Koninklijk

Koninklijk

Koninklijk or Koninklijke is an honorary title given to certain companies and non-profit organizations in Belgium and the Netherlands, by the King or Queen in the respective country. It was first introduced by Louis Bonaparte in 1807, the King of the Netherlands at that time, who awarded the title...

e Sportkring Beveren (Royal Sporting Club of Beveren) was a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 association football club

Football team

A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...

 from the town of Beveren

Beveren

Beveren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Beveren proper, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene....

 in East Flanders

East Flanders

East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders...

. It was famous for its goalkeeping school that has produced such players as Jean-Marie Pfaff

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Jean-Marie Pfaff is a Belgian former football goalkeeper.-Biography:At the age of 16, Pfaff joined K.S.K. Beveren with whom he won a Belgian champions title and a Belgian Cup . The same year, he received the Belgian Golden Shoe...

, Filip De Wilde

Filip De Wilde

Filip Alfons de Wilde is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper, who played mainly with R.S.C. Anderlecht.-Club career:...

, Geert De Vlieger

Geert De Vlieger

Geert de Vlieger is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper.He started his career in his home country playing for Anderlecht and Beveren before moving to Holland and playing for Willem II for four years between 2000 and 2004...

, Erwin Lemmens

Erwin Lemmens

Erwin Lemmens is a Belgian footballer who plays for K.S.K. Beveren, as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Lemmens started his career at K.S.K. Beveren in 1995, and was a regular from 1997–99, when he signed for Real Racing Club de Santander in Spain...

, and Tristan Peersman

Tristan Peersman

Tristan Peersman is a Belgian footballer. He is a goalkeeper who is currently unattached. He formerly played for various clubs, including Anderlecht and Willem II. He was transferred to OFI Crete on 25 June 2007 but left the club the next year.Since then he played for FC Dordrecht and R.A.E.C....

, all of whom have played for the Belgian national team. Wilfried Van Moer

Wilfried Van Moer

Wilfried van Moer is a former Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe three times, first in 1966 while at Antwerp then in 1969 and in 1970 while at Standard Liège....

, a midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 who also went on to represent Belgium, started his career at Beveren. The club dissolved in June 2010 to merge with KV Red Star Waasland, becoming KV Red Star Waasland-Beveren.

History

A club named Standaard Club Beveren was founded in 1921 and it merged later with FC Amical (FC Friendly), but the club folded in 1931. Three years later, the footballers of Standaard Club decided to found a new club, which they named SK Beveren-Waes. It became a member of the Belgian Football Association

Belgian Football Association

The Royal Belgian Football Association is the governing body of football in Belgium...

 in 1935. Ten seasons after, the club changed its name to SK Beveren-Waas (Beveren is a town in the Waasland - Pays de Waes region). After 14 seasons in the Belgian Provincial leagues

Belgian Provincial leagues

The Belgian Provincial leagues are the lower leagues for Belgian football. It is divided into 9 regional league systems . Each league system is itself divided into 4 levels...

, Beveren-Waas reached the fourth national level

Belgian Promotion

The Belgian Promotion is the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. Since 1905, Promotion has been the name of the lowest nationwide level but it is the fourth one since 1952. There were already 4 leagues at the time . The champion of the Promotion is declared to be the winner of a...

 in 1948, and the third division

Belgian Third Division

The Belgian Third Division is the third highest level in Belgian football. It has two leagues of 18 teams each at the same level. This competition, known as the Belgian Promotion was first played in the 1926-27 season with three leagues, then with four leagues between 1931 and 1952. From 1952...

 in 1951.

In 1966, they reached the second division

Belgian Second Division

The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...

 for the first time, and , led by future national manager Guy Thijs, were surprise winners of the league. Since then, it has been relegated from the top division three times(1972, 1990 and 1996), but on each occasion was re-promoted at the first attempt.

The club changed its name again, to KSK Beveren, in 1978, and under this name enjoyed their greatest successes, being surprise champions in 1979 and 1984. In 1979, they beat Internazionale in the Cup Winners' Cup, eventually being eliminated by FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

 in the semi-finals with two shorts (1-0) defeats. During this campaign, KSK Beveren had many players with only semi-professional status. TV reporters took pleasure to call those players by their jobs : the Fireman, the Docker, the Policeman, the Employee,...

In 2006, they were threatened with loss of their professional licence and subsequent relegation to the third division, but eventually won an appeal to preserve their status. In 2007, however, the club ended last in the Jupiler League and was forced to go to the second division.

In 2010, few weeks before the end of the championship, the club announced that due to its financial situation it didn't apply for a professional license and chose the automatic relegation to the third division for the season 2010-2011.

Arsenal controversy

Between 2001 and 2006, the club had a co-operation agreement with Arsenal Football Club

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

. Several players were loaned between the teams and friendlies played. The agreement expired on 1 July 2006.

Subsequent to an investigation by BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 Television's Newsnight

Newsnight

Newsnight is a BBC Television current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians. Jeremy Paxman has been its main presenter for over two decades....

, FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

 requested the English Football Association

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

 investigate the relationship between the two clubs.

In 2001, Belgian police concluded that a loan of over €

Euro

The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...

1.5 million had been made by Arsenal to the company Goal, which helped secure Beveren's financial position. Newsnight have alleged this may breach club ownership rules under FIFA regulations. The accusation is refuted by Arsenal, who state that the payment was an interest free loan and has no effect on the administration of the club. The FA and FIFA cleared both clubs of any wrongdoing.

Several players have been loaned between the two clubs or had trials. Only Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and Ivory Coast. His natural position is at right back, but he is also used in various other positions. Eboué also holds a Belgian passport.-Early career:...

 and Igors Stepanovs

Igors Stepanovs

Igors Nauris Stepanovs is a Latvian football defender, currently playing for FK Jūrmala. As of April 2010 he has played 99 international matches and scored 4 goals for the Latvia national team. He made his debut in 1995, and played at Euro 2004.-Skonto:He started his club career at Skonto-Metāls...

, however, completed permanent moves to the clubs in this time period, the former to Arsenal and the latter to Beveren.

Notable former players

Belgium Wilfried Van Moer

Wilfried Van Moer

Wilfried van Moer is a former Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe three times, first in 1966 while at Antwerp then in 1969 and in 1970 while at Standard Liège....

 Jean Janssens Jean Marie Pfaff Marc Baecke

Marc Baecke

Marc Baecke is a retired Belgian footballer.During his career he played for K.S.K. Beveren. He earned 15 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1984....

 Freddy Buyl Peter Crève Patrick Stalmans Paul Vangenechten Paul Theunis Filip De Wilde

Filip De Wilde

Filip Alfons de Wilde is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper, who played mainly with R.S.C. Anderlecht.-Club career:...

 Hans Christiaens Omer Janssens Paul Lambrichts

Paul Lambrichts

Paul Lambrichts is a retired Belgian footballer.During his career he played for Lanklaar V.V., Patro-Eisden, F.C. Winterslag, K.S.K. Beveren, R. Standard de Liège and K.V.V. Overpelt. He earned 5 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1984.-References:*...

 Erwin Lemmens

Erwin Lemmens

Erwin Lemmens is a Belgian footballer who plays for K.S.K. Beveren, as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Lemmens started his career at K.S.K. Beveren in 1995, and was a regular from 1997–99, when he signed for Real Racing Club de Santander in Spain...

 Dominique Lemoine

Dominique Lemoine

Dominique Lemoine is a retired international Belgian footballer.-References:* * *...

 Ronny Martens

Ronny Martens

Ronny Martens is a retired Belgian footballer.During his career he played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, K.S.K. Beveren, K.A.A. Gent, K.V. Mechelen, and R.W.D. Molenbeek. He participated in UEFA Euro 1980, but did not earn any senior international caps in his career.- References :*...

 Tristan Peersman

Tristan Peersman

Tristan Peersman is a Belgian footballer. He is a goalkeeper who is currently unattached. He formerly played for various clubs, including Anderlecht and Willem II. He was transferred to OFI Crete on 25 June 2007 but left the club the next year.Since then he played for FC Dordrecht and R.A.E.C....

 Geert De Vlieger

Geert De Vlieger

Geert de Vlieger is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper.He started his career in his home country playing for Anderlecht and Beveren before moving to Holland and playing for Willem II for four years between 2000 and 2004...

 Benoît Thans

Benoît Thans

Benoît Thans is a retired Belgian footballer.-References:* * *...

 Stéphane Van Der Heyden Gilbert Bodart

Gilbert Bodart

Gilbert Bodart is a Belgian football manager who was working for La Louvière in the Jupiler League until 21 February 2006....

Germany Erwin Albert Heinz Schönberger
France David Le Bras

David Le Bras

David Le Bras is a French football player, who currently plays for Nakhon Ratchasima F.C., Regional League Division 2 in Thailand.-Career:...

Iceland Guðmundur Torfason

Guðmundur Torfason

Guðmundur "Gunni" Torfason is a retired Icelandic footballer.-Playing career:A striker, he became top goalscorer in the Icelandic league in 1986 with 19 goals. He moved to continental Europe with Austrians Rapid Vienna then Belgian side Racing Genk before joining St Mirren F.C. in 1989. He became...

Canada Raheem Alibhai Roberto Giacomi

Roberto Giacomi

Roberto Giacomi is a Canadian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Averøykameratene.-Career:...

Croatia Krunoslav Jurčić

Krunoslav Jurcic

Krunoslav "Kruno" Jurčić is a retired Croatian professional footballer who is now a coach.-Club career:He started his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1988, before moving to Inker Zaprešić in 1991 and Uljanik Pula in 1993. He went on join Belgian side Beveren in 1995, but returned to Dinamo...

England Liam Chilvers

Liam Chilvers

Liam Christopher Chilvers is an English footballer who plays as a centre back for League Two side Port Vale, on loan from League One club Notts County.A graduate of the Arsenal Academy, he won the FA Youth Cup with the club in 2000...

 David Fairclough

David Fairclough

David Fairclough is a retired English footballer, most famous for playing for Liverpool as a striker during the 1970s and 80s.-Life and playing career:...

 John Halls

John Halls

John Halls is an English footballer who plays for Wycombe Wanderers. He is primarily a right-sided full back but is also capable of playing in midfield and other defensive positions.-Arsenal:...

 Steve Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

Steven James "Steve" Sidwell is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fulham in the Premier League. His previous clubs include Arsenal, Reading, Chelsea and Aston Villa.-Arsenal:...

Ireland Graham Stack
Côte d'Ivoire Arthur Boka

Arthur Boka

Etienne Arthur Boka is an Ivorian football defender who plays for VfB Stuttgart.-Career:Like many successful players from Côte d'Ivoire, he started his career at homeland club ASEC Abidjan, after coming through their much famed youth system, that has also produced players such as Kolo Touré,...

 Copa Diabis

Abdoulaye Diawara

Abdoulaye Diabis Diawara is an Ivorian footballer, who currently plays for KSK Hasselt in Belgium.-References:...

 Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and Ivory Coast. His natural position is at right back, but he is also used in various other positions. Eboué also holds a Belgian passport.-Early career:...

 Gervinho Igor Lolo

Igor Lolo

Igor Lolo is an Ivorean football player who plays as a defender for Russian club FC Kuban Krasnodar.- Career :...

 Mahan

Armand Mahan

Armand Mahan is an Ivorian professional association football player. He is usually positioned as a left back or left winger.- Career :...

 Marco Né

Marco Né

Marco Taddei Né is an Ivorian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Kuban Krasnodar in Russia.- Career :...

 Romaric

Koffi Ndri Romaric

Christian Koffi Ndri , commonly known as Romaric, is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for RCD Espanyol, on loan from Sevilla FC, and the Côte d'Ivoire national team...

 Yaya Touré

Yaya Touré

Gnégnéri Yaya Touré , commonly known as Yaya Touré, is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Côte d'Ivoire national side...

 Gilles Yapi Yapo

Gilles Yapi Yapo

Gilles Donald Yapi Yapo is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays in midfield for Swiss Super League club FC Basel and the Ivorian national team.-Club career:...

 Zezeto

Venance Zézé

Venance Zézé nickname Zézéto is an Ivorian footballer who is currently without a club.- International :He has been capped by the Côte d'Ivoire national side.- Career :...

Israel Moshe Sinai

Moshe Sinai

Moshe Sinai is a former football player and manager.-Club:Hapoel Tel Aviv*Liga Leumit : 1980–81, 1985–86, 1987–88*Israel State Cup : 1982–83Bnei Yehuda*Liga Leumit : 1989–90-External links:...

Latvia Igors Stepanovs

Igors Stepanovs

Igors Nauris Stepanovs is a Latvian football defender, currently playing for FK Jūrmala. As of April 2010 he has played 99 international matches and scored 4 goals for the Latvia national team. He made his debut in 1995, and played at Euro 2004.-Skonto:He started his club career at Skonto-Metāls...

Lithuania Tomas Danilevičius

Tomas Danilevicius

Tomas Danilevičius is a Lithuanian professional footballer currently playing for Juve Stabia. A striker, he stands 1.91m tall and weighs 82 kg.-Club career:...

Mali Mama Dissa

Mahamadou Dissa

Mahamadou Dissa is a footballer from Mali. A left winger, he currently plays for the Belgian football club KSV Roeselare.Dissa is also a member of the Malian national team.-References:* * *...

Morocco Khalid Fouhami

Khalid Fouhami

Khalid Fouhami is a Moroccan footballer who plays for FUS de Rabat as a goalkeeper.During his extensive career, Fouhami played for WAC Casablanca, IR Tanger, Maghreb Fez and FUS de Rabat in Morocco, FC Dinamo Bucureşti in Romania, K.S.K. Beveren, Standard Liège and R.C.S. Visétois in Belgium,...

Netherlands Edwin van Ankeren

Edwin van Ankeren

Edwin van Ankeren is a Dutch former football striker.-References:* * *...

 Wim Hofkens

Wim Hofkens

Wim Hofkens is a former Dutch football player who played 5 games for the Dutch national side.Hofkens is one of only six Dutch football players to be selected for the Dutch national team while never having played in the Dutch Eredivisie...

 Peter van Velzen

Peter van Velzen

Peter van Velzen is a retired football player who played as a forward.After having ended his professional football career he became a football manager, guiding FC Dordrecht in the 1991 season. Van Velzen is a three-time topscorer of the Dutch Eerste Divisie.-References:* *...

 Eric Viscaal

Eric Viscaal

Eric Viscaal is a former football player from the Netherlands, who played much of his career in Belgium . He earned five caps for the Dutch national team...

 Peter van Vossen

Peter van Vossen

Peter Jacobus van Vossen is a former Dutch footballer, who played for K.S.K. Beveren, Anderlecht, Ajax, Istanbulspor, Rangers, Feyenoord, De Graafschap and Vitesse. During his time with Ajax he won the 1994/95 European Cup. During his time at Rangers he is well known for missing an open goal in an...

 Maurice van Ham
Nigeria Chidi Nwanu

Chidi Nwanu

Chidi Nwanu is a former football defender from Nigeria. He won 20 caps for his country, and was part of the squads for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1988 Summer Olympics....

Poland Marek Kusto

Marek Kusto

Marek Andrzej Kusto is a retired Polish football player and later a football manager.He played for a few clubs, including Wisła Kraków, Legia Warsaw and KSK Beveren ....

 Marcin Żewłakow Michał Żewłakow
Slovenia Sašo Udovič

Sašo Udovic

Sašo Udovič is a retired Slovenian football player.He played for Hajduk Split , KSK Beveren , Lausanne Sports and LASK Linz in Austria....

Togo Kuami Agboh

Kuami Agboh

Kuami Agboh is a Togolese football defender/midfielder who last played for MyPa.-International career:Coming from humble beginnings, born deep within a jungle, he is a member of the Togolese national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup...

Noted managers

• 1960s:   Guy Thys
• 1980s:   Urbain Braems
  Urbain Braems
  Urbain Braems is a retired Belgian football player and manager.He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles....
  
  
• 2000s:   Alex Czerniatynski

Honours

• Belgian First Division:
  • Winners (2): 1978-79, 1983–84
• Belgian Second Division
  Belgian Second Division
  The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...
  
  :
  • Winners (4): 1966-67, 1972–73, 1990–91, 1996–97
• Belgian Cup
  Belgian Cup
  The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...
  
  :
  • Winners (2): 1977-78, 1982–83
  • Runners-up (3): 1979-80, 1984–85, 2003–04
• Belgian Supercup
  Belgian Supercup
  The Belgian Supercup is a Belgian club competition played on a single match at the league champion venue since 2004 and formerly at the Stade Roi Baudouin, between the winner of the last Belgian Pro League and that of the last Belgian Cup. If both teams are the same, the opponent is declared to...
  
  :
  • Winners (2): 1979, 1984
  • Runners-up (2): 1980, 1983
• Goalkeeper Barry Boubacar (Ivory Coast
  Côte d'Ivoire national football team
  The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...
  
  ) and defender
  Defender (football)
  Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
  
  /midfielder
  Midfielder
  A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
  
   Kuami Agboh
  Kuami Agboh
  Kuami Agboh is a Togolese football defender/midfielder who last played for MyPa.-International career:Coming from humble beginnings, born deep within a jungle, he is a member of the Togolese national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup...
  
   (Togo
  Togo national football team
  The Togo national football team, nicknamed Les Eperviers The Togo national football team, nicknamed Les Eperviers The Togo national football team, nicknamed Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks, is controlled by the Fédération Togolaise de Football.They played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Their team bus...
  
  ) have been called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup
  2006 FIFA World Cup
  The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
  
  .

European record

As of 5 March 2006:

Competition	APP	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...	2	6	2	2	2	11	8
Cup Winners' Cup	2	12	6	3	3	17	9
UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	4	22	9	3	10	30	30
Intertoto Cup	1	4	1	1	2	6	8

External links

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