Beerschot A.C.
Full name | Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | De Mannekes, De Ratten | ||
Founded | 1920 1999 (merger; as Germinal Beerschot) | (Germinal Ekeren)||
Dissolved | 2013 | ||
Ground | Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp | ||
Capacity | 12,771 | ||
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Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (Dutch pronunciation:
K.F.C. Germinal Ekeren, established in 1920, rebranded themselves as Germinal Beerschot in 1999, retaining the
Following the merger in 1999, the club moved from the Veltwijckstadion in the municipality of Ekeren to the Olympisch Stadion in the Kiel neighbourhood in Antwerp. Their outfits mixed the yellow and red of Germinal Ekeren with the purple of Beerschot. Their biggest rival was Royal Antwerp F.C. They won the Belgian Cup in 2005.
On 17 May 2011, the club changed its name again to Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpse Club or Beerschot AC. The name change was the result of an internal struggle which split the board of directors which ended with the former Germinal Ekeren board members vacating their position, giving a free path to remove the mention of Germinal
The youth academy of Beerschot produced the likes of Thomas Vermaelen, Mousa Dembélé, Radja Nainggolan, Jan Vertonghen, and Toby Alderweireld.
History
In 1920 F.C. Germinal Ekeren was founded in the town of
The new team, K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen kept the matricule n°3530 of Ekeren to keep their place in the first division, but retained the stadium of Beerschot, rebuilding it in the process. By keeping the matricule of Ekeren, the honours of Beerschot were considered to be distinct and separate from the new team and the club finally dropped the name Antwerpen in 2003. In 2004 further financial difficulties were experienced and
May 2013,
Late May 2013 the "entourage" and fans of Beerschot started negotiations with
European competitions
The matricule number 3530 played their first European game as KFC Germinal Ekeren in the
In
Honours
- Belgian Second Division:
- Winners (1): 1988–89
- Belgian Cup:
- Winners (2): 2004–05
- Runners-up (2): 1989–90, 1994–95
- Winners (2):
- Belgian Super Cup:
European record
- As of December 2008.
Competition | Appearances | Matches played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA |
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Cup Winners' Cup |
1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
UEFA Cup |
4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
Intertoto Cup |
2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
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1991–92 | UEFA Cup
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1R | Celtic F.C. | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
1995 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group 3 | FC Aarau | 3–3 | ||
HB Torshavn
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1–1 | |||||
Universitatea Cluj
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4–1 | |||||
Tromsø IL | 2–0 | |||||
1996–97 | UEFA Cup
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1R | Grazer AK | 3–1 | 0–2 | |
1997–98 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | Crvena Zvezda | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
2R | VfB Stuttgart | 0–4 | 4–2 | |||
1998–99 | UEFA Cup
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1QR | FK Sarajevo | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
2QR | Servette Genève
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1–4 | 2–1 | |||
2005–06 | UEFA Cup
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1R | Olympique Marseille
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0–0 | 0–0 (1–4 pen.) | |
2008 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2R | Neftçi Baku | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Notable former players
- Toby Alderweireld (youth)
- Mousa Dembélé
- Tom De Mul (youth)
- Radja Nainggolan (youth)
- Jelle Van Damme
- Thomas Vermaelen (youth)
- Jan Vertonghen (youth)
- Wesley Sonck
- Victor Wanyama
- Tomasz Radzinski
Former coaches
- Franky van der Elst (1999 – July 2003)
- Marc Brys (July 2003 – September 2005)
- Jos Daerden (September 2005 – June 2006)
- Marc Brys (July 2006 – June 2007)
- Harm van Veldhoven (July 2007 – November 2008)
- Aime Anthuenis(November 2008 – August 2009)
- Jos Daerden (September 2009 – June 2010)
- Glen De Boeck (July 2010 – November 2010)
- Jacky Mathijssen (December 2010 – March 2012)
- Wim De Corte (March 2012 – July 2012)
- Adrie Koster (July 2012 – November 2012)
- Wim De Corte (November 2012 – January 2013)
- Jacky Mathijssen (Jan 2013 – May 2013)
References
- ^ "Don't say Germinal Beerschot but Koninklijke Beerschot AC" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e (in Dutch) Beerschot verandert in KFCO Beerschot-Wilrijk en start in eerste provinciale Archived 10 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Het Laatste Nieuws (31 May 2013)
(in Dutch) Beerschot leeft voort in KFCO Beerschot-Wilrijk Archived 8 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Sporza (31 May 2013) - ^ "Beerschot in vereffening". Het Laatste Nieuws. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Beerschot bankrupt, De Wever looks for solution". sporza.be. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2013.