Never heard a sweeter sounding word than Feyenoord part 2

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NOS Football• Yesterday, 11:52
Feyenoord will become the owner of De Kuip stadium after agreement

Feyenoord will become the owner of De Kuip stadium. The Rotterdam football club, Stadion Feijenoord and the Association of Shareholders Stadion Feijenoord (VASF) have reached an agreement on this. Feyenoord and De Kuip are now two separate companies, which operate independently. The club will ask for approval to acquire a stake of more than 95 percent of Stadion Feijenoord during a shareholders' meeting on June 11, 2026 and will then invest 41.5 million euros in the stadium over ten years on top of the regular rent.
Feyenoord calls the merger of club and stadium of decisive importance to improve De Kuip. The club says it wants to have a stadium that meets the requirements of supporters, staff and selection, KNVB, UEFA and the government in the short and longer term. General manager Dennis te Kloese, who will soon leave the Rotterdammers, is happy with the development. "Really a fantastic step in the right direction. This makes the chance of an even brighter future for Feyenoord even greater."

 

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NOS Football• Today, 12:33
Feyenoord confirms arrival of Eenhoorn as general manager

Feyenoord has officially appointed Robert Eenhoorn as general manager. The arrival of the 58-year-old Eenhoorn to the Rotterdam club has been expected for some time.
Last Monday it became clear that Dévy Rigaux will be the new technical director of Feyenoord. The 38-year-old Belgian comes over from Club Brugge.
Eenhoorn and Rigaux take over the duties of Dennis te Kloese, who will leave for the Mexican Club de Futbol Monterrey after this season. Te Kloese started as general manager at the club in 2022 and combined that role with that of technical director in recent years.

Born and raised in Rotterdam
"It will not surprise anyone that as a born and bred Rotterdammer I am very proud to work at Feyenoord," Eenhoorn said via the club. "When I was asked a while ago to possibly succeed Dennis te Kloese, we talked extensively about my role and my vision of the club and the vision of the club itself. Those were fruitful conversations, after which I felt that Feyenoord is now the right choice for me." "The most important thing is that we map out the right course together and sail it. The challenge is to ensure that Feyenoord's historical identity is preserved, but that we also create all the conditions that a modern top sports organization must meet."

Former professional baseball player and Rotterdammer Eenhoorn had been mentioned for several years as a possible general manager of Feyenoord, a position he held at AZ for almost ten years from 2014.

The fifth team
Eenhoorn, who has been a Feyenoord fan since his youth and played in the fifth team of the club's amateur branch with, among others, club legends Gaston Taument, John Metgod and Mario Been, is also very popular with the supporters. Feyenoord finished the last Eredivisie season in second place, well behind champion PSV. Head coach Robin van Persie received a lot of criticism, but Te Kloese kept faith in the former top striker. Thanks to the second place, Feyenoord may play in the group stage of the Champions League next season.

 

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Well, the management side has been taken care of, and I might say in a very good way.
Two proven managers in time to take care of urgent business, like getting the squad with likely exits of our top players rebuilt to proper CL competitive levels.
We really need to limit the coefficiënt drama to one year.

 

Eenhoorn wants to turn Feyenoord into a modern top sports organization
Robert Eenhoorn is very much looking forward to working as general manager of Feyenoord. The Rotterdam-born player wants to turn the club into a modern top sports organization. Eenhoorn is looking forward to getting started and charting the course for the future. 'The challenge is to ensure that Feyenoord's historical identity is preserved, but that we also create all the conditions that a modern top sports organisation must meet,' said the new general manager.

Toon van Bodegom, chairman of the supervisory board, is also pleased that Feyenoord has managed to snare the main candidate.
'It is of course no surprise that Robert's name was very prominent on our list. His experience and background played a role in this. But more important than a CV is whether someone's vision is in line with that of the club and whether you have the conviction that he can give direction to things that can be improved and can help the club further,' says Van Bodegom, who hints at a quick presentation of Dévy Rigaux as technical director. 'We are convinced that with Robert Eenhoorn and very soon a new technical director, we can continue to build on the solid foundation that has been laid in recent years.'

 

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champions

 

Feyenoord U19 keeps title dream alive after crazy mini-Classic
Feyenoord Under 19 recorded an insane victory over Ajax U19 on Saturday afternoon at Varkenoord. Coach Davey van den Berg's team seemed to give up the title aspirations several times, but deep into injury time, Tim de Koning still caused total relief. The mini-classic ended in 5-4.

With the win, Feyenoord remains in the race for the spring title. Just like in the autumn competition, the battle with AZ will probably be decided on goal difference. Feyenoord closes the competition next weekend against NEC U19, while AZ visits Sparta Rotterdam. If Feyenoord wins and the goal difference remains in Rotterdam's favor, there will be a final against AZ for the overall championship.

Scoreverloop Feyenoord O19 - Ajax O19
12' | 0-1 | Moumane

26' | 0-2 | Teuwsen

45' | 1-2 | Schaken

55' | 2-2 | Nahany

67' | 2-3 | Ayyildiz

80' | 3-3 | Neijenhuis

90' | 4-3 | Basfielt

91' | 4-4 | Landvreugd

94' | 5-4 | T. De Koning



Opstelling Feyenoord O19De Mol; Boulahrouz, Schens, Wessels, Mparaganda, T. De Koning, N. De Koning, Nahany; Hoepel, Onunta, Schaken.

 

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Ueda remains critical: "Not much I'm satisfied with"
17/05/2026 18:35
Ayase Ueda has ended the season with 25 goals as the top scorer of the Eredivisie. The Japanese striker mainly points to the confidence of Robin van Persie as an important reason for his growth, but despite his personal performance, he looks back critically on the past football year. "Van Persie respects me and I feel that he has confidence in me. That is the main reason for my success and that I play with confidence," says Ueda in conversation with the NOS. The Japanese has ended the season as top scorer, but can do little with that in the run-up to his time with the national team. "It gives me confidence, of course, but as far as I'm concerned it has nothing to do with the World Cup."

"I think I'm top scorer now because of the experience I've gained at the club in the past two years," Ueda continues about the urge to prove himself this season in Rotterdam. "In that respect, I am satisfied for myself that I have been able to contribute something to the club, which has supported me in this." Ueda was no longer present in Zwolle on Sunday afternoon, because he and Tsuyoshi Watanabe were rested by Van Persie. His feeling about this season, despite the 25 goals, is not very positive. "As far as the results of the club are concerned and also my own performance, there is little that I am satisfied with. I don't think that's relevant to the World Cup."

Van Persie happy with Ueda
The coach of Feyenoord spoke on Sunday with nice words about his striker. "Ayase has had a fantastic season. Every player has a lesser phase during a season and Ayase had that around the winter. He was also great on and off the field. It's very nice to work with him, because he works very hard and always puts the team first. He has scored 25 goals, so every team wants a striker like that." "I don't sit with my strikers every day to give them advice. I only do that if I have the feeling that small things have to be different," continues Van Persie in conversation with the Japanese journalists in Zwolle. "We have looked at how other players can best find Ayase. One of his qualities is headers, so that means we had to make a lot of crosses. In my opinion, they didn't come enough in the period that he scored less."

 

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Feyenoord can count on a full Kuip in the coming football season too.
The available season tickets for the new year 2026/'27 are sold out. Saturday morning the last part went on sale. For the 1200 remaining season tickets, just under twenty thousand people were in the queue, according to supporters' site FR12. For the new season, Feyenoord will issue a total of 33,000 season tickets. After the extension period, 1200 annual tickets became available for members of Het Legioen and juniors of Juniorclub Kameraadjes. Of these, 565 places were intended for supporters up to the age of 21 in the new youth section Y1 and 635 seats for other members. The sale for members started on Saturday at 09.00 at the Feyenoord Ticket Shop. The Rotterdam club had warned in advance of great interest and advised the supporters to log in on time. Everyone who was in the queue before 09:00 was then given a random queue number.
The season ticket offers supporters access to all seventeen home matches in the Eredivisie, the traditional opening meeting (possibly on Sunday 2 August in the Kuip against Atalanta Bergamo) and the first home game before the eighth final in the KNVB Cup. They also benefit from priority in ticket sales for matches that are not included in the season ticket. The free Legion membership is also part of the annual certificate. The season ticket does not entitle you to matches for the Champions League, in which Feyenoord will participate from September. The Rotterdam number two of the Netherlands will play at least four times at home and also four matches away.

 

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Te Kloese is disappointed that Ivanusec did not succeed in De Kuip: 'He was so good'
Dennis te Kloese looks back on his time as director at Feyenoord with a good feeling, but acknowledges that not all decisions have worked out well under his leadership.
Luka Ivanusec did not succeed in De Kuip, while the conviction in Rotterdam was that Feyenoord had a potential top player in the Croatian attacker. Feyenoord did everything they could in the summer of 2023 to get Ivanusec away from Dinamo Zagreb and eventually brought the Croatian international to De Kuip for more than seven million euros.
Once settled in Rotterdam, it turned out that the technician had difficulty meeting the demands that Arne Slot set for his wingers. Ivanusec had a difficult first year and lost the competition to Igor Paixão, who did develop. Eventually, he left last summer on a rental basis to PAOK Saloniki.
'Of course, it's difficult that a number of players who were expensive didn't make it,' Te Kloese admits in his farewell interview on VI PRO. 'But you don't know that in advance.
It's a bit silly to drop names, but take Luka Ivanusec. We watched him three times in the national team, also here in De Kuip in the Nations League, against Denzel Dumfries, who is now going to Real Madrid. He was so good, so handy, Dumfries almost slid into the tunnel once. Then you think: he can really do something, I'm not crazy, am I?'
'He was an expensive guy. We looked at his data, made it a formal process. He wasn't just some guy who was pulled out of my sleeve. Just before we got him, he scored three times in a play-off match to get into the Champions League with Dinamo Zagreb, also not a pancake team. But where good decisions are made and work is done, bad decisions are also made. Or decisions that you in hindsight would have hoped you would have done differently or earlier.'

 

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Robin van Persie fired at Feyenoord: new technical director intervenes immediately
Robin van Persie has been fired from Feyenoord. The 42-year-old club icon still had a contract until mid-2027, but the renewed club management has dissolved it immediately.
The new technical director Dévy Rigaux was already open about the future of the coach during a press conference last week. "We are going to make an analysis of the past season, only then will we make decisions." That decision has now been made. After 58 games, it ends for Van Persie at Feyenoord. He took over from Brian Priske in February 2025. Last season, Feyenoord forced a Champions League ticket by finishing second in the Eredivisie.

 

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Feyenoord has confirmed the dismissal of Robin van Persie.
On Sunday, at the end of the afternoon, it came out that the coach is no longer ultimately responsible in De Kuip and that was confirmed a few hours later by the Rotterdammers, who speak of 'a difficult decision'.
'Robin van Persie has given everything for the club in the past year and a half,' begins technical director director Dévy Rigaux. 'He certainly deserves credit for ending a difficult season with second place in the end. With that, Champions League football was secured, which is of course very important.'
Nevertheless, the contract with the coach, which runs until mid-2027, will be dissolved.
Rigaux: 'We have made a thorough analysis internally. We have included the development of the game delivered and the downward trend in terms of points, both in Europe and in the Eredivisie. The conclusion was that it would be better to start next season with a new head coach.'

 

Feyenoord Under 19 was crowned national champion on Saturday.
Coach Davey van den Berg's team won 1-0 against AZ at Varkenoord and thus drew the longest straw in the final of a season in which the differences with the competitor were minimal.
The national title is the crowning of a special year for the Rotterdam talents.
In the competition, AZ was fought in both the autumn and spring until the last matchday.
In the autumn competition, both teams finished on an equal number of points, but the period title went to the Alkmaar team thanks to a better goal difference. This spring, Feyenoord turned the tables, this time the number of points was the same again, but the differences in goal difference were less small. This is how the penny fell the way of the Rotterdammers this spring.

Strong start In front of their home crowd, Feyenoord started the match strongly.
The Rotterdammers flew out of the starting blocks and were immediately dangerous in the opening phase with a number of shots on goal. Still, AZ slowly came back into the game. Both teams kept each other in balance for a long time, so there were no big goal opportunities. The biggest chance in the first half came in the 42nd minute for Feyenoord with a ball that bounced off the crossbar just before the goal line. Feyenoord was the strongest team with the most chances in the first half. The Rotterdam team came closer and closer to the opening goal, but went into halftime with a 0-0 score.

Great release
Feyenoord started the second half strongly again. In the 49th minute, Feyenoord opened the score. A corner landed on the head of captain Schens, who headed the ball into the players crowd. After a messy moment in the AZ defense, the ball landed at the feet of Onunta, who shot from close range. The home team then held on and was able to start celebrating the title after the final whistle. The relief was great. Players fell into each other's arms and celebrated the championship together with the supporters who had gathered along the main field of Varkenoord.

With the national title, Feyenoord once again confirms the strong position of its own youth academy. After a season in which it came down to details several times and even the goal difference played a leading role, Feyenoord was the better team this Saturday.

 

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Feyenoord makes an offer for midfielder Nice, is after striker Westerlo and is thinking of Spanish coach
The Belgian Charles Vanhoutte may be the first reinforcement of Feyenoord's new technical director Dévy Rigaux. The Rotterdammers have now made an offer for the 27-year-old midfielder from OGC Nice.
Vanhoutte started his career at Cercle Brugge and then played for Tubize and Union St. Gillis. He exchanged the latter club last year for the French Nice, with which he could barely avoid relegation. The Belgian likes/digs a transfer to Feyenoord and playing in the Champions League. Vanhoutte should be the new number six in the Kuip. To make room for the controlling midfielder, a departure of Hwang In-beom and Jakub Moder is negotiable. Feyenoord thinks they can sell both players this summer.
Vanhoutte is not the only player who is high on Rigaux's list. The Spanish striker Nacho Ferri is also emphatically followed. The 21-year-old youth international played last season in Belgium for KVC Westerlo.

Spanish coach
Should Ferri sign, he may get a compatriot as a trainer. Carlos Vicens is on a list at Feyenoord. The 43-year-old Spaniard reached the semi-finals of the Europa League with the Portuguese Braga last season and was previously assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. Vicens would become Frank Wormuth's successor at Heracles in 2022. But because the club from Almelo was relegated, the contract with the Spaniard was dissolved.

 

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Former Feyenoord player Senesi was called up for the World Cup after all

Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth, next season Tottenham Hotspur) is going to the World Cup with Argentina. National coach Lionel Scaloni has chosen the defender as a replacement for the injured Leonardo Balerdi.

 

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The Japan national coach: Hayime Moriyasu Moriyasu (57) was a tireless controlling midfielder, who did an internship at Manchester United in 1990. A contract did not deliver. Moriyasu stayed with Mazda, which is now called Sanfrecce Hiroshima. At that club, he grew into a leader and figurehead in fourteen seasons. One year he had Ron Jans as a teammate and three seasons Wim Jansen as a trainer. Moriyasu built up a close friendship with the latter. When he visited Feyenoord-Celtic in the Champions League in November 2025, Moriyasu also visited the Willem Jansen square at Varkenoord and the grave of his former coach.

 

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Comment on Hwang's performance.
'Hwang shows what Feyenoord has often had to miss'
He wasnot the only one Robin had to miss for a long time, yet it was his fault we played bad.

 

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