FC Utrecht News

Costa Rica forward Bryan Ruiz scored a late winner to give Twente a 4-3 victory at NEC Nijmegen on Sunday that kept his team top of the Dutch league.

Ajax fell nine points behind leaders Twente on Sunday as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat against Utrecht at Nieuw Galgewaard.

Three goals in the second half secured all three points for FC Utrecht, who lie fifth in the Eredivisie table after defeating NAC Breda 3-1. Goals from Kevin Vandenbergh and Gianluca Nijholt put the home side two up before Matthew Amoah replied.

In the Dutch premiere league, Ajax has thrashed SC Heerenveen at home in the Arena stadium.

Feyenoord and FC Utrecht cancelled each other out in a dull 0-0 draw in Rotterdam.

Heerenveen forward Roy Beerens is out of contract at the end of this season and has been linked with a number of big clubs in recent weeks, including AC Milan.

FC Utrecht slumped to their first home defeat of the season as Heerenveen survived a late fightback to register a crucial 3-2 win.

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Mark van Bommel returned to the Netherlands squad Friday for the first time this season for friendlies against Italy and Paraguay.

FC Utrecht's Canadian midfielder Jacob Lensky, shown playing in his team's game against PSV Eindhoven on Oct.

Heracles Almelo continued their push for European football next season as they came from behind to beat fellow challengers FC Utrecht.

Groningen and Utrecht settled for share of the spoils after a lacklustre clash at Euroborg.

In the Dutch Premier League, Feyenoord lost its first away game of the season on Sunday, losing 2-1 to fellow Rotterdam team Sparta.

Ghanaian players continued to glitter in Europe as Sam Yeboah was the only player to score over the weekend for his Israeli club, Hapoel Tel Aviv club who defeated Maccabi Natanya 3-0. In England, Chelsea went top of the Premiership when they silenced Liverpool 2-0 at the weekend.

A red card for Balazs Dzsudzsak compounded a less than successful day for PSV, who lost their place at the top of the Eredivisie following a goalless draw at FC Utrecht.

FC Utrecht's solid start to their Eredivisie campaign continued as they picked up a point from a 1-1 draw in a tricky away encounter at NEC Nijmegen.

Steve McClaren's FC Twente side moved to the top of the Eredivisie after an impressive 3-1 win at Heracles Almelo .

Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk has called up Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart and Stuttgart defender Khalid Boulahrouz for Saturday's friendly against Australia.

Sander Keller's goal earned FC Utrecht a 1-0 win over AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch First Division soccer league Saturday, handing the defending champion a third straight defeat.

FC Groningen put their Eredivisie worries aside on Wednesday evening with a 4-2 victory at high-flying FC Utrecht in the second round of the KNVB Beker.