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 National Division 1
2019–207th

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 31 August, 2021.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BEL Xavier Gies
2 DF  BEL Mike Smet
3 DF  BEL Wesley Vanbelle
4 DF  BEL Kjetil Borry
5 DF  BEL Dylan Ragolle
6 MF  ENG Jonny Rowell
7 FW  BEL Ridwane M'Barki
8 MF  BEL Jasper Van Oudenhove
9 FW  BEL Esteban Casagolda
10 MF  BEL Lennard Hens
11 MF  BEL Chamsdine El Boughlamy
12 DF  BEL Jarno Jourquin
13 GK  BEL Julien Devriendt
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF  BEL Stef De Backer
15 DF  BEL Glodi Mbuyi-Mbayo
16 MF  BEL Sam Valcke
17 MF  BEL Karim Tarfi
18 FW  BEL Jonathan Mfumu
19 MF  BEL Antoine De Bodt
20 MF  BEL Stijn Barrezeele
21 DF  BEL Vladimir Van De Wiel
22 DF  BEL Remko De Backer
23 MF  BEL Jorben Vanhulle
24 FW  BEL Joachim Ngongo
25 MF  BEL Kenneth Houdret

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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