R.F.C. Tournai

Full name

Royal Football Club Tournai

Founded

1902

Ground

Stade Luc Varenne, Tournai

Capacity

2,500

Chairman

Philippe Rasseneur

Manager

Michel Wintacq

League

Belgian Third Division

2013–14

Belgian Third Division, 9th

Home colours

Away colours

R.F.C. 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 Second Division.

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 sarted 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.

R.F.C. 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 November, 24th, 2007 Thierry Pister was appointed as the new head coach for the club.

Current squad

As of 18 October, 2013.

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

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Julien Desire
		MF	Gregory Ferreira Lino
		MF	Brecht Verbrugghe
		MF	Jérémie Cremers
		MF	Volkan Ozen
		MF	Steven Grammens
		MF	Geoffrey Cabaye
		MF	Joris Urbain
		FW	Adnan Custovic
		FW	Tom Delangre
		FW	Julien Colinet

Staff

Head Coach

Mickael Browaeys

Assistant Coach

Fabien Delbeeke

Goalkeeper Coach

Christophe Martin

Team Chef

Abdel Araci

External links

Belgian Second Division

2015–16 teams	Antwerp ASV Geel Cercle Brugge Coxyde Dessel Sport Deinze Eupen Heist Lierse Lommel Patro Eisden Maasmechelen Roeselare Seraing Tubize Union SG Virton WS Brussels

Competition	Teams (Winners) Play-offs Current managers

Seasons	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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