Almere City FC

Almere City FC is a football club based in the Netherlands Almere, which was founded in 1997 under the name FC Omniworld and is represented in professional football since 2005.

History

The city of Almere presented the mid-1990s on a plan to promote attractive sports in the city. In addition to sports such as volleyball and basketball wanted to establish a professional football club based in the city. This plan was adopted in the sense that Almere is around 2015 have about 250,000 inhabitants. The idea was that in a large city include large-scale facilities; not only in the health and cultural sectors, but also in sports.

The urban development organization Almada was selected in the fall of 1996 to develop and concretize the sporting ambitions along with the city. It was a year later founded Omniworld also a sports club, which should offer many sports under one roof. To be more involved in the planning, the city of Almere founded itself on the Naamloze Vennootschap Sports Complex Almere, which was intended to develop the sports complex. After the city council elections in 2002 in which the party Leefbar Almere, which is against professional football won in Almere, Almere distanced from the plans. This could not be realized with taxpayers' money.

So it did not make FC Omniworld 2004 to fulfill the license terms for the Dutch professional football. From the private sector, the financial resources to continue playing came. The beginning of 2005 fulfilled Omniworld an important point of the license terms. The planning permission for the stadium was granted.

For the 2010/11 season, the club name was changed to Almere City FC. The club was at the same time also a partnership with Ajax Amsterdam, which some players of Ajax can play each season on loan at Almere City.

Career from the 2005/06 season

In August 2005, the Mitsubishi Forklift Stadium was opened in Fanny blanker - Koen Sports Park, which has 3,000 spectator seats. The parking lot was enlarged and the professional department got its own building. Since August 2005, the FC Omniworld took part in the operation of the second-rate game Jupiler League. In the 2008 /09 season they finished bottom of the table. After the KNVB decided during the season that a descent scheme for the Eerste Divisie only in the season 2009/ 10 is to be introduced, the club continued to play in this league. At the end of the 2010/11 season would Almere City FC again as Table actually have to make their way into the top echelon, but was allowed to participate in the second division on the 2011/12 season, as RBC Roosendaal had retired from the professional business.

Placements

Former notable players

  • Gambia Jatto Ceesay ( 2007-01/08 ) 5 caps for the national team of Gambia
  • Angola Diangi Matusiwa (2007-2008) 1 match for the national team of Angola, Africa Cup of Nations 2008 participants
  • Switzerland Serbia Miloš Malenovic (2008-2009) 4 caps for the Swiss U- 21 team ( 2 goals), U - 17 European Championship in 2002, top scorer in the League 1 2003/ 04 with 17 goals for GC Zurich II
  • Netherlands Suriname Género Zeefuik (2008-2009) 11 caps for the Netherlands U-19 national team ( 1 goal)
  • Nordin Amrabat Netherlands (2006-2007)
  • Zenon Caravella Australia (2006-2008)
Mitsubishi-Forklift-Stadion Fred Grim Royal Dutch Football Association Topklasse Swiss 1. Liga FC Eindhoven S.B.V. Excelsior Fortuna Sittard Helmond Sport MVV Maastricht FC Oss PSV Eindhoven Sparta Rotterdam VVV-Venlo FC Volendam
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