S.C. Eendracht Aalst

During World War I, citizens from Aalst played football matches to raise money for prisoners of war. In 1919 Sport-Club Eendracht Aalst became an official football team. After some friendly games in 1923, SC Eendracht Aalst joined the regional competition. They quickly moved their way up through the regional divisions and after moving the stadium to the current location in 1928, the team made it into the national competition in 1932. Only seven years later, in 1939, Aalst were promoted to the Eredivisie (the current Belgian Pro League). Due to the second World War competition was not played for two years, so it wasn't until 1942 Aalst finished its first season in the Eredivisie. In 1946 the chairman died and it was decided to rename the stadium to honour him, from then on it was called the Pierre Cornelis Stadium. That year was the beginning of a very dark period for Eendracht Aalst. Due to changes in the competition format, they were forced into relegation. After this they played in the lower division for more than 30 years. In 1960 they managed to get back into the Eredivisie, but in 1962 they ended last and were relegated again. In 1965, after a bribery affair, Aalst was relegated to the lowest national division. In 1977 they made it back into the second division, with Paul Van Himst in the team. In 1994 the team finally joined the first division again. Jan Ceulemans (manager), Godwin Okpara and Gilles De Bilde were some of the most important factors towards success. In 1995 a new climax was reached when they were allowed to enter the European competition and even survived the first round against Levski Sofia.

It changed its name in 2002 after former Belgian First Division club K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst had gone into liquidation. So they could not get the license and the new team began at the third division level. They played the next two seasons in second division (2003–2005) and are now back to the third division and they are at the 3rd place. While the 2004–05 championship was over, the club needed to know if first division side F.C. Brussels and second division side R.E. Virton were to receive the professional football license to know where they would play next season. While 17th K. Patro Maasmechelen had no license, they were obviously relegated. So if one of the two submentionned clubs were refused the license, Aalst would have had played the third division playoffs while if they were both refused the license, Aalst would have remained in second division. Finally, both clubs did receive it so the team was relegated. In 2011, the name of the team got changed back to S.C. Eendracht Aalst. They've also requested to change the name back to the former K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst, which will be possible in 2012, if they receive good advice from the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA).

The Pierre Cornelisstadion is located in Bredestraat, Aalst, near the city center. The Stadium has a capacity of 4,500.[1] It was built in the early 1930s.

• Belgian Second Division Final Round:
  • Winners (2): 1991, 1994
• Belgian Promotion B:
  • Champions: 2006–07
• Belgian Third Division:
  • Champions: 2010–11

Updated 25 January 2018

Number	Name	Date of birth	Nationality
Goalkeepers
1	Kevin Van Den Noortgaete	14 July 1986
25	Julien De Vriendt	25 November 1998
26	Gillian Dewit	4 October 1996
Defenders
3	Arno Claeys	5 April 1994
5	Kevin Ntika	24 July 1995
13	Jelle Geenens	13 August 1997
15	Joran Van Belle	25 February 1998
16	Jordy Verstraeten	9 January 1996
18	Falko Geenens	8 April 1995
21	Jan Mertens	12 January 1995
24	Ridwan Gyselinck	11 June 1994
27	Jonas Heymans	6 February 1993
NA	Kenny Van Hoevelen	24 June 1983
Midfielders
4	Jilke Deconinck	9 January 1995
6	Brian Marmitte	26 February 1998
8	Seydina Diarra	1 April 1994
10	Wannes Van Tricht	13 November 1993
17	Preben De Man	27 September 1996
20	Boris Van Gysegem	24 March 1998
22	Jordy De Koker	29 September 1998
23	Gianni De Neve	25 July 1994
Attackers
7	Bigen Yala Lusala	20 October 1992
9	Yentl Egerickx	9 March 2000
11	Cédric Mitu	14 January 1995
14	Klaas De Rock	26 September 1993
19	Yadi Bangoura	30 June 1996

The female team of Eendracht Aalst plays currently in the Super League.[4] and played his homematches in the Jeugdcentrum Zandberg.[5]

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