Under coach Hans Meyer, 'der Club' conquered the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, in 2007 and qualified for European football for the first time in 19 years. 2019/20 9 36 First Division A Belgian football was discontinued in March following 2012/13 2 47 First Division Vice-champion. In the 2012/13 season, the club took a new path and formed a team of young Belgian talents such as Thorgan Hazard, Junior Malanda and Bryan Verboom. After Zulte Waregem finished second in the competition of the 2012/13 season, it was allowed to participate in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Due to the two victories, SV Zulte Waregem finished third in group F, and with this the European team overwintered. The Japanese wanted to marvel at two teams full of stars more than once a year during the World Cup final. This time, the team did not play its home games in the Anderlecht stadium, but in the Jan Breydel stadium in Bruges.
A few days after the festive closing of the season, the club fell prey to administrative unrest when it leaked out that CEO Patrick Decuyper wanted to move the base number to Antwerp, in order to create a new team that would play at 't Kiel. He received unanimous praise for his performance, despite his side losing 4–1. In the second group matches against Morocco (0-2 loss), De Ketelaere came on for Thorgan Hazard after 75 minutes. In both home games for the league in this period, Deportivo lost without scoring themselves; against both Córdoba and Murcia it became 0-1. A boost was the revenge for the Copa at Córdoba. City Country Player Period(s) at the club Wedstr. Since the 2015-16 season, the Essevee Player of the Year trophy, then sponsored by sponsor Record Bank, has been awarded to the most deserving player of the season. At the end of that season, this turned out to be the most successful in Lazio's history: the club won both the league title and the Coppa Italia – the double was taken. It lost both the first leg and the second leg, meaning it was eliminated from the UEFA Cup. Those 18,000 supporters of SV Zulte Waregem was a strikingly large number; partly because this was more than twice the capacity of our own Rainbow Stadium.
See List of Zulte Waregem trainers for the main article on this subject. See List of Arsenal FC players for the main article on this subject. See SV Zulte Waregem in the 2023/24 season for the main article on this subject. Because Zulte Waregem became cup winner, it was allowed to participate in the UEFA Europa League. He played 79 games for the Czech Republic national football team and scored for Liverpool FC in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final. As ambassador of the final, he was present at draws of the UEFA Europa Conference League season. Through the play-off round against the Cypriot APOEL Nicosia, the club advanced to the group stage of the Europa League. Brazil played three games in Group A in the group stage, of which the country won two games and drew one. They were eliminated by the number two in the Netherlands, (PSV). Portugal reached the quarterfinals as number one in Group A. It won 2 – 0 against Turkey and 3 – 1 against the Czech Republic. They were drawn in group K and had to compete against the Italian SS Lazio, the French OGC Nice and the Dutch SBV Vitesse.
A draw against Mexico thanks to a goal from Del Piero saw Trapattoni's team eventually place second in Group G for the 1/8 final. Manchester City took a completely different course than Aston Villa, with a tough semi-final. This performance can be situated on a cultural, gastronomic, literary, touristic or other level. KSV Waregem played with base number 4451, the merger club Zulte Waregem can therefore not claim on the list of honors of KSV Waregem. Zulte Waregem bears the base number 5381 of Zultse VV, and is actually the continuation of this club. About 8,000 Mouscron supporters and about 18,000 SV Zulte Waregem supporters went to the King Baudouin Stadium. Thousands of people followed the race on large screens on the market in Waregem. The second place was celebrated in Waregem as a championship title, with a big folk party and a festive reception of the players on the market of Waregem.