Almere City FC
Association football club in the Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, they play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football. They host their home matches at the Yanmar Stadion.
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Full name | Almere City Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | De Zwarte Schapen (The Black Sheep) | |||
Founded | 14 September 2001; 22 years ago (2001-09-14), as FC Omniworld | |||
Ground | Yanmar Stadion | |||
Capacity | 4,501 | |||
Owner | Lesley Bamberger | |||
Chairman | John Bes | |||
Head coach | Hedwiges Maduro | |||
League | Eredivisie | |||
2023–24 | Eredivisie, 13th of 18 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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The club builds on former clubs from Amsterdam and is a result of ambitions of the Almere city council to play an active role in top sports. To that end, the sports club Omniworld was formed, which consists of a volleyball branch, a basketball branch and a football branch. Prior to the 2010–11 season, the club was renamed to Almere City FC.