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| Tilburg
council buy Willem II stadium |
05
Jun 2003
|
|
Cash stripped Eredivisie outfit Willem II have
received a €9 million Euros injection
from the Tilburg council, who have now taken over the investments of
Willem II for the building and renovation of their stadium. The council, who
are now the official owners of the club's stadium, will rent the stadium
back to Willem II.
|
| Willem
II agree terms with 7 youth players |
03
Jun 2003
|
Eredivisie outfit Wilem II have decided
they will not be spending any great sums of money this summer for new
players but will instead be utilizing their youth academy after agreeing
terms with 7 of their youth players.
The seven teenagers who have signed are:
Goalkeeper: Ahmet Altin (17)
Defenders: Frank van
der Struijk (18), Roel van Hemert (18), Arjan Swinkels (18)
Strikers: Guillermo Zschussen
(17), Erik van de Kruyk (18) Mike Thijssen (17)
|
| Willem
II sign keeper Zois |
20 May 2003
|
| Willem
II goalie Martins signs for Moscroen |
20 May 2003
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|
Willem II goalkeeper Martin has penned a
four-year deal with Belgian outfit Moscroen. Although Martin could of furthered
his career with French outfit Mons, The Belgian goalie decided on returning to
his home country. Martin: "I am very happy to return to my area of origin and
I hope that I will carry out a good job with my new club. The pressure will be stronger here
than in Holland but I am ready to take up the challenge. I hope to quickly find my place
within my new team to prove to the bosses that they were right to sign me."
|
| Willem
II target Feyenoord's Rzasa |
12 May 2003 |
| Ere
Divisie outfit Willem II have targeted Feyenoord's out of favour defender
Tomasz Rzasa whose contract runs out this summer. Rzasa has been told by
Feyenoord that his contract will not be extended and after failing to net
a contract in his homeland with Polish side Wisla Krakow, the Polish
international is in need of a new employer. Willem see the Pole as an
ideal replacement for Chris Janssens who is returning to his homeland
Belgian, where he has sined a three year deal with Westerlo. |
| Willem
II contracts for youth players |
08 May 2003 |
|
Willem II have
offered 20-year-old striker Anouar Hadouir and 17-year-old midfielder Guillermo Zschuschen contracts
for respectively 3 years and 1 year. Hadouir has already made three first
team appearances this season, while youth squad member Zschuschen has
only played for Willem II's youth team up till now.
|
| Willem
II's Janssens to return to Belgium |
28 Apr 2003 |
|
Willem II have announced on their website that
Belgian defender Chris Janssens will be returning to his homeland at end
of the season to further his career with second division side Westerlo.
The 33-year-old defender, who has signed a two-year contract with
Westerlo is planning to follow a coaching course and has been
promised bby Westerloo that at the end of his 2 year contract he will be
added to their technical staff. ".
It's important for me that at this age I can work on my future,"
Janssens told Willem's website.
|
| Van
der Gun gets third chance with Ajax |
15 Apr 2003
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|
Ajax's manager Leo
Beenhakker stated on Dutch TV sports program 'Voetbalinsite' that Ajax will
recall Cedric van der Gun from his loan spell at Willem II at the end of the
season but added that there was little chance of Youssouf Hersi returning.
In spite of playing well for Ajax, Van
der Gun was loaned out to Willem II at the beginning of the
season where he has made a good impression scoring six goals in 24 matches.
It was his 2nd spell on loan away from Amsterdam after turning out at Den
Bosch for a short while in the 1999/2000 season.
|
| Feyenoord
contract for Willem II teenager |
12 Apr 2003
|
Willem II teenager Joep van den Ouweland,
whose contract expires this summer, has accepted an offer from Feyenoord.
The 19-year-old midfielder is a product of Willem II's youth program. The club
stated on their website that disappointed to lose one of their rising talents but
understood the player wish to further his career. Willem II's technical director
stated that the club was very proud that they had once again educated a new, top
talent.
|
| Willem
II pay fans admission fee |
13 Mar 2003
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|
After three consecutive defeats Willem II have dropped to ninth
placed but even so the Tiburgers have still not given up the hope European
football. To give the team some more impetus in away games
Willem II's players have offered to pay their fans admission fee
for their next away match with Groningen on Sunday. The fans will have
pay for their own 16 euro bus fare however. Willem II stated on
their website. "The team want to make a gesture to the fans and
they need their support in Groningen very much."
|
| Willem
II's Janssens out for 4-6 weeks |
11 Mar 2003
|
| Willem
II have been dealt a blow after hearing that their 33 year old Belgian
midfielder Chris Janssens will be out of action for the next 4-6 weeks after picking up a hamstring
injury during last weekend's battle against Twente in which the former
Lokeren player was forced from the pitch
after just 28 minutes.
|
| Willem
II's Marcel Meeuwis has surgery |
11 Jan 2003
|
Willem
II midfielder Marcel Meeuwis who is currently on
loan to Eerste Divisie club VVV, has undergone surgery to repair a
damaged achilles-tendon. It's expected that Meeuwis will be out of action
for at least two months. Meeuwis is currently top of VVV's Man
of the match award.
| 1. |
Marcel Meeuwis |
43,8 |
points |
| 2. |
Bernard Hofstede |
22,8 |
points |
| 3. |
Ben Mbemba |
21,5 |
points |
| 4. |
Bas Jacobs |
13,0 |
points |
| 5. |
Rob Zegers |
11,8 |
points |
| 6. |
Sjors Verdellen |
11,5 |
points |
| 7. |
Nico Leijsten |
10,0 |
points |
| 8. |
Koen Wins |
9,5 |
points |
| 9. |
Ahmed Ammi |
7,0 |
points |
| 10. |
Christophe
Geebelen |
7,0 |
points |
| 11. |
Roy Grootaert |
4,0 |
points |
| 12. |
Marc Eberle |
3,0 |
points |
| 13. |
Paul Jans |
3,0 |
points |
| 14. |
Tom Timmermans |
1,8 |
points |
| 15. |
Ruud Verhappen |
0,8 |
punt |
| 16. |
Dave Joosten |
0,5 |
punt |
|
| Willem
II's Sektioui to undergo MRI scan |
10 Jan 2003
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|
Willem II's Moroccan forward Tarik Sektioui is going into hospital on
Monday to have an MRI scan. Sektioui was unable to resume the training
this week after still being plagued by the ankle injury he received before
Christmas. Although not broken the ankle is still very tender and Willem II are hoping that the MRI scan can spread some light as to the
cause of the pain. Sektioui, who has also played for French side AJ
Auxerre and Swiss club Xamax Neuchâtel, has been out of action
since the beginning of December.
|
| Willem
II beat Groningen 1-0 |
21 Dec 2002
|
|
Willem II have won their Ere
Divisie match against Groningen by a 1-0 margin in Tilburg tonight thanks to
a 48th minute goal by Dutch international Denny Landzaat. The result puts an
end to Groningen's run of 5 matches without defeat. Substitute Raymond
Victoria celebrated his 200th Ere Divisie appearance.
|
| Quinn
appeal successful |
20 Dec 2002
|
| Willem
II's James Quinn has seen his 4 match ban reduced to a 2 match ban, plus 1
suspended, after successfully appealing to the
Dutch FA (KNVB). Quinn was sent off in last weekend's Ere Divisie
match against De Graafschap for head-butting his opponent. |
| Willem
II's James Quinn
to appeal ban |
18 Dec 2002
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|
Willem II's Northern Irish international James Quinn is to appeal against the 4 match
ban imposed on him by the Dutch FA (KNVB) after being sent off in last
weekend's competition match against De Graafschap for head-butting his
opponent. His appeal will be heard on December 19th.
|
| De
Graafschap draw with Willem II 1-1 |
14 Dec 2002
|
| De
Graafschap Lineup: Jurgen Wevers, René Bot, Tim Bakens,
Milan Berck Beelenkamp, Edwin Hermans, Arvid Smit, Hans van de Haar,
Dave Zafarin, Michael van der Kruis, Rody Turpijn, Dennis Schulp.
Willem
II Lineup: Danny Mathijssen, Kew Jaliens, Chris Janssens, Joris
Mathijsen, Denny Landzaat, Cedric van der Gun, Youssef Mariana,
Mourad Mghizrat, James Quinn, Dmitri Shoukov, Nelson Wau, Regillio
Simons, Raymond Victoria.
Ex-Ajax player Cedric van der Gund the score in the very 1st
minute of the match with the one and only goal of the 1st half, the
fastest Ere Divisie goal of the season. In the 61st of a tumultuous
2nd half, Van der Gun and Wever both received yellow cards. Just 2 minutes
later Willem II forward Shoukov was sent off for hitting his opponent. And
10 minutes after that Willem II's trainer was also sent off, for comments
addressed to the referee after Davy Zafarin had equalised for the homeside.
To make matters even worse, Willem II's Irish international James Quinn
lost control of himself and head-butted his opponent, resulting in yet
another early shower. |
| Surgery
for Van Nieuwstadt |
10 Dec 2002
|
|
Willem II's Jos van Nieuwstadt
will undergo keyhole surgery this week to establish the extent of damage to
his injured knee. The 23 year-old defender picked up the problem in the 3-1
win against AZ at the weekend and he'll miss the remaining matches before
the winter-break. A torn hamstring meant Van Nieuwstadt was on the injured
list for the whole of September and the first two weeks of October earlier
this season.
|
| Willem
II beat AZ 3-1 |
07 Dec 2002
|
|
Willem
II
lineup:
Geert de Vlieger, Kew Jaliens, Jos van Nieuwstadt, Joris Mathijsen,
Chris Janssens, Mourad Mghizrat, Denny Landzaat, Danny Mathijssen, James
Quinn, Dmitri Shoukov, Cedric van der Gun.
AZ
lineup:
Theo Zwarthoed, Tim de Cler, Peter Wijker, Olaf Lindenbergh, Jannes Wolters,
Barry Opdam ,Michael Buskermolen,
Martijn Meerdink, Jan Kromkamp, Barry van Galen, Robin Nelisse.
Willem II had a somewhat surprising win this
evening against Co Adriaanse's revitalized AZ. It's Co's first visit to his
former club, who he took into the Champions League a couple of seasons ago
before moving to Ajax , since taking over in Alkmaar but his new-look
AZ-boys went home with their tails between their legs. Northern Irish
international James Quinnd for the 'Tricolores' with the only
goal of the 1st half. The Tilburgers' Dutch international Denny Landzaat increased the lead to 2-0 via a
spot-shot 2 minutes after the break. AZ only then started to push forward and were rewarded for
their efforts when Martijn Meerdink reduced the gap to 1 goal. The visitors continued
to launch attacks, looking for the equalizer but leaving their defense
dangerously In the 80th minute Shoukov was able to profit from the gaps in
the AZ
defense and plugged home the decisive match-winner.
|
| Ajax
reserves beat Willem II in Cup 2-1 |
04 Dec 2002
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|
Ajax's reserve team are on track to repeat their Cup performance of last
season after a 2nd round 2-1 win against Willem II in the ArenA. They kicked
off the match looking for goals but they didn't come till the last half
hour. With Nigel de Jong, Nourdin Boukhari, Petri Pasanen and Abubakari
Yakubu in the lineup they had no trouble controlling the weak Tilburg side.
Stephano Seedorf put away ther in the 67th and up-and-coming talent
Jamal Akachar, recently playing for the Amsterdammers' Saturday amateur
side, scored the 2nd in the 75th. Kew Jaliens scored an injury-time
consolation goal for Willem II.
|
| PSV
beat Willem II 2-1 |
30 Nov 2002
|
|
PSV
lineup: Waterreus - Lucius, Ooijer, Addo, Bouma
- Rommedahl, van der Schaaf, Vogel, Robben - Kezman, Vennegoor of Hesselink
Willem
II lineup: De Vlieger - Wau, Jaliens, Janssens, J. Mathijsen -
Landzaat, Victoria, Caluwé - Ceesay, Sektioui, Shoukov
PSV climb to 1st place on goal
average after beating Willem II 2-1 at home. In a dismal game Jan Vennegoor
of Hesselinkd in the 14th minute, cleverly heading in a corner. In
the 22nd minute Willem II's Jatoo Ceesay was sent off for what looked
like a perfectly 'correct'
tackle, reducing the visitors to 10 men.
2 minutes into injury time of theng act the Ere Divisie's top scorer Mateja Kezman netted
his 15th of the season. The second half had barely began when Cedric v.d. Gun got one back for the
visiting team with a fine
shot for the final 2-1 scoreline.
|
| Excelsior
lost to Willem II 0-3 |
22 Nov 2002
|
|
Excelsior
lineup: Malkowski - Swertsi, Sprockel,
Olfers, Bastos - Breur, Boussatta, Pinas - Boutahar, Mtiliga, Lopes.
Willem
II lineup: De Vlieger - Wau,
Jaliens, Janssens, Mathijsen - Victoria, Landzaat, Robbemond, v.d. Gun -
Sjoekov, Sektioui.
After 4 defeats in a
row, Willem II were in need of a win to keep their hopes alive of qualifying
for European football next season. The visitors took the lead via Dmitry
Sjoekov in the 24th minute with a lucky goal. Although Excelsior pushed
forward for the equalizer, it was Willem II who managed to find the back of
the net with 2 late goals from Mourad (82nd) and Ceesay in injury time.
|
| English
interest in Ceesay |
21 Nov 2002
|
|
English FA Premiership sides
Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton are targeting Willem II's Jattoo Ceesay.
The 28 year-old Gambian international (63 caps) has a contract which runs
till the summer of 2004 in Tilburg but they could let him go in order to
raise some cash. Apparently AZ are also interested in signing him which
means he could be reunited with his former trainer Co Adriaanse who's
recently taken over in Alkmaar.
|
| Wau
extends deal with Willem II |
16 Nov 2002
|
|
Nuelson Wau has extended his
contract with Willem II till July 2006. The 21 year-old's old is a product
of the 'Tricolores' youth academy and made his debut on April 22nd 2000 in
the 5-3 win against De Graafschap. He's played 5 matches this season.
|
| Willem
II lose to RKC 0-1 |
15 Nov 2002
|
|
Willem
II lineup: Martin -
Wau, Van Nieuwstadt, Janssens, J. Mathijsen - Landzaat, D. Mathijssen,
Sektioui - Van der Gun, Ceesay, Shoukov. RKC
lineup: Van Dijk - Boulahrouz, Nikiforov, Van den Berg, Greene - Van Diemen,
Molhoek, De Graef - Janssen, Hoogendorp, Cornelisse.
RKC Waalwijk have won
tonight's match in Tilburg, beating Willem II 0-1 and climbing, if only for
a couple of days, to 6th place. Yuri Cornelisse scored
the winner in the 4th minute to give their first away win against the
'Tricolores' since 1996. It's Willem II's 4th defeat in a row and puts
them out of touch with the Ere Divisie top.
|
| Willem
II lose to Vitesse 1-3 |
09 Nov 2002
|
|
NAC lineup: de
Vlieger - Jaliens, van Nieuwstadt, Janssens, J. Mathijsen - Landzaat - van
der Gun - Victoria - Mghizrat - Shoukov, Sektioui. Groningen
lineup: Jevric - Rankovic, Cornelisse, Zeman, Fränkel - Claessens, T.
Janssen, Levchenko - Mustapha, Peeters, Amoah.
This was definitely Evgeny Levchenko's week
and, after getting his first invitation to appear for his country, the
Ukrainian midfielder rounded it off by putting away his first goal for
Vitesse. Mike Snoei will be please with his team's performance and a
valuable three away points. Levchenkod the score with a spot-shot, Chris Janssens
equalizing in the 32nd before Marian Zeman (37th) and Matthew Amoah (injury-time)
decided the match.
|
| Willem
II beat Twente 2-1 in Cup |
07 Nov 2002
|
| Willem
II were lucky to book a 2-1 Amstel Cup win last night against Twente.
Trainer Mark Wotte's team squeezed past the 'Tukkers' who had three great
chances in the dying minutes to put the match into extra-time but Patrick
Pothuizen, Thijs Houwing and Jürgen Cavens all saw their attempts saved
by keeper Geert de Vlieger. Dmitri Shoukov gave the Tilburgers the lead,
Scott Booth pulling one back for the 1-1 before Mourad Mghizrat nosed them
ahead again, after which the 'Tricolores' fought hard to hang on their
slim advantage. |
| Tom
Caluwé back for Willem II tonight |
06 Nov 2002
|
|
Tom Caluwé will make his
reappearance for Willem II (if only on the bench( for tonight;'s Amstel Cup
match clash with Twente. The 24 year-old Belgian has been out of action for
the last two months after picking up a knee injury. "Caluwé starts on
the bench tonight only because he lacks match-rhythm but he is ready to play
if needed", explained trainer Mark Wotte on the official Willem II
website. Regillio Simons will also be back after missing last weekend's 3-0
defeat by Ajax due to a hamstring injury but Jattoo Ceesay is still sitting
out a suspension.
|
| Ajax
go top after 3-0 against Willem II |
03 Nov 2002
|
|
Ajax
lineup: Didulica - Trabelsi, Bergdølmo,
van Damme, de Jong - Galásek, Maxwell, Van der Vaart - Van der Meyde, Mido,
Sikora.
Willem
II
lineup: De Vlieger - Jaliens, J. Mathijsen, Van Nieuwstadt, Janssens,
Mariana - Landzaat, D. Mathijssen, Victoria, Sektioui - Van der Vaart.
Ajax go top of the table after
this less-than-convincing 3-0 win against Willem II at the ArenA. Willem II
coach Mark Wotte chose a more defensive look, with Danny Mathijssen and
Youssef Mariana in place of the suspended Jattoo Ceesay and the
out-of-favour Dmitri Shoukov, after the 5-1 thrashing at Feyenoord last
weekend but his team were soon trailing. Egyptian striker Mido, starting in
preference to Zlatan Ibrahimovich,d
the score in the 8th minute. There were few real highlights in the match but
Rafael van der Vaart's goal in the 72nd minute was one of them, Mido heading
on for the 19 year-old to shoot in off the post. A 3rd goal by
Steve Pienaar in the 86th sealed the points
for Ronald Koeman's team.
|
| Ceesay
suspended for 3 matches |
02 Nov 2002
|
| Jattoo
Ceesay has been handed out a 3 match ban for lashing out at Tomasz Rzasa
in the 5-1 Ere Divisie defeat by Feyenoord. The Willem II forward appealed
against the original 'sentence' of 4 matches and has had one converted
into a probationary period of one year in whch he'll have to behave
himself or else! |
| Feyenoord
thrash Willem II 5-0 |
26 Oct 2002
|
|
Feyenoord
lineup: Zoetebier - Emerton - Van
Wonderen, Paauwe, Rzasa, Song C G - Bosvelt, Ono - Lurling, Kalou - Buffel.
Willem
II lineup: De Vlieger -
Jaliens, Van Nieuwstadt, Janssens, J. Mathijsen - Landzaat - Van der Gun -
Victoria - Ceesay, Shoukov - Sektioui.
Feyenoord did a good job of erasing
Wednesday's 2-0 Champions League defeat by beating the Tricolores 5-0 at the
Kuip. Captain Paul Bosvelt, back from injury,d the score in the 13th.
Cedric van der Gun drew the Tilburgers level in the 40th but Cameroon
striker Bonaventure Kalou put the Rotterdammers ahead again in the 44th. Three
minutes into the 2nd act Anthony Lurling added a 3rd, South Korean
international Chong-Gug Song scoring the 4th in the 51st. The visitors were
reduced to 10 men in the 53rd when Jattoo Ceesay got his marching orders and
a happy Lurling, visibly shaking off his uncertain start to the season, profitted from the advantage by getting his 2nd of the
evening in the 66th. It will be an encouraging result and performance for
Van Marwijk and his boys ahead of their next C-L clash.
|
| Willem
II feel the squeeze |
25 Oct 2002
|
|
NAC are apparently not the only
Ere Divisie club to be showing some severe financial cracks this season as
their arch-rivals Willem II are discovering that they're heading for a
substantial deficit in this finacial year and substantial cuts seem
inevitable. Four staff members have already been handed their notice and
further measures are likely to follow.
|
| Willem
II beat RBC 3-1 |
19 Oct 2002
|
|
Willem
II
lineup: De Vlieger - Jaliens, Van
Nieuwstadt, Janssens, J. Mathijsen - Landzaat, Van der Gun, Victoria -
Ceesay, Sektioui, Shoukov.
RBC
lineup: Aerts - Keller, Nascimento, Oliseh, Hellemons - de Graaf, Maseland,
den Ouden, Fleur - Wooter, Vos.
Willem II climb to 3rd place with this 3-1 win
in the Brabant derby against RBC Roosendaal. The Tilburgers, who looked far
better in almost all departments than their opponents, went a goal up in the
14th when Sander Keller scored an own goal. Dmitri Shoukov (28th) and Jattoo
Ceesay (57th) gave them a comfortable 3-0 advantage and Geert den Ouden (77th)
scored a consolation goal for the Roosendaalers.
|
| Van
Nieuwstadt back in action |
14 Oct 2002
|
|
Willem II's Jos van Nieuwstadt is
back in action after a month's absence after the defender picked up a
hamstring tear in training - so far he's only played 3 matches this season.
He's just played his first match for a while in a friendly against Belgian
side AA Gent which the 'Tricolores' lost 2-1.
|
| Heerenveen
and Willem II in 1-1 |
06 Oct 2002
|
|
Heerenveen
lineup: Vonk - Venema, Hansson, Ebbinge, Edman - Radomski, De Jong,
Jensen - Nurmela, Denneboom, Selakovic.
Willem
II
lineup: De Vlieger - Wau, Jaliens, Janssens, J. Mathijsen - Landzaat, Van
der Gun, Victoria - Ceesay, Sektioui, Shoukov. Heerenveen
had a fine 2-0 UEFA Cup perfomance against National Bucharest on Thursday,
even though they exitted the tournament, which indicated a revival was at
hand and it was certainly their best performance so far this season. As far
as this match is concerned, Foppe
de Haan's comment that he was sorry his team had 'lost' the match spoke
volumes about how the coach was experiencing his team's latest domestic
failure to win and how great his disappointment was in not winning all 3 points. His
team played some fine high tempo football, especially in theng half,
but failed to create realngs in front of goal. Mika Nurmela finally put them
ahead from the spot in the 37th minute, a controversial decision, but Cedric van der Gun equalized for
the 'Tricolores' in the 67th. After the
match Willem II coach Mark Wotte was also disappointed in his team's
performance, their worst this season he said.
|
| Abdellaoui
and Willem II part |
30 Sep 2002
|
| Willem
II fire 5 past Zwolle in 5-2 win |
28 Sep 2002
|
|
Willem
II
lineup: De Vlieger - Victoria, Jaliens, Janssens, J. Mathijsen - Landzaat, Van der Gun, Wau - Ceesay, Sektioui, Shoukov.
Zwolle
lineup: Van der Werff - Doesburg, Schol, Kras, Van der Haar - M. Roelofsen,
De Ridder, Cvetkov - Lim-Duan, R. Roelofsen, Promes.
The Tricolores continue their run of good
results firing 5 goals past Zwolle tonight to give them 6th place on 11
points while Zwolle drop to 11th on 5 points. The Tilburgers were 3-0 up
before the break thanks to goals by Tarik Sektioui in
the 8th, Cedric van der Gun in the 11th and Joris Mathijsen in the 40th.
Ivan Cvetkov got one back for Zwolle 7 minutes into the 2nd half, but Jattoo
Ceesay increased the score to 4-1 only 3 minutes later, Dmitri Shoukov
adding a 5th in the 57th before Dominggus Lim-Duan found a 2nd consolation goal for
Zwolle one minute before time.
|
| Tom
Caluwé out for another 2-4 weeks |
26 Sep 2002
|
| Willem
II miss Mathijssen for a month |
25 Sep 2002
|
|
Danny Mathijssen will
have to watch his team Willem II play their next few matches from the stands as
the 19 year-old midfielder needs an operation to repair an ankle injury that's
been troubling him since the season kicked-off. Mathijssen, who's so far played
26 matches for 'The Tricolores', will be out of action for a month.
|
| Willem
II and NEC draw 1-1 |
21 Sep 2002
|
|
Willem
II
lineup: De Vlieger - Jaliens, Victoria, Janssens, J. Mathijsen - Landzaat, Van
der Gun, Mariana, Mghizrat - Simons, Shoukov.
NEC
lineup: Gentenaar - Wisgerhof, Hesp, Wielaert, Zonneveld - Schuurman,
Govedarica, Hersi, Simr - de Nooijer, Demouge.
Willem II and NEC shared the points tonight in
a 1-1 draw in Tilburg, the first time that the Nijmegen side took home a
point in the last 4 seasons. Danny Hesp put away a spot-shot in the 28th
minute to give the visitors the lead before substitute Jattoo Ceesay equalized on the
hour. The match saw Willem II's Denny Landzaat play his 200th
professional match and NEC's Danny Hesp his 350th!
|
| Willem
II beat Utrecht 2-0 |
14 Sep 2002
|
|
Willem
II lineup: De Vlieger - Wau, Jaliens, J. Mathijsen, Janssens -
Landzaat, Van der Gun, Victoria - Ceesay, Quinn, Shoukov.
Utrecht
lineup: Wapenaar - Zuidam, Touzani, Zwaanswijk, Van Mol - Tanghe, de
Jong, Bosschaart, Van den Bergh - Gluscevic, Kuijt.
Willem II have booked their 2nd win of the
season with a 2-0 against Utrecht who had started the match wanting to show
they could be just as strong away from the Domstad as they are at home. Mark
Wotte's team had other ideas and goals by Denny Landzaat (42nd) and Tarik
Sektioui (74th) gave the Tilburgers the points. Willem II climb to 5th place
in the table while Utrecht sink to 11th.
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| Abdellaoui
and Willem II remain in conflict |
13 Sep 2002
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|
Yassine Abdellaoui and Willem II remain in the
clinch and will be returning to continue their dispute before the Dutch FA's
(KNVB) arbitration committee in a renewed attempt to end their long-running
conflict. The Tilburgers accuse the striker of work-refusal since
March of this year and both sides wanted to terminate the contract in
August but the FA's committee announced that Abdellaoui would have to first
pay €300,00 Euros in compensation to the club before he could walk away
from the 'Tricolores'. On his return to the club for the new season he was
denied access to the training sessions amd is now demanding the
'right-to-work'!
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| Van
Nieuwstadt out for 2 - 6 weeks |
12 Sep 2002
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|
Willem II defender Jos van Nieuwstadt is out of
action for the coming 2 - 6 weeks after tearing a hamstring muscle during
training yesterday. The 22 year-old thinks that the actual root cause of the
injury may be a premature return to duty after suffering from a case of
concussion during the pre-season preparations. "I badly wanted to be
back in time for theng match of the season against Twente and could
well be paying the price for coming back too soon. The fact that I
experienced cramp in the hamstring in the match against NAC was a clear
warning sign!
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| Willem
II's Marcel Meeuwis on loan to VVV |
12 Sep 2002
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Willem II's 21 year-old midfielder Marcel Meeuwis
will be playing the rest of the season on loan to Eerste Divisie VVV.
Meeuwis, who's so far played a grand total of 7 league matches for the
'Tricolores', may well make his debut for VVV on Friday against TOP Oss.
Willem II extended the contract of their youth player this summer till 2005
and hope that he'll continue to develop faster than playing for Jong Willem
II (the Tilburgers reserve team) by getting in some match-action at VVV.
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| Tom
Caluwé out of action for 4 weeks |
02 Sep 2002
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Willem II's coach Mark Wotte will have to miss
Tom Caluwé for at least 4 weeks. The Belgian midfielder has been suffering
from a knee problem for the last few weeks and will undergo exploratory
surgery tomorrow. Caluwé has only been in action for 30 minutes this season
in the 1-1 draw against NAC when he came on as substitute.
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| Roda beat
Willem II 1 - 0 |
31 Aug 2002
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Roda
lineup: Kujovic - Sonkaya, Rudge, Luijpers, Filipovic - Sérgio, Nygaard,
van Dessel, Soetaers - Cristiano, Anastasiou.
Willem
II lineup: De Vlieger - Jaliens, Van Nieuwstadt, Janssens, J.
Mathijsen - Victoria, Landzaat, Mariana - Mghizrat, Sektioui, Shoukov.
An 88th minute goal by Yannis Anastasiou, with a
little help from Chris Janssens, gave the
'Kerkrade Crew' their second win of the season. The 'Tricolores' are
well-known for playing attractive football and Roda had been showing a
similar stylish approach to the game in theirng games of the season. There
was, however, a visible difference between the teams tonight with the home
team putting on a poor and chaotic display in theng half. The visitors
looked far better in comparison, controlled and in control of the game only
missing out on 1st half goals 'by virtue of bad-luck'. Denny Landzaat
managed to stumble over the ball when he only had goalie Vladan
kujovic to beat, Dimitri DShoukov's shjot was stopped and Youssef Mariana
grazed the bar. Willem II continued to throw away their chances after the
break while Roda got into gear and had chances of their own. Cristiano
hitting the bar and Anastasiou's shots being stopped by Geert de Vlieger. It
still looked as if the visitors would be the first to score but
Anastasiou's 88th minute freekick shot in off the head of poor Chris
Janssens for the lucky-goal match-winner.
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| Willem
II hire Van der Gun |
30 Aug 2002
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| Hendrik
van Beelen hangs up his boots
|
26 Aug 2002
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Willem II's Hendrik van Beelen has decided to end
his career prematurely and hung up his boots as of today. The injury-plagued
22 year-old midfielder has chosen to return to 'normal' life and has had his
contract with the Tilburg side, which ran till the summer of 2003,
terminated. A move on a loan-deal to Eerste Divisie Helmond Sport fell
through after the club made use of a clause allowing them to return Van
Beelen if he proved to be unfit for duty. The former Utrecht, Heracles
Almelo and Cambuur Leeuwarden player underwent
surgery on his knee in July and had also been suffering for some time with
an abdominal muscle problem. Van Beelen has played only 7 matches for Willem
II since joining the club in the summer of 2001.
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| Willem
II and NAC draw 1-1 |
25 Aug 2002
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Willem
II lineup: De Vlieger,Jaliens, Van Nieuwstadt, Janssens, J. Mathijsen,
D. Mathijssen, Landzaat, Mariana, Mghizrat, Sektioui, Shoukov.
NAC lineup: Babos, Colin,
Penders, Koning, Gudelj, Fehér, Slot, Schreuder, Boussaboun, Van den Eede,
Bobson.
The Brabant derby between Willem II and NAC has
ended in a 1-1 draw. The Tricoloresd well but NAC soon took control of
the match, Bart van den Eede giving them the lead before his former Den
Bosch teammate Mourad Mghizrat levelled the score 7 minutes before the break.
NAC pushed for a match-winner in the 2nd half but substitute Orlando
Engelaar missed with the best chance they had. The match saw the return of
NAC's American international Earnest Stewart, replacing Van den Eede for the
second-act, after being out with a groin injury he picked up during the
United States' World Cup campaign.
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| Zlatan
scores, De Vlieger blunders |
22 Aug 2002
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Ajax's
young Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovich scored Sweden's only goal in
their 1-1 friendly draw with Russia last night. It took till the last
minute of the match before he found the back of the net but it was enough
to prevent defeat.
The evening was a less than happy one for Willem II's
Belgian keeper Geert De Vlieger whose blunder allowed Poland to snatch a
1-1. |
| Twente
lose to Willem II 0-2 |
17 Aug 2002
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|
Twente lineup: Boschker, Ouédraego, Grujic, El-Brazi, Polak,
Heubach, Cziommer, Van der Leegte, Van der Weerden, Caïro and Booth.
Willem II lineup: De Vlieger, Jaliens, J. Mathijsen, Van Nieuwstadt, D.
Mathijssen, Janssens, Landzaat, Mariana, Ceesay, Sektioui and Shoukov. Willem
II took home the points after a disappointing match in which 60 minutes of
poor football went by before Tarik Sektioui found the back of the net in the
61st minute, picking up a Denny Landzaat long-ball to slam it past Sander
Boschker. The goal came just as the 'Tukkers' were getting into gear and it
spurred them even more into attacking the Tilburgers' goal but Jeroen
Heubach's best chance for them was cleared off the line by Kew Jaliens.
Another Landzaat ball was passed through by Mourad Mghizrat to Dmitri Shoukov
who put it away for the 0-2.
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| Willem
II lose at Málaga in Intertoto semi |
01 Aug 2002
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|
Willem II have still got a good chance of getting
through to the final of the Intertoto tournament after a 2-1 away defeat by
Málaga in their semi-final 1st leg match. Former Ajax player Kiki Musampa's
Spanish side went ahead after 34 minutes with a goal by Koke but Kew Jaliens
drew the 'Tricolores' level on the hour before Dely Valdez put away a
spot-shot a few minutes later for the 2-1. Bad news for the Dutch side was
that Jaliens picked up his 3rd yellow card of the tournament and misses the
return in Tilburg. If Willem II can win 1-0 at home next week it will be
enough to give them a place in the final. The other semi-final between
French club Troyes (who knocked out NAC last
week) and Villarreal ended in a
goalless draw. The winner of the final earns themselves a place in the UEFA
Cup.
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| Willem
II & Twente want Van der Gun |
31 July 2002
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| Willem
II v. Malaga tonight in Intertoto |
31 July 2002
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|
Willem II face a tough
opponent in their Intertoto tournament semi-final clash tonight in the shape of
Spanish side Málaga. Trainer Joaquín Peiró and former Ajax midfielder Kiki
Musampa are confident they have a good chance of beating the Dutch side but
are not going to underestimate the 'Tricolores'. Musampa has told his
coach that the Tilburgers like to play attacking football, run with the ball and
often play with 3 strikers but get frustrated if they
can't feed their attacking-frontline.
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| Willem
II sign Mourad Mghizrat |
29 July 2002
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After prolonged negotiations Willem II have finally
signed Den Bosch's Mourad Mghizrat on a contract for 3 years. Talks ran into
difficulties when the Tilburgers refused to pay the €200,000 Euro asking
price. The 27 year-old will now be joining an old acquaintance in coach Mark
Wotte who he worked with when the former Jong Oranje coach was trainer at Den
Bosch and Utrecht. Mourad, who had also been linked with a possible move to RBC
Roosendaal and Excelsior, was proving too much of a financial burden for Den
Bosch who were one of the clubs who had trouble qualifying for their 2002/2003
licence. Despite having played what was probably his best season ever the former
Sparta and Utrecht player was allowed to leave, even though the winger's
contract still had some time to run.
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| Willem
II through, NAC out of Intertoto |
27 July 2002
|
Willem
II are through to the semi-finals of the Intertoto tournament
after beating Russian side Krilya Samara 2-0 in Tilburg tonight. After
losing 3-1 in Russia the away goal the 'Tricolores' scored in Russia
proved to be decisive.
Choosing to attack from the whistle they were rewarded with goals by Chris
Janssens and Tarek Sektioui and now go on to face Malaga, former Ajax
player Kiki Musampa's club.
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| Hulshoff
new Willem II director of football |
25 July 2002
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|
Barry Hulshoff is Martin
van Geel's successor as director of football at Willem II. The 55
year-old former international (14 caps) was particularly active
south-of-the-border as a trainer in Belgium, looking after Lierse SK,
Westerlo, Beveren, Beerschot, Sint Truiden, Eendracht Aalst and most
recently KV Mechelen. Hulshoff was fortunate enough to have played for
Ajax in the Amsterdammers' successful years in the 1970s. He won the
European Cup I three times with them, the European Super Cup twice and the
World Cup for clubs once! In Holland he won 7 championship medals and 5
Cup medals before ending his career in 1979 with MVV.
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| Abdellaoui
on trial with RKC |
25 July 2002
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| Willem
II
through to 2nd round Intertoto |
14 July 2002
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|
Willem II are through to the 2nd round of the
Intertoto tournament after a 1-1 draw at FC St. Gallen. Mark Wotte's team
beat the Swiss side 1-0 at home last week and, although St.Gallen again
created more goal-scoring chances than the "Tricolores", the
Tilburgers succeeded in beating off their challenge.
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| Willem
II win first Intertoto match |
06 July 2002
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Willem II have won theirng match of the
Intertoto tournament by beating Swiss side St. Gallen 1-0 thanks to a lone
goal by Tom Caluwé in the 15th minute. It's the "Tricolores"
first win under their new coach Mark Wotte who gave the club's new signing
Northern Ireland striker James Quinn his debut for the 2nd half. Willem II
play the return in a week's time with a place in the next round at stake
and hope of maybe getting through to the UEFA Cup.
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| De
Vlieger returns early to help Tricolores |
05 July 2002
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| Geert
de Vlieger will be returning early from his holiday to help out Willem II
as they face Sankt Gallen in their first Intertoto match of the summer
on Saturday.
The Belgian international had been granted permission to join the squad
later due his World Cup commitments but reserve goalie Christophe Martin
is suffering from a groin injury and De Vlieger will have to come to the
rescue and replace him.
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| Willem II
hire Van Beelen to Helmond |
05 July 2002
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| Willem
II are hiring out Hendrik van Beelen to Helmond Sport next season. The
forward only arrived in Tilburg last year but his arrival at his new club
makes the way free for Laurens ten Heuvel to move to Willem II! The
"Tricolores" have been interested in the 26 year-old striker for
some time but face competition from English side Sheffield United although Ten Heuvel would prefer signing for Willem II.
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| NAC
hire Simons to Willem II |
05 July 2002
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| NAC
are hiring Regillio Simons to Willem II. The 29 year-old forward's
contract with the Breda side runs out in July next year and he spent the
latter half of last season on loan to Fortuna. During his career he's
scored 39 goals in a total of 221 matches for Telstar, Fortuna, NAC and
another spell on loan to Fortuna. Simons will be facing competition in
Tilburg from the "Tricolores" new signing, Northern Irish
striker James Quinn.
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| Willem
II face FC St. Gallen in Intertoto |
30 Jun 2002
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| Willem
II face Swiss side FC St. Gallen in de 2nd round of the Intertoto Cup on
the 6th (home) and either the 13th or 14th of July (away). St. Gallen won
both legs of their 1st round matches against Farao Island amateurs B68 Töftir
(5-1 at home and 6-0 away). St. Gallen, who've already played theirng match of the new Nationalliga A season, have a dangerous striker
in Ionel Gane. The 30 year-old Romanian, who previously played for
Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo Boekerest and Spanish side Osasuna, put away
a hattrick against B68 Töftir, the remaining goals scored by Alex, Daniel
Imhof and Rainer Bieli. Willem II played a friendly against an amateur
side from Diessen on Friday and won 10-1 thanks to 5 goals from new
signing Northern Ireland international James Quinn, the remaining goals
were by Jos van Nieuwstadt (2), Jatto Cessay, Youssef Mariana and Tarif
Sektioui.
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| Willem
II trial for Polish keeper |
28 Jun 2002
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| Willem
II have invited the Polish keeper Aleksander Klak for a trial. The 31
year-old has been playing for Belgian side Antwerp during the last 4
seasons but has not been offered a new contract there. He won an Olympic
silver medal with the Polish national team during the Barcelona games in
1992.The "Tricolores" have been looking around for a new keeper
ever since it became clear that their current no.1 Geert De Vlieger was
likely to leave Tilburg.Their 2nd choice keeper Cristophe Martin has a
groin problem which made it even more important to find a new goalie
a.s.a.p. Willem II face InterToto matches against FC Sankt Gallen in July
for which their 3rd choice keeper Joost
Peijnenburg will most likely be put in goal.
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| Willem
II sign David Johnson |
25 Jun 2002
|
| Willem
II have signed American youth international David Johnson on a contract
which should see him stay with the Tilburgers till the summer of 2005. The
18 year-old has already had his first training session with the
"Tricolores" yesterday under new coach Mark Wotte. Johnson has
been a member of the United States' youth squads for some years now and
made his most recent appearances for his country's Under 20s team.
|
| Mariano
Bombarda ends career |
20 Jun 2002
|
| Mariano
Bombarda has decided to hang up his boots and end his playing career. The
29 year-old striker, who decided in
January not to extend his contract with Willem II, is emigrating with
his family to Spain. Bombarda scored 96 goals in 220 Ere Divisie matches.
He played for amateur side ACV from Assen, before moving on to his first
professional club Groningen where he played for 4 years, broken only by a
short spell with French club FC Metz.
|
| Willem
II want Ali Boussaboun |
13 Jun 2002
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| Willem
II have confirmed their interest in Groningen's out-of-favour striker Ali
Boussaboun. NAC have already held talks with the wing-forward who's been
told he can leave the Oosterpark side after a string of disciplinary
conflicts last season. The "Tricolores" see in him a replacement
for Yassine Abdellaoui who's involved in a legal conflict with the
Tilburgers. Boussaboun knows trainer Mark Wotte from when they were both
with Den Haag but faces competition from
Feyenoord's Leonardo I
and Brian Pinas who are also being lined up as possible
additions.
|
| Martin
van Geel joins AZ's technical staff |
06 Jun 2002
|
| Martin
van Geel joins AZ's technical staff next season. The former prof
footballer has been working for Willem II since 1996, firstly as
technical/commercial manager, and from 1997 as director of football. As
soon as Willem II have found a replacement for him the 41 year-old former
Ajax, Roda, Feyenoord and Willem II player will move to AZ.
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| Willem
II/NAC Intertoto opponents |
31 May 2002
|
Willem
II will kickoff in the 2nd Round of the Intertoto tournament (the
'backdoor' entrance to the UEFA Cup) against the winner of the 1st Round
duel between St. Gallen (Zwitserland) and B68 Toftir (Faraos). If the
Tilburgers win they face either Krylya Sovjetov Samara (Russia) or the
winner of the duel between Zaglebie Lubin (Poland) and FC Dinaburg
(Letland).
NAC kickoff in the 3rd Round and most likely face French side Troyes who
first have to win their 2nd Round match against the winner of the 1st
Round duel between Coleraine (Ierland) and St. Julia (Andorra).
Willem II play at home on July 6th or 7th with a return a week later while
3rd Round matches will take place on July 20th or 21st with the returns on
either July 27th or 28th.
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