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Soccer Betting - Belgium Jupiler League
Facts - Teams - Winners
K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot
In 1920 the club F.C. Germinal Ekeren was founded in the town of Ekeren. Then on July 20th, 1942 the club was registered to the Belgian Football Association.
The team reached the top division in Belgian football in 1989 and finished 13th. It achieved its best ranking in 1996 and 1998 (3rd place) and subsequently qualified for the UEFA Cup. However, in 1999, due to the low attendance of supporters and limited expansion possibilities in Ekeren, the club merged with Beerschot which was playing in 3th division and had severe financial problems.
In the summer of 2004 the new team, K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen encountered new financial difficulties. Marc Brys, became the new Belgian football coach, he managed to win the Belgian Cup that year and so to secure a place in UEFA Cup for his side, but after 7 matches in the Jupiler League 2005-06 season, he was fired due to bad results.
Important Facts
- In the season 1991-92 the club qualified for UEFA Cup that year after obtaining the 5th place in the championship.
- The team had to wait until 1995 and to obtain a 6th place in the championship to qualify for its next European competition (The Intertoto Cup). It finished 2nd in the first round Group 3 behind FC Aarau of Switzerland.
- In 1996-97 it qualified for the UEFA Cup after it finished 3rd in the league.
- In 1997-98 they participated in the Winners Cup, but they lost in the second round at the hands of VfB Stuttgart after a win against FK Crvena Zvezda.
Current squad
| No. |
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
GK |
Jan Moons |
| 3 |
DF |
Jasper Vermeerbergen |
| 4 |
DF |
Kurt Van Dooren |
| 5 |
DF |
Pieterjan Monteyne |
| 6 |
DF |
Ederson Tormena |
| 7 |
MF |
Sébastien Chabaud |
| 8 |
MF |
Kris De Wree |
| 10 |
MF |
Daniel Cruz |
| 11 |
MF |
Abdoulaye Djire (on loan from FC Metalurh Donetsk) |
| 13 |
FW |
Vicenzo Verhoeven |
| 14 |
MF |
King Gyan Osei |
| 15 |
FW |
Tosin Dosunmu (on loan from AS Nancy-Lorraine) |
| 16 |
MF |
Gustavo Colman |
| 17 |
MF |
Hernán Losada |
| 18 |
DF |
Arsène Né |
| 19 |
MF |
Toufik Zerara |
| 20 |
GK |
Kristof Maes |
| 21 |
DF |
Hervé Nzelo-Lembi |
| 22 |
DF |
Martijn Monteyne |
| 23 |
FW |
Emmanuel Okoduwa |
| 24 |
FW |
Sanharib Malki |
| 27 |
FW |
Ossama Madah |
| 28 |
MF |
Daniel Owusu |
| 29 |
MF |
Justice Wamfor |
| 30 |
GK |
Kenny Steppe |
| 72 |
DF |
Didier Dheedene |
| 82 |
FW |
Serigne Diop |
Winners
- Belgian Second Division:
Winners (1): 1988-89
- Belgian Cup:
Winners (2): 1996-97, 2004-05
Runners-up (2): 1989-90, 1994-95
- Belgian Supercup:
Runners-up (2): 1997, 2005
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