BELGIUM: VK Kortrijk-Dutsel (1972-2014) / KDN United (2014-)

Terrein Den Akker, Kortrijk-Dutsel (KDN United, formerly VK Kortrijk-Dutsel)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant

17 III 2024 / KDN United - FC Geetbets 0-0 / Brabant, VFV Provincial League 3D (= BE level 8)

Timeline

• 1971 / Foundation of a football club in Kortrijk-Dutsel, which takes on the name Voetbalklub (VK) Kortrijk-Dutsel and acquiring membership of Belgium’s Football Association under registration number 7758. Club founders are André Wierings and André Van Hoeyveld; the first chairman of the new club is Hugo Thys. Playing just friendly matches in its first season, the club plays its home matches at Terrein Dutselstraat.
• 1972 / After one year of Belgian FA membership, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel is admitted to Brabant’s Provincial League 4. Abandoning Terrein Dutselstraat, the club settles at Terrein Den Akker for the new season. 
• 1984 / Following twelve consecutive seasons in Brabant’s Provincial League 4, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel now wins the title in P4G, thus acceding to Provincial League 3 for the first time.
• 1998 / Finishing in second-last place in P3G, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel drops back into Provincial League 4 after fourteen years.
• 2002 / Champions in P4G, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel manages a return to Provincial League 3.
• 2008 / Second-last in the final table in P3D, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel descends into P4 along with bottom club FC Meensel-Kiezegem.
• 2012 / Runners-up in P4H, 12 points behind champions KVC Langdorp, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel qualifies for the promotion play-offs; finishing in first place in a group with K Europa 90 Kraainem and KVC Asse-Terheide, the club wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
• 2014 / Finishing in twelfth place in P3D in its last season as an independent club, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel concludes a merger with Racing Nieuwrode (registration number 9580), forming KDN (Kortrijk-Dutsel-Nieuwrode) United under Kortrijk-Dutsel’s registration number 7758. Henceforth, first team football is played at Terrein Den Akker, while Nieuwrode’s Terrein Oep den Berg is retained for lower team football and training sessions. The new club’s first team starts its life in Brabant’s Provincial League 3.
• 2023 / Finishing in sixth place in P3C, KDN United qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Defeating KOVC Sterrebeek in R1 (1-1 and penalty shoot-out), the club is eliminated in R2 by eventual winners FC Eendracht Hekelgem (4-1).
• 2024 / Finishing in fifth place in P3D, KDN United qualifies for the promotion play-offs, suffering elimination in R1 at the hands of FC Geetbets (3-1). Following the 2023-24 season, the club withdraws from first team football, continuing with just its youth academy.

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