R.F.C. Tournai

RFC Tournai
Full name	Royal Football Club Tournai
Founded	17 April 1903; 121 years ago
Ground	Stade Luc Varenne, Tournai
Capacity	7,552
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

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.

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.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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