{{Short description|Belgian football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox football club |clubname = KVK Tienen |image = K.V.K. Tienen logo.svg |fullname = Koninklijke Voetbal Klub Tienen |nickname = |founded = {{start date and age|1921}} (as R.C. Tirlemont) |ground = [[Bergéstadion]], [[Tienen]] |capacity = 7,100 |chairman = |manager = Johan Froment |coach = Wouter Hias |league = [[Belgian National Division 1|National Division 1]] |season = [[2022–23 Belgian National Division 1|2022–23]] |position = National Division 1, 12th of 20 |pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1= |leftarm1=0000FF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=0000FF|shorts1=0000FF|socks1=0000FF |pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2= |leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF }}
'''[[Koninklijke]] Voetbal Klub Tienen''' is a [[football in Belgium|Belgian association football]] club from the city of [[Tienen]], [[Flemish Brabant]]. It is currently playing in the [[Belgian National Division 1]], the third tier of Belgian football.
== History == {{unsourced section|date=January 2019}} The club was founded in 1921 as '''R.C. Tirlemont''' (Tirlemont is the French for Tienen) and it became a member of the [[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgian Football Association]] in 1922 with [[Football in Belgium#Matricule numbers|matricule]] number 132. It reached the [[Belgian Second Division|second division]] in 1931 and it won its league in 1937 to access to the [[Belgian Pro League|first division]]. However it remained only one season at the top level as the club finished 14th and last of the division. [[File:Tienen KVK Performance Chart.png|thumb|Historical chart of KVK Tienen league performance]]
In 1951 the club was renamed as '''R.R.C. Tirlemont'''. Between 1957 and 1967 Tirlemont spent 10 seasons at lower levels and played one more season in the second division in 1967–68 finishing last. In 1973 there was a new name change to R.R.C. Tienen.
Eight years later Matricule 132 merged with the Voorwaarts Tienen to become '''K.V.K. Tienen'''. The KVK accessed to the second division in 1999. In spite of a 17th place (on 18) in 2002 the club remained in the second division for two more seasons as [[K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen]] was refused its license. In 2004 the 17th place at which Tienen finished the championship caused it to be relegated to the [[Belgian Third Division|third division]].
In 2006, KVK Tienen promoted back to the Belgian second division but was relegated six years later. [[Nicky Hayen]] is currently coach for team. In 2013 the club declared bankruptcy and had to be refounded. In doing so they changed their name to ''KVK Tienen-Hageland'', nevertheless they were demoted by the Belgian FA to the fourth division where it won its group to earn promotion back to the third tier after a season away.
==Current squad== {{updated|6 April, 2026}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kvktienen.be/heren/spelers/|title=A-kern Spelers|trans-title=First team squad|publisher=kvktienen.be}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=BEL|name=Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui}} {{Fs player|no= 2|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Noé Rottiers}} {{Fs player|no= 3|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Matisse Bergiers}} {{Fs player|no= 4|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Ferre Maho}} {{Fs player|no= 5|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Seth Vandevelde}} {{Fs player|no= 6|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Senne Ceulemans}} {{Fs player|no= 7|pos=FW|nat=FRA|name=Diafa Soumah}} {{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Adrien Marchal}} {{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Tom Panepinto}} {{Fs player|no=10|pos=FW|nat=GER|name=Ephraim Eshele}} {{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=IND|name=Amardeep Singh}} {{Fs player|no=15|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Aeron Mbenzu}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=16|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Jason Kaluanga}} {{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Ryan Lenoir}} {{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Robby Wakaka}} {{Fs player|no=19|pos=FW|nat=NIG|name=Abdoul Boulhassane}} {{Fs player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=[[Ayoub El Harrak]]}} {{Fs player|no=23|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Pieter-Jan Smets}} {{Fs player|no=24|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Kobe Vande Cauter}} {{Fs player|no=27|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Mehdi El Ghraichi}} {{Fs player|no=29|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=[[Luca Napoleone]]}} {{Fs player|no=47|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Elaïjah Stalmans}} {{Fs player|no=96|pos=GK|nat=BEL|name=Nicholas Rutgeerts}} {{Fs end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{official website|http://www.kvktienen.be}} * [http://users.skynet.be/pluto/Textbelgium/Teams.html Belgian football clubs history] * [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belghist.html RSSSF Archive] – 1st and 2nd division final tables
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