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Zulte Waregem
Full name	Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem
Nickname(s)	Essevee
Founded	1950 (creation) July 1, 2001 (merge)
Ground	Regenboogstadion, Waregem (Capacity 8,500)
Chairman	Willy Naessens
Manager	Francky Dury
League	Jupiler League
2006-07	Jupiler League, 14th
Home colours 　 Away colours

S.V. Zulte Waregem is a Belgian football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. The club is a product of the 2001 fusion between Zultse V.V. and K.S.V. Waregem, a former first division regular. They won the 2004-05 second division, gaining promotion to the Jupiler League. In May 2005, they won the Belgian Cup.

Zulte Sportief was founded in 1950 and directly became a member of the national association (matricule n° 5381). The club Zultse V.V. (with the same matricule) was started after the 1976 merger between Zulte Sportief and S.K. Zulte. In 2001, the team merged with K.S.V. Waregem, who had played in the first division for many years. No team from Zulte ever achieved promotion to the second division before S.V. Zulte Waregem in 2002. Zultse V.V., though, gained access to the third division in 1995. The club finished 14th out of 16 for two seasons and was relegated the second time after the playoff.

Zulte Waregem playing Newcastle United in a UEFA Cup tie.

In 1999, the season in which it came back, Zultse finished 4th in this division. Two years later, the new club became champion of the 3rd division A. The registered office of Zulte Waregem lies in Zulte but the club is based in the stadium of K.S.V. Waregem in Waregem and the red and white colours of K.S.V. Waregem prevail!

The club got a chance to shine on the European stage during the 2006/07 season, reaching the Round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, facing off against English club Newcastle United, although they lost 4-1 on aggregate.

Zulte Waregem plays its home matches at the Regenboogstadion, which means Rainbow Stadium in Dutch. The stadium used to be the home of K.S.V. Waregem until the withdrawal of the club. It has 6,800 seats, with a full capacity of 8,500. The field is surrounded by a track. The Regenboogstadion does not meet UEFA's requirements for hosting UEFA Cup games, so Zulte Waregem's home games in the 2006-07 competition are being played at the home of K.A.A. Gent. ^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Geert De Vlieger 2 DF Stijn Minne 3 DF David Triantafillidis 4 DF Bart Van Zundert 5 DF Loris Reina 6 MF Ludwin Van Nieuwenhuyze 7 FW Tim Matthys 8 MF Kevin Roelandts 9 FW Nikica Jelavić 10 MF Matthieu Verschuere 11 MF Stijn Meert 12 MF Rudison Ferreira 14 FW Mbaye Leye

No. Position Player 15 DF Nathan D'Haemers 16 FW Leandro Barrios Rita dos Martires 17 DF Khalifa Sankaré 18 MF Lander Vansteenbrugge 19 MF Jonas Vandermarliere 20 FW Janis Coppin 21 GK Sammy Bossut 22 DF Frédéric Dindeleux 23 DF Bart Buysse 24 DF Karel D'Haene 25 GK Thierry Coppens 26 DF Giuseppe Riolo 27 MF Diego Van Wingen

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• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (1): 2004-05
• Belgian Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2005-06
• Belgian Supercup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

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