Njet for Eendracht Aalst: licensing committee will not grant seven national amateur clubs a license for next season

The licensing committee of the Belgian Football Association (KBVB) awarded the licenses for amateur series on Wednesday. Second National teams RFC Tournai, Eendracht Aalst, La Louvière Centre, KFC Merelbeke and RUS Binche did not get that, just like Excelsior Virton and USRL Wezet in First National.

The licensing committee asks the clubs to submit some additional documents of payments or recent disputes that are still open, if necessary. At a number of clubs, wages were not paid or certificates from company auditors were missing. They all have the option to supplement their file on appeal.

In the meantime, they are also working on their license at KV Oostende. The coastal team received a no from the licensing committee, but is not panicking.

“This had been taken into account and there could actually be no other decision,” said provisional administrator Werner Van Oosterwyck on the club website. “The club must be taken over and a capital injection must be made. Only then can we submit a clear license file. We are well advanced with the investment fund Apex Capital Global LLC. I also read an article in the press about Apex but I can only say that all discussions are conducted in complete transparency. People want to write a positive story here. However, a number of signatures still need to be signed and until that and the capital injection have been completed, the takeover is not complete. Everything is developing favourably.”

“Several shareholders were constructive and already signed to ratify a share transfer, but two shareholders refuse this for the time being,” it said. “The discussions for this are ongoing and we are well supported in this by law firm DLA Piper and club lawyer Dimitri Dedecker. Apex Capital Global wants to acquire 100% of the shares – which is normal – so we are not quite there yet.”