RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɛrkaːˈseː ˈʋaːlʋɛi̯k]) is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger of HEC, WVB and Hercules.
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| Full name | Rooms Katholieke Combinatie Waalwijk | ||
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| Short name | RKC | ||
| Founded | 26 August 1940 | ||
| Ground | Mandemakers Stadion | ||
| Capacity | 7,500 | ||
| Chairman | Peter Konijnenburg | ||
| Head coach | Joseph Oosting | ||
| League | Eredivisie | ||
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie, 15th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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History
The club was formed on 26 August 1940 and used to play its home games at Sportpark Olympia. Its new stadium, the 7,500 seater Mandemakers Stadion was opened in 1996 and featured the home match against Roda JC. RKC's clubname was also expanded with the name of the town before that 1996-97 season. While considered one of the Eredivisie's smaller clubs, it nevertheless maintained its top flight status for many years. Its home colors are yellow and blue.
At the end of the 2006–07 season, RKC Waalwijk were relegated from the Eredivisie after a defeat in play-offs against VVV-Venlo.
On 3 June 2009 they were promoted to the Eredivisie division after a win in the play-offs against De Graafschap. Though, their spell didn't last long ending in the last place with only 15 points. In the season followed they would finish first in the Eerste Divisie promoting back in the top flight of Dutch football.
After another relegation at the end of the 2013–14 season, RKC Waalwijk finished 20th (last) in the 2014–15 season of Eerste Divisie. However, they didn't relegate to Topklasse (amateurs) because both of the two Topklasse champions declined promotion into professionalism. In 2016–17, they made the Eerste Divisie playoffs, losing 5–2 on aggregate to FC Emmen.
In the 2017–18 season, RKC was placed 16th out of 20 teams in the Eerste Divisie. In 2019, Waalwijk promoted back to the Eredivisie after a five-year absence, after beating Go Ahead Eagles in the play-off finals. After a 0–0 draw in the first leg at home, RKC won the second leg 4–5 away.[1]
In the 2019–20 season, RKC finished in last place, but they survived relegation due to the season being declared void due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] In the subsequent 2020–21 season, the club managed to avoid relegation on their own by finishing in 15th place.[3]
Results
Below is a table with RKC's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1984.
| Domestic Results since 1956 | ||||
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| Domestic league | League result | Qualification to | KNVB Cup season | Cup result |
| 2017–18 Eerste Divisie | 18th | – | 2017–18 | second round |
| 2016–17 Eerste Divisie | 10th | – | 2016–17 | second round |
| 2015–16 Eerste Divisie | 18th | – | 2015–16 | second round |
| 2014–15 Eerste Divisie | 20th | – | 2014–15 | second round |
| 2013–14 Eredivisie | 16th | Eerste Divisie (promotion/relegation playoffs: relegation) | 2013–14 | second round |
| 2012–13 Eredivisie | 14th | – | 2012–13 | third round |
| 2011–12 Eredivisie | 9h | – | 2011–12 | quarter final |
| 2010–11 Eerste Divisie | 1st | Eredivisie (promoted) | 2010–11 | semi final |
| 2009–10 Eredivisie | 18th | Eerste Divisie (relegation) | 2009–10 | second round |
| 2008–09 Eerste Divisie | 2nd | Eredivisie (promotion/relegation play-offs: promotion) | 2008–09 | third round |
| 2007–08 Eerste Divisie | 2nd | promotion/relegation play-offs: no promotion | 2007–08 | round of 16 |
| 2006–07 Eredivisie | 17th | Eerste Divisie (promotion/relegation play-off: relegation) | 2006–07 | semi final |
| 2005–06 Eredivisie | 12th | – | 2005–06 | third round |
| 2004–05 Eredivisie | 9th | – | 2004–05 | round of 16 |
| 2003–04 Eredivisie | 11th | – | 2003–04 | round of 16 |
| 2002–03 Eredivisie | 9th | – | 2002–03 | third round |
| 2001–02 Eredivisie | 8th | – | 2001–02 | round of 16 |
| 2000–01 Eredivisie | 7th | – | 2000–01 | second round |
| 1999–2000 Eredivisie | 11th | – | 1999–00 | quarter finals |
| 1998–99 Eredivisie | 16th | promotion/relegation competition: no relegation | 1998–99 | second round |
| 1997–98 Eredivisie | 16th | promotion/relegation competition: no relegation | 1997–98 | second round |
| 1996–97 Eredivisie | 16th | promotion/relegation competition: no relegation | 1996–97 | round of 16 |
| 1995–96 Eredivisie | 11th | – | 1995–96 | second round |
| 1994–95 Eredivisie | 8th | – | 1994–95 | second round |
| 1993–94 Eredivisie | 16th | promotion/relegation competition: no relegation | 1993–94 | quarter finals |
| 1992–93 Eredivisie | 9th | – | 1992–93 | round of 16 |
| 1991–92 Eredivisie | 10th | – | 1991–92 | third round |
| 1990–91 Eredivisie | 7th | – | 1990–91 | second round |
| 1989–90 Eredivisie | 8th | – | 1989–90 | second round |
| 1988–89 Eredivisie | 11th | – | 1988–89 | second round |
| 1987–88 Eerste Divisie | 1st | Eredivisie (promotion) | 1987–88 | semi finals |
| 1986–87 Eerste Divisie | 4th | promotion competition: no promotion | 1986–87 | second round |
| 1985–86 Eerste Divisie | 3rd | promotion competition: no promotion | 1985–86 | first round |
| 1984–85 Eerste Divisie | 5th | promotion competition: no promotion | 1984–85 | first round |
RKC in Europe
- Group = group game
- 1R = first round
- 2R = second round
- 3R = third round
- 1/8 = 1/8 final
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Score | Goalscorers RKC |
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| 1989 | Intertoto Cup | Group |  1. FC Kaiserslautern |
1–1, 2–2 | |
 First Vienna FC |
3–4, 2–4 | ||||
 Carl Zeiss Jena |
2–0, 1–0 | ||||
| 1992 | Intertoto Cup | Group |  Caen |
1–0, 0–2 | |
 Lyngby BK |
1–1, 0–2 | ||||
| FC Schalke 04 |
3–2, 4–2 | ||||
| 2000 | Intertoto Cup | 3R |  Bradford City |
0–2, 0–1 | |
| 2001 | Intertoto Cup | 3R | TSV 1860 München |
1–2, 1–3 |
Current squad
- As of 31 January 2022[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Former coaches
Wim Klaassen (1968–71)- Jan Remmers (1974–80)
- Leen Looijen (1985–86)
- Leo van Veen (July 1, 1986 – June 30, 1993)
- Hans Verèl (July 1, 1993–Dec 18, 1993)
- Bert Jacobs (Dec 18, 1993–June 30, 1995)
- Leo van Veen (July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996)
- Cees van Kooten (July 1, 1996–Oct 12, 1996)
- Bert Jacobs (Oct 12, 1996–June 30, 1997)
- Peter Boeve (July 1, 1997–Oct 26, 1998)
- Martin Jol (Oct 26, 1998–June 30, 2004)
- Erwin Koeman (July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005)
- Adrie Koster (July 1, 2005–Nov 27, 2006)
- Mark Wotte (Nov 27, 2006–June 20, 2007)
Željko Petrović (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008)- Ruud Brood (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2012)
- Erwin Koeman (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2014)
- Martin Koopman (July 1, 2014 – February 11, 2015)
- Peter van den Berg (February 12, 2015 - January 7, 2018)
- Hans de Koning (January 7, 2018 - June 30, 2018)
- Fred Grim (July 8, 2018 - June 30, 2021)
- Joseph Oosting (July 1, 2021 -)
See also
References
- "RKC keert na knotsgekke wedstrijd in Deventer terug in eredivisie". nos.nl. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- "Afwikkeling voetbalseizoen 2019/'20 een feit | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl (in Dutch). 24 April 2020.
- "ADO Den Haag en VVV Venlo degraderen na verlies". NRC (in Dutch). 13 May 2021.
- "RKC Waalwijk". voetbal.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
