K.V.V. Thes Sport Tessenderlo

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Full nameKoninklijke Voetbalvereniging Tessenderlo Hulst Engsbergen Schoot Sport Tessenderlo
Founded14 June 1942;81 years ago (14 June 1942) (as Heidebloem Voetbalvereeniging Hulst)
GroundGemeentelijk Sportpark,
Tessenderlo
Capacity3,000
ChairmanWendy De Wit
ManagerPatrick Witters
League Belgian National Division 1
2022–23 Belgian National Division 1, 10th of 20
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging Tessenderlo Hulst Engsbergen Schoot Sport Tessenderlo, more commonly known as Thes Sport or simply Thes, is a Belgian association football club founded in 1942 based in Tessenderlo, Limburg. The club colours are blue and yellow and the team currently plays in the Belgian National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football. Their home stadium is the 3,000-seat capacity Gemeentelijk Sportpark.

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History

The club was founded as Heidebloem Voetbalvereeniging Hulst on 14 June 1942, joining the Royal Belgian Football Association just a few months later. In 1943 the first dressing rooms were built next to the pitch in Hulst, a village encompassed by the municipality of Tessenderlo. In 1970 a new sports centre was built, which was completed in 1973. At that time the club played at the lowest levels of Belgian football, mainly in the third and fourth provincial level in Limburg, at that time corresponding to the seventh and eighth level of Belgian football.

In 1992; the club obtained royal patronage for its fiftieth year of existence, thus becoming Koninklijke Heidebloem Voetbalvereeniging Hulst (Dutch : Royal heatherflower football club Hulst). Two years later it succeeded for the first time to promote to the second provincial level, the sixth level of Belgian football and almost promoted again the following seasons, losing promotion play-offs twice. The club relegated in 1998 and started merger negotiations with two neighbouring clubs within Tessenderlo: VK Penarol Engsbergen from the village Engsbergen and Schoot Sport from the village Schoot. In preparation of the merger, the club became KVV Thes Sport Tessenderlo in 1999, with the acronym Thes standing for Tessenderlo, Hulst, Engsbergen and Schoot. The clubs in the end did not find a mutual agreement and continued to compete separately during the 1999–2000 season. Schoot Sport did not want to cooperate and would eventually cease to exist in 2002. Penarol Engsbergen did cooperate with Thes Sport in the youth leagues, but remained a separate club.

In 2001, the club moved from its accommodations in the commune of Hulst to the Gemeentelijk Sportpark closer to the centre of Tessenderlo. The terrain was available because Looi Sport, which was the original occupant, had gone defunct a few years before that in 1997. Meanwhile, Thes Sport started its rise in the ranks of Belgian football, promoting to the first provincial division in 2003 and even into the national leagues in 2005, before relegating back in 2009.

In 2015, the club again gained access to the Belgian Fourth Division, the lowest level of national football, at which time the merger with VK Penarol Engsbergen did complete and the latter ceased to exist. [1] Following a title in the 2017–18 Belgian Second Amateur Division, the club promoted for the first time ever to the third level of Belgian football.

Current squad

As of 16 August, 2023.Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Tibo Herbots
3 DF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Marnick Vermijl
4 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Tim Jeunen
6 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kenneth Kerckhofs
7 FW Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Wout Horemans
8 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Tibeau Swinnen
10 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Roel Koopman
11 FW Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Laurens Vermijl
13 DF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Nick Hulsmans
14 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Gilles Truyers
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 DF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Sam Vanaken
17 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Beau Schodts
19 FW Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Maurits van der Wijn
21 DF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Jelle Goudstijn
25 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Lander Van Den Broeck
27 GK Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Milo Roekaerts
44 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Mats Van Genechten
99 FW Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Laurens Symons
GK Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Noah Jorissen
FW Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Rico Coeckelbergs

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References

  1. "Fusie tussen Thes Sport en Penarol Engsbergen is een feit". 29 January 2015.