RFC Seraing
Full nameRoyal Football Club Seraing
Founded1922
GroundStade du Pairay, Seraing
Capacity8,207[1]
ChairmanMario Franchi
ManagerGrégory Proment
LeagueChallenger Pro League
2022–23Belgian Pro League, 18th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

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.

History

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 which 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 promote two times 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 the 22/23 season, the club got relegated back down to the Belgian Second Division.

Honours

  • 1981–82, 1992–93

Players

Current squad

As of 6 September 2023[2]

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 Timothy Galjé
3 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD John Nekadio
4 DF France FRA Marvin Tshibuabua
5 MF Cameroon CMR Stève Mvoué
6 DF Belgium BEL Noah Solheid
7 FW Belgium BEL Noah Serwy
8 DF France FRA Gerald Kilota
9 FW Senegal SEN Pape Moussa Fall
10 MF Belgium BEL Mathieu Cachbach
11 FW France FRA Édouard Soumah-Abbad (on loan from Metz)
14 MF Belgium BEL Valentin Guillaume
15 DF Senegal SEN Cheikhou Ndiaye
16 GK France FRA Lucas Margueron
17 DF France FRA Sandro Trémoulet
19 FW Algeria ALG Zakaria Silini
22 FW Guinea GUI Alama Bayo
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Belgium BEL Christophe Lepoint
25 MF Senegal SEN Djibril Diarra
26 FW Gabon GAB Harrison Ondo-Eyi
28 DF Belgium BEL Elias Spago
29 DF France FRA Oussmane Kébé (on loan from Metz)
30 GK Belgium BEL Ugo Desille
41 FW Belgium BEL Cameron Manang
43 MF Algeria ALG Maïdine Douane (on loan from Metz)
49 MF Senegal SEN Mohamed Camara
57 FW Benin BEN Désiré Segbé Azankpo
61 GK Senegal SEN Pape Sy
65 MF Belgium BEL Bassim Boukteb
74 DF Belgium BEL Joey-Kwan Detienne
91 MF France FRA Sonny Perrey
97 MF France FRA Lilian Raillot (on loan from Metz)
99 DF France FRA Mahamadou Dembélé

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

As of 1 July 2022
Position Staff
ChairmanItaly Mario Franchi
Chief Executive OfficerBelgium Philippe Gilis
Sporting directorPortugal Carlos Freitas
Caretaker head coachBelgium Jean-Sébastien Legros
Assistant coachFrance Grégory Proment
Goalkeeping coachBelgium Olivier Werner
Fitness coachFrance Dimitri Chevremont
Video analystBelgium Loris Viroux
Medical Cell ManagerBelgium Jean Vervier
DoctorBelgium Martin Schlitz
PhysiotherapistBelgium Gauthier Lambrette
Belgium Maxime Deghaye
Belgium Thibault Dewingaerden
StorekeeperBelgium Thierry Coulee
Delegate Team ABelgium José Victoor
Team ManagerBelgium Peter Kerremans

References

  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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