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Sint-Niklase Sportkring Excelsior was a Belgian

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from the town of

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that merged with KSC Lokeren in 2000, establishing K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen. It was created in 1920 as F.C. Beerschot but the name changed a year later to V.V. Beerschot Sint-Niklaas. The club then registered to the Belgian FA as Sint-Niklaassche S.K. in 1922 and received the

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n°221. Right after

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, Sint-Niklaassche qualified for the

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but only stayed at that level for two seasons. Following the relegation, the name changed to Sint-Niklaasse S.K. and then to K. Sint-Niklase S.K. in 1974.

References

Belgian football clubs history
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