Heerenveen
Proper noun
Meaning
A municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.
A village in Friesland, Netherlands.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
There are currently two top level football clubs playing in Friesland: SC Cambuur from Leeuwarden (home stadium Cambuur Stadion ) and SC Heerenveen (home stadium Abe Lenstra Stadion ).
During the play-offs to gain a ticket for Europa League they got knocked out by Heerenveen, leaving them completely empty handed this season.
The Heerenveen game - the first ever soccer match to be played there - kicked off at 6pm on Saturday 1 July 1995 and resulted in the Dutch side winning 7-0.
In 1949 the attendance record was broken during the match to decide the Dutch championship between SVV Schiedam and SC Heerenveen ; 64,368 fans visited the match.
In July 1995, Ton Pentre played two Intertoto Cup games there, against Heerenveen (Netherlands) and Uniao Leiria (Portugal) as their own ground was not suitable.
Thialf Stadium in Heerenveen was the second indoor 400m speed skating oval in the world, the first to host an international championship and remains a world-class facility today.