R.F.C. Tournai
Full nameRoyal Football Club Tournai
Founded17 April 1903 (17 April 1903)
GroundStade Luc Varenne, Tournai
Capacity7,552[1]
ChairmanBelgium Rudi Lemoine
ManagerBelgium Luigi Nasca
LeagueBelgian Division 2
2022–23Belgian Division 3 ACFF Serie A, 4th of 16 (promoted via play-off)
WebsiteClub website

R.F.C. 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 Division 2, the fourth 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.

R.F.C. 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 November, 24th, 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.

Current squad

As of 18 October 2013.

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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