R.F.C. Seraing (1922)

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.

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

RFC Seraing
Full nameRoyal Football Club Seraing
Founded1922
GroundStade du Pairay, Seraing
Capacity8,207[1]
ChairmanMario Franchi
ManagerJean-Sébastien Legros (caretaker)
LeagueBelgian First Division A
2021–22First Division A, 17th of 18
WebsiteClub website

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
  • 1981–82, 1992–93

Players

Current squad
As of 3 February, 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  BEL Timothy Galjé
2 DF  GUI Abdoulaye Sylla
4 DF  FRA Marvin Tshibuabua
5 MF  CMR Stève Mvoué
6 MF  BEL Mathieu Cachbach
7 FW  CPV Vagner Gonçalves (on loan from Metz)
8 DF  FRA Gerald Kilota
10 FW  CHA Marius Mouandilmadji
12 MF  BEL Antoine Bernier
14 MF  BEL Valentin Guillaume
15 MF  BEL Sami Lahssaini (on loan from Metz)
16 GK  LUX Timothy Martin (on loan from Virton)
17 DF  FRA Sandro Trémoulet
18 DF  CGO Morgan Poaty
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  FRA Abou Ba (on loan from Nantes)
21 DF  BEL Fabrice Sambu
23 MF  BEL Christophe Lepoint
25 DF  FRA Mahamadou Dembélé
27 MF  FRA Sambou Sissoko
29 FW  NGA Ejaita Ifoni
30 GK  FRA Guillaume Dietsch (on loan from Metz)
40 DF  GHA Daniel Opare
52 FW  BEL Noah Serwy
61 FW  ALG Zakaria Silini
67 MF  BEL Matteo Renzulli
99 DF  SEN Moustapha Mbow (on loan from Reims)
— DF  COD John Nekadio

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  BEL Elias Spago (to Virton)
— MF  FRA Leroy Abanda (to Lamia)
No. Pos. Nation Player}
— FW  FRA Simon Elisor (to Laval)

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

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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