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Lommel SK is a Belgian association football club based in the city of Lommel, Limburg, that competes in the Challenger Pro League. History The roots of the club date back to the 1920s when the club Vlug & Vrij Overpelt-Usines (Fast & Free Overpelt-Factories) was founded, registering as an official club with the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1927 to receive matricule 1064. The club dissolved in 1933 only to be re-established in 1937 as Vlug & Vrij Overpelt (Fast & Free Overpelt) with matricule 2554 and played at stadium ''De Leukens'' in Overpelt. It was commonly known as ''Overpelt Fabriek'' (Overpelt Factory), named after the Overpelt district in which the zinc factory was situated and was a club for the local factory workers. In 1954, the club reached the national football levels, that time at the fourth level of the Belgian football pyramid, and continued to the Belgian Third Division in 1957. Near the end of the 1950s, the name was changed again, now to Vlug en ...
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1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Valencia, Werder Bremen, and Bologna. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. The 1998 tournament saw Spanish clubs debut in the competition and also the return of English clubs, since the controversy surrounding its participants in 1995. Qualified teams First round First leg ---- ---- ''Match awarded because Leiftur fielded an ineligible player.'' ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg ''Baltika Kaliningrad won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Örgryte won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''National București won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Debrecen won 10–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Brno won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vojvodina won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''St. Gallen won 9–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''OD Trenčín won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vorskla Poltava won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Makedonija GP won 5–3 on agg ...
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2023–24 Challenger Pro League
The 2023–24 season of the Challenger Pro League began in August 2023 and is scheduled to end in May 2024. It is the second season under its new name after being renamed from ''First Division B''. Team changes This season, the league was expanded from 12 to 16 teams. Incoming * Francs Borains Royal Francs Borains is a football club based in Boussu, Hainaut Province, Belgium. It was founded in 1949 and its home ground is Stade Robert Urbain, which has a capacity of 6,000. The club is affiliated to the Royal Belgian Football Associati ..., Patro Eisden and RFC Liège were promoted from the 2022–23 Belgian National Division 1. Both clubs will play their first-ever season at the second level. * K.V. Oostende, Oostende, R.F.C. Seraing (1922), Seraing and S.V. Zulte Waregem, Zulte Waregem were relegated from the 2022–23 Belgian Pro League after 10, 2 and 18 years in top flight, respectively. Outgoing * R.W.D. Molenbeek (2015), RWD Molenbeek were promoted to 2023–24 Belgian ...
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2016–17 Belgian First Division B
The 2016–17 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2016 and ended on 28 April 2017. It was the inaugural season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division. The fixtures were announced on 23 June 2016. Although scoring most points overall, Lierse missed out on promotion as they came second in both the opening and closing tournament, leaving K.S.V. Roeselare and Antwerp to battle it out for promotion. Following thirteen years at the second level of Belgian football, Antwerp secured promotion on 11 March 2017. At the bottom end of the table, Lommel United suffered relegation as they could not overcome their deficit from the regular season during the relegation playoff. Structural changes This season is the first under the name ''First Division B'' as a result of reforms in the Belgian football league system. The format of the league has been completely overhauled, with the season now consisting of two separat ...
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2014–15 Belgian Second Division
The 2014–15 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as Belgacom League for sponsorship reasons) began on 1 August 2014 and ended on 26 April 2015. Team changes After promotion and relegation, only 12 teams of the previous season remained in the league, with 6 others being replaced: Out * K.V.C. Westerlo, Westerlo were promoted as champions of the previous season. * Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz, Mouscron-Péruwelz were promoted after winning the Belgian Second Division final rounds 2011–20#2014, promotion playoffs. * C.S. Visé, Visé were relegated to the Belgian Third Division, Third Division after finishing 18th. * Hoogstraten VV, Hoogstraten were relegated to the Belgian Third Division, Third Division after losing the 2013–14 Belgian Third Division#Promotion to Second Division playoffs, relegation playoffs. * RWDM Brussels FC, RWDM Brussels folded as a team. * Boussu Dour Borinage were in financial trouble and sold their football license to Seraing United. Boussu Do ...
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Oud-Heverlee Leuven
Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian professional football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, '' F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration number it inherited, '' Daring Club Leuven'', and '' Stade Leuven''. The club's home ground is Den Dreef, located in Heverlee. The club currently plays in the country's first division, the Belgian Pro League. History F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee was founded in 1957, climbing out of the provincial leagues in 1996 and winning the Belgian Fourth Division title during the 1999–2000 season. Promoted to the Belgian Third Division they joined their Leuven neighbours Stade Leuven, founded in 1905, which had played over 30 seasons in the Belgian Second Division and one year in the First in the 1949–50 season. , F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee was in bad financial shape, moving up and down between third and fourth division since 1991. In 2002, t ...
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Dries Wouters
Dries Wouters (born 28 January 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Belgian club Lommel. Career Wouters played with Genk as a junior. He made his Belgian Pro League debut with K.R.C. Genk on 10 May 2015 against SV Zulte Waregem. He signed for Schalke 04, newly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, in July 2021. On 12 January 2022, Wouters returned to Belgium to join Mechelen on loan until the end of the season. On 20 June 2022, the loan was extended. On 27 June 2023, Wouters agreed to join Challenger Pro League club Lommel. Career statistics Honours Genk *Belgian First Division A: 2018–19 *Belgian Cup: 2020–21 *Belgian Super Cup: 2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ... References External ...
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Stijn Wuytens
Stijn Wuytens (; born 8 October 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Lommel in the Belgian First Division B. Club career Wuytens began his career at Genk, before being transferred to the PSV Eindhoven-youth division in 2001. Wuytens made his senior debut for PSV in the 2008 Johan Cruyff Shield match against Feyenoord Rotterdam. On 2 February 2009, he was loaned out to De Graafschap until the end of the season, before returning to PSV. On 12 June 2012, it was announced that he would switch to the Belgian team Beerschot for the next season. AZ In the winter break of the 2015–16 season, Wuytens transferred to AZ Alkmaar. Here he was set up as a central defender by trainer John van den Brom, with Ron Vlaar at his side. The following season, Wuytens made his first goal for AZ, in an away match against FK Vojvodina in the Europa League. Wuytens also made his second goal in the Europa League for AZ on 15 September 2016. This time, he scored in a h ...
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Kluiverth Aguilar
Kluiverth Miguel Aguilar Díaz (born 5 May 2003) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian club Lommel. Club career He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2020". On 19 April 2020, it was confirmed that Aguilar would join Manchester City for a fee of £1.5 million when he turns 18, in 2021. He spent a season on loan at City's partner club Lommel Lommel () is a municipality and city in the Belgian province of Limburg. Lying in the Kempen, it has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the arrondissement of Maaseik. Besides the residential town, Lommel also has a number of nature reserv ... before signing for the Belgian club permanently in the summer of 2022. Career statistics References 2003 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian men's footballers 21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Peru men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Sporting Cristal footballers Club Alianz ...
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Nikola Ivezić
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia), while in West Slavic countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu. The spelling with a K, ''Nikola'', usually indicates Slavic origin, while '' Nicola'' usually indicates Italian origin. Statistics *Serbia: male name. 5th most popular in 2011, 1st in 2001, 1st in 1991, 5th in 1981, 9th pre-1940. *Croatia: male name. 32,304 (2011), 26,986 (2021) *Bosnia and Herzegovina: male name. *Bulgaria: male name. * North Macedonia: male name. *Czech Republic: 22,567 females and ...
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Abu Dhabi United Group
The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG; ) is a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based private equity company. It is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family and Vice President of the UAE. Leaks of internal documents show that the Abu Dhabi government manages the accounts belonging to ADUG. ADUG insists it is separate from the Abu Dhabi government. The primary interest of the group is its 81% majority ownership of City Football Group, a worldwide organisation most notably controlling Manchester City, Mumbai City, Melbourne City and New York City, as well as several other international football clubs. However, it also holds interests in various other endeavours outside of the sporting world with an extensive property portfolio in the United Arab Emirates and Manchester. City Football Group The Group was founded in the summer of 2008, as Sheikh Mansour looked to take over Manchester City Football Club from the former ...
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Belgian First Amateur Division
The Belgian Division 1 is a semi-professional division and the third-highest division in the Belgian football league system A league system is a hierarchy of sports league, leagues in a sport. They are often called pyramids, due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions further down the system. League systems of some sort are used in ma ..., one level below the Challenger Pro League. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016, coming in at the third level and pushing all divisions one level down. Initially it was known as the ''Belgian First Amateur Division'', but due to the negative connotation of the word ''amateur'' the league was renamed to Belgian National Division 1 from the 2019–20 season onwards. Then, from the 2024–25 season, a split was made into two separate divisions, with the teams holding a Flemish license and those playing with a Francophone license now playing in separate divisions within the league. ...
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Belgian First Division B
The Challenger Pro League, previously known as 1B Pro League is the second-highest division in the Football in Belgium, Belgian football Belgian football league system, league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016, replacing the Belgian Second Division. From the season 2016–17 until 2019–20, the competition was named ''Proximus League'', after the main sponsor Proximus Group, Proximus. History The Belgian First Division B was created in 2016 as the successor of the Belgian Second Division following an overhaul of the Belgian football league system which saw the number of professional clubs reduced to 24 and the number of teams at the second level of the football pyramid to 8. During Belgian Second Division era from 1973 to 2016, the second division winner and the play-off winner promote to the first division. From 2016 on, the second division winner is no longer guaranteed promotion. The league is div ...
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