NOAD is a Dutch abbreviation for Nooit Opgeven, Altijd Doorzetten (English translation: Never give up, always persevere), while ADVENDO is a Dutch abbreviation for Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning (English: Pleasant for its entertainment and useful for its relaxation).

The full name of NAC Breda expands to Nooit opgeven altijd doorzetten, Aangenaam door vermaak en nuttig door ontspanning, Combinatie Breda ([ˌnoːit ˈɔpxeːvə(n) ˌɑltɛiˈdoːrɣaːn ˈaːŋɣəˌnaːm doːr vərˈmaːk ɛˈnʏtəɣ doːr ɔntˈspɑnɪŋ kɔmbiˈnaː(t)si breːˈdaː]).

[3] NAC played a couple of friendly matches, including a match against Real Madrid CF, winning 4-0 and the Spanish newspapers called NAC 'Los muchachos del Breda, maestros del futbol' (English: The boys from Breda, masters in football).

During this period they won 6 Southern Division titles and their play style was deemed technically perfect by press and the public.

Englishman Ben Affleck was hired as a coach and was a couple of months later was succeeded by James Moore.

The stadium's terrain 't Ploegske was classed as a residential area, meaning NAC had to leave the ground.

Because of the breakout of the Second World War, NAC decided to play an important social function in Breda's community.

In order to divert the people's attention from war, NAC organized sport events, theatre, fairs and horsing games.

Verlegh, considered to be one of the important persons in Dutch football, died in a car accident on 12 March.

From NAC's foundation in 1912, Verlegh was involved in the club at numerous positions and played an important role with the Royal Dutch Football Association.

An Avondje NAC is a flamboyant mix of Burgundian fun, beer, fanaticism and love for the club and ensures that during home matches the atmosphere in the stadium is intimidating.

Due to the sad moments of Knel's death a special relationship between fans of NAC and Sparta was created.

With a team managed by Ronald Spelbos and players like John Lammers, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Ton Lokhoff, Fabian Wilnis and John Karelse, NAC played their promotion match in Den Bosch against FC Den Bosch in front of 9,000 NAC fans.

In 1998, club youngster Dominique Diroux died from a heart attack during a match between the reserve teams of NAC and AZ.

In order to save the club, the stadium was bought from NAC by investors and Roelant Oltmans was appointed as the team's first professional manager.

As gratitude, NAC modified their name to become NAC Breda, honouring the city's consistent contributions towards helping the club during difficult times After another financial rescue, the management and the Board of chairmen resigned, being succeeded by Theo Mommers as managing director and a new Board of chairmen, led by Willem van der Hoeven.

For a long time, NAC's financial position appeared stable as the club finished third in the 2007–2008 Eredivisie.

Despite earlier denials towards fans and stakeholders by management and the Board of chairmen, it appeared at the end of season 2009–2010 that NAC's financial position was once again unstable.

The club lost €3.2 million that season, due to rebuilding the stadium and buying expensive players.

The away kit is a white shirt, with a yellow diagonal line marked by a black border running over it.

Directly after the merger of NOAD and ADVENDO, and thus the foundation of NAC, the board rented the fields of the Bond voor Lichaamlijke Opvoeding to play their homematches.

For three seasons NAC played at the grounds known as Achter de Watertoren (English: Behind the watertower), located north of the Wilhelmina Park in Breda.

NAC's current ground is the Rat Verlegh stadium, located 2 kilometres north west of Breda's city centre.

A flamboyant mix of Burgundian fun, beer, fanaticism and love for the club ensures that during home matches the atmosphere in the stadium is intimidating.

The term has its roots in the seventies, when the board decided to play their home matches at a Saturday evening.

NAC Breda's longest-running and deepest rivalry is with their nearest neighbour, Willem II from Tilburg.

The cities differ culturally where Tilburg only came into prominence during the industrial revolution as a working class city but Breda having been an important cultural and military hub since at least the late medieval period, being colloquially called the pearl of the south (de parel van het zuiden).

[17] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

The following players were called up to represent their national teams in international football and received caps during their tenure with NAC Breda: