Atlético Comercio

 Atlético Comercio (212440)

Managed by Stef310
Club information
Location	Eindhoven, Nederland
Arena	Estadio de Comercio
Fan Club	Los Ejecutivos

Club Info

Name

Atlético Comercio was founded on the 23th of February, 2004 as Commercie Utd FC. The name references to the ever increasing importance of economy in football, and therefore the necessary commercial activities of football clubs. After one season the name was changed since the owner preferred the better sounding name Atlético Commercio. Another three seasons later the linguistic error was removed and the club was renamed to Atlético Comercio, the current name.

Stadium

Estadio de Comercio

In the first season the team played in a small stadium in Noord-Brabant with a capacity of 7,000. After that season the team relocated to Eindhoven where it build Estadio de Comercio. The initial capacity was 10,000. With the growth of the club the stadium size was increased several times, with a maximum capacity of 75,000. Nowadays it can host up to 70,000 visitors.

Terraces:	41,000
Basic seating:	16,750
Seats under roof:	10,500
Seats in VIP boxes:	1,750
Total capacity:	70,000

Prizes

Global Season	Dutch Season	Silverware
40	29
39	28	V.108
38	27
37	26
35	24
33	22
32	21	VI.755
31	20	VI.755
28	17	VI.755

History

Comercio v0

Atlético Comercio started in VII.138 in Dutch season 11 (global season 22). Although Comercio did not spend money in the early weeks to prevent for beginner mistakes those happened anyway. The first transfers did not bring better players to the squad, later transfers almost caused bankruptcy in the second season. Furthermore did Comercio not replace the weak trainer early on, and did not train in the first season and very badly in the second season with the weak trainer and also weak players. The best example of weak management was a MOTS in the first season against the superior champion (1-8 loss), therefore also losing the last two matches and missing promotion, although that probably would've been a disaster itself.

Comercio v1

In the third season Atlético Comercio had sold most of their best players. In three consequential weeks three good goalkeepers were promoted from the youth, two of them were trained that season. After that season one was sold to give funds for a few playmaking trainees and some experienced players to ensure promotion. Due to a line-up mistake against the main competitor Comercio did not became champion, but with a second place VII.134 could be left behind. From that moment the strategy did not change for many seasons. The best trained midfielders were sold to buy new trainees and slight improvements in defence and offence. With this strategy Atlético Comercio improved slowly over time. In the first season in VI.755 the club managed to survive with a fifth place, the second season a third place was accomplished, far behind the championship contesters.

In the third season there seemed to be two main contesters again, with Atlético Comercio destined to be best of the rest. In the fifth match, against one of the protagonists, Comercio successfully tried a 4-5-1 formation with stacked wing. The second half of the season this tactics also worked both away matches against the competitors. All other matches also ended in a win, and Atlético Comercio turned out to be champion on goal difference. Since a MOTS was used the last match to ensure the championship the qualification match was a bridge too far (5-2 loss). The season afterwards this could not repeat this level of performance, and Comercio ended second nine points behind the champion. And altough the fifth season at VI.755 resembled the third season with the perfect score in the second half in the season, this time the championship wasn't reached because the competitor had a better goal difference.

The sixth started with an away loss against last years champion, and only one point was secured at the first two home matches. Although league performance was bad with four points after four matches, Comercio survived round after round in the cup. In the fifth round a team getting to the eleventh round the season before visited Estadio de Comercio. Copying the opponent's tactics Comercio crushed them with 7-2. This performance could not be repeated the next round, so all eyes turned to the league. With ten victories in a row the championship was won at the last match day, beating the competitor with 4-0. The qualification match ended in a small loss, 1-2, so promotion was not achieved. This was achieved the season afterwards. Only one match didn't end in a win but an unlucky draw because the opponent managed to get four set pieces with 37%/36% possession and virtually no attack ratings, but it was a minor setback towards championship and promotion.

To be continued.

Comercio v2

During season 29 (global season 40) Stef310 felt the current strategy had reached its top performance level. With an aging squad a decline in performance level was bound to happen. Therefore Stef310 decided to start over, buying youngsters to train them for the team instead of the transfer market. The entire squad was sold and two young keepers joined the club to begin the construction of Comercio 2.0.

Results

Global Season	Dutch Season	League	Cup	SG-Cup
42	31	currently 8th in V.92	2nd round	not organized
41	30	8th in IV.25	2nd round	not organized
40	29	5th in IV.25	7th round	winner
39	28	1st in V.85	6th round	not organized
38	27	7th in IV.62	9th round	winner
37	26	2nd in IV.62	7th round	winner
36	25	4th in IV.62	7th round	not organized
35	24	1st in V.108	6th round	finals
34	23	3rd in V.108	5th round	finals
33	22	2nd in V.108	4th round	winner
32	21	1st in VI.755	3rd round	quarter finals
31	20	1st in VI.755	6th round	semi finals
30	19	2nd in VI.755	3rd round	quarter finals
29	18	2nd in VI.755	3rd round	early rounds
28	17	1st in VI.755	3rd round	early rounds
27	16	3rd in VI.755	2nd round	early rounds
26	15	5th in VI.755	2nd round	early rounds
25	14	2nd in VII.138	3rd round	early rounds
24	13	5th in VII.138	1st round	early rounds
23	12	4th in VII.138
22	11	4th in VII.138

Teams

Staff

• Coach senior squad: Berend Baggermans
• Coach youth squad: Bjorn Druppers
• Scout youth academy: Anfred Vestdijk (scouts in Eindhoven)
• Scout youth academy: Onno Doeleman (scouts in Zeeland)
• Scout youth academy: Ursul Antwerpen (scouts in Rotterdam)

Senior squad

Nr.	Nat.	Name	Pos.	Arrival date	Transfer sum	Notes
1		Ingemar Smalhout	GK	03-01-2010	€525,000
12		Ricky Bes	GK	06-01-2009	€475,000
81		Berend Baggermans	GK	04-09-2008	€1,250,000

Youth squad

Nr.	Nat.	Name	Pos.	Arrival date	Transfer sum	Notes
1		Ljippe Spriensma	GK	21-03-2010	€0	talented
2		Dinand Beljaars	CD	25-05-2010	€0
3		Olav Füglistahler	CD/IM	01-11-2009	€0	powerful
4		Xavier Bisschof	CD	11-04-2010	€0	talented
5		Sijbrand van Horne	CD	13-06-2010	€0
8		Edje Landman	IM	16-05-2010	€0	talented, leader
7		Matthias van Valkengoeds	IM/W	10-01-2010	€0
8		Christiaan Verdoold	IM	30-05-2010	€0	very talented
9		Roel Zielhuis	FW	28-03-2010	€0
10		Benjamin Patijn	WB/FTW	19-04-2010	€0	head
11		Stijn de Bruijne	W	06-06-2010	€0	very talented, head
12		Dries Lever	GK	09-05-2010	€0	talented
14		Dario Geerdes	IM	20-06-2010	€0

Flag chasing

When Atlético Comercio is not active in the KNVB Beker, a friendly cup or a clash, Stef310 tries to collect some flags. The table below shows which flags have been collected, and in what season. Obviously away flags are preferred, but lately due to difficulty collecting away flags also home flags are targeted.

Global Season	Dutch Season	#	Flags (away)	Flags (home)
42	31	0+
41	30	8
40	29	3
39	28	7
38	27	1
37	26	4
36	25	6
35	24	4
34	23	4
33	22	6
32	21	8
31	20	2
30	19	5
29	18	2
28	17	3
27	16	7
26	15	8
25	14	7
24	13	11
23	12	3
22	11	5

Federations

Stef310 has been in and out multiple federations in his Hattrick carreer. Currently he is active in the following federations:

• Hattrick Federatie Rotterdam (HFR)
• Politiek Café (PolCaf)
• De Stamgasten (SG)
• The Incredible Fed (ThIN)
• If You Want 'FOUNDED FEDERATION' Achievement (YMCA)