K.V. Oostende

KV Oostende

Full name

Koninklijke Voetbalclub
Oostende

Nickname(s)

De Kustboys

Founded

1904

Ground

Versluys Arena,
Ostend

Capacity

8,432

Chairman

Marc Coucke

Manager

Yves Vanderhaeghe

League

Belgian First Division A

2016–17

Belgian First Division A, 4th

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 VG 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 KV 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.

In the spring of 2016, the main tribune of the Albertparkstadion was rebuilt and the stadium was renamed the Versluys Arena with the capacity increased to 8,432.

Honours

Belgian Cup:
- Runners-up: 2016–17
Belgian Second Division:
- Winners (2): 1998, 2013
Belgian Second Division Final Round:
- Winners (2): 1993, 2004

Current squad

As of 11 July 2017^[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	Silvio Proto
3	DF	Rocky Bushiri
4	DF	Mathias Bossaerts
6	DF	Nicolas Lombaerts
7	MF	Sébastien Siani (captain)
8	FW	Yassine El Ghanassy
9	FW	Richairo Živković
10	MF	Franck Berrier
11	FW	Knowledge Musona
12	FW	Emmanuel Banda
15	MF	Andile Jali
16	FW	Cyriac
17	FW	Joseph Akpala
18	DF	David Rozehnal
19	FW	Ibrahima Sory Bah
20	MF	Michiel Jonckheere

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Victor Van De Wiele
22	DF	Logan Ndenbe
24	DF	Ramin Rezaeian
25	FW	Jelle Bataille
26	MF	Kévin Vandendriessche
27	DF	Brecht Capon
28	GK	William Dutoit
29	FW	Robbie D'Haese
30	GK	Thomas De Bie
31	FW	Nicolas Rajsel
33	DF	Žarko Tomašević
36	MF	Hasan Özkan
44	DF	Antonio Milić
55	MF	Fernando Canesin
66	MF	Ibrahima Conté

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

Managers

Han Grijzenhout (1981–82)
Nedeljko Bulatović (1982–84)
Luc Sanders (1986–87)
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 (July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2003)
Gilbert Bodart (May 17, 2003 – Jan 10, 2005)
Mohsen akhondi (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, 2011–15)
Yves Vanderhaeghe (2015–present)

References

↑ KV Oostende squad 2016/17, KV Oostende

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to KV Oostende.

(in Dutch) 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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