K.V.C. Westerlo

Koninklijke Voetbal Club Westerlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈvudbɑl ˌklɵp ˈʋɛstərloː]; often simply called Westerlo) is a Belgian professional football club located in the municipality of Westerlo in the province of Antwerp. Since 1997–98, Westerlo has been mostly playing in the Belgian Pro League, save for a short stint in the Belgian Second Division between 2012 and 2014. Their highest finish is a 6th place in 1999–00, 2003–04 and 2008–09. They have won one Belgian Cup. The only player who has ever been called up for the Belgium national football team while at Westerlo is Toni Brogno (7 caps, all of them while at Westerlo).

Westerlo
Full nameKoninklijke Voetbal Club
Westerlo
Nickname(s)De Kemphanen
Founded5 September 1933
GroundHet Kuipje,
Westerlo
Capacity8,035[1]
ChairmanOktay Ercan
ManagerBob Peeters
LeagueBelgian First Division B
2019–201st
WebsiteClub website

The club was founded in 1933, receiving the matricule number 2024. Their colours are yellow and blue. They play their home matches at the Het Kuipje.

History

K.V.C. Westerlo was founded in the city of Westerlo by students in 1917, and it was named Sportkring De Bist Westerlo. After five years of existence, the club retired. The club Bist Sport was created in 1931 and it changed its name to Sportkring Westerlo two years later. At that time. some players left the club to found Westerlo Sport, the ancestor of K.V.C. Westerlo. In 1939, the club won its league for the first time. Five years later, Sportkring Westerlo and dissident Westerlo Sport decided to merge in spite of the rivalry between the teams, and the new club was called V.C. Westerlo.

It became champion of the Antwerp second division in 1960. Eight years later it played its first season at the national level in Promotion and it won its league to play the third division in 1969. At the end of the season, Westerlo missed a third title in a row, finishing second behind Eupen. The next year, the club was relegated after the playoff and it stayed in the Promotion for ten seasons. The club then underwent two relegations in a row and thus played in the Antwerp second division in 1982–83. Westerlo was then promoted for three consecutive years to qualify for the third division once again. In 1993, the club promoted to the second division and then to the first division in 1997. In 1996, the club added the prefix Koninklijke (meaning "Royal" in Dutch) to its name.

Stadium

Westerlo plays its home matches at Het Kuipje, which is Dutch for "The Small Tank". It is believed to be reference to the Feijenoord Stadion that is nicknamed De Kuip ("The Tank"). Its capacity is 8,035.[2]

Honours

European record
Competition Appearances Matches Won Drawn Lost GF GA
UEFA Cup / Europa League2611428
UEFA Intertoto Cup2401 3014
Season Competition Round Nat Club Home Away
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Primorje 0–6 0–5
2001–02 UEFA Cup 1R Hertha Berlin 0–2 0–1
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2R Tescoma Zlín 0–0 0–3
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Q2 TPS Turku 0–0 1–0
Q3 Young Boys 0–2 1–3

Current squad
As of 10 September 2020[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BEL Kristof Van Hout
2 DF  BEL Maxime Biset
3 DF  BEL Pietro Perdichizzi
4 DF  BEL Matias Lloci
5 MF  FRA Fabien Antunes
7 MF  BEL Lukas Van Eenoo
8 FW  RSA Kurt Abrahams
9 FW  TUR Atabey Çiçek (on loan from Başakşehir)
10 FW  CIV Ambroise Gboho
11 MF  FRA Ange-Freddy Plumain (on loan from Samsunspor)
12 DF  DEN Christoffer Remmer
15 DF  EQG Basilio Ndong
16 DF   SUI Léo Seydoux
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  CIV Kouya Mabea
19 MF  FRA Kader Keïta
20 DF  SEN Noël Soumah
24 MF  TUR Barış Alıcı (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
25 FW  ANG Igor Vetokele
26 GK  BEL Pieter Caubergh
28 MF  BEL Simon Paulet
30 GK  BEL Koen Van Langendonck
32 DF  BEL Christophe Janssens
35 GK  TUR Berke Özer (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
42 DF  CIV Guy Serge Yameogo (on loan from Samsunspor)
55 FW  BEL Tuur Dierckx
75 MF  TUN Nader Ghandri
— DF  BEL Rubin Seigers

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  SRB Sava Petrov (at Lierse Kempenzonen until 30 June 2021)
94 MF  MTQ Thomas Ephestion (at RWDM47 until 30 June 2021)

Managers

References
  1. het kuipje Archived 2018-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, kvcwesterlo.be (last check 30/03/2018)
  2. het kuipje Archived 2018-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, kvcwesterlo.be (last check 30/03/2018)
  3. "Doelmannen" (in Dutch). K.V.C. Westerlo. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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