Koninklijke or (, Dutch for 'royal') is an honorary title given to certain companies and non-profit organisations in the Netherlands and to a lesser extent Belgium, by the monarchs of each country. It was first introduced by Louis Bonaparte in 1807, then Ki ...

Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgian professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club based in the city of

Lokeren Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...

, in the province of

East Flanders , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of Oost-Vlaanderen.svg , flag_size = , image_shield = Wapen van O ...

. The club was founded in 1923 but ceased to exist in 2020 after going bankrupt.Sporting Lokeren failliet verklaard – rechtbank stelt curatoren aan
hln.be, Yannick De Spiegeleir, 20 April 2020 A few days after the bankruptcy, the club announced that rather than dissolving entirely, it would merge with KSV Temse to form Lokeren-Temse, starting in the Belgian Second Amateur Division (fourth level).Sporting Lokeren wordt na fusie met Temse KSC Lokeren-Temse
sporza.be, 22 April 2020 Lokeren first reached the first division in 1974–75. Since then, it had a short spell in the

Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

between 1993–94 and 1995–96. Lokeren had its most successful period in the 1980s, achieving second place in the league in 1980–81 as well as a Belgian Cup final the same year. Its best European result was reaching the quarter-final of the

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. In the year 2000, the club merged with

K Sint-Niklase SKE Koninklijke Sint-Niklase Sportkring Excelsior was a Belgian football club from the town of Sint-Niklaas 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 ch ...

. They were registered to the Royal Belgian Football Association with the matricule number 282. Lokeren's colours were white, black and yellow. They played their home games at the

Daknamstadion Daknamstadion is a football stadium in the village Daknam, municipality Lokeren (Belgium). The stadium is the home ground of Lokeren-Temse and was the stadium of Sporting Lokeren before the club went bankrupt in 2020. Around 1980 the stadium ...

. In 2012, Sporting Lokeren won the Belgian Cup, the club's first-ever honours, after beating

KV Kortrijk Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk (often simply called KV Kortrijk or KVK) is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division, and they achieved their best ranking ever during the 2009 ...

in the Cup Final. They won their second Cup just two years later, after beating

Zulte Waregem Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem (), commonly known as Zulte Waregem or by their nickname Essevee (), is a Belgian professional football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. Zulte Waregem plays in the Belgian First Division A. Their highest finish a ...

1–0.

History

The matricule No. 282 was given in

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

to a club named Football Club Racing Club Lokeren (nicknamed Racing FC), but the team stopped its activity the next year. On 22 January 1923 Racing Club Lokeren was founded. Between

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

and

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

, it had a slight name change (to Racing Athletiek- en Football Club Lokeren) and the new name since 1951 was Koninklijke Racing Club Lokeren. Due to financial problems, the fusion with the other team from the town (Koninklijke Standaard FC Lokeren) became necessary in

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

. The new club was then named Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren. In 2000, the club merged with Koninklijke Sint-Niklaas SKE to form Sporting Lokeren Sint-Niklaas Waasland. The latest name change occurred in

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

, with the province name added to the club name. In 2018, Sporting Lokeren were relegated to the First Division B, the second tier of Belgian football. In 2019, the club was taken over by a group led by Louis de Vries and Alexander Janssen, taking the positions of president and CEO respectively. On 20 April 2020, the club was declared bankrupt during the 2019–20 season. Lokeren had outstanding debts of €5 million and was not able to pay its staff and players anymore. On 22 April 2020, Lokeren agreed to merge with KSV Temse to form a new club in

K.S.C. Lokeren-Temse Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Temse often simply called Lokeren-Temse or Lokeren) is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was originally founded in 1945 as KSV Temse ...

and to start in the Second Amateur Division, the national fourth level.

Honours

* Belgian First Division: **Runners-up (1): 1980–81 *

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 Associa ...

: **Winners (1): 1995–96 * Belgian Cup: **Winners (2): 2011–12, 2013–14 **Runners-up (1): 1980–81 * Belgian Super Cup: **Runners-up (2):

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European record

Final squad

Notable players

The following is a provisional list of notable players who played for Lokeren, sorted by nationality.

Managers

* Guy Thys (1 July 1958 – 30 June 1959) *

Frans De Bruyne Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat ...

(1970–71) *

Armand Jurion Armand Joseph Jurion (born 24 February 1937), nicknamed Jef, is a Belgian former professional footballer who played for the Belgium national team from 1955 to 1967. Jurion spent most of his club career at R.S.C. Anderlecht where he won nine cha ...

(1971–74) * Ladislav Novák (1974–77) *

Han Grijzenhout Han Grijzenhout ( – 18 December 2020) was a Dutch football manager. He died on 18 December 2020, aged 87.

(1977–78) *

Leon Nollet Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

(1978) *

Urbain Braems Urbain Braems (10 November 1933 – 9 September 2021) was a Belgian football player and manager. He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles. He managed Cercle Brugge, Royal Antwerp, Anderlecht, Be ...

(1978–79) * Urbain Haesaert &

Josef Vacenovský Josef Vacenovský (born 9 July 1937) is a Czech football forward who played for Czechoslovakia in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. He also played for Dukla Prague. References Profileat the ČMFS The Football Association of the Czech Republic ...

(1979–81) *

Robert Waseige Robert Waseige (26 August 1939 – 17 July 2019) was a Belgian football manager and player. Career While managing R.F.C. de Liège he helped them win the 1989–90 Belgian Cup. He became the coach of Belgium before Euro 2000 and led Belgium to ...

(1 July 1981–83) *

Dimitri Davidovic Dimitrije "Dimitri" Davidović (), born 21 May 1944 is a Serbian–Belgian football manager and former player. Playing career Davidović was a professional soccer player during 16 years in the first divisions of Europe. FK Partizan Born in Al ...

(1 July 1983 – 30 June 1985) * Aimé Anthuenis (1985–87) * Wim Jansen &

Włodzimierz Lubański Włodzimierz 'Włodek' Leonard Lubański (Polish pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1947 in Gliwice-Sośnica) is a former Polish football striker, the second all-time highest goal scorer for the Polish national team. For his national team, L ...

(1 July 1987–88) * Aimé Anthuenis (1 July 1988–92) * Aimé Anthuenis &

(1992 – Jan 93) * Chris van Puyvelde (1993–94) *

Fi Van Hoof Fi Van Hoof (born 3 July 1941) is a Belgian football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defens ...

(1995 – Aug 97) *

Willy Reynders Willy Reynders (born 16 April 1954) is a Belgian football manager. References 1954 births Living people Belgian football managers K.V. Mechelen managers K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen managers Sint-Truidense V.V. managers {{Bel ...

(1997 – Aug 99) * R. Cossey & R. Van Geneugden ''(int.)'' (Aug 1999) *

Georges Leekens Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed ...

(Sept 10, 1999– 30 June 2001) *

Paul Put Paul Put (born 26 May 1956) is a Belgian football coach who manages Congo. Career Put was manager of the Gambian national team between 2008 and 2011, before being appointed as manager of Burkina Faso in March 2012. He had previously managed Be ...

(1 July 2001 – 27 Oct 2003) *

Franky Van der Elst Franky Van der Elst (born 30 April 1961) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He later worked as a manager. During a 21-year professional career he played mainly with Club Brugge, being regarded a ...

(27 Oct 2003 – 20 Dec 2004) *

Slavoljub Muslin Slavoljub Muslin ( sr-Cyrl, Славољуб Муслин, ; born 15 June 1953) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Muslin began his head coaching career in 1988 and has since had stints in France, Morocco, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine ...

(24 May 2005 – 31 Dec 2005) * Aimé Anthuenis (1 Jan 2006 – 26 Feb 2006) *

Rudi Cossey Rudi Cossey (born 2 August 1961) is a Belgian football coach. He was assistant coach of KSC Lokeren OV from 1995 to 2007, and in this team, he could also take a few times the responsibility of the interim head coach. Later on, he was coach of O ...

(26 Feb 2006 – 30 June 2006) *

Ariël Jacobs Ariël Jacobs (; born 25 July 1953) is a Belgian association football, football manager and former player who most recently managed Ligue 1 side Valenciennes FC and is currently employed as Director of Football at Oud-Heverlee Leuven. Managerial ...

(1 July 2006 – 29 Oct 2006) *

''(interim)'' (Nov 2006) *

(26 Nov 2006 – 30 June 2007) *

(1 July 2007 – 31 March 2009) * Freddy Heirman ''(interim)'' (1 April 2009 – 7 April 2009) *

Aleksandar Janković Aleksandar Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Јанковић; born 6 May 1972) is a Serbian football coach and former football player. He is currently manager of the China national under-23 football team. Playing career He playe ...

(7 April 2009 – 25 Oct 2009) * Jacky Mathijssen (25 Oct 2009 – 25 Jan 2010) * Emilio Ferrera (28 Jan 2010 – 30 June 2010) *

Peter Maes Peter Maes () (born 1 June 1964) is a Belgian retired footballer turned coach. He is currently unemployed after most recently managing Beerschot VA in the Belgian First Division A. Prior to Lokeren, he also managed KV Mechelen and Genk. until ...

(1 July 2010 – 30 June 2015) *

Bob Peeters Bob Peeters (born 10 January 1974) is a Belgian football manager and former player currently manager of Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport. Club career Lierse Noted for his large stature, measuring 1.96 m, Peeters grew up in Wommelgem, Antwerp ...

(1 July 2015 – 25 Oct 2015) *

(25 Oct 2015 – 25 Nov 2016) *

Rúnar Kristinsson Rúnar Kristinsson (born 5 September 1969) is an Icelandic former professional association football, footballer who played for K.S.C. Lokeren, Lokeren, Lillestrøm SK, Örgryte IS and Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR Reykjavík. He is the cur ...

(28 Oct 2016 – 9 Aug 2017) *

(9 Aug 2017 – 28 October 2018) * Trond Sollied (30 October 2018 – 20 January 2019) *

Glen De Boeck Glen De Boeck (; born 22 August 1971) is a Belgian football manager and former player who most recently managed Lokeren in the Belgian First Division B. During his career he played as central defender, mostly on the books of Anderlecht. Clu ...

(20 January 2019 – 17 November 2019) *

Stijn Vreven Stijn Vreven (born 18 July 1973) is a Belgian former professional football and a former manager of AS Trenčín in the Fortuna Liga. Career Vreven's career began when he signed a professional contract with Y.R. K.V. Mechelen, making his first fi ...

(19 November 2019 – 20 April 2020)

References

External links

Lokeren at UEFA.COM

Lokeren at Weltfussball.de

Lokeren at National Football Teams.com

Lokeren at Football-Lineups.com
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