Roda JC Kerkrade
The coal-miner's club from Kerkrade.
Roda JC Kerkrade is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. It plays in the Eerste Divisie. The club was founded by a merger between Rapid JC and Roda Sport in 1962.
Quick Facts
- Psv founded
- 1913
- Roda founded
- 1962
- Region
- Southern Netherlands
- Primary competition
- Eredivisie
- Rivalry type
- Regional/Historical
- Key era
- 1970s-1990s
Lore & Background
Roda JC is known as the 'coal-miner's club'; fans of archrival club MVV say those words condescendingly, but in Kerkrade and the surrounding area they are said with pride and respect. One of its predecessors, Rapid JC, were champions of the Netherlands in 1956. Ten out of eleven players on that Rapid JC team were coal miners.
Reader's Guide
The club's honours include seven European campaigns and six KNVB Cup finals, of which they won two. They were placed in the Eerste Divisie after the merger, and after a relegation they were promoted back to the top division in 1973, where they would stay for 41 years until being relegated in 2014. In 2009–10, they added Kerkrade to the name to create brand awareness and get financial support.
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