Distinctive jerseys. Dutch membership pays tribute to Poles

Distinctive jerseys. Dutch membership pays tribute to Poles

The newly minted Eredivisie newcomer has unveiled its equipment for the upcoming season. The Dutch membership has chosen to honour the Polish Armoured Division led by Common Stanisล‚aw Maczek, which liberated Breda from Nazi occupiers in 1944, on its shirts.

October 29 this 12 months will mark precisely 80 years for the reason that liberation of Breda by Polish troopers. NAC celebrated the upcoming anniversary in a particular approach.

The T-shirts function, amongst different issues, the names and pictures of the troopers, the badge of the first Armored Division, and graphics impressed by the Polish coat of arms. The uniforms additionally function inscriptions in Polish: “Polska x Breda” and “NAC Breda Thank You.”

Breda was liberated in the course of the assault in direction of the mouth of the Meuse. Through the combating for town, 151 troopers of the first Armoured Division died and several other hundred have been wounded. The Poles have been enthusiastically welcomed by the Dutch. Residents hung “Thanks!” indicators of their home windows and store home windows, and town authorities honoured Common Maczek’s troopers with medals and honorary citizenship of Breda. The overall himself, on the request of over 40 thousand residents, acquired honorary citizenship of the Netherlands following the warfare. After his demise in 1994, he was buried within the native cemetery subsequent to his troopers.

Final season, NAC Breda completed eighth within the Eerste Divisie, which earned them a spot within the Eredivisie play-offs. There, they defeated higher-ranked opponents Roda Kerkrade (3:1, 5:0), FC Emmen (1:1, 3:0) and Excelsior Rotterdam (6:2, 1:4) in two matches, thus vaulting them into the very best degree of play within the Netherlands.

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