belgian professional football club This article is about the men ‘s football club based in Belgium. For the women ‘s team, see Oud-Heverlee Leuven ( women )
Football club

Oud-Heverlee Leuven ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈʌut ˈɦeː.vər.ˌleː ˈløː.və ( normality ) ] ), besides called OH Leuven or OHL, is a belgian football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the amalgamation of three clubs, F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee, whose adjustment issue it inherited, Daring Club Leuven, and Stade Leuven. The club ‘s dwelling background is Den Dreef, located in Heverlee. The clubhouse presently plays in the area ‘s first degree, Belgian First Division A .

history [edit ]

F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee was founded in 1957, climbing out of the provincial leagues in 1996 and winning the belgian Fourth Division title during the 1999–2000 season. Promoted to the belgian Third Division they joined their Leuven neighbours Stade Leuven, founded in 1905, which had played over 30 seasons in the belgian Second Division and one year in the First in the 1949–50 temper. As of 2002, F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee was in bad fiscal form, moving up and down between third gear and one-fourth part since 1991. In 2002, the city of Leuven decided that both Third division teams, Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee and K. Stade Leuven, would merge besides with the third club from Leuven, K. Daring Club Leuven, which was at that time playing at the fifth level of the league. Daring Club Leuven was founded in 1922, had played several seasons in the belgian Second Division, and after being the leading club from the Leuven region between 1958 and 1964, had dropped down into the provincial leagues in 1979 and stayed there since. The modern club took over the registration of Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee, and started playing in the belgian Third Division under the mention Oud-Heverlee Leuven .
At the end of its beginning season, the club narrowly lost out on promotion, going down on penalty kicks to Eendracht Aalst in the Third division play-off final, after finishing 2nd in the 3rd division B, 5 points behind champions Tubize. After a third place in the same division in season 2003–04, Oud-Heverlee Leuven finished 2nd once again in temper 2004–05 and this time they did win the promotion play-off and entered the second base division in the 2005–06 temper. After two seasons finishing 6th and 5th, OH Leuven finished 3rd in the 2007–08 belgian Second Division season with 61 points. This allowed them to take share in the promotion playoffs where the team finished as the bottom 4th after losing all six games to Tubize, Antwerp, and Lommel United. Two seasons with the team finishing 9th and 14th were followed by a second division title on Sunday 24 April 2011, when Oud-Heverlee Leuven secured the 2010–11 2nd division championship and gained promotion to the First division for the season 2011–12, following a 2–2 trace at Antwerp. The team rounded off the season the take after Sunday with a 2–0 home plate gain against Lommel United, gathering a sum of 73 points from 34 games and finishing 8 points ahead of 2nd identify Lommel United. Their forwarding brought First class football to the city of Leuven for the first time since the 1949–50 season, when Stade Leuven had finished bottom of the league and were relegated. OH Leuven secured its top flight status following a 0–0 draw at home against Lierse on 3 March 2012, marking the first prison term a team from the city of Leuven managed to remain at the highest degree of belgian football for more than a single season. In the 2013–14 season OH Leuven was relegated after losing the 2014 promotion/relegation play-offs. Although finishing 6th, the team was promoted next class via the 2015 promotion/relegation play-offs, but it was immediately relegated again after finishing last in the 2015–16 season. In September 2016, OH Leuven were caught up in a scandal affecting football in England. In sexual intercourse to allegations made against individuals within English football, OH Leuven president Jimmy Houtput was alleged to have offered up the cabaret as a “ conduit ” to allow third-party companies to gain ownership of football players in England. [ 2 ] Houtput claimed he was “ merely trying to obtain the identity of the possible investor ( south ) and would never take share in illegal activities to circumvent the third-party ownership ”, but subsequently resigned as OH Leuven chair on 30 September. [ 3 ] late that season, with the baseball club struggling financially, OH Leuven was taken over by the King Power International Group led by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who already owned Leicester City. [ 4 ] In July 2018, OH Leuven reclaimed the registration number that in the first place belonged to Stade Leuven, to “ reclaim the brilliant past ”, thus dropping adjustment number 6142 ( primitively belonging to F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee ) and reverting to 18. [ 5 ] On 27 October 2018, the cabaret ‘s president, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, died in a helicopter barge in following Leicester City ‘s home game against West Ham United. [ 6 ]

development throughout the league [edit ]

Green denotes the highest level of football in Belgium ; yellow the second highest ; red the third highest .

Kit and colours [edit ]

Upon its basis in 2002, white was chosen as the golf club coloring material, with the logo of the newly baseball club combining the green of Stade Leuven, the black of Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee and the red of Daring Leuven. Throughout the years, the base shirt has remained white, frequently decorated with a few red or green stripes or colored sleeves. The aside shirt color has alternated by and large between bolshevik and green but has been black, yellow and blue a well .

stadium [edit ]

Den Dreef Stadium ( before the expansions to the chief stand ( mighty ) and structure of a same stand on the face-to-face side ( left ). ) Their stadium is called Stadion Den Dreef and is situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the south Leuven suburb of Heverlee ( not to be confused with ‘ Oud-Heverlee ‘ in the golf club name, which is in fact a divide municipality ). The entrance for visiting fans is on Tervuursevest .

Players [edit ]

First-team police squad [edit ]

As of 1 September 2021[7]

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

Out on loanword [edit ]

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

Club staff [edit ]

As of 24 August 2020 [ 8 ] [ 9 ]

Managers [edit ]

former players [edit ]

For details on former players, see Category:Oud-Heverlee Leuven players.

top finish scorers [edit ]

The following tilt the top scorers for OH Leuven per season, counting only goals scored during official matches : league, cup and playoffs .

Internationals [edit ]

The list below consists of current and early players of OH Leuven that have gained caps for their home team.

Read more: David Prowse

Flags indicate national teams they played for.
Only players obtaining first team caps are included, U21 or unofficial matches are not.
  1. ^ Although Copa never played an official equal for OH Leuven, he was character of the police squad for the 2017–18 season and is therefore counted as former OH Leuven player .

References [edit ]