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RFC Tournai
Full nameRoyal Football Club Tournai
Founded17 April 1903; 121 years ago (17 April 1903)
Ground Stade Luc Varenne, Tournai
Capacity7,552 [1]
Chairman Belgium Rudi Lemoine
Manager Belgium Luigi Nasca
League Belgian National Division 1
2023–24 Belgian Division 2 ACFF, 4th of 18 (promoted)
Website Club website

RFC Tournai is a Belgian association football club from the city of Tournai, Hainaut. It is the result of the merger between R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne ( matricule n°26) and R.R.C. Tournaisien (n°36) in 2002. The club wears the matricule n°26 and plays in the Belgian National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football.

History

R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne history

Union Sportive Tournaisienne was founded in 1902 and became a member of the Belgian Football Association one year later. It played in the second division as soon as the competition was officially started in 1910. The club reached its peak when it played its only one season in the first division in 1951–52. It finished last (16th) with 3 wins and 12 points. In 2002 Tournai won the Promotion A and it merged with the Racing so that the new R.F.C. began in the third division.

RFC Tournai history

Tournai began with a nice 6th place in 2003 but could not avoid relegation the next year when it finished 15th (on 16). In 2005, it won the Promotion A. On 24 November 2007, Thierry Pister was appointed as the new head coach for the club.

In 2022–23, RFC Tournai secure promotion to Belgian Division 2 from next season after winning play-off against RSC Habay La Neuve with score narrowly 0–1 at away games and return to fourth tier after 12 years absence. Following season, RFC Tournai secure back to back promotion to Belgian National Division 1 from next season after finishing fourth place due to expansion team in third tier.

Current squad

As of 18 October 2013. [1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Belgium  BEL Christophe Martin
GK Belgium  BEL Antoine Havez
GK Belgium  BEL Florent Cammers
DF Belgium  BEL Fabien Delbeeke
DF France  FRA Loïc Leclercq
DF Belgium  BEL Loïc Delval
DF Belgium  BEL Marvin Foucart
DF France  FRA Romain Ribeiro
DF Belgium  BEL Maxence Delval
MF Belgium  BEL Bastien Chantry
MF Belgium  BEL Jonathan Delannoy
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Belgium  BEL Julien Desire
MF France  FRA Gregory Ferreira Lino
MF Belgium  BEL Brecht Verbrugghe
MF Belgium  BEL Jérémie Cremers
MF Belgium  BEL Volkan Ozen
MF Belgium  BEL Steven Grammens
MF France  FRA Geoffrey Cabaye
MF Belgium  BEL Joris Urbain
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina  BIH Adnan Custovic
FW Belgium  BEL Tom Delangre
FW Belgium  BEL Julien Colinet

Staff

Head Coach

  • Belgium Mickael Browaeys

Assistant Coach

  • Belgium Fabien Delbeeke

Goalkeeper Coach

Team Chef

  • Belgium Abdel Araci

References

  1. ^ infos generales, rfct.be (last check 30 March 2018)

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