Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam is a popular
Dutch football club from the city of
Rotterdam. It was previously named
Feijenoord Rotterdam, after the Feijenoord district of south Rotterdam, but the club internationalised its name in the
1970s. The club was founded on
July 19,
1908.
The supporters of Feyenoord are said to be one of the most loyal supporter groups, and are nicknamed Het Legioen, Dutch for The Legion.
The club's Feijenoord Stadium is nicknamed De Kuip, Dutch for The Tub, and is one of the major European stadiums. It has 50,000 seats and has hosted a record of 9 UEFA Cup finals. It is located in the district Feijenoord in the south of Rotterdam.
There are two other professional football teams from Rotterdam, namely Sparta and Excelsior. Together with Ajax and PSV, Feyenoord belongs to the top clubs of the Netherlands.
Dutch trophies:
- League winner: 1924, 1928, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1984, 1993, 1999.
- Cup winner: 1930, 1935, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995.
- Supercup: 1991, 1999.
International trophies:
Famous Feyenoord players:
- Erik de Ruyter
- Willem van Hanegem
- Giovanni van Bronckhorst
- Ruud Gullit
- Pierre van Hooijdonk
- Ove Kindvall
- Coen Moulijn
- Shinji Ono
Website of Feyenoord (Dutch, English, Japanese, Korean versions available)\n