The Limburgians had been ahead almost the entire season but were pipped at the post by Anderlecht after losing at Germinal Beerschot. In the 2006–07 season, Genk finished second to Anderlecht. Although they came 4th, they impressed fans with draws against Real Madrid, Roma and AEK Athens. In 2002–03, they reached the Champions League group stages for the first time in their history. After this poor spell, Genk managed to win the championship once more in the 2001–02 season. It finished 11th in the following season and lost in the UEFA Cup second round to Werder Bremen after a win against FC Zürich.

The season was salvaged by winning the Belgian Cup again, this time to Standard, but Genk ended the championship in 9th place. Genk played in the UEFA Champions League in 1999–2000 but lost in the second qualifying round to Maribor. The season was ended well as Genk won its first Belgian championship in May, with manager Aimé Anthuenis then moving to Anderlecht.

In its first European season, Racing Genk eliminated successively Apolonia Fier and MSV Duisburg but it lost to Mallorca in the round of 16 after two draws (1–1 on aggregate) in the last Cup Winners' Cup ever. After an eighth place in 1997, the club had a good 1997–98 season with a cup win and a second place in the championship. In 1995 the club hired Aimé Anthuenis a coach and Racing finished second and skipped the final round as two first division teams merged ( Seraing and Standard Liège). The next year Genk managed to win the final round in 2nd division and then played 4 seasons in the first division. The new club was named KRC Genk and as it kept the Winterslag ranking, it began in the first division but finished last.

They then merged with Winterslag in 1988 to form the current club. After defeating PSG in the quarter-finals, Waterschei lost the first leg of the semi-final 5–1 at Pittodrie Stadium, home of the eventual winners, Aberdeen A 1–0 victory in Waterschei, courtesy of Eddy Voordeckers, could not reverse the position. Quite remarkably, the latter victory led to Waterschei reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup in the 1982–83 season. Waterschei won the Belgian Cup twice (19). Waterschei SV Thor Genk merged with KFC Winterslag to form KRC Genk.ĭuring the 1982–83 season, the match between Standard Liège-Waterschei had been fixed and Standard eventually won the championship. After two seasons in the second division, K. The club enjoyed a spell in the first division in the late 1950s to the early 1960s and again from 1978 to 1986. K Waterschei SV Thor was created in 1919 as Waterschei's Sport Vereeniging Thor with Thor being the acronym of Tot Herstel Onzer Rechten (English: To recover our rights). It finished 15th on 18 but at the end of the season, the club merged with the neighbour club of Waterschei Thor which was playing in the second division since its relegation in 1986. Following a spell of four seasons in the second division, Winterslag found its place again in the first division by winning the 1987 final round, one point ahead of Tongeren.

That season Standard Liège won the championship on bribery in a match against the club of Waterschei Thor that would eventually merge with the matricule number 322. Two seasons later it was relegated to the second stage after a disappointing last place. In the next round it was knocked out by Dundee United from Scotland. KFC Winterslag reached the 5th place in 1981 which allowed them to play UEFA Cup matches, where it defeated Bryne FK from Norway and English Premier league giant Arsenal. The club ended the season in last place but won the second division right after. They had taken advantage of the increase in the number of first division clubs (from 16 to 20). In 1972–73 Winterslag reached the second division and they eventually qualified for the 1974–75 Belgian First Division after finishing second in the second division final round. On its 35th anniversary the club added the Royal prefix Koninklijke to their name to become KFC Winterslag. The club FC Winterslag was founded in 1923 and that gave it the matricule number 322. History KFC Winterslag history (1923–88)

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