Stadium

sc Heerenveen was the first Dutch club in professional football to build a completely new football stadium in 1993/1994. On 20 August 1994 the stadium was opened and the first match took place between sc Heerenveen and PSV. The name of the stadium is Abe Lenstra, in memory of the person who has given Heerenveen so much glory.
The modern football-stadium is very public friendly. At the moment the Abe Lenstra Stadium has both seating and standing terraces and the stands are fully roofed. sc Heerenveen was one of the football clubs in the Dutch Premier League to participate in a pilot concerning standing terraces. sc Heerenveen has concluded this successfully and because of this there are official standing terraces since the season 2005/2006. This is only for the national competition and not for matches within the European/ UEFA tournament. During these UEFA matches we have to take into account the rules of the FIFA and these rules do not allow standing terraces. The stadium is very special in having no fences. Therefore, the view of the pitch is excellent and the involvement in the football-match great. Due to the increasing number of supporters it was necessary to carry out a few reconstructions. The total number of seats has expanded about to 26.000. In an earlier stage the number of facilities was expanded with more business-units, offices and restaurants. The stadium is available for football as well as show appearances and conferences.

Whereas sc Heerenveen has a soul, the supporters have a heart. A heart in the form of a lily leaf, the symbol of Frisia and recognizable in the provincial banner and club dress. The great number of supporters is loyal and exemplify the atmosphere within the club: pleasant and friendly. The club always belongs to the top 4 clubs in terms of the Netherlands in terms of attendance.

Business Club

sc Heerenveen boasts a warm interest of trade and industry. Therefore, the Business Club was established on 17th July 1987. This businessclub of enterpreneurs provides a great financial contribution to the club. As sponsors of sc Heerenveen they may use special facilities. With almost 1200 enterprises, the club belongs to the largest of the country. sc Heerenveen have an unique group of volunteers which commit themselves for the interest of the Frisian football-club for free. Action ’67 takes care of large commercial support, match sponsoring, the boarding and the matchprogramm.

Especially for the supporters there is are two Supporters Clubs. They organise matters like bus trips to away matches and also provide the election of Player of the Year. One of The Supporters Club has its own magazine for its members, it is called Feanfan.

For more information: www.feanfan.nl and www.nieuwnoord.org