Gent

Full name	Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (Royal Athletics Association Ghent)
Nickname(s)	De Buffalos (The Buffalos)
Founded	1864, joined Belgian FA November 1, 1900
Ground	Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent (Capacity: 12,919)
Chairman	Ivan de Witte
Manager	Michel Preud'homme
League	Jupiler League
2008-09	Jupiler League, 4th
Home colours Away colours

K.A.A. Gent is a Belgian football, athletics and hockey club, based in the Belgian city of Ghent. It was one of the founders of the Belgian Football Association. It has been in the top flight Jupiler League since 1989-90. The hockey and athletics division were founded in 1864, making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Belgium. The club was then known under its French name La Gantoise. It changed its name to the present Dutch version in 1971. In spite of its long history the club has never been champions of Belgium.

The nickname of the club is De Buffalo's, "The Buffaloes" in English, a term coined after a visit of the original Buffalo Bill and his Wild West circus to the city in the early 1900s.

Contents 1 Honours 2 European record 3 Current squad 3.1 Out on loan 4 Former players 5 Coaching history 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Honours

• Belgian First Division:
  • Runners-up (1): 1954-55
• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (4): 1912-13, 1935-36, 1967-68, 1979-80
• Belgian Second Division Final Round:
  • Winners (1): 1988-89
  • Runners-up (1): 1978-79
• Belgian Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1963-64, 1983-84
  • Runners-up (1): 2007-08
• Belgian Supercup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1983-84
• UEFA Intertoto Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 2006, 2007

[edit] European record

As of December, 2008.

Competition	A	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
Cup Winners' Cup	2	4	1	1	2	2	5
UEFA Cup	6	24	8	7	9	25	36
Intertoto Cup	6	26	10	6	10	28	30

A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
1963-64	UEFA Cup	1R		FC Köln	1-1	1-3
1964-65	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		West Ham United	0-1	1-1
1966-67	UEFA Cup	2R		Girondins Bordeaux	1-0	0-0
		3R		Kilmarnock FC	1-2 (AET)	0-1
1970-71	UEFA Cup	1R		Hamburger SV	0-1	1-7
1982-83	UEFA Cup	1R		HFC Haarlem	3-3	1-2
1983-84	UEFA Cup	1R		RC Lens	1-1	1-2 (AET)
1984-85	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Celtic Glasgow	1-0	0-3
1986-87	UEFA Cup	1R		Jeunesse Esch	1-1	2-1
		2R		Sportul Studentesc	1-1	3-0
		3R		IFK Göteborg	0-1	0-4
1991-92	UEFA Cup	1R		Lausanne Sports	0-1	4-1 (PEN)
		2R		Eintracht Frankfurt	0-0	1-0
		3R		FC Dynamo Moscow	2-0	0-0
		QF		AFC Ajax	0-0	0-3
2000-01	UEFA Cup	QUAL		IA Akranes	3-2	3-0
		1R		AFC Ajax	0-6	0-3
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R		Celik Zenica	2-0	0-1
		3R		Werder Bremen	0-1	3-2
		SF		Paris St. Germain	0-0	1-7
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R		St. Patrick's Athletic	2-0	1-3
		3R		Málaga CF	1-1	0-3
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Fylkir Reykjavik	2-1	1-0
		2R		Vardar Skopje	3-4 (PEN)	0-1
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Bohemian FC	3-1	0-1
		2R		Tescoma Zlin	1-0	0-0
		3R		Valencia CF	0-0	0-2
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	3R		Grasshoppers Zürich	1-1	1-2
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R		Cliftonville FC	2-0	4-0
		3R		Aalborg BK	1-1	1-2
2008-09	UEFA Cup	2QR		Kalmar FF	2-1	0-4
2009-10	UEFA Europa League	2QR		Naftan Novopolotsk	1-0	1-2
		3QR		AS Roma	1-7	1-3

[edit] Current squad

As of August, 2009.

No. Position Player 1 GK Frank Boeckx 3 DF Marko Šuler 4 DF Roy Myrie 5 DF Erlend Hanstveit 6 MF Stef Wils 7 FW Tim Smolders 8 MF Bernd Thijs 9 FW Mbaye Leye 10 MF Randall Azofeifa (captain) 11 MF Yassine Elghanassy 12 MF Kenny Thompson 13 DF Adriano Duarte 14 FW Adnan Čustović 15 FW Adékambi Olufadé

No. Position Player 16 FW Elimane Coulibaly 17 DF Roberto Rosales 18 DF Kassim Doumbia 19 FW Stijn De Smet 23 GK Luka Lazitch 24 GK Kenneth Ots 25 DF Mamatou N'Diaye 26 MF Christophe Lepoint 28 MF Miloš Marić 29 GK Bojan Jorgacević 30 FW Zlatan Ljubijankič 31 MF Christophe Grondin — GK Alexandre Martinovic

For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2009.

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player GK Alexandre Martinović (to FCV Dender) DF Mahamed Habib N'Diaye (to Hamme) DF Mehmedalija Čović (to NK Interblock Ljubljana)

No. Position Player DF Boban Grnčarov (to Maccabi Petah Tikva) MF Patrice Noukeu (to KVSK United)

[edit] Former players

Belgium Vital Borkelmans Thomas Chatelle Frank Dauwen Marc Degryse Michel De Wolf Frédéric Dupré Guillaume Gillet Christophe Grégoire Frédéric Herpoel Tony Herreman Nordin Jbari Jef Jurion Nicolas Lombaerts Ronny Martens Sandy Martens Tim Matthys Dirk Medved Gaby Mudingayi Jacky Peeters Cédric Roussel Gunther Schepens Axel Smeets Erwin Vandenbergh Marc Van Der Linden Wouter Vrancken Stijn Vreven Algeria Abdelmalek Cherrad Nasreddine Kraouche Maamar Mamouni Bosnia Suvad Katana Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz Denmark Søren Busk Anders Nielsen Egypt Ahmed Hossam England Francis Joseph John Tudor (1977-79) 40 apps 16 goals [1] France Eric Joly Mathieu Verschuère

Greece Alexandros Kaklamanos Grenada Otis Roberts Hungary Zsolt Petry Ireland Paddy Brennan Israel Nir Levine Gil Vermuth Morocco Mbark Boussoufa Netherlands Toine van Mierlo Cees Schapendonk Eric Viscaal Nigeria Augustine Eguavoen Norway Ole Martin Årst Tore André Dahlum Morten Pedersen Peru Gustavo Vassallo Poland Jacek Kazimierski Romania Alin Stoica Scotland Jim Gillespie (1980-82) (1986-??) Senegal Khalilou Fadiga Ibrahima Faye Sylvain N'Diaye Serbia Ivica Dragutinović Ivica Jarakovic Thomas Vasov Yugoslavia Milan Ružić

[edit] Coaching history

Priem 1901-1909 Van Steenkiste 1909-1910 Horta 1910-1912 Bunyan 1912-1922 De Rijke 1922-1931 Staf Pelsmaecker 1931-1941 Hugi Fenichel 1941-1942 Willy Steyskal 1942-1943 Fons Ferchyer 1943-1945 Edmond Delfour 1945-1951 Karl Mütsch 1951-1952 Jules Vandooren 1952-1956 Edmond Delfour 1956-1959 Jacques Favre 1959-1960 Louis Verstraeten 1960-1964 Max Schirschin 1964-1965 Jules Labot 1965-1966 Jules Bigot 1966-1967 Jules Vandooren 1967-1971 István Sztani 1971-1973 Omer Van Boxelaer 1973-1974 Richard Orlans 1974-1976

Freddy Qvick 1976 Roland Storme 1976-1977 Norberto Höfling 1977-1978 Léon Nollet 1978-1980 Han Grijzenhout 1980-1981 Robert Goethals 1981-1983 Erwin Vanden Daele 1983-1984 Han Grijzenhout 1984-1987 Gérard Bergholtz 1987-1988 Erwin Vandendaele 1988-1989 René Vandereycken 1989-1993 Walter Meeuws 1993-1994 Lei Clijsters 1994-1997 Johan Boskamp 1997-1999 Trond Sollied 1999-2000 Henk Houwaart 2000 Patrick Rémy 2000-2001 Herman Vermeulen 2001-2002 Jan Olde Riekerink 2002-2003 Herman Vermeulen 2003-2004 Georges Leekens 2004-2007 Trond Sollied 2007-2008 Michel Preud'homme 2008- (contract goes to 2011)

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Dutch) Official Website
• (Dutch) Fansite Real Buffalo Fanatics
• (Dutch) Forza Buffalo Fansite
• (English) KAA Gent at UEFA.COM
• KAA Gent at EUFO.DE
• KAA Gent at Weltfussball.de
• KAA Gent at Playerhistory.com
• KAA Gent at Transfermarkt.de
• KAA Gent at Football Squads.com
• KAA Gent at National Football Teams.com
• KAA Gent at Football-Lineups.com
• (English) KAA Gent XtraTime Fanpage

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