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2013–14 In Belgian Football
The 2013–14 football season in Belgium, which is the 111th season of competitive football in the country and runs from July 2013 until June 2014. National team football Men's national football team The ''Red Devils'' started their season with an entertaining goalless friendly against France in the month of August. 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Friendlies Promotion and relegation Team promoted to 2013–14 Belgian Pro League * Belgian Second Division Champions: Oostende Teams relegated from 2012–13 Belgian Pro League * 15th Place: Beerschot Teams promoted to 2013–14 Belgian Second Division * Belgian Third Division A Champions: Hoogstraten * Belgian Third Division B Champions: Virton * Playoff winners: ASV Geel Teams relegated from 2012-13 Belgian Second Division * 17th Place: Oudenaarde * 18th Place: Sint-Niklaas League competitions Belgian First Division Belgian Second Division Belgian Second Division Final Round Belgian Third Division Transf ...
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2013–14 Belgian Pro League
The 2013–14 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as ''Jupiler Pro League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 27 July 2013 with the match between Club Brugge and Charleroi and finished on 18 May 2014 with Anderlecht grabbing their 33rd title due to a 3–1 at home against Lokeren. During the regular season, Standard Liège started by winning their first nine matches, putting pressure on their main challengers Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Genk and Zulte Waregem. At the halfway point, Genk was closing in on Standard, trailing by one point, but following a series of losses they dropped several places in the standings and eventually they narrowly held on to sixth place and just made it into the title playoffs. Towards the end of the regular season, mainly Club Brugge proved to be a threat as they had narrowed the gap to Standard, closing in to only four points. The playoffs started with Standard leading on 34 points and ...
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Stadion Maksimir
Maksimir Stadium ( hr, Stadion Maksimir, ) is a multi-use stadium in Zagreb, Croatia. It takes its name from the surrounding neighbourhood of Maksimir. The venue is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb, the top club of the country with 23 league titles, but it is also the home venue of the Croatia national football team. First opened in 1912, it has undergone many revamps, and its current layout dates from a 1997 rebuilding. The stadium also sometimes hosts other events such as rock concerts. History The construction and the early years With the rising popularity of the sport in Zagreb, the local football club HAŠK, which was one of the first multi-sports club in Croatia, decided to build a new stadium for their club. They bought the ground in the Svetice neighbourhood in Zagreb, which lays on the opposite side of the Maksimir Park, from the Archdiocese of Zagreb. HAŠK built a wooden stand with a capacity of 6,000, which was also the first ground with a proper stand in Zagreb ...
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Club Brugge K
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2013–14 UEFA Champions League
The 2013–14 UEFA Champions League was the 59th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final was played between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, marking it the fifth final to feature two teams from the same association (after the finals of 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2013) and the first time in tournament history that both finalists were from the same city. Real Madrid, who eliminated the title holders, Bayern Munich, in the semi-finals, won in extra time, giving them a record-extending 10th title in the competition. Real equalized late in the second half through Sergio Ramos and then pulled away during extra time to win 4–1. For the first time, the clubs who qualified for the group stage also qualified for the newly formed 2013–14 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players a ...
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Sportkring Sint-Niklaas
Sportkring Sint-Niklaas (formerly known as FCN Sint-Niklaas) is a Belgian football club from Sint-Niklaas, currently playing in the Belgian Fourth Division The Belgian Fourth Division was the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. The division was split into four separate leagues, A, B, C and D. The team with the most points in the four leagues together was declared the overall winner .... External links Official site Sint-Niklaas, Sportkring Association football clubs established in 1993 1993 establishments in Belgium Sint-Niklaas {{Belgium-footyclub-stub ...
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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 ...
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AS Verbroedering Geel
AS Verbroedering Geel is a Belgian association football club based in Geel, province of Antwerp. Currently, they play in the Belgian Provincial Leagues. History Founded in 1926 as Meerhout Sport, the club received the matricule number 893. In 1966, Meerhout Sport merged with the other club from the city named Hand in Hand, with matricule 2169. The new club took the name F.C. Verbroedering Meerhout. At the end of the season, the club reached the Belgian Promotion. They were relegated to the provincial level in 1987. Ten years later, the club was back at the 4th national level, and even managed to reach the third division in 2006, where they stayed only one season. In 2008 the neighbour club of K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel went into liquidation, so F.C. Verbroedering Meerhout moved to De Leunen De Leunen is a Association football, football stadium in Geel, in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. It has a capacity of 8,000
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Hoogstraten VV
Hoogstraten VV (''Dutch'': Hoogstraten Voetbalvereniging) is a Belgian football club from Hoogstraten, Antwerp. It was founded in 1936 and has red and white team colors. In 1964 Hoogstraten was promoted from the provincial leagues for the first time into the Belgian Promotion, followed by another promotion into the Belgian Third Division The Belgian Third Division ( nl, Derde klasse, french: Division III) was the third highest level in Football in Belgium, Belgian football. It had two leagues of 18 teams each (Belgian Third Division A, A and Belgian Third Division B, B) at the sam ... in 1986. The team stayed at the third level until 2002 when they dropped again to the fourth level. After promotions in 2008 and 2013, the team played at the highest level in its existence, the Belgian Second Division, from the 2013–14 season. [Baidu]  


Beerschot AC
Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were relegated not only through their league position, but also lost their professional licence through financial issues, being officially declared bankrupt on 21 May 2013 – one week after the season had ended. K.F.C. Germinal Ekeren, established in 1920, rebranded themselves as Germinal Beerschot in 1999, retaining the matricule number and history but adopting some of the identity of K Beerschot VAC, seven-times Belgian champions but struggling with financial problems in the third division. Germinal Ekeren had been a first division club for the past decade, and were Belgian Cup winners in 1997. Following the merger in 1999, the club moved from the Veltwijckstadion in the municipality of Ekeren to the Olympisch Stadion in the Kiel ne ...
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2012–13 Belgian Pro League
The 2012–13 season of the Belgian Pro League (also known as ''Jupiler Pro League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of top-tier football in Belgium. It started on 28 July 2012 with the first match of the regular season between Kortrijk and defending champions Anderlecht, and ended on 26 May 2013, which was the return leg of the European playoff. During the regular season, Club Brugge took the early lead but then started struggling, eventually leading to the sacking of head coach Georges Leekens when they dropped out of the top 6 in November. Anderlecht and overachievers Zulte Waregem took over the top two positions and comfortably held these until the playoffs. The title playoffs started with Anderlecht on 34 points and Zulte Waregem just behind them on 32. Due to the division of the points by two, they held a smaller lead over Genk (28 points), Club Brugge (27), Lokeren (26) and Standard (25). To the surprise of many, Zulte Waregem took the lead about halfway th ...
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Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include List of football clubs in Scotland, clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations. It was formed in 1873, making it List of Football Associations by date of foundation, the second oldest national football association in the world. It is not to be confused with the Scottish Rugby Union, Scottish Football Union, which is the name that the SRU was known by until the 1920s. The Scottish Football Association, along with FIFA and the other Countries of the United Kingdom, British governing bodies, sits on the International Football Association Board which is responsible for the Laws of t ...
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Craig Thomson (referee)
Craig Alexander Thomson (born 20 June 1972Referee profile
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) is a Scottish former football referee, who was a match official between 1988 and 2019.Date Thomson first took up refereeing
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Thomson originates from