History
The club was founded in 1897 and obtained its first of eleven titles as Champion of Belgium in 1904. Its matricule is the n°10, meaning that it was the tenth football club to be formed in Belgium. From 1933 to 1935 the team played 60 consecutive matches undefeated, setting a still unbeaten and well-known record in Belgium. In the early 1900s the club also had a dominant spell in some of the very first "European" Cup competitions that took place, prior to officially sanctioned UEFA competitions.
Between 1958 and 1965 the club had a brief spell of European success, playing the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and reaching the semi-finals in the 1958-60 edition after a two legged victory against A.S. Roma. However, in 1963, the club was relegated to the second division, and in 1980 even fell as low as the Belgian Promotion division.
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