RBC Roosendaal

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RBC Roosendaal
Full name	Roosendaalse Boys Combinatie Roosendaal
Nickname(s)	RBC
Founded	July 31, 1912
Ground	RBC Stadion (Capacity 5,000)
Chairman	Jan Pollemans
Manager	Rob Meppelink
League	Eerste Divisie
2007-08	Eerste Divisie, 11th
Home colours 　 Away colours

RBC Roosendaal is a Dutch football club.

RBC, the brainchild of Frans Mathijsen and Anton Poldermans, was formed in July 31, 1912. The club was initially called Excelsior and was renamed VV Roosendaal in 1920. The club's present name is the result of a merger with another football team. On July 16, 1927, the club became known as Roosendaal Boys Combinatie (RBC). Before 2001, RBC played its league games in stadium De Luiten, which had a capacity of 2,000 seat and 5,000 standing places. In 2001, RBC moved into its new 5,000 seater stadium. RBC was considered by many the smallest club in the Eredivisie last season. In fact, they had the worst record of any club in the history of the league. This season the club will play in the Eerste Divisie, which is of course not a surprise. The average attendance in 2004/05 was just 4,800 people.

Pre World War II successes are numerous but their last few seasons in the Dutch Eredivisie have been characterized by flirting with relegation. In the 2004/05 season, RBC just nearly survived the Nacompetitie (relegation playoff). Relegation could not be avoided a year later, with RBC finishing bottom of the Eredivisie in the 2005/2006 season. The clubs home colors are white and orange.

Contents 1 Current squad 2 Notable players 3 Managers 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Erwin Friebel 2 DF Gerry Koning 3 DF Petr Dragoun 4 DF Kees Kwakman 5 DF Melvin Fleur 7 FW Edouard Duplan 8 MF Sasa Stojanovic 10 MF Danny Guijt 11 FW Ömer Özpoyraz 12 GK Rodney Ubbergen 14 FW Henk Vos 15 DF Benny Kerstens

No. Position Player 16 MF Sven Delanoy 18 MF Frits Paap 19 FW Benjamin Martha 20 FW Jonas Van Landschoot 21 GK Ariën Pietersma (on loan from NAC Breda) 22 DF Sjoerd Schrier 23 MF Jaimy Bakkenes 24 DF Sjack van Rijsbergen 25 DF Robin van Nijnatten -- FW Iwan Redan -- DF Mels van Driel

[edit] Notable players

• Wendel Fräser
• Pierre van Hooijdonk
• Tim Smolders
• Mark Volders
• Ebou Sillah
• Akram Roumani
• Pius Ikedia
• Ode Thompson
• Paul Kpaka

[edit] Managers

• Wally Jansen (1990-1994)
• Wim Koevermans (1994-1996)
• Jan Poortvliet (1996-1998)
• Ruud Kaiser (1998-1999)
• Robert Maaskant (1999-2002)
• Chris Dekker (2002-2003)
• Robert Maaskant (2003-2004)
• Jan van Dijk (2004-2005)
• Dolf Roks (2005-2006)
• Robert Maaskant (2006-2007)
• Rob Meppelink (2007-?)

[edit] See also

• Dutch football league teams

[edit] External links

• Official website (Dutch)
• RBC fansite (Dutch)
• RBC news/fansite (Dutch)

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