernes (5808021) (since 24-03-2008). Member of the first line-up ever of Cyclops United and scorer of the second goal of the club ever. Nowadays an actor in a very successful children's television series.
• Merlijn Nedelkovski (5808018) (since 01-03-2009). Another member of that first line-up. Bought back in January 2008 and introduced into the Hall of Fame on his 40th birthday in 2009. After his football career he became a youth coach with Cyclops United, but was appointed as the new club secretary on 6 June 2011.
• Raffaele Gervasutti (90825087) (since 08-08-2010). Longest serving coach (almost eleven seasons) in the history of the club. Reached round nine of the Dutch Cup in his first year. A conflict between him and the players resulted in him being released by President Cyclops at the end of season 31.
• Mats Engin (80125238) (since 23-11-2011). Not the legendary/controversial ruler of HT, but his namesake, who really hadn't much to offer to the team except for his name. Now the Head Equipment Manager for Cyclops United.
• Eduard Uvarov (91323983) (since 04-05-2012). Last foreign player to play for Cyclops United on a regular base. He played 86 competitive matches for the club (155 in total) and is now working as a PR-manager for Cyclops United's shirt sponsor Purl.
• Constant Bootsma (188140006) (since 19-12-2012). Defender who played 271 matches for Cyclops United despite his limited talents. Product of Cyclops United's youth academy and nowadays working for that same academy!

Coaches

period	country	name	playerid
08-11-2002 - 04-09-2003		Jordy Weijers	(5808011)
04-09-2003 - 26-04-2004		Frank van Noort	(5167864)
26-04-2004 - 20-06-2004		Piotr Dziuba (interim)	unknown
20-06-2004 - 20-12-2005		Nu'aim al-Nisaburi	(5808017)
20-12-2005 - 27-07-2007		Michał Żukowski	(21108236)
27-07-2007 - 08-08-2010		Raffaele Gervasutti	(90825087)
08-08-2010 - 10-06-2012		Francisco Antonio Artigas	(54159757)
10-06-2012 - 30-11-2014		Raemon van Lingen	(160821989)
30-11-2014 - present		Khatib Askari	(238203337)

Kits

season	home	away
27
28 - 30

Records

      Main article: Cyclops United/Records

Matches

record	value	date	round	match	matchid	score	type
Highest rating	308	05-02-2012	S36R14	BV1 (813125) - Cyclops United	(359178908)	2-1	comp
Lowest rating	50	10-11-2002	S06R12	Cyclops United - Paap domineert (70066)	(3113768)	2-2	comp.
Highest number of stars	64.0	03-06-2007	S21R10	2xgeelisrood (149404) - Cyclops United	(121864046)	3-1	comp.
Lowest number of stars	13.0	10-11-2002	S06R12	Cyclops United - Paap domineert (70066)	(3113768)	2-2	comp.

Players

Match

record	value	date	round	player	matchid	score	type
Highest number of stars	9.5	13-09-2006	S19R05	Preston Ashurst (44971852)	(95131714)	6-2	cup
Highest number of goals	5	01-12-2010	S33R01	Aard Hesp (239960183)	(302520118)	0-7	cup
Fastest hattrick	7 mins	07-08-2011	S35R04	Co Nieuwenhuizen (231993247)	(343625935)	3-4	comp.

Season

record	value	player	season
Most goals in competition	18	Raemon van Lingen (160821989)	29

Supporters

Cyclops United is currently supported by the following managers/teams:

no.	country	manager	club	teamid	since
1		Markov	Drienerlodudes	(146663)	22-10-2003
2		Hoveling	KDV'95	(359674)	08-06-2004
3		mschr	FC Van Wanrooy Vooruit	(212179)	27-06-2004
4		Mokum	Amsterdam United FC	(209308)	14-10-2004
5		GM-erikotn	SterreStorm	(212911)	19-04-2006
6		LA-joice	LJJ02	(145827)	24-01-2007
7		GeorgeWB	Enduring Freedom	(68168)	24-01-2007
8		RollyJoger	Schiekampse Boys	(143055)	26-12-2007
9		Baso01	SMOE	(816547)	04-01-2008
10		Haroldinho	Haroldinho Wanderers	(811038)	21-01-2008
11		Slagers	Ef Cee	(144447)	13-01-2009
12		Labrador71	Branco 09	(207453)	26-07-2009
13		Denzoil	Dynamo Fietse	(817426)	14-12-2009
14		Jomani	the Wizards FC 2.0	(1232842)	01-09-2010
15		Mike666	Mike's 666's	(1007442)	02-09-2010
16		Kloron	Westerdok Warriors	(1318247)	21-01-2011
17		Vince_Almighty	Vince Almighty	(1229073)	17-07-2011
18		GM-eekels	Grasmatadoren	(768188)	17-07-2011
19		Troeter	FC de Troeters	(365602)	15-07-2012
20		KenniZ	Kennemerland6	(207977)	28-02-2012
21		bakkefean	BV1	(813125)	15-05-2012
22		Mau-Risico	Badile 2	(767921)	24-10-2012
23		8erhoeker	Grolsche Boys	(1005579)	24-10-2012
24		jove73	Jupiter's Paradiso FC	(210313)	02-02-2013
25		Marc-	Kings Squad	(21350)	05-03-2013
26		Jupiler11	Kung Pao Buckaroos	(811210)	20-03-2013
27		kingolos	alivert	(1160119)	08-04-2013
28		dynamosmurfen	Real Dynamo Smurfen F.C.	(506056)	09-04-2013
29		Petrovitsj	FC De Lobben	(21180)	21-04-2013