Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Union

Full name	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Nickname(s)	Les Unionistes Union 60
Founded	1 November 1897 (1897-11-01)
Ground	Stade Joseph Marien, Forest, Brussels
Ground Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Jurgen Baatzsch
Manager	Marc Grosjean
League	Belgian Second Division
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, often abbreviated to Union SG, is a Belgian football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels, although since the 1920s it has been based at the Stade Joseph Marien in the neighbouring municipality of Forest.

The club is one of the most successful in the history of Belgian football, but currently plays in the second division. The club won eleven Belgian championships between 1904 and 1935, making it the most successful Belgian club before World War II. The team colours are blue and yellow and its matricule is the n°10.

History

The club was founded in 1897 and obtained its first of eleven titles as Champion of Belgium in 1904. From 1933 to 1935 the team played 60 consecutive matches undefeated, setting a still unbeaten record in Belgium. In the early 1900s the club also had a dominant spell in some of the very first "European" Cup competitions that took place, prior to officially sanctioned UEFA competitions.

Between 1958 and 1965 the club had a brief spell of European success, playing the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and reaching the semi-finals in the 1958–60 edition after a two legged victory against A.S. Roma. In 1963, however, the club was relegated to the second division, and in 1980 even fell as low as the Belgian Promotion division.

Honours

Domestic

• Belgian First Division:
  • Winners (11): 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1912–13, 1922–23, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35
  • Runners-up (8): 1902–03, 1907–08, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1923–24
• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (1): 1963–64
  • Runners-up (1): 1967–68
• Belgian Third Division A:
  • Winners (2): 1975–76, 1983–84
• Belgian Third Division B:
  • Winners (1): 2003–04
• Belgian Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1912–13, 1913–14

European

• Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz:
  • Winners (3): 1905, 1906, 1907
  • Runners-up (1): 1904
• Coupe Jean Dupuich:
  • Winners (4): 1912, 1913, 1914, 1925
  • Runners-up (1): 1908

Current squad

As of 7 December, 2015.^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Yoran Chalon 3 DF Constant Delsanne 4 DF Anthony Cabeke 5 MF Grégoire Neels 6 MF Mehdi Haddadou 7 DF Tracy Mpati 8 MF Mehdi Haddadou 9 FW Mickael Antoine-Curier 10 FW Augusto Alves 11 DF Geoffrey Cabeke 13 DF Vincent Vandiepenbeeck 14 MF Lou Wallaert

No. Position Player 15 MF Ignazio Cocchiere 16 MF Charles Morren 19 GK Anthony Sadin 20 MF Yannick Aguemon 21 DF Gertjan Martens 23 DF Jordan Massengo 25 MF André Coutinho 31 DF Georgios Kaminiaris 32 FW Nicolas Rajsel 39 FW Yahya Boumediene 44 DF Fazlı Kocabaş 93 FW Florent Zitte

Staff

Head Coach

• Marc Grosjean

Assistant Coach

• Grégory Vanmelkebeke

Goalkeeper Coach

• Florent Delstanche

Medical

Kiné

• Ali Errachidi
• Nick Parijs

See also

• Christophe Goumotsios

References

External links

• Official website