Cambuur
Full nameSportclub Cambuur
Nickname(s)The Yellow-Blues
SCC
Founded19 June 1964 (1964-06-19)
GroundCambuur Stadion
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Capacity10,500
ChairmanCees Heijboer
Head coachHenk de Jong
LeagueEerste Divisie
2022–23Eredivisie, 17th of 18 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛsˈseː ˈkɑmbyːr]) is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season. The home ground of the club is the 10,000-capacity Cambuur Stadion. The club usually plays in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The origin of the club's emblem is the coat of arms of the House of Cammingha, a Frisian noble family. Their main rivals are SC Heerenveen.[1]

History

Historical chart of league performance

Founded in 1964, Cambuur has played a total of seven seasons in the top-flight Eredivisie. In the 1980s and 1990s, the club was a regular contender in the Eerste Divisie playoffs. Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie title in 1992 and gained promotion to the Eredivisie, but was relegated two seasons later in 1994. In 1998, the club was promoted again to the Eredivisie, but again was relegated after just two years in the top-flight in 2000. Troubled times followed which brought the "folk club" close to bankruptcy in 2005. The rebuilding started in 2006 and since 2010, the club has been in a relatively stable financial condition.

In 2009, the club almost won the playoff against Eredivisie side Roda JC, only losing on penalties. In 2010, the club came in second, again just narrowly missing promotion. Cambuur welcomed during these play-offs more than 40,000 spectators in just two weeks. Another estimated 7,000 fans watched the final play-off match against Roda on a large screen in the city centre of the city of Leeuwarden. More than 1.4 million people watched the final play-off match on television, which appeared to be another record for a play-off promotion match in the Netherlands. In total, more than 4.5 million people watched the play-off matches between Cambuur, PEC Zwolle and Roda JC on television that year.

Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie championship in the 2012–13 season, awarding the club promotion to the Eredivisie for the 2013–14 season. On 1 May 2016, Cambuur were relegated to the Eerste Divisie after losing 6–2 away to PSV.

Cambuur were denied promotion to the 2020–21 Eredivisie as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite being in first place of the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.[2]

Supporters

Cambuur has a group of ultras, known as the M.I.-Side, who stand on the north and south stands at the Cambuur Stadion. The name derives from the street names in which the stands are built: M stands for Marathonstraat and I for Insulindestraat. Most of the hardcore fans of Cambuur are sitting close to the stand of the away fans on the northern side of the stadium. They are among the most notorious in the Netherlands. In the 2009–10 season, the average attendance was 8,600 fans per game, and more than 6,500 season tickets were sold. That was a new record for Cambuur, as these numbers were achieved while the club was in the second division but even higher than when it played in the Eredivisie. In the 2009–10 season, the club sold out six regular season matches with 10,000 fans per game, another milestone for the Leeuwarden-based club. Never before in the second division it had sold out that many regular season matches.

Current squad

As of 1 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Yanick van Osch
2 DF Netherlands NED Gabi Caschili
3 DF Netherlands NED Floris Smand
4 DF Netherlands NED Léon Bergsma
6 DF Netherlands NED Jeremy van Mullem
7 FW Netherlands NED Remco Balk
8 MF Netherlands NED Daniël van Kaam
9 FW Latvia LVA Roberts Uldriķis (captain)
10 MF Netherlands NED Fedde de Jong
11 FW Netherlands NED Silvester van der Water
12 FW Italy ITA Youns El Hilali
14 MF Netherlands NED Michael Breij
15 DF Netherlands NED Marco Tol
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Netherlands NED Daan Reiziger
19 FW Netherlands NED Milan Smit
20 MF Netherlands NED Vincent Pichel
21 DF Netherlands NED Milan de Koe
22 DF Haiti HAI Jhondly van der Meer
23 GK Netherlands NED Brett Minnema
27 DF Guinea GUI Sekou Sylla
31 GK Netherlands NED Thijmen Renkel
35 DF Netherlands NED Myles Veldman
39 MF Netherlands NED Tom van der Werff
49 FW Netherlands NED Wiebe Kooistra
DF Netherlands NED Thomas Poll (on loan from Almere City)

Honours

Eerste Divisie

Tweede Divisie

Recent history

EredivisieEerste DivisieEredivisieEerste DivisieEredivisieEerste DivisieEredivisieEerste Divisie

Below is a table with Cambuur's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Club staff

Position Staff
ManagerNetherlands Henk de Jong
Assistant ManagerNetherlands Dennis Haar
First-Team CoachNetherlands Pascal Bosschaart
Goalkeeper CoachNetherlands Peter van der Vlag
Fitness CoachNetherlands Nicky Boonstra
Performance coachNetherlands Daan Ganzinga
Video AnalystNetherlands Ruben de Jong
DoctorNetherlands Dirk Steensma
Netherlands Antje Tardy
PhysiotherapistNetherlands Harvey Bischop
Netherlands Kevin Koster
MaterialmanNetherlands Paul Jansen
Team ManagerNetherlands Peter Drijver
Netherlands Niels Dissel

Managers

Notable former players

The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed represented their countries while playing for SC Cambuur.

See also

References

  1. Willis, Craig; Hughes, Will; Bober, Sergiusz. "ECMI Minorities Blog. National and Linguistic Minorities in the Context of Professional Football across Europe: Five Examples from Non-kin State Situations". ECMI. ECMI. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. "AFWIKKELING VOETBALSEIZOEN 2019/'20 EEN FEIT". Eredivisie (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. Cambuur strikt Keizer als hoofdtrainer – AD (in Dutch)
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