Sportkring Beveren is a professional Belgian association football club located in the municipality of

Beveren Beveren () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders which comprises the towns of Beveren, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene. The port of the Waasland (Dutch: ''Waaslandhaven'') is in Beveren ...

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. They play in the

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History

The club was founded in 1936 as Red Star and registered to an amateur football association. In 1944, they joined the

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and started playing in the lowest provincial league of West Flanders. Red Star Haasdonk first reached national football in 2000–01, and they finished first of the series in

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. They also reached the

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round of 32, losing to first division club Gent. After their first season in the third division, they moved to the bigger stadium of defunct club Sint-Niklase SKE, the Puyenbekestadion, changing their name to KV Red Star Waasland. In 2003–04, they finished first in their series of the third division and promoted for the first time to the

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. In their first season at the second-highest level of football, Red Star Waasland finished 5th and qualified for the final round. The next season, they finished 4th, their best result as of 2010 but did not qualify for the final round. They reached again the round of 32 of the

2005–06 Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup 2005-06 was the 51st staging of the Belgian Cup which is the main knock-out football competition in Belgium. It was won by S.V. Zulte-Waregem. After the first 5 rounds teams from the Belgian First Division entered the competitio ...

, losing to neighbours KSK Beveren. In the

2007–08 Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup 2007-08 was the 53rd staging of the Belgian Cup which is the main knock-out football competition in Belgium, won by Anderlecht. Results Legend * * = after extra-time * D2 = second division * D3 = third division Matches Roun ...

, Red Star Waasland reached the round of 16, their best cup result, by eliminating

Lokeren Lokeren () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second most important city after Sint-Niklaas. The city, located on the river ...

. They lost to

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in the round of 16. The following season, they finished 4th again in the second division. In the summer of 2010 Red Star Waasland changed its name to Waasland-Beveren and moved to the bigger stadium of Beveren, the

Freethiel Stadion Freethiel Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Beveren, Belgium. The Freethiel Stadium, also known as the Freethiel for short, is the football stadium where the Belgian football club SK Beveren (formerly known as Waasland-Beveren) plays its home ga ...

. In

2019–20 Belgian First Division A The 2019–20 Belgian First Division A (officially known as Jupiler Pro League) was the 117th season of top-tier football in Belgium. On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors agreed to propose to cancel the season early duri ...

due to the virus epidemic the league was forced to shut down its competition. At the time of the shut down Waasland Beveren was in 16th position and was expected to relegate having their last game scheduled against KAA Gent. After months of confusion the league decided to close the season the way it left off with one game remaining, without Waasland Beveren having a chance to save themselves competitively from relegation. Unfairly enough the first division B finalists were allowed to play their playoff games for promotion to the First Division A despite the league shutdown. Having seen the hypocrisy, Waasland Beveren decided to take legal action for unfair use of power. The court battle lasted for many weeks and finally justice was awarded in Waasland Beveren favour to remain in First Division. The league was forced to make reforms and change the way the league operated and thus the league comprised 18 teams instead of 16 which included Waasland Beveren and the two finalists from First Division B, both K Beerschot VA ( official champions) and OH Leuven. On 13 September 2020, it was announced that Waasland-Beveren would be taken over by American sports investment group, Bolt Football Holdings now having a 97% share in the club. On 7 June 2022, the club announced it had come to an agreement with

K.S.K. Beveren Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren (''Royal Sporting Club of Beveren'') is a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. KSK Beveren was particularly successful during the late 1970s and early 1980s in which it won ...

to share the identity of the former club under that name, allowing Waasland-Beveren to be renamed and use the similar name ''SK Beveren'' from 1 July 2022.

Players

Current squad

Club staff

Managers

* Dirk Geeraerd (2005–2006) *

Regi Van Acker Regi Van Acker (born 25 April 1955 in Beveren, Belgium) is a Belgian footballer and coach who is currently managing Dender in Belgian First Division B. He is known for his career as a football technician. He has coached KV Courtrai, Royal ...

(2006–2007) * Dirk Geeraerd (1 July 2010 – 18 November 2012) *

Glen De Boeck Glen De Boeck (; born 22 August 1971) is a Belgian football manager and former player who most recently managed Lokeren in the Belgian First Division B. During his career he played as central defender, mostly on the books of Anderlecht. Club ca ...

(19 November 2012 – 29 October 2013) *

Bob Peeters Bob Peeters (born 10 January 1974) is a Belgian football manager and former player currently manager of Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport. Club career Lierse Noted for his large stature, measuring 1.96 m, Peeters grew up in Wommelgem, Antwe ...

(5 November 2013 – 23 May 2014) * Ronny Van Geneugden (28 May 2014 – 30 December 2014) *

Guido Brepoels Guido Brepoels (born 7 June 1961) is a former Belgian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, Kick (football), kicking a Football (ball), ball to score a Goal (sport), goal. Unqualified, Football ( ...

(2015) *

Stijn Vreven Stijn Vreven (born 18 July 1973) is a Belgian former professional football and a former manager of AS Trenčín in the Fortuna Liga. Career Vreven's career began when he signed a professional contract with Y.R. K.V. Mechelen, making his first ...

(2015–2016) *

Čedomir Janevski Čedomir "Čede" Janevski ( mk, Чедомир "Чеде" Јаневски, born 3 July 1961) is a Macedonian professional football manager and former player who was the manager of Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia. He played internationally for bo ...

(2017) *

Philippe Clement Philippe Clement (born 22 March 1974) is a Belgian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of Ligue 1 club Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, ...

(2017) * Sven Vermant (2018) *

Yannick Ferrera Yannick Ferrera y Caro (born 24 September 1980) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Cypriot club Omonia. Club career In his early twenties, Ferrera enjoyed a brief career as a professiona ...

(2018) * Adnan Čustović (17 November 2018 – 26 August 2019) * Arnauld Mercier (30 August 2019 – 2 March 2020) *

Nicky Hayen Nicky Hayen (born 16 August 1980) is a Belgian football manager and former professional footballer who is currently head coach at Challenger Pro League The Challenger Pro League (previously known as ''1B Pro League'') is the second-highest di ...

(4 May 2020 – 30 June 2021) * Marc Schneider (1 July 2021 – 27 Feb 2022) * Jordi Condom (28 Feb 2022 – present)

References

External links

Official website
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