PSV Eindhoven
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Philips Sport Vereniging (
English:
Philips Sports Union), widely known either as
PSV or
PSV Eindhoven, is a
sports club from
Eindhoven, the
Netherlands. It is best known for its professional
football section.
PSV are one of the three 'big' football clubs of the
Netherlands, the other two being
Ajax Amsterdam and
Feyenoord Rotterdam. The club won the European Cup, the predecessor of today's
Champions League, in
1988 and is a regular competitor in the current European Champions' League. They are often nicknamed
Boeren (
Dutch for 'Farmers') in reference to their provincial city origins.
As its name indicates, the club started out as a company-sponsored sports club for
Philips employees on
August 31,
1913 to celebrate the centennial defeat of the
French in the Napoleonic wars. PSV has evolved into a fully professional football club. Its home in
Eindhoven is the
Philips Stadion with a modest capacity of 36,500 spectators which is fully-seated. Plans to further expand the ground to 40,000 seats have been put on hold. It was, however, the stadium where many European Cup final matches were played, and more recently was one of the Dutch venues for the competition held jointly by the Netherlands and
Belgium. It was built at the same time as the inauguration of the club, although its current capacity was only achieved by various modernisation programmes throughout its history. The average attendance for the season 2005/06 was 33,165 spectators.
PSV garnered many honours in the football arena and has been credited as the club where many successful players such as
Ruud Gullit,
Ronald Koeman,
Mateja Kežman,
Romário,
Ronaldo,
Philip Cocu,
Erik Gerets,
Jaap Stam,
Ruud van Nistelrooy and
Arjen Robben plied their trade and talents. Its success was built on the foundations laid down by other famous players like
Willy van der Kuijlen,
Jan van Beveren,
Jan Poortvliet, the Van de Kerkhof brothers who also played for the
Dutch national team and
Huub Stevens in the 1970s where the club won the
UEFA Cup in
1978, defeating
Bastia 3-0 in the final.
In
1988, coached by
Guus Hiddink and with a team featuring numerous excellent players such as
Ronald Koeman,
Eric Gerets,
Søren Lerby and
Wim Kieft, PSV won the
European Cup for the first time and so far only time in its history, beating
Benfica on penalties after a goalless final. Curiously, PSV took the trophy despite not winning any of its final five fixtures in the competition: it eliminated both
Bordeaux and
Real Madrid on away goals, with all four matches ending in draws. Following the
European Cup win, PSV faced off with Libertadores winners,
Club Nacional de Football of Montevideo. After a 2-2 draw, Nacional went on to defeat PSV Eindhoven in
penalties to win their 3rd World Club title. Guus Hiddink still calls that game one of the hardest defeats of his entire career.
Despite being able to scout
South America and most of
Europe for budding talents such as those players above, many of them have indirectly made PSV as a springboard for professional development such as Ronaldo who spent only two seasons at the club as well as
Mateja Kezman and
Arjen Robben, and most recently,
Park Ji-Sung who were restless at the opportunity to move to more illustrious clubs after a mere two seasons. The recent transfer of
South Korea player Park to English club
Manchester United was even quoted by PSV spokesman Pedro Salazar-Hewitt as having admitted that 'we'd love to keep him but the club has already asked for the player' indicates a total lack of control over the future of their own players. [
1]. Regardless, after the departures of influential players such as
Mark van Bommel,
Johann Vogel,
Park Ji-Sung,
Lee Young-Pyo and
Wilfred Bouma after the
2004/
2005 season, PSV has moved to secure the services of players like
Mika Väyrynen,
Osmar Ferreyra and
Belgium midfielder
Timmy Simons. Players like
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and
Andre Ooijer have indicated their desire to see out their careers at the Philips Stadion, penning new contracts and deflecting interest from abroad after PSV performed well to reach the semi-finals of the 2004/2005 Champions League on a tight budget as compared to other major football clubs such as
Real Madrid and
Manchester United who bowed out at earlier stages of the competition. With the addition of young players to bolster the squad such as
Ismaïl Aissati and
Ibrahim Afellay, PSV reached the knockout stage of the
Champions League 2005/2006 for the second time in 2 seasons.
Famous coaches such as
Guus Hiddink (who between stints at PSV coached the
Dutch national team to a fourth-place finish in the
1998 FIFA World Cup and
South Korea to a similar fourth place in the
2002 FIFA World Cup) have managed the team over the years and have brought considerable successes to the club. Eric Gerets' stint as manager at the club has also yielded 2 Eredivisie titles.
For next season, 2006-2007, PSV have contracted
Ronald Koeman to succeed Hiddink. It has been confirmed that
Jan Wouters will be one of the two new assistant-managers.
Domestic
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Dutch league: 19 *1928/29, 1934/35, 1950/51, 1962/63, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1977/78, 1986/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1996/97, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2004/05 and 2005/06
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Dutch cup: 8*1949/50, 1973/74, 1975/76, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1995/96 and 2004/05
*
Dutch Super Cup: 7*1991/92, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/00, 2000/01 and 2002/03
International
*
UEFA Cup: 1*1977/78
*
European Cup: 1*1987/88
*Peace Cup: 1'''
*2003
Current squad (2006/2007 season)
Squad changes during 2006/07 season
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