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K.S.C. Hasselt

football club in Belgium

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ3191496 ↗
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Koninklijke Sporting Club Hasselt was a Belgian football club. The matricule No. 37 was erased in 2001 after the merge with K.S.K. Kermt to become K.S.K. Kermt-Hasselt. The club played one season in the first division in 1979–80.

Excelsior FC Hasselt was founded in 1906. The club joined UBSSA and acquired a licence and number. Excelsior FC Hasselt was promoted to Second Division in 1911 and played there for 3 seasons, until World War I. The club returned to Second Division from 1921 to 1924–25. At the end of the season, E.F.C. Hasselt was demoted. The club played in Third Division from 1925 to 1930. Hasselt promoted to Second Division and stayed there till 1933.

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The public source identifies “K.S.C. Hasselt” as football club in Belgium. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hasselt, football and club.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 1979, 1906, 1911—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1906. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hasselt, football and club providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “K.S.C. Hasselt” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.