K.A.A. Gent
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| Full name | Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent |
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| Nickname(s) | De Buffalos (The Buffalos) | ||
| Founded | 1864 | ||
| Ground | Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent (Capacity: 12,919) |
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| Chairman | Ivan de Witte | ||
| Manager | Francky Dury | ||
| League | Belgian Pro League | ||
| 2009-10 | Belgian Pro League, 2nd | ||
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Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent, often simply known as Gent or by their knickname De Buffalo's (English: The Buffaloes), is a Belgian football, track and field and field hockey club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. They have been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 1989-90 season. Their best league result are a second place in 1954-55 and in 2009-10. They have won 3 Belgian Cups.
The field hockey and track and field divisions were founded in 1864, making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Belgium. The club was then known under their French name La Gantoise (and they are still referred to as such by the French-speaking part of Belgium). They changed their name to the present Dutch version in 1971. They were one of the founders club of the Belgian Union of Ahtletic Sports Societies, the ancestor of the Royal Belgian Football Association, in 1895. The football division opened in 1900. The nickname of the club is De Buffalo's, a term coined after a visit of the original Buffalo Bill and his Wild West circus to the city in the early 1900s. Gent enjoyed a first spell at the highest level in Belgian football between 1913-14 and 1928-29, and a second one from 1936-37 to 1966-67. In the 1970s and 1980s, the club had several promotions and relegations between the first and second divisions, to come back at the highest level in 1989. The club reached the 1991-92 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, which is their best achievement in European competitions.
Gent have been playing their home matches in the Jules Ottenstadion in Gentbrugge since 1920. The club has planned a move to the new 42,000 capacity Arteveldestadion after the 2011-12 season.[1] They play with a blue and white outfit.
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Honours
- Belgian First Division:
- Runners-up (2): 1954–55, 2009–10
- Belgian Second Division:
- Winners (4): 1912–13, 1935–36, 1967–68, 1979–80
- Belgian Second Division Final Round:
- Winners (1): 1988–89
- Runners-up (1): 1978–79
- Belgian Cup:
- Winners (3): 1963–64, 1983–84, 2009–10
- Runners-up (1): 2007–08
- Belgian Supercup:
- Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 2009-10
- UEFA Intertoto Cup:
- Runners-up (2): 2006, 2007
European record
| Competition | A | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| UEFA Cup | 6 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 36 |
| UEFA Champions League | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Intertoto Cup | 6 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 30 |
A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
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| 1963-64 | UEFA Cup | 1 |  |
FC Köln | 1-1 | 1-3 |
| 1964-65 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1 |  |
West Ham United | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 1966-67 | UEFA Cup | 2 |  |
Girondins Bordeaux | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 |  |
Kilmarnock FC | 1-2 (AET) | 0-1 | ||
| 1970-71 | UEFA Cup | 1R | |
Hamburger SV | 0-1 | 1-7 |
| 1982-83 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  |
HFC Haarlem | 3-3 | 1-2 |
| 1983-84 | UEFA Cup | 1R | |
RC Lens | 1-1 | 1-2 (AET) |
| 1984-85 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | |
Celtic Glasgow | 1-0 | 0-3 |
| 1986-87 | UEFA Cup | 1 |  |
Jeunesse Esch | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| 2 |  |
Sportul Studentesc | 1-1 | 3-0 | ||
| 3 |  |
IFK Göteborg | 0-1 | 0-4 | ||
| 1991-92 | UEFA Cup | 1 |  |
Lausanne Sports | 0-1 | 4-1 (PEN) |
| 2 | |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 0-0 | 1-0 | ||
| 3 |  |
FC Dynamo Moscow | 2-0 | 0-0 | ||
| QF | |
AFC Ajax | 0-0 | 0-3 | ||
| 2000-01 | UEFA Cup | QUAL |  |
IA Akranes | 3-2 | 3-0 |
| 1 | |
AFC Ajax | 0-6 | 0-3 | ||
| 2001 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2 |  |
Celik Zenica | 2-0 | 0-1 |
| 3 | |
Werder Bremen | 0-1 | 3-2 | ||
| SF | |
Paris St. Germain | 0-0 | 1-7 | ||
| 2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2 |  |
St. Patrick's Athletic | 2-0 | 1-3 |
| 3 |  |
Málaga CF | 1-1 | 0-3 | ||
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 | |
Fylkir Reykjavik | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| 2 |  |
Vardar Skopje | 3-4 (PEN) | 0-1 | ||
| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 | |
Bohemian FC | 3-1 | 0-1 |
| 2 |  |
Tescoma Zlin | 1-0 | 0-0 | ||
| 3 | |
Valencia CF | 0-0 | 0-2 | ||
| 2006 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 3 | |
Grasshoppers Zürich | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| 2007 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2 |  |
Cliftonville FC | 2-0 | 4-0 |
| 3 |  |
Aalborg BK | 1-1 | 1-2 | ||
| 2008-09 | UEFA Cup | 2Q | |
Kalmar FF | 2-1 | 0-4 |
| 2009-10 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q |  |
Naftan Novopolotsk | 1-0 | 1-2 |
| 3Q |  |
AS Roma | 1-7 | 1-3 | ||
| 2010-11 | UEFA Champions League | 3Q |  |
Dynamo Kyiv | 1-3 | 0-3 |
| 2010-11 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off | |
Feyenoord | 2-0 | 0-1 |
| 2010-11 | UEFA Europa League | Group |  |
Sporting Clube de Portugal | ||
| 2010-11 | UEFA Europa League | Group | |
Lille OSC | ||
| 2010-11 | UEFA Europa League | Group |  |
Levski Sofia |
Current squad
As of August, 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2010.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
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Belgium
Algeria
Bosnia
Costa Rica
Denmark
Egypt England
Ecuador
France
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Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Morocco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Poland
Romania
Scotland
Senegal
Serbia
Venuzuela
Yugoslavia
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Coaching history
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References
External links
- (Dutch) Official Website
- (Dutch) Fansite Real Buffalo Fanatics
- (Dutch) Forza Buffalo Fansite
- (English) KAA Gent at UEFA.COM
- KAA Gent at EUFO.DE
- KAA Gent at Weltfussball.de
- KAA Gent at Playerhistory.com
- KAA Gent at Transfermarkt.de
- KAA Gent at Football Squads.com
- KAA Gent at National Football Teams.com
- KAA Gent at Football-Lineups.com
- (English) KAA Gent XtraTime Fanpage
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