Rugby team

Almere City

Club · Netherlands · Eerste Divisie

«De Zwarte Schapen»

295 Matches

121 wins

64 draws

110 losses

473–452 Goals

+21 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Form D W W W L W

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

All matches

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
14 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Jong PSV H	3:1	W
8 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Den Bosch A	1:1	D

Standing

Eerste Divisie

Group stage · Eerste Divisie: Period 1

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Emmen	5	4	0	1	15:12	12
4	Jong PSV	6	3	2	1	11:9	11
5	Almere City	5	3	1	1	11:4	10
6	Vitesse	5	3	1	1	10:7	10
7	VVV Venlo	5	3	0	2	13:9	9

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 295

295 Matches

121 wins

64 draws

110 losses

473–452 Goals

+21 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 295

121 64 110

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	295	148	147
Scored	473	228	245
Conceded	452	205	247
Scored per game	1.6	1.5	1.7
Conceded per game	1.5	1.4	1.7
Difference	+21	+23	−2

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Hamza El Dahri Midfielder 18 Matches

Enzo Cornelisse Midfielder 18 Matches

Teun Bijleveld Defender 18 Matches

Joey Jacobs Defender 18 Matches

Ferdy Druijf Forward 17 Matches

Emmanuel Pokou Forward 17 Matches

James Lawrence Defender 17 Matches

Olivier de Neys Midfielder 16 Matches

Squad of Almere City

by appearances over the last year

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