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

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professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of

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. 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

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(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

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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

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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

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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 in the Cup Final. They won their second Cup just two years later, after beating Zulte Waregem 1–0.

History

The matricule No. 282 was given in 1920 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

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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

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

Honours

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 te ...

: **Runners-up (1): 1980–81 * Belgian Second Division: **Winners (1): 1995–96 *

: **Winners (2): 2011–12, 2013–14 **Runners-up (1): 1980–81 *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champio ...

: **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 Guy Thys (6 December 1922 – 1 August 2003) was a Belgian football manager, mostly known for being the most successful manager in the history of the Belgium national football team as he managed to lead the national side to their only UEFA ...

(1 July 1958 – 30 June 1959) * Frans De Bruyne (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 ch ...

(1971–74) *

Ladislav Novák Ladislav Novák (5 December 1931 – 21 March 2011) was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for Czechoslovakia, 71 of them as a team captain.

(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 (1978) * Urbain Braems (1978–79) *

Urbain Haesaert Urbain Haesaert (born 5 May 1941) is a Belgian football scout and former football manager. Haesaert started coaching at Lokeren. Together with Josef Vacenovský, he reached the quarter-finals of the 1980–81 UEFA Cup with Lokeren, and was vice-ch ...

& Josef Vacenovský (1979–81) * Robert Waseige (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 Aimé Anthuenis (born 21 December 1943) is a Belgian former professional football player and manager. He managed the Belgium national football team between 2002 and 2005. After a career as a defender, Anthuenis moved into coaching, first as the ...

(1985–87) *

Wim Jansen Wilhelmus Marinus Antonius Jansen (; 28 October 1946 – 25 January 2022) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. As a midfielder or defender, he spent most of his career at Feyenoord, winning honours including the European C ...

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, ...

(1 July 1987–88) *

(1 July 1988–92) *

& Josef Vacenovský (1992 – Jan 93) * Chris van Puyvelde (1993–94) * Fi Van Hoof (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 (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 as ...

(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) *

(1 Jan 2006 – 26 Feb 2006) * Rudi Cossey (26 Feb 2006 – 30 June 2006) * Ariël Jacobs (1 July 2006 – 29 Oct 2006) * Rudi Cossey ''(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 p ...

(7 April 2009 – 25 Oct 2009) *

Jacky Mathijssen Jacky Mathijssen () (born 20 July 1963 in Dilsen-Stokkem) is a Belgian former football player and manager who is currently managing the Belgium U21 squad. Managerial statistics ''As of 19 November 2019'' Honours *2003 Runners-up Belgian Cup ...

(25 Oct 2009 – 25 Jan 2010) *

Emilio Ferrera Emilio Ferrera (born 19 June 1967 in Schaerbeek) is a Belgian football manager and former player, who is currently managing the U21 squad of Gent. His last former club was OH Leuven in the Belgian First Division B. Before he also worked at G ...

(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. unt ...

(1 July 2010 – 30 June 2015) * Bob Peeters (1 July 2015 – 25 Oct 2015) *

(25 Oct 2015 – 25 Nov 2016) * Rúnar Kristinsson (28 Oct 2016 – 9 Aug 2017) *

(9 Aug 2017 – 28 October 2018) *

Trond Sollied Trond Johan Sollied (born 29 April 1959) is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He last managed Lokeren. During his playing career, Sollied was a defender who won the Norwegian top flight five times. He also played for Norway's nat ...

(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 (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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