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| Full name | Koninklijke Beringen-Heusden-Zolder | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1936 | ||
| Dissolved | 2006 | ||
| 2005–06 | Second division, downgraded | ||
K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder was a Belgianfootball club, from the municipalities ofHeusden-Zolder andBeringen inLimburg. Itsstadium has been located in the municipality ofBeringen-Mijn from 2004 to 2006 (after its relegation from theBelgian First Division).
It was founded in 1936 asS.K. Heusden and it eventually changed its name toK.S.K. Heusden. The team qualified for thethird division in 1997. In 1999 the club merged with K.F.C. Helzold to becomeK. Heusden-Zolder S.K.. In 2000–01 it played in thesecond division for the first time and ended at 12th place, as it had won the third division playoff toKortrijk after having lost the title toMons in a test-match for the first place. The next season it finished 4th and it moved to the stadium ofGenk.
In 2002–03 it qualified for the next Belgian First Division as it finished 3rd and won thefinal round. Doing this, the club became the fastest rising team ever in Belgian football history, beingpromoted five times in only 10 years without beingrelegated. At the end of the 2003–04 season however, the club was relegated and it changed its name at the same time. In 2005–06, K. Beringen-Heusden-Zolder did not ask for a 2nd division license because of financial problems and it was subsequently relegated to the third division on 2 March 2006 for the 2006–07 season. Some time later the club went into liquidation. On 25 April 2006, the club of Berkenbos V.V. playing in thePromotion C changed its name to KVV Heusden-Zolder.
