| Full name | Cercle Sportif Visé |
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| Founded | 1924 |
| Ground | Stade de la cité de l'oie, Visé (Capacity: 5,200) |
| Chairman | Aga Bakrie |
| Manager | Loris Dominissini |
| League | Belgian Second Division |
| 2010-11 | 5th |
Cercle Sportif Visé is a Belgian football club from the city of Visé in the province of Liège. They are playing in the Belgian second division. The club plays its home matches at Stade de la Rue de Mons in Visé. They are nicknamed Les Oies (the geese), after the city of Visé nickname.
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The club was founded in 1924 as C.S. Visétois and received the matricule number 369 from the Belgian Football Association. Their first spell in national football was in 1948-49, and their remained at this level for two consecutive seasons. Starting from the 1960s, the club will play several seasons in the Belgian Promotion again, each decade until the 1990s. In 1996, they finally reach the third division, by winning their series in promotion (serie C). In 1997, they achieved their best result in the Belgian Cup by reaching the round of 32 , to lose to rivals Standard Liège. In 1998, they promote to the second division via the promotion playoff. They played two consecutive seasons at this level, then were relegated, to come back the next year in the second division, this time for 4 consecutive seasons. The were promoted to second division in the season 2009/2010 and they now play the second division for the second consecutive season.
The club has between the best youth department facilities in Belgium, the RCS Visé Football Academie counts in fact on ten natural grass football grounds in one site with proper supporting infrastructures.
The academy has over 550 young players, participating to the various leagues of the different categories (from Under 6 to Under 19).
Also the first and the reserve team train and practice on the same site, but these two teams can use also three other football grounds exclusively dedicated to them, one of them with artificial turf of last generation (FIFA Approved).
In April 2011 the club has been purchased by the Indonesian investor Adika Nuraga Bakrie, that currently holds the post of chairman. The new investor has annnounced a plan of upgrading the already excellent infrastructures, expand the existing stadium and a mid term target to reach first division.
Three Indonesian players coming from an Indonesian club based in Uruguay (where it participates to the youth leagues U17 and U19) have joined the club in July 2011: Yericho Cristiantoko, Yandi Munawar and Alfin Tuasalamony. In next january 2012 transfer window, the fourth Indonesian player will be transferred to Visè, Alam Syamsir, coming from C.A. Penarol of Uruguay.
The management has been entrusted by the new Chariman to Roberto Regis Milano as CEO (former Torino Calcio Executive VP and CEO).
Carlos Molinari (former president of C.A. River Plate of Montevideo and former Vice President of AUF Asociacion Uruguaya de Futbol) holds the position of CFO, Giuseppe Accardi (Previously Sport Director of Torino Calcio) is the sport consultant and sport director, and Federico Molinari is the General Manager of the club.
As of August 22, 2011[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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