K.A.S. Eupen

Eupen

Full name

Königliche Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Eupen

Nickname(s)

Pandas

Founded

1945

Ground

Kehrwegstadion,
Eupen

Capacity

8,363

Owner

ASPIRE Zone Foundation

Chairman

Dieter Steffens

Manager

Jordi Condom

League

Belgian First Division A

2016–17

Belgian First Division A, 13th

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Königliche Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Eupen (often simply known as Eupen) is a Belgian association football club based in the city of Eupen in the German-speaking Community of Belgium, in the province of Liège. They currently compete in the Belgian First Division A, and play their home matches at the Kehrwegstadion.

History

K.A.S. Eupen were formed in 1945 from the merger of Jugend Eupen and FC Eupen 1920.^[1]

They first reached the Belgian Pro League in the 2010–11 season

In June 2012, the club was purchased by the government of Qatar and its Aspire Zone Foundation, who also own Paris Saint-Germain. Aspire Academy announced their intent use the club as a launching pad into European football for its academy graduates from Africa, South America and Asia.^[2]

Eupen finished second in the 2015-16 Second Division, gaining promotion to the top flight of Belgian football for the first time in their history.^[1]

Current squad

As of 23 July, 2017. 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	Hendrik Van Crombrugge
2	DF	Ibrahim Diallo
3	DF	Abdelkarim Hassan
4	DF	Jordan Lotiès
5	DF	Diawandou Diagne
6	MF	Assim Madibo
7	FW	Hamza Sanhaji
8	MF	Jean Thierry Lazare
10	FW	Luis García
11	FW	Akram Afif
13	FW	Damien Mouchamps
14	MF	Alessio Castro-Montes
15	DF	Moussa Wagué

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Carlos Martinez
18	MF	Nils Schouterden
21	FW	Moussa Diallo
22	DF	Siebe Blondelle
23	DF	Mickaël Tirpan
24	DF	Silas Gnaka
25	FW	Odeni George
28	FW	Eric Ocansey
29	DF	Souleymane Aw
30	GK	Babacar Niasse
33	GK	Abdul Nurudeen
44	DF	Marc Valiente
99	FW	Nicolas Verdier

References

1 2 "Club history". as-eupen.be. K.A.S. Eupen. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/sports/worldcup/a-qatari-soccer-program-looking-to-rise-buys-a-foothold-in-europe.html?ref=soccer

External links

Official website

Belgian First Division A

Seasons

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 (2008–2016)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Belgian First Division A (2016–present)	2016–17 2017–18

Clubs

2017–18 teams

Former

Active

Defunct

Statistics and awards

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