NAC Breda

NAC Breda
Full nameNooit opgeven altijd doorzetten, Aangenaam door vermaak en nuttig door ontspanning, Combinatie Breda
Nickname(s)Parel van het Zuiden
Short nameNAC
Founded19 September 1912; 112 years ago (1912-09-19)
GroundRat Verlegh Stadion
Breda, Netherlands
Capacity19,000
OwnerNAC=Breda[1]
ChairmanHenk van Koeveringe
Head coachCarl Hoefkens
LeagueEredivisie
2023–24Eerste Divisie, 8th of 20 (promoted via play-offs)
Websitewww.nac.nl
Current season

NAC Breda (Dutch pronunciation: [nɑɡ breːˈdaː]), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisie, after winning play-offs for promotion in 2024. In their history, NAC won one national title in 1921 and won one Cup in 1973.

NAC was founded on 19 September 1912, when the two clubs ADVENDO and NOAD merged to one club, both being abbreviations of their respective full names.

In 2012 Stefaan Eskes succeeded Ed Busselaar and in August 2012 NAC Breda reinstated their first logo as the new club logo for the 2012–13 season.[2]

  1. ^ "NAC=Breda officieel de nieuwe eigenaar van NAC na bezoek aan de notaris" (in Dutch). BN de Stem. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Dutch article official NAC website". Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.