Afrikaanderplein was a football ground in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was the first home of the professional football club Feyenoord – then known as Wilhelmina (1908–09), HFC (1909), Celeritas (1909–12) and eventually Feijenoord – from its foundation in 1908 until 1917, when the club moved to a new ground at the Kromme Zandweg.[2]
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Full name | Afrikaanderplein |
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Location | Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
Coordinates | 51.899954°N 4.50111°E / 51.899954; 4.50111 |
Capacity | 1.500 |
Surface | grass |
Opened | 1908 |
Closed | 1917 |
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Excelsior (1907–1908)[1] Feyenoord (1908–1917)[2] |
Before the foundation of Feyenoord, fellow Rotterdam club Excelsior played its matches on the Afrikaanderplein in the season 1907–08, after which the club returned to Woudestein.[1]
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