Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

The club was founded in 1897 and obtained its first of eleven titles as Champion of Belgium in 1904. From 1933 to 1935 the team played 60 consecutive matches undefeated, setting a still unbeaten record in Belgium. In the early 1900s the club also had a dominant spell in some of the very first "European" Cup competitions that took place, prior to officially sanctioned UEFA competitions.

Between 1958 and 1965 the club had a brief spell of European success, playing the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and reaching the semi-finals in the 1958–60 edition after a two legged victory against A.S. Roma. In 1963, however, the club was relegated to the second division, and in 1980 even fell as low as the Belgian Promotion division.

On 21 May 2018, Tony Bloom, chairman of English Premier League side, Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed as the majority shareholder.[3] Alex Muzio, the Chairman of Union, was a co-investor with Tony Bloom in 2018 and holds a minority interest in the club.[4]

Union attract supporters primarily from the Brussels region, especially from the South of the Belgian capital. Their ultras are known as the Union Bhoys, and sit in the all-standing Tribune Est. The Union Bhoys have friendships with RFC Liège and Cercle Bruges supporters.

Union share a Brussels city derby, also known as a "derby of the Zwanze" with Racing White Daring Molenbeek, which stems from their old rivalry with Daring Club Brussels,[5] that has been encapsulated in the Brussels play Bossemans et Coppenolle. However, the two are said to have a love-hate relationship, having both experienced financial difficulty in the modern era, and organised friendlies together in support.[6]

Union also have a rivalry with neighbour RSC Anderlecht, although the two have met even fewer times in the modern era than RWDM and Union have. They met for the first time since 1979 in the Belgian Cup in 2018, with Union stunning Anderlecht 0–3 at the Stade Constant Vandenstock.[7]

As of 20 January, 2020[8]

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 Anders Kristiansen 2 DF Pietro Perdichizzi 3 DF Kevin Kis 4 DF Jonas Bager 5 DF Anas Hamzaoui 6 MF Casper Nielsen 7 FW Charlie Brown (on loan from Chelsea U-23) 8 MF Marcel Mehlem 9 FW Roman Ferber 10 FW Serge Tabekou 11 MF Mathias Fixelles 12 DF Sébastien Pocognoli 13 GK Enzo D'Alberto 14 FW Ibrahima Bah

No. Position Player 17 MF Teddy Teuma 22 DF Federico Vega 23 FW Aron Sigurðarson 26 GK Adrien Saussez 27 MF Hadamou Traoré 28 DF Soufiane El Banouhi 30 FW Isaiah Young (on loan from Werder Bremen) 43 MF Nik Lorbek 44 DF Siebe Van der Heyden 59 DF Ismaël Kandouss - FW Nils Bouekou - MF Senne Lynen - FW Deniz Undav

Sports director

• Chris O'Loughlin

Head coach

• Felice Mazzù

Assistant coach

• Karel Geraerts

Goalkeeping coach

Fitness coach

• Eric Dehaeseleer

Team manager

• Annelies Menten

Kit manager

• Rok Grilec

• Christophe Goumotsios
• The Invincibles (football)

• Official website