Den Haag sign Den Turk and Jansen

17 May 2001

ADO Den Haag have added De Graafschap's Dennis den Turk and Sparta's Roland Jansen to their squad - the 31 year-old midfielder as well as the 33 year-old reserve goalie have signed a contract for 2 years. Earlier signings were veterans Leonard van Utrecht (32), Stephan 't Hart (30) and Peter Hofstede (34) while striker Arjan Human (22) has been hired from RKC.

Den Haag sign Stefan 't Hart

05 May 2001

ADO Den Haag have signed Stefan 't Hart on a contract for 1 year. The 30 year-old defender played for amateur sides Scheveningen and DHC before going professional with Sparta's reserves, moving on to Roda who lent him out to VVV this season. He's played 39 professional games and never scored.

Arjan Human on loan to ADO Den Haag

04 May 2001

RKC are lending Arjan Human to ADO Den Haag on a hire contract for 1 year. The 22 year-old only joined the Waalwijkers a year ago after spells at Circle Brugge and amateur side Kloetinge and has scored 4 goals in 16 games this season.

Israël and Schoenmaker to train Den Haag

18 Apr 2001

Jan Portvliet's earlier offer to become the new trainer has been rejected and, instead, Rinus Israël and Lex Schoenmaker will be returning to Holland next season from the Arab Emirates (where they've been coaching, respectively, Al Wahda and Al Jazira) to take over as trainer and assistant trainer at ADO Den Haag. Israël captained the Feyenoord side who won the old European Cup 1 in 1970 and has since coached Feyenoord, Den Bosch, Dynamo Bucharest, PAOK Saloniki and Jong Oranje (the Dutch under 21's).

Portvliet offers himself to ADO Den Haag

18 Apr 2001

Former international Jan Portvliet, currently coaching Den Bosch, has put himself forward as candidate for the trainer's job at Den Haag. Stanley Brard is being moved from the coach's post to a new job as technical director and an earlier candidate for the job Almelo's Fritz Korbach has pulled out. Piet de Zoet is temporarily in charge of coaching duties.

Den Haag beat Eagles 0 - 4

05 Apr 2001

The hero of last night's surprise humiliation of Tot no.4 side Go Ahead Eagles by lowly 15th placed ADO Den Haag was Ali Boussaboun with 2 goals in the 57th and 71st. Marcel Valkd the score after only 4 minutes and Ruud Zuiderwijk added insult to injury with a 4th in the 90th.

Korbach and Den Haag end negotiations

17 Mar 2001

ADO Den Haag and trainer Fritz Korbach have been unable to agree terms - Korbach had recently decided to leave his current club Heracles at the end of the season and was on the lookout for a new job. It seems that a difference of opinion regarding money has put an end to negotiations with the Haagenaars.

Boussaboun moves from Den Haag to Groningen

10 Mar 2001

Ali Boussaboun is moving to Groningen from current Toto address ADO Den Haag at the end of the season. The 21 year-old striker has signed a contract for 3 seasons with the Oosterpark club after turning down an offer to extend his stay in Den Haag (he's been with ADO for 5 years) where he's scored 7 times this season.

Excelsior draw with ADO Den Haag

10 Feb 2001

Despite being given an early lead by Somalia after only 3 minutes, which made it look as though they were on their way to a simple victory, ADO Den Haag gave Excelsior a nasty shock with 2 goals after an hour's play from Jasper van Dijk and Ali Boussaboun. It was Somalia who saved at least the one point for the Rotterdammers in the closing stages leaving ADO regretting a lost opportunity to go home with 3 important points.

Admodikoro signs for ADO Den Haag

08 Feb 2001

Maarten Admodikoro has signed with ADO Den Haag and will play for the rest of the season with the Toto division club. He'd been without a club since last summer but had been training with the Haagenaars. The 30 year-old right back had previously played for SVV ) and, when they fused with DS '79, with the new club Dordrecht '),NAC (1995-Sept 1999), and NEC (Sept 1999-2000). It's expected he'll play for his new team against Excelsior on Saturday.

TOP Oss lose at home 0-3 to Den Haag

29 Jan 2001

The visitors went 1-0 up just before halftime through Maarten Bak. Leonardo got a 2nd after the break, followed by Bak's 2nd to make it 0-3. ADO Den Haag couldn't have wished for a better restart to the season while TOP Oss' Raymond Koopman (in his 100th match) and Ruben Jordan (in his 150th) would have wished for something else altogether.

Telstar drop to 4th after goalless draw with Den Haag

17 Dec 2000

Telstar will be disappointed not to have won against a weak ADO Den Haag and now drop to 4th place in the Toto table.

MVV too strong for ADO Den Haag 3 - 1

12 Dec 2000

The 3,550 fans saw plenty of action in a busy evening's football with 4 goals, 7 yellow cards and 1 red. The home team were stronger in all departments - Rob Nuyts, Davey Heymans and Emerson scored for the Limburgers and Erik Tammer got one back for the Haagenaars 20 minutes before time. He didn't get to play out the full 90 minutes, 'seeing red' after hitting out at an opponent. MVV earned themselves 4 yellow cards and Den Haag 3.

Zwolle in 4 - 1 against ADO Den Haag

08 Dec 2000

FC Zwolle are now 5th after seeing off ADO Den Haag opponents with goals by Richard Roelofsen, Gerald van den Belt, Arnen Slot and Arjan Bosschart. René Lievehart scored the Haagenaars only goal. Emmen will be wanting even more to lure away Zwolle's trainer Dwight Lodeweges.

Valk and Gentile return to ADO Den Haag

06 Dec 2000

The former Den Haag players Marcel Valk and Marco Gentile are to be hired out to their old club for the rest of the season. 33 year-old Valk no longer has a 1st team place at Willem II. He played for ADO between 1990 and 1993, moving on to RKC, Go Ahead Eagles, Volendam and Willem II. He should play his first match for Den Haag on Thursday. His Willem II colleague 32 year-old defender Gentile is in the same situation in Tilburg. He played for ADO between 1987 and 1995.