 PSV
Eindhoven History |
CLUB HONOURS |
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PSV
Philips Sport Vereniging started as a company-sponsored
club for employees in 1913 to celebrate the centennial defeat of
the French in the Napoleontic wars. Its home in Eindhoven is the
Philips Stadion with a modest capacity of 36,500 spectators which
is fully-seated. It was, however, the stadium where many European
Cup final matches were played, and more recently was one of the
Dutch venues for the Euro 2000 competition held jointly by the Netherlands
and Belgium. It was built at the same time as the inauguration of
the club, although its current capacity was only achieved by various
modernisation programmes throughout its glorious history. Throughout its history, PSV have won many honours in the football arena and has been credited as the club where many phenomenally successful players such as Ruud Gullit, Ronald Koeman,Romário, Ronaldo, Philip Cocu, Erik Gerets, Jaap Stam, Mark van Bommel, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Arjen Robben plied their trade and talents. Its success was built on the foundations laid down by other famous players like Willy van der Kuijlen, Jan van Beveren, Jan Poortvliet, the Van de Kerkhof brothers who also played for the Dutch national team and Huub Stevens in the 1970s where the club won the UEFA Cup in 1978, defeating Bastia 3-0 in the final. In 1988, coached by Guus Hiddink and with a team featuring numerous excellent players such as Ronald Koeman, Eric Gerets, Soren Lerby and Wim Kieft, PSV won the European Cup for the first time and so far only time in its history, beating Benfica on penalties after a goalless final. Curiously, PSV took the trophy despite not winning any of its final five fixtures in the competition: it eliminated both Bordeaux and Real Madrid on away goals, with all four matches ending in draws. Following the European Cup win, PSV faced off with South American and Uruguayan Champions, Nacional of Montevideo in what some consider the greatest Intercontinental Cup final of all time. After a nail bitingly epic 2-2 draw, Nacional went on to defeat PSV Eindhoven in Penalties to win their 3rd World Club title. Hiddink still claims that game was one of the hardest defeats of his career. For next season, 2006-2007, PSV have contracted Ronald Koeman to follow up Hiddink. It's being said that Jan Wouters will be one of the two new assistant-managers. |
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