K.A.A. Gent
Encyclopedia
Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (ˈkoː.ˌnɪŋk.ləkə ˌɑt.lə.ˈtik ˌɑsoːˈʃa.(t)si ˈʝɛnt) (Royal Athletic Association Ghent), often simply known as Ghent or by their nickname De Buffalo's (The Buffalo), is a Belgian
football, track and field
and field hockey
club, based in the city of Ghent
, East Flanders
. They have been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 1989–90 season
. Their best league result are a second place in 1954–55
and in 2009–10. They have won three Belgian Cup
s. Gent have been playing their home matches in the Jules Ottenstadion
in Gentbrugge
since 1920. The club has planned a move to the new 21,000 capacity Arteveldestadion
after the 2011–12 season.They play in a blue and white outfit.The principal sponsor is the financial institution VDK.
The field hockey and track and field divisions were founded in 1864, making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Belgium
. The club was then known under their French name La Gantoise (and they are still referred to as such by the French-speaking part of Belgium). They changed their name to the present Dutch version in 1971. They were one of the founders club of the Belgian Union of Athletic Sports Societies, the ancestor of the Royal Belgian Football Association, in 1895. The football division opened in 1900. The nickname of the club is De Buffalo's, a term coined after a visit of the original Buffalo Bill
and his Wild West circus
to the city in the early 1900s. Gent enjoyed a first spell at the highest level in Belgian football between 1913–14
and 1928–29
, and a second one from 1936–37
to 1966–67
. In the 1970s and 1980s, the club had several promotions and relegations between the first and second
divisions, to come back at the highest level in 1989. The club reached the 1991-92 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, which is their best achievement in European competitions.
In the last decade of the 19th century, organized football was introduced in Ghent. Different small teams came into existence and some merged into Racing Club Gantois on 1 April 1899, which would become later the biggest challenger of KAA Gent. Only in 1900, a football section was founded by the students of the College of Melle, which is a place close to Ghent. The first president and also leader of the team was doctor Hector Priem. The games were played on the Carpentierplein, which was situated in the middle of the Kortrijksesteenweg, the Clementinalaan, the Oostendestraat and the Astridlaan. The players could change clothes in the pub "La Demi-Lune". Initially, the colours black and white were chosen, but by 31 October 1900, when the team became an official member, the colours were changed into blue-white. On 15 November 1900, the first regular game was played, against Omnium Sporting Club. In January 1901, the team played against the team Racing Club Gantois, which was at that time larger and had more members. KAA Gent lost the game with 10–0. Nevertheless, already at the end of the 19th century the team was member of the UBSSA (Union Belge des Sociétés de Sports Athlétiques or the Belgian Union of the Athletic Sports Society, and although Racing Club Gantois was an older team in the city, KAA Gent would receive a lower basic number than Racing Club, which would receive 11. From 1901 on, AA La Gantoise played its first games in the lower divisions.
The team played its first years mostly in Belgian Second Division
, later on in the First Division. In 1904 the team moved to the Mussenstraat. In 1913, the World Exposition was held at that place, and the team moved to the Albertlaan. Over there, a football pitch, training fields, tennis courts, an athletics court, galleries and other accommodation was being built. At 9. December 1915, during the First World War
, the stadium burned completely down. In 1912–13, AA La Gantoise became champion in the First Division. Already in 1914, the team received the royal title and was called Association Royale Athlétique La Gantoise, which was abbreviated to ARA La Gantoise. During the world exposition the team organized several sport activities. The first season in the First League, 1913/14, was nevertheless very difficult for the team and only by means of a test match against Standard Club Liégois
, degradation was being avoided.
In 1920 the team moved again, this time to Gentbrugge , where the Jules Ottenstadion
was built. at the end of the Twenties. La Gantoise fell back to the Second Division and only in 1936, it could win its series and return to the First Division. In the mid-Fifities, the team has known its strongest period. In 1953–54 it ended third with an equal total of points as KFC Malinois and at only one point of the champion RSC Anderlecht. The next season, La Gantoise was alone on the second spot, this time at three points. In 1964 it took the Belgian Cup (Beker van België
), which was the first important price for the team and it became in this way the first Belgian team to participate in the new Cup of Cupwinners. La Gantoise was defeated in the first round by West Ham United. 1967 was sportively spoken a bad year for the team. After three decades it fell back to Second Division. The team was able to win its series the next season and could come back to First Division in 1968.
six games before the season's ending, after the defeat to Club Brugge. In 1974, they even relegated to the Third Division
. Ghent had ended last and couldn't assure its place in Second Division in the final round. After one season, they would return to Second Division, lasted there until 1980, when the team returned to First Division. The Eighties would become a much better period for the team. Supporters returned to the stadium, and the team achieved good results. In 1984 they won the Belgian Cup again, and during that period the team played in European competitions four times. In 1986–87, Ghent reached the Third round in the UEFA Cup. In 1988 the team fell back to Second Division for a short while, but thanks to the final round, they were able to return to First Division after one season. A crucial role was played by a member of the Board of Directors, Marc Mortier
who consulted the Prime Minister of Belgium, Wilfried Martens
, in order to establish an organisation named Foot Invest, to get the team financially back on track. Marc Mortier
gathered more than 50 million Belgian francs (1.25 million euros) in sponsoring in a couple of months and introduced VDK Spaarbank as the main sponsor of the team.
In 1990–91, the team played at the top of the standings for a long time, under the guidance of René Vandereycken and players such as Frank Dauwen, Eric Viscaal
and Erwin Vandenbergh
, but finally it ended on the third spot. So instead of competing in the UEFA Champions League
, the team played in the UEFA Cup
in 1991. After defeating Lausanne Sports
, Eintracht Frankfurt
and FC Dynamo Moscow
, Ghent played the quarter finals against AFC Ajax. The following years, Ghent fell back to the lower places in the standings. From 1994 until 1997, they finished just above relegation the places in the league. By the end of the 90's the results improved again, and with coach Trond Sollied
, KAA Gent played European football again in 1999–2000. In these series, Ghent lost heavily against Ajax, under new coach Henk Houwaart. The next season, Ghent reached the UEFA Intertoto Cup
, where it would reach the semi-finals against PSG. The following seasons, league results varied between lower sub-top places and top four finishes, but, as of today, they haven't been able to win the Belgian Pro League.
In 2004, Ghent signed coach Georges Leekens. In his first season, he ended at the sixth spot in competition. With Leekens as a coach, KAA Gent made some impressive performances, such as the 4–1 victory over the ever-lasting rival Club Brugge
on April 1st 2006. In the season 2006–07, despite a weak start of the competition, the team managed to reach the fourth place in the Belgian Pro League. The repeated that achievement the following year.
After a drawn-out transfer soap, coach Georges Leekens left in the interval of the next season for Sporting Lokeren. Trond Sollied
, the Norwegian trainer who had been very successful seven years before, succeeded him. Under his guidance, KAA Gent played its third Cup Final, in which it only lost at the end from RSC Anderlecht
. Sollied left Ghent again after one season, this time for SC Heerenveen. Michel Preud'homme
, who had just become champion of the Jupiler Pro League with Standard de Liège, signed, together with his colleagues Manu Ferrera and Stan Van Den Buys a contract for three seasons. In the season 2008–09, the team ended at the fourth spot, after a strong comeback in the second part of competition, with an equal number of points as Club Brugge, which had won one game extra and ended third.
In 2009–10, there was a heavy battle for the second place in the Belgian Pro League between AA Gent and Club Brugge and the Champions League ticket that comes with it. They played each other on May 8 2010, Ghent won witha a convincing 6-2 score and won second place by that victory. One week later, Ghent also won the Belgian Cup for the first time in 26 years, defeating the other Bruges Pro League team, Cercle Brugge
. On 24 May, coach Michel Preud'homme announced that he had signed a contract at FC Twente
. He was replaced by Francky Dury
, who had coached S.V. Zulte Waregem for several years. On May 14 2011, after the loss against Genk
, it was announced that Franky Dury and KAA Gent agreed to mutually terminate Dury's contract.
On June 10 2011, KAA Gent has announced that Trond Sollied would become head coach for the third time. He was presented to the press and signed a contract for the next two seasons.
A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.
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For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2011.
Thomas Chatelle
Frank Dauwen Marc Degryse
Michel De Wolf
Frédéric Dupré
Guillaume Gillet
Christophe Grégoire
Frédéric Herpoel
Tony Herreman Nordin Jbari
Jef Jurion
Nicolas Lombaerts
Ronny Martens
Sandy Martens
Tim Matthys
Dirk Medved
Gaby Mudingayi
Jacky Peeters
Cédric Roussel
Gunther Schepens
Axel Smeets
Erwin Vandenbergh
Marc Van Der Linden
Wouter Vrancken
Stijn Vreven
Algeria Abdelmalek Cherrad
Nasreddine Kraouche Maamar Mamouni
Bosnia Suvad Katana
Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz
Randall Azofeifa
Croatia Dario Smoje
Denmark Søren Busk
Anders Nielsen
Egypt Ahmed Hossam
England Francis Joseph John Tudor
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Ecuador Jairo Campos
France Eric Joly
Mathieu Verschuère
Greece Alexandros Kaklamanos
Hungary Zsolt Petry
Ireland Paddy Brennan Dominic Foley
Israel Nir Levine
Gil Vermuth
Morocco Mbark Boussoufa
Netherlands Toine van Mierlo
Cees Schapendonk
Eric Viscaal
Mark Verkuyl
Nigeria Augustine Eguavoen
Norway Ole Martin Årst
Tore André Dahlum
Morten Pedersen
Peru Gustavo Vassallo
Poland Jacek Kazimierski
Romania Alin Stoica
Scotland Jim Gillespie (1980–82) (1986–??)
Senegal Khalilou Fadiga
Ibrahima Faye
Sylvain N'Diaye
Serbia Ivica Dragutinović
Ivica Jaraković Bojan Jorgačević
Miloš Marić
Thomas Vasov
Venezuela Roberto Rosales
Yugoslavia Milan Ružić
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
football, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
and field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
club, based in the city of Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
, East Flanders
East Flanders
East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders...
. They have been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 1989–90 season
Belgian First Division 1989-90
The 1989–90 edition of the Belgian League was the 87th since its establishment: it was disputed by 18 teams, and Club Brugge K.V. won the championship, while K.S.K. Beveren and K.R.C. Mechelen were relegated.-League standings:-Topscorers:...
. Their best league result are a second place in 1954–55
Belgian First Division 1954-55
-League standings:...
and in 2009–10. They have won three Belgian Cup
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...
s. Gent have been playing their home matches in the Jules Ottenstadion
Jules Ottenstadion
Jules Ottenstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Gentbrugge, Ghent, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of K.A.A. Gent. The stadium holds 12,919 and was built in 1920. It is due to be replaced by the new Arteveldestadion in 2010. The people of Ghent...
in Gentbrugge
Gentbrugge
Gentbrugge is one of 25 districts of the city of Ghent, Belgium in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Gentbrugge together with Oud Gentbrugge had been a separate municipality before January 1, 1977, when it fused with Ghent.- Neighborhoods :...
since 1920. The club has planned a move to the new 21,000 capacity Arteveldestadion
Arteveldestadion
Arteveldestadion is a multi-use stadium in Ghent, Belgium, that as of 2009 is under construction. Once completed in 2012, it will be used mostly for football matches and will host the home matches of K.A.A. Gent. The stadium will have a capacity of 20,000 people. It replaces their current stadium...
after the 2011–12 season.They play in a blue and white outfit.The principal sponsor is the financial institution VDK.
The field hockey and track and field divisions were founded in 1864, making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. The club was then known under their French name La Gantoise (and they are still referred to as such by the French-speaking part of Belgium). They changed their name to the present Dutch version in 1971. They were one of the founders club of the Belgian Union of Athletic Sports Societies, the ancestor of the Royal Belgian Football Association, in 1895. The football division opened in 1900. The nickname of the club is De Buffalo's, a term coined after a visit of the original Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a United States soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory , in LeClaire but lived several years in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872 for service to the US...
and his Wild West circus
Wild West Shows
Wild West Shows were traveling vaudeville performances in the United States and Europe. The first and prototypical wild west show was Buffalo Bill's, formed in 1883 and lasting until 1913...
to the city in the early 1900s. Gent enjoyed a first spell at the highest level in Belgian football between 1913–14
Belgian First Division 1913-14
-League standings:...
and 1928–29
Belgian First Division 1928-29
-League standings:...
, and a second one from 1936–37
Belgian First Division 1936-37
-Overview:It was contested by 14 teams, and Daring Club Bruxelles won the championship.-League standings:...
to 1966–67
Belgian First Division 1966-67
-League standings:...
. In the 1970s and 1980s, the club had several promotions and relegations between the first and second
Belgian Second Division
The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...
divisions, to come back at the highest level in 1989. The club reached the 1991-92 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, which is their best achievement in European competitions.
History
In 1864 already, an association, called the 'Société Gymnastique la Gantoise', which was an association in order to promote gymnastics, was founded. Afterwards, some branches became independent and in 1891 the team merged with the Association Athlétique, which was in itself a merger of younger teams, such as Racing Club, Running Club, Red Star, a.o. The new merger team was called Association Athlétique La Gantoise, and next to gymnastics, the activities were broadened to athletics, boxing, cricket, cycling, fencing, hockey, swimming and tennis. Also the athletics team KAA Gent was founded.In the last decade of the 19th century, organized football was introduced in Ghent. Different small teams came into existence and some merged into Racing Club Gantois on 1 April 1899, which would become later the biggest challenger of KAA Gent. Only in 1900, a football section was founded by the students of the College of Melle, which is a place close to Ghent. The first president and also leader of the team was doctor Hector Priem. The games were played on the Carpentierplein, which was situated in the middle of the Kortrijksesteenweg, the Clementinalaan, the Oostendestraat and the Astridlaan. The players could change clothes in the pub "La Demi-Lune". Initially, the colours black and white were chosen, but by 31 October 1900, when the team became an official member, the colours were changed into blue-white. On 15 November 1900, the first regular game was played, against Omnium Sporting Club. In January 1901, the team played against the team Racing Club Gantois, which was at that time larger and had more members. KAA Gent lost the game with 10–0. Nevertheless, already at the end of the 19th century the team was member of the UBSSA (Union Belge des Sociétés de Sports Athlétiques or the Belgian Union of the Athletic Sports Society, and although Racing Club Gantois was an older team in the city, KAA Gent would receive a lower basic number than Racing Club, which would receive 11. From 1901 on, AA La Gantoise played its first games in the lower divisions.
The team played its first years mostly in Belgian Second Division
Belgian Second Division
The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...
, later on in the First Division. In 1904 the team moved to the Mussenstraat. In 1913, the World Exposition was held at that place, and the team moved to the Albertlaan. Over there, a football pitch, training fields, tennis courts, an athletics court, galleries and other accommodation was being built. At 9. December 1915, during the First World War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, the stadium burned completely down. In 1912–13, AA La Gantoise became champion in the First Division. Already in 1914, the team received the royal title and was called Association Royale Athlétique La Gantoise, which was abbreviated to ARA La Gantoise. During the world exposition the team organized several sport activities. The first season in the First League, 1913/14, was nevertheless very difficult for the team and only by means of a test match against Standard Club Liégois
Standard Liège
Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....
, degradation was being avoided.
In 1920 the team moved again, this time to Gentbrugge , where the Jules Ottenstadion
Jules Ottenstadion
Jules Ottenstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Gentbrugge, Ghent, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of K.A.A. Gent. The stadium holds 12,919 and was built in 1920. It is due to be replaced by the new Arteveldestadion in 2010. The people of Ghent...
was built. at the end of the Twenties. La Gantoise fell back to the Second Division and only in 1936, it could win its series and return to the First Division. In the mid-Fifities, the team has known its strongest period. In 1953–54 it ended third with an equal total of points as KFC Malinois and at only one point of the champion RSC Anderlecht. The next season, La Gantoise was alone on the second spot, this time at three points. In 1964 it took the Belgian Cup (Beker van België
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...
), which was the first important price for the team and it became in this way the first Belgian team to participate in the new Cup of Cupwinners. La Gantoise was defeated in the first round by West Ham United. 1967 was sportively spoken a bad year for the team. After three decades it fell back to Second Division. The team was able to win its series the next season and could come back to First Division in 1968.
Results from 1970 until 2011
In 1971 the name of the team was translated into dutch, it became "Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent" (commonly known as KAA Gent or AA Gent). The 1970–71 season was the start of a bad decade for Ghent. They were certain to be relegated to the Second DivisionBelgian Second Division
The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...
six games before the season's ending, after the defeat to Club Brugge. In 1974, they even relegated to the Third Division
Belgian Third Division
The Belgian Third Division is the third highest level in Belgian football. It has two leagues of 18 teams each at the same level. This competition, known as the Belgian Promotion was first played in the 1926-27 season with three leagues, then with four leagues between 1931 and 1952. From 1952...
. Ghent had ended last and couldn't assure its place in Second Division in the final round. After one season, they would return to Second Division, lasted there until 1980, when the team returned to First Division. The Eighties would become a much better period for the team. Supporters returned to the stadium, and the team achieved good results. In 1984 they won the Belgian Cup again, and during that period the team played in European competitions four times. In 1986–87, Ghent reached the Third round in the UEFA Cup. In 1988 the team fell back to Second Division for a short while, but thanks to the final round, they were able to return to First Division after one season. A crucial role was played by a member of the Board of Directors, Marc Mortier
Marc Mortier
Marc Mortier was CEO of Flanders Expo from its foundation in 1986 to 2002. Flanders Expo is the biggest event hall in Flanders, and the second biggest in Belgium . Mortier later became president of Febelux, the Federation of Exhibitions in Belgium and Luxemburg...
who consulted the Prime Minister of Belgium, Wilfried Martens
Wilfried Martens
Wilfried Martens is a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge . Martens was the 44th Prime Minister of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992....
, in order to establish an organisation named Foot Invest, to get the team financially back on track. Marc Mortier
Marc Mortier
Marc Mortier was CEO of Flanders Expo from its foundation in 1986 to 2002. Flanders Expo is the biggest event hall in Flanders, and the second biggest in Belgium . Mortier later became president of Febelux, the Federation of Exhibitions in Belgium and Luxemburg...
gathered more than 50 million Belgian francs (1.25 million euros) in sponsoring in a couple of months and introduced VDK Spaarbank as the main sponsor of the team.
In 1990–91, the team played at the top of the standings for a long time, under the guidance of René Vandereycken and players such as Frank Dauwen, Eric Viscaal
Eric Viscaal
Eric Viscaal is a former football player from the Netherlands, who played much of his career in Belgium . He earned five caps for the Dutch national team...
and Erwin Vandenbergh
Erwin Vandenbergh
Erwin Vandenbergh was a Belgian footballer. Between 1981 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgian First Division, with three different clubs . In 1981 he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games...
, but finally it ended on the third spot. So instead of competing in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
, the team played in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
in 1991. After defeating Lausanne Sports
Lausanne Sports
Lausanne-Sports is a Swiss sports club based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is most famous for its football department , but the club also had athletics, sport rowing, and rink hockey departments until they split in 2009 over a row about the construction of a new stadium that will be built by...
, Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
and FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
, Ghent played the quarter finals against AFC Ajax. The following years, Ghent fell back to the lower places in the standings. From 1994 until 1997, they finished just above relegation the places in the league. By the end of the 90's the results improved again, and with coach Trond Sollied
Trond Sollied
Trond Johan Sollied is a Norwegian football manager and retired player, currently managing the Belgian first division team Gent....
, KAA Gent played European football again in 1999–2000. In these series, Ghent lost heavily against Ajax, under new coach Henk Houwaart. The next season, Ghent reached the UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
, where it would reach the semi-finals against PSG. The following seasons, league results varied between lower sub-top places and top four finishes, but, as of today, they haven't been able to win the Belgian Pro League.
In 2004, Ghent signed coach Georges Leekens. In his first season, he ended at the sixth spot in competition. With Leekens as a coach, KAA Gent made some impressive performances, such as the 4–1 victory over the ever-lasting rival Club Brugge
Club Brugge
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....
on April 1st 2006. In the season 2006–07, despite a weak start of the competition, the team managed to reach the fourth place in the Belgian Pro League. The repeated that achievement the following year.
After a drawn-out transfer soap, coach Georges Leekens left in the interval of the next season for Sporting Lokeren. Trond Sollied
Trond Sollied
Trond Johan Sollied is a Norwegian football manager and retired player, currently managing the Belgian first division team Gent....
, the Norwegian trainer who had been very successful seven years before, succeeded him. Under his guidance, KAA Gent played its third Cup Final, in which it only lost at the end from RSC Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...
. Sollied left Ghent again after one season, this time for SC Heerenveen. Michel Preud'homme
Michel Preud'homme
Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud’Homme'tönten mannen, , commonly known as Michel Preud'homme, is a Belgian football coach and retired goalkeeper. He is currently head coach of Al-Shabab Riyadh, a role he took after guiding outgoing Dutch Eredivisie champions FC Twente in the 2010–11 season...
, who had just become champion of the Jupiler Pro League with Standard de Liège, signed, together with his colleagues Manu Ferrera and Stan Van Den Buys a contract for three seasons. In the season 2008–09, the team ended at the fourth spot, after a strong comeback in the second part of competition, with an equal number of points as Club Brugge, which had won one game extra and ended third.
In 2009–10, there was a heavy battle for the second place in the Belgian Pro League between AA Gent and Club Brugge and the Champions League ticket that comes with it. They played each other on May 8 2010, Ghent won witha a convincing 6-2 score and won second place by that victory. One week later, Ghent also won the Belgian Cup for the first time in 26 years, defeating the other Bruges Pro League team, Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging is a Belgian football team from Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003-04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Division following relegation in 1997. Their matricule is the n°12. The club play...
. On 24 May, coach Michel Preud'homme announced that he had signed a contract at FC Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
. He was replaced by Francky Dury
Francky Dury
Francky Dury is a Belgian former Police detective and now football manager.-Amateur career:Francky Dury began his career as amateur player in the lower football classes of Hulste Sport . He was very successful as coach, primarily with Zultse VV and later on with the merger team SV Zulte Waregem...
, who had coached S.V. Zulte Waregem for several years. On May 14 2011, after the loss against Genk
K.R.C. Genk
Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...
, it was announced that Franky Dury and KAA Gent agreed to mutually terminate Dury's contract.
On June 10 2011, KAA Gent has announced that Trond Sollied would become head coach for the third time. He was presented to the press and signed a contract for the next two seasons.
Honours
- Belgian First Division:
- Runners-up (2): 1954–55, 2009–10
- Belgian Second DivisionBelgian Second DivisionThe Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...
:- Winners (4): 1912–13, 1935–36, 1967–68, 1979–80
- Belgian Second Division Final RoundBelgian Second Division Final RoundThe Belgian Second Division Final Round is the playoff part of the Belgian Second Division. It is a contested by four teams, the winner being promoted to the first division.-Eligibility:...
:- Winners (1): 1988–89
- Runners-up (1): 1978–79
- Belgian CupBelgian CupThe Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...
:- Winners (3): 1963–64, 1983–84, 2009–10
- Runners-up (1): 2007–08
- Belgian SupercupBelgian SupercupThe Belgian Supercup is a Belgian club competition played on a single match at the league champion venue since 2004 and formerly at the Stade Roi Baudouin, between the winner of the last Belgian Pro League and that of the last Belgian Cup. If both teams are the same, the opponent is declared to...
:- Runners-up (2): 1983–84, 2009–10
- UEFA Intertoto CupUEFA Intertoto CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
:- Runners-up (2): 2006UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 was the first after a major change of the competition format. There were only three rounds instead of five, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup...
, 2007UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 was the 19th and penultimate edition of the competition and took 50 entries. Three rounds were held, and 11 teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 23 April 2007...
- Runners-up (2): 2006
European record
| Competition | A | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
6 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 36 |
| UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Intertoto Cup | 6 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 30 |
A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963–64 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1 |  |
1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07.... |
1–1 | 1–3 |
| 1964–65 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1 |  |
West Ham United | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| 1966–67 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
2 |  |
Girondins Bordeaux | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 |  |
Kilmarnock FC | 1–2 (AET) | 0–1 | ||
| 1970–71 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1R | |
Hamburger SV Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department... |
0–1 | 1–7 |
| 1982–83 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1R |  |
HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912... |
3–3 | 1–2 |
| 1983–84 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1R | |
RC Lens RC Lens Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du... |
1–1 | 1–2 (AET) |
| 1984–85 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | |
Celtic Glasgow | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| 1986–87 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1 |  |
Jeunesse Esch Jeunesse Esch Jeunesse Esch is a football club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg.- History :... |
1–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 |  |
Sportul Studenţesc Sportul Studentesc Sportul Studenţesc is a Romanian football club that was established in 1916 . The Bucharest club has won the Balkans Cup once and its best result in the Romanian league is a 2nd place in 1986... |
1–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 |  |
IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups.... |
0–1 | 0–4 | ||
| 1991–92 UEFA Cup 1991-92 The UEFA Cup 1991–92 was won by Ajax on away goals over Torino.Although this was the second season since the ban on English clubs in European competitions was lifted, only one English club was entered into the 1991–92 UEFA Cup... |
UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1 |  |
Lausanne Sports Lausanne Sports Lausanne-Sports is a Swiss sports club based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is most famous for its football department , but the club also had athletics, sport rowing, and rink hockey departments until they split in 2009 over a row about the construction of a new stadium that will be built by... |
0–1 | 4–1 (PEN) |
| 2 | |
Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :... |
0–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 |  |
FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white... |
2–0 | 0–0 | ||
| QF | |
AFC Ajax | 0–0 | 0–3 | ||
| 2000–01 UEFA Cup 2000-01 In perhaps the most bizarre European final ever, the 2000–01 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool in a dramatic golden goal final against Deportivo Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a unique cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season... |
UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
QUAL |  |
IA Akranes | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 1 | |
AFC Ajax | 0–6 | 0–3 | ||
| 2001 | UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued... |
2 |  |
Celik Zenica | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| 3 | |
Werder Bremen | 0–1 | 3–2 | ||
| SF | |
Paris St. Germain | 0–0 | 1–7 | ||
| 2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued... |
2 |  |
St. Patrick's Athletic | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| 3 |  |
Málaga CF Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Málaga, Andalusia. The team currently plays in Spain's La Liga.Málaga CF is generally seen as the successor to CD Málaga, one of the most historical Andalusian football clubs, by being a near-identical looking football club that even shares... |
1–1 | 0–3 | ||
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued... |
1 | |
Fylkir Reykjavik Fylkir Fylkir FC is an athletic club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland.Former players include Helgi Valur Daníelsson, who now plays for AIK, and Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, formerly of Arsenal and currently plays for Zulte Waregem in Belgium. Ragnar Sigurðsson who plays with... |
2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 |  |
Vardar Skopje | 3–4 (PEN) | 0–1 | ||
| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued... |
1 | |
Bohemian FC | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| 2 |  |
Tescoma Zlín | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | |
Valencia CF Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the... |
0–0 | 0–2 | ||
| 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 was the first after a major change of the competition format. There were only three rounds instead of five, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup... |
UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued... |
3 | |
Grasshoppers Zürich | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 was the 19th and penultimate edition of the competition and took 50 entries. Three rounds were held, and 11 teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 23 April 2007... |
UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued... |
2 |  |
Cliftonville FC | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 |  |
Aalborg BK | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
2Q | |
Kalmar FF Kalmar FF Kalmar FF is a Swedish football club located in Kalmar. Formed 10 January 1910, the club has won three national cup titles and 1 league title. Kalmar FF currently play in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.... |
2–1 | 0–4 |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q |  |
Naftan Novopolotsk | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| 3Q |  |
AS Roma A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s... |
1–7 | 1–3 | ||
| 2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | 3Q |  |
Dynamo Kyiv | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| UEFA Europa League | Play-off | |
Feyenoord | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Group Stage 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage This article details the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League group stage.The group stage featured 48 teams: the title holders, Atlético Madrid, the 37 winners of the play-off round, and the 10 losing teams from the Champions League play-off round... |
 |
Sporting Clube de Portugal | 3–1 | 1–5 | ||
| |
Lille OSC Lille OSC LOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the... |
1–1 | 0–3 | |||
 |
Levski Sofia | 1–0 | 2–3 | |||
Current squad
(captainCaptain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...
)
For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2011.
Out on loan
Former players
Belgium Vital BorkelmansVital Borkelmans
Vital Philomene Borkelmans was a Belgian football left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge . He also played for SV Waregem, Gent and Cercle Brugge. Borkelmans played with Belgium and was in the team for the 1994 and 1998 World Cups...
Thomas Chatelle
Thomas Chatelle
Thomas Chatelle is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger for R.S.C. Anderlecht, and the Belgian national team.His former clubs include Racing Genk, AA Gent, KV Mechelen and the Dutch club N.E.C.....
Frank Dauwen Marc Degryse
Marc Degryse
Marc Gabriel Degryse , nicknamed Le Lutin d'Ardooie and The Little One, is a former Belgian footballer, who played as a forward.-Club career:...
Michel De Wolf
Michel De Wolf
Michel Jean de Wolf is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a left defender.-Club career:...
Frédéric Dupré
Frédéric Dupré
Frédéric Dupré is a Belgian football defender who is currently unattached to any club after having been released by KSC Lokeren.- Clubs :*1989-1998 : K.A.A. Gent youth team*1998-1999 : K.S.V. Oudenaarde*1999-2000 : K.A.A. Gent...
Guillaume Gillet
Guillaume Gillet
Guillaume Gillet is a Belgian international footballer who plays professionally for Anderlecht, as a full back.-Club career:Born in Liège, Gillet has played for RFC Liège, Visé, Eupen, Gent and Anderlecht in 2008.-International career:...
Christophe Grégoire
Christophe Grégoire
Christophe Grégoire is a Belgian footballer who plays for Charleroi.-External links:* at VI.nl...
Frédéric Herpoel
Frédéric Herpoel
Frédéric Herpoel is a Belgian former football goalkeeper. At the age of 7 he began to play for S.C. Havré and then moved to Anderlecht in 1988 where he played in the youth team. Between 1993 and 1997, Herpoel only played 4 Jupiler League games for the Brussels side...
Tony Herreman Nordin Jbari
Nordin Jbari
Nordin Jbari is a Belgian football player from Moroccan descent. Just like Sanharib Malki, Jbari started his football career at local team SCUP Jette. Soon after, he went to the youth teams of Anderlecht. He made his début for the first team in 1995...
Jef Jurion
Armand Jurion
Armand Joseph Jurion , nicknamed Jef, was a Belgian football player who played with the Belgium national team from 1955 to 1967. Jurion spent most of his club career at R.S.C. Anderlecht where he won 8 championship titles and one Cup and was awarded 2 Golden Shoe...
Nicolas Lombaerts
Nicolas Lombaerts
Nicolas Lombaerts is a Belgian left-footed football defender who plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Belgium national team. He is tall, a leader on the pitch and a good header, both strong in defence as in constructive play.-Brugge:Lombaerts joined Club Brugge at young age where he went...
Ronny Martens
Ronny Martens
Ronny Martens is a retired Belgian footballer.During his career he played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, K.S.K. Beveren, K.A.A. Gent, K.V. Mechelen, and R.W.D. Molenbeek. He participated in UEFA Euro 1980, but did not earn any senior international caps in his career.- References :*...
Sandy Martens
Sandy Martens
Sandy Martens is a Belgian football player currently playing for KSV Oudenaarde. He is a former Belgium international, with a record of 3 goals in 11 games. He was a successful player for FC Bruges between 1998 and 2003 but has suffered from various injuries recently...
Tim Matthys
Tim Matthys
Tim Matthijs is a Belgian footballer who is currently playing for R.A.E.C. Mons.-Career:While playing for his club , the striker scored 5 goals in the UEFA Cup in only 3 matches. Matthys scored one in the first round against FC Lokomotiv Moscow and scored a hat-trick against Austria Wien...
Dirk Medved
Dirk Medved
Dirk Medved is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a defender .-Football career:During his professional career, Genk-born Medved played for K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk, K.R.C. Genk, K.A.A. Gent, Club Brugge K.V...
Gaby Mudingayi
Gaby Mudingayi
Gaby Mudingayi is a Congolese-Belgian footballer who plays for Bologna of Italian Serie A.-Biography:Mudingayi started his career at the Belgian club Gent. In January 2004, he joined Italian Serie B side Torino Calcio and helped them win promotion back to Serie A in 2005. However, the club went...
Jacky Peeters
Jacky Peeters
Jacky Peeters is a retired Belgian football defender.- Career :His former clubs include Racing Genk, Arminia Bielefeld in Germany and Gent.- International :...
Cédric Roussel
Cédric Roussel
Cédric Roussel is a Belgian football striker currently at RUS Beloeil in France.-Career:In 1997, Roussel took part in the FIFA World Youth Championship...
Gunther Schepens
Gunther Schepens
Gunther Schepens is a retired Belgian football player. At this moment, he is the technical coördinator of the youth teams of the football team KAA Gent. He is also co-responsible for the scouting of new players.- Career :...
Axel Smeets
Axel Smeets
Axel Smeets is a former football defender, who could also play as a midfielder. During his career he played for several Belgian clubs and also played overseas for UD Salamanca, Sheffield United and MKE Ankaragücü, where he had several experiences and ended his career in Norway with HamKam due to...
Erwin Vandenbergh
Erwin Vandenbergh
Erwin Vandenbergh was a Belgian footballer. Between 1981 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgian First Division, with three different clubs . In 1981 he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games...
Marc Van Der Linden
Marc Van Der Linden
Marc Angéle Vanderlinden or van der Linden is a Belgian former footballer.He began his career with his local side SC Merksem before moving to Royal Antwerp FC in 1982. After seven seasons with the club he moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1989 before joining K.A.A. Gent two years later...
Wouter Vrancken
Wouter Vrancken
Wouter Vrancken is a former Belgian football player whose position is in the defensive midfield. He lastly played for K.V. Kortrijk.-References:*...
Stijn Vreven
Stijn Vreven
Stijn Vreven is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for the Belgian amateur club KFC Esperanza Neerpelt.-Career:...
Algeria Abdelmalek Cherrad
Abdelmalek Cherrad
Abdelmalek Cherrad is an Algerian international football player of CS Marítimo.-Biography:Cherrad started off his playing career with OGC Nice's reserve team in 1998. He played his first game for the first team in the 1999–2000 season, making 5 appearances. He stayed with the club until 2003,...
Nasreddine Kraouche Maamar Mamouni
Maamar Mamouni
Maamar Mamouni is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for Panserraikos. In 2004, he moved from Louviéroise to Gent. In 2006, he moved to Lierse for a free transfer...
Bosnia Suvad Katana
Suvad Katana
Suvad Katana was a Bosnian football player.This intelligent defender started playing football in FK Željezničar as a youngster. He made his league debut for the club in 1987. against Red Star Belgrade . Although still a teenager, he was a regular starter in the squad in following seasons...
Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz
Bryan Ruiz
Bryan Ruiz González , commonly known as Bryan Ruiz is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League. He is an attacking all-rounder, with good ball control, heading and passing....
Randall Azofeifa
Randall Azofeifa
Randall Azofeifa Corrales is a Costa Rican football midfielder who played for K.A.A. Gent in the Jupiler League. In January 2011 he was transferred to the Turkish team Gençlerbirligi at a transfer price of 1,6 million Euros....
Croatia Dario Smoje
Dario Smoje
Dario Smoje is a Croatian footballer, who is currently in Hrvatski Dragovoljac, after being released by Panionios in January 2010.- Career :...
Denmark Søren Busk
Søren Busk
Søren Thomas Busk is a former Danish football defender, who played professionally for a number of European clubs, and helped K.A.A. Gent win the Belgian Cup. He played 61 games and scored two goals for the Denmark national football team, and represented Denmark at the Euro 1984, 1986 World Cup,...
Anders Nielsen
Anders Nielsen (footballer born 1970)
Anders Nielsen is a Danish former association football player in the forward position, who has played for a number of clubs in Belgian football....
Egypt Ahmed Hossam
England Francis Joseph John Tudor
John Tudor (footballer)
John Tudor was a football player for Coventry City, Newcastle United, Sheffield United and Stoke City.-Biography:...
(1977–79) 40 apps 16 goals http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/johntudor.htm
Ecuador Jairo Campos
Jairo Campos
Jairo Rolando Campos León is an Ecuadorian Defender who plays for Deportivo Quito, on loan from Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro.-Early career:...
France Eric Joly
Eric Joly
Eric André Joly is a retired French professional football player.-External links:*...
Mathieu Verschuère
Mathieu Verschuère
Matthieu Verschuere is a French football player who currently plays for U.S. Roye in France. His position is in the central midfield.-References:* *...
Greece Alexandros Kaklamanos
Alexandros Kaklamanos
Alexandros Kaklamanos is a football striker, who currently plays for R.U. Saint-Gilloise.- Career:He played in many teams such as Ialissos FC, Olympiacos FC, Athinaikos F.C., Panelefsiniakos F.C., R. Charleroi S.C., K.A.A. Gent, Standard Liège, APOEL, Ergotelis F.C., Kerkyra FC, Enosis Neon...
Hungary Zsolt Petry
Zsolt Petry
Zsolt Petry was a Hungarian football Goalkeeper, currently goalkeeping coach for Hungary and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.-External links:* *...
Ireland Paddy Brennan Dominic Foley
Dominic Foley
Dominic Joseph Foley is an Irish footballer who plays for Cercle Brugge K.S.V. in Belgium, as a striker.Without really settling in his early career, he played for almost ten clubs in England, in his late 20's and 30's, he found stability in Belgium, where he represented two teams.-Football...
Israel Nir Levine
Nir Levine
Nir Levine is an Israeli former football player and manager.He is currently the director of football of Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team.-Honours:As player*Toto Cup :**1985–86*Israel State Cup :**1992As coach...
Gil Vermuth
Gil Vermuth
Gil Vermouth is an Israeli football player contracted to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in Germany.Vermouth started his football career in Haifa and played until the age of 20 with the local Hapoel side....
Morocco Mbark Boussoufa
Mbark Boussoufa
Moubarak "Mbark" Boussoufa is a Dutch-born Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Anzhi Makhachkala and the Moroccan national team.-Early career:...
Netherlands Toine van Mierlo
Toine van Mierlo
Antonius Wilhelmus Matthias Theodore "Toine" van Mierlo , known in England as Tony van Mierlo, is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward or left winger....
Cees Schapendonk
Cees Schapendonk
Cees Schapendonk is a former football striker from the Netherlands. In his sole appearance for the Netherlands national football team on February 22, 1981, he scored in a three-nil victory over Cyprus....
Eric Viscaal
Eric Viscaal
Eric Viscaal is a former football player from the Netherlands, who played much of his career in Belgium . He earned five caps for the Dutch national team...
Mark Verkuyl
Nigeria Augustine Eguavoen
Norway Ole Martin Årst
Ole Martin Årst
Ole Martin Årst is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays as a striker for IK Start of the Norwegian Premier League.-Club career:...
Tore André Dahlum
Tore André Dahlum
Tore André "Totto" Dahlum is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a striker. During his playing career, he had three spells at Start and two spells at Rosenborg. He also played briefly in Denmark, Greece and Belgium....
Morten Pedersen
Morten Pedersen
Morten Pedersen is a former Norwegian soccer player, who played as defender. He is currently the head coach of Tromsdalen UIL in the Norwegian Adeccoliga...
Peru Gustavo Vassallo
Gustavo Vassallo
Gustavo Vassallo is a Peruvian football player.He played in Sporting Cristal, Sport Boys, Universitario de Deportes, Cienciano del Cuzco and now he plays for Juan Aurich....
Poland Jacek Kazimierski
Jacek Kazimierski
Jacek Kazimierski is a retired Polish football player.He began his career in Agrykoli Warsaw and later played for Legia Warsaw, Olympiakos Piraeus and KAA Gent. He won the Polish Cup twice in 1980 and 1981 with Legia Warsaw and appeared in 225 Polish league games...
Romania Alin Stoica
Alin Stoica
Alin Tudor Adi Stoica is a Romanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.Played nearly one decade in his professional career in Belgium, winning almost ten major titles with Anderlecht and Club Brugge combined...
Scotland Jim Gillespie (1980–82) (1986–??)
Senegal Khalilou Fadiga
Khalilou Fadiga
Khalilou Fadiga is a Senegalese footballer midfielder who plays for KSV Temse in Belgium. He also holds a Belgian passport.-Early career:Fadiga moved to France when he was six years old...
Ibrahima Faye
Ibrahima Faye
Ibrahima Faye is a Senegalese professional football player, currently a free agent.Faye and was born in Pout, a small village near the city of Thiès in Senegal...
Sylvain N'Diaye
Sylvain N'Diaye
Sylvain N'Diayé is a French-born Senegalese footballer, currently a defensive midfielder for AS Cannes.-Club career:During his career, N'Diayé played for FC Girondins de Bordeaux , Belgian First Division's KAA Gent, Toulouse FC, Lille OSC and Olympique de Marseille...
Serbia Ivica Dragutinović
Ivica Dragutinovic
Ivica Dragutinović , sometimes just Drago, is a Serbian footballer.Mainly a central defender, he can also operate as a defensive left back...
Ivica Jaraković Bojan Jorgačević
Bojan Jorgacevic
Bojan Jorgačević is a Serbian football goalkeeper who plays for Belgian First Division club Club Brugge, after transferring from rivals Gent in November 2011.- Season 2007/2008 :...
Miloš Marić
Miloš Maric
Miloš Marić is a Serbian football midfielder, currently playing for Lierse S.K. in Belgium.-Career:...
Thomas Vasov
Venezuela Roberto Rosales
Roberto Rosales
Roberto José Rosales Altuve is a Venezuelan footballer playing for FC Twente. He normally plays as a defender in a right back position, but can also play on the right side of midfield....
Yugoslavia Milan Ružić
Milan Ružic
Milan Ružić is a former Croatian football player. He capped twice for Yugoslavia.-External links:*...
Coaching history
| Priem (1901–09) Van Steenkiste (1909–10) Horta (1910–12) Bunyan (1912–22) De Rijke (1922–31) Staf Pelsmaecker (1931–41) Hugi Fenichel (1941–42) Willy Steyskal (1942–43) Fons Ferchyer (1943–45) Edmond Delfour Edmond Delfour Maurice Edmond Delfour was a French international footballer who played midfielder and manager. He was born in Ris-Orangis... (1945–51) Karl Mütsch (1951–52) Jules Vandooren (1952–56) Edmond Delfour Edmond Delfour Maurice Edmond Delfour was a French international footballer who played midfielder and manager. He was born in Ris-Orangis... (1956–59) Jacques Favre (1959–60) Louis Verstraeten (1960–64) Max Schirschin Max Schirschin Max Schirschin is German former footballer and football manager.He played for Schalke 04, Angers, Le Havre, Rouen and RC Maison-Carrée.He coached Rouen, Gent, Fortuna '54, Metz and Le Havre. and Bastia.-References:... (1964–65) Jules Labot (1965–66) Jules Bigot (1966–67) Jules Vandooren (1967–71) István Sztani István Sztani István Sztáni is a former football manager and a retired Hungarian football striker.Sztani left Hungary for Eintracht Frankfurt and faced a one year FIFA ban. With the Main siders he won the German championship in 1959. At the end of the season he moved to Standard Liège of Belgium and stayed... (1971–73) Omer Van Boxelaer (1973–74) Richard Orlans (1974–76) |
Freddy Qvick (1976) Roland Storme Roland Storme Roland Storme was a Belgian football player who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1958 while at K.A.A. Gent. He played his debut in the national team the same year in a friendly win to Switzerland. Until 1962 Storme played 10 times for Belgium. In the early 1960s, he moved to Club Brugge.-External... (1976–77) Norberto Höfling (1977–78) Léon Nollet (1978–80) Han Grijzenhout Han Grijzenhout Han Grijzenhout is a former Dutch footballer and football manager.-External links:... (1980–81) Robert Goethals (1981–83) Erwin Vanden Daele (1983–84) Han Grijzenhout Han Grijzenhout Han Grijzenhout is a former Dutch footballer and football manager.-External links:... (1984–87) Gérard Bergholtz (1987–88) Erwin Vandendaele (1988–89) René Vandereycken (1989–93) Walter Meeuws Walter Meeuws Walter Meeuws is a retired Belgian footballer and current manager of Egyptian Premier League side Wadi Degla.During his career he played for K. Beerschot V.A.C., Club Brugge K.V., R. Standard de Liège, AFC Ajax, K.V. Mechelen... (1993–94) Lei Clijsters Lei Clijsters Leo Albert Jozef "Lei" Clijsters was a Belgian professional footballer, who played as a central defender.Throughout his extensive senior career, the tough stopper was mainly associated with KV Mechelen, with whom he won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup... (1994–97) Johan Boskamp Johan Boskamp Johannes Boskamp is a Dutch football manager, his most recent job was in Belgium managing KSK Beveren, but he was dismissed in late December 2009-Career:... (1997–99) Trond Sollied Trond Sollied Trond Johan Sollied is a Norwegian football manager and retired player, currently managing the Belgian first division team Gent.... (1999-00) Henk Houwaart (2000) Patrick Rémy (2000–01) Herman Vermeulen (2001–02) Jan Olde Riekerink Jan Olde Riekerink Jan Olde Riekerink is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who is currently Head of Youth Development at Jong Ajax.-Playing career:... (2002–03) Herman Vermeulen (2003–04) Georges Leekens (2004–07) Trond Sollied Trond Sollied Trond Johan Sollied is a Norwegian football manager and retired player, currently managing the Belgian first division team Gent.... (2007–08) Michel Preud'homme Michel Preud'homme Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud’Homme'tönten mannen, , commonly known as Michel Preud'homme, is a Belgian football coach and retired goalkeeper. He is currently head coach of Al-Shabab Riyadh, a role he took after guiding outgoing Dutch Eredivisie champions FC Twente in the 2010–11 season... (2008–10) Francky Dury Francky Dury Francky Dury is a Belgian former Police detective and now football manager.-Amateur career:Francky Dury began his career as amateur player in the lower football classes of Hulste Sport . He was very successful as coach, primarily with Zultse VV and later on with the merger team SV Zulte Waregem... (2010–2011) Trond Sollied Trond Sollied Trond Johan Sollied is a Norwegian football manager and retired player, currently managing the Belgian first division team Gent.... (2011–) |