Oud-Heverlee Leuven

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Oud-Heverlee Leuven (Script error: No such module "IPA".), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian professional football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee, whose registration number it inherited, Daring Club Leuven, and Stade Leuven. The club's home ground is Den Dreef, located in Heverlee. The club currently plays in the country's first division, the Belgian Pro League.

History

F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee was founded in 1957, climbing out of the provincial leagues in 1996 and winning the Belgian Fourth Division title during the 1999–2000 season. Promoted to the Belgian Third Division they joined their Leuven neighbours Stade Leuven, founded in 1905, which had played over 30 seasons in the Belgian Second Division and one year in the First in the 1949–50 season. since 2002Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee was in bad financial shape, moving up and down between third and fourth division since 1991.

In 2002, the city of Leuven decided that both Third division teams, Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee and K. Stade Leuven, would merge also with the third club from Leuven, K. Daring Club Leuven, which was at that time playing at the fifth level of the league. Daring Club Leuven was founded in 1922, had played several seasons in the Belgian Second Division, and after being the leading club from the Leuven region between 1958 and 1964, had dropped down into the provincial leagues in 1979 and stayed there since. The new club took over the registration of Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee, and started playing in the Belgian Third Division under the name Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

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At the end of its first season, the club narrowly lost out on promotion, going down on penalty kicks to Eendracht Aalst in the Third division play-off final, after finishing 2nd in the 3rd division B, 5 points behind champions Tubize. After a 3rd place in the same division in season 2003–04, Oud-Heverlee Leuven finished 2nd once again in season 2004–05 and this time they did win the promotion play-off and entered the second division in the 2005–06 season. After two seasons finishing 6th and 5th, OH Leuven finished 3rd in the 2007–08 Belgian Second Division season with 61 points. This allowed them to take part in the promotion playoffs where the team finished as the bottom 4th after losing all six games to Tubize, Antwerp, and Lommel United.

Two seasons with the team finishing 9th and 14th were followed by a second division title on Sunday 24 April 2011, when Oud-Heverlee Leuven secured the 2010–11 2nd division championship and gained promotion to the First division for the season 2011–12, following a 2–2 draw at Antwerp. The team rounded off the season the following Sunday with a 2–0 home win against Lommel United, gathering a total of 73 points from 34 games and finishing 8 points ahead of 2nd placed Lommel United. Their promotion brought First division football to the city of Leuven for the first time since the 1949–50 season, when Stade Leuven had finished bottom of the league and were relegated.

OH Leuven secured its top flight status following a 0–0 draw at home against Lierse on 3 March 2012, marking the first time a team from the city of Leuven managed to remain at the highest level of Belgian football for more than a single season. In the 2013–14 season, OH Leuven was relegated after losing the 2014 promotion/relegation play-offs. Although finishing 6th, the team was promoted next year via the 2015 promotion/relegation play-offs, but it was immediately relegated again after finishing last in the 2015–16 season.

In September 2016, OH Leuven were caught up in a scandal affecting football in England. In relation to allegations made against individuals within English football, OH Leuven chairman Jimmy Houtput was alleged to have offered up the club as a "conduit" to allow third-party companies to gain ownership of football players in England.[1] Houtput claimed he was "merely trying to obtain the identity of the possible investor(s) and would never take part in illegal activities to circumvent the third-party ownership", but subsequently resigned as OH Leuven chairman on 30 September.[2]

Later that season, with the club struggling financially, OH Leuven was taken over by the King Power International Group led by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who already owned Leicester City.[3]

In July 2018, OH Leuven reclaimed the registration number that originally belonged to Stade Leuven, to "reclaim the glorious past", thus dropping registration number 6142 (originally belonging to F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee) and reverting to 18.[4]

On 27 October 2018, the club's chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, died in a helicopter crash following Leicester City's home game against West Ham United.[5]

Evolution throughout the league

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Green denotes the highest level of football in Belgium; yellow the second highest; red the third highest.

Honours

Kit and colours

Upon its foundation in 2002, white was chosen as the club color, with the logo of the new club combining the green of Stade Leuven, the black of Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee and the red of Daring Leuven. Throughout the years, the home shirt has remained white, often decorated with a few red or green stripes or colored sleeves. The away shirt color has alternated mostly between red and green but has been black, yellow and blue as well.

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Seasons Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2002–03 Erima Speedy
2003–06 Vandezande
2006–08 Option
2008–15 Vermarc
2015–16 Just Eat
2016–17 Leuven Klimaatneutraal 2030
2017–19 King Power
2019–22 Adidas
2022–25 Stanno Starcasino (until end of 2024)
one.com (from 2025)

Stadium

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Den Dreef Stadium (before the expansions to the main stand (right) and construction of a same stand on the opposite side (left).)

Their stadium is called Stadion Den Dreef and is situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the south Leuven suburb of Heverlee (not to be confused with 'Oud-Heverlee' in the club name, which is in fact a separate municipality). The entrance for visiting fans is on Tervuursevest.

Players

First-team squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Tobe Leysen
3 DF Template:Fba/core Antef Tsoungui (on loan from Template:Flagicon FeyenoordScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
4 MF Template:Fba/core Birger Verstraete
5 DF Template:Fba/core Takuma Ominami
6 MF Template:Fba/core Ezechiel Banzuzi
7 FW Template:Fba/core Thibaud Verlinden
8 MF Template:Fba/core Siebe Schrijvers
9 FW Template:Fba/core Lequincio Zeefuik (on loan from Template:Flagicon AZ AlkmaarScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
10 MF Template:Fba/core Youssef Maziz
14 DF Template:Fba/core Federico Ricca
16 GK Template:Fba/core Maxence Prévot
19 FW Template:Fba/core Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi
21 MF Template:Country data DRC William Balikwisha
22 FW Template:Fba/core Jovan Mijatović (on loan from Template:Flagicon New York CityScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
23 FW Template:Fba/core Stefan Mitrović (on loan from Template:Flagicon Hellas VeronaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Template:Fba/core Manuel Osifo
27 DF Template:Fba/core Óscar Gil
28 DF Template:Fba/core Ewoud Pletinckx
30 DF Template:Fba/core Takahiro Akimoto
33 MF Template:Fba/core Mathieu Maertens
34 DF Template:Fba/core Roggerio Nyakossi
55 MF Template:Fba/core Wouter George
58 DF Template:Fba/core Hasan Kuruçay
61 GK Template:Fba/core Owen Jochmans
63 DF Template:Fba/core Christ Souanga
66 DF Template:Fba/core Ayumu Ōhata
71 GK Template:Fba/core Théo Radelet
77 DF Template:Fba/core Thibault Vlietinck
99 DF Template:Fba/core Davis Opoku

Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Template:Fba/core Jonatan Braut Brunes (on loan to Template:Flagicon Raków Częstochowa until 30 June 2025)
11 FW Template:Fba/core Nachon Nsingi (on loan to Template:Flagicon Marítimo until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Template:Fba/core Emmanuel Toku (on loan to Template:Flagicon AEL Limassol until 30 June 2025)
82 FW Template:Fba/core Yohan Mboko (on loan to Template:Flagicon Lecce until 30 June 2025)

Under-23 squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
38 GK Template:Fba/core Oregan Ravet
40 DF Template:Fba/core Roméo Monticelli
41 DF Template:Fba/core Ilias Breugelmans
42 MF Template:Fba/core Hasan Bulut
44 FW Template:Fba/core Eli Honnof
45 MF Template:Fba/core Mahdi Kallon
47 MF Template:Fba/core Kevin Shkurti
48 MF Template:Fba/core Mathias De Wolf
56 MF Template:Fba/core Mathéo Parmentier
60 MF Template:Fba/core Mohamed Azzouz
64 DF Template:Fba/core Mathéo Gerard
66 MF Template:Fba/core Warre Smet
67 FW Template:Fba/core Amadou Diallo
70 FW Template:Fba/core Hugo Eugène
71 GK Template:Fba/core Tobias Geeroms
No. Pos. Nation Player
72 MF Template:Fba/core Sebastian Murru
73 MF Template:Fba/core Soufiane Hassouan
74 DF Template:Fba/core Andreas Claes
78 FW Template:Fba/core Franck Idumbo-Muzambo
80 MF Template:Fba/core Matteo Heremans
81 GK Template:Fba/core Lander Gijsbers
84 DF Template:Country data DRC Christvie Dienena
86 MF Template:Fba/core Mohamed Aouameur
89 FW Template:Fba/core Chike Van De Ven
90 FW Template:Fba/core Amine Benfriha
93 DF Template:Fba/core Milan Gigot
94 DF Template:Fba/core Noa Wyns
95 GK Template:Fba/core Théo Radelet
99 DF Template:Fba/core Davis Opoku

Club staff

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Directors & Senior Management
Role Person
Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Vice chairman Apichet Srivaddhanaprabha
Directors Susan Whelan
Jon Rudkin
Technical Director György Csepregi
Chief Executive Officer Frédéric Van den Steen
Chief Commercial Officer Filip Van Doorslaer
Head of Operations Marc Tordeur
First Team Management
Role Person
Head Coach David Hubert
Assistant Coaches Rudi Cossey
Tibor Balog
Goalkeeping Coach Bram Verbist
Performance Coach Charle Jaspers
U23 Transition Coach Ibrahima Sonko
Video Analyst Mehdi Hosseinpour
First Team Doctor Ignace Verscheure
Physiotherapists Michiel Devyver
Kylian Lenaerts
Mathias Mariën
Team Managers Nicolas Cornu
André Michiels
Equipment Managers Vahbi Altinisik
Karl van Cauwenbergh

Managers

Former players

For details on former players, see Category:Oud-Heverlee Leuven players.

Top goal scorers

The following list the top scorers for OH Leuven per season, counting only goals scored during official matches: league, cup and playoffs.

Player Goals Season
Template:Flagicon Siebe Schrijvers 8 2024–25
Template:Flagicon Youssef Maziz 8 2023–24
Template:Flagicon Mario González 15 2022–23
Template:Flagicon Sory Kaba 12 2021–22
Template:Flagicon Thomas Henry 21 2020–21
Template:Flagicon Thomas Henry 16 2019–20
Template:Flagicon Frédéric Duplus and Template:Flagicon Mathieu Maertens 7 2018–19
Template:Flagicon Yannick Aguemon 13 2017–18
Template:Flagicon Esteban Casagolda 8 2016–17
Template:Flagicon Yohan Croizet and Template:Flagicon Leandro Trossard 9 2015–16
Template:Flagicon Jovan Kostovski 14 2014–15
Template:Flagicon Bjorn Ruytinx 11 2013–14
Template:Flagicon Ibou 19 2012–13
Template:Flagicon Jordan Remacle 16 2011–12
Template:Flagicon Hamdi Harbaoui 28 2010–11
Template:Flagicon Cédric Bétrémieux 13 2009–10
Template:Flagicon Frederik Vanderbiest 9 2008–09
Template:Flagicon Toni Brogno and Template:Flagicon Bjorn Ruytinx 16 2007–08
Template:Flagicon Toni Brogno 14 2006–07
Template:Flagicon Samuel Remy 14 2005–06
Template:Flagicon François Sterchele 32 2004–05
Template:Flagicon Kristof De Voeght 15 2003–04
Template:Flagicon Hans Goethuys 12 2002–03

Internationals

The list below consists of current and former players of OH Leuven who have gained caps for their national team.

Flags indicate national teams they played for.
Only players obtaining first team caps are included, U21 or unofficial matches are not.

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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Template:Flagicon Sven Swinnen took his place on the bench as caretaker manager for the match on 4 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Due to a delay in receiving a work permit, Somers also still took charge of the cup match on 4 December 2024, though de-facto Coleman was the manager already.
  3. ↑ Although Benković never played an official match for OH Leuven, he was part of the squad for the second half of the 2020–21 season and is hence counted as a former OH Leuven player.
  4. ↑ Although Zimmerman never played an official match for OH Leuven, he was part of the squad for the 2022–23 season and is hence counted as a former OH Leuven player.
  5. ↑ Odoi gained A-caps both for Belgium as well as Ghana.
  6. ↑ Although Copa never played an official match for OH Leuven, he was part of the squad for the 2017–18 season and is hence counted as a former OH Leuven player.

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References

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External links

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