Koninklijke Tesamen Hogerop Diest is a Belgian association football

Football in Belgium

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 club from the town of Diest

Diest

Diest is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Situated in the northeast of the Hageland region, Diest neighbours the provinces of Antwerp to its North, and Limburg to the East and is situated around 60km from Brussels. The municipality comprises the city of...

, Vlaams Brabant. It played two spells in the first division

Jupiler League

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: from 1961–62 to 1964–65 and from 1970–71 to 1974–75, finishing 7th in 1964.

History

The club was founded in 1909 as Hooger Op Diest Football Club and registered to the Belgian Football Association

Belgian Football Association

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 the same year to receive the matricule n°41. In 1948 it merged with Standaard Athletiek Diest to become F.C. Diest. Seven years later it added Koninklijk

Koninklijk

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e to become K.F.C. Diest.

The club first reached the second division

Belgian Second Division

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 in 1957. It won this competition in 1961 and subsequently played at the highest level for the following years. In 1965 it was back at the second level and it won the competition again in 1970. In 1987–88 it played in the third division

Belgian Third Division

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 but promoted thereafter. On that occasion, K.F.C. Diest merged with F.C. Assent to become K. Tesamen Hogerop Diest. It was relegated again to the third division in 1996 and then the club decayed. It now plays in the highest regional league

Belgian Provincial leagues

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 of Brabant, as of 2005.

Famous players

Asghar Sadri (1980–1981) Moslem Khani (1980–1981) Stef Agten Roland Gijbels Timmy Simons

Timmy Simons

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 Patrick Stalmans Bruno Versavel

Bruno Versavel

Bruno Versavel is a former Belgian footballer who is most famous for his period at KV Mechelen.Versavel made his debut in professional football at KFC Diest before moving to KSC Lokeren. While at KV Mechelen he won the Belgian League and the European Super Cup. He then moved to RSC Anderlecht...

 Patrick Versavel Eddy Voordeckers

Eddy Voordeckers

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