Sporting Lokeren

Sporting Lokeren
Basic data
Surname	Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen
Seat	Lokeren , Belgium
founding	1923
resolution	2020 (bankruptcy)
Colours	black-yellow-white
president	Louis de Vries
Website	sporting.be
First soccer team
Head coach	Stijn Vreven
Venue	Daknam Stadium
Places	12,000
league	Division 1B
2019/20	8th place (overall table)
home Away

Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen , commonly known in German-speaking countries as Sporting Lokeren , was a Belgian professional football club from Lokeren in the province of East Flanders , which played in the second highest Belgian league, Division 1B , in its last season (2019/20) .

history

By merging the two clubs Racing Lokeren and Standard Lokeren, the Sporting Lokeren club was created in 1970. They managed to move up from the fourth division to the first division within four years . This one belonged without interruptions from the season 1974/75 to the season 1992/93.

The most successful sporting period was the 1980/81 season, in which the club became Belgian runners-up and vice-cup winners. Likewise, the fourth round of the UEFA Cup was reached this season with victories over Dynamo Moscow , Dundee United and Real Sociedad San Sebastián , in which they failed, however, at AZ Alkmaar .

After relegation in 1993, three years followed in the second division, which were also characterized by financial problems, until the recovery was achieved in the 1995/96 season.

Since then, Sporting has played in the upper midfield of the First Division and managed several times to qualify for the UI Cup and in the 2003/04 season for the UEFA Cup.

In 2000, following the merger with Sportkring St.-Niklaas, the company was renamed Sporting Lokeren SNW.

In 2003 the club was finally renamed Sporting Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.

The home games are played in the Daknam Stadium.

In the 2018/2019 season, Lokeren was already relegated from Division 1A after the penultimate matchday - even a coach change in January 2019 could not prevent this. The contract of the current coach Glen De Boeck was initially limited to the end of the season. In June 2019, the then chairman Roger Lambrecht sold his shares in the club to Louis De Vries, who also took over the chairmanship, for reasons of age. Under his chairmanship, the contract with de Boeck as a coach was extended.

After the club was in 7th place in the table halfway through the season, which would mean participating in the relegation games at the end of the season, the coaching contract with de Boeck and his assistants was terminated on November 17, 2019. On November 19, 2019, Stijn Vreven was signed as the new coach for the rest of the season with an extension option.

insolvency

At the end of the season Lokeren finished last in the overall table with six points behind and should have played the relegation games with three points penalty against KSV Roeselare . Due to outstanding salary payments, the players stopped training after the main round was over and were only willing to resume training for the relegation games if they got their money. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , these games have been postponed indefinitely. On March 11, 2020, the club still managed to pay the club dues to be paid to the Royal Belgian Football Association . However, the competent commercial court of Dendermonde used administrateurs provisoires ( German  preliminary insolvency administrators ) on March 13, 2020 due to other outstanding claims amounting to four to five million euros and reserved the opening of the proceedings for March 23, 2020. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this date has been postponed to April 20, 2020.

After all attempts to raise new money were unsuccessful, the commercial court declared the association insolvent on April 20, 2020. President De Vries said he would not object to this.

After talks about a merger with VV Hamme failed, KSV Temse merged with Lokeren on April 22, 2020 . In the new 2020/21 season, the new club will play under the name KSC Lokeren-Temse in the previous Lokeren stadium in the 2nd division of amateurs, the fourth-highest division.

successes

• Belgian runner-up (1)
  • 1981
• Belgian Cup Winner (2)
  • 2012, 2014
• Belgian Cup Finalist (1)
  • 1981

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1976/77	Uefa cup	1 round	Red Boys Differdange	6: 1	3: 0 (A)	3: 1 (H)
		2nd round	FC Barcelona	2: 3	0: 2 (A)	2: 1 (H)
1980/81	Uefa cup	1 round	Dynamo Moscow	2: 1	1: 1 (H)	1: 0 (A)
		2nd round	Dundee United	( a ) 1: 1(a)	1: 1 (A)	0: 0 (H)
		3rd round	Real Sociedad	3: 2	1: 0 (H)	2: 2 (A)
		Quarter finals	AZ'67 Alkmaar	1: 2	0: 2 (A)	1: 0 (H)
1981/82	Uefa cup	1 round	FC Nantes	5: 3	1: 1 (A)	4: 2 (H)
		2nd round	Aris Thessaloniki	5: 1	1: 1 (A)	4: 0 (H)
		3rd round	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2: 4	1: 0 (H)	1: 4 (A)
1982/83	Uefa cup	1 round	FKS Stal Mielec	( a ) 1: 1(a)	1: 1 (A)	0: 0 (H)
		2nd round	FC Barcelona	1: 4	0: 2 (A)	1: 2 (H)
1987/88	Uefa cup	1 round	Honvéd Budapest	0: 1	0: 1 (A)	0: 0 (H)
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2nd round	ÍA Akranes	6: 2	3: 1 (H)	3: 1 (A)
		3rd round	FC Metz	(a)2: 2 ( a )	1: 2 (H)	1: 0 (A)
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 round	B68 Toftir	4: 2	4: 2 (A)	0: 0 (H)
		2nd round	Zagłębie Lubin	4: 3	2: 2 (A)	2: 1 (H)
		3rd round	Newcastle United	0: 5	0: 4 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 round	WIT Georgia Tbilisi	5: 4	3: 1 (H)	2: 3 (A)
		2nd round	VfB Stuttgart	0: 3	0: 2 (A)	0: 1 (H)
2003/04	Uefa cup	qualification	KS Dinamo Tirana	7: 1	4: 0 (A)	3: 1 (H)
		1 round	Manchester City	2: 4	2: 3 (A)	0: 1 (H)
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 round	JK Trans Narva	2: 1	2: 0 (A)	0: 1 (H)
		2nd round	BSC Young Boys	3: 5	1: 4 (H)	2: 1 (A)
2012/13	UEFA Europa League	Play-offs	Viktoria Plzen	(a)2: 2 ( a )	2: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2014/15	UEFA Europa League	Play-offs	Hull City	( a ) 2: 2(a)	1: 0 (H)	1: 2 (A)
		Group stage	Legia Warsaw	1: 1	0: 1 (A)	1: 0 (H)
			Metalist Kharkiv	2-0	1: 0 (H)	1: 0 (A)
			Trabzonspor	1: 3	0: 2 (A)	1: 1 (H)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record : 56 games, 24 wins, 12 draws, 20 defeats, 72:64 goals (goal difference +8)

Trainer

• Robert Waseige (1981-1983)
• Wim Jansen (1987–1988)
• Paul Put (2001-2003)
• Franky Van Der Elst (2003-2004)
• Trond Sollied (2018-2019)
• Glen De Boeck (2019)
• Stijn Vreven (2019–)

player

• Guy Dardenne
• Davy De Beule
• Olivier Deschacht
• Walter De Greef
• Filip De Wilde
• Grégory Dufer
• Fernand Goyvaerts
• Grégory Mertens
• Raymond Mommens
• Jelle Van Damme
• René Verheyen
• Bruno Versavel
• Mohammed Timoumi
• Besnik Hasi
• Aristide Bancé
• Kim Christofte
• Preben Elkjær Larsen
• Marko-Olavi Myyry
• Kari Ukkonen
• Souleymane Youla
• Arnór Guðjohnsen
• Rúnar Kristinsson
• Arnar Viðarsson
• Hervé Nzelo-Lembi
• Moussa Maâzou
• Stephen Keshi
• Peter Rufai
• Petter Rudi
• Grzegorz Lato
• Włodzimierz Lubański
• Goran Drulić
• Karol Dobiaš
• Jan Koller
• Martin Pěnička
• Roman Vonášek
• Daniel Zítka
• Adékambi Olufadé

Web links

• Official website of the association

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pieter-Jan Calcoen and Stephan Keygnaert: Roger Lambrecht verkoopt Sporting Lokeren aan Louis De Vries: "Word here te oud voor". De Morgen, June 8, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ Staelens en De Boeck suffer first training Lokeren: "In worst geval we start in 1B". VRT, June 13, 2019, accessed August 6, 2019 (Dutch). 
3. ↑ Sporting Lokeren joins the seed factory with Glen De Boeck. Sporting Lokeren, November 17, 2019, accessed November 18, 2019 (Dutch). 
4. ^ Pieter Dobbelaere: Stijn Vreven at the wheel of Sporting Lokeren. Sporting Lokeren, November 19, 2019, accessed November 20, 2019 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Le Sporting Lokeren a réglé ses dettes fédérales auprès de la fédération belge. In: proximus-sports.be. March 11, 2020, accessed April 20, 2020 (French). 
6. ↑ Lokeren en faillite le 23 mars, s'il parvient à trouver 4 or 5 millions d'euros. In: proximus-sports.be. March 13, 2020, accessed April 20, 2020 (French). 
7. ↑ Lokeren bénéficie jusqu'au 20 avril pour éviter la faillite. In: proximus-sports.be. March 20, 2020, accessed April 20, 2020 (French). 
8. ↑ Lokeren déclaré en faillite par le tribunal de Dendermonde. In: proximus-sports.be. April 20, 2020, accessed April 20, 2020 (French). 
9. ↑ Le Sporting Lokeren va avec fusionner Tamise et en repartir D2 amateurs. proximus-sports.be, April 22, 2020, accessed on April 23, 2020 (French). 
10. ↑ Herman Van de Putte: Officielel: Trond Sollied nu definitief aangesteld. KSC Lokeren O.-VL. NV, October 30, 2018, accessed November 30, 2018 (Dutch). 
11. ↑ Klaas Van de Putte: Sollied gaat, De Boeck komt. KSC Lokeren, January 20, 2019, accessed March 18, 2019 (Dutch).