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K.V. Oostende
Koninklijke Voetbalclub Oostende, also called KV Oostende () or KVO, was a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Ostend, West Flanders. The team was founded in 1904 as ''VG Oostende'' and had Football in Belgium#Matricule numbers, ''matricule'' number 31. The club was declared bankrupt in June 2024. History In 1911, another club was created, A.S.V. Oostende K.M., AS Oostende, which would soon become the best club of the city, playing regularly in the Belgian Second Division, second division in the 1930s. In the mid-1970s, AS reached the Belgian Pro League, 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 being promoted. In its first season on the second level, Oostende were immediately promoted again, to the first division, where it would achieve its best result in the club history: a seventh place, in 1993–94. Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaz Arena
Batimont Solar Park is a multi-use stadium in Ostend, Belgium. It is mostly used for football (soccer), football matches and was the home ground of K.V. Oostende.Scince the 2024-2025 season it is the home ground of K.V. Diksmuide-Oostende, K.V. Diksmuide Oostende. The stadium holds a capacity of 8,432. Before, it was called Albertpark but after the last renovation in 2016 the name was changed in the current name. Previous names include ''Albertparkstadion'' (until 2016), ''Versluys Arena'' (2016-2020), Diaz Arena(2020-2024), Albertpark (2024). References Football venues in Flanders Sports venues in West Flanders Sport in Ostend K.V. Oostende Sports venues completed in 1934 1934 establishments in Belgium {{Belgium-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chien Lee
Chien Lee () is a Chinese-American entrepreneur, investor, and sports team owner. He has built a multi-club ownership model, owns multiple professional European Association football, football clubs and is a well-known investor in European football. Lee is the founder and Chairman of NewCity Capital, a private investment firm, co-owner of FC Thun, co-owner of K.V. Oostende, chairman and co-owner of AS Nancy Lorraine, Nancy, co-owner of Esbjerg fB, co-owner of FC Den Bosch, co-owner of 1. FC Kaiserslautern, co-owner of GKS Tychy, GKS Tychy FC former owner and Chairman of OGC Nice and co-founder of 7 Days Inn. The ''Financial Times'' stated that Lee has refined Moneyball and ''The Wall Street Journal'' called Lee's football journey "a Sabermetrics, Moneyball experiment in English soccer". Career Lee is the founder, chairman, and CEO of NewCity Capital, a private investment company, focused on the sport and hospitality industries. In August 1989, he founded Lee Holdings Company Inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jean-Marie Pfaff (born 4 December 1953) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich. Pfaff was capped 64 times playing for Belgium, and participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Pfaff was named goalkeeper of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and he was the first player to receive the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper award in 1987. Early life Pfaff was born in Lebbeke, East Flanders. He grew up in a family of 12 children (6 boys, 6 girls). His father was a door-to-door salesman of fabrics and carpets. The Pfaff family lived in a caravan in Lebbeke and in the summer, the whole family was obliged to help their father with sales. As a street footballer, his goalkeeping skills were quickly noticed. Pfaff joined the youth team of Eendracht Aalst, the club of his brothers Louis and Jean-Baptist Pfaff. When Louis and Jean-Baptist arranged a transfer to KSK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Van Wijk
Dennis Johannes van Wijk (; born 16 December 1962) is a Dutch association football, football coach and former football player. Van Wijk was a left-back who began his career in the youth system of Ajax Amsterdam. He was unable to break into the first team and joined Norwich City F.C. in 1982. He spent four years at Carrow Road and was a member of the Norwich teams that won the EFL Cup, English League Cup in 1985 and the Second Division Championship in 1986. In that 1985 final, Van Wijk conceded a penalty kick when he handled in the area. To the relief of Van Wijk and Norwich, Clive Walker (footballer, born 1957), Clive Walker of Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland missed the penalty and Norwich won 1–0. After leaving Norwich, Van Wijk played for a series of teams until 1995. He won the Belgian League championship and Belgian Supercup with Club Brugge . After having managed several Belgium teams since 1995, he became manager of Willem II Tilburg in the Netherlands in 2006. On 4 Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Sanders
Luc Sanders (born 6 October 1945 in Bruges) is a retired Belgian footballer. During his career he played for Cercle Brugge K.S.V., Club Brugge K.V., V.G. Oostende, and K.A.A. Gent. He earned 1 cap for the Belgium national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1972. Honours Player ; Club Brugge * Belgian First Division: 1972–73 * Belgian Cup: 1969–70 * Jules Pappaert Cup: 1972 International Belgium * UEFA European Championship:Third place: 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ..., ReferencesRoyal Belgian Football Association: Number of caps 1945 births Living people Footballers from Bruges Belgian men's footballers Belgium men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1972 players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Club Brugge KV player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nedeljko Bulatović
Nedeljko "Ned" Bulatović (19 April 1939 – 11 May 2023) was a Serbian football player and manager. Playing career Bulatović played as a midfielder for Vojvodina, Enschedese Boys, Twente, NEC, Sittardia and Fortuna SC. Raised in Novi Sad, he played in newly-formed FC Twente's first ever match against SC Telstar in 1965 and provided the club's first ever assist in a 1-1 draw. He later also became the first player to score for the then newly-established Fortuna Sittard, in a pre-season friendly in July 1968. Coaching career Bulatović managed Tongeren, Standard de Liège, Vitesse Arnhem, KV Mechelen Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (), often called KV Mechelen (, KVM) or simply by their former French name Malinois /ˌmalɪˈnwɑː/, is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Mechelen in the Antwerp (pr ..., K.V. Oostende, the Gabon national team and various other Belgian clubs. References External linksCareer stats [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Grijzenhout
Han Grijzenhout ( – 18 December 2020) was a Dutch football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... manager. He died on 18 December 2020, aged 87. References External links Club Brugge Biography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Second Division Final Round
The Belgian Second Division play-offs were a series of playoff matches to decide promotion to the Belgian Pro League, organised between 1974 and 2015. Following a large reform of the Belgian football league system at the end of the 2015–16 season, the play-offs were no longer held. In the earlier years these play-offs were contested by teams of the Belgian Second Division but since 2009 also a team from the Belgian Pro League took part. Four teams normally played these play-offs, with the winner being promoted to (or avoiding relegation from) the Belgian Pro League. Eligibility The 34 regular-season games in the Belgian Second Division were grouped into 3 periods: the first period contained the first 10 rounds of matches, the next period matches 11 to 22, and the remaining 12 matches were part of the third and last period. The overall leader after 34 games was automatically promoted as second division champion. The four qualifiers for the play-offs were the winners of the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012–13 Belgian Second Division
The 2012–13 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as Belgacom League for sponsorship reasons) began on 22 August 2012 and ended in April 2013. The season was won by Oostende, who were thus promoted to the Belgian Pro League. Mouscron-Péruwelz, Westerlo and WS Woluwe played the second division final round but lost this to Cercle Brugge, resulting in no other team gaining promotion. At the bottom end of the table, Sint-Niklaas and Oudenaarde were relegated, while Heist were saved due to the bankruptcy of Beerschot AC. Team changes After promotion and relegation, only 13 teams of the previous season remained in the league, with 5 others being replaced: Out * Charleroi were promoted as champions of the previous season. * Waasland-Beveren ended second, but won the second division final round and was therefore also promoted to the Pro League. * Tienen ended 16th, but lost the third division playoffs and was subsequently relegated. * Dender EH was relegated to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Belgian Cup
The 2016–17 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 62nd season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 30 July 2016 and is scheduled to end with the final in March 2017. The winners of the competition will qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Standard Liège were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the 6th round by ASV Geel. Competition format The competition consists of ten rounds. Except for the semi-finals, all rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven and the quarterfinals, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes are played, then penalties are taken if still necessary. The semi-finals will be played over two legs, where the team winning on aggregate advances. The final will be played as a single match. Teams enter the competition in different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed to partake. As of 1964, the Belgian Cup has been organised annually. Since the 2015–16 edition, the Belgian Cup is called the Croky Cup, for sponsorship purposes. The final traditionally takes place at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge with 12 Belgian Cups in their possession. The current champions are Club Brugge, having beaten rivals Anderlecht 2–1 in the 2025 final. The winners are awarded a challenge cup and qualify for the UEFA Europa League and the Belgian Supercup. History First national cup competitions The first cup competition ever in Belgium was held in 1907–08 but the teams were not actual teams but were provincial selections. The winner would be awarded a silver trophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSV Diksmuide
K.V. Diksmuide-Oostende, formerly K.S.V. Diksmuide, is a Belgian football club from Oostende, previously Diksmuide. The club is affiliated with the Royal Belgian Football Association under matricule number 1972, which it retained following its merger and currently play in Belgian Division 2, the fourth tier of Belgian football. History KSV Diksmuide joined the Belgian football association in the early 1930s. The club started in the lower regional leagues and remained in the provincial leagues for the following decades. In 1970, the club was promoted for the first time to the national Fourth Division. However, Diksmuide finished last in its series and was relegated after just one season. In 2004, three decades later, Diksmuide was promoted again to the Fourth Division. This time, the club managed to stay longer in the national leagues. Starting from the 2012–13 season, Diksmuide had to compete again in the provincial leagues after being relegated from the Fourth Division. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
