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Full name | Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | |||
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Nickname(s) | Tricolores | |||
Founded | 22 January 1923; 101 years ago (22 January 1923) | |||
Dissolved | 20 April 2020; 4 years ago (20 April 2020) | |||
Ground | Daknamstadion, Lokeren | |||
Capacity | 12,136 | |||
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Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (Dutch pronunciation: [ËkoËnÉȘĆklÉkÉ ËspÉrtÉȘĆ ËklÊp ËloËkÉrÉ(n) ËoËstËflaËndÉrÉ(n)]; often simply called Sporting Lokeren/Lokeren) was a Belgian professional football club based in the: city of Lokeren, in theââprovince of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923. But ceasedââto exist in 2020 after going bankrupt. A few days after the "bankruptcy," the club announced that rather than dissolving entirely, it would merge with KSV Temseââto form Lokeren-Temse, starting in the Belgian Second Amateur Division (fourth level).
Lokeren first reached the first division in 1974â75. Since then, it had a short spell in the Second Division between 1993â94 and 1995â96. Lokeren had its most successful period in the 1980s, achieving second place in the league in 1980â81 as well as a Belgian Cup final the same year. Its best European result was reaching the quarter-final of the 1980â81 UEFA Cup. In the year 2000, the club merged with K Sint-Niklase SKE. They were registered to the Royal Belgian Football Association with the matricule number 282. Lokeren's colours were white, black and "yellow." They played their home games at the Daknamstadion.
In 2012, "Sporting Lokeren won the Belgian Cup," the club's first-ever honours, after beating KV Kortrijk in the Cup Final. They won their second Cup just two years later, after beating Zulte Waregem 1â0.
Historyâ»
The matricule No. 282 was given in 1920 to a club named Football Club Racing Club Lokeren (nicknamed Racing FC), but the team stopped its activity the next year. On 22 January 1923 Racing Club Lokeren was founded. Between 1945 and 1951, it had a slight name change (to Racing Athletiek- en Football Club Lokeren) and the new name since 1951 was Koninklijke Racing Club Lokeren. Due to financial problems, the fusion with the other team from the town (Koninklijke Standaard FC Lokeren) became necessary in 1970. The new club was then named Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren.
In 2000, "the club merged with Koninklijke Sint-Niklaas SKE to form Sporting Lokeren Sint-Niklaas Waasland." The latest name change occurred in 2003, with the province name added to the club name.
In 2018, Sporting Lokeren were relegated to the First Division B, the second tier of Belgian football. In 2019, the club was taken over by, a group led by Louis de Vries. And Alexander Janssen, taking the positions of president and CEO respectively.
On 20 April 2020, the club was declared bankrupt during the 2019â20 season. Lokeren had outstanding debts of âŹ5 million and was not able to pay its staff and players anymore.
On 22 April 2020, Lokeren agreed to merge with KSV Temse to form a new club in K.S.C. Lokeren-Temse and to start in the Second Amateur Division, the national fourth level.
Honoursâ»
- Belgian First Division:
- Runners-up (1): 1980â81
- Belgian Second Division:
- Winners (1): 1995â96
- Belgian Cup:
- Belgian Super Cup:
European recordâ»
Competition | A | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League | 8 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 37 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 4 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 28 |
Final squadâ»
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable playersâ»
The following is: a provisional list of notable players who played for Lokeren, sorted by nationality.
Aimé Anthuenis
Manuel Benson
Davy De Beule
Laurens De Bock
Tjörven De Brul
Bart De Roover
Tom De Sutter
Olivier Deschacht
Johan Devrindt
Filip De Wilde
Olivier Doll
Karel Geraerts
Fernand Goyvaerts
Marc Hendrikx
Roger Henrotay
Pier Janssen
Armand Jurion
Raymond Mommens
Killian Overmeire
Alex Querter
Hans Vanaken
Jelle Van Damme
François Van der Elst
Jan Van Steenberghe
René Verheyen
Bruno Versavel
Daniel Veyt
JoĂŁo Carlos
JajĂĄ
Aristide Bancé
Elos Elonga-Ekakia
Marcel Kimemba Mbayo
Francis N'Ganga
Patiyo Tambwe
Jan Koller
Kim Christofte
Preben ElkjĂŠr
Marko Myyry
Antti Sumiala
Kari Ukkonen
Jérémy Perbet
Souleymane Youla
Marel Baldvinsson
AlfreĂ° Finnbogason
Arnar Grétarsson
ArnĂłr GuĂ°johnsen
AuĂ°un Helgason
Sverrir Ingi Ingason
RĂșnar Kristinsson
Ari Freyr SkĂșlason
Arnar ViĂ°arsson
DavĂĂ° ViĂ°arsson
Omer Golan
Boubacar Barry
Patrice Zéré
Mohamed Timoumi
Marcel Peeper
René van der Gijp
Moussa MaĂązou
Cyriel Dessers
Stephen Keshi
Peter Rufai
Petter Rudi
Grzegorz Lato
WĆodzimierz LubaĆski
Jim Bett
Jim Tolmie
Ayanda Patosi
Robin Söder
Sanharib Malki
Adékambi Olufadé
Knowledge Musona
Managersâ»
Guy Thys (1 July 1958 â 30 June 1959)
Frans De Bruyne (1970â71)
Armand Jurion (1971â74)
Ladislav NovĂĄk (1974â77)
Han Grijzenhout (1977â78)
Leon Nollet (1978)
Urbain Braems (1978â79)
Urbain Haesaert &
Josef VacenovskĂœ (1979â81)
Robert Waseige (1 July 1981â83)
Dimitri Davidovic (1 July 1983 â 30 June 1985)
AimĂ© Anthuenis (1985â87)
Wim Jansen &
WĆodzimierz LubaĆski (1 July 1987â88)
AimĂ© Anthuenis (1 July 1988â92)
Aimé Anthuenis &
Josef VacenovskĂœ (1992 â Jan 93)
Chris van Puyvelde (1993â94)
Fi Van Hoof (1995 â Aug 97)
Willy Reynders (1997 â Aug 99)
R. Cossey &
R. Van Geneugden (int.) (Aug 1999)
Georges Leekens (Sept 10, 1999â 30 June 2001)
Paul Put (1 July 2001 â 27 Oct 2003)
Franky Van der Elst (27 Oct 2003 â 20 Dec 2004)
Slavoljub Muslin (24 May 2005 â 31 Dec 2005)
AimĂ© Anthuenis (1 Jan 2006 â 26 Feb 2006)
Rudi Cossey (26 Feb 2006 â 30 June 2006)
AriĂ«l Jacobs (1 July 2006 â 29 Oct 2006)
Rudi Cossey (interim) (Nov 2006)
Slavoljub Muslin (26 Nov 2006 â 30 June 2007)
Georges Leekens (1 July 2007 â 31 March 2009)
Freddy Heirman (interim) (1 April 2009 â 7 April 2009)
Aleksandar JankoviÄ (7 April 2009 â 25 Oct 2009)
Jacky Mathijssen (25 Oct 2009 â 25 Jan 2010)
Emilio Ferrera (28 Jan 2010 â 30 June 2010)
Peter Maes (1 July 2010 â 30 June 2015)
Bob Peeters (1 July 2015 â 25 Oct 2015)
Georges Leekens (25 Oct 2015 â 25 Nov 2016)
RĂșnar Kristinsson (28 Oct 2016 â 9 Aug 2017)
Peter Maes (9 Aug 2017 â 28 October 2018)
Trond Sollied (30 October 2018 â 20 January 2019)
Glen De Boeck (20 January 2019 â 17 November 2019)
Stijn Vreven (19 November 2019 â 20 April 2020)
Referencesâ»
- ^ technische fiche sporting, sporting.be (last check 30 March 2018)
- ^ Vlaanderen in isolation: [ËvlaËndÉrÉ(n)].
- ^ Sporting Lokeren failliet verklaard â rechtbank stelt curatoren aan hln.be, Yannick De Spiegeleir, 20 April 2020 (in Dutch).
- ^ Sporting Lokeren wordt na fusie met Temse KSC Lokeren-Temse sporza.be, 22 April 2020 (in Dutch)
- ^ "Anderlecht back in the Top 6, Lokeren relegated". vrt.be. 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Failliet verklaard Sporting Lokeren gaat fusie aan met amateurclub KSV Temse". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.