Helmond Sport
Full nameHelmond Sport
Nickname(s)Kattenmeppers (Cat Eaters)[1]
Onze Club (Our Club)[2]
Founded27 July 1967 (1967-07-27)
GroundSolarUnie Stadion
Capacity4,200
ChairmanPhilippe van Esch
ManagerBob Peeters
LeagueEerste Divisie
2022–23Eerste Divisie, 16th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt.

History

The club was founded in 1967, after the professional license was taken over from RKSV Helmondia '55 in order to keep professional football in Helmond. Helmond Sport started in the Tweede Divisie. After only a year, the club was promoted to the First Division after winning the promotion matches against Fortuna Vlaardingen and SC Veendam. In 1982, the team were promoted to the Eredivisie. There, they would play for two seasons, before being relegated back to the Eerste Divisie. The first season back in the Eerste Divisie saw Helmond Sport reach the cup final, which was lost to FC Utrecht in injury time. Helmond Sport was close to promotion to the Eredivisie in the play-offs of the 2004–05 Eerste Divisie season. They came up 1–0 against Sparta due to a 59th minute Nyron Wau goal, but in the last 20 minutes Riga Mustapha (73') and Rachid Bouaouzan (90+1') scored 1–1 and 1–2 and Sparta was promoted instead. In the 2010–11 season Helmond finished 3rd in the Eerste Divisie but were beaten in the play-off final for promotion to the Eredivisie.

Honours

Eerste Divisie

Domestic results

Historical chart of league performance

Below is a table with Helmond Sport's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.

Current squad

As of 5 January 2024[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Wouter van der Steen
2 DF Netherlands NED Bram van Vlerken
3 DF Belgium BEL Flor Van den Eynden
4 DF Germany GER Pius Krätschmer
6 MF Germany GER Michel Ludwig
7 FW Belgium BEL Joseph Amuzu (on loan from Mechelen)
8 MF Norway NOR Håkon Lorentzen
9 FW Netherlands NED Martijn Kaars
10 FW Belgium BEL Arno Van Keilegom
11 FW Netherlands NED Peter van Ooijen
14 FW Netherlands NED Mohamed Mallahi
15 DF Netherlands NED Doke Schmidt
17 DF Belgium BEL Bryan Van Hove
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Spain ESP Álvaro Marín (on loan from Athletic Bilbao B)
19 MF Greece GRE Giannis Fivos Botos
20 MF Slovenia SVN Enrik Ostrc
21 GK Belgium BEL Robin Mantel
22 MF Netherlands NED Elmo Lieftink
23 GK Netherlands NED Ramón ten Hove
24 FW Netherlands NED Joeri Schroyen
27 MF Belgium BEL Lucas Vankerkhoven
28 DF Netherlands NED Mees Kreekels
29 DF Netherlands NED Michael Chacón
30 DF Netherlands NED Gabriël Çulhacı
39 FW Curaçao CUW Anthony van den Hurk
47 MF Belgium BEL Amin Doudah (on loan from Mechelen)

Former players

Management

Position Name
Manager Belgium Bob Peeters
Assistant manager Belgium Dylan Malicheff
Netherlands Tim Bakens
Goalkeeping coach Netherlands Wim Ribbens
Performance coach Belgium Symon Neutjens
Video Analyst Belgium Gert Pelssers
Physiotherapist Netherlands Erik Borsboom
Career Netherlands Charlies Rudolf
Materialman Netherlands Bryan Van De Meulenhof
Team manager Netherlands John Koolen
Technical director Netherlands Jurgen Streppel

Former managers

References

  1. "Helmonds mysterie: Waar komt de naam Kattenmeppers nou echt vandaan?". indebuurt Helmond (in Dutch). 14 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. "onze club | Helmond Sport". Helmond Sport (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. "Onze Spelers". www.helmondsport.nl. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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