K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen


Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ceased to exist in 2020 after going bankrupt. A few days after the bankruptcy, the club announced that rather than dissolving entirely, it would merge together with KSV Temse to form Lokeren-Temse, starting in the Belgian Second Amateur Division.
Lokeren first reached the first division in 1974–75. Since then, it had a short spell in the Second Division between 1993–94 and 1995–96. Lokeren had its most successful period in the 1980s, achieving second place in the league in 1980–81 as well as a Belgian Cup final the same year. Its best European result was reaching the quarter-final of the 1980–81 UEFA Cup. In the year 2000, the club merged with K Sint-Niklase SKE They were registered to the Royal Belgian Football Association with the matricule number 282. Lokeren's colours were white, black and yellow. They played their home games at the Daknamstadion.
In 2012, Sporting Lokeren won the Belgian Cup, the club's first-ever honours, after beating KV Kortrijk in the Cup Final. They won their secnd Cup just two years later, after beating Zulte Waregem 1–0.

History

The matricule No. 282 was given in 1920 to a club named Football Club Racing Club Lokeren, but the team stopped its activity the next year. In 22 January 1923 Racing Club Lokeren was founded. Between 1945 and 1951, it had a slight name change and the new name since 1951 was Koninklijke Racing Club Lokeren. Due to financial problems, the fusion with the other team from the town became necessary in 1970. 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 in 2003, with the province name added to the club name.
In 2018, Sporting Lokeren were relegated to the First Division B, the second tier of Belgian football. 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. 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 in K.S.C. Lokeren-Temse and to start in the Second Amateur Division, the national fourth level.

Honours

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAway
1976–77UEFA Cup1RRed Boys Differdange3–13–0
2RBarcelona2–10–2
1980–81UEFA Cup1RDynamo Moscow1–11–0
2RDundee United0–01–1
3RReal Sociedad1–02–2
QFAZ 67 Alkmaar1–00–2
1981–82UEFA Cup1RNantes4–21–1
2RAris Thessaloniki4–01–1
3R1. FC Kaiserslautern1–01–4
1982–83UEFA Cup1RStal Mielec0–01–1
2RBenfica1–20–2
1987–88UEFA Cup1RHonvéd Budapest0–00–1
1999UEFA Intertoto Cup2RIA Akranes3–13–1
3RMetz1–21–0
2001UEFA Intertoto Cup1RB68 Toftir0–04–2
2RZagłębie Lubin2–12–2
3RNewcastle United0–40–1
2002UEFA Intertoto Cup1RWIT Georgia3–12–3
2RVfB Stuttgart0–10–2
2003–04UEFA CupQUALDinamo Tirana3–14–0
1RManchester City0–12–3
2005UEFA Intertoto Cup1RNarva Trans0–12–0
2RBSC Young Boys1–41–2
2012–13UEFA Europa LeaguePOViktoria Plzeň2–10–1
2014–15UEFA Europa LeaguePOHull City1–01–2
GroupLegia Warsaw1–00–1
GroupMetalist Kharkiv1–01–0
GroupTrabzonspor1–10–2

Final squad

Managers