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R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes
Full nameRoyal Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes
Founded1912; 112 years ago (1912)
Ground Stade de la Neuville, Belgium
Capacity8,000 [1]
Manager Xavier Robert
League National Division 1
2022–23National Division 1, 7th of 20

R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farcienness, is a Belgian association football club from the city of Charleroi, Hainaut. As of 2019, they play in the Belgian National Division 1 (renamed from Belgian First Amateur Division in 2020).

History

It was founded in 1912 as Olympic Club de Charleroi. The next year the club registered to the Belgian Football Association to become the matricule n°246. Between 1972 and 1982 the club was named R.O.C. de Montignies-sur-Sambre before reverting to its prior name. In 2000 the club merged with R.A. Marchienne and changed its name from Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi to Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne. Finally in 2019, the club merged with Royal Châtelet S.C. to become R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes.

O.C. de Charleroi first appeared in the second division in 1936 and it won its league eight points ahead of U.S. du Centre, a rival club located nearby Charleroi. It then played in the first division until 1963 (except for the 1955–56 season), joined at that level by the rival Charleroi S.C. in 1947. Olympic finished 3rd in 1939 and then second in 1947. The club had a short come back in the first division in 1967–68 and in 1974–75 but dropped back to the lower leagues, playing mostly at the third or fourth level.

Current squad

As of 22 January, 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Belgium  BEL Tanguy Moriconi
2 DF France  FRA Aloïs Penin
3 DF Cameroon  CMR Karl Ndedi
4 DF Guinea-Bissau  GNB Prosper Mendy
5 DF France  FRA Dann Banzuzi
6 MF Belgium  BEL Geoffrey Ghesquière
7 FW Algeria  ALG Mohamed Dahmane
8 MF Belgium  BEL Simon Paulet
9 FW Belgium  BEL Roman Ferber
10 MF Belgium  BEL Quentin Vanderbecq
11 MF Algeria  ALG Mehdi Terki
16 GK Belgium  BEL Mathias Janssens
17 FW France  FRA Bilel Hassaini
19 FW Tunisia  TUN Mohamed Medfai
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Senegal  SEN Thierno Gaye
22 DF Belgium  BEL Ayoub Kouri
23 DF France  FRA Ismael Kanda
25 FW Mauritania  MTN Souleymane Kamara
29 DF France  FRA Souleymane Faye
30 GK France  FRA Tommy Plumain
33 MF France  FRA Corentin Cottet
36 MF France  FRA Najib Bennour
38 MF France  FRA Darren Pompé
46 DF Comoros  COM Aaron Kamardin
77 FW Belgium  BEL Lucas Walbrecq
92 FW France  FRA Simon Dia
93 MF France  FRA Wassim Mechmache

References

  1. ^ Ambition de l'Olympic de Charleroi, 5 April 2017, rtbf.be

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