NAC BREDA

'NAC Breda' is a Dutch football club from Breda.
NAC (NOAD ADVENDO Combinatie) was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for ''Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorzetten'' (English: ''Never give up, always persevere''). ADVENDO stood for ''Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning'' (English: ''Pleasant for its entertainment and useful for its relaxation''), possibly the longest football club name in the world.[1]
In 1921, NAC were crowned Dutch champions. In 1973, they won the KNVB Cup.
In 1996, NAC left the old stadium 'Aan de Beatrixstraat' in city centre for a brand new 16,400 all-seater just outside the city centre. Their home stadium is now named the Rat Verlegh Stadion which was previously called Fujifilm Stadion. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 12,500.
Early in 2003, NAC changed their name to NAC Breda. Due to bad management, NAC had financial problems. The city of Breda bought NAC's Rat Verlegh stadium to help solve the situation (NAC rents the stadium from the city of Breda now). As a symbol of goodwill and gratitude, NAC added the 'Breda' to their name.
In 2003, NAC Breda qualified for the UEFA Cup. In the first round, NAC Breda played against the English club Newcastle United. Results: 5-0 (in Newcastle) and 0-1 (in Breda).
In 2004, NAC defeated both PSV and Ajax in the KNVB Cup (both in their own stadiums). However, in the semi-finals NAC was eliminated in Enschede by FC Twente.

Contents

Current season 2006/2007

Next season 2007/2008 (Transfers)

Current squad

Out on loan

Topscorers

Former managers

Notable players

See also

External links

Current season 2006/2007

NAC played a good season until February. By then, NAC was ranked 6th and was going to the semi-finals of the cup after defeating PSV (3-0 28 feb).
The force behind the success of NAC, left back player Patrick Mtiliga got heavily injured. During his presence in this season, NAC scored 40 points. Without his presence NAC has not succeedded to win a single competition match (over 3 months!!).
NAC was eliminated for the cup in the semi-final against AZ (6-0). In the competition NAC had to deal with many losed matches. Eventually it ended up ranked 11th with 43 points. The cause for this is that NAC did not have enough defenders. The team became extremely weak in a 3-4-3 formation.

Next season 2007/2008 (Transfers)

Before the summer of 2007 the news is about transfers of players.
LEAVING PLAYERS (8)
goalkeeper Arien Pietersma ''(rented to Top Oss)''
midfielder Tamas Peto ''(no prolongation of contract)''
left midfielder Mike Zonneveld ''(sold to PSV for €800.00)''
striker Glenn Salmon ''(no prolongation of contract)''
right attacker Anouar Diba ''(sold to Al Wrakah for unknown amount )''
defender Wilmer Kousemaker ''(no prolongation of contract, to HFC Haarlem)''
attacker Brian Pinas ''(no prolongation of contract)''
midfielder Arne Slot ''(sold to Sparta for unknown amount)''
COMING PLAYERS (4)
striker Joonas Kollka ''(free player from Feyenoord)''
central defender Tyrone Loran ''(free player from RBC Roosendaal)''
right defender Mohammed Ammi ''(free player from VVV Venlo)''
midfielder Tim Gilissen ''(bought from Go Ahead Eagles)''
striker Anthony Lurling ''(free player from 1.fc Koln)
striker Matthew Amoah ''(bought from Borussia Dortmund for +/- 600.000 euro)
midfielder Rogier Molhoek ''(Loaned from AZ)
midfielder Csaba Feher ''(free player fromPSV Eindhoven
BACK FROM LONG INJURIES (3)
attacker Gert-jan Tamerus
left back Patrick Mtiliga ''(recovered in Belgium)''
striker Viktor Sikora

Current squad

Players in 'bold' have international caps.

Out on loan

Topscorers

SEASON	PLAYER'S NAME	GOALS	DIVISION	NAC'S RANK	NAC'S POINTS
1990-91	Ton Cornelissen	'36'	Eerste Divisie	'2nd'	38-56 (94-50)
1991-92	John Lammers	'29'	Eerste Divisie	'4th'	38-44 (65-48)
1992-93	Pierre van Hooijdonk	'29'	Eerste Divisie	'3rd'	34-45 (73-39)
1993-94	Pierre van Hooijdonk	'25'	Eredivisie	'7th'	34-38 (61-52)
1994-95	Pierre van Hooijdonk / Graham Arnold	'10'	Eredivisie	'10th'	34-29 (54-60)
1995-96	Graham Arnold	'10'	Eredivisie	'8th'	34-52 (58-44)
1996-97	Graham Arnold / Earnest Stewart	'9'	Eredivisie	'9th'	34-40 (41-54)
1997-98	Archil Arveladze	'11'	Eredivisie	'12th'	34-42 (41-49)
1998-99	Archil Arveladze	'10'	Eredivisie	'18th'	34-23 (41-61)
1999-00	Archil Arveladze	'21'	Eerste Divisie	'1st'	34-82 (84-36)
2000-01	Earnest Stewart	'8'	Eredivisie	'9th'	34-49 (41-40)
2001-02	Earnest Stewart / Christiano	'10'	Eredivisie	'6th'	34-54 (55-52)
2002-03	Orlando Engelaar	'11'	Eredivisie	'4th'	34-52 (42-31)
2003-04	Orlando Engelaar	'9'	Eredivisie	'9th'	34-46 (58-55)
2004-05	Ali Boussaboun	'13'	Eredivisie	'15th'	34-35 (43-67)
2005-06	Leonardo Santiago	'8'	Eredivisie	'16th'	34-33 (45-66)
2006-07	Glen Salmon	'8'	Eredivisie	'11th'	34-43 (43-54)

Former managers

★ Henk ten Cate

★ Siem Plooyer

★ Hans Dorjee

★ Cees Lok

★ Ton Lokhoff

★ Herbert Neumann

★ Cor Pot

★ Wim Rijsbergen

★ Ronald Spelbos

★ Hans Verèl

★ Piet de Visser

★ Kees Zwamborn

Notable players

★ John Achterberg

★ Graham Arnold

★ Maarten Atmodikoro

★ Frans Bouwmeester sr.

★ Johan Elmander

★ Pierre van Hooijdonk

★ John Karelse

★ Andro Knel

★ John Lammers

★ Ton Lokhoff

★ Geert Meijer

★ Kees Rijvers

★ Cees Schapendonk

★ Earnest Stewart

★ Tony Vidmar

★ Martien Vreijsen

★ Johan Vonlanthen

★ Koos Waslander

★ Romeo Zondervan

★ Antoon "rat" Verlegh

See also

★ Dutch football league teams

External links

★ NAC.nl - Official website of NAC Breda

★ English supporters site

★ Fanzine The Rat

★ B-side Rats

★ NAC statistics