What is KAA Ghent? Facts and background

KAA Gent is the sports club of Ghent, Belgium, which includes athletics and hockey sports. It is one of the founding teams of the Royal Belgian Football Federation. It has been competing in the Pro League since the 1989-90 season. The hockey and athletics branches were founded in 1864, making the Ghent club one of the most established sports clubs in Belgium. The club later used the French name La Gantoise. It was changed to its current Dutch name in 1971. The club experienced its first championship in the 2014-2015 season. The following season, they became the first Belgian team to advance to the last 16 rounds of the UEFA Champions League. Among the Belgian teams, apart from Gent, only Club Brugge advanced to the last 16 rounds of the Champions League in the 2022-23 season.

The club's nickname De Buffalo's, meaning "The Buffaloes," comes from Buffalo Bill's visit to the city with the Wild West Circus in the early 1900s.

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Pro League:
- Winner (1): 2014-15
- Second (2): 1954-55, 2009-10
Belgian Second League:
- Winner (4): 1912-13, 1935-36, 1967-68, 1979-80
Belgian Second League Final Stage:
- Winner (1): 1988-89
- Second (1): 1978-79
Beker van België:
- Winner (3): 1963-64, 1983-84, 2009-10
- Second (1): 2007-08
Belgische Supercup:
- Winner (1): 2015
- Second (2): 1983-84, 2009-10
- winner: 2015
UEFA Intertoto Cup:
- Runner (2): UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006, UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007

European Records

As of March 17, 2017

Its biggest win was against FC Viitorul, 5-0, and its biggest losses were against PSG and AS Roma, where it lost 7-1. The player who played the most matches in European cups is Frédéric Herpoel, who played in 23 matches, and the top scorer is Kalifa Coulibaly, who scored 11 goals.

UEFA Champions League — 10 — 3 — 1 — 6 — 11 — 17
UEFA Europa League — 35 — 15 — 6 — 14 — 41 — 60
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup — 4 — 1 — 1 — 2 — 2 — 6

*Inter-Cities Fairs Cup matches are not taken into account. In this tournament, he played 8 matches in 3 seasons and had 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses.

**Their elimination from the Champions League and their participation in the UEFA Europa League is counted as one season.

European Matches

1963-64 — Inter-Cities Fairs Cup — First Round — 1. FC Köln — 1-1 — 1-3 — 1-4
1964-65 — UEFA Cup Winners' Cup — First Round — West Ham United FC — 0-1 — 1-1 — 1-2
1966-67 — Inter-Cities Fairs Cup — First Round — Bordeaux — 1-0 — 0-0 — 1-0
1966-67 — Inter-Cities Fairs Cup — Second Round — Kilmarnock — 1-2 — 0-1 — 1-3
1970-71 — Inter-Cities Fairs Cup — First Round — Hamburg — 0-1 — 1-7 — 1-8
1982-83 — UEFA Cup — First Round — FC Haarlem — 3-3 — 1-2 — 4-5
1983-84 — UEFA Cup — First Round — RC Lens — 1-1 — 1-2 — 2-3
1984-85 — UEFA Cup Winners' Cup — First Round — Celtic — 1-0 — 0-3 — 1-3
1986-87 — UEFA Cup — First Round — Jeunesse Esch — 1-1 — 2-1 — 3-2
1986-87 — UEFA Cup — Second Round — Sportul Studentesc — 1-1 — 3-0 — 4-1
1986-87 — UEFA Cup — Third Round — IFK Göteborg — 0-1 — 0-4 — 0-5
1991-92 — UEFA Cup — First Round — FC Lausanne-Sport — 1-0 — 0-1 — 1-1(p)
1991-92 — UEFA Cup — Second Round — Eintracht Frankfurt — 0-0 — 1-0 — 1-0
1991-92 — UEFA Cup — Third Round — Dinamo Moskva — 2-0 — 0-0 — 2-0
1991-92 — UEFA Cup — Quarter-final — Ajax — 0-0 — 0-3 — 0-3
2000-01 — UEFA Cup — Preliminary Round — ÍB Akraness — 3-2 — 3-0 — 6-2
2000-01 — UEFA Cup — First Round — Ajax — 0-6 — 0-3 — 0-9
2001 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — First Round — NK Čelik Zenica — 2-0 — 0-1 — 2-1
2001 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — Second Round — Werder Bremen — 0-1 — 3-2 — 3-3 (d)
2001 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — Third Round — PSG — 0-0 — 1-7 — 1-7
2002 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — First Round — St Patrick's Athletic FC — 2-0 — 1-3 — 3-3 (d)
2002 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — Second Round — Malaga — 1-1 — 0-3 — 1-3
2004 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — First Round — Fylkir — 2-1 — 1-0 — 3-1
2004 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — Second Round — FK Vardar — 1-0 — 0-1 — 1-1(p)
2005 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — First Round — Bohemian FC — 3-1 — 0-1 — 3-2
2005 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — Second Round — FC Fastav Zlin — 1-0 — 0-0 — 1-0
2005 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — Third Round — Valencia — 0-0 — 0-2 — 0-2
2006 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — Third Round — Grasshoppers — 1-1 — 1-2 — 2-3
2007 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — Second Round — Cliftonville FC — 2-0 — 4-0 — 6-0
2007 — UEFA Intertoto Cup — Third Round — Aalborg BK — 1-1 — 1-2 — 2-3
2008-09 — UEFA Cup — Second Qualifying Round — Kalmar FF — 2-1 — 0-4 — 2-5
2009-10 — UEFA Europa League — Second Qualifying Round — FK Naftan Novopolotsk — 1-0 — 1-2 — 2-2 (d)
2009-10 — UEFA Europa League — Third Qualifying Round — AS Roma — 1-7 — 1-3 — 2-10
2010-11 — UEFA Champions League — Third qualifying round — Dynamo Kiev — 1-3 — 0-3 — 1-6
2010-11 — UEFA Europa League — Play-Off Round — Feyenoord — 2-0 — 0-1 — 2-1
2010-11 — UEFA Europa League — Group C — Sporting Lisbon — 3-1 — 1-5 — Group 3rd
2010-11 — UEFA Europa League — Group C — Lille — 1-1 — 0-3 — Group 3rd
2010-11 — UEFA Europa League — Group C — Levski Sofia — 1-0 — 2-3 — Group 3rd
2012-13 — UEFA Europa League — Second Qualifying Round — FC Differdange 03 — 3-2 — 1-0 — 4-2
2012-13 — UEFA Europa League — Third Qualifying Round — Videoton FC — 0-3 — 0-1 — 0-4
2015-16 — UEFA Champions League — Group H — FK Zenit — 2-1 — 1-2 — Group 2nd
2015-16 — UEFA Champions League — Group H — Valencia — 1-0 — 1-2 — Group 2nd
2015-16 — UEFA Champions League — Group H — Lyon — 1-1 — 2-1 — Group 2nd
2015-16 — UEFA Champions League — Round of 32 — Wolfsburg — 2-3 — 0-1 — 2-4
2016-17 — UEFA Europa League — Third Qualifying Round — FC Viitorul — 5-0 — 0-0 — 5-0
2016-17 — UEFA Europa League — Play-Off Round — Shkendija — 2-1 — 4-0 — 6-1
2016-17 — UEFA Europa League — Group H — SC Braga — 2-2 — 1-1 — Group 2nd
2016-17 — UEFA Europa League — Group H — Konyaspor — 2-0 — 1-0 — Group 2nd
2016-17 — UEFA Europa League — Group H — Shakhtar Donetsk — 3-5 — 0-5 — Group 2nd
2016-17 — UEFA Europa League — Round of 32 — Tottenham — 1-0 — 2-2 — 3-2
2016-17 — UEFA Europa League — Round of 16 — KRC Genk — 2-5 — 1-1 — 3-6
2017-18 — UEFA Europa League — Second Qualifying Round — Rheindorf Altach — 1-1 — 1-3 — 2-4
2018-19 — UEFA Europa League — Second Qualifying Round — Jagiellonia Białystok — 3-1 — 1-0 — 4-1