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FC Zwolle was founded on June 12, 1910 as PEC, which was changed to PEC Zwolle in 1971 and to PEC Zwolle '82 in 1982. PEC stood for PH EDN Combinatie (PH EDN Combination). The club was a merger of Prins Hendrik ( April 1, 1906; Prince Henry) and Ende Desespereert Nimmer ( 1904; And Never Despair). On February 23, 1955, PEC decided to play professional football. In 1978, PEC Zwolle reached the highest Dutch football league for the first time in its history, after winning the title in the Dutch first division. In the first season on the highest level, the club reached the highest league position (8th) ever. Most prominent result that year was a 0-1 away victory at PSV Eindhoven. In 1985, PEC Zwolle '82 relegated to the Dutch first division, but managed to return after just one season, with a second place in the first division. In 1989, PEC Zwolle '82 relegated again, leading to its bankruptcy in 1990. The club made a fresh start, under a new name (FC Zwolle) with a new organisational structure, new sponsors, new club colours (blue-white instead of green) and a new crest. The first years of the 'new' club were hard, but after 1992/1993, a new team filled with talents such as Jaap Stam (who would later play for PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Lazio Roma and AC Milan), Bert Konterman (who would later play for Feyenoord and RangersRangers Football Club is Scotland's most successful football club, but in recent years they have been suffering at the hands of their arch-rivals Glasgow Celtic. Founded in 1872, Rangers play at the 50,411 seat Ibrox Stadium in southwestern Glasgow. Range) and Henri van der Vegt (who would later play for Italian side Udinese), played attractive and succesful football. After many failed attempts in the play-offs, FC Zwolle finally managed to secure a return to the highest league of Dutch football with a first division title in 2002. In the first year on the highest level, FC Zwolle ended 16th and stayed in the highest league through play-offs. A year later, the club would make a miserable season start, having scored only 7 points halfway through the season. An impressive sprint (with victories over the likes of SC HeerenveenHeerenveen is a Dutch football club currently playing in the Eredivisie, the Dutch Premier Division. The club is located in the town of Heerenveen, the Netherlands. Its status in the European football scene may be inconsequential but this club has achieve and AZ AlkmaarAZ Alkmaar is a football club from Alkmaar, the Netherlands. It was founded in 1967 as AZ'67 the result of a merger of Alkmaar '54 and FC Zaanstreek''. Due to the commitment of businessmen Cees and Klaas Molenaar, AZ '67 was successful in the late seventi) proved in vain, as FC Zwolle dropped from a 16th place (play-offs) to the 18th place (direct relegation) on the last day of the season. FC Zwolle lost 7-1 away at Feyenoord, while rivals VitesseVitesse Arnhem are a Dutch football club which was founded in 1892. The idea of conceiving a soccer team stemmed from the club's early roots as a cricket club. While never having much success in the Dutch Eredivisie nor was it considered as a close compet and FC Volendam managed to beat their opponents FC UtrechtFC Utrecht is a Dutch major league football club which was founded in 1970. It was a merger of three clubs from the city of Utrecht: DOS, Elinkwijk and Velox. It featured in the European Cup in the 1980s but suffered a downturn in fortunes and have to wai and RBC Roosendaal .The club has played two national cup finals (lost to RCH in 1928 and to FC TwenteSC Heerenveen in 2002 FC Twente is a football club from Enschede, Overijssel, thus located in the Eastern part of The Netherlands. Overview The club was formed in 1965, when two clubs, SC (Sportclub) Enschede and Enschedese Boys, gave the go ahead to merg in 1977) and has won two Dutch first division titles, in 1978 and in 2002.
FC Zwolle in the Eredivisie
- 1978/1979: 8th
- 1979/1980: 14th
- 1980/1981: 9th
- 1981/1982: 15th
- 1982/1983: 13th
- 1983/1984: 14th
- 1984/1985: 18th (relegated)
- 1986/1987: 11th
- 1987/1988: 13th
- 1988/1989: 16th (relegated)
- 2002/2003: 16th
- 2003/2004: 18th (relegated)
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