Koninklijke Sport Vereniging Roeselare, abbreviated to KSV Roeselare (),
[''V.'' in isolation: .], also known in
French
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as KSV Roulers, was a
Belgian football
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club from the city of
Roeselare in
West Flanders. Its
matricule was 134. It last played at the highest level of Belgian football from
2005–06 until
2009–10, but finally folded in 2020 after having relegated to the third level and going bankrupt.
History
The first club of the city was founded in
1900
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by some students and named De Verenigde Vrienden (
Dutch for The United Friends) but that name changed early to Red Star Roeselare. In
1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...
, the club is known as Union Sportive Roulers (in French) but it will retire from the
football association
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for financial problems in
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Januar ...
. The next year, two new clubs are founded – Sportvereniging Roeselare (the Catholics) and F.C. Roeselare (the non-Catholics) – but not for long as the former club activity stopped in
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
due to
World War I. The birth of S.K. Roeselare arose seven years later. it received the matricule n° 134. F.C. Roeselare with the matricule n° 286. However, this matricule does not exist anymore as K.S.K. Roeselare and K.F.C. Roeselare merged in 1999 to form K.S.V. and kept the n° 134. The first time a team from Roeselare achieved promotion to the
first division was in 2005 when K.S.V. won the
second division playoff.
Honours
*
Belgian Second Division
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:
**Runners-up (1): 2004–05
*
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:
**Winners (1): 2005
*
*
Belgian First Division B
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** Runners-up (1): 2016–17
European record
:''As of December, 2008.''
''Uefa Cup 2006 – 2007''
*''1st qualifier:''
**
FK Vardar Skopje – KSV Roeselare 1 – 2
**KSV Roeselare –
FK Vardar Skopje 5 – 1
*''2nd qualifier:''
**KSV Roeselare –
FC Ethnikos Achnas 2 – 1
**
FC Ethnikos Achnas – KSV Roeselare 5 – 0
Former players
*
Izzet Akgül
Izzet Akgül (born 28 January 1982 in Belgium) is a Belgian footballer.
*
Vadim Dotsenko
Vadim Dotsenko (Russian: Вадим Доценко; born 3 June 1988) is a Belgian former footballer who is last known to have played as a forward for Coxyde.
Career
Dotsenko started his career with Belgian top flight side Roeselare.
Before ...
*
Tom Holmes
References
External links
Official WebsiteRoeselare at Weltfussball.deRoeselare at National Football Teams.comRoeselare at Football-Lineups.com
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Association football clubs established in 1999
Association football clubs disestablished in 2020
Football clubs in Belgium
1999 establishments in Belgium
2020 disestablishments in Belgium
K.S.V. Roeselare
Koninklijke Sport Vereniging Roeselare, abbreviated to KSV Roeselare (),''V.'' in isolation: ., also known in French as KSV Roulers, was a Belgian football club from the city of Roeselare in West Flanders. Its matricule was 134. It last played ...
Belgian Pro League clubs