Waasland-Beveren

Full name

Koninklijke Voetbalclub Red Star Waasland-Sportkring-Beveren

Founded

1936 (as K.F.C. Red Star Haasdonk)
2002 (as KV Red Star Waasland)
2010 (merger with K.S.K. Beveren, forming Waasland-Beveren)

Ground

Freethiel Stadion,
Beveren

Capacity

8,190

Chairman

Jozef Van Remoortel

Manager

Stijn Vreven

League

Belgian Pro League

2014–15

Belgian Pro League, 14th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Waasland-Beveren is a Belgian association football club located in the municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. They currently play in the Belgian Pro League. The club was formerly known as K.F.C. Red Star Haasdonk until they changed their name to K.V. Red Star Waasland in June 2002, when they moved to the nearby stadium of defunct club Sint-Niklase.^[1] Waasland refers to the region where the towns of Haasdonk (a neighbourhood in Beveren) and Sint-Niklaas are located. In the summer of 2010, the club merged with neighbour KSK Beveren to form Waasland-Beveren. KSK Beveren, a former Belgian champion and first division regular, had just finished at the last place in the second division and was struggling with financial problems. The club kept the history and matricule number of KV Red Star Waasland but moved from Sint-Niklaas to Beveren to play in a bigger stadium.

History

The club was founded in 1936 as Red Star and registered to an amateur football association. In 1944, they joined the Royal Belgian Football Association and started playing in the lowest provincial league of West Flanders. Red Star Haasdonk first reached national football in 2000–01, and they finished first of the series in Promotion.^[2] They also reached the 2000–01 Belgian Cup round of 32, losing to first division club Gent.^[3] After their first season in the third division, they moved to the bigger stadium of defunct club Sint-Niklase SKE, the Puyenbekestadion, changing their name to KV Red Star Waasland.

In 2003–04, they finished first in their series of the third division and promoted for the first time to the second division. In their first season at the second-highest level of football, Red Star Waasland finished 5th and qualified for the final round. The next season, they finished 4th, their best result as of 2010 but did not qualify for the final round. They reached again the round of 32 of the 2005–06 Belgian Cup, losing to neighbours KSK Beveren. In the 2007–08 Belgian Cup, Red Star Waasland reached the round of 16, their best cup result, by eliminating Lokeren. They lost to Anderlecht in the round of 16. The following season, they finished 4th again in the second division. In the summer of 2010 Red Star Waasland changed its name to Waasland-Beveren and moved to the bigger stadium of Beveren, the Freethiel Stadion.

In 2011–12, they finished second in the Belgian second tier league and promoted to the Belgian Pro League for the 2012–13 season.

Current squad

As of 8 December, 2015.^[4] 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	Laurent Henkinet
18	GK	Merveille Goblet
26	GK	Matthias Janssens

2	DF	Erdin Demir
4	DF	Valtteri Moren
5	DF	Jonathan Buatu Mananga
19	DF	Glenn Leemans
21	DF	Laurent Jans
23	DF	Maximiliano Caufriez
27	DF	Hugo Sousa
29	DF	Senne Van Dooren
33	DF	Arthur Irawan

6	MF	Ousseynou Cissé (on loan from Rayo Vallecano)
8	MF	Gary Coulibaly
10	MF	Miloš Marić

No.	Position	Player
11	MF	Deni Milošević (on loan from Standard Liège)
15	MF	Thibault Moulin
17	MF	David Destorme (on loan from Mechelen)
22	MF	Bilal Jellal^[5]
31	MF	Emre Erciyas
55	MF	Zakaria M'Sila
67	MF	Tortol Lumanza

7	FW	Steeven Langil
9	FW	Zinho Gano
12	FW	Ebrahima Sawaneh
14	FW	Siebe Schrijvers
28	FW	Floriano Vanzo
32	FW	Olivier Myny
97	FW	Livio Nabab

Managers

Dirk Geeraerd (2005–06)
Regi Van Acker (2006–07)
Dirk Geeraerd (July 1, 2010 – Nov 18, 2012)
Glen De Boeck (Nov 19, 2012 – Oct 29, 2013)
Bob Peeters (Nov 5, 2013 – May 23, 2014)
Ronny Van Geneugden (May 28, 2014–1?)
Guido Brepoels (2015)
Stijn Vreven (2015–)

References

↑ "Club history". Retrieved 31 January 2011.
↑ "Historical results of Belgian national football". URBSFA/KBVB. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
↑ "Belgium Cups 2000/01". RSSSF Archive. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
↑ "A-kem". Waasland-Beveren. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
↑ http://moroccoonthemove.com/2013/10/26/group-c-moroccan-flair-uzbek-steel-u-17-world-cup-uae-fifa/#sthash.GCdRNkAm.dpbs

External links

Official website

First League/Pro League

2015–16 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Genk Gent Kortrijk Leuven Lokeren Mechelen Mouscron-Péruwelz Oostende Sint-Truiden 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 2015–16

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	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal First Division Second Division Third Division BeNe League (2012-2015, with the Netherlands)

Domestic cups

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

Women	Belgian Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (2012-2015, with the Netherlands)

Awards

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