K.V.C. Westerlo

Full name

Koninklijke Voetbal Club
Westerlo

Nickname(s)

De Kemphanen

Founded

5 September 1933

Ground

Het Kuipje,
Westerlo

Capacity

8,035

Chairman

Vic Swerts

Manager

Jacky Mathijssen

League

Belgian Pro League

2015–16

Belgian Pro League, 15th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Koninklijke Voetbal Club Westerlo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈvudbɑl ˌklɵp ˈʋɛstərloː]; often simply called Westerlo) is a Belgian professional football club located in the municipality of Westerlo in the province of Antwerp. Westerlo has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since 1997–98. Their highest finish is a 6th place in 1999–00, 2003–04 and 2008–09. They have won one Belgian Cup. The only player who has ever been called up for the Belgium national football team while at Westerlo is Toni Brogno (7 caps, all of them while at Westerlo).

The club was founded in 1933, receiving the matricule number 2024. Their colours are yellow and blue. They play their home matches at the Het Kuipje.

History

K.V.C. Westerlo was founded in the city of Westerlo by students in 1917, and it was named Sportkring De Bist Westerlo. After five years of existence, the club retired. The club Bist Sport was created in 1931 and it changed its name to Sportkring Westerlo two years later. At that time. some players left the club to found Westerlo Sport, the ancestor of K.V.C. Westerlo. In 1939, the club won its league for the first time. Five years later, Sportkring Westerlo and dissident Westerlo Sport decided to merge in spite of the rivalry between the teams, and the new club was called V.C. Westerlo.

It became champion of the Antwerp second division in 1960. Eight years later it played its first season at the national level in Promotion and it won its league to play the third division in 1969. At the end of the season, Westerlo missed a third title in a row, finishing second behind Eupen. The next year, the club was relegated after the playoff and it stayed in the Promotion for ten seasons. The club then underwent two relegations in a row and thus played in the Antwerp second division in 1982–83. Westerlo was then promoted for three consecutive years to qualify for the third division once again. In 1993, the club promoted to the second division and then to the first division in 1997. In 1996, the club added the prefix Koninklijke (meaning "Royal" in Dutch) to its name.

Stadium

Westerlo plays its home matches at Het Kuipje, which means "The Small Tank" in Dutch. It is believed to be reference to the Feijenoord Stadion that is nicknamed De Kuip ("The Tank"). Its capacity is of 7,982 with 5,556 seats.

Honours

Belgian Second Division:

Winners (1): 2013–14

Runners-up (1): 1996–97

Belgian Second Division Final Round:

Winners (1): 1997

Belgian Cup:

Winners (1): 2000–01

Runners-up (1): 2010–11

Belgian Supercup:

Runners-up (1): 2001

European record

Competition	Appearances	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
UEFA Cup / Europa League	2	6	1	1	4	2	8
UEFA Intertoto Cup	2	4	0	1	3	0	14

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Primorje	0–6	0–5
2001–02	UEFA Cup	1R	Hertha Berlin	0–2	0–1
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Tescoma Zlín	0–0	0–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Q2	TPS Turku	0–0	1–0
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Q3	Young Boys	0–2	1–3

Current squad

As of 31 August, 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	GK	Kristof Van Hout
2	DF	Mitch Apau
3	DF	Filip Daems
5	DF	Alessio Alessandro
6	MF	Robin Henkens
7	FW	Eric Lanini (on loan from Juventus)
8	MF	Maxime Annys
9	FW	Elton Acolatse
10	FW	Benjamin De Ceulaer
11	MF	Khaleem Hyland
16	DF	Jordan Mustoe
17	DF	Kenneth Schuermans
18	MF	Daan Heymans
19	DF	Daniel Christensen

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Igor Lolo
22	DF	Gilles Ruyssen
23	MF	Jarno Molenberghs
24	DF	Michaël Heylen (on loan from Anderlecht)
26	GK	Yannick Verbist
28	MF	Nicolas Rommens
29	MF	Yoni Buyens (on loan from Genk)
30	GK	Koen Van Langendonck
33	FW	Michalis Manias
35	FW	Silvère Ganvoula
42	DF	Randal Oto'o (on loan from Braga)
44	DF	Hervé Matthys (on loan from Anderlecht)
73	DF	Nemanja Miletić

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
4		MF	Jore Trompet (on loan at Rupel Boom)

For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2015.

Managers

Louis Leysen (1982–84)
Jos Heyligen (1984–86)
Marcel Corens (1986–88)
Dirk Verbraken (1989)
Raymond Jaspers (1989)
Dirk Verbraken (1990–92)
Jos Heyligen (1992–93)
Werner Helsen (1993)
Stef Verelst (1993)
Barry Hulshoff (1994–95)

Erwin Vandenbergh (1995)
Franky Dekenne (1996)
Jos Heyligen (1996–99)
Jan Ceulemans (July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2005)
Herman Helleputte (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2007)
Jan Ceulemans (July 1, 2007 – May 19, 2012)
Frank Dauwen (May 22, 2012 – April 18, 2013)
Dennis Van Wijk (May 1, 2013 – January 2015)
Harm van Veldhoven (January 6, 2015 – November 25, 2015)
Bob Peeters (November 26, 2015–2016)
Jacky Mathijssen (September 14, 2016-)

External links

First League / Pro League / First Division A

2016–17 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Excel Mouscron Genk Gent Kortrijk Lokeren Mechelen Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem

Statistics	Teams Champions 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 (2008–2016)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Belgian First Division A (2016–present)	2016–17

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