Click on the buttons on the left to know more about the History of NAC. This page is a small story about NAC in general.

Een avondje NAC ('an NAC night') used to be a standard expression in Dutch football. It refers to the roaring, somewhat 'English' atmopshere during home games of NAC, hailing from the central southern city of Breda. NAC used to be one of the exceptional Eredivisie sides to play most of its home games on Saturday nights, in its old stadium, home of one of the loudest fan sides in the country: the B-Side. The annual 'NAC night' was ususally a tough one for Holland's top teams, even though their actual number of defeats in Breda is not as large as the myth might make you believe.

The yellow and black army from Breda definitely belongs to the core of Dutch football, but NAC's history is - for a club of such popularity and standing - one of a surprisingly high number of relegations and promotions. The story started in 1912, as local Breda sides NOAD and Advendo became the 'NOAD Advendo Combination', abbreviated as NAC. Several regional championships were won, followed by - the golden year in club history -
the Dutch championship in 1921.

The 1980s and 1990s saw more of the typical NAC inconsistency: relegation in '83, promotion in '84, relegation in '85. The latter stay in the First Division lasted eight years, but NAC struck back with one of its best teams ever. Strikers John Lammers and Pierre van Hooydonk formed one of the best forward duos in The Netherlands and almost brought NAC back into Europe.

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