R.F.C. Seraing (1922)

This article is about the football club established in 1922. For the dissolved club, see R.F.C. Seraing (1904).

RFC Seraing

File:RFC Seraing logo.png
Full name	Royal Football Club Seraing
Founded	1922
Ground	Stade du Pairay, Seraing
Ground Capacity	8,207
Chairman	Mario Franchi
Manager	Jean-Sébastien Legros (caretaker)
League	Challenger Pro League
2022–23	Belgian Pro League, 18th (relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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.

Honours

• Belgian Second Division: 2

• 1981–82, 1992–93

Players

See also: Category:R.F.C. Seraing (1922) players

Current squad

As of 17 July, 2023

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 Timothy Galjé 2 DF Abdoulaye Sylla 3 DF John Nekadio 4 DF Marvin Tshibuabua 5 MF Stève Mvoué 6 DF Noah Solheid 7 FW Noah Serwy 10 MF Mathieu Cachbach 11 FW Édouard Soumah-Abbad (on loan from Metz) 14 MF Valentin Guillaume 17 DF Sandro Trémoulet 18 DF Morgan Poaty 19 FW Zakaria Silini

No. Position Player 20 MF Denys Bunchukov 21 DF Fabrice Sambu 23 MF Christophe Lepoint 25 DF Mahamadou Dembélé 27 MF Sambou Sissoko 28 DF Elias Spago 29 DF Oussmane Kébé (on loan from Metz) 30 GK Ugo Desille 41 FW Cameron Manang 65 MF Bassim Boukteb 74 DF Joey-Kwan Detienne 91 MF Sonny Perrey 97 MF Lilian Raillot GK Lucas Margueron

Out on loan

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Club officials

As of 1 July 2022

Position	Staff
Chairman	Mario Franchi
Chief Executive Officer	Philippe Gilis
Sporting director	Carlos Freitas
Caretaker Manager	Jean-Sébastien Legros
Assistant manager	Grégory Proment
Goalkeeping coach	Olivier Werner
Fitness coach	Dimitri Chevremont
Video analyst	Loris Viroux
Medical Cell Manager	Jean Vervier
Doctor	Martin Schlitz
Physiotherapist	Gauthier Lambrette Maxime Deghaye Thibault Dewingaerden
Storekeeper	Thierry Coulee
Delegate Team A	José Victoor
Team Manager	Peter Kerremans

External links

• Official website