# KVK Tienen

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Belgian football club

Football club

KVK Tienen Full name Koninklijke Voetbal Klub Tienen Founded 1921; 105 years ago (1921) (as R.C. Tirlemont) Ground Bergéstadion, Tienen Capacity 7,100 Manager Johan Froment Coach Wouter Hias League National Division 1 2022–23 National Division 1, 12th of 20 Home colours Away colours

**[Koninklijke](/source/Koninklijke) Voetbal Klub Tienen** is a [Belgian association football](/source/Football_in_Belgium) club from the city of [Tienen](/source/Tienen), [Flemish Brabant](/source/Flemish_Brabant). It is currently playing in the [Belgian National Division 1](/source/Belgian_National_Division_1), the third tier of Belgian football.

## History

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The club was founded in 1921 as **R.C. Tirlemont** (Tirlemont is the French for Tienen) and it became a member of the [Belgian Football Association](/source/Royal_Belgian_Football_Association) in 1922 with [matricule](/source/Football_in_Belgium#Matricule_numbers) number 132. It reached the [second division](/source/Belgian_Second_Division) in 1931 and it won its league in 1937 to access to the [first division](/source/Belgian_Pro_League). However it remained only one season at the top level as the club finished 14th and last of the division.

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](/source/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 [third division](/source/Belgian_Third_Division).

In 2006, KVK Tienen promoted back to the Belgian second division but was relegated six years later. [Nicky Hayen](/source/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

- *As of 6 April, 2026*[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under [FIFA eligibility rules](/source/FIFA_eligibility_rules); some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK BEL Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui 2 DF BEL Noé Rottiers 3 DF BEL Matisse Bergiers 4 DF BEL Ferre Maho 5 DF BEL Seth Vandevelde 6 MF BEL Senne Ceulemans 7 FW FRA Diafa Soumah 8 MF BEL Adrien Marchal 9 FW BEL Tom Panepinto 10 FW GER Ephraim Eshele 13 DF IND Amardeep Singh 15 FW BEL Aeron Mbenzu No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF BEL Jason Kaluanga 17 MF BEL Ryan Lenoir 18 MF BEL Robby Wakaka 19 FW NIG Abdoul Boulhassane 22 MF BEL Ayoub El Harrak 23 MF BEL Pieter-Jan Smets 24 DF BEL Kobe Vande Cauter 27 DF BEL Mehdi El Ghraichi 29 MF BEL Luca Napoleone 47 FW BEL Elaïjah Stalmans 96 GK BEL Nicholas Rutgeerts

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["A-kern Spelers"](https://kvktienen.be/heren/spelers/) [First team squad]. kvktienen.be.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.kvktienen.be)

- [Belgian football clubs history](http://users.skynet.be/pluto/Textbelgium/Teams.html)

- [RSSSF Archive](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belghist.html) – 1st and 2nd division final tables

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