R.F.C. Tournai

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 Third Amateur Division.

R.F.C. Tournai
Full nameRoyal Football Club Tournai
Founded1902
GroundStade Luc Varenne, Tournai
Capacity7,552 [1]
Chairman Philippe Rasseneur
Manager Michel Wintacq
LeagueBelgian Third Amateur Division
2016–17Belgian Third Amateur Division, 5th

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.

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

Staff

Head Coach

  • Mickael Browaeys

Assistant Coach

  • Fabien Delbeeke

Goalkeeper Coach

Team Chef

  • Abdel Araci

References
  1. infos generales, rfct.be (last check 30/03/2018)
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