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2013–14 Belgian Second Division
The 2013–14 season of the Belgian Second Division (also known as Belgacom League for sponsorship reasons) began on 2 August 2013 and ended on 27 April 2014. Team changes After promotion and relegation, only 15 teams of the previous season remained in the league, with 3 others being replaced: Out * Oostende were promoted as champions of the previous season. * Oudenaarde was relegated to the Third Division after finishing 17th. * Sint-Niklaas was relegated to the Third Division after finishing 18th. In * Hoogstraten promoted as champions from Third Division A. * Virton promoted as champions from Third Division B. * Verbroedering Geel-Meerhout was promoted after winning the third division playoffs and changed their name before the season started to ''ASV Geel''. Team information Regular season League table Period winners Like before, the season was divided into three periods. The first ten matchdays together form the first period, matchdays 11 to 22 form period two an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Second Division
The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1909 and folded in 2016, when it was replaced by the Belgian First Division B. History The second division was created in 1909 and was known as the Promotion nl, bevordering at the time. From 1923 on there were two leagues in that division (called Promotion A and Promotion B). In 1926, the system changed, with only one league of 14 clubs at the second-highest level now called Division I. At the end of the 1930–31 season, Division I was split into two leagues again (of 14 clubs each). Each year, the bottom two teams of each league were relegated to Division II and the top two clubs were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1952, the division was renamed to Division II with 16 teams (one league). The first two clubs qualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosuilstadion
The Bosuilstadion is an association football stadium in the city of Antwerp, Belgium. The stadium was opened in 1923 and has been the home of Royal Antwerp ever since. It has a capacity of 16,144,Great Old in fonkelnieuwe Bosuil HLN, 25 november 2017 of which 800 are indoor VIP seats. It is located in the district of Deurne. The Bosuilstadion hosted the replay, which sealed the victory of |
Lommel
Lommel () is a municipality and a city in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Kempen city has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the electoral district and the judicial district Lommel Neerpelt. Besides residential town of Lommel also has a number of nature reserves, such as the nature reserve De Watering, the Lommel Sahara, and numerous forests and heathlands. Lommel is the third shopping city in Belgian Limburg with a commercial and shopping center ''De Singel''. Importantly, the silver sand that is mined here for the benefit of the glass industry. Some sand mining quarries are transformed into nature reserves and recreational areas, including Lommel Sahara. The city of Lommel is the watershed of the basins of the Scheldt, and Meuse, and within these basins Nete Dommel respectively. Language The dialect of Lommel – the Lommel – is part of the East Brabant, and not to the West Limburg dialects, reflecting the particular history of the place. Etymology The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lommel United
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heist-op-den-Berg
Heist-op-den-Berg () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Heist-op-den-Berg proper (including the hamlets: Heist-Goor, Heist-Station, Zonderschot, Heist-Centrum and Bruggeneinde), the villages of (including the hamlet Pijpelheide), , , and . History The 48-meter-high hill on which Heist would later be built (hence the adjunct name ''op-den-Berg'' meaning "on the hill") was formed during the early part of the Ice age. As can be appreciated from the artifacts shown at the regional museum on the city's main square, this area was already populated in prehistoric times. Soon after the Romans yielded this land to the invading Germanic peoples in the 3rd and 4th century, Christianization followed. The village of Itegem, located right on the Nete River, was most likely the first hamlet to be founded, as suggested by a document dating from 976. Chapels in Hallaar and Itegem were built in the 12th century. This century also marked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Leunen
De Leunen is a football stadium in Geel, in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It has a capacity of 8,000 26 April 2016, nieuwsblad.be after the most recent renovation works. It used to be the home ground of until the club went into liquidation in 2008. Subsequently, the neighbouring club of FC Verbroedering Meerhout left their Kattenstadion in |
Geel
Geel () is a city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s. It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns: Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum. Further on around the center are the parish-towns of Ten Aard (N), Bel (E), Winkelomheide (SE), Stelen, Oosterlo and Zammel (S), Punt (SW) and Larum (W). In 2021, Geel had a total population of 40,781. The total area is . Geel’s patron saint, the Irish Saint Dymphna, inspired the town’s pioneering de-institutionalized method of care for the mentally ill. History Origins and Middle Ages Archaeological finds in the area point to Iron Age settlements, but the name of Geel (until mid-20th century spelled as Gheel) hails from a Germanic root meaning “yellow” and dates from the early Middle Ages. A hamlet already existed in the mid-13th century, at which time a certain Petrus Cameracencis, canon of Cambrai, wrote the ''Vitae Dymphnae et S. Gereberni presbiteri' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kehrweg Stadion
The Kehrwegstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Eupen, Belgium. It is mainly used for football matches and hosts the home matches of K.A.S. Eupen of the Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team .... The stadium has a capacity of 8,363 as-eupen.be (last check 30 March 2018) of which 5,603 are seats and 2,760 are standing places. The stadium was a venue of the 2007 European Under-17 Football Championship . References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eupen
Eupen (, ; ; formerly ) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the "High Fens" nature reserve (Ardennes). The town is also the capital of the Euroregion Meuse-Rhine. First mentioned in 1213 as belonging to the Duchy of Limburg, possession of Eupen passed to Brabant, Burgundy, the Holy Roman Empire and France before being given in 1815 to Prussia, which became part of the new German Empire in 1871. In 1919, after the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles transferred Eupen and the nearby municipality of Malmedy from Germany to Belgium. German remains the official language in Eupen (also spoken in the form of the Eupen dialect), and the city serves as the capital for Belgium's German-speaking Community. The city has a small university, the ', offering bachelor's degrees in Education and Nursing. In 2010, Eupen's ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorzestraat
Lorzestraat is a multi-use stadium in Dessel, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of K.F.C. Dessel Sport Koninklijke Football Club Dessel Sport, or KFC Dessel Sport, is a Football in Belgium, Belgian association football club based in Dessel in the province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. Current squad ''Updated 11 August, 2022'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dessel
Dessel () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. In 2021, Dessel had a total population of 9,659 inhabitants. The total area is 27.03 km². Nuclear industries Dessel hosts several nuclear facilities: * Belgoprocess, ex Eurochemic reprocessing plant (OECD), now in charge of the operational waste management for Ondraf/Niras. * BelgoNucléaire, an old MOX factory, presently closed and to be decommissioned in the future. * Franco-Belge de Fabrication du Combustible (FBFC) making nuclear fuel assemblies; * The Dessel site was selected in June 2006 by the Belgian government to construct the first shallow land disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste in Belgium. The decision was taken after consultation of the local authorities and the population in the frame of the Stola consultation group. Sport The town has two football clubs: * K.F.C. Witgoor Sport, which plays in the Belgian Fourth Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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