Olsa Brakel is a Belgian

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based in the town of

Brakel Brakel () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek and the Flemish Ardennes. The name is derived from a Carolingian villa ''Braglo'' first mentioned in 866 and located in the center of Opbrakel. Since 1970, t ...

, registered with the Belgian FA under matricule 5553. The full name of the club is ''Koninklijke Oud Leerlingenverbond Sint-Augustinus Brakel'' and it has yellow and black as club colours. Both the men's and women's team play at the national level of Belgian football.

History

The club from

Nederbrakel Nederbrakel is a town in the municipality of Brakel. It is located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. With 5,972 residents as of 2000, it forms the largest individual ...

join the Belgian FA in 1952 under the name of Oud Leerlingenverbond Sint-Augustinus Nederbrakel (short:''Olsa Nederbrakel''), starting in the Belgian Provincial Leagues and receiving matricule number 5553. In 1975, the name was officially abbreviated to ''Olsa Brakel''. Olsa Brakel remained in the Provincial Leagues for four decades, until in 1990 it reached the national level for the first time, easily maintaining itself in the

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. The following season the club even finished second, its best result ever, before starting a decline again, eventually relegating back to the Provincial level in 1997. After another decade there, the club returned to the fourth division in 2007 and was able to promote to 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 2010 after finishing third and with several clubs at higher levels defaulting or merging, causing extra clubs to be promoted. With the Belgian football reform of 2016, the Belgian Third Division was rebranded to

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but dropped one level in the Belgian football pyramid, moving the club back to level 4, the current level it is playing at. In the

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

, Olsa Brakel booked its biggest success in 2014–15, when it beat Belgian First Division A team

Westerlo Westerlo () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises seven towns: * Westerlo centrum * * Tongerlo * Heultje * Voortkapel * Oosterwijk * In 2021, Westerlo had a total population of 25,288. The ...

6–1 at home to reach the round of 16, where it lost out to KV Mechelen. In

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they reached the same round, losing 6–1 away to league champions

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

Honours

: **Round of 16 (2): 2014–15,

References

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