FC Emmen: going from strength to strength

Hailing from the north-east Netherlands, FC Emmen is a small but locally loved Dutch football team. Maintaining amateur status for sixty years, the club struggled to reach Eredivisie (Dutch premier division) status until 2018, when they finally qualified in a play-off match. With that game-changer, exciting times are ahead - and you can be sure to be a part of it with FC Emmen tickets available now to buy or sell on StubHub.

Enjoy the atmosphere in the FC Emmen stadium

FC Emmen was founded in 1925 and remained a small, amateur football club for the first sixty years of its history. Even when the Dutch Eredivisie league was formed in 1954, the club decided to continue playing at amateur level. 1985 saw FC Emmen finally gain professional status but, despite reaching the Eerste Divisie play-offs eleven times, the team never quite managed to make it into the Netherlands' premier football league. All that changed in May 2018 when the play-off match FC Emmen vs Sparta Rotterdam ended in a surprise 3-1 win for the red-and-white club. Sparta Rotterdam, the Netherlands' oldest professional team, had to give way to the younger, less experienced club, resulting in incredible celebrations on the part of FC Emmen fans. Given a major confidence boost under the management of Dick Lukkien, the team boldly entered both the Eredivisie and a new phase of its history. Tickets for FC Emmen matches look set to provide access to some of the most exciting and emotional games of the coming football seasons.

An intimate football experience with FC Emmen

Unlike the 50,000+ capacity stadiums of major Dutch teams such as AFC Ajax or Feyenoord, the FC Emmen stadium is considerably more intimate. With space for around 8,600 spectators, the Jens Vesting stadium is the scene of all FC Emmen home games as well as international events like the Football World Youth Championships, which were held there in 2005. Sitting in the stands, fans can enjoy being that much closer to the action and feel at one with the crowd as it cheers on this plucky and talented team. Matches against major rivals FC Groningen, also from the North of the country yet considerably bigger, bring a particularly electric atmosphere to the stadium, but any FC Emmen match - in any stadium - is a football fan's feast of talent, speed and dexterity. Buy or sell your FC Emmen tickets on StubHub now and experience an exciting new phase of Dutch premier division football!