R.F.C. Seraing (1922)

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RFC Seraing is a Belgian association football club based in Seraing in the province of Liège. They play their home games at the Stade du Pairay. The club currently compete in Challenger Pro League, the second tier of Belgian football.

RFC Seraing
Full nameRoyale Football Club Seraing
Nickname(s)The White Lions
Founded1922; 102 years ago (1922)
GroundStade du Pairay, Seraing
Capacity8,207[1]
ChairmanMarc Sombreffe
ManagerMbaye Leye
LeagueChallenger Pro League
2023–2415th of 16 staying for another season due to K.V. Oostende Dissolved
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History

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The club was founded in the early 20th century as RFC Bressoux, registered with the Belgian FA under matricule 23, but renamed in 1992 to Royale Union Liégeoise or RUL after a merger. Upon the default of R.F.C. Seraing in 1996, the club again renamed itself to Seraing RUL and started playing at the Stade du Pairay where the former RFC Seraing played until its default. It was however an entirely different club and completely distinct from the former RFC Seraing. Seraing RUL was at that level playing at the fourth level of Belgian football. The club would remain at the lower levels of Belgian football, never higher than the third level. It 2006, this club changed its name to RFC Seraing to recapture the past of the club whose place it took, but dropped further, even sinking to the fifth level in 2014, at which point it bought the rights (and place) of another club (Boussu Dour Borinage) to swap places. As a result, the club now carried matricule 167 (as 23 now belonged to Boussu Dour Borinage) and was able to immediately jump three levels and started the 2014–15 season in the Belgian Second Division. It started in the Second Division under the new name Seraing United, but reverted to RFC Seraing one season later. With the Belgian league reform of 2016, the club dropped back to the third level but managed to achieve promotion twice in succession in 2019–20 and 2020–21 to reach the 2021–22 Belgian First Division A, bringing back top division football to the city of Seraing after 25 years. In 2022–23 season, the club got relegated back down to Challenger Pro League. Following season, the club avoided relegation to Belgian National Division 1 from 2024–25 season after finishing 15th place in 2023–24 Challenger Pro League due to the administrative relegation of K.V. Oostende cause did not license from professional league then dissolved.

Honours

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 1 March 2024[2]

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  BELTimothy Galjé
3DF  CODJohn Nekadio
4DF  FRAMarvin Tshibuabua
6DF  BELNoah Solheid
7FW  BELNoah Serwy
8DF  FRAGerald Kilota
9FW  SENPape Moussa Fall
10MF  BELMathieu Cachbach
11FW  FRAÉdouard Soumah-Abbad (on loan from Metz)
14MF  BELValentin Guillaume
15DF  SENCheikhou Ndiaye
16GK  FRALucas Margueron
17DF  FRASandro Trémoulet
19FW  ALGZakaria Silini
21GK  ARGGeronimo De Ridder
22MF  GUIAlama Bayo
No.Pos. NationPlayer
23MF  BELChristophe Lepoint
24DF  FRARuben Droehnlé
25MF  SENDjibril Diarra
28DF  BELElias Spago
29DF  FRAOussmane Kébé (on loan from Metz)
30GK  BELUgo Desille
37FW  CODNelson Balongo
49MF  SENMohamed Camara
57FW  BENDésiré Segbé Azankpo
61GK  SENPape Sy
65MF  BELBassim Boukteb
74DF  BELJoey-Kwan Detienne
91MF  FRASonny Perrey
97MF  FRALilian Raillot (on loan from Metz)
99DF  FRAMahamadou Dembélé

Other players under contract

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer

References

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  1. ^ Le stade du Pairay, rfc-seraing.be (last check 30 March 2018)
  2. ^ "Noyau A" (in French). R.F.C. Seraing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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