For the first few years the team played in the provincial leagues, but when in 1926 the national level of football in Belgium was extended with a third division, Cappellen got auto-promoted and thus managed to play on a national level for the first time.
The team initially competed at a provincial level, but after Belgium's national football league expanded to include a third division in 1926, they were automatically promoted and thus played on a national level for the first time.