K.V. Red Star Waasland
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| Full name | Koninklijke Voetbalclub Red Star Waasland-Sportkring-Beveren |
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| Founded | 1936 (as K.F.C. Red Star Haasdonk) 2002 (as KV Red Star Waasland) 2010 (merger with K.S.K. Beveren, forming Waasland-Beveren) |
| Ground |
Freethiel Stadion, Beveren |
| Capacity | 8,190 |
| Chairman |
 Jozef Van Remoortel
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| Manager |
Philippe Clement
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| League | Belgian Pro League |
| 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League, 14th |
Waasland-Beveren is a Belgian association football club located in the municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. They currently play in the Belgian Pro League. The club was known as K.V. Red Star Waasland from 2002 until 2010, when they moved to the nearby stadium of defunct club Sint-Niklase and merged with K.S.K. Beveren.Waasland refers to the region where the towns of Haasdonk (a neighbourhood in Beveren) and Sint-Niklaas are located. In the summer of 2010, the club merged with neighbour KSK Beveren to form Waasland-Beveren. KSK Beveren, a former Belgian champion and first division regular, had just finished at the last place in the second division and was struggling with financial problems. The club kept the history and matricule number of KV Red Star Waasland but moved from Sint-Niklaas to Beveren to play in a bigger stadium.
The club was founded in 1936 as Red Star and registered to an amateur football association. In 1944, they joined the Royal Belgian Football Association and started playing in the lowest provincial league of West Flanders. Red Star Haasdonk first reached national football in 2000–01, and they finished first of the series in Promotion. They also reached the 2000–01 Belgian Cup round of 32, losing to first division club Gent. After their first season in the third division, they moved to the bigger stadium of defunct club Sint-Niklase SKE, the Puyenbekestadion, changing their name to KV Red Star Waasland.
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