The Local Teams

The Sensidays 2016 will take place in Almelo, in the Twente Region of the Netherlands.

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That Region is home to two soccer clubs in the Dutch top divisions.

Heracles is the club from Almelo. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941.

In the 2004–05 season, Heracles won the title in the Eerste Divisie, so that during the 2005–06 season, Heracles played in the Eredivisie, where they finished 13th. The average attendance in 2004–05 was 5,700 people. In the recent top flight seasons, this has risen to just over 8,300 (close to the maximum capacity of 8,500).

In 2012 Heracles competed in its first Dutch cup final, which it lost to PSV in the Rotterdam Stadium De Kuip.

Heracles Almelo currently play at the Polman Stadion in Almelo. The Polman Stadion was built in 1999 with a capacity 6,900, this was expanded in 2005 to hold 8,500. The pitch at the Polman Stadion is artificial turf. After renovation of the stadium at the beginning of season 2015–16 it holds 13.500 supporters.

The club was founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles ’74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998.

In the 2015/16 season, Heracles finished sixth in the Eredevisie , so the club could participate in the playoffs for European football. The club first defeated FC Groningen and then FC Utrecht. Heracles thus qualified for the first time in club history for European football, in the third qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

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FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the nearby city of Enschede, playing in the Jupiler League. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys. They were the holders of the 2011 KNVB Cup and Johan Cruijff Schaal trophies, and were Eredivisie champions in the 2009–10 season; the team has also finished as Eredivisie runner-up thrice, was runner-up in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup, and has won the KNVB Cup three times. Twente’s home ground since 1998 is De Grolsch Veste.

Currently they are fighting for survival. In June 2016 the Dutch FA relegated Twente to the Jupiler League relegated Twente due to financial scandals.

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Sources: Wikipedia Heracles and Twente