R.R.F.C. Montegnée

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Royal Racing Football Club Montegnée is a Belgian football club from the municipality of Montegnée, Liège. It is currently playing in the third division B.

[edit] History

The club was founded in the early twentieth century and received the matricule n°77. Following the fusion between F.C. Montegnée F.C. Gosson, it changed its name to R.F.C. Montegnée. It first appeared in the second division in 1923. In 1925 it was relegated to the third division but it came back four years later and won the second division that season. The club then played its only season at the highest level in Belgian football finishing 13th on 14 (before R.S.C. Anderlecht). Montegnée then spent some seasons in the second division until 1938 (except in 1933-34) when it was relegated to the third division again. The club would never come back at the highest two levels.

Montegnée changed its name to R. Saint-Nicolas R.F.C. de Liège in 1976. In 1989 the matricule n°77 merged with R. Tilleur F.C. to become R.F.C. Tilleur-Saint-Nicolas under the matricule n°21. The club was eventually refounded as R.R.F.C. Montegnée and it acquired the matricule n°77.