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{{Short description|Belgian professional football club}}
{{Short description|Belgian professional football club}}
{{Infobox football club
<noinclude>{{Requested move notice|1=SV Zulte Waregem|2=Talk:K.R.C. Genk#Requested move 29 June 2025}}
</noinclude>{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Zulte Waregem
| clubname = Zulte Waregem
| image = Zulte-Waregem logo.svg
| image = Zulte-Waregem logo.svg
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| nickname = ''Essevee'', ''De Boeren''
| nickname = ''Essevee'', ''De Boeren''
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2001|7|1}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2001|7|1}}
| ground = [[Regenboogstadion]],<br />[[Waregem]]
| ground = [[Elindus Arena|Regenboogstadion]]
| capacity = 12,250<ref>{{cite web |title=Regenboogstadion |url=http://www.stadiumguide.com/regenboogstadion/ |publisher=The Stadium Guide |access-date=14 January 2019 |archive-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115221646/http://www.stadiumguide.com/regenboogstadion/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| capacity = 12,250<ref>{{cite web |title=Regenboogstadion |url=http://www.stadiumguide.com/regenboogstadion/ |publisher=The Stadium Guide |access-date=14 January 2019 |archive-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115221646/http://www.stadiumguide.com/regenboogstadion/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| chairman = [[Carl Ballière]]
| chairman = [[Carl Ballière]]
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== Players ==
== Players ==
{{updated|16 January 2025}}<ref>[https://www.essevee.be/nl/a-kern/spelers Player squad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922223629/https://www.essevee.be/nl/a-kern/spelers |date=2023-09-22 }}, essevee.be</ref>
{{updated|28 June 2025}}<ref>[https://www.essevee.be/nl/a-kern/spelers Player squad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922223629/https://www.essevee.be/nl/a-kern/spelers |date=2023-09-22 }}, essevee.be</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=BEL|pos=GK|name=[[Louis Bostyn]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=BEL|pos=GK|name=[[Louis Bostyn]]}}
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{{Fs player|no=12|nat=HAI|pos=DF|name=[[Wilguens Paugain]]|other={{small|on loan from [[SKN St. Pölten]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=HAI|pos=DF|name=[[Wilguens Paugain]]|other={{small|on loan from [[SKN St. Pölten]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ISL|pos=DF|name=[[Atli Barkarson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ISL|pos=DF|name=[[Atli Barkarson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=[[Pape Diop (footballer, born 2003)|Pape Diop]]}}
{{fs player|no=19|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Benoît Nyssen}}
{{fs player|no=19|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Benoît Nyssen}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=AUT|pos=FW|name=Tobias Hedl|other={{small|on loan from [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien II]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=AUT|pos=FW|name=Tobias Hedl|other={{small|on loan from [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien II]]}}}}

Latest revision as of 13:18, 29 June 2025

Template:Short description Template:Requested move notice Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem (Script error: No such module "IPA".), commonly known as Zulte Waregem or by their nickname Essevee (Script error: No such module "IPA".), is a Belgian professional football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. The club set to play in Belgian Pro League from 2025–26 after promotion from Challenger Pro League in 2024–25. Their highest finish at the highest level was second place in 2012–13. They have won two Belgian Cups. They qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, losing in the round of 32 to Newcastle United. Also in the seasons 2013–14 and 2017–18 they managed to play in the Europa League group stages. On both occasions the club ended third in their group.

The club is a product of a partnership in 2001 between Zultse VV and KSV Waregem, a former first division regular. No merger was applied. Zulte Waregem first reached the highest level in Belgian football by winning the 2004–05 second division. The club uniforms are red and green. They play their home matches at the Regenboogstadion, the former stadium of KSV Waregem.

History

Zulte Sportief was founded in 1950 and directly became a member of the national association (matricule n° 5381). The club Zultse V.V. (with the same matricule) was started after the 1976 merger between Zulte Sportief and S.K. Zulte. In 2001, the team merged with K.S.V. Waregem, who had played in the first division for many years. No team from Zulte ever achieved promotion to the second division before S.V. Zulte Waregem in 2002. Zultse V.V., though, gained access to the third division in 1995. The club finished 14th out of 16 for two seasons and was relegated the second time after the playoff.

File:Newcastle United v Zulte Waregem, 2007 (4).JPG
Zulte Waregem playing Newcastle United in a UEFA Cup tie.

In 1999, the season in which it came back, Zultse finished fourth in this division. Two years later, the new club became champion of the 3rd division A. The registered office of Zulte Waregem lies in Zulte, but the club is based in the stadium of K.S.V. Waregem in Waregem and the red and white colours of K.S.V. Waregem prevail.

The club got a chance to shine on the European stage during the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, reaching the round of 32, playing against English club Newcastle United, although they lost 4–1 on aggregate. Their second European appearance was in the 2013–14 season, as Zulte Waregem finished second in 2012–13 Belgian Pro League and qualified for the third qualifying stage of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, where they lost to PSV (5–0 on aggregate). Zulte Waregem dropped to the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round, where they defeated APOEL, drawing 1–1 at home and winning 1–2 in Nicosia thanks to a late goal from Jens Naessens. At the group stage, they were drawn alongside Rubin Kazan, Wigan Athletic and Maribor. Zulte Waregem started with a draw against Wigan. After, they lost to Rubin (4–0) and Maribor (1–3), but later managed to defeat Maribor at Ljudski vrt (0–1) and Wigan at DW Stadium (1–2). Finally, a loss against Rubin at home and Maribor's win over Wigan eliminated Zulte Waregem from the European competition. In the 2016–17 season, Zulte Waregem drew an average home attendance of 9,578.[1]

After a series of disappointing seasons in which the threat of relegation was narrowly avoided each time, things took a turn for the worse for head coach and club legend Francky Dury in the fall of 2021. The relationship between him and a portion of the supporters also became increasingly strained, ultimately leading to his dismissal in January 2022.[2] The 2021–22 season was managed by assistants Timmy Simons and Davy De fauw, but they too failed to achieve results. As a result, the team narrowly avoided the relegation playoffs. In June 2022, former club top goalscorer Mbaye Leye was appointed as the new head coach.[3]

In 2022–23 season, Zulte Waregem fell victim to the new league restructuring, which meant that there would be as many as three relegations that season. Zulte, being the club with the statistically worst defence, ended up suffering relegation after 18 successive seasons in the top tier.[4]

On 18 April 2025, Zulte-Waregem secure champions of Challenger Pro League and promotion to Belgian Pro League from next season after defeat RWD Molenbeek 2-1 in final matchweek with goal Tobias Hedl and Jelle Vossen in 39th and 86th minute, respectively, return to top tier after two years absence and ended two years stint in second tier.

Stadium

Zulte Waregem plays its home matches at the Regenboogstadion, meaning "Rainbow Stadium" in Dutch. The stadium used to be the home of K.S.V. Waregem until the withdrawal of the club. It has a capacity of 12.250 and has been renovated lately to host European games.[5] The Regenboogstadion meets UEFA's requirements for hosting European games (Category 4 stadium), so Zulte Waregem's home matches can be played in their own stadium, which they did in de 2017-2018 Europa League competition. Zulte Waregem has an average attendance of 9.500 people at home games.

Honours

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1R Template:Flagicon Lokomotiv Moscow 2–0 1–2 3–2
Grp F Template:Flagicon Austria Wien 4–1 3rd
Template:Flagicon Sparta Prague 3–1
Template:Flagicon Espanyol 2–6
Template:Flagicon Ajax 0–3
R32 Template:Flagicon Newcastle United 1–3 0–1 1–4
2013–14 UEFA Champions League 3Q Template:Flagicon PSV 0–3 0–2 0–5
2013–14 UEFA Europa League PO Template:Flagicon APOEL 1–1 2–1 3–2
Grp D Template:Flagicon Maribor 1–3 1–0 3rd
Template:Flagicon Rubin Kazan 0–2 0–4
Template:Flagicon Wigan Athletic 0–0 2–1
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 2Q Template:Flagicon Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2–1 3–1 5–2
3Q Template:Flagicon Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–5 2–2 4–7
2017–18 UEFA Europa League Grp Template:Flagicon Nice 1–5 1–3 3rd
Template:Flagicon Lazio 3–2 0–2
Template:Flagicon Vitesse Arnhem 1–1 2–0

Players

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Country data BEL Louis Bostyn
3 DF Template:Country data BEL Anton Tanghe
4 DF Template:Country data BEL Laurent Lemoine
7 MF Template:Country data BEL Youssef Challouk (on loan from Kortrijk)
8 MF Template:Country data BEL Nicolas Rommens
9 FW Template:Country data BEL Jelle Vossen (captain)
10 FW Template:Country data CIV Abdoulaye Traoré
11 FW Template:Country data CYP Stavros Gavriel
12 DF Template:Country data HAI Wilguens Paugain (on loan from SKN St. PöltenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
14 DF Template:Country data ISL Atli Barkarson
19 DF Template:Country data BEL Benoît Nyssen
20 FW Template:Country data AUT Tobias Hedl (on loan from Rapid Wien IIScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Template:Country data NGA Tochukwu Nnadi
22 FW Template:Country data GHA Joseph Opoku
23 GK Template:Country data NED Ennio van der Gouw
24 FW Template:Country data DEN Jeppe Erenbjerg
27 MF Template:Country data CIV Ibrahim Diabaté
31 DF Template:Country data BEL Lukas Willen
42 GK Template:Country data BEL Arnaud Dobbels
47 DF Template:Country data BEL Andres Labie
50 GK Template:Country data BEL Sef Van Damme
55 DF Template:Country data BEL Yannick Cappelle
59 FW Template:Country data PHI Dylan Demuynck
64 MF Template:Country data BEL Thibaud Sergeant
99 FW Template:Country data NED Jevon Simons

Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Template:Country data CIV Alain Guei (on loan to Inter Turku)
59 FW Template:Country data PHI Dylan Demuynck (on loan to Lierse until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Template:Country data SEN Alioune Ndour (on loan to Kristiansund)

Managers

References

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External links

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