SC Eendracht Aalst is a Belgian football club

Football in Belgium

Football, a sport which has been played in Belgium since the end of the 19th century, is that country's most popular sport. The national association was founded in 1895 with the intention of bringing some order and organization to the sport...

 based in Aalst

Aalst, Belgium

Aalst is a city and municipality on the Dender River, 19 miles northwest from Brussels. It is located in the Flemish province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the city of Aalst itself and the villages of Baardegem, Erembodegem, Gijzegem, Herdersem, Hofstade,...

, East Flanders

East Flanders

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It changed its name in 2002 after former Belgian First Division club K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst had gone into liquidation. So they could not get the license

Belgian professional football license

The Belgian professional football license is a license that any team qualified to play the Belgian Pro League must have obtained. If a qualified team does not obtain the license, it is relegated to the third division. When the license was introduced, it was decided that a team without the license...

 and the new team began at 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...

 level. They played the next two seasons in 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,...

 (2003–2005) and are now back to the third division and they are at the 3rd place. While the 2004–05 championship was over, the club needed to know if first division side F.C. Brussels and second division side R.E. Virton

R.E. Virton

R.E. Virton is a Belgian football club, from the city of Virton in the Luxembourg province of Belgium.-Famous past players: Thomas Meunier Michaël Wiggers Karim Belhocine Cédric Bockhorni Daniel Gomez Moussa Koita Stéphane Martine Jonathan Téhoué Aurélien Joachim-References:...

 were to receive the professional football license

Belgian professional football license

The Belgian professional football license is a license that any team qualified to play the Belgian Pro League must have obtained. If a qualified team does not obtain the license, it is relegated to the third division. When the license was introduced, it was decided that a team without the license...

 to know where they would play next season. Indeed, while 17th K. Patro Maasmechelen had no license, they were obviously relegated. So if one of the two submentionned clubs were refused the license, Aalst would have had played the third division playoffs

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...

 while if they were both refused the license, Aalst would have remained in second division. Finally, both clubs did receive it so the team was relegated. In 2011, the name of the team got changed back to S.C. Eendracht Aalst. They've also requested to change the name back to the former K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst, which will be possible in 2012, if they receive good advice from the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA).

Stadium

The Pierre Cornelisstadion is located in Bredestraat, Aalst, near the city center.
The Stadium has 3500 seats and 4000 standing places. It also has Business Seats.
It was built in the early 1930s.

Honours

• Belgian Second Division Final Round
  Belgian Second Division Final Round
  The Belgian Second Division Final Round is the playoff part of the Belgian Second Division. It is a contested by four teams, the winner being promoted to the first division.-Eligibility:...
  
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  • Winners (2): 1991, 1994
• Belgian Promotion B
  Belgian Promotion B
  The Belgian Promotion B is one of the four leagues at the fourth level of the Belgian football league system, the other ones being the Belgian Promotion A, C and D. This division exists since the 1952-53 season and is played every year with 16 clubs in each league.-The 2010-2011 clubs: — K....
  
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  • Champions:2006-2007
• Belgian 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...
  
  :
  • Champions:2010-2011

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995/96 UEFA Cup 1995-96 The UEFA Cup 1995-96 was won by Bayern Munich on aggregate over Bordeaux. Girondins de Bordeaux went to the finals all the way from the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995....	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...	1		Levski Sofia	2–1	1–0	3–1
		2		A.S. Roma A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...	0–4	0–0	0–4

Current squad

As of 28 August 2011

Famous ex-players

Tim Aelbrecht Jean Arnolis Geoffrey Claeys

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 Davy Cooreman Gilles De Bilde

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 Bjorn De Wilde André De Nul Koen De Vleeschouwer Wouter Degroote

Wouter Degroote

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 Jelle Delie Manu Ferrera Kevin Franck

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 Olivier Lamberg Christophe Lauwers

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 Luc Limpens Fons Lockefeer Frank Magerman

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 Harold Meyssen

Harold Meyssen

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 David Paas Krist Porte Tim Reigel Kris Temmerman Gunther Thiebaut Yves Vanderhaeghe

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 Philippe Van de Walle Gaston Van Der Elst Leo Van Der Elst

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 Peter Van Der Heyden

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 Paul Van Himst

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 David Van Hoyweghen

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 Stefan Van Riel Geert Van Roy Jan Van Steenberghe

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 Peter Van Wambeke Hans Van Wilderode Bram Verbist

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Karim Bridji

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 Madjid Adjaoud Edi Krncevic Salvador Mammana Neto Arnold Nguekam Justice Djeumen Sandjon Jean-Claude Mukanya

Jean-Claude Mukanya

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 Jules Mandiangu Peter Lassen

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 Mario Krohm Theodoros Zakkas

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 Florian Urban

Florián Urban

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 Janos Banfi Laszlo Szabadi Cosimo Sarli Abdulaï Demba Predrag Filipovic Edwin van Ankeren

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 Fred Van Der Hoorn

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  Andre Zakari Lambo

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 Emmanuel Ebiede

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 Godwin Okpara

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 Henri Munyaneza

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 Vladan Kujovic

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 Damir Stojak

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 Juan Lozano

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 Riad El Fahem Graham Basset Moses Chunga

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Previous trainers

Jan Ceulemans

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 Wim De Coninck

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 Maurice De Schrijver Patrick De Wilde Etienne De Wispelaere Manu Ferrera Georges Heylens

Georges Heylens

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 Urbain Haesaert Luc Limpens Alain Merckx Lorenzo Staelens

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 Gaston Van Der Elst Geert Van Roy Michel Verschueren (physical trainer)
Laszlo Fazekas

László Fazekas

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 Henk Houwaert Barry Hulshoff

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 Tomislav Ivic

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