K.V.V. Coxyde

KVV Coxyde
Full name Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging Coxyde
Founded 1934
Ground Henri Housaegerstadion, Koksijde
Ground Capacity 2,500
President Raf Dejonckheere
Manager Hugo Vandenheede
League Belgian Second Division
2014–15 Belgian Third Division A, 1st (promoted)

Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging Coxyde is a Belgian football club based in Koksijde, West Flanders.

History

The club was founded in 1934 and it registered a few months later with the Belgian FA, coincidentally receiving the matricule number 1934.[1] It spent the first 74 years playing in the provincial divisions, until it won promotion to the Belgian Fourth Division in 2008 and to the Third Division next year via winning their group, despite the sudden passing of their coach Jan Merlevede while in the middle of their first season in the national leagues.

The club's first season in the third tier was an impressive one, finishing 6th out of 19. In 2010 they finished 4th out of 18 but declined to apply for a professional football license and so were excluded from the promotion playoffs. In 2012 the club, despite finishing 7th, was deducted 20 points for fielding an unregistered player, sending them down to 16th place; it had to contest test matches. which by winning the third round it won a spot for next season. Another three seasons had passed and the club won their division of the third tier in 2015, earning them their first ever promotion to the second division.

Honours

Current squad

As of 3 January 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Tom Metcalf
12 Belgium GK Sören Dutoit
24 Belgium GK Jonas Cool
30 France GK Jérémy Dumesnil
2 Serbia DF Marko Petrovic
3 England DF Lee Bielby
4 Belgium DF Luk Loeters
14 Belgium DF Oumar Diallo
15 Belgium DF Niels Mestdagh
16 Belgium DF Zico Claeys
18 Belgium DF Alexander Embrechts
25 Belgium DF Nicholas Tamsin
5 Zimbabwe MF Robert Gee
No. Position Player
6 Belgium MF Franco Simoës
7 Belgium MF Karel Ternier
17 Belgium MF Mathias Mouton
19 Belgium MF Christophe Callens
20 Belgium MF Niels Bataille
23 Belgium MF Tjendo de Cuyper
9 Belgium FW Janis Coppin
10 Belgium FW Gregory Mahau (on loan from Kortrijk)
11 Belgium FW Mitch Dekuyper
21 Belgium FW Darius Hillewaere
22 South Korea FW Darren Pool
27 France FW Joey Millimono

References

  1. ↑ Overview of Belgian football teams (in English) skynet.be
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