Afrikaanderplein Explained

Afrikaanderplein
Fullname:Afrikaanderplein
Location:Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Coordinates:51.9°N 4.5011°W
Opened:1908
Closed:1917
Surface:grass
Capacity:1.500
Tenants:Excelsior (1907–1908)[1]
Feyenoord (1908–1917)[2]

Afrikaanderplein was a football ground in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was the first home of the professional football club Feyenoord – then known as Wilhelmina (1908–09), HFC (1909), Celeritas (1909–12) and eventually Feijenoord – from its foundation in 1908 until 1917, when the club moved to a new ground at the Kromme Zandweg.[2]

Before the foundation of Feyenoord, fellow Rotterdam club Excelsior played its matches on the Afrikaanderplein in the season 1907–08, after which the club returned to Woudestein.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Excelsior Historie . SBVExcelsior.nl . nl . Excelsior History . 30 June 2010.
  2. News: De Accomodatie: Put en Afrikaanderplein . Feyenoord.nl . nl . The Accommodation: Put and Afrikaanderplein . 8 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090425005623/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/story/s2/de+club+-+historie+-+put+en+afrikaanderplein.aspx . 25 April 2009 . dead .