KSK Heist
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Wikipedia - K.S.K. Heist
Koninklijke Sportkring Heist is a professional Belgian association football club from Heist-op-den-Berg in the province of Antwerp. They are affiliated to the Royal Belgian Football Association with matricule 2948 and have white and blue as traditional colours. The club plays at the Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum and currently play in the National Division 1. Heist spent nine seasons at the third level of Belgian football, from 1987–1994 and from 2008–2010.
History
The club was founded as F.C. Heist-Sportief in September 1940 . In January 1941, the team played in the Flemish Association, not part of the Belgian Football Association, but a different competitive amateur football league. In the spring of 1941 they moved to the Belgian Football Association, where they were awarded matriculation number 2948. Since then, it received the royal prefix Koninklijke in 1990, and in July 1995 it merged with K.S.V. Heist-op-den-Berg to become the professional club it is today K.S.K. Heist.
Clubul a fost fondat în 1928 ca Heistse Voetbalvereniging en a jucat inițial în ligi regionale. În 2002, clubul a promovat în Divizia a treia belgiană, iar în 2010 a promovat în Divizia a doua.
KSK Heist și-a asigurat promovarea în Eerste Divizia națională 1 în 2018, după ce a câștigat play-off-ul de promovare. Clubul joacă meciurile de acasă pe stadionul Heist-op-den-Berg, cu o capacitate de 4.200 de locuri.
Cele mai notabile realizări ale KSK Heist includ câștigarea Cupei Belgiei Amateur în 1974 și 1980 și promovarea în Eerste Divizia națională 1 în 2018.