Royal Excel Mouscron

Royal Excel Mouscron (French pronunciation: [mukʁɔ̃], Dutch pronunciation: [muˈskrun]), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, is a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron, currently playing in the First Division A.

Royal Excel Mouscron
Full nameRoyal Excel Mouscron
Nickname(s)'Les Hurlus'
Short nameREM
Founded1922 (1922)
as RRC Péruwelz
GroundStade Le Canonnier
Capacity10,800[1]
OwnerLatimer International Limited[2]
ChairmanPatrick Declerck
ManagerBernd Hollerbach
LeagueBelgian First Division A
2019–20Belgian First Division A, 10th
WebsiteClub website

The team was formed as Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between bankrupt R.E. Mouscron and R.R.C. Peruwelz. Its current name was adopted in the summer of 2016.

History

Following the liquidation and break-up of R.E. Mouscron, whose registration number was removed by the Royal Belgian Football Association, the city of Mouscron began negotiations with leaders of R.R.C. Peruwelz about a possible merge. After weeks of hesitation and uncertainty, an agreement was reached. The agreement was officially signed and announced on 11 March 2010. Debts of about 100,000 in R.R.C. Peruwelz's name were cleared while the city agreed to maintain the training center known as "Futurosport". The newly merged club, Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz, took on the history of R.R.C. Peruwelz, receiving matricule number 216 and keeping red and blue as its main colors.[3] In its first season, it participated in Belgian Promotion A, the 4th level of Belgian football. After a strong season, they were promoted to the Belgian Third Division for the 2011–12 season, playing in Division A. They had reached Round 6 of the 2011–12 Belgian Cup before losing narrowly to Belgian Pro League club Beerschot AC on penalties 4–3. They finished first in their division in league play, and thus were promoted to the Belgian Second Division. The next season Mouscron-Péruwelz finished 2nd and qualified for the promotion play-offs but lost. In the 2014 play-offs Mouscron-Péruwelz wound up 4th and qualified yet again; this time they won the play-offs, promoting them to the highest division of Belgian football for the first time in their history, bringing back top tier football to Mouscron after a 5-year absence. In 2016, the name of the club was changed to Royal Excel Mouscron.

Current squad

As of 30 January 2020

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Jean Butez
3 MF Nemanja Antonov
4 DF Nathan de Medina
6 MF Deni Hočko
7 MF Fabrice Olinga
10 MF Marko Bakić
11 MF Dimitri Mohamed (Captain)
13 DF Alessandro Ciranni
15 MF Frank Boya
17 FW Babacar Dione
18 FW Stipe Perica (on loan from Udinese)
19 FW Mathéo Vroman
20 FW Cedric Omoigui
22 DF Joan Campins
No. Position Player
23 DF Diogo Queirós (on loan from Porto)
24 MF Aleix García (on loan from Manchester City)
26 MF Dylan Seys
27 FW Alexandre Ippolito
28 DF Jérémy Huyghebaert
30 MF Benjamin Van Durmen
33 DF Kevin Wimmer (on loan from Stoke City)
34 GK Nick Gillekens
39 MF Enes Sağlık
44 DF Lasse Sobiech (on loan from Köln)
45 FW Jonah Osabutey (on loan from Werder Bremen)
46 MF Zakaria Atteri
88 GK Lillo Guarneri
90 GK Vaso Vasic

Technical staff

PositionName
Manager Bernd Hollerbach
Assistant Manager Andreas Patz
Goalkeeping Coach Eric Deleu
Fitness Coach Victor Moore

References

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