Royal Football Club Meux is a football club based in La Bruyère, Wallonia, Belgium. The club competes in the Belgian Division 2, the fourth tier of Belgian football. The club is affiliated to the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) with matricule 4454 and has green as its club colour.
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| Full name | Royal Football Club Meux | |
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| Founded | 1946 | |
| Ground | Stade des Vert et Blanc, La Bruyère | |
| Capacity | 1,500 | |
| Chairman | Philippe Dubail[1][2] | |
| Manager | Laurent Gomez | |
| League | Belgian Division 2 | |
| 2022–23 | Belgian Division 2 ACFF, 5th of 18 | |
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History edit
Football Club Meux was founded shortly after the end of World War II and became affiliated with the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB).[3] They were registered with matricule 4454 and began playing at the lowest regional level.[4] The club's first honour was a victory in the Coupe de la Province de Namur in 1966. The club played in the provincial divisions for half a century. In 1997, Meux won the title in the First Provincial Division and were promoted for the first time in their history to the Belgian Fourth Division, the fourth and lowest national level.[5]
In their first season in national football, the club which had since become Royal Football Club Meux, finished in eighth place. The next season, the club ranked second to last, a position synonymous with relegation to the provincial divisions. The following years were spent as a yo-yo club between the highest regional tier and the lowest national tier.[3]
In the 2010s, the club's results improved and after failing to win promotion two consecutive seasons in fifth place,[6] the team clinched the title in the Fourth Division in 2016, the first title at national level in the club's history.[7][8] Thanks to this, the club could maintain themselves at the new fourth national level, which took the name of Belgian Second Amateur Division from the 2016–17 season.[9]
Seasons edit
- Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 0
- Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 0
- Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0
- Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 15
- Seasons spent at Level 5 of the football league system: 0
References edit
- ^ "Philippe Dubail nouveau patron de Meux". Édition digitale de Namur (in French). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "J'ai senti le groupe très détaché". L'Avenir (in French). 27 August 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ a b "LA CLASSE AMÉRICAINE". Sport/Foot Magazine (in French). 22 November 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Dictionnaire des clubs affiliés à l'URBSFA depuis 1895: archives de l'URBSFA". Foot100 (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Belgium 1997/98". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Fernand DELCHAMBRE Un président heureux". L'Avenir (in French). 27 April 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Promotion D: Meux est champion! (photos + vidéo)". Sudinfo (in French). 1 May 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Meux champion de Promotion D". Walfoot (in French). 2 May 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Meux n'a plus le choix". Walfoot (in French). 10 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.