K.V. Oostende

Oostende

Full name

Koninklijke Voetbalclub
Oostende

Nickname(s)

De Kustboys

Founded

1981

Ground

Albertparkstadion,
Ostend

Capacity

8,000

Chairman

Manager

League

Belgian Pro League, 9th

Home colours

Away colours

K.V. Oostende (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaː ˈveː ˌoːs.ˈtɛn.də]) is a Belgian association football club, from the municipality of Ostend, West Flanders. The team was founded in 1904 as V.G. Oostende and it has the matricule n°31.

History

In 1911 another club was created, AS Oostende, which would soon become the best club of the city, playing regularly in the second division in the 1930s. In the mid 1970s, the AS reached the first division while the VG was playing at the second level.

The two clubs merged in 1981 to become K.V. Oostende. Twelve years after, the new club reached the first division. It has then been playing in the second division since 1995 except in 1998–99 and 2004–05 when it played at the higher level again.

VG Oostende was re-founded at the lowest level of the Belgian football one year after the merger. The club originally used the name Oostendse VG until the name VG Oostende could be used again ten years after the merger. VG Oostende originally used the Armenonville stadium again, which was the original VG Oostende's ground. Since the ground has been declared unsafe, VG Oostende groundshares with KV Oostende in the Albertparkstadion.

In August 2007, Oostende established a working partnership with Scottish giants Celtic. Under the deal, each season Celtic will send up to three reserve and youth team players on loan to Oostende. These working partnerships are not unique to Belgian football, as Royal Antwerp have been in partnership with Manchester United since 1998.^[1]

On 23 August 2013, shortly after the start of a new season in the Jupiler Pro League, it was announced that chairman and majority shareholder Yves Lejaeghere would be succeeded by a new chairman businessman Marc Coucke with Lejaeghere remaining as president-manager.

Honours

Belgian Second Division:
- Winners (2): 1998, 2013
Belgian Second Division Final Round:
- Winners (2): 1993, 2004

Current squad

As of 4 January, 2015.

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Didier Ovono
2	DF	Xavier Luissint
3	DF	Niels De Schutter
4	DF	Carl Hoefkens
5	DF	Jordan Lukaku
6	DF	Baptiste Schmisser
7	MF	Sébastien Siani
8	MF	Niels Coussement
10	MF	Franck Berrier
11	FW	Knowledge Musona
12	FW	Muhamed Tahiri
13	DF	Frédéric Brillant
14	MF	Tom van Imschoot

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Andile Jali
16	FW	Elimane Coulibaly
17	DF	Yoshi Verbrugge
19	DF	Antonio Milic
20	MF	Michiel Jonckheere
21	FW	Ante Blažević
22	DF	Sébastien Locigno (on loan from Gent)
24	DF	Jimmy Hempte
29	FW	John Jairo Ruiz (on loan from Lille)
31	FW	Bjorn Ruytinx
33	GK	Jean Chopin
55	MF	Fernando Canesin

Managers

Han Grijzenhout (1981–82)
Nedeljko Bulatović (1982–84)
Dennis van Wijk (Sept 30, 1996–June 30, 1998)
Jean-Marie Pfaff (Oct 1, 1998–Feb 4, 1999)
Leo Van der Elst (1999–00)
Kenneth Brylle Larsen (July 1, 2001–June 30, 2003)
Gilbert Bodart (May 17, 2003–Jan 10, 2005)
Herman Vermeulen (Jan 13, 2005–June 30, 2005)
Willy Wellens (July 1, 2006–07)
Dennis van Wijk (Nov 20, 2007–Dec 10, 2007)
Kurt Bataille (interim) (Dec 11, 2007–June 30, 2008)
Jean-Pierre Vande Velde (July 1, 2008–March 4, 2009)
Thierry Pister (March 3, 2009–Feb 14, 2011)
Frederik Vanderbiest (Feb 16, 2011–)

References

↑ Published on 17/08/2007 00:09 (2007-08-17). "Scottish champions establish partnership with Belgian club". Thescotsman.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2013-07-03.

External links

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(Dutch) Official website

First League/Pro League

2014–15 teams	Anderlecht Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Lierse Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem

Competition	Teams (winners) Top scorers Current managers Belgian Golden Shoe

Championship Cup (1895–1904)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04

First Division (1904–1926)	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26

Division of Honour (1926–1952)	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52

First Division (1952–1993)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Belgian League (1993–2008)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Belgian Pro League (2008–present)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Football in Belgium

Royal Belgian Football Association

National teams

League system

Men	Pro League Second division Third division (A, B) Fourth Division (A, B, C, D) Belgian Provincial leagues

Women	BeNe League (with the Netherlands) First Division Second Division Third Division

Domestic cups

Men	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup Belgian League Cup (defunct)

Women	Belgian Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (with the Netherlands)

Awards