"Kryvbas" - "Zulte-Waregem": July 11 at 13:00
After the friendly with Lommel, Kryvbas will face another test in the match against a representative of Belgian football. The match will be another important stage in the team's preparation for the new season, and the coaching staff will continue to fine-tune the squad, game connections and look at the capabilities of newcomers and young players.
Zulte-Waregem is a Belgian club from the city of 36,000 Waregem, founded in 1950. The team plays its home matches at the Elindus Arena stadium (capacity 12,250 fans), and among the fans it has the nickname Essevee, which comes from the Dutch pronunciation of the abbreviation S.V., which means Sportvereniging (Sports Club).
Achievements: 2-time Belgian Cup winner (2005/2006, 2016/2017), Belgian vice-champion (2012/2013), participant of the Europa League group stage in the 2013/2014 season. Playing in the Pro League for the second year in a row. Last season, they took 13th place among 16 teams. On the eve of the new season, the club was headed by 45-year-old English specialist Michael Beale, who previously worked with the Scottish Rangers, as well as with Aston Villa and Sunderland.
The composition of our future opponent is international. We note the legionnaires from Albania, Senegal, Turkey, Denmark, Ghana, Austria, and other countries. The cost of the team is 21.8 million euros, the average age is 23.8 years.
The sparring match with Kryvbas will be the fifth for the Belgians this offseason: Racing Waregem, Belgium - 6:0, Oudenaarde, Belgium - 3:0, Zelzate, Belgium - 2:1, Rakuw, Poland - 4:3. Kryvyi Rih, in turn, has already managed to hold three friendly matches, in Ukraine: Inhulets Petrove (d) - 1:2, Chornomorets Odesa (g) - 1:2 and one in the Netherlands: Lommel, Belgium - 2:4.
Summer Training Camp 2026. Friendly match No. 4.
Kryvbas (Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine) - Zulte-Waregem (Waregem, Belgium).
July 11, 2025, Saturday. Burg-Haamstede, Netherlands. Stadium "Sportpark van Zuijen". 13:00 (Kyiv time; 12:00 - local time).
Broadcast: FC Kryvbas YouTube channel.
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