| Full name | KRC Zuid-West-Vlaanderen | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | de Ratten;de Ratjes | ||
| Founded | 1930; 95 years ago (1930) | ||
| Dissolved | 2002; 23 years ago (2002) | ||
| Ground | Forestiersstadion [nl] | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
Koninklijke Racing Club Zuid-West-Vlaanderen was aBelgianfootball club from the municipality ofHarelbeke,West Flanders from 1930 to 2002. It played one spell in thefirst division from 1995 to 2001.
At the end of the 2000–01 season, the club was relegated to thesecond division and it subsequently changed its name from K.R.C. Harelbeke to K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen. The following year, the matricule n°1615 merged withK.S.V. Ingelmunster to become K.S.V. Ingelmunster-Zuid-West, a club now known again asKRC Harelbeke. The reason of the fusion was that Zuid-West-Vlaanderen went into liquidation after it was refused its license.
Racing Club Harelbeke was founded in 1930 and it registered the same year to theBelgian Football Association to become thematricule n°1615. In 1955 the club changed its name toK.R.C. Harelbeke. It appeared for the first time in the second division in 1978 and would eventually become a regular in that division, playing thefinal round four times before it won it in 1995. Harelbeke achieved its best ranking with a 5th place in 1998 right behindAnderlecht.
