After years of stability with players such as Kristof d’Haene, Hannes van der Bruggen and Julien de Sart, a new smoker stroke will be installed in 2020: Tan sells the club to the Kaminski family. The acquisition turns out to be an empty box and the club sinks further away.
Only in 2023 will there be a sparkle of hope. Under the Icelandic coach Freyr Alexandersson, KVK recovers with a miraculous salvation in the play-downs. The 4-2 win against Lommel feels like a title.
But it stays with a convulsion. The 2024-2025 season also brings no improvement, KV Kortrijk relegates. Seventeen years after that glorious promotion, the Guldensporen Stadium again closes the gateway to 1A.