Zwolle trial for Auxerre's Albert Yobo

13 Jul 2003

Eredivisie outfit Zwolle have offered 24-year-old defrender Albert-Micheal Yobo a trial. Yobo, who can play on both flanks, will be given one week the time to earn a contract with the Zwollenaren. Yobo is under contract with French outfit Auxerre but loaned out last season to German outfit Vfl Osnabrück and Austrian side  Grazer AK.

Zwolle sign NEC striker Hristov

01 Jul 2003

NEC striker Gorgi Hristov has agreed terms for a two year deal with Eredivisie survivors Zwolle. The Macedonian striker , who has been signed to replace Zwolle striker Richard Roelofsen who has move to Eerstedivisie outfit Heracles, has been plagued by injuries the last two years but nonetheless Zwolle are hoping the Hristov can recapture the form he displayed at NEC two years ago, when he scores 15 goals for the club.

Zwolle extensions for De Ridder-Sinkgraven

23 Jun 2003

Eredivisie strugglers Zwolle, who secured their Eredivisie status via the end of season playoffs,  have renewed the contracts of midfielder Andre de Ridder and former player Harry Sinkgraven who joined Zwolle's coaching staff last year, for one season.

Zwolle sign Finnish defender

20 Jun 2003

Eredivisie outfit Zwolle have completed the signing of Swiss outfit Thun's  Finnish defender Marco Parnela. The Sicilian born player has agreed terms for a two year deal. Zwolle general manager Henri van de Vegt stated that the tall defender were just what Zwolle were looking for and with his tactical ability he will be a welcome addition to the Eredivisie survivors. Parnela , who has also turned out for German side ESV Munich and Italian outfit Catania in Italy, had expressed his desire to play in Holland and was even prepared to sign for Zwolle if the club were unable to survive the end of season playoffs.

Defender Wijnands signs with Top Oss

13 Jun 2003

Zwolle defender Robert Wijnands has penned a two-year deal with Eerstedivisie outfit Top Oss. The 31-year-old player, who has been with Zwolle since 1996, was told earlier on in the season that he would not be receiving a contract extension this summer.

Zwolle demand investigation Groningen-PSV

01 Jun 2003

Eredivisie club Zwolle are demanding that the Dutch FA (KNVB) investigate last Thursday's  end of season match between Groningen and PSV in which both side's played out a 0-0 draw, leaving Zwolle to battle out it's survival in the end of season play-offs.  Both teams new before the match that a draw would suffice their goals. PSV needing one point to the secure the title and Groningen needing just one point to secure Eredivisie survival. Zwolle won their last regular season match with De Graafschap but still finished in the play-off places. In an interview on provincial Radio/TV station 'RTV Oost' Zwolle's chairmain Ronald van Vliet said "In the interest of professional football we want to see this game investigated,"

Roelofsen swaps Zwolle for Heracles

18 May 2003

Zwolle striker Richard Roelofsen will be leaving the Eredivisie outfit at the end of this season to play for Eerstedivisie side Heracles. Roelofsen, whose has been refused an extension, is currently the club's top-scorer on seven goals and has netted 32 goals in the three years that he has been with the club.  Zwolle are hoping to sign Excelsior's Marc Nygaard to fill in the vacant strikers position for next season.

No contract extension for Zwolle's Blom

30 Apr 2003

Ere Divisie strugglers Zwolle have announced that they will not be renewing 20-year-old midfielder Peter Blom's contract when it runs out this summer. Fringe player Blom, who was part of Ajax's youth scheme, has been unable to break into Zwolle's first team since his arrival from amateur side VVOG two years ago, making in total just six first team appearances

No contract extensions for 7 Zwolle players

28 Mar 2003

Ere Divise side Zwolle are to follow RKC's example by with drastically cutting down their squad.  Four first team sqaud members and three fringe players have been informed that their contracts will not be renewed this summer. Richard Roelofsen, Robert Wijnands, Henk van Steeg and Michel Doesburg and fringe players Eric-Jan Lijzen, Henry Louwdijk and Marcel Boudesteijn are the unlucky seven. Zwolle's Jeroen Bijl stated on their website that nowadays most clubs were having to tighten up their belts and with the insecurity of relegation threaded Zwolle's survival chances it was necessary to look critically at the team for next season.

Town council Zwolle to finance new stadium

18 Mar 2003

Zwolle's town council have agreed to contribute 10 million euros towards a new stadium for the club. The new stadium is to be built on the same location as the existing stadium and should be completed in 2005.  Zwolle, who were recently told by the council that they must cut their budget, believe that the new stadium is crucial for the club's survival.

Zwolle striker Van Beukering out of action

14 Mar 2003

Eredivisie side Zwolle will have to do without  Jhonny van Beukering for at least the next few weeks as the striker undergoes exploratory knee surgery. The 19-year-old, who is currently on load from Vitesse Arnhem since the winter break, received the injury during last Saturday's home 0-5 defeat by Ajax.

Preview Zwolle-Ajax

08 Mar 2003

Second to top Ajax travel up north tomorrow for their match against second to bottom Zwolle. Peter Boeve is faced with having to miss eight players including striker Richard Roelofsen (knee injury), key defender Kras (on hire from Ajax)  who picked up his fourth yellow card last week and first-choice goalkeeper Johan van der Werff who is suffering from a hip disorder.  Ajax's also have their own injury problems and with Andy van der Meyde sitting out a four match ban the club are faced with having two strikers, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Nourdin Boukhari. However Ajax's midfielders have already shown that they canbe just as productive as their strikers and with the return of Rafael van der Vaart Zwolle's hopes of earning a point are remote. With Ajax's Champions League match against Valencia next week Ajax will probably try to force an early two or three goal lead advantage and then use the rest of the match for up-front experiments.

Zwolle to build new stadium

26 Feb 2003

Zwolle's city council have agreed to invest €10 million Euros in a new stadium for the club. Although Zwolle's financial situation is quite precarious the council are prepared to make the investment on the condition that Zwolle keep to a strict budget. The completion of the stadium is planned for 2005 and will incorporate a shopping center, offices and a casino.

Zwolle stand behind trainer Boeve

21 Feb 2003

Zwolle's chairman Ronald van Vliet has stated in the Dutch provincial daily newspaper " Zwolse Courant", that he fully stands behind their under-fire coach Peter Boeve. The ex-Dutch international has been facing a lot of pressure in recent weeks after seeing his team fail to win in the last eleven games and has also faced criticism form some of the players. Van Vliet said: "Players who are unhappy can give back their contracts. The interest of FC Zwolle must clearly come first. The trainer will not be sent away."

Van Bheukering on loan to Zwolle

22 Dec 2002

Vitesse have hired out Jhon van Beukering for the rest of the season to Zwolle. Tthe young striker is not getting much action with the Gelredome side this season and it's important for his development to get in some match action elsewhere.

De Graafschap beat Zwolle 3-2

21 Dec 2002

De Graafschap snatched the points with an 87th minute goal by Tim Bakens to win their match against Zwolle 3-2 tonight and the points put the Doethinchemmers in equal 17th place with tonight's opponents. Zwolle were marginally better in a mediocre match but Arvid Smit put the home team ahead in the 8th minute with a terrific distance shot. Arjan Bosschaart equalized soon after for the 1-1 halftime score. Albert van der Haar put Zwolle ahead with a great volley in the 53rd but Hans van der Haar drew the home team level again before Bakens put away the match-winner.

Heerenveen beat Zwolle 2-0

18 Dec 2002

Heerenveen continue their string of good performaces of recent weeks, this time via a comfortable 2-0 home win against 2nd to bottom Zwolle. Romano Denneboom, currently targeted by Feyenoord,d for the home side in the 6th minute of the match with his 6th goal of the season. In the 87th, George Samaras put the final 2-0 on the score-line

Zwolle target Roda's Nygaard

16 Dec 2002

Zwolle are currently targeting Roda's out of favor Danish forward Marc Nygaard and could well make the move during the winter break's transfer period. Nygaard's contract runs out at the end of this season so Roda may well opt for the cash.

Zwolle draw with NEC 0-0

14 Dec 2002

Zwolle lineup: Johan van der Werff, Remco Schol, Ruud Kras, Albert van der Haar, Marco Roelofsen, Morten Karlsen, André de Ridder,  Richard Roelofsen, Ivan Cvetkov, Bert Zuurman, Marino Promes.  NEC lineup:Dennis Gentenaar, Resit Schuurman, Peter Wisgerhof, Danny Hesp, Jeffrey Leiwakabessy, René van Rijswijk, Rob Wielaert, Dejan Govedarica, Gorgi Hristov,  Patrick Ax, Jarda Simr. Zwolle and NEC drew 0-0 this evening in a match that wasn't even worthy of Holland's amateur league. Zwolle were perhaps the better of the 2 sides but were unable to create any chances in front of goal. Although NEC did manage to create a few chances their forwards' finishing was absolutely appalling.

Roda beat Zwolle 2-0

29 Nov 2002

Roda lineup: Vladan Kujovic, Fatih Sonkaya, Mark Luijpers (83rd Ger Senden), Roel Brouwers, Predrag Filipovic, Edrissa Sonko (75th Fredrik Berglund), Ivan Vicelich (46th Gregoor van Dijk), Kevin van Dessel, Tom Soetaers, Yannis Anastasiou, Cristiano. Willem II lineup: Johan van der Werff, Robert-Jan Ravensbergen, Ruud Kras, Remco Schol, Albert van der Haar, Maarten Schops (46th Morten Karlsen), André de Ridder, Arjan Bosschaart (65th Ivan Cvetkov), Marino Promes, Richard Roelofsen, Dominggus Lim-Duan (85th Marco Roelofsen). Attendance: 14,000. Roda booked their 400th Ere Divisie victory in their 1000th match in Holland's top-flight this evening with a 2-0 win against Zwolle giving them 4th place in the table while Zwolle languish in 16th. 58th and 63rd minute goals by Brazilian striker Cristiano and Edrissa Sonko gave their fans in the Parkstad Limburg Stadium something to cheer about and help the team shake off the malaise of the last few weeks after a 4-1 defeat at RBC Roosendaal and a 1-3 defeat at home to Co Adriaanse's revitalized AZ.

Zwolle lose to Groningen 0-2

24 Nov 2002

Zwolle Lineup: Van der Werff - Kras, van der Haar, Ravensbergen - de Ridder, Karlsen, van Steeg, Schops - R. Roelofsen, Lim-Duan, Promes. Groningen Lineup: Beukenkamp - Hoogstrate, van Gessel, Kruiswijk, Florén - Broerse, Krstev, Hugo - Ikedia, Salmon, Landerl. Bottom of the table Groningen, who finally managed their first win of the season last week, found themselves once again on the winning end this afternoon, this time beating Zwolle 0-2.  Thanks to 2 goals by substiture Martin Drent (64th,89th), Groningen climb 1 position, sending De Graafschap bottom of the table.

Zwolle and Twente in 1-1 draw

17 Nov 2002

Zwolle lineup: van der Werff - Kras, R. Roelofsen, Ravensbergen, van der Haar - de Ridder, van Steeg, Schops - Cvetkov, Promes, Lim-Duan Twente lineup: Boschker - el-Brazi, Grujic, Pothuizen, Heubach - Cairo - Cziommer, Ouédraego, Polak - Booth, Cavens. Twente had been putting on some fine performances in recent matches but failed to continue their convincing form in this match. After a very poor first half in which neither side created any goal-scoring opportunities Jurgen Cavensd the score soon after the start of the 2nd act. Cavens, Houwing and Polak all had chances to increase the score but failed, allowing Richard Roelofsen to curl in a late freekick equalizer for the home team.

Utrecht beat Zwolle 2-0

13 Nov 2002

Utrecht lineup: Wapenaar - Vreven, Touzani, Schut, Van Mol - Tanghe, Zuidam, Bosschaart - Van den Bergh, Kuijt, Roiha. Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Kras, R. Roelofsen, Ravensbergen, Van der Haar - De Ridder, Schol, Schops, Van Steeg - Promes, Lim-Duan. Two goals early in the match by Stefaan Tanghe (2nd) and Dave van den Bergh (10th) gave the Domstad side the points, their third win in a row and closes the gap with Roda in 4th place to un point. They are now undefeated in their last 10 home matches, unbeaten in 7 Ere Divisie matches and have not conceded a goal in 6 of the 11 matches played. Zwolle stay in 15th place, 2 points ahead of Heerenveen.

Feyenoord beat Zwolle 2-0

09 Nov 2002

Feyenoord lineup: Lodewijks - Gyan, van Wonderen, Paauwe, Rzasa - Song C G, Emerton, Ono - Buffel, Kalou, Lurling. Zwolle lineup: van der Werff - Kras, R. Roelofsen, Ravensbergen, van der Haar - de Ridder, Schol, Schops - Bosschaart, Promes, Lim-Duan. A lacklustre Feyenoord took their time getting into gear against Zwolle and it took a dubious penalty for them to finally go into the lead after 65 minutes when 'Japanese Wizard' Shinji Ono put away the spot-shot. Substitute Mariano Bombarda made it 2-0 only minutes later, effectively ending Zwolle's resistance. The visitors had been able to hold their own against the Rotterdammers during theng half and Marino Promes, in particular, was a regular threat for the Feyenoord defence. After the break trainer Bert van Marwijk brought on Robin van Persie for Christian Gyan and Bombarda for the injured Bonaventure Kalou with the desired effect.

Zwolle thrash AZ 5-1

01 Nov 2002

Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Kras, Van der Haar, Ravensbergen, Roelofsen - Bosschaart, De Ridder, Schol, Schops - Lim-Duan, Promes. AZ lineup: Moens- De Cler, Lindenbergh, Tobiasen, Fortes Rodriquez - Van Galen, Opdam, Meerdink, Robbemond - Nelisse, Perez. AZ were given a good thrashing by Zwolle tonight with a hat-trick for Marino Promes, lets hope that things pick up soon once Co Adriaanse is firmly installed because it's clear that's there's something seriously wrong with the team. Whatever happened to that great little goal-getter that man Ali Elkhattabi? Maarten Schopsd the score in the 1st minute before Promes added a 2nd ten minutes later and a 3rd in the 29th. Arjan Bosschaart took the score to 4-0  and Marino Promes bagged his 3rd on the stroke of halftime to complete the rout. Kenneth Perez's 53rd minute consolation goal 'inspired' caretaker trainers Martin Haar and Luc Nijholt to bring on Elkhattabi for Barry van Galen but it failed to soften the blow of this defeat.

Zwolle miss Doesburg

31 Oct 2002

Zwolle will miss right-back Michel Doesburg for a while after the 34 year-old picked up a knee injury in the Ere Divisie defeat by NAC (3-0) on October 20th. Robert-Jan Ravensbergen or Robert Wijnands will replace him for the coming home match against AZ on November 1st.

Kåre Becker leaves Zwolle

25 Oct 2002

Zwolle forward Kåre Becker is leaving the club, effective immediately, after a conflict led to a mutual decision to terminate the 24 year-old's contract. Becker joined the club last season and his current deal was going to run out at the end of this season anyway. He began his career with Twente but finally broke through with Heracles Almelo where he played 24 matches in the 2000/2001 season. His fine performances for them led to the offer from Zwolle where, although he played 18 matches for them last season he's become sidelined under new trainer Peter Boeve (partly through injury).

Zwolle lose to NAC 0-3

20 Oct 2002

Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Doesburg, Schol, Kras, van der Haar - M. Roelofsen, Cvetkov, De Ridder - Bosschaart, R. Roelofsen, Lim-Duan. NAC lineup: Babos - Colin, Penders, Mensah, Gudelj - Fehér, Schreuder, Engelaar - Stewart, Boussaboun, Bobson. Henk ten Cate's team have made a fine start to the season with a string of solid looking performances and after this result remain unbeaten in 8 matches. NAC's convincing 0-3 away win at Zwolle boosts them into 5th place. They controlled the match in the Oosterenk Stadium and Zwolle-trainer Peter Boeve's defensive lineup proved to be the wrong choice of tactic. Orlando Engelaard the score in the 23rd minute, his 5th of the season, Csaba Fehér adding a 2nd in the 34th.  Zwolle only once bothered goalie Gábor Babos and that was when the match was already well advanced with NAC 3-0 up after defender Rob Penders had headed in the 3rd in the 49th. NAC are now one of a select group of 3 unbeaten teams, the others being Ajax and PSV. This was coincidentally Earnest Stewart's 350th Ere Divisie match. The United States international, made his Ere Divisie debut on September 25th 1988 for VVV and played a total of 27 for them before making 171 appearances for Willem II and 152 so far for NAC.

Wijnands wants to leave Zwolle

13 Oct 2002

Robert Wijnands wants to leave Zwolle as soon as possible! the defender's spent much of his time on the bench since the arrival of new trainer Peter Boeve. The 30 year-old has told the club management that the breakpoint came when he was not used in the match against Willem II. " When he (Peter Boeve) substituted Michel Doesburg with Robert-Jan Ravensbergen I knew tha I was no longer even 2nd choice for right-back but had dropped to 3rd!"

RKC lose 2nd in row .. 0-2 against Zwolle

04 Oct 2002

RKC lineup: Van Dijk - Boulahrouz, Van den Berg, Teixeira, Van Wanrooy - Molhoek, Van Diemen, Fuchs - Hoogendorp, Putter, Oost. Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Doesburg, Schol, Kras, Van der Haar - M. Roelofsen, Bosschaart, De Ridder - Promes, R. Roelofsen. Zwolle have had a surprise 2-0 away win at RKC Waalwijk to take them into 11th place while RKC look to have have lost their way after their 2nd home defeat in a row. The Waalwijkers got off to a more than solid start this season, losing only to PSV and with just the one draw against Vitesse. Their prospects were two, on paper, relatively simple home games ahead of them against Excelsior and Zwolle but trainer Martin Jol's crew have failed both tests, losing 0-3 to Excelsior last week and now 0-2 to Zwolle. Peter Boeve's team went ahead in the 11th minute with an Arjan Bosschaart goal and Albert van der Haar put away the 0-2 in the 29th. Late in the match frustrations got the better of  RKC's Eddy Putter who saw red and was sent off.

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.

Schops plays for Zwolle as amateur

24 Sep 2002

Former Roda and RKC player Maarten Schops will be playing the rest of the season for Zwolle. The 26 year-old Belgian midfielder has been without a club since his contract with RKC Waalwijk was terminated in 2001. He kept fit with Den Bosch last season and will be turning out as an amateur for Zwolle. Schops played his last Ere Divisie matches in the 2000/2001 season but was sidetracked at RKC who then hired him out to RBC Roosendaal.

Zwolle lose 1-3 to PSV

21 Sep 2002

Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Doesburg, Schol, Kras, Van der Haar - M. Roelofsen, De Ridder, Cvetkov, Lim-Duan - R. Roelofsen, Promes. PSV lineup: Ten Rouwelaar - Bøgelund, Ooijer, Hofland, Bouma - Rommedahl, Van Bommel, Vogel, Leandro - Bruggink, Kezman. PSC won 1-3 at Zwolle tonight thanks to two goals by Mateja Kezman, who's in the form of his life at the moment and firing on all cylinders. The two he put away tonight take his season's tally to 7.  The Yugoslavian strikerd the score in the 10th minute but PSV, not wanting to exert themselves too much with the coming C-L match against Arsenal ahead of them, allowed the home team to get back into the match. Marino Promes gave the visitors some hope with an equalizer in the 52nd but Kezman's 2nd in the 65th and a 3rd in the 85th by substitute Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink took the final score to 1-3. PSV are now on a run of 17 unbeaten matches, the last time they lost being the 2-1 defeat by RKC Waalwijk in the Mandemakers stadium back in February.

Ajax - Zwolle a day earlier

02 Sep 2002

The Ere Divisie match between Ajax and Zwolle originally planned for Sunday September 15th has been move forward a day, at the Amsterdammers' request, to Saturday September 14th, kickof 19:30. The reason for the change is that Ajax play their first Champions League match on the following Tuesday, September 17th, against  French champions Olympique Lyon.

Zwolle beat Vitesse 1 - 0

31 Aug 2002

Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Doesburg, R. Roelofsen, Kras, Schol - Promes, M. Roelofsen, Van der Haar, de Ridder - Lim-Duan, Van Steeg. Vitesse lineup: Jevric - Cornelisse, Stefanovic, Dingsdag, Fränkel - Levchenko, Hofs, T. Janssen, Claessens - Amoah, Mbamba. The 'experts' had written Zwolle off before the season had even kicked-off and given them no chance of surviving in Ere Divisie-land. They remain, however, undefeated after 3 matches and caused a surprise upset tonight by defeating Vitesse 1-0 in the Oosterenk stadium. Richard Roelofsen, who'd worn the Arnhemmers' colours between 1991 and 1993, scored the only goal of the match for Peter Boeve's team with a distance shot in the 57th minute. His namesake, and teammate, Marco Roelofsen also had reason to celebrate as it was his 450th professional appearance. Roelofsen's goal gave Zwolle their first win of the season while Vitesse's Dejan Stefanovic departed for an early shower in the last minute of official time after picking up his second yellow card of the match.

Zwolle hope to sign new striker

29 Aug 2002

Zwolle are hoping to still sign a new striker before the transfer deadline on August 31st. According to the club's site they are considering 3 strikers:  Erik Tammer, Boudewijn Pahlplatz and Erik Regtop. Tammer has been looking for a new club for the past year and was a member of the ADO Den Haag squad in the 2000/2001 season. The 33 year-old has scored 153 goals in 322 matches for AZ, Excelsior, Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta, Cambuur Leeuwarden and ADO Den Haag. 30 year-old Pahlplatz has been without a club since last season after being sidetracked at Twente. The 'Tukker' has played a total of 199 matches during his time with Twente, PSV, Heerenveen and a spell back at Twente. 34 year-old Regtop has played for Ajax, Telstar, Groningen, Heerenveen, Bradford City, FC St.Gallen, OGC Nice, Austria Lustenau and SW Bregenz. He failed to get a new deal with the last club and is currently playing for Austrian 3rd division side Altach.

Zwolle and Excelsior draw 1 - 1

24 Aug 2002

Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Doesburg, R. Roelofsen, Kras, Schol - Promes, Karlsen, Van der Haar, De Ridder - Lim-Duan, Cvetkov. Excelsior lineup: Malkowski - Boutahar, Breuer, Olfers, Mtiliga - Van Dieren, Holman, Koswal, Swerts - Lopes, Pinas. Excelsior snatched their first Ere Divisie point thanks to a 90th minute goal against Zwolle last night. The Rotterdammers went behind early on in the match but were rewarded for their efforts with a 1-1 result. Richard Roelofsen scored in the 9th minute, to celebrate his 100th league goal (others being netted netted for Vitesse, Roda JC, NAC and of course De Graafschap). It looked like being the Zwollenaars' first Ere Divisie win since 1989 until Said Boutahar rudely awoke them from that cosy dream with a last minute goal.

RBC and Zwolle draw 1-1

16 Aug 2002

RBC Roosendaal lineup: Aerts, Keller, Maseland (81st  Daelemans), David, Oliseh, Hellemons, Piqué, De Graaf, Fleur, Vos, Heije and Sillah (48th Den Ouden). Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff, Doesburg, Kras, M. Roelofsen (46th Bosschaart), Karlsen (67th Van der Haar), Lim-Duan, Boudesteyn, Van Steeg (46th De Ridder), R. Roelofsen, Cvetkov and Promes. RBC fielded their last-minute signing Gambian midfielder Ebou Sillah, who had a fine 48 minutes play, but with the injured David Nascimento missing out on his 300th prof match.  The Roosendaalers put away theng goal of the new Ere Divisie season, the scorer being Peter Maseland in the 9th minute. Den Bosch seemed able to come up with an answer to their opponents until late in the 2nd half when Dominggus Lim-Duan's shot was deflected in for the equalizer in the 73rd minute to give both newly promoted teams 'un point'.

Marino Promes signs for Zwolle

22 July 2002

Marino Promes has signed a 4-year contract with newly promoted Zwolle. The 25 year-old striker leaves De Graafschap on a transfer-free deal and will now strut his stuff for the Oosterenkstadion side. Zwolle becomes his fourth professional club after spells with Haarlem ), Willem II ) and, since 2000, De Graafschap. Promes was one of trainer Peter Boeve's wished-for players, along with recent signing Morten Karlsen, so the coach must be a happy man!

Zwolle sign Morten Karlsen

20 July 2002

Danish 23 year-old  Morten Karlsen will be playing for newly promoted Zwolle for the coming two seasons. He's made a big impresseion during his trial with trainer Peter Boeve's squad and is capable of playing in different positions. The former youth international, who's been with Cagen's B93 since1985 and was one of their most reliable players last season, is a physically strong and fierce midfielder.

Boeve wants one-more-player

19 July 2002

Peter Boeve is still hoping to add one or two more new faces to his squad as he prepares Zwolle for Ere Divisie football this coming season. He's told the club management what his trainer's herat desires and wants to sign a least one more player, preferably Marino Promes, who's not been offered a contract extension at De Graafschap and if possible the 23 year-old Danish defender Morten Karlsen from Denmark's B 93. Unfortunately Zwolle's bosses have said there's o nly enough money for one of the two!

Zwolle trial for Dane Marten Olsen

11 July 2002

Newly promoted Zwolle have offered Danish midfielder Morten Olsen a trial. The 23 year-old was playing for B93 but is now transfer-free and was on trial with another Danish club AB. However, they look to be having trouble sorting out the necessary cash to seal a deal and he could make enough of an impression on Paul Krabbe's successor Peter Boeve to earn himself a contract in Holland.

Promes hopes for deal with Zwolle

08 July 2002

Zwolle lose 1-3 to PSV

21 Sep 2002

Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Doesburg, Schol, Kras, Van der Haar - M. Roelofsen, De Ridder, Cvetkov, Lim-Duan - R. Roelofsen, Promes. PSV lineup: Ten Rouwelaar - Bøgelund, Ooijer, Hofland, Bouma - Rommedahl, Van Bommel, Vogel, Leandro - Bruggink, Kezman. PSC won 1-3 at Zwolle tonight thanks to two goals by Mateja Kezman, who's in the form of his life at the moment and firing on all cylinders. The two he put away tonight take his season's tally to 7.  The Yugoslavian strikerd the score in the 10th minute but PSV, not wanting to exert themselves too much with the coming C-L match against Arsenal ahead of them, allowed the home team to get back into the match. Marino Promes gave the visitors some hope with an equalizer in the 52nd but Kezman's 2nd in the 65th and a 3rd in the 85th by substitute Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink took the final score to 1-3. PSV are now on a run of 17 unbeaten matches, the last time they lost being the 2-1 defeat by RKC Waalwijk in the Mandemakers stadium back in February.

Ajax - Zwolle a day earlier

02 Sep 2002

The Ere Divisie match between Ajax and Zwolle originally planned for Sunday September 15th has been move forward a day, at the Amsterdammers' request, to Saturday September 14th, kickof 19:30. The reason for the change is that Ajax play their first Champions League match on the following Tuesday, September 17th, against  French champions Olympique Lyon.

Zwolle beat Vitesse 1 - 0

31 Aug 2002

Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Doesburg, R. Roelofsen, Kras, Schol - Promes, M. Roelofsen, Van der Haar, de Ridder - Lim-Duan, Van Steeg. Vitesse lineup: Jevric - Cornelisse, Stefanovic, Dingsdag, Fränkel - Levchenko, Hofs, T. Janssen, Claessens - Amoah, Mbamba. The 'experts' had written Zwolle off before the season had even kicked-off and given them no chance of surviving in Ere Divisie-land. They remain, however, undefeated after 3 matches and caused a surprise upset tonight by defeating Vitesse 1-0 in the Oosterenk stadium. Richard Roelofsen, who'd worn the Arnhemmers' colours between 1991 and 1993, scored the only goal of the match for Peter Boeve's team with a distance shot in the 57th minute. His namesake, and teammate, Marco Roelofsen also had reason to celebrate as it was his 450th professional appearance. Roelofsen's goal gave Zwolle their first win of the season while Vitesse's Dejan Stefanovic departed for an early shower in the last minute of official time after picking up his second yellow card of the match.

Zwolle hope to sign new striker

29 Aug 2002

Zwolle are hoping to still sign a new striker before the transfer deadline on August 31st. According to the club's site they are considering 3 strikers:  Erik Tammer, Boudewijn Pahlplatz and Erik Regtop. Tammer has been looking for a new club for the past year and was a member of the ADO Den Haag squad in the 2000/2001 season. The 33 year-old has scored 153 goals in 322 matches for AZ, Excelsior, Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta, Cambuur Leeuwarden and ADO Den Haag. 30 year-old Pahlplatz has been without a club since last season after being sidetracked at Twente. The 'Tukker' has played a total of 199 matches during his time with Twente, PSV, Heerenveen and a spell back at Twente. 34 year-old Regtop has played for Ajax, Telstar, Groningen, Heerenveen, Bradford City, FC St.Gallen, OGC Nice, Austria Lustenau and SW Bregenz. He failed to get a new deal with the last club and is currently playing for Austrian 3rd division side Altach.

Zwolle and Excelsior draw 1 - 1

24 Aug 2002

Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff - Doesburg, R. Roelofsen, Kras, Schol - Promes, Karlsen, Van der Haar, De Ridder - Lim-Duan, Cvetkov. Excelsior lineup: Malkowski - Boutahar, Breuer, Olfers, Mtiliga - Van Dieren, Holman, Koswal, Swerts - Lopes, Pinas. Excelsior snatched their first Ere Divisie point thanks to a 90th minute goal against Zwolle last night. The Rotterdammers went behind early on in the match but were rewarded for their efforts with a 1-1 result. Richard Roelofsen scored in the 9th minute, to celebrate his 100th league goal (others being netted netted for Vitesse, Roda JC, NAC and of course De Graafschap). It looked like being the Zwollenaars' first Ere Divisie win since 1989 until Said Boutahar rudely awoke them from that cosy dream with a last minute goal.

RBC and Zwolle draw 1-1

16 Aug 2002

RBC Roosendaal lineup: Aerts, Keller, Maseland (81st  Daelemans), David, Oliseh, Hellemons, Piqué, De Graaf, Fleur, Vos, Heije and Sillah (48th Den Ouden). Zwolle lineup: Van der Werff, Doesburg, Kras, M. Roelofsen (46th Bosschaart), Karlsen (67th Van der Haar), Lim-Duan, Boudesteyn, Van Steeg (46th De Ridder), R. Roelofsen, Cvetkov and Promes. RBC fielded their last-minute signing Gambian midfielder Ebou Sillah, who had a fine 48 minutes play, but with the injured David Nascimento missing out on his 300th prof match.  The Roosendaalers put away theng goal of the new Ere Divisie season, the scorer being Peter Maseland in the 9th minute. Den Bosch seemed able to come up with an answer to their opponents until late in the 2nd half when Dominggus Lim-Duan's shot was deflected in for the equalizer in the 73rd minute to give both newly promoted teams 'un point'.

Marino Promes signs for Zwolle

22 July 2002

Marino Promes has signed a 4-year contract with newly promoted Zwolle. The 25 year-old striker leaves De Graafschap on a transfer-free deal and will now strut his stuff for the Oosterenkstadion side. Zwolle becomes his fourth professional club after spells with Haarlem ), Willem II ) and, since 2000, De Graafschap. Promes was one of trainer Peter Boeve's wished-for players, along with recent signing Morten Karlsen, so the coach must be a happy man!

Zwolle sign Morten Karlsen

20 July 2002

Danish 23 year-old  Morten Karlsen will be playing for newly promoted Zwolle for the coming two seasons. He's made a big impresseion during his trial with trainer Peter Boeve's squad and is capable of playing in different positions. The former youth international, who's been with Cagen's B93 since1985 and was one of their most reliable players last season, is a physically strong and fierce midfielder.

Boeve wants one-more-player

19 July 2002

Peter Boeve is still hoping to add one or two more new faces to his squad as he prepares Zwolle for Ere Divisie football this coming season. He's told the club management what his trainer's herat desires and wants to sign a least one more player, preferably Marino Promes, who's not been offered a contract extension at De Graafschap and if possible the 23 year-old Danish defender Morten Karlsen from Denmark's B 93. Unfortunately Zwolle's bosses have said there's o nly enough money for one of the two!

Zwolle trial for Dane Marten Olsen

11 July 2002

Newly promoted Zwolle have offered Danish midfielder Morten Olsen a trial. The 23 year-old was playing for B93 but is now transfer-free and was on trial with another Danish club AB. However, they look to be having trouble sorting out the necessary cash to seal a deal and he could make enough of an impression on Paul Krabbe's successor Peter Boeve to earn himself a contract in Holland.

Promes hopes for deal with Zwolle

08 July 2002

Marino Promes is hoping to earn himself a contract with Zwolle during a trial with the newly promoted side. The 25 year-old  forward has been told there's no contract extension for him at De Graafschap. Promes has been with the Doetinchem side since 2000 and before that turned out for Willem II and Haarlem. He's been joined by 23 year-old Danish defender Morten Karlsen who comes from Cagen's B 93 where he's been since 1998.

John den Dunnen signs for Dordrecht'90

02 July 2002

John den Dunnen has signed a 3-year contract with Dordrecht '90. The striker has been under contract to Sparta since 1995 and was lent out to Zwolle in 2000. Zwolle's former coach Paul Krabbe had promised him a new deal if the team won the Eerste Divisie title but Krabbe, despite teh club becoming champions and gaining promotion, was sacked and Den Dunne didn't get offered a new deal.

FC Zwolle threaten to leave Zwolle!

30 Jun 2002

FC Zwolle have threatened to leave the town of Zwolle if the local municipal council refuse to speed up a decision on  whether or not to give permission for the construction of a new stadium.  With their recent promotion to the Ere Divisie in mind the club want to push ahead with their plans for new accomodation. Although there have been plans for the last 6 years to build a new stadium, last week the council 'suddenly' began to have doubts concerning the location itself and the investment of €16 million Euros involved!

Peter Boeve new Zwolle coach

28 Jun 2002

Peter Boeve has been named as the new coach at FC Zwolle and he's signed a contract for two years. The 45 year-old succeeds Paul Krabbe who, despite the fact that the team won the Eerste Divisie title last season, was sacked. Boeve was Co Adriaanse's assistant at Ajax but, after the coach was sacked, refused to carry out certain tasks which led to friction with the club and he too left.

Theo de Jong to be new Zwolle trainer?

23 Jun 2002

Theo de Jong looks like the most likely candidate to become Zwolle's new coach, succeeding Paul Krabbe who recently and surprisingly handed in his resignation. Zwolle have also reportedly spoken to Wim Rijsbergen about the job but the former international has turned down the offer. De Jong, who was Go Ahead Eagles last season, would be prepared to take a considerable drop in salary to help the financially weak Zwolle  make a success of their Ere Divisie adventure next season. Zwolle supposedly have a list of candidates including Riijsbergen, De Jong Hans Westerhof and Martin Koopman but the club will only name names when they have started talking to a serious candidate.

Krabbe and Zwolle part ways

19 Jun 2002

In a surprise move trainer Paul Krabbe and FC Zwolle have decided to part ways. Krabbe joined the club last year and won the Eerste Divisie title with them last season but something's happened which has created an unworkable situation. Both sides have agreed not to disclose the reason for his departure and there is as yet noone lined up to replace him.

Van der Vegt gets managerial job at Zwolle

12 Jun 2002

Former Zwolle, Willem II and Udinese player Henry van der Vegt has accepted a job on the technical staff of his old club FC Zwolle. The midfielder has been forced to hang up his boots due to a heart problem which revealed itself in September 2001 during a heart operation and will now apply his experience to a managerial function with the Eerste Divisie side.

Fortuna's Edwin Hermans signs for Zwolle?

30 May 2002

Fortuna's Edwin Hermans, whose contract in Sittard runs out this summer, is on the point of signing a contract with Zwolle. The 28 year-old former Eindhoven, FC Volendam and MVV defender has been with Fortuna for the last 5 seasons. He was recently linked with a move to NAC, Willem II and ADO Den Haag but none of the clubs have followed up their initial interest with an offer.

Zwolle sign Ivan Tzetkov

13 May 2002

Zwolle has signed the Eerste Divisie's topscorer, Ivan Tzvetkov, who's scored 22 goals for Veendam this season. The 22 year-old striker has signed deal for two years with the Eerste Divisie champions. He was still under contract to Heerenveen, who'd lent him out to Veendam, but is now transfer-free.