KVC Westerlo

KVC Westerlo are the football club of Westerlo, a municipality in the province of Antwerp. The club joined the Belgian FA in 1933 as Westerloo Sport, a breakaway from the older Sportkring Westerloo, under matricule number 2024, and in 1942 the two sides reunited as Voetbalclub Westerlo. The team play in yellow and blue, are nicknamed De Kemphanen and play their home matches at Het Kuipje, a ground with just over 8,000 places.

Westerlo climbed from the Antwerp provincial leagues through the national divisions, winning their third-division series in 1993 and reaching the top flight for the first time in 1997. The club's biggest day came in 2001, when they won the Belgian Cup by beating Lommel in the final, earning a UEFA Cup tie against Hertha Berlin; they returned to the cup final in 2011. Westerlo have also won the second tier twice, in 2014 and 2022.