Zulte Waregem

Full name	Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem
Nickname(s)	Essevee
Founded	1950 (creation) July 1, 2001 (merge)
Ground	Regenboogstadion, Waregem (Capacity: 8,500)
Chairman	Willy Naessens
Manager	Francky Dury
League	Belgian First Division
2008-09	Belgian First Division, 5th
Home colours Away colours

S.V. Zulte Waregem is a Belgian football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. The club is a product of the 2001 merger between Zultse V.V. and K.S.V. Waregem, a former first division regular. They won the 2004-05 second division, gaining promotion to the Belgian First Division. In May 2006, they won the Belgian Cup.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Honours 4 European record 5 Current squad 5.1 Out on loan 6 Notable former players 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History

Zulte Sportief was founded in 1950 and directly became a member of the national association (matricule n° 5381). The club Zultse V.V. (with the same matricule) was started after the 1976 merger between Zulte Sportief and S.K. Zulte. In 2001, the team merged with K.S.V. Waregem, who had played in the first division for many years. No team from Zulte ever achieved promotion to the second division before S.V. Zulte Waregem in 2002. Zultse V.V., though, gained access to the third division in 1995. The club finished 14th out of 16 for two seasons and was relegated the second time after the playoff.

In 1999, the season in which it came back, Zultse finished 4th in this division. Two years later, the new club became champion of the 3rd division A. The registered office of Zulte Waregem lies in Zulte but the club is based in the stadium of K.S.V. Waregem in Waregem and the red and white colours of K.S.V. Waregem prevail.

The club got a chance to shine on the European stage during the 2006/07 season, reaching the Round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, facing off against English club Newcastle United, although they lost 4-1 on aggregate.

[edit] Stadium

Zulte Waregem plays its home matches at the Regenboogstadion, which means Rainbow Stadium in Dutch. The stadium used to be the home of K.S.V. Waregem until the withdrawal of the club. It has 6,800 seats, with a full capacity of 8,500. The field is surrounded by a track. The Regenboogstadion does not meet UEFA's requirements for hosting UEFA Cup games, so Zulte Waregem's home games in the 2006-07 competition were played at the home of K.A.A. Gent. ^[1]

[edit] Honours

• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (1): 2004-05
• Belgian Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2005-06
• Belgian Supercup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

[edit] European record

As of December, 2008:

Season	Competition	Round	Nat.	Club	Home	Away
2006-07	UEFA Cup	1R		Lokomotiv Moskva	2-0	1-2
		Group F		Austria Wien		4-1
		Group F		Sparta Praha	3-1
		Group F		Espanol Barcelona		2-6
		Group F		AFC Ajax	0-3
		3R		Newcastle United	1-3	0-1

[edit] Current squad

As of 28 September 2009.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sammy Bossut 2 DF Stijn Minne 3 DF Steve Colpaert 4 DF Bart van Zundert 5 MF Badis Lebbihi 6 MF Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze 7 DF Jérémy Taravel 8 MF Kevin Roelandts 9 FW Teddy Chevalier 10 MF Ernest Webnje Nfor 11 MF Stijn Meert 12 MF Thomas Matton 14 DF Chris Makiese

No. Position Player 15 DF Miguel Dachelet 16 MF Franck Berrier 17 MF Steffen Ernemann 18 GK Kévin Goeman (on loan from RC Lens) 19 FW Eric Yopa 20 FW Jorgo Waeghe 21 MF Khaleem Hyland (on loan from Portsmouth) 22 GK Stijn Vanderkelen 23 DF Bart Buysse 24 DF Karel d'Haene 25 GK Thierry Coppens 26 FW Berat Sadik (on loan from Arminia Bielefeld) — MF Eetu Muinonen

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player — FW Tim Matthys (at Lierse) — MF Jonas Vandermarlière (at KSV Temse) — FW Lander Vansteenbrugghe (at OH Leuven)

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

[edit] Notable former players

Belgian Tony Sergeant Pieter Merlier Salou Ibrahim Frédéric Dupré Foreign Dragan Mrđa Juan Diego González-Vigil

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Dutch) Official Website
• Zulte Waregem at UEFA.COM
• Zulte Waregem at EUFO.DE
• Zulte Waregem at Weltfusball.de
• Zulte Waregem at Playerhistory.com
• Zulte Waregem at Transfermarkt.de
• Zulte Waregem at Football Squads.co.uk
• Zulte Waregem at Football-Lineups.com

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