K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen

Football club infobox
clubname = Lokeren


fullname = Koninklijke Sporting Club
Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen
nickname = "Tricolores"
founded = 1923
(creation and registration)
July 1, 2003 (last merge)
ground = Daknamstadion,
Lokeren
capacity = 9,271
chairman = flagicon|Belgium Roger Lambrecht
manager = flagicon|Belgium Georges Leekens
league = Jupiler League
season = 2007-08
position = Jupiler League, 12th
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K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen is a Belgian football club located in the city of Lokeren, in the province of Oost-Vlaanderen. It is the result of a fusion between Koninklijke Sint-Niklase Sportkring Excelsior and Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren in 2000. Both teams were also formed merging two former teams. The matricule of the team is the n°282.

History

The matricule n°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. In 1923 was founded Racing Club Lokeren that registered the same year to the Belgian Football Association. Between 1945 and 1951, it had a short 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 F.C. Lokeren) became necessary in 1970. The new club was then named Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren. In 2000, the club merged with Koninklijke Sint-Niklaas S.K.E. to form Sporting Lokeren Sint-Niklaas Waasland. A last name change was made in 2003.

Current squad

Former players

*flagicon|England Dale Tempest (1986-87) 27 apps 4 goals
*flagicon|Scotland Jim Bett (1979-80) (1983-85) 97 apps 8 goals
*flagicon|Scotland Jim Tolmie (1981-83) 18 apps 0 goals
*flagicon|Poland Włodzimierz Lubański (1975-82) 196 apps 82 goals
*flagicon|Denmark Preben Elkjær Larsen (1978-84) 190 apps 98 goals
*flagicon|Poland Grzegorz Lato (1980-82) 64 apps 12 goals
*flagicon|Iceland Arnór Guðjohnsen (1978-83) 138 apps 26 goals
*flagicon|Czech Republic Jan Koller (1996-99) 97 apps 43 goals
*flagicon|Czech Republic Roman Vonášek (1996-2003) 162 apps 32 goals
*flagicon|Iceland Arnar Grétarsson (2000-06) 148 apps 36 goals
*flagicon|Iceland Rúnar Kristinsson (2000-07) 189 apps 37 goals
*flagicon|Belgium Filip de Wilde (2004-05) 17 apps
*(( Stephen Keshi
*(( Samson Siasia
*(( Etim Esin

Honours

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

European record

:"As of March 5, 2006:"

A = appearances, B = matches played, C = won, D = drawn, E = lost, F = goals for, G = goals against.

References

*nl icon fr icon en icon [http://www.sporting.be Official website]
*en icon [http://www.uefa.com/footballEurope/Club=51949/domestic.html UEFA page]