Feyenoord Rotterdam
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| Full name | Feyenoord Rotterdam |
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| Nickname(s) |
De club aan de Maas (The Club on the Meuse) De Stadionclub (The Stadium Club) De Trots van Zuid (The Pride of the South) De club van het volk (The Club of the People) |
| Founded | July 19, 1908 |
| Ground | De Kuip |
| Capacity | 51,177 |
| Chairman | Gerard Hoetmer |
| Manager | Giovanni van Bronckhorst |
| League | Eredivisie |
| 2015–16 | Eredivisie, 3rd |
| Website | Club home page |
Feyenoord Rotterdam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɛi̯əˌnoːrt]) is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam, playing in the Eredivisie. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed its name to SC Feijenoord in 1912, SC Feyenoord in 1974, and Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1978, when SC Feyenoord became a separate amateur team. Since 1937, Feyenoord's home ground has been Stadion Feijenoord, named De Kuip.
Feyenoord is one of the most successful clubs in the Netherlands, winning 14 Eredivisie titles, 12 KNVB Cups and two Johan Cruyff Shields, having won in the international stage one European Cup, two UEFA Cups and one Intercontinental Cup. The club have played continuously in the top tier of the Dutch football system since gaining promotion to Eerste Klasse, the Eredivisie's forerunner competition, in 1921, more time than any other club in the country, which has dominated alongside Ajax and PSV Eindhoven.
Feyenoord is known as a people's club, with a huge national support. The club's most successful period in history was the 1960s and '70s when Coen Moulijn and Ove Kindvall led the club to six league titles, two European trophies, an Intercontinental cup and thereby becoming the first Dutch club to win the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
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