OH Leuven
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| Full name | Oud-Heverlee Leuven |
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| Nickname(s) | OHL, OH Leuven |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Ground | Stadium "Den Dreef", Heverlee, Leuven |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Chairman | Chris Vandebroeck (caretaker) |
| Manager | Dennis van Wijk |
| League | Belgian First Division B |
| 2015–16 | 16th, Pro League (relegated) |
Oud-Heverlee Leuven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʌut ˈɦeː.vər.ˌleː ˈløː.və(n)]), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian football club from the city of Leuven. It results from the 2002 fusion between F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee, which registration number it inherited, Daring Club Leuven and Stade Leuven. The home ground of OH Leuven is stadium "Den Dreef", located in Heverlee.
The club currently plays in the country's second level, Belgian First Division B. They had played in the top level, then known as the Belgian Pro League and now as Belgian First Division A, in the 2015–16 season, but were relegated to First Division B after a last-place finish.
F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee (matricule 6142) was founded in 1957, climbing out of the provincial leagues in 1996 and winning the title in the Belgian Fourth Division during the 1999–2000 season, promoting into the Belgian Third Division where they were joined by their Leuven neighbours Stade Leuven (matricule 18) founded in 1905, which had played over 30 seasons in the Belgian Second Division and only one year the highest level, namely during the 1949–50 season. However, as of 2002 the club was in bad financial shape, moving up and down between third and fourth division since 1991.
As a result, in 2002 the city of Leuven wanted to improve the level of football played in the city and it was decided that both third division teams Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee and K. Stade Leuven would merge, together also with the third club from Leuven, K. Daring Club Leuven (matricule 223), who were at that time playing at the fifth level. Daring Club Leuven was founded in 1922, had played several seasons in the Belgian Second Division and was the leading club from the Leuven region between 1958 and 1964, but had dropped down into the provincial leagues in 1979 and had been stuck there since. The new club kept the matricule number 6142 of Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee and started playing under the name Oud-Heverlee Leuven, also known as OHL.
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