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KRC Genk kit makers and shirt sponsors, 1970-71 – 2026-27

Covers the men’s first team: the kit manufacturer and main front-of-shirt sponsor each season, from 1970-71 onwards.

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Manufacturer and sponsor timeline

57 seasons · 5 kit makers · 6 shirt sponsors
Kit makerOlympic1995–1999Airness2006–2009
Not confirmed1970–1988Diadora1988–1995Olympic1995–1999Kappa1999–2006Airness2006–2009Nike2009–now
Shirt sponsor
No shirt sponsor before 1990–91KärcherHago SchoonmaakFordCarglassEuphonyBeobank
Shirt sponsors, oldest first · swipe
  • Kärcher ’90–’94
  • No sponsor ’94–’95
  • Hago Schoonmaak ’95–’97
  • Ford ’97–’02
  • Carglass ’02–’10
  • Euphony ’10–’13
  • Beobank ’13–now

Bar widths are to scale: one season, one slice. Click a maker to jump to its era.To scale. Tap a maker to jump to its era.

Grouped by maker era. Identical maker and sponsor years are collapsed into one row. Yellow chips link to our sold-price pages. Source on eBay opens live eBay listings.

Maker not confirmed

1970-71 to 1987-88
1970-71 to 1987-88
No shirt sponsorSource on eBay
KRC Genk founded 1988 (Winterslag + Waterschei merger). Pre-1988 blank.

Diadora

1988-89 to 1994-95
1988-89 to 1989-90
No shirt sponsorSource on eBay
Diadora (Winterslag/Genk era on archive).
1990-91 to 1993-94
KärcherSource on eBay
Kärcher first listed sponsor era.
1994-95
No shirt sponsorSource on eBay
No sponsor one season on archive.

Olympic

1995-96 to 1998-99
1995-96 to 1996-97
Hago SchoonmaakSource on eBay
Olympic kits; Hago Schoonmaak.
1997-98 to 1998-99
FordSource on eBay
Ford replace Hago.

Kappa

1999-00 to 2005-06
1999-00 to 2001-02
FordSource on eBay
Kappa take over.
2002-03 to 2005-06
CarglassSource on eBay
Carglass replace Ford.

Airness

2006-07 to 2008-09
2006-07 to 2008-09
CarglassSource on eBay
Airness take over.

Nike

2009-10 to 2026-27
2009-10
CarglassSource on eBay
Nike begin long run.
2010-11 to 2012-13
EuphonySource on eBay
Euphony replace Carglass.
2013-14 to 2026-27
BeobankSource on eBay
Beobank replace Euphony (still 2026-27 per FKA + FootyLogos).

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Sources: club records, kit archives and contemporary news.

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