F.C. Verbroedering Dender Eendracht Hekelgem

FCV Dender EH
Full name Football Club Verbroedering
Dender Eendracht Hekelgem
Founded 1935
Ground Florent Beeckmanstadion,
Denderleeuw
Ground Capacity 8,157
Chairman Belgium André Van Roy
Manager Belgium Chris Janssens
League Belgian First Amateur Division
2015–16 9th (Group A)

Football Club Verbroedering Dender Eendracht Hekelgem, also simply known as Dender or Verbroedering Dender, is a Belgian association football club based in Denderleeuw. The club is named after former clubs KFC Denderleeuw Eendracht Hekelgem and Verbroedering Denderhoutem, which merged at the end of the 2004–05 season, and after the river Dender, which crosses the town of Denderleeuw. The home stadium of the club is Florent Beeckmanstadion in Denderleeuw. Their best league ranking was the 15th place in the first division (in 2007–08 and 2008–09). The club colours ar blue and black.

History

Verbroedering Denderhoutem was founded in 1935[1] and registered to the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1943. They first reached the Promotion (4th-highest level in Belgian football) in the 1980s.[2] After several relegations and promotions in the provincial leagues and Promotion, the club finally reached the third division in 1998–99. They remained at that level except for one season in 2003–04 when they played in the Promotion. After one season back at the third level, Denderhoutem merged with fellow club KFC Denderleeuw EH from the third division.

Verbroedering Dender won consecutively the third division A title (in 2005–06) and the second division title (in 2006–07), to reach the first division in 2007–08 for the first time in their history. They achieved promotion after beating Dessel 0–2 on the second division's 33rd match day on 13 May 2007. They finished at the 15th place in 2007–08 and again in 2008–09, though the club was relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season because the number of clubs in the first division was reduced from 18 to 16.

Honours

Players

Current squad

As of 17 April, 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 Belgium GK Xavier Gies
2 Belgium DF Wouter Hias
3 Romania DF Vlad Marin
5 Chad DF Kevin Nicaise
6 Belgium DF Dries Caignau
7 Belgium MF Diogo Ribeiro
9 Belgium FW Dani Morais
10 Belgium MF Redouan Aalhoul
11 Belgium MF Mehdi Tarfi
12 Belgium MF Fernandez May Goffin
13 England MF Adam Burnaby-Atkins
No. Position Player
15 Italy DF Ignazio Cocchiere
16 Belgium MF Gil Figys
17 Belgium DF Hannes Meeus
18 Belgium MF René Sterckx
19 Senegal FW Andel Pascal Sarr
20 Belgium DF Brent Degeyseleer
22 Belgium GK Yannick Van Zele
23 Belgium MF Jonas Bogaerts
24 Gabon FW Alexander N'Doumbou
25 Belgium MF Kenneth Laurent
27 Belgium GK Luka Lazitch

References

  1. "Belgian football clubs history". Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  2. "Dender history". fcvdendereh.be. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
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