Ten New Bosses On The Eredivisie Merry-Go-Round

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    Ten New Bosses On The Eredivisie Merry-Go-Round

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>As even PSV Eindhoven, who clinched the title of the 2007-’08 season despite working with three different bosses, have decided to hire a new one, it will probably come to no surprise that no less than 10 top-flight clubs will kick-start the new campaign with a new trainer. And that also includes Ajax and Feyenoord.

    Five survivors

    In fact, only five coaches will start the ’08-’09 season working for the same club they started the previous one with: Louis van Gaal (AZ), Ron Jans (Groningen), Mario Been (NEC), Ray Atteveld (Roda) and Wim van Hanegem (Utrecht). An actual face-lift.

    Twente lost Fred Rutten to Schalke and finally signed McClaren, who in fact got down to business yesterday, training his new team for the first time in front of hundreds of fans at the Hengelo training complex. New recruits Cheik Ismael Tioté from Anderlecht and Theo Janssen from Vitesse, who cost four million euros between them, were also there, but Blaise Nkufo, Luke Wilkshire and Ollie Engelaar were not – and the latter may not be back to Enschede at all…

    A first for Van Basten

    The only other non-Dutch boss will be Norwegian Trond Sollied of Heerenveen, whose previous trainer, Gertjan Verbeek, has moved to Beker holders Feyenoord. He replaces Bert van Marwijk, who in turn takes the place of national side boss Marco van Basten, just back at Johan Cruijff Schaal holders Ajax – his first club spell.

    Henk van Stee, who had been working alongside Romanian master Mircea Lucescu at Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk, was appointed by De Graafschap just yesterday. Hans Westerhof is also back in his native country from Mexico to take over at Vitesse, while Huub Stevens succeeds Sef Vergoossen at PSV.

    Groningen’s Jans is the longest-serving coach in the Eredivisie, with the club since November 2002.

    The full list:

    Club 2007-’08 2008-‘09

    Den Haag Wiljan Vloet André Wetzel

    Ajax Henk ten Cate

    Adrie Koster Marco van Basten

    AZ Louis van Gaal Louis van Gaal

    Feyenoord Bert van Marwijk Gertjan Verbeek

    De Graafschap Jan de Jonge Henk van Stee

    Groningen Ron Jans Ron Jans

    Heerenveen Gertjan Verbeek Trond Sollied

    Heracles Ruud Brood

    Gert Heerkes Gert Heerkes

    Breda Ernie Brandts Bob Maaskant

    NEC Mario Been Mario Been

    PSV Eindhoven Ronald Koeman

    Jan Wouters

    Sef Vergoossen Huub Stevens

    Roda Ray Atteveld Ray Atteveld

    Sparta Rotterdam Gert Aandewiel Foeke Booy

    Adri van Tiggelen

    Foeke Booy

    Twente Fred Rutten Steve McClaren

    Utrecht Wim van Hanegem Wim van Hanegem

    Vitesse Aad de Mos Hans Westerhof

    Volendam Stanley Menzo Frans Adelaar

    Willem II Dennis van Wijk Andries Jonker

    Andries Jonker</div>
     

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