PSV Eindhoven is a Dutch sports club, best known for its football team, which started as a company club of the electronics firm Philips, whose headquarters were in Eindhoven. The name stands for Philips Sport Vereniging. It is one of the three leading clubs in the Netherlands, with Ajax and Feyenoord, and has won the Dutch league many times. In 1988 it won the European Cup, beating Benfica on penalties, in a season when it also won the league and the cup. The club has produced or introduced players such as Ronaldo, Romario and Ruud van Nistelrooy. It plays at the Philips Stadion, and the club's close ties to Philips continued for a long time.
Before and after
- from 29 June 1913 to 10 August 1913Second Balkan War
- 14 July 1913Birth of Gerald Ford
- 10 August 1913Treaty of Bucharest
- 16 August 1913Birth of Menachem Begin
- 31 August 1913Founding of PSV Eindhoven
- 5 November 1913Birth of Vivien Leigh
- 7 November 1913Birth of Albert Camus
- 18 December 1913Birth of Willy Brandt
- 23 December 1913Founding of Federal Reserve System
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The era
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