Volleyball team

Emmen

Club · Netherlands · Eerste Divisie

«Red and Whites»

287 Matches

111 wins

56 draws

121 losses

426–452 Goals

−26 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form W W W W L W

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

All matches

4 Sep	Eerste Divisie	FC Volendam H	5:3	W
30 Aug	Eerste Divisie	VVV Venlo A	0:4	L
21 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Jong AZ H	3:1	W
17 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Jong Ajax A	6:4	W
7 Aug	Eerste Divisie	Roda H	1:0	W
1 Aug	Friendlies Clubs	Almere City H	4:0	W

Standing

Eerste Divisie

Group stage · Eerste Divisie: Period 1

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Heracles	5	5	0	0	21:7	15
2	MVV Maastricht	5	4	1	0	9:5	13
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

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 287

287 Matches

111 wins

56 draws

121 losses

426–452 Goals

−26 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 287

111 56 121

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	287	137	150
Scored	426	223	203
Conceded	452	201	251
Scored per game	1.5	1.6	1.4
Conceded per game	1.6	1.5	1.7
Difference	−26	+22	−48

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Rodney Kongolo Midfielder 18 Matches

Casper Staring Midfielder 18 Matches

Alessandro Feridun Hojabrpour Midfielder 18 Matches

Freddy Quispel Midfielder 17 Matches

Joshua Ebitonmo Mukeh Defender 17 Matches

Kevin Noder Goalkeeper 14 Matches

Christian Ærbo Østergaard Defender 14 Matches

Luca Everink Defender 13 Matches

Squad of Emmen

by appearances over the last year

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