K.A.S. Eupen

Eupen

Full name

Königliche Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Eupen

Nickname(s)

Pandas

Founded

1945

Ground

Kehrwegstadion,
Eupen

Capacity

8,363

Owner

ASPIRE Zone Foundation

Chairman

Dieter Steffens

Manager

Jordi Condom Aulí

League

Belgian First Division

2015–16

Belgian Second Division, 2nd (promoted)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Königliche Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Eupen (often simply known as Eupen) is a Belgian association football club based in the city of Eupen in the German-speaking Community of Belgium, in the province of Liège. They first reached the Belgian Pro League in the 2010–11 season and gained another promotion to the first division in the 2016–17 season. Eupen was founded in 1945. They play their home matches at the Kehrwegstadion.

Since June 2012, the club is owned by Qatar and its Aspire Zone Foundation, who also owns Paris Saint-Germain. Aspire Academy announced their intent use the club as a launching pad into European football for its academy graduates from Africa, South America and Asia.^[1]

Current squad

As of 3 July 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Hendrik Van Crombrugge
2	DF	Ibrahim Diallo
3	DF	Fahad Al-Abdulrahman
5	DF	Diawandou Diagne
6	DF	Raoul Kenne
8	MF	Jean Thierry Lazare
9	FW	Jeffrén Suárez
10	FW	Luis García
11	MF	Anthony Bassey
13	FW	Damien Mouchamps
17	MF	Phakamani Mngadi
18	MF	Guy Dufour
19	FW	Florian Taulemesse

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Mamadou Sylla (on loan from Espanyol)
21	FW	Henry Onyekuru
22	DF	Siebe Blondelle
23	MF	Abdoulaye Sanogo
25	FW	Odeni George
27	DF	Ntuthuko Radebe
28	FW	Eric Ocansey
30	GK	Babacar Niasse
42	DF	Peter Hackenberg
77	GK	Joseph Biersard
91	FW	Cases
92	DF	Nicolas Timmermans

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

References

↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/sports/worldcup/a-qatari-soccer-program-looking-to-rise-buys-a-foothold-in-europe.html?ref=soccer

External links

Official website

First League / Pro League / First Division A

2016–17 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Excel Mouscron Genk Gent Kortrijk Lokeren Mechelen Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem

Statistics	Teams Champions Top scorers Current managers Belgian Golden Shoe

Championship Cup (1895–1904)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04

First Division (1904–1926)	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26

Division of Honour (1926–1952)	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52

First Division (1952–1993)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Belgian League (1993–2008)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Belgian Pro League (2008–2016)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Belgian First Division A (2016–present)	2016–17

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