Omniworld

Omniworld is a football (soccer) club from Netherlands.

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FC Omniworld is a Netherlands football (soccer) club. Omniworld was founded in the 1990s, and is an expression of the ambitions of the city council of Almere to play an active role in top sports. To that end, a sports club (Omniworld) was formed, which now comprises a volleyball branch, a basketball branch and a football (soccer) branch.

History

FC Omniworld can trace its history back to 1972, with the merger of Door Wilskracht Sterk and Blauw-Wit Amsterdam into FC Amsterdam. Disgruntled DWS supporters founded their own club, called De Zwarte Schapen, named after their nickname, which translates as Black Sheep. Omniworld quickly rose through the ranks of Dutch amateur football, eventually reaching the Hoofdklasse. After several violent incidents on the pitch and a six month suspension by the Royal Netherlands Football Association, Omniworld moved from Amsterdam to nearby Almere and changed its name to Sporting Flevoland.

That name was changed to FC Omniworld in the 1990s, as a result of the efforts of a consortium (in which the city of Almere was a participant) to bring professional sports to Almere. These plans included a basketball club (BC Omniworld, now defunct), a volleyball club (VC Omniworld, now defunct) and a football club (FC Omniworld). However, when the Leefbaar Almere party became the largest party in the city council in 2002, the community withdrew from the project. This caused Omniworld to fail the criteria for admission to the professional league in 2004.

Private investors were found, and Omniworld managed to meet the first two criteria for admission (among which is a balanced budget) in late 2004 and early 2005. After FC Omniworld's stadium (the 3,000 seater Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion) and pitch were approved by the Royal Netherlands Football Association as well, Omniworld met all criteria for admission, and joined the 19 clubs already in the Eerste Divisie. The club's first official match would have been held on August 12, 2005, against BV Veendam. However, the referee postponed the match shortly before the kick-off was due. Heavy rain had made the artificial turf pitch unplayable. The club's professional debut came a week later, in an away match against FC Eindhoven (2-0 defeat). FC Omniworld registered its first official goal a few days later, in a 2-3 home defeat against FC Den Bosch, as Juan Viedma Schenkhuizen scored the 1-2 in the 37th minute. FC Omniworld's first league point was achieved a week later, on August 29, 2005, against Go Ahead Eagles (2-2). The club's first victory came on September 16, when Fortuna Sittard was beaten 3-2. In its first season, FC Omniworld finished in 19th place, with 29 points from 38 matches. Forward Sjoerd Ars ended in fifth place of the top scorer ranking, with 17 goals.

Ars was transferred to Go Ahead Eagles for the Eerste Divisie 2006-07, but the results for Omniworld improved. Omniworld achieved 41 points from 38 matches, finishing the season in 16th place. The home match against FC Zwolle on 2007-03-16 resulted in the worst defeat in club history though: 2-7.

Results

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Staff

Head Coach

- Peter Boeve

Assistant Coach

- Peter van Vossen

Team Manager

- Youssef Vo

Transfers

Out

Former players

- Dwight Eind
- Jatto Ceesay
- Nordin Amrabat
- Juan Viedma Schenkhuizen
- Tomi Nyman
- Biko Brazil
- Kofi Mensah
- Raymond Beerens
- Yannis Anastasiou
- Diangi Matusiwa
- Zenon Caravella

AGOVV Apeldoorn, Cambuur Leeuwarden, Emmen, Excelsior, FC Den Bosch, FC Dordrecht, FC Eindhoven, FC Haarlem, FC Zwolle, Fortuna Sittard, Go Ahead Eagles, Helmond Sport, MVV Maastricht, Omniworld, RBC Roosendaal, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar, TOP Oss, Veendam, VVV