Football Club Volendam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌvoːlənˈdɑm]) is a professional football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion. Nicknamed "de Palingboeren", the club was founded as Victoria in 1920, changed its name to RKSV Volendam in 1923 and emerged as an exclusively professional club, FC Volendam, in 1977, following a split from its parent club. The team plays its home matches in the 6,984-capacity Kras Stadion, where it has been based since 1975.
The club has a reputation as the heen-en-weer club ("the back-and-forth club") due to its numerous promotions and relegations between the first and second tiers of Dutch football. They have achieved ten promotions to the Eredivisie; a record. Volendam also reached two KNVB Cup finals – in 1957–58 and 1994–95 – which ended in losses to two Rotterdam-based clubs, Sparta and Feyenoord, respectively.
KRAS STADION
HONOURS Eerste Divisie 🇳🇱
Winners (6): 1958–59, 1960–61, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1986–87, 2007–08
Promoted (4): 1976–77, 1982–83, 2002–03, 2021–22 KNVB Cup 🏆
Runners-up (2): 1957–58, 1994–95
SQUAD 2022-2023
1 GK SRB Filip Stanković (loan)
2 DF DEN Oskar Buur
3 DF NED Brian Plat
4 DF NED Damon Mirani
5 DF ENG Derry Murkin
6 DF MAR Benaissa Benamar
7 FW NED Daryl van Mieghem
8 MF NED Carel Eiting
9 FW NED Henk Veerman
10 MF ITA Gaetano Oristanio (loan)
11 MF NED Bilal Ould-Chikh
15 DF NED Dean James
16 MF NED Imran Nazih
17 MF NED Calvin Twigt
18 MF BRA Diego Gustavo
19 MF BEL Francesco Antonucci (loan)
20 GK NED Kayne van Oevelen
21 FW NED Robert Mühren
22 GK NED Barry Lauwers
23 DF NED Billy van Duijl
24 DF NED Achraf Douiri
25 FW NED Lequincio Zeefuik
27 DF NED Givairo Read
28 DF ENG Josh Flint
31 DF NED Xavier Mbuyamba
33 DF NED Walid Ould-Chikh
34 FW NED Ibrahim El Kadiri
38 FW NED Darius Johnson
My fictional manager is the grandson of former legendary Dutch manager Rinus Michels. Michels jnr born in Volendam young Rinus will be attempting to lead the club to beyond their best ever 6th placed finish in the Eredivisie.
Rinus Michels jnr will be hoping to turn The Other Oranje in to a successful Eredivisie club in the long term. But first we need to avoid relegation back to the Eerste Divisie.