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| Full name | Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Tricolores | |||
| Founded | 22 January 1923; 102 years ago (1923-01-22) | |||
| Dissolved | 20 April 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04-20) | |||
| Ground | Daknamstadion,Lokeren | |||
| Capacity | 12,136[1] | |||
Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈkoːnɪŋkləkəˈspɔrtɪŋˌklʏpˈloːkərənoːstˈflaːndərə(n),-rəʔoː-]), often simply calledSporting Lokeren orLokeren, was aBelgian professionalfootball club based in the city ofLokeren, in the province ofEast Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ceased to exist in 2020 after going bankrupt.[2] A few days after the bankruptcy, the club announced that rather than dissolving entirely, it would merge with KSV Temse to formLokeren-Temse, starting in theBelgian Second Amateur Division (fourth level).[3]
Lokeren first reached the first division in1974–75. Since then, it had a short spell in theSecond Division between1993–94 and1995–96. Lokeren had its most successful period in the 1980s, achieving second place in the league in1980–81 as well as aBelgian Cup final the same year. Its best European result was reaching the quarter-final of the1980–81 UEFA Cup. In the year 2000, the club merged withK Sint-Niklase SKE. They were registered to theRoyal Belgian Football Association with thematricule number 282. Lokeren's colours were white, black and yellow. They played their home games at theDaknamstadion.
In 2012, Sporting Lokeren won the Belgian Cup, the club's first-ever honours, after beatingKV Kortrijk in the Cup Final. They won their second Cup just two years later, after beatingZulte Waregem 1–0.
The matricule No. 282 was given in1920 to a club named Football Club Racing Club Lokeren (nicknamed Racing FC), but the team stopped its activity the next year. On22 January 1923 Racing Club Lokeren was founded. Between1945 and1951, it had a slight 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 FC Lokeren) became necessary in1970. The new club was then named Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren.
In 2000, the club merged with Koninklijke Sint-Niklaas SKE to form Sporting Lokeren Sint-Niklaas Waasland. The latest name change occurred in2003, with the province name added to the club name.[citation needed]
In 2018, Sporting Lokeren were relegated to theFirst Division B, the second tier of Belgian football.[4] In 2019, the club was taken over by a group led by Louis de Vries and Alexander Janssen, taking the positions of president and CEO respectively.
On 20 April 2020, the club was declared bankrupt during the 2019–20 season.[2] Lokeren had outstanding debts of €5 million and was not able to pay its staff and players anymore.
On 22 April 2020, Lokeren agreed to merge with KSV Temse to form a new club inK.S.C. Lokeren-Temse and to start in theSecond Amateur Division, the national fourth level.[5]
| Competition | A | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League | 8 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 37 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 4 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 28 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
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| 1976–77 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  | Red Boys Differdange | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2R |  | Barcelona | 2–1 | 0–2 | ||
| 1980–81 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  | Dynamo Moscow | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2R |  | Dundee United | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3R | | Real Sociedad | 1–0 | 2–2 | ||
| QF |  | AZ 67 Alkmaar | 1–0 | 0–2 | ||
| 1981–82 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  | Nantes | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| 2R |  | Aris Thessaloniki | 4–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3R |  | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–0 | 1–4 | ||
| 1982–83 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  | Stal Mielec | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 2R |  | Benfica | 1–2 | 0–2 | ||
| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  | Honvéd Budapest | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 1999 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2R |  | IA Akranes | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 3R | | Metz | 1–2 | 1–0 | ||
| 2001 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  | B68 Toftir | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| 2R | | Zagłębie Lubin | 2–1 | 2–2 | ||
| 3R |  | Newcastle United | 0–4 | 0–1 | ||
| 2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  | WIT Georgia | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| 2R | | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | 0–2 | ||
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | QUAL |  | Dinamo Tirana | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| 1R | | Manchester City | 0–1 | 2–3 | ||
| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  | Narva Trans | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 2R |  | BSC Young Boys | 1–4 | 1–2 | ||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | PO |  | Viktoria Plzeň | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | PO | | Hull City | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Group | | Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | 0–1 | ||
| Group |  | Metalist Kharkiv | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| Group |  | Trabzonspor | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The following is a provisional list of notable players who played for Lokeren, sorted by nationality.
Aimé AnthuenisRadja NainggolanManuel BensonDavy De BeuleLaurens De BockTjörven De BrulBart De RooverTom De SutterOlivier DeschachtJohan DevrindtFilip De WildeOlivier DollKarel GeraertsFernand GoyvaertsMarc HendrikxRoger HenrotayPier JanssenArmand JurionRaymond MommensKillian OvermeireAlex QuerterHans VanakenJelle Van DammeFrançois Van der ElstJan Van SteenbergheRené VerheyenBruno VersavelDaniel Veyt
João CarlosJajá
Aristide Bancé
Elos Elonga-EkakiaMarcel Kimemba MbayoFrancis N'GangaPatiyo TambweJan Koller
Kim ChristoftePreben Elkjær
Marko MyyryAntti SumialaKari UkkonenJérémy Perbet
Souleymane YoulaMarel BaldvinssonAlfreð FinnbogasonArnar GrétarssonArnór GuðjohnsenAuðun HelgasonSverrir Ingi IngasonRúnar KristinssonAri Freyr SkúlasonArnar ViðarssonDavíð Viðarsson
Omer Golan
Boubacar BarryPatrice Zéré
Mohamed TimoumiEdward LinskensMarcel PeeperRené van der Gijp
Moussa Maâzou
Cyriel DessersStephen KeshiPeter Rufai
Petter RudiGrzegorz LatoWłodzimierz LubańskiJim BettJim Tolmie
Ayanda Patosi
Robin Söder
Sanharib Malki
Adékambi Olufadé
Knowledge Musona
Hamdi HarbaouiGuy Thys (1 July 1958 – 30 June 1959)Frans De Bruyne (1970–71)Armand Jurion (1971–74)Ladislav Novák (1974–77)Han Grijzenhout (1977–78)Leon Nollet (1978)Urbain Braems (1978–79)Urbain Haesaert &Josef Vacenovský (1979–81)Robert Waseige (1 July 1981–83)Dimitri Davidovic (1 July 1983 – 30 June 1985)Aimé Anthuenis (1985–87)Wim Jansen &Włodzimierz Lubański (1 July 1987–88)Aimé Anthuenis (1 July 1988–92)Aimé Anthuenis &Josef Vacenovský (1992 – Jan 93)Chris van Puyvelde (1993–94)Fi Van Hoof (1995 – Aug 97)Willy Reynders (1997 – Aug 99)R. Cossey &R. Van Geneugden(int.) (Aug 1999)Georges Leekens (Sept 10, 1999– 30 June 2001)Paul Put (1 July 2001 – 27 Oct 2003)Franky Van der Elst (27 Oct 2003 – 20 Dec 2004)
Slavoljub Muslin (24 May 2005 – 31 Dec 2005)Aimé Anthuenis (1 Jan 2006 – 26 Feb 2006)Rudi Cossey (26 Feb 2006 – 30 June 2006)Ariël Jacobs (1 July 2006 – 29 Oct 2006)Rudi Cossey(interim) (Nov 2006)Slavoljub Muslin (26 Nov 2006 – 30 June 2007)Georges Leekens (1 July 2007 – 31 March 2009)Freddy Heirman(interim) (1 April 2009 – 7 April 2009)Aleksandar Janković (7 April 2009 – 25 Oct 2009)Jacky Mathijssen (25 Oct 2009 – 25 Jan 2010)Emilio Ferrera (28 Jan 2010 – 30 June 2010)Peter Maes (1 July 2010 – 30 June 2015)Bob Peeters (1 July 2015 – 25 Oct 2015)Georges Leekens (25 Oct 2015 – 25 Nov 2016)Rúnar Kristinsson (28 Oct 2016 – 9 Aug 2017)Peter Maes (9 Aug 2017 – 28 October 2018)Trond Sollied (30 October 2018 – 20 January 2019)Glen De Boeck (20 January 2019 – 17 November 2019)Stijn Vreven (19 November 2019 – 20 April 2020)
