K.V. Oostende

KV Oostende

Full name

Koninklijke Voetbalclub
Oostende

Nickname(s)

De Kustboys

Founded

1981

Ground

Albertparkstadion,
Ostend

Capacity

8,000

Chairman

Manager

League

Belgian Pro League, 10th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Koninklijke Voetbalclub Oostende, also called KV Oostende (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaː ˈveː ˌoːs.ˈtɛn.də]) or KVO, is a Belgian football club from the city of Ostend, West Flanders. The team was founded in 1904 as V.G. Oostende and 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, AS reached the first division while VG was playing at the second level.

The two clubs merged in 1981 to become K.V. Oostende. The new club played in the third division for eleven years, before finally promoting. In its first season on the second level, Oostende immediately promoted again, to the first division, where it would achieve its best result in the club history: a seventh place, in 1993–94.

From 1995 to 2013, Oostende has been playing in the second division, except in 1998–99 and 2004–05, when it was at the higher level again, and in 2001–02 and 2002–03, when it played in the third division.

In 1982, one year after the merger, VG Oostende had been re-founded at the lowest level of the Belgian football competition. The club first used the Armenonville stadium, which was the original ground of VG. In 2001, the stadium was declared unsafe, so the club had to groundshare with KV Oostende in the Albertparkstadion, until 2010. In 2013, the new VG Oostende also disappeared, after a financial breakdown.

In August 2013, shortly after a new promotion to the highest level, it was announced that chairman and majority shareholder Yves Lejaeghere would be succeeded by a new chairman, businessman Marc Coucke.

Honours

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

Current squad

As of 8 December, 2015.^[1]

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
25	GK	Wouter Biebauw
33	GK	Jean Chopin
40	GK	Justin Verlinden

3	DF	Niels De Schutter
4	DF	Fabien Antunes
5	DF	Jordan Lukaku
14	DF	David Rozehnal
19	DF	Antonio Milic
22	DF	Sébastien Locigno
27	DF	Brecht Capon
31	DF	Bruno Godeau

7	MF	Sébastien Siani

No.	Position	Player
10	MF	Franck Berrier
15	MF	Andile Jali
20	MF	Michiel Jonckheere
26	MF	Kévin Vandendriessche
55	MF	Fernando Canesin

8	FW	Yassine El Ghanassy
9	FW	Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac
11	FW	Knowledge Musona
17	FW	Joseph Akpala
19	FW	Nicklas Pedersen
21	FW	Ante Blažević
30	FW	Saviour Godwin
90	FW	Yannick Loemba

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
8		MF	Niels Coussement (at Roeselare)

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, 2011–2015)
Yves Vanderhaeghe (2015–)

References

↑ KV Oostende squad 2015/16, KV Oostende

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to KV Oostende.

(Dutch) 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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, February 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.