K.A.A. Gent

belgian professional football golf club
football club
Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˌʔɑtləˈtik ˌɑsoːˈʃaːsi ˈɣɛnt ], English : Royal Athletic Association Ghent ), often merely known as Ghent or by their nickname De Buffalo’s ( english : The Buffalos ), is a belgian sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football team is the best known part within the golf club and has been playing in the Belgian First Division A since the 1989–90 season. They won the national league once, in 2014–15, in addition to three belgian Cup victories. Ghent played their base matches in the Jules Ottenstadion in Gentbrugge from 1920 until 2013, when they moved to the Ghelamco Arena. Their team colours are blue and white. The star presenter is the fiscal institution VDK NV.

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The field ice hockey and track and plain divisions were founded in 1864, making it one of the oldest sports clubs in Belgium. The clubhouse was then known under its french name La Gantoise ( and it is still referred to as such in the French-speaking contribution of Belgium ). They changed their name to the stream Dutch adaptation in 1971. The football division opened in 1900. The dub of the club is De Buffalo’s, a condition coined after a travel to of the original Buffalo Bill and his wilderness West circus to the city in the early twentieth hundred. [ 2 ] Gent enjoyed its first spell at the highest level in belgian football between 1913–14 and 1928–29, and a second one from 1936–37 to 1966–67. In the 1970s and 1980s, the club had several promotions and relegations between the first and second base divisions, before returning to the highest level in 1989. The cabaret reached the quarter-finals of the 1991–92 UEFA Cup, which is their best accomplishment always in european competitions. aside from football, Gent besides have early sports sections in track and plain and field ice hockey .

history [edit ]

In 1864, an association called the ‘Société Gymnastique la Gantoise ‘, which was tasked with promoting gymnastics, was founded. Some branches quickly became autonomous and in 1891 the team merged with the Association Athlétique, which was in itself a fusion of younger teams, such as Racing Club, Running Club and Red Star. The new fusion team was called Association Athlétique La Gantoise, and apart from gymnastics, the activities were broadened to athletics, packing, cricket, motorbike, fencing material, ice hockey, swim and tennis. In this context, the athletics team KAA Gent was founded. [ 3 ]
La Gantoise 1914 logo of In the last decade of the nineteenth hundred, organized football was introduced in Ghent. Different little teams were founded and some merged into Racing Club Gantois on 1 April 1899, which would subsequently become the biggest rival of KAA Gent. alone in 1900, a football section was founded by the students of the College of Melle, which is a place close to Ghent. The first president of the team was sophisticate Hector Priem. The games were played on the Carpentierplein, which was situated at the crossroads of the Kortrijksesteenweg, the Clementinalaan, the Oostendestraat and the Astridlaan. Initially, the colours black and white were chosen, but by 31 October 1900, when the team became an official member, the colours were changed to blue and whiten. On 15 November 1900, the first regular game was played, against Omnium Sporting Club. In January 1901, the team played against Racing Club Gantois, which was, at that time, the larger of the two. KAA Gent lost the game with 10–0. however, at the end of the nineteenth century the team already became a extremity of the UBSSA ( Union Belge des Sociétés de Sports Athlétiques or the belgian Union of the Athletic Sports Society, and although Racing Club Gantois was the elder team in the city, KAA Gent would receive a lower matricule number than Racing Club, which would receive 11. In 1901 AA La Gantoise played its inaugural games in the lower divisions. [ 4 ] For the first base few years, the team largely played in the belgian Second Division, and late on in the First Division. In 1904 the team moved to the Mussenstraat. In 1913, the World Exposition was held at that seat, and the team moved once more, this time to the Albertlaan. Over there, a football slope, training fields, tennis courts, an athletics court, galleries and other accommodations were being built. At 9 December 1915, during the First World War, the stadium wholly burned down. In 1912–13, AA La Gantoise became champion in the Second Division. In 1914, the team received the royal title and was called Association Royale Athlétique La Gantoise, which was abbreviated to ARA La Gantoise. During the populace exposition, the team organized several sporting events. The first season in the First League, 1913–14, was however identical unmanageable for the team and only by means of a test match against Standard Club Liégois, relegation was avoided. [ 5 ] In 1920, the team moved again, this time to Gentbrugge, where the Jules Ottenstadion was built. La Gantoise fell spinal column to the Second Division and it was not until 1936 it managed to win the promotion play-offs and return to the First Division. [ 6 ] In the mid-fifties, the team played their strongest football so far. In 1953–54 it ended third base with an peer sum of points as KFC Malinois and alone one point behind the champions Anderlecht. The future season, La Gantoise was alone on the second spot, this time with three points less than the champions. [ 7 ] In 1964 it won the belgian Cup ( Beker van België ), which was the first major tournament victory for the team. Because of their cup win, it became the first belgian team to participate in the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup. La Gantoise was defeated in the first round by West Ham United. [ 8 ] In 1967, the club relegated once more, after three decades of playing in the First Division. It did, however, alone take them one class to clinch forwarding again. [ 9 ] In 1971, the identify of the team was translated into Flemish, as it became “ Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent ” ( normally known as KAA Gent or AA Gent ). The 1970–71 season was the start of a regretful decade for Ghent. They were relegated to the Second Division six games before the temper ‘s ending, after the kill to Club Brugge. In 1974, they even relegated to the Third Division. Ghent had ended final and could n’t assure its forwarding to the Second Division in the final round. [ 10 ] After one season, they would return to the Second Division and remained there until 1980, when the team returned to the First Division. [ 11 ] The 1980s would become a much better period for the team. In 1984 they won the belgian Cup again, and during that menstruation the team played in european competitions four times. [ 12 ] In 1986–87, Ghent reached the Third round in the UEFA Cup. In 1988 the team fell binding to the Second Division for a short while, but thanks to the promotion play-offs, they were able to return to First Division after one season. [ 13 ] A crucial character was played by a member of the Board of Directors, Marc Mortier, who consulted the Prime Minister of Belgium, Wilfried Martens, in orderliness to establish an administration named Foot Invest, to get the team financially bet on on track. Marc Mortier gathered more than 50 million belgian francs ( 1.25 million euro ) in sponsoring in a couple of months and introduced VDK Spaarbank as the chief patronize of the team .
In 1990–91, the team played at the top of the standings for a long prison term, under the steering of René Vandereycken and players such as Frank Dauwen, Eric Viscaal and Erwin Vandenbergh, but last it ended on the third blemish. thus alternatively of competing in the UEFA Champions League, the team played in the UEFA Cup in 1991. After defeating Lausanne-Sport, Eintracht Frankfurt and Dynamo Moscow, Ghent played the stern finals against Ajax. [ 14 ] The adopt years, Ghent fell binding to the lower places in the standings. From 1994 until 1997, they finished equitable above the delegating places in the league. [ 15 ] By the end of the 1990s the results improved again, and with coach Trond Sollied, KAA Gent qualified for european football once more in 1999–00. [ 16 ] In these series, Ghent lost heavily against Ajax, under modern coach Henk Houwaart. The next temper, Ghent reached the UEFA Intertoto Cup, where it would reach the semi-finals against PSG. The play along seasons, league results varied between lower sub-top places and top four finishes. [ 17 ] In 2004, Ghent signed coach Georges Leekens. In his inaugural season, the team ended at the sixth smudge in competition. With Leekens as a passenger car, KAA Gent made some impressive performances, such as the 4–1 victory over equal Club Brugge on 1 April 2006. In 2006–07, despite a weak start of the contest, the team managed to reach the fourth place in the belgian Pro League. It repeated that accomplishment the follow year. [ 18 ] The adjacent season, coach Georges Leekens left the club and joined Lokeren. Trond Sollied, the norwegian flight simulator who had been very successful seven years before, succeeded him. Under his guidance, KAA Gent played its third Cup Final, in which it alone lost at the end from Anderlecht. Sollied left Ghent again after one season, this clock time for Heerenveen. [ 19 ] Michel Preud’homme, who had fair become champion of the Jupiler Pro League with Standard Liège, signed a compress for three seasons, together with his colleagues Manu Ferrera and Stan van hideout Buys. In 2008–09, the team ended at the fourth spot, after a hard comeback in the second part of the rival, with an equal number of points as Club Brugge, who had won one more game and ended third. [ 20 ] In 2009–10, there was a heavy battle for the second station in the belgian Pro League between AA Gent and Club Brugge and the Champions League ticket that came with it. They played each other on 8 May 2010. Ghent won with a convincing 6–2 grudge and won moment place because of that victory. [ 21 ] One week late, Ghent besides won the belgian Cup for the first time in 26 years, defeating the other Bruges Pro League team, Cercle Brugge. [ 22 ] On 17 July 2013, the club officially inaugurated their new stadium, the Ghelamco Arena, with a 2–0 succeed over VfB Stuttgart in a gala pit. [ 23 ] On 21 May 2015, Ghent clinched their first Belgium League claim by defeating Standard Liège 2–0 at home, automatically qualifying for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. [ 24 ] Gent were drawn in Group H, against russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg, the spanish team Valencia and the french Lyon. The belgian champions were able to perform better than expected. On matchday 1, Ghent draw 1–1 with Olympique Lyon at Ghelamco Arena, securing their first point in Champions League group stages, after Milićević scored to bring the score to a tie, conceding Jallet ‘s goal. In matchday 2, they were beaten by Zenit 1–2 at Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia ; they were led 0–1 with a goal by Dzyuba and managed to bring the score to a 1–1 tie with a goal by Matton, but russian international Shatov scored for Ghent ‘s first Champions League group stage frustration. On matchday 3, they lost again 1–2 against Valencia on Mestalla, Valencia, Spain ; they hold Valencia in a 1–1 link before the half break in, but Mitrović ‘s own goal in the 71st minute put an end to their hopes for a draw. On matchday 4, at Ghelamco Arena, Gent beat Valencia 1–0, after Kums successfully converted a penalty kick in the 49th moment to obtain their historical beginning Champions League victory. On matchday 5, at Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France, Ghent beat Lyon 2–1 ; Ferri ‘s 0–1 finish was conceded when Milićević brought the score to a tie, only for substitute Coulibaly to score the most dramatic goal of winners with the last touch of the match, in the 95th minute as Gent earned reservation in either Champions League or Europa League smasher phases. In order to qualify for the Champions League knock-out phases, Gent needed a victory against group leaders Zenit, as it could qualify even if Valencia would win at Lyon thanks to their away goal. On marchday 6, Gent won 2–1 against Zenit, finishing the group on irregular place and becoming only the second belgian team to advance to the Champions League hard phase, as Lyon beat Valencia, after Anderlecht in 2000–01. In the rung of 16, they were drawn against Wolfsburg. In the first branch at Ghelamco Stadium, Ghent, Belgium, Gent were defeated 2–3 by Wolfsburg, after being led with 0–3 and managing to score two goals in the last ten-spot minutes. The second base game, this time in Wolfsburg, ended 1–0, setting an end to Ghent ‘s european tournament .

Rivalries [edit ]

KAA Gent have a ferocious competition with Club Brugge, in what is dubbed as the “ Battle for Flanders “ in the media [ 25 ] as it is between Flanders ‘ two cultural capitals ( Antwerp having been historically a separate of the Duchy of Brabant ). There are besides many Club Brugge supporters in the city of Ghent due to internal migration from West Flanders to the city, adenine well as across the region of Flanders, while KAA Gent pride themselves on their local anesthetic identity. The Buffalo’s besides share a small local competition with KSC Lokeren. [ 26 ]

Honours [edit ]

european record [edit ]

Accurate as of 4 November 2021

Competition
Played
Won
Drew
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Win%

UEFA Champions League
13
4
1
8
14
23

−9

0 30.77
Cup Winners’ Cup
4
1
1
2
2
5

−3

0 25.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
80
28
21
31
108
120

−12

35.00
UEFA Europa Conference League
10
6
2
2
15
6

0 60.00
sum
107
39
25
43
139
154

−15

0 36.45
caption : GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference .

Matches [edit ]

Notes

1R: First round
2R: Second round
3R: Third round
QR: Qualifying round
2Q: Second qualifying round
3Q: Third qualifying round
PO: Play-off round

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 31 August 2021[27]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

early players under contract [edit ]

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Out on loan [edit ]

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technical staff & management [edit ]

long-familiar erstwhile players of the team [edit ]

Four players of AA Gent held crown scorer positions in the UEFA : Maurice Willems ( 1956–57, 28 games, 35 goals ), Ronny Martens ( 1984–85, 34 games, 23 goals ), Erwin Vandenbergh ( 1990–91, 34 games, 23 goals ) and Ole Martin Arst ( 1999–00, 33 games, 30 goals ). The Belgian player Roland Storme, central defender of KAA Gent in 1958–59, received the Golden Shoe prize. Three other AA Gent players were presented with awards and honors : René Vandereycken got the award for trainer of the class 1991. Frédéric Herpoel was chosen as the best goalkeeper in 2004. Mbark Boussoufa received multiple awards and honors including : pro-player of the year, best young player and the award of the 12th valet, equally well as the Ebony Shoe. Another AA Gent actor, the Egyptian Ahmed “ Mido ” Hossam was besides presented with the Ebony Shoe 8 years earlier in 2001. Maurice Willems has scored more goals than any early KAA Gent player, with 185 goals between 1952 and 1962. Armand Seghers holds the record of the most games played in the first gear team of KAA Gent : 507 between 1949 and 1960. Marc Van Der Linden was in the home choice of Belgium for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Richard Orlans holds the most selections for the belgian National Team, more than any other KAA Gent musician. He was selected 21 times from 1955 – 1958. Frédéric Herpoel was four times honoured with the Jean-Claude Bouvy Trophy for “ most valuable actor of the season ” between 2002 – 2005. torus André Dahlum was a norwegian external who played one year in Ghent. Kevin De Bruyne is a Belgium international and Manchester City player who spent six years at Gent during his youth career. congolese player Leon Mokuna was the inaugural African player in belgian rival, in 1957. Compatriot Pierre Mwana Kasongo would join the clubhouse in 1965 and Kiyika Tokodi would do so in 1980 .

Coaching history [edit ]

[ 28 ]

Presidents [edit ]

Years

President

1901
Hector Priem

1902–08
Adolphe Dangotte

1908–12
Adolf Gaeremijnck

1912
Hector Priem

1912–13
Jacques Feyerick

1913–29
Pierre Van Bleyenberghe

1929–39
Adrien Stassart

1939–64
Achiel Delongie

1964–67
René Hoste

1967–76
Freddy Mastelinck

1976–85
Albert De Meester

1985–88
Robert Naudts

1988–99
Jean Van Milders

1999–present
Ivan De Witte