Established in 1924, it belongs to the Belgian First Division. In November 2017, DMM.com took over the management. Former GM Takayuki Tateishi of FC Tokyo became the CEO in 2018. The club features five supporting beliefs; they are: empowering the first-rate team, enriching with academy-based training, creating a new business framework, expanding the stadium, and taking advantage of information technology for technical reforms.
In January 2018, U-21’s Japanese representative Takehiro Tomiyasu joined through Avispa Fukuoka and in July 2018, Takahiro Sekine joined the team through FC Ingolstadt 04.