R.F.C. Tournai

RFC 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 Belgian National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football.

RFC Tournai

Full name	Royal Football Club Tournai
Founded	17 April 1903; 121 years ago (17 April 1903)
Ground	Stade Luc Varenne, Tournai
Capacity	7,552[1]
Chairman	Rudi Lemoine
Manager	Luigi Nasca
League	Belgian National Division 1
2023–24	Belgian Division 2 ACFF, 4th of 18 (promoted)
Website	http://www.rfct.be
Home colours Away colours

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.

RFC 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 24 November 2007, Thierry Pister was appointed as the new head coach for the club.

In 2022–23, RFC Tournai secure promotion to Belgian Division 2 from next season after winning play-off against RSC Habay La Neuve with score narrowly 0–1 at away games and return to fourth tier after 12 years absence. Following season, RFC Tournai secure back to back promotion to Belgian National Division 1 from next season after finishing fourth place due to expansion team in third tier.

Current squad

As of 18 October 2013.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BEL Christophe Martin — GK  BEL Antoine Havez — GK  BEL Florent Cammers — DF  BEL Fabien Delbeeke — DF  FRA Loïc Leclercq — DF  BEL Loïc Delval — DF  BEL Marvin Foucart — DF  FRA Romain Ribeiro — DF  BEL Maxence Delval — MF  BEL Bastien Chantry — MF  BEL Jonathan Delannoy

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BEL Julien Desire — MF  FRA Gregory Ferreira Lino — MF  BEL Brecht Verbrugghe — MF  BEL Jérémie Cremers — MF  BEL Volkan Ozen — MF  BEL Steven Grammens — MF  FRA Geoffrey Cabaye — MF  BEL Joris Urbain — FW  BIH Adnan Custovic — FW  BEL Tom Delangre — FW  BEL Julien Colinet

Staff

Head Coach

• Mickael Browaeys

Assistant Coach

• Fabien Delbeeke

Goalkeeper Coach

• Christophe Martin

Team Chef

• Abdel Araci

Honour

• Belgian Cup
  • Winners: 1955–56