42–90. After two inglorious seasons of professionalism, the club finally decided voluntarily to return to the Tweede Klasse of amateur football. Thereby, TOP became the first of the initial eighty professional clubs to return its license to the KNVB. Jan Huinink, who was the centre-back of the team in the semi-professional years, later stated: "It was not easy. TOP was a small club that had great difficulty in finding sponsors. In fact, this is still the case today." Return to professionalism (1991–1999) After decades of amateurism, ideas of a return to professionalism began brooding in Oss in the early 1990s. Market research showed, that there was sufficient public support for a professional setup. The KNVB also supported the transition to the professional Eerste Divisie because all conditions, both sporting and financial, could be met. The board was able to convince the club members that TOP wanted to make the step forward to professional football – again – and on a general assembly a vote confirmed TOP as a professional club once again. The club's official return to professionalism dates to 17 August 1991, where TOP played its first match away against SC Heerenveen. Piet Schrijvers was the first-team coach, and Peter Wubben entered the historical annals by scoring the first goal for the club in its return to league football. Under head coaches Schrijvers (1992–93), Hans Dorjee (1994–95) en Lex Schoenmaker (1997–98), TOP finished in the top half of the Eerste Divisie table. The club would go under the name "TOP" until 1994, when it was renamed TOP Oss to more clearly reflect its city of origin. Ups and downs in the Eerste Divisie (2000–2010) The first decade of the new millennium is marked by varying successes. The first season with Wim van Zwam at the helm ended in a respectable 10th-place finish. Stefan Jansen crowned himself as top goalscorer of the 2000–01 Eerste Divisie with 30 goals to his name. The following season evolves in dramatic fashion, as TOP Oss concede 100 goals and finish bottom of the table, and a major cleanup of the squad ensues. However, due to there being no relegation from the second-tier at the time, TOP Oss suffer no consequences of the embarrassing season. Harry van den Ham took over as the new head coach afterwards, and led the team to ninth place in the league table. The glory years only really kick off