K.R.C. Gent

K.R.C. Gent

Full name	Koninklijke Racing Club Gent
Founded	1899
Ground	PGB-stadion
Ground Capacity	2500
Chairman	Luc Pennoit
Manager	Bart Mauroo
League	Belgian Second Amateur Division A
2016–17	8th

Koninklijke Racing Club Gent is a Belgian association football club from the city of Ghent, East Flanders. It is currently playing in the Promotion A, i.e. the fourth level in the Belgian football league system. The club underwent 5 merges and changed its name many times. It achieved its best ranking in 1925 and 1929 with a 5th place in the first division.

History

The club was founded in the late nineteenth century with the fusion between Athletic Club Gantois (Gantois means "from Ghent" in French), F.C. Gantois and Sport Pédestre Gantois. The new club named Racing Club de Gand registered to the Belgian Football Association in the late 1890s and received the matricule n°11. It took part to the 1898–99 and 1899–1900 seasons in the first division B. Back in 1908 at the top level, the club finished last (12th) and played two seasons in the second division. It lost the final of the first Belgian Cup in history in 1912. From 1911 to 1935 R.C. de Gand played in the first division (except in 1922–23 and 1930–31 when it was in the second division) and so did its rivals K.A.A. Gent between 1913 and 1929. The club had meanwhile changed its name to R.R.C. de Gand in 1925.

In 1952 the club played in the first division again but this time for its last season at this stage, as of 2005. Three years later it was relegated to the third division from which it would never be promoted. In 1987 R.R.C. Gent (as it was named since 1969, i.e. the name of the city was put to Dutch) merged with F.C. Heirnis Gent to become R.R.C. Heirnis Gent. It then changed back briefly to R.R.C. Gent in 1999 and merged with K.V.V. Standaard Meulestede in 2000 to become R.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven. In 2002 the club merged with K.F.C. Oostakker and changed its name to K.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven. Finally in 2016 the club changed its name to K.R.C. Gent.

Current squad

Updated 29 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 Jordy Maes 2 DF Karel Van Lierde 3 DF Gauthier Van De Geuchte 4 DF Ilias Van Wassenhove 5 DF Viktor Goditiabois 6 DF Mathieu Welvaert 7 FW Michiel De Bruycker 8 DF Sam Blancke 9 FW Glory Ajayi 10 MF Jorrit D'Haeseleer 11 FW Alandson da Silva

No. Position Player 12 GK Thomas Van Hende 13 FW Niels Elewaut 14 MF Konstantinos Kotsaridis 15 DF Daan Van Cauwenberge 16 MF Giles Deceuninck 17 MF Guus Vandekerckhove 19 DF Mackim Joos 19 MF Simon Berghmans 20 MF Armand Doka 21 GK Kevin Eeckhoudt

Staff

Head Coach

• Bart Mauroo

Assistant Coach

• Pascal Martens

Goalkeeper Coach

• Pascal Martens

Sporting director

• Eric Ceulemans

Scout

• Danny Van Bever

Medicine Staff

• Geert Veeckman
• Sven Demaere
• Stéfanie Vanassche
• André Bruynings

Honours

• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (1): 1930–31
  • Runners-up (1): 1922–23
• Belgian Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1911–12

References

• Belgian football clubs history
• RSSSF Archive – 1st and 2nd division final tables
• Official website