FC Twente - Definition and Overview

FC Twente

Full name	FC Twente Enschede
Nickname	Twente
Founded	1965
Ground	Arke Stadion, Enschede
Capacity	13,500
Chairman	N/A
Manager	Rini Coolen
League	Eredivisie
2003-04	Eredivisie, 8th
Home colours 　 Away colours

FC Twente is a football club from Enschede, Overijssel, thus located in the Eastern part of The Netherlands.

The club was formed in 1965, when two clubs, SC (Sportclub) Enschede and Enschedese Boys, gave the go ahead to merge and become FC Twente '65.

FC Twente's home colour is red, their stadium is the Arke Stadion, which has a capacity of 13,500. The average attendance in 2003/04 was 13,059 people.

Honours

• UEFA Cup runners up: 1975 1-5 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach (Score over two games - 0-0 in Mönchengladbach, 1-5 in Enschede)
• Dutch Championship Winners: 1926 (as SC Enschede)
• Dutch Championship runners up: 1974
• Dutch Cup Winners: 1977 3-0 (after extra time) vs. PEC Zwolle
• Dutch Cup Winners: 2001 0-0 (after extra time) vs. PSV Eindhoven, FC Twente won 4-3 after penalties.
• Dutch Cup runners up: 2004 0-1 vs. FC Utrecht

FC Twente - SC Heerenveen in 2002

External Links

• FCTwente.com - Official Site (http://www.fctwente.com/index_eng.stm)
• FootballNL.com - Dutch football news in English (http://www.footballnl.com/twente/news.html)