Heracles Almelo
Association football club in the Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to the Eredivisie for the first time in 28 years. The club remained in the top division for 17 seasons before suffering relegation at the end of the 2021–22 season. In 2012, they reached the KNVB Cup final for the first time in the club's history, losing to PSV in the final. The club's main rival is Twente.
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Full name | Heracles Almelo | ||
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Nickname(s) | Heraclieden, HAFC | ||
Founded | 3 May 1903; 120 years ago (1903-05-03) | ||
Ground | Erve Asito | ||
Capacity | 12,080 | ||
Chairman | Jacob Roche | ||
Head coach | Erwin van de Looi | ||
League | Eredivisie | ||
2022–23 | Eerste Divisie, 1st of 18 (promoted) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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