2022–23 Belgian Division 2
The 2022–23 Belgian Division 2 is the seventh season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of football in Belgium. With respect to the previous season, the most important change is the inclusion of U23 teams, with all three divisions seeing two teams enter and increase the size from 16 to 18 teams as a result. As before, leagues VV A and VV B consist of teams with a license from the Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen (VV, the Flemish/Dutch speaking wing of the Belgian FA), while the ACFF league contains teams with a license from the Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF, the French-speaking wing of the RBFA). The champions from each of the three leagues will be promoted to the 2022–23 Belgian National Division 1. Team changes In * Promoted from the 2021–22 Belgian Division 3 were champions Oostkamp (VV A), Racing Mechelen (VV B), Union Namur (ACFF A) and Dison (ACFF B). * Six teams also gained promotion following wins in the promotion pla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016, replacing the Belgian Third Division and named ''Belgian Second Amateur Division'' until the 2019–20 before it was renamed due to the negative connotation of the word ''amateur''. The division consists of three separate leagues with 16 teams each, two of these leagues consist of teams playing with a license from the ''Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen'' (VFV, the Dutch speaking wing of the RBFA) and one with teams with a license from the ''Association des Clubs Francophones de Football'' (ACFF, the French-speaking wing of the RBFA). History The Belgian Second Amateur Division was created in 2016 as successor of the Belgian Third Division following an overhaul of the Belgian football league system ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cercle Brugge K
Cercle is French for ''circle''. It can refer to: * circle (country subdivision) * Cercle (French colonial), an administrative unit of the French Overseas Empire * Cercle (Mali), the Malian administrative unit ** The specific Cercles of Mali * Cercle Brugge K.S.V., a Belgian football club from Bruges * Le Cercle, a foreign policy think-tank specialising in international security * In Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ..., Cercles are Student Societies based around each faculty {{disambig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olsa Brakel
Olsa Brakel is a Belgian football club based in the town of Brakel, 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 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 Belgian Fourth Division. 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 199 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KVV Zelzate
KVV may refer to: * Swedish Prison and Probation Service Swedish Prison and Probation Service ( sv, Kriminalvården) is a Government agency that is part of the Swedish judicial system, tasked with incarcerating suspects during pre-trial and trial and convicts after sentencing. The Main Office of the age ..., also known as ''Kriminalvården'' * , the public transport association for Karlsruhr, Germany * Koninklijke Voetbal Vereniging (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KFC Merelbeke
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, that specializes in fried chicken. It is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's, with 22,621 locations globally in 150 countries . The chain is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains. KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders (1890–1980), an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened in Utah in 1952. KFC popularized chicken in the fast-food industry, diversifying the market by challenging the established dominance of the hamburger. By branding himself as "Colonel Sanders", Harland became a prominent figure of American cultural history and his image ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KRC Harelbeke (2016 Club)
KRC Harelbeke is a Belgian football club based in Harelbeke, West Flanders. It is the result of the merger between the former club with the same name K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen and K.S.V. Ingelmunster in 2002. The club was founded in 1930 as KSV Ingelmunster and played in Ingelmunster 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. References External links * 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 popul ... 1930 establishments in Belgium Sport in Harelbeke {{Belgium-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Gullegem
FC Gullegem is a Belgian football club. It has the colors white and red. History The football club was founded in July 2008 after Gullegem withdrew from the merger club KSK Wevelgem City. The club was founded six years after the disappearance of SK Gullegem, which in 2002 was merged into fusion club Wevelgem City. According to the regulations of the Football Association, a former club name after 10 years re-used by a club, so it was after these six years is not possible, the old familiar name to adopt. The club went into the competition starts in 2008/09 season at the lowest level in West Flanders, Fourth Provincial, and soon became champion. In addition, the team won the quarter finals in the cup of West Flanders A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, c ..., where they wer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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SKV Zwevezele
Koninklijke Sportkring Voorwaarts Zwevezele is a football club based in Zwevezele, West Flanders, Belgium. The club is affiliated to the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) with ''matricule'' 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. 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 – its fifth promotion in six seasons. After reaching promotion, former Belgian international Stijn De Smet signed with the club. At that point, ot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ES Durbuysienne
Es, ES, or similar may refer to: Arts and entertainment * An alternate name for the musical note E♭ (E-flat) * ''E's'', a manga series by Satoru Yuiga * ''Es'' (film), the German title of ''It'', a 1966 West German film directed by Ulrich Schamoni * ''ES'' (Eternal Sabbath), a manga by Fuyumi Soryo * ''ES'', a supplement of the ''Evening Standard'' newspaper * Es, a fictional character from the ''BlazBlue'' series Businesses, organizations, and products * Gibson ES Series, a line of guitars * Lexus ES, a series of automobiles * E-mini S&P, a futures contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (symbol ES) * Eurostar (National Rail abbreviation ES) * DHL International Aviation ME (IATA airline code ES) Language * Es, a phonetic spelling of the Latin alphabet letter S * -es, a word ending * Spanish language (ISO 639 alpha-2 language code) * Es (cyrillic), a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet that looks like the Latin letter C Places * Spain (ISO 3166-1 country code) * El Sa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KVC Houtvenne
Koninklijke Voetbalclub Houtvenne is a football club based in Houtvenne, Antwerp Province, Belgium. The club is affiliated to the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) with ''matricule'' 4481 and has green and red as club colours. The grounds of the club are located near the village centre of Houtvenne, but on the territory of the neighbouring municipality of Herselt. History Houtvenne played for a number of years with the Flemish Football Association, and then joined the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) around 1946, where they were given ''matricule'' number 4481. Houtvenne began competing in the Belgian Provincial Leagues. In the 2015–16 season, the club played in the First Provincial and won the title. For the first time in club existence, the club promoted to the national tiers, as they would play in the Belgian Third Amateur Division from the 2016–17 season. After four seasons in the fifth tier, a new high point in club history occurred. Despite finis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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RAAL La Louvière
Royal Association Athlétique Louviéroise La Louvière, abbreviated to RAAL La Louvière, is a Belgian association football club located in La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut. The club, founded in 2009 out of a merger, plays in the Belgian National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football. History Early history Cercle Sportif Couillet was founded in 1919 and joined the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) in 1920. In 1934 the club had risen to the national divisions for the first time. After that, the club spent the next decades in the lower-tier Belgian Provincial Leagues. In 1945 the club officially changed its name to Amicale Cercle Sportif Couillet. A few years later, in 1949, another club was founded in Couillet, Union Sportive Couillet d'Amérique. After a few years in a competing amateur association, they moved to the KBVB in 1952 as a debuting club, under matricule number 5580. In 1956, they effectively became member. In 1962, Amicale Cercle Sport ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |