K.S.K. Heist

Professional football club from Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium

Football club

K.S.K. Heist

Full name

Koninklijke Sportkring Heist

Founded

1940; 84 years ago (1940)

Ground

Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum, Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium

Capacity

7,000

Chairman

Patrick Wijns

Manager

Stéphane Demets

League

National Division 1

2022–23

National Division 1, 6th of 20

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

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.

Stadium

K.S.K Heist play their home games at Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum in Heist-op-den-Berg. The Stadium has a capacity of 3,500, and home games are well attended throughout the season, with larger crowds expected for the local rivalry games against KVC Westerlo and KV Mechelen.

Current squad

As of 16 August 2023.^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BEL	Fré Van Aerschot
2	DF	BEL	David Wijns
4	DF	BEL	Maxim Nys
5	MF	BEL	Jawad Absisan
6	MF	BEL	Yousri Sabhaoui
7	MF	BEL	Mylan Carrasco
8	MF	BEL	Redouan Benhamou
9	FW	BEL	Jef Colman
10	FW	BEL	Quinten Van Goylen
11	FW	BEL	Jasper Goossens
14	DF	BEL	Kobe Lemmans


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	BEL	Mathieu Troonbeeckx
19	MF	BEL	Faissal El Attabi
20	MF	BEL	Mathis Heyselberghs
22	DF	BEL	Mike Smet
24	DF	BEL	Brent Peers
25	DF	BEL	Kobe Vande Cauter
26	GK	BEL	Jitse Vandermotten
34	MF	BEL	Rayane Hannach
39	MF	BEL	Yannis Augustijnen
45	FW	BEL	Matt Jannes