FC Twente… The Best Team In Europe?

December 2, 2009

The Best Team in Europe?

Many of you are probably thinking… what the *&%! is this guy on about? You are probably thinking: What about Man U or Chelsea? What about Barca or Real Madrid? Scratch that. Even as you rack your brain trying to understand how I could have made such a grievous oversight, a fair number of you are probably trying to figure out which of the world’s football leagues FC Twente plays in. For those of you in need of broadening your football horizons, Twente plays in the Dutch top league, The Eredivisie. While the league has historically been dominated by Ajax of Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord, some of the league’s traditional second tier, have made their presence known in the past few seasons.  Twente had a solid showing last season and  have now posted a 3-0-0 record in November alone. In fact, they have not lost a league game this season, winning their last 10 in a row en route to a 13-2-0 record through the young Eredivisie Season.

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