Editing PSV Eindhoven (section)

==Support and rivalries==
{{main|AFC Ajax–PSV Eindhoven rivalry}}
PSV have attracted around 33,000 people to Eredivisie matches on average in the last years. The record attendance stands at 35,200, achieved in a match against Feyenoord at 17 November 2002.<ref name="fanrecord">{{cite web |title=20 best bezochte wedstrijden in het Philips Stadion (1997–1998 – heden) |url=http://www.psvweb.nl/meestetoeschouwersthuis.php |publisher=PSVweb |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017115457/http://www.psvweb.nl/meestetoeschouwersthuis.php |archive-date=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The club always reserves tickets for away fans and individual ticket purchases; the maximum number of season ticket holders therefore is 29,200. All season tickets were sold out in 2007 and 2008. More recently in 2013, PSV sold 28,000 season tickets.<ref name="edkaarten">{{cite web |title=PSV verkoopt weer 28.000 seizoenskaarten |url=http://www.ed.nl/sport/voetbal/psv/psv-verkoopt-weer-28-000-seizoenskaarten-1.3885561 |publisher=Eindhovens Dagblad |access-date=5 August 2013 |language=nl |archive-date=31 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731101340/http://www.ed.nl/sport/voetbal/psv/psv-verkoopt-weer-28-000-seizoenskaarten-1.3885561 |url-status=live }}</ref> Research showed that over 25,000 season ticket holders hail from North Brabant, with other significant groups coming from [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], [[Gelderland]], [[South Holland]], [[North Holland]] and [[Belgium]].<ref name="fanresearch">{{cite web |title=Vergeefse run op seizoenkaart PSV |url=http://www.ed.nl/sport/voetbal/psv/vergeefse-run-op-seizoenkaart-psv-1.2376727 |publisher=Eindhovens Dagblad |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-date=28 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728193033/http://www.ed.nl/sport/voetbal/psv/vergeefse-run-op-seizoenkaart-psv-1.2376727 |url-status=live }}</ref>

PSV currently has two independent fan bodies. The Supportersvereniging PSV was founded in 1920 and currently consists of 14,000 members. They own a fan base within the Philips Stadion.<ref name="supverpsv">{{cite web |title=Supportersvereniging PSV – Historie |url=http://www.supver-psv.nl/nl/vereniging/historie.html?refresh=1371751929 |publisher=Supportersvereniging PSV |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051336/http://www.supver-psv.nl/nl/vereniging/historie.html?refresh=1371751929 |url-status=live }}</ref> The second one, PSV Fans United, serve a more specific purpose: to improve the atmosphere in the stadium.<ref name="psvfansunited">{{cite web |title=Word nu lid van PSV Fans United |url=http://www.psvfansunited.nl/nl/word-lid |publisher=PSV Fans United |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427214328/http://www.psvfansunited.nl/nl/word-lid |archive-date=27 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Besides the fan unions, there are several sets of fans who work together on [[tifo]] choreography, like Lighttown Madness among others.<ref name="lighttown">{{cite web |title=Lighttown Madness |url=http://www.lighttownmadness.nl/lm_lighttownmadness.php |publisher=Lighttown Madness |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127203443/http://www.lighttownmadness.nl/lm_lighttownmadness.php |archive-date=27 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The PSV Junior Club was founded by PSV in 1998 for children up to 12 years. Later it was renamed Phoxy Club after Phoxy, PSV's mascot. Currently, more than 20,000 children are members. Every year, the Phoxy Club Day is organized, offering activities for members who are joined by the first team squad.<ref name="phoxy1">{{cite web |title=Phoxy Club |url=http://www.phoxyclub.nl/#/home/lid-worden/leden-informatie |publisher=Phoxy Club |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219032154/http://www.phoxyclub.nl/#/home/lid-worden/leden-informatie |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="phoxy2">{{cite web |title=PSV Phoxy Club passeert mijlpaal van 20.000 leden |url=http://www.psv.nl/web/show/id=118705/contentid=22012 |publisher=PSV.nl |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730041033/http://www.psv.nl/web/show/id=118705/contentid=22012 |archive-date=30 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During pre-season, PSV also holds an Open Day for people of all ages; the event gives the opportunity for sponsors and new player signings to be presented.<ref name="fandag">{{cite web |title=PSV FANdag |url=http://www.psv.nl/Nieuws/PSV-FANdag.htm |publisher=PSV.nl |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726134357/http://www.psv.nl/Nieuws/PSV-FANdag.htm |archive-date=26 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The official club anthem was composed by Kees van der Weijden and Jo Vermeulen. It was introduced in 1950 and is currently sung at every home match at 19 minutes and 13 seconds into the game – the time mirroring the club's foundation year.<ref name="clubanthem">{{cite web |title=PSV Eindhoven – Clublied Teksten |date=6 April 2013 |url=http://www.clubliedteksten.nl/club-lied-psv-eindhoven/ |publisher=Clublied Teksten |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042052/http://www.clubliedteksten.nl/club-lied-psv-eindhoven/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

PSV's main rivalry is with [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]], with both teams regularly competing for the league title in the last forty years. The PSV fans, whose club has reserved the kit number "12" for them, refer to themselves as ''boeren'' (peasants/farmers); the word can be heard chanted through the home ground after every PSV goal. Its reference designates taking pride in their [[North Brabant|Brabantian]] heritage, as opposed to the [[Metropolitan area|metropolitan]] [[Amsterdam]] area. The Brabantian identity also plays a fundamental role in the club's culture with the [[Flag of North Brabant]] being incorporated in shirt design and being displayed in and around the stadium. PSV used to have an ongoing rivalry with [[FC Eindhoven]], which originated in the 1910s. FC Eindhoven, being the older team, manifested itself as the "people's club", whereas PSV was only open to Philips employees. In the 1940s and 1950s, PSV and FC Eindhoven were both competing for the league title, which increased the feud and divided the City of Light in "red-white striped" and "blue-white striped".<ref name="psvgoal"/> Fixtures between the two sides were named the ''Lichtstadderby'' ("[[City of Light (disambiguation)|City of Light]] Derby"). After FC Eindhoven's decline in the 1970s, the rivalry disappeared. Nowadays, relations between the two sets of supporters are generally friendly; during the annual pre-season derby supporters even sit in the same end without any major incidents. Although a friendly rivalry still exists, it is mostly felt on the FC Eindhoven side. However, it is not uncommon for people in Eindhoven to go to FC Eindhoven on Fridays (the usual matchday in the [[Eerste Divisie]]) and to go to PSV on a Saturday or Sunday. In recent times, FC Eindhoven was PSV's feeder club on several occasions and the clubs share a women's team and youth setup.<ref name="derby">{{cite web |title=De Lichtstadderby |url=http://psv.netwerk.to/forums/HTML/forum16/168.php |publisher=PSV Netwerk |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-date=2 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002212412/http://psv.netwerk.to/forums/HTML/forum16/168.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="youthsetup">{{cite web |title=Samenwerking Jeugdopleiding PSV en FC Eindhoven |url=http://www.fc-eindhoven.nl/nieuws/2563/samenwerking-jeugdopleiding-psv-en-fc-eindhoven |publisher=FC Eindhoven |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002092836/http://www.fc-eindhoven.nl/nieuws/2563/samenwerking-jeugdopleiding-psv-en-fc-eindhoven |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="womens">{{cite web |title=PSV/FC Eindhoven |url=http://www.psvfceindhoven.nl/ |publisher=PSV/FC Eindhoven |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-date=19 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619200731/http://psvfceindhoven.nl/ |url-status=live }}</ref>