Feyenoord

Feyenoord is located in the Feijenoord district of southern Rotterdam and was originally named Feijenoord after the district in which the team was founded.

Archive 2007-09-01 Azmie aka switch image 2007

Feyenoord is located in the Feijenoord district of southern Rotterdam and was originally named Feijenoord after the district in which the team was founded.

Feyenoord Rotterdam 2007-08 Eridivisie League Azmie aka switch image 2007

The squad also has veterans such as Feyenoord forward Jon Dahl Tomasson, Ajax winger Dennis

Fore, right! 2010

"He got this honour partly because he had played the very last competitive game of his career at the FC Zwolle stadium, when Feyenoord Johan's club at the time played FC Zwolle during the final game of the 1983-1984 season," writes Johan van Slooten.

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After walking into Arsenal seven years ago from Feyenoord for a cut-price £2.75m, Van Persie's league return from the 2004-5 season onwards was a modest five, five, 11, seven, 11 and nine, before the serious contribution of 18 recorded in the last campaign, all of which were harvested on or after 1 January.

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The 30-year-old Holland international, who arrived at Anfield from Feyenoord in 2006, was contracted until next summer but has been rewarded for his form this season.

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Van Persie has bought deeply into the philosophies of the club, who took him from Feyenoord as a raw and slightly reckless youngster in 2004 and have helped to mould him into one of the continent's most complete players.

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Victory for Bayern in the competition this year, though unlikely, would see the German manager eclipse the record set by the great Ernst Happel, who won the tournament 13 years apart with Feyenoord in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983.

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