K.V.C. Westerlo

K.V.C. Westerlo

Football club infobox
clubname = Westerlo


fullname = Koninklijke Voetbal Club
Westerlo
nickname = "De Kempeneers"
founded = September 5, 1933 (creation)
October 1, 1935 (registration)
August 5, 1942 (merge)
ground = Het Kuipje,
Westerlo
capacity = 7,903
chairman = flagicon|Belgium Herman Wijnants
manager = flagicon|Belgium Jan Ceulemans
league = Belgian First Division
season = 2007-08
position = Belgian First Division, 9th
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K.V.C. Westerlo is a Belgian football club located in the city of Westerlo. It has been in the Belgian First Division since 1997-98. Its matricule is the n°2024. The only player that has ever been called by the national team coach while at Westerlo is Toni Brogno (7 caps, all of them while at Westerlo).

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. 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.

Westerlo are currently a feeder club to English Premiership club Chelsea FC.

tadium

Westerlo plays its home matches at Het Kuipje, which means "The Small Tank" in Dutch. It is believed to be reference to the Feijenoord Stadion that is nicknamed "De Kuip" ("The Tank"). Its capacity is of 7,903 with 5,556 seats.

Current squad

Players out on loan

Former players

*flagicon|Australia Alex Brosque
*flagicon|England Joe Keenan
*flagicon|Belgium Benoît Thans
*flagicon|Belgium Kevin VandenberghPlayers in

Bertin Tomou

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

:"As of March 5, 2006:"

A = appearances, B = matches played, C = won, D = drawn, E = lost, F = goals for, G = goals against.

References

*nl icon [http://www.kvcwesterlo.be Official website]
*en icon [http://www.uefa.com/footballEurope/Club=64124/domestic.html UEFA page]


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