PSV EINDHOVEN

Eredivisie 2006-07 Winners

'Philips Sport Vereniging' (English: ''Philips Sports Union''), widely known either as 'PSV' or 'PSV Eindhoven', is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football section.
PSV is one of three European Cup winning football clubs in Netherlands, the other two being Ajax and Feyenoord. The club won the European Cup in 1988 (against Benfica) and the UEFA Cup in 1978 (against SC Bastia). They are often nicknamed ''Boeren'' (Dutch for 'farmers' or in this case peasants) in reference to their original provincial city origins.

Contents

History

Team honours

National

International

First team squad

Current squad

Reserves

Under 17s

Hall of Fame

Managers

Other sports

Trivia

See also

External links

History

As its name indicates, the club started out as a company-sponsored sports club for Philips employees on August 31 (then ''Koninginnedag''), 1913 to celebrate the centennial defeat of the French in the Napoleonic wars. PSV have evolved into a fully professional football club. Their home in Eindhoven is the Philips Stadion with a capacity of 35,000 spectators which is fully seated. Plans to further expand the ground to 40,000 seats have been put on hold. It was, however, the stadium where many European Cup matches were played, and was one of the Dutch venues for the Euro 2000 competition held jointly by Netherlands and Belgium. It was built at the same time as the inauguration of the club, although its current capacity was only achieved by various modernisation programmes throughout their history. The average attendance for the season 2005/06 was 33,165 spectators.
PSV garnered many honours in the football arena and have been credited as the club where many successful players such as Ruud Gullit, Mateja Kežman, Romário, Ronaldo, Luc Nilis, Philip Cocu, Park Ji-Sung, Jaap Stam, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Lee Young-Pyo, Mark van Bommel, Jefferson Farfán, Arjen Robben, Johann Vogel, DaMarcus Beasley, Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa and Ronald Waterreus plied their trade and talents. Their success was built on the foundations laid down by other famous players like Willy van der Kuijlen, Jan van Beveren, Jan Poortvliet, the Van de Kerkhof brothers who also played for the Dutch national team and Huub Stevens in the 1970s where the club won the UEFA Cup in 1978, defeating Bastia 3-0 in the final.
In 1988, coached by Guus Hiddink and with a team featuring players such as Ronald Koeman, Eric Gerets, Søren Lerby and Wim Kieft, PSV won the European Cup for the first and so far only time in their history, beating Benfica on penalties after a goalless final. Curiously, PSV took the trophy despite not winning any of its final five fixtures in the competition: they eliminated both Bordeaux and Real Madrid on away goals, with all four matches ending in draws. Following the European Cup win, PSV faced off with Libertadores winners, Club Nacional de Football of Montevideo. After a 2-2 draw, Nacional went on to defeat PSV Eindhoven in penalties to win their 3rd World Club title. Guus Hiddink still calls that game one of the hardest defeats of his career.
Despite being able to scout South America and most of Europe for budding talents such as those players above, many of them have indirectly made PSV as a springboard for professional development such as Ronaldo and Eidur Gudjohnsen who spent two seasons at the club as well as Mateja Kežman and Arjen Robben, and most recently, Park Ji-Sung and Lee Young-Pyo. Regardless, after the departures of influential players such as Mark van Bommel, Johann Vogel, Park Ji-Sung, Lee Young-Pyo and Wilfred Bouma after the 2004/2005 season in which Philip Cocu came back from Barcelona , PSV have moved to secure the services of players like Mika Väyrynen, Osmar Ferreyra and Belgium midfielder Timmy Simons. With the addition of young players to bolster the squad such as Ismaïl Aissati and Ibrahim Afellay, PSV reached the knockout stage of the Champions League 2005/2006 for a second running, having reached the semi-final stage in the Champions League season before.
Famous coaches such as Guus Hiddink (who between stints at PSV coached the Dutch national team to a fourth-place finish in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and South Korea to a similar fourth place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup) have managed the team over the years and have brought considerable successes to the club. Eric Gerets' stint as manager at the club has also yielded two Eredivisie titles.
For 2006-2007 season, PSV contracted manager Ronald Koeman to succeed Hiddink. They also signed Ecuadorian player Edison Méndez and Mexican player Carlos Salcido after the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where they assisted their teams to the second round. Jan Wouters and Tonny Bruins-Slot were brought in as the two new assistant-managers. The top goal scorers of the season were Jefferson Farfán and Arouna Koné. They won the Eredivise for 2006-2007 on April 29, with a 5-1, final day home victory against Vitesse Arnhem. Pre-match, PSV, Ajax and AZ Alkmaar were tied on 72 points. AZ lost 2-3 away at Excelsior, while Ajax and PSV both won. Therefore, the title was decided only by goal difference, with PSV's bigger winning margin proving decisive as they bettered Ajax's goal difference by just 1 goal (+50 compared with +49).

Team honours

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First team squad

Current squad

Players in 'bold' have international caps.
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Reserves

Under 17s

Hall of Fame

:''For the official PSV Hall of Fame, click here:''

;Netherlands ★ Coen Dillen (1955-1961) ★ Willy van der Kuijlen (1964-1982) ★ Jan van Beveren (1970-1980) ★ René Eijkelkamp (1995-1997) ★ René van de Kerkhof (1973-1983) ★ Willy van de Kerkhof (1973-1988) ★ Ton Lokhoff (1982-1986) ★ Hans van Breukelen (1984-1994) ★ Ruud Gullit (1985-1987) ★ Ruud van Nistelrooy (1998-2001) ★ Arnold Bruggink (1997-2003) ★ Arjen Robben (2002-2004) ★ Wilfred Bouma (1994-1996), (1999-2005) ★ Mark van Bommel (1999-2005) ★ Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (2001-2006) ★ André Ooijer (1998-2006) ★ Philip Cocu (1995-1998), (2004-2007) ★ Michael Reiziger (2005–2007) ★ Jan Kromkamp (2006–present) ★ Patrick Kluivert (2006–2007) ;Australia ★ Jason Čulina (2005-present) ;Belgium ★ Eric Gerets (1985-1992) ★ Luc Nilis (1994-2000) ★ Gilles De Bilde (1996-2000) ★ Timmy Simons (2005-present) ;Brazil ★ Romario (1988-1993) ★ Ronaldo (1994-1996) ★ Alex (2004-2007) ★ Gomes (2004-present) ;China ★ Sun Xiang (2007) ;Cote d'Ivoire ★ Arouna Koné (2005-2007) ;Czech Republic ★ Jozef Chovanec (1988-1991) ;Denmark ★ Frank Arnesen (1985-1988) ★ Jan Heintze (1982-1995), (1999-2003) ★ Jan Mølby (1982-1984) ★ Søren Lerby (1987-1989) ★ Ivan Nielsen (1986-1990) ★ Dennis Rommedahl (1997-2004) ★ Kenneth Perez (2007-present)

;England ★ Michael Ball (2005-2007) ;Finland ★ Joonas Kolkka (1998-2001) ★ Mika Väyrynen (2005-present) ;Ghana ★ Nii Lamptey (1993–1994) ★ Eric Addo (1999–present) ;Iceland ★ Eiður Guðjohnsen (1994-1996) ;Korea ★ Huh Jung-Moo (1980-1983) ★ Lee Young-Pyo (2003-2005) ★ Park Ji-Sung (2003-2005) ;Mexico ★ Carlos Salcido (2006-present) ;Montenegro ★ Ivica Kralj (2000-2002) ;Norway ★ Hallvar Thoresen (1977-1984) ;Peru ★ Jefferson Farfán (2004-present) ;Portugal ★ Abel Xavier (1998-1999) ★ Manuel da Costa (2006-present) ;Romania ★ Gheorghe Popescu (1990-1994) 108 games, 23 g ★ Ovidiu Stinga (1996-2001) ;Russia ★ Dmitri Khokhlov (1997-1999) ★ Yuri Nikiforov (1998–2002) ;Serbia ★ Mateja Kežman (2000-2004) ★ Danko Lazović (2007-present) ;Sweden ★ Ralf Edström (1973-1977) ★ Klas Ingesson (1993–1994) ;Switzerland ★ Johann Vogel (1999-2005) ★ Johan Vonlanthen (2003-2006) ;United States of America ★ DaMarcus Beasley (2004-2006) ;Wales ★ Trevor Ford (1954) ;Zambia ★ Kalusha Bwalya (1988-1994)

Managers

★ Ronald Koeman 2006-present

★ Guus Hiddink 2002-2006

★ Eric Gerets 1999-2002

★ Bobby Robson 1998-1999

★ Dick Advocaat 1994-1998

★ Kees Rijvers 1994

★ Aad de Mos 1993-1994

★ Bobby Robson 1990-1993

★ Guus Hiddink 1987-1990

Other sports

Currently, there are 17 clubs called PSV. These clubs were members of the ''Federatie van Philips Sport Verenigingen'' (Federation of Philips Sports Unions) until it was disbanded in 2004. The more than 5000 members (2003) of the 17 clubs participate in 20 different sports.
The recent successes of the swim club -- Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn shared 8 medals (of which 5 gold) between them during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney -- has made it the second best known after the football club, but many of the other member clubs are also high-ranked in their respective national competitions.

Trivia

The Dutch comedian Theo Maassen once stole the UEFA Cup (won in 1978 against Bastia) from the Philips Stadion. For several years it was unknown who had been responsible for the disappearance of the trophy. The true story was confessed by Maassen himself, live on a talkshow focused on football. That night the show had several guests that were in the possession of rare soccer artifacts. When the host asked Maassen about his artifact, he took the UEFA Cup out of his bag and put it on the table, in front of the baffled host and guests.
He had also stolen the prize that PSV had won at the International Cup after losing at penalties against Nacional. Maassen did this with his friend Hans Teeuwen. He gave the artifact back during a television program on the day PSV became champion on 29 April 2007.
Because of their close ties with electronics conglomerate Philips PSV have had the same jersey sponsor (''Philips'') without any exception ever since 1982, the year jersey sponsorships were introduced in the Eredivisie. This is a record in Dutch football, and presumably in international football as well.

See also

★ Dutch football league teams

External links

★ Official clubsite of PSV / /

★ Official Supportersclub /

★ PSV news at ePitch

★ PSV articles on Yanks Abroad

★ PSV formations at football-lineups.com

★ PSV photos by Tvw