Boxing team

Almere City

Club · Netherlands · Eerste Divisie

«De Zwarte Schapen»

297 Matches

122 wins

64 draws

111 losses

476–455 Goals

+21 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Form W W L W W L

Almere City's fiercest fixture crosses the water rather than the town line. The Markermeer derby against FC Volendam takes its name from the lake separating the two towns.

The club's roots go back to 1959, when a side called De Zwarte Schapen was founded in Amsterdam. It moved to Almere in 1995, working through a string of names — Argonaut-Zwarte Schapen, FC Sloterpas, Sporting Flevoland — before becoming the football section of the omnisports body Omniworld on 14 September 2001. The current name, Almere City FC, was adopted only in 2010.

For most of its history the club sat below the Eredivisie, so 2023 stood apart: Almere City beat FC Emmen 4-1 on aggregate in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie play-offs to reach the top flight for the first time.

The stay in the Eredivisie lasted two seasons. Almere City went back down to the Eerste Divisie in 2025, and the same year brought a change of ownership, with the Japanese company Yanmar taking control — its name already carried by the club's home ground, the Yanmar Stadion, which holds 4,501.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

25 Sep	Eerste Divisie	Dordrecht A	2:3	L
18 Sep	Eerste Divisie	Heracles H	1:0	W
11 Sep	Eerste Divisie	MVV Maastricht A	4:0	W
4 Sep	Eerste Divisie	Jong Ajax H	0:1	L
29 Aug	Eerste Divisie	De Graafschap A	4:1	W
21 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Vitesse A	3:0	W

Standing

Eerste Divisie

Group stage · Eerste Divisie: Period 1

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Heracles	7	6	0	1	24:10	18
2	Almere City	8	5	1	2	18:7	16
3	VVV Venlo	7	5	0	2	19:11	15
4	Waalwijk	7	3	4	0	18:9	13
5	Vitesse	7	4	1	2	13:9	13

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 297

297 Matches

122 wins

64 draws

111 losses

476–455 Goals

+21 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 297

122 64 111

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	297	149	148
Scored	476	229	247
Conceded	455	205	250
Scored per game	1.6	1.5	1.7
Conceded per game	1.5	1.4	1.7
Difference	+21	+24	−3

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Teun Bijleveld Defender 20 Matches

Enzo Cornelisse Midfielder 20 Matches

Joey Jacobs Defender 20 Matches

Emmanuel Pokou Forward 19 Matches

James Lawrence Defender 19 Matches

Hamza El Dahri Midfielder 19 Matches

Olivier de Neys Midfielder 18 Matches

Jamie Jacobs Midfielder 18 Matches

Squad of Almere City

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
5	Teun Bijleveld	Defender	28	20
6	Enzo Cornelisse	Midfielder	24	20
3	Joey Jacobs	Defender	26	20
17	Emmanuel Pokou	Forward	21	19
4	James Lawrence	Defender		19
21	Hamza El Dahri	Midfielder	21	19
19	Olivier de Neys	Midfielder	21	18
10	Jamie Jacobs	Midfielder		18
20	Job Calisvaart	Midfielder	22	17
8	Milan de Haan	Midfielder		17
30	Joël van der Wilt	Goalkeeper	22	17
9	Ferdy Druijf	Forward	28	17
22	Emmanuel van de Blaak	Defender	21	16
18	Bas Huijsman	Forward	21	15
12	Tristan Kuijsten	Goalkeeper	21	14
15	Misha Engel	Defender	23	14
7	Byron Burgering	Forward	25	13
11	M. Dors	Forward	21	13
10	Julian Dean Rijkhoff	Forward		13
1	Jonas Wendlinger	Goalkeeper		13
2	Boyd Reith	Defender	27	13
16	N. Takahashi	Defender		12
25	Amoah Foa Sam	Defender		11
28	Ruben Fritzner Providence	Forward		10
24	Malcolm Mateo	Goalkeeper		8
25	Immanuel Gogli	Forward		8
1	Wessel Speel	Goalkeeper	24	7
44	Damian van Bruggen	Defender	30	7
14	Mees Hoedemakers	Midfielder	28	6
24	Guus Beaumont	Midfielder	24	6
25	I. Ghogli	Forward		4
2	Martin Jean Wasinski	Defender		4
33	Jeroen van Gompel	Defender		4
38	Lev Lensen	Midfielder	21	3
35	B. Pennock	Midfielder	22	2
32	Donte Appinse	Midfielder		2
39	Joyce Nsingic	Forward		1
27	J. Pinas	Defender		1
11	Junior Kadile	Forward		1