As its name indicates, the club started out as a company-sponsored sports club for Philips employees. However, after some initial success it has evolved into a fully professional football club.
In 2003, a former director was arrested for allegedly having been a client of (male) prostitutes below the age of 18, the higher age of consent applicable for prostitutes.
Currently, there are 17 clubs called PSV Eindhoven, all member of the Federatie van Philips Sport Verenigingen (Federation of Philips Sports Unions). The more than 5000 members (2003) participate in 20 different sports.
The recent successes of the swim club -- Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn shared 8 medals (of which 5 gold) between them during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney -- has made it the second best known after the football club, but a lot of the other member clubs are also high-ranked in their respective national competitions.Read further
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