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| Full name | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The pride of the IJssel Kowet (Dunglish pronunciation of "Go Ahead") | ||
| Founded | 2 December 1902 | ||
| Ground | De Adelaarshorst | ||
| Capacity | 10,400[1] | ||
| Chairman | Jan Willem van Dop | ||
| Head coach | Paul Simonis | ||
| League | Eredivisie | ||
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie, 9th of 18 | ||
| Website | https://www.ga-eagles.nl/ | ||
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Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020–21 season. The club's home stadium since 1920 is De Adelaarshorst. The club have won the national championship on four occasions, in 1917, 1922, 1930 and 1933.
They have produced numerous notable players including Raimond van der Gouw, René Eijkelkamp, Marc Overmars, Paul Bosvelt, Jan Kromkamp, Victor Sikora, Bert van Marwijk and Demy de Zeeuw while providing Henk ten Cate, Erik ten Hag and Leo Beenhakker with their first tastes of management.