K.V. Oostende
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| Full name | Koninklijke Voetbalclub Oostende | |||
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| Nickname(s) | De Kustboys | |||
| Founded | 1904 | |||
| Ground | Versluys Arena, Ostend | |||
| Capacity | 8,400 [1] | |||
| Chairman | Peter Callant | |||
| Manager | Adnan Čustović | |||
| League | Belgian First Division A | |||
| 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A, 4th | |||
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Koninklijke Voetbalclub Oostende, also called KV Oostende (Dutch pronunciation: [kaːˌveː oːˈstɛndə] or [- oːstˈʔɛndə]) 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 No. 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.
After a disastrous beginning to the 2017/18 season, manager Yves Vanderhaeghe was set free of his obligations, with the assistant manager, Adnan Čustović, being asked to take over.[2][3]
In December 2017 Marc Coucke announced that he would be leaving, after recently purchasing R.S.C. Anderlecht. It was then announced on 8 February 2018 that Peter Callant would replace Coucke as chairman. Coucke confirmed his continued interest in the club and that he remained a fan and would stay on as a minority shareholder. [4]
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 22 August, 2018[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Han Grijzenhout (1981–82)
Nedeljko Bulatović (1982–84)
Luc Sanders (1986–87)- Dennis van Wijk (30 September 1996 – 30 June 1998)
- Jean-Marie Pfaff (1 October 1998 – 4 February 1999)
- Leo Van der Elst (1999–00)
Kenneth Brylle (1 July 2001 – 30 June 2003)- Gilbert Bodart (17 May 2003 – 10 January 2005)
- Mohsen akhondi (13 January 2005 – 30 June 2005)
- Willy Wellens (1 July 2006–07)
- Dennis van Wijk (20 November 2007 – 10 December 2007)
- Kurt Bataille (interim) (11 December 2007 – 30 June 2008)
- Jean-Pierre Vande Velde (1 July 2008 – 4 March 2009)
- Thierry Pister (3 March 2009 – 14 February 2011)
- Frederik Vanderbiest (16 February 2011–15)
- Yves Vanderhaeghe (2015–2017)
Adnan Čustović (2017–present)
References
- ^ Versluys Arena, kvo.be (last check 30/03/2018)
- ^ http://www.kvo.be/nieuws/kvo-neemt-afscheid-van-yves-vanderhaeghe
- ^ http://www.kvo.be/nieuws/adnan-custovic-blijft-hoofdtrainer-van-kvo
- ^ http://www.kvo.be/nieuws/peter-callant-nieuwe-eigenaar-voorzitter-kv-oostende
- ^ KV Oostende squad 2017/19, KV Oostende
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