Koninklijke Sportkring Voorwaarts Zwevezele is a football club based in Zwevezele,

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, Belgium. The club is affiliated to the

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(KBVB) with ''

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'' 6039 and has yellow and black as club colours.

Recent history

The first women's team was promoted to the Belgian Women's First Division for the first time in the 2018–19 season, and the men's team play in the

Belgian Division 2 The Belgian Division 2, commonly referred to as simply Tweede Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 2 (in French) is the fourth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian National Division 1. It was created by t ...

. In 2018, the team was promoted to the national divisions, after it won the Belgian First Provincial. In the 2018–19 season, the team won the first and third period title in Belgian Third Amateur Division A, which allowed them to participate in the final round for promotion. That final round was won after wins over Sint-Lenaarts and Lyra-Lierse. The team thus promoted to the

Belgian Second Amateur Division The Belgian Division 2, commonly referred to as simply Tweede Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 2 (in French) is the fourth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian National Division 1. It was created by ...

– its fifth promotion in six seasons. After reaching promotion, former

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Stijn De Smet signed with the club. At that point, other former notable former professional players had also moved to Zwevezele, including Vincent Provoost,

Hans Cornelis Hans Cornelis (born 13 October 1982) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Belgian Division 2 club Lokeren-Temse. Playing career Cornelis was part of a last minute transfer deal in the late even ...

, Stijn Minne, Niels Coussement and Tim Smolders. On 21 January 2022, Zwevezele withdrew from the Belgian national divisions after not renewing their license for the 2022–23 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zwevezele Football clubs in Belgium Sport in West Flanders Association football clubs established in 1957 1957 establishments in Belgium Football clubs in Antwerp Organisations based in Belgium with royal patronage