SC Cambuur

SC Cambuur, formed on June 19, 1964, is a Dutch football club from Leeuwarden, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home ground is the 10,250 seater Cambuur Stadion and they play in yellow shirts and blue shorts. The club's emblem originates from the coat of arms of the House of Cammingha, a Dutch noble family. SC Cambuur played four seasons in the Eredivisie. In 2000 the club went down to the Eerste Divisie and has been there without success until recently. In the eighties and nineties the club was a regular contender in the Eerste Divisie playoffs. Cambuur won the Eerste Divisie title in 1992 and promotion in 1998. At that time Leeuwarder millionaire Jan Riedstra was involved. He left the club in 1999 and it almost went bankrupt in 2005. Riedstra saved it with his friends Wim Sleijfer, Dirk Hoekstra and Klaas Buwalda by buying the stadium and almost clearing the club's debt. Under the leadership of Dutch-American CEO Alex Pama the club's results improved on and off the pitch. Riedstra died in May of 2009, having said that the club was in good hands with Pama. Pama resigned in February 2011 due to family reasons and was replaced by Gerald van den Belt, previously chief executive of FC Zwolle and since 2009 the chief financial officer of Cambuur.