K.A.A. Gent

Gent
Full name	Koninklijke Atletiek; Associatie Gent (Royal Athletics Association Ghent)
Nickname(s)	De Buffalos (The Buffalos)
Founded	1864, joined Belgian FA November 1, 1900;
Ground	Jules Ottenstadion,; Ghent; (Capacity: 12,919)
Chairman	Ivan de Witte
Manager	Michel Preud'homme
League	Jupiler League
2008-09	Jupiler League, 4th
Home colours	Away colours

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K.A.A. Gent is a Belgian football, athletics and hockey club, based in the Belgian city of Ghent. It was one of the founders of the Belgian Football Association. It has been in the top flight Jupiler League since 1989-90. The hockey and athletics division were founded in 1864, making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Belgium. The club was then known under its French name La Gantoise. It changed its name to the present Dutch version in 1971. In spite of its long history the club has never been champions of Belgium.

The nickname of the club is De Buffalos, "The Buffaloes" in English, a term coined after a visit of the original Buffalo Bill and his Wild West circus to the city in the early 1900s.

[edit] Honours

Belgian First Division:
- Runners-up (1): 1954-55
Belgian Second Division:
- Winners (4): 1912-13, 1935-36, 1967-68, 1979-80
Belgian Second Division Final Round:
- Winners (1): 1988-89
- Runners-up (1): 1978-79
Belgian Cup:
- Winners (2): 1963-64, 1983-84
- Runners-up (1): 2007-08
Belgian Supercup:
- Runners-up (1): 1983-84
UEFA Intertoto Cup:
- Runners-up (2): 2006, 2007

[edit] European record

As of December, 2008.

Competition	A	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
Cup Winners' Cup	2	4	1	1	2	2	5
UEFA Cup	6	24	8	7	9	25	36
Intertoto Cup	6	26	10	6	10	28	30

A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1963-64	UEFA Cup	1R	FC Köln	1-1	1-3
1964-65	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	West Ham United	0-1	1-1
1966-67	UEFA Cup	2R	Girondins Bordeaux	1-0	0-0
		3R	Kilmarnock FC	1-2 (AET)	0-1
1970-71	UEFA Cup	1R	Hamburger SV	0-1	1-7
1982-83	UEFA Cup	1R	HFC Haarlem	3-3	1-2
1983-84	UEFA Cup	1R	RC Lens	1-1	1-2 (AET)
1984-85	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Celtic Glasgow	1-0	0-3
1986-87	UEFA Cup	1R	Jeunesse Esch	1-1	2-1
		2R	Sportul Studentesc	1-1	3-0
		3R	IFK Göteborg	0-1	0-4
1991-92	UEFA Cup	1R	Lausanne Sports	0-1	4-1 (PEN)
		2R	Eintracht Frankfurt	0-0	1-0
		3R	Dinamo Moskva	2-0	0-0
		QF	AFC Ajax	0-0	0-3
2000-01	UEFA Cup	QUAL	IA Akranes	3-2	3-0
		1R	AFC Ajax	0-6	0-3
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Celik Zenica	2-0	0-1
		3R	Werder Bremen	0-1	3-2
		SF	Paris St. Germain	0-0	1-7
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	St. Patrick's Athletic	2-0	1-3
		3R	Málaga CF	1-1	0-3
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Fylkir Reykjavik	2-1	1-0
		2R	Vardar Skopje	3-4 (PEN)	0-1
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Bohemian FC	3-1	0-1
		2R	Tescoma Zlin	1-0	0-0
		3R	Valencia CF	0-0	0-2
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	3R	Grasshoppers Zürich	1-1	1-2
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Cliftonville FC	2-0	4-0
		3R	Aalborg BK	1-1	1-2
2008-09	UEFA Cup	2QR	Kalmar FF	2-1	0-4

[edit] Current squad

As of December, 2008.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Frank Boeckx
3	DF	Marko Šuler
4	MF	Roy Myrie
5	MF	Erlend Hanstveit
6	DF	Stef Wils
7	MF	Tim Smolders
9	FW	Mbaye Leye
10	MF	Randall Azofeifa
11	MF	Yassine Elghanassy
12	DF	Kenny Thompson
13	DF	Adriano Duarte
14	FW	Adnan Čustović

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Adékambi Olufadé
16	FW	Elimane Coulibaly
17	MF	Roberto Rosales
20	FW	Bryan Ruiz
23	GK	Matthias Goossens
25	MF	Mamoutou N'Diaye
26	MF	Christophe Lepoint
28	MF	Miloš Marić
29	GK	Bojan Jorgacević
30	FW	Zlatan Ljubijankič
31	MF	Christophe Grondin