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| Full name | Koninklijke Voetbal Club Westerlo |
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| Nickname(s) | De Kempeneers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | September 5, 1933 (creation) October 1, 1935 (registration) August 5, 1942 (merge) |
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| Ground | Het Kuipje, Westerlo (Capacity 7,903) |
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| Chairman | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Herman Wijnants |
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| Manager | Jan Ceulemans |
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| League | Jupiler League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | Jupiler League, 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
A football club 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. The club registered to the Belgian Football Association on October 1, 1935. The Belgian Football Association ( KBVB/URBSFA) ( Dutch: Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond, French: Union Royale Belge des Societes de Football Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1939 the club won its league for the first time. The Belgian Provincial leagues are the lower leagues for Belgian football. 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. The Belgian Provincial leagues are the lower leagues for Belgian football. 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. The Belgian Promotion is the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. The Belgian Third Division counts two leagues ( A and B) at the same level At the end of the season, Westerlo missed a third title in a row, finishing second behind Eupen. KAS Eupen is a Belgian football club from the city of Eupen in Liège (province. 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. The Belgian Second Division, also known as EXQI League (it is sponsored by commercial broadcaster Euro1080, who have a Culture In 1996 the club added the prefix Koninklijke (meaning "Royal" in Dutch) to its name. Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname
Westerlo are currently a feeder club to English Premiership club Chelsea FC.
Stadium
Westerlo plays its home matches at Het Kuipje, which means "The Small Tank" in Dutch. Het Kuipje is a multi-use Stadium in Westerlo, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of first-class It is believed to be reference to the Feijenoord Stadion that is nicknamed De Kuip ("The Tank"). The Feijenoord Stadion, better known by its nickname de Kuip (the Tub is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands that was completed in 1937 Its capacity is of 7,903 with 5,556 seats.
Current squad
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Players out on loan
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Transfers 2008/09
Players out
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Former players
Honours
- Belgian Second Division:
- Runners-up (1): 1996-97
- Belgian Second Division Final Round:
- Winners (1): 1997
- Belgian Cup:
- Winners (1): 2000-01
- Belgian Supercup:
- Runners-up (1): 2001
European record
| Competition | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
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| UEFA Cup | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Intertoto Cup | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
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References
- (Dutch) Official website
- (English) UEFA page
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