K.V.C. Westerlo

K.V.C. Westerlo was founded in the city of Westerlo by students in 1917, and it was named Sportkring De Bist Westerlo. After five years of existence, the club retired. The club Bist Sport was created in 1931 and it changed its name to Sportkring Westerlo two years later. At that time. some players left the club to found Westerlo Sport, the ancestor of K.V.C. Westerlo. In 1939, the club won its league for the first time. Five years later, Sportkring Westerlo and dissident Westerlo Sport decided to merge in spite of the rivalry between the teams, and the new club was called V.C. Westerlo.

It became champion of the Antwerp second division in 1960. Eight years later it played its first season at the national level in Promotion and it won its league to play the third division in 1969. At the end of the season, Westerlo missed a third title in a row, finishing second behind Eupen. The next year, the club was relegated after the playoff and it stayed in the Promotion for ten seasons. The club then underwent two relegations in a row and thus played in the Antwerp second division in 1982–83. Westerlo was then promoted for three consecutive years to qualify for the third division once again. In 1993, the club promoted to the second division and then to the first division in 1997. In 1996, the club added the prefix Koninklijke (meaning "Royal" in Dutch) to its name.

On 18 June 2019 it was officially announced that the club was taken over by Turkish businessman Oktay Ercan. He immediately made it clear that KVC Westerlo will remain a regional family club, and that more attention will be paid to the social dimension and sporting ambitions. Ercan expressed his commitment in 2019 to a year-long plan called 'KVC Westerlo 2024'.^[2]

Westerlo plays its home matches at Het Kuipje, which is Dutch for "The Cockpit". Its capacity is 8,035.^[1]

• Belgian Second Division/Belgian First Division B
  • Winners (2): 2013–14, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (1): 1996–97
• Belgian Second Division final round
  • Winners (1): 1997
• Belgian Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2000–01
  • Runners-up (1): 2010–11
• Belgian Supercup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

As of 8 February 2026^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  CIV Bakary Haidara 4 DF  BEL Amando Lapage 5 DF  JPN Seiji Kimura 6 DF  FRA Clinton Nsiala (on loan from Rangers) 7 FW  IRN Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 8 MF  UKR Serhiy Sydorchuk 9 FW  KOS Eliot Bujupi (on loan from Stuttgart II) 10 FW  POR Afonso Patrão 11 FW  BEL Naoufal Bohamdi-Kamoni 12 MF  MAR Reda Laalaoui 13 FW  JPN Isa Sakamoto 17 MF  BEL Raf Smekens 22 DF  USA Bryan Reynolds 23 DF  BEL Lucas Mbamba 24 DF  BEL Michée Ndembi

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  FRA Dylan Ourega 29 FW  CIV Fernand Gouré 30 GK  BEL Koen Van Langendonck 31 GK  BEL Oskar Annell 33 DF  RUS Roman Neustädter 34 MF  TUR Doğucan Haspolat (captain) 38 FW  JPN Shunsuke Saito 39 MF  BEL Thomas Van den Keybus 40 DF  TUR Emin Bayram 46 MF  BEL Arthur Piedfort 77 FW  CRC Josimar Alcócer 90 FW  ESP Nacho Ferri 94 FW  TUR Enis Destan (on loan from Hull City) 99 GK  DEN Andreas Jungdal

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Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BEL Zenzo De Boeck (at Houtvenne until 30 June 2026) 18 MF  POL Karol Borys (at Maribor until 31 May 2026) 26 MF  POL Enzo Geerts (at Houtvenne until 30 June 2026)

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