Football team

Utrecht

Club · Netherlands · Eredivisie

«Cupfighters»

292 Matches

126 wins

73 draws

93 losses

498–413 Goals

+85 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Form L D L D W L

The club exists because the city hall wanted it to: on 1 July 1970, with both DOS, the 1958 national champion, and Velox sliding toward bankruptcy and relegation, the municipality pushed the two clubs together with USV Elinkwijk to keep top-flight football in Utrecht at all. Velox's own manager, Bert Jacobs, took charge of the merged side.

The championship never came. The cup did, three times over — 1985, 2003 and 2004 — which is where the nickname Cupfighters comes from, alongside Utreg, the city's name in local dialect, and De Domstedelingen, a nod to the cathedral that gives Utrecht its skyline.

Hans van Breukelen came through the club before his saves settled the 1988 European Championship final for the Netherlands; Jan Wouters, another academy product, later lifted the World Cup with the same generation. Dirk Kuyt passed through on his way to Feyenoord and Liverpool.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

20 Sep	Eredivisie	Feyenoord A	0:5	L
13 Sep	Eredivisie	Excelsior A	2:1	W
8 Sep	Eredivisie	GO Ahead Eagles H	3:3	D
30 Aug	Eredivisie	PSV Eindhoven H	1:6	L
22 Aug	Eredivisie	Sparta Rotterdam A	3:3	D
15 Aug	Eredivisie	AZ Alkmaar H	1:4	L

Standing

Eredivisie

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
13	Telstar	7	1	2	4	5:12	5
14	Cambuur	7	1	2	4	10:19	5
15	Utrecht	7	1	2	4	11:24	5
16	PEC Zwolle	7	1	1	5	6:20	4
17	ADO Den Haag	7	0	2	5	7:17	2

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 292

292 Matches

126 wins

73 draws

93 losses

498–413 Goals

+85 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 292

126 73 93

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	292	148	144
Scored	498	257	241
Conceded	413	199	214
Scored per game	1.7	1.7	1.7
Conceded per game	1.4	1.3	1.5
Difference	+85	+58	+27

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Yoann Cathline Forward 28 Matches

A. Blake Forward 28 Matches

Dani de Wit Midfielder 27 Matches

Vasilis Barkas Goalkeeper 26 Matches

Kevin Gadellaa Goalkeeper 24 Matches

Siebe Horemans Defender 23 Matches

Matisse Didden Defender 21 Matches

Niklas Brøndsted Vesterlund Nielsen Midfielder 21 Matches

Squad of Utrecht

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
10	Yoann Cathline	Forward	24	28
15	A. Blake	Forward	21	28
20	Dani de Wit	Midfielder	28	27
1	Vasilis Barkas	Goalkeeper		26
33	Kevin Gadellaa	Goalkeeper	23	24
2	Siebe Horemans	Defender	28	23
3	Matisse Didden	Defender		21
23	Niklas Brøndsted Vesterlund Nielsen	Midfielder	27	21
3	Mike Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Hoorn	Defender		21
16	Souffian El Karouani	Defender		21
25	Michael Brouwer	Goalkeeper	33	20
21	Gzivi Zekhiel	Midfielder	22	20
27	Alonzo Engwanda	Midfielder		20
9	David Min	Forward	27	19
8	Can Bozdoğan	Midfielder		19
24	Nick Viergever	Defender	37	18
9	A. Stepanov	Forward		17
91	Sébastien Romain Teddy Haller	Forward		16
11	Karl Jesper Karlsson	Midfielder		15
44	Mike Eerdhuijzen	Defender	26	14
5	E. Adiele	Defender	19	14
53	Neil Viereck	Defender		13
34	Davy van den Berg	Midfielder	26	11
32	Per Kloosterbuer	Defender	21	11
77	A. Alarcón	Forward		11
43	Rafik El Arguioui	Midfielder		10
22	Miguel Rodríguez Vidal	Forward		10
11	Ángel Alarcón Galiot	Forward	22	9
31	Mes Appink	Goalkeeper	20	8
46	Jaigo van Ommeren	Midfielder		8
92	Arthur Zagré	Midfielder	25	7
6	Guus Offerhaus	Defender	25	7
14	Zidane Aamar Iqbal	Midfielder	23	7
47	Emmanuel Owen	Forward	19	6
53	F. Pohl	Defender	19	5
38	Oualid Agougil	Defender		5
55	Derry John Murkin	Defender		5
8	Joris van Overeem	Midfielder	32	4
17	Sem van Duijn	Forward	22	4
5	Kolbeinn Birgir Finnsson	Defender	27	4