K. Beerschot V.A.C.

K. Beerschot V.A.C.

Full name	Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbal en Atletiek Club
Founded	1899

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

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: Beerschot.

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

External links[]

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

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