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3 unusual facts about HFC Haarlem


Haarlem Kennemerland

On January 25, 2010, HFC Haarlem was declared bankrupt and was thus according to Dutch league rules excluded from the 2009–10 Eerste Divisie.

Haarlem Kennemerland is a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 2010 as the result of a fusion between the old HFC Haarlem and amateur Tweede Klasse club HFC Kennemerland, after the former club was excluded in January 2010 due to bankruptcy.

Topklasse

On January 2010, the exclusion of bankrupt HFC Haarlem from the Eerste Divisie reduced the number of scheduled relegations to one only, and led the federation to announce that this vacancy would be filled by an additional Hoofdklasse club.


André Kamperveen

He played professionally in Brazil (Paysandu Sport Club) and Netherlands during his playing career, becoming the first Surinamese player to play professionally in the Netherlands in the process when he plying his trade for HFC Haarlem.

Brutil Hosé

Hosé also represented De Graafschap, HFC Haarlem, Sparta Rotterdam (all loans from the Amsterdam team), FC Dordrecht, Poseidon Nuon Perron (Greece), Al-Wakrah Sports Club (Qatar), Sarawak FA (Malaysian Super League) and VV Haaglandia, retiring from professional football in 2010 at the age of only 30.

Manuel Sánchez Torres

On 17 September 1978, aged 18, Torres made his league debut for Twente, in a home game against Sparta Rotterdam, scoring his first goal a few weeks later at HFC Haarlem, and ending his first season with three goals in 23 matches as the Enschede club finished in 11th position and reached the final of the Dutch Cup, lost to league champions AFC Ajax.

Wout Holverda

That earned him a move to Fortuna Sittard, where he played alongside British striker John Linford, but a niggling groin injury did not make him a success at Fortuna and he spent his last seasons at HFC Haarlem before retiring.


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