F.C.V. Dender E.H.

Football Club Verbroedering Dender Eendracht Hekelgem, also simply known as Dender or Verbroedering Dender, is a Belgian association football club based in Denderleeuw. The club is named after former clubs KFC Denderleeuw Eendracht Hekelgem and Verbroedering Denderhoutem, which merged at the end of the 2004–05 season, and after the river Dender, which crosses the town of Denderleeuw. The home stadium of the club is Florent Beeckmanstadion, located in Denderleeuw. Their best league ranking was the 15th place in the first division (in 2007–08 and 2008–09). The club colours are blue and black.

FCV Dender EH
Full nameFootball Club Verbroedering
Dender Eendracht Hekelgem
Founded1935
GroundFlorent Beeckmanstadion,
Denderleeuw
Capacity6,429 [1]
Chairman André Van Roy
Manager Francky Cieters
LeagueBelgian First Amateur Division
2018–199th

History

Verbroedering Denderhoutem was founded in 1935[2] and registered to the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1943. They first reached the Promotion (4th-highest level in Belgian football) in the 1980s.[3] After several relegations and promotions in the provincial leagues and Promotion, the club finally reached the third division in 1998–99. They remained at that level except for one season in 2003–04 when they played in the Promotion. After one season back at the third level, Denderhoutem merged with fellow club KFC Denderleeuw EH from the third division.

Verbroedering Dender won consecutively the third division A title (in 2005–06) and the second division title (in 2006–07), to reach the first division in 2007–08 for the first time in their history. They achieved promotion after beating Dessel 0–2 on the second division's 33rd match day on 13 May 2007. They finished at the 15th place in 2007–08 and again in 2008–09, though the club was relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season because the number of clubs in the first division was reduced from 18 to 16.

Honours

Players

Current squad

As of 27 September 2019.

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Xavier Gies
2 DF Wouter Hias
3 DF Maxim Nys
4 DF Kjetil Borry
5 DF Jordan Kerstenne
6 MF Jonny Rowell
7 FW Ridwane M'Barki
8 MF Jasper Van Oudenhove
9 FW Dennis Van Vaerenbergh
10 MF Lennard Hens
13 DF Ludovic Buysens
14 MF Alexandre Arenate
No. Position Player
15 DF Patrick Kabeya Sacré
16 MF Sam Valcke
17 MF Stepan Kuleshov
18 FW Jonathan Mfumu
19 MF Antoine De Bodt
20 MF Stijn Barrezeele
21 DF Marwane Zaanan
23 FW Timon Van Calenbergh
24 FW Joachim Ngongo
25 MF Kenneth Houdret
27 GK Rob Van Opdenbosch
- DF Dylan Ragolle

References
  1. clubinfo van roystadion, fcvdendereh.be (last check 30/03/2018)
  2. "Belgian football clubs history". Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  3. "Dender history". fcvdendereh.be. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
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