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Heracles Almelo
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Key facts
- Full name
- Heracles Almelo
- Nicknames
- Heraclieden Paupers
- Short name
- HAFC SCH
- Founded
- 3 May 1903 ; 123 years ago ( 1903-05-03 )
- Ground
- Asito Stadion
- Capacity
- 12,080
- Chairman
- Jacob Roche
- Head coach
- Ernest Faber
- League
- Eerste Divisie
- 2025 26
- Eredivisie , 18th of 18 (relegated)
- Website
- www .heracles .nl
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Encyclopedic overview
Current season
Heracles Almelo ( Dutch: [ɦeːˈraːkləs ˈɑlməloː]) is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, but will play in the Eerste Divisie from the 2026–27 season following relegation. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the 2004–05 Eerste Divisie, gaining promotion to the Eredivisie for the first time in 28 years. The club remained in the top flight for 17 seasons before suffering relegation at the end of the 2021–22 season. Heracles secured an immediate return to the Eredivisie by winning the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie, but were relegated again three years later.
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