KRC Harelbeke is a Belgian

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club based in

Harelbeke Harelbeke (; vls, Oarlbeke) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2019, Harelbeke had a total pop ...

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. It is the result of the merger between the former club with the same name

K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen Koninklijke Racing Club Zuid-West-Vlaanderen was a Belgian football club from the municipality of Harelbeke, West Flanders from 1930 to 2002. It played one spell in the first division from 1995 to 2001. At the end of the 2000–01 season, the c ...

and K.S.V. Ingelmunster in 2002. The club was founded in 1930 as KSV Ingelmunster and played in

Ingelmunster Ingelmunster (; vls, Iengelmunstr) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Ingelmunster proper and the village of Kriek. As of January 1, 2006, Ingelmunster had a total popu ...

before they moved to Harelbeke in 2002. Since 2002, the club changed its name 3 times, from Sporting West Ingelmunster-Harelbeke in 2003, to Sporting West Harelbeke in 2007 and ultimately to KRC Harelbeke in 2016. The Stedelijk Forestiersstadion is the home of KRC Harelbeke and also of football club

SWL Harelbeke SWL or swl may refer to: * Safe working load, of lifting equipment * Shortwave listening, to radio * Sound power level * Socialist Workers League, Israel * Socialist Workers League (Australia), former name of the Socialist Workers Party in Austra ...

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1930 establishments in Belgium Sport in Harelbeke {{Belgium-footyclub-stub