SC Heerenveen (women)

sc Heerenveen
Full nameSportclub Heerenveen Vrouwen
Founded2007
GroundSportpark Skoatterwâld, Heerenveen
Capacity3,000
ChairmanRobert Veenstra
Head coachNiklas Tarvajärvi
LeagueEredivisie
2023–2410th
Websitehttps://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/vrouwen

SC Heerenveen Vrouwen is a Dutch women's football (soccer) club based in Heerenveen that competes in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands.[1]

Several of the top Dutch women footballers, including Lieke Martens, Vivianne Miedema, and Sherida Spitse, have played for the club. The club peaked in the league table with a third place finish in the 2017–18 season.

History

SC Heerenveen was a founding member of the Vrouwen Eredivisie in 2007 and one of three clubs, along with FC Twente and ADO Den Haag, to field a team in the Eredivisie or BeNe League in every season. The club won the first-ever Eredivisie match, spoiling FC Twente's debut at the Arke Stadion, 3–2.[2]

After finishing last in 2008 and 2010 and second-to-last in 2009, in 2011 the earned its best result yet, finishing 4th and reaching the KNVB Women's Cup final, losing to AZ Alkmaar.[3] In April 2011, the club announced the women's team would disband at the end of the season,[4] but it subsequently cancelled the decision.[5] The following season, sc Heerenveen returned to the bottom of the table.

In the 2012–13 season, sc Heerenveen moved in the newly formed BeNe League. It was the second-to-last Dutch team in the league, an overall 11th position, though forward Vivianne Miedema led the league with 27 goals. Miedema and her club improved the following season, with the forward scored 41 goals, the most in a season for the short-lived league. The club finished in fourth place overall and third among Dutch clubs. The BeNe League lasted just one more season, in which the club finished in 10th place.

SC Heerenveen and other Dutch clubs returned to the Eredivisie for the 2015–16 season. In 2017 and 2018, the club again reached the semifinals of the KNVB Women's Cup, losing to PSV in 2017 and AFC Ajax in 2018.[6][7] On 26 April 2019, sc Heerenveen announced it would cease competing in the league.[8] However, on 19 June, the club reversed course and announced it would continue its women's team.

Competition record

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Women's eredivisie
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x = season abandoned due to Covid-19

Season League Position W – D – L = Pts GF – GA Top scorer KNVB Cup
2007–08 Eredivisie 06 / 06 02 – 05 – 13 = 11 12 – 40 Delies, Eefting, Spitse (3) Quarterfinals
2008–09 06 / 07 06 – 03 – 15 = 21 28 – 43 Smit (14)
2009–10 06 / 06 04 – 06 – 10 = 18 19 – 30 Smit (11) Quarterfinals
2010–11 04 / 08 09 – 07 – 05 = 34 33 – 30 Smit (9) Finalist
2011–12 07 / 07 04 – 03 – 11 = 15 25 – 38 Miedema (10) Quarterfinals
2012–13 BeNe League 11 / 16 09 – 06 – 13 = 33 55 – 50 Miedema (27) Semifinals
2013–14 04 / 14 15 – 02 – 09 = 47 73 – 47 Miedema (41) Quarterfinals
2014–15 10 / 13 07 – 02 – 15 = 23 26 – 44 Folkertsma (6) Quarterfinals
2015–16 Eredivisie 06 / 07 04 – 05 – 15 = 17 21 – 54 Slegter (5) Round of 16
2016–17 06 / 08 09 – 03 – 15 = 30 53 – 60 Kets [nl] (16) Semifinals
2017–18 03 / 09 09 – 05 – 10 = 32 44 – 45 Kalma (21) Semifinals
2018–19 06 / 09 12 – 06 – 07 = 42 74 – 44 Hoekstra (12) Quarterfinals
2019–20 a 04 / 08 05 – 03 – 04 = 18 18 – 17 Hoekstra (4)
2020–21 05 / 08 06 – 06 – 08 = 24 32 – 38 van Dijk [nl] (7) Quarterfinals
2021–22 07 / 90 04 – 06 – 014 = 24 21 – 46 Ripa [nl] (7) Quarterfinals
2022–23 08 / 110 07 – 01 – 012 = 20 24 – 56 Ennema [nl] (10) Quarterfinals
2023–24 010 / 120 05 – 04 – 013 = 22 15 – 38 Ennema [nl] (5) Quarterfinals
2024–25 0? / 120

a = at time of cancellation of season due to Covid-19

Players

Current squad

As of 18 September 2023.

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 Jasmijn Resink
2 DF Netherlands NED Dewi Snippe
3 DF Netherlands NED Fenna Meijer
4 DF Netherlands NED Merel Bormans
5 DF Netherlands NED Iris Teijema
6 DF Netherlands NED Chantal Schouwstra
8 FW Netherlands NED Roos de Haas
9 FW Netherlands NED Janneke Ennema
10 FW Netherlands NED Jet van Beijeren
11 FW Netherlands NED Lyanne Iedema
12 DF Netherlands NED Tara Kommer
13 GK Netherlands NED IIse van Rheenan
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Netherlands NED Elize van Vilsteren
15 MF Netherlands NED Zoë Brouwer
16 MF Netherlands NED Ana Nasette
17 MF Netherlands NED Danisha Theocharis
18 FW Netherlands NED Lisanne Dik
23 DF Netherlands NED Hester Algra
24 FW Netherlands NED Demi Werther

Source: uk.women.soccerway.com[9]

Former players

Further information: Category:SC Heerenveen (women) players

Former internationals

Head coaches

Broadcasting

All Eredivisie Vrouwen matches, as of 2024, are broadcast on ESPN in the Netherlands.[10]

References

  1. ^ Profile in UEFA's website
  2. ^ "Vrouwen SC Heerenveen eerste koploper in eredivisie - NDC mediagroep - De Krant van Toen". www.dekrantvantoen.nl. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  3. ^ Eredivisie tables in Soccerway.com
  4. ^ Heerenveen closes its women's team. Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland
  5. ^ Heerenveen will keep on with women's football Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine. Vrouwenvoetbal Nederland
  6. ^ "KNVB Beker Women 2016/2017 scores, results, fixtures and table". www.fastscore.com. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  7. ^ "KNVB Beker Women 2017/2018 scores, results, fixtures and table". www.fastscore.com. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  8. ^ "Na twaalf jaar einde aan vrouwenteam SC Heerenveen". SC Heerenveen (in Dutch). 26 April 2019. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  9. ^ "SC Heerenveen (vrouwen)". Soccerway (Women soccer). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Competitieprogramma Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie seizoen 2024/'25 definitief". Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie (in Dutch). 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-09-10.

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