Volleyball team

Almere City

Club · Netherlands · Eerste Divisie

«De Zwarte Schapen»

294 Matches

120 wins

64 draws

110 losses

469–452 Goals

+17 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Form L D W 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

All matches

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
1 Aug	Friendlies Clubs	Emmen A	0:4	L

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: 294

294 Matches

120 wins

64 draws

110 losses

469–452 Goals

+17 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 294

120 64 110

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	294	148	146
Scored	469	228	241
Conceded	452	205	247
Scored per game	1.6	1.5	1.7
Conceded per game	1.5	1.4	1.7
Difference	+17	+23	−6

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Hamza El Dahri Midfielder 17 Matches

Enzo Cornelisse Midfielder 17 Matches

Teun Bijleveld Defender 17 Matches

Joey Jacobs Defender 17 Matches

Ferdy Druijf Forward 16 Matches

Emmanuel Pokou Midfielder 16 Matches

James Lawrence Defender 16 Matches

Emmanuel van de Blaak Defender 16 Matches

Squad of Almere City

by appearances over the last year

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