Football team

Emmen

Club · Netherlands · Eerste Divisie

«Red and Whites»

291 Matches

112 wins

57 draws

123 losses

430–458 Goals

−28 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form L W L L W D

That year earlier is worth pausing on. The 2021–22 Eerste Divisie title was won outright — no play-off scramble, no last-day arithmetic.

Home is De Oude Meerdijk, open since 1977 and holding 8,600. The name has been rented out and taken back more than once: Univé Stadion from 2001, JENS Vesting from 2014, and then in 2017 the club put the old name back over the door.

The red shirt with the broad white stripe down the middle gave the side its nickname, the Red and Whites, in use since 1985 — the year Emmen finally turned professional and entered the Eerste Divisie. That was a late decision by any measure.

The club began on 21 August 1925 as NEC — Noordbarge Emmen Combinatie — and the name lasted barely any time at all. Too many people were confusing it with NEC of Nijmegen, so it became VV Emmen instead.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

9 Oct	Eerste Divisie	Dordrecht A
3 Oct	Eerste Divisie	Waalwijk A	1:1	D
26 Sep	Eerste Divisie	FC OSS H	1:0	W
18 Sep	Eerste Divisie	FC Eindhoven A	1:3	L
11 Sep	Eerste Divisie	De Graafschap H	1:2	L
4 Sep	Eerste Divisie	FC Volendam H	5:3	W

Standing

Eerste Divisie

Group stage · Eerste Divisie: Period 1

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
4	VVV Venlo	8	5	0	3	21:14	15
5	Roda	8	4	3	1	9:5	15
6	Emmen	8	5	0	3	18:17	15
7	Vitesse	9	4	2	3	15:13	14
8	NAC Breda	9	4	2	3	19:19	14

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 291

291 Matches

112 wins

57 draws

123 losses

430–458 Goals

−28 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 291

112 57 123

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	291	139	152
Scored	430	225	205
Conceded	458	203	255
Scored per game	1.5	1.6	1.3
Conceded per game	1.6	1.5	1.7
Difference	−28	+22	−50

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Rodney Kongolo Defender 21 Matches

Casper Staring Midfielder 21 Matches

Alessandro Feridun Hojabrpour Midfielder 21 Matches

Joshua Ebitonmo Mukeh Defender 19 Matches

Freddy Quispel Midfielder 19 Matches

Christian Ærbo Østergaard Defender 17 Matches

Kevin Noder Goalkeeper 17 Matches

Luca Everink Defender 16 Matches

Squad of Emmen

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
25	Rodney Kongolo	Defender		21
6	Casper Staring	Midfielder		21
21	Alessandro Feridun Hojabrpour	Midfielder		21
2	Joshua Ebitonmo Mukeh	Defender		19
12	Freddy Quispel	Midfielder		19
4	Christian Ærbo Østergaard	Defender		17
38	Kevin Noder	Goalkeeper		17
24	Luca Everink	Defender		16
34	Hayes Bolk	Defender	21	13
17	Lucas Larsen	Defender	20	13
10	Vicente Besuijen	Forward		13
1	Koen Bucker	Goalkeeper		12
21	Djenahro Nunumete	Midfielder		12
24	J. Mesbahi	Defender		12
38	Luca Unbehaun	Goalkeeper	25	12
9	Romano Postema	Forward	24	11
22	Daniel Bockers	Defender	22	11
15	Hil Zunder	Forward		10
23	Noam Fritz Emeran	Forward		10
18	Franck Junior Evina	Forward	26	10
3	Philip Sondergaard	Defender		10
77	Filimon Gerezgiher	Forward		10
29	Agon Sadiku	Forward		10
5	T. Geypens	Midfielder		9
8	Alaa Bakir	Forward		9
22	Michael Breij	Midfielder		8
17	Bryan Albert Van Hove	Defender		8
3	Yanis Dede-Lhomme	Defender		8
40	S. Veldhuijs	Midfielder		8
9	Jack Cooper Love	Forward		8
1	Sam Carsies	Goalkeeper	23	8
18	Vincent Carus	Defender		7
10	Mustafa Abdullatif	Midfielder		7
11	Nelson Efosa Amadin	Midfielder		7
23	D. Lamberts	Forward		6
8	Luca Denk	Midfielder		6
14	Stan van Manen	Forward		6
5	David Woot	Forward		5
7	Torben Rhein	Midfielder		5
16	Dirk Baron	Goalkeeper		5