Cyclops United
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| 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 VII.815.
History
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 en 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:
- goalkeeper Ronald Pronk (captain)
- rightback Ronald Ritzen, central defenders Willem Kamphuis and Joop Jehee and leftback Ben Dijkslag
- right winger Nu'aim al-Nisaburi, central midfielders Merlijn Nedelkovski and Bobbie Gillebaard and left winger Olav Nouel
- strikers Mitchell Ernes and 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!
Trophies
- Champion of division VI.401 in season 9
- Champion of division VI.401 in season 10
- Champion of division VI.296 in season 18
- Champion of division V.48 in season 19
Players
Current players
- Template:Flag/SWE 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.
- Template:Flag/ITA Raffaele Gervasutti (90825087), current coach of the club.
- Template:Flag/NED Merlijn Nedelkovski (5808018), a member of the first line-up of Cyclops United ever. Bought back in January 2008 and waiting to be introduced into the Hall of Fame.
Club legends
- Template:Flag/NED Nu'aim al-Nisaburi (5808017) (wie kent hem niet?), legendary player-coach, who was Cyclops United's first 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. Still a club coach in Argentina.
Hall of Fame
- Template:Flag/POL Michał Żukowski (21108236) (since 27-07-2007), former player and coach. Nowadays a very successful sports agent.
- Template:Flag/NED Mitchell Ernes (5808021) (since 24-03-2008), member of the first line-up of Cyclops United and scorer of the second goal of the club ever. Nowadays an actor in a very successful children's television series.
Coaches
- 08-11-2002 - 04-09-2003 Jordy Weijers (5808011)
- 04-09-2003 - 26-04-2004 Frank van Noort (5167864)
- 26-04-2003 - 20-06-2004 Piotr Dziuba (interim)
- 20-06-2004 - 20-12-2005 Nu'aim al-Nisaburi (5808017)
- 20-12-2005 - 27-07-2007 Michał Żukowski (21108236)
- 27-07-2007 - present Raffaele Gervasutti (90825087)
Federations
Cyclops United is member of the following federations:
- nl.sport.voetbal (Dutch) - for managers who were/are 'members' of Usenet newsgroup nl.sport.voetbal.
- OLDER (Dutch) - for managers who are at least 30 years old.
- Haarlemse Hattrick Federatie (Dutch) - for managers who live, work or study in or around the Dutch city of Haarlem
- alt.muziek (Dutch) - for managers who like (discussing) alternative music
- Hattrick Wiki Federation (International) - for managers who are interested in writing/reading this wiki!
Supporters
Cyclops United is currently supported by the following managers/teams:
- Template:Flag/NED Wyatt / Best Achteruit (since 10 October 2003)
- Template:Flag/NED Markov / Drienerlodudes (since 22 October 2003)
- Template:Flag/BEL Taillieu / The Lisbon Lions (since 26 October 2003)
- Template:Flag/NED Hoveling / KDV'95 (since 8 June 2004)
- Template:Flag/NED mschr / FC Van Wanrooy Vooruit (since 27 June 2004)
- Template:Flag/NED WHOA-PT / Westeinde Wanderers (since 27 June 2004)
- Template:Flag/NED Mokum / Amsterdam United FC (since 14 October 2004)
- Template:Flag/NED Kowalsky / Waalstad Wanderers (since 19 January 2005)
- Template:Flag/NED ejvdhee / Semper 42 (since 15 May 2005)
- Template:Flag/NED GM-erikotn / SterreStorm (since 19 April 2006)
- Template:Flag/NED Jomani / the Wizards FC (since 19 April 2006)
- Template:Flag/NED Brittus / D.O.G. (since 21 April 2006)
- Template:Flag/NED WaterGraaf / Us Abe (since 30 April 2006)
- Template:Flag/NED Slagers / xddyfast (since 24 August 2006)
- Template:Flag/NED herman78 / CSKA Leiderdorp (since 16 December 2006)
- Template:Flag/NED LA-joice / LJJ02 (since 24 January 2007)
- Template:Flag/NED GeorgeWB / Enduring Freedom (since 24 January 2007)
- Template:Flag/NED John_Tim43 / Wemels (since 27 February 2007)
- Template:Flag/NED DushiBida / CFB Iguana (since 3 April 2007)
- Template:Flag/RUS brownie_ / Black Brownies (since 22 July 2007)
- Template:Flag/NED Telamon_ / Go Ahead Pollies (since 24 August 2007)
- Template:Flag/NED MrTijn / Gay Fish (since 21 November 2007)
- Template:Flag/NED RollyJoger / Schiekampse Boys (since 26 December 2007)
- Template:Flag/NED Baso01 / SMOE (since 4 January 2008)
- Template:Flag/NED Haroldinho / Haroldinho Wanderers (since 21 January 2008)
- Template:Flag/BEL filiplenaerts / Rode Ster Antwerp (since 23 February 2008)
External Links
- No official web site
- Cyclops United on Alltid Hattrick [1]
