K. Beerschot V.A.C.

Not to be confused with K. Beerschot A.C..

Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbal en Atletiek Club, now K Beerschot VA was a Belgian football club from Antwerp. The club was founded in 1899 when most players of Antwerp left the club. It played in the 1920 Olympic Games Stadium named the "Kiel".

K. Beerschot V.A.C.

Full name	Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbal en Atletiek Club
Founded	1899; 125 years ago (1899)
Dissolved	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Ground	Olympisch Stadion (Antwerp)

After many financial problems over the years, the club was forced to retire from competition and was dissolved in 1999. Shortly after, K.F.C. Germinal Ekeren moved from Ekeren in the north of Antwerp to the south in order to install at the "Kiel". The club changed its name and became Germinal Beerschot, before the name was changed again in 2011 to Beerschot AC. In 2013, Beerschot AC went bankrupt and dissolved. A new team emerged: K Beerschot VA.

Honours

• Belgian First Division
  • Champions (7): 1921–22, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1937–38, 1938–39
  • Runners-up (7): 1900–01, 1922–23, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1936–37, 1941–42, 1942–43
• Belgian Second Division
  • Winners: 1906–07
  • Runners-up: 1981–82, 1992–93, 1994–95
• Belgian Second Division final round
  • Winners: 1982
• Belgian Cup
  • Winners: 1970–71, 1978–79
  • Runners-up: 1967–68

European cup history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1968–69	UEFA Cup	1		DWS	1–1	2–1	2–3
1971–72	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1		Anorthosis Famagusta	7–0	0–1	8–0
		2		Dynamo Berlin	1–3	3–1	2–6
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1		Vitoria Setubal	0–2	0-2	0–4
1979–80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1		NK Rijeka	0–0	2–1	1–2

Notable players

• Pierre Braine
• Raymond Braine
• Kenneth Brylle
• Arthur Ceuleers
• Philippe Clement
• Julien Cools
• Rik Coppens
• Bob Dalving
• Alfons De Winter
• Lothar Emmerich
• Wim Hofkens
• Constant Huysmans
• Juan Lozano
• Jari Rantanen
• Emmanuel Sanon
• Gérard Sulon
• Simon Tahamata
• Guy Thys
• Arto Tolsa
• Jan Tomaszewski
• John Van Alphen
• Jack Van den Eynde
• Stanley Van den Eynde
• Jan Verheyen
• Patrick Vervoort
• Jef Vliers
• Andrey Zhelyazkov

External links

• (in English) Pluto website – Belgian football clubs history
• (in English) RSSSF archive – 1st and 2nd division final tables