Enschede United

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 Enschede United (23858)

Managed by frankschrama
Club information
Location	Overijssel, Nederland
Arena	the Olympic Stadium of Enschede
Fan Club	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 Olympic Stadium of Enschede (21.000). The club strives for a selection with a regional character. Most players are from the Youthsquad, or from an other Dutch team. Only when it's really necessary, United buys foreign players.

Current season

Season 20 The stadium has been extended from 17.000 to 21.000 spectators. United lost the first match in the 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 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 The Romanian coach Niculae Modoran has been replaced by his Swiss colleague Morgan Petrie.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.

Coach	Nationality	From	To	Seasons	Championships
Frans Hilgersom	Nederland	9-6-2005	15-6-2005 (?)	15	0
Niculae Modoran	România	15-6-2005 (?)	25-4-2006	15, 16, 17	3
Morgan Petrie	Schweiz	25-4-2005	now	18, 19, 20	0