R.F.C. Seraing (1922)

RFC Seraing is a Belgian association football club based in Seraing in the province of Liège. They play their home games at the Stade du Pairay.

This article is about the football club established in 1922. For the dissolved club, see R.F.C. Seraing (1904).

RFC Seraing
Full nameRoyal Football Club Seraing
Founded1922
GroundStade du Pairay, Seraing
Capacity8,207[1]
ChairmanMario Franchi
ManagerJean-Louis Garcia
LeagueBelgian First Division A
2020–21First Division B, 2nd of 8 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded in the early 20th century as RFC Bressoux, registered with the Belgian FA under matricule 23, but renamed in 1992 to Royale Union Liégeoise or RUL after a merger. Upon the default of R.F.C. Seraing in 1996, the club again renamed itself to Seraing RUL and started playing at the Stade du Pairay where the former RFC Seraing played until its default. It was however an entirely different club and completely distinct from the former RFC Seraing. Seraing RUL was at that level playing at the fourth level of Belgian football. The club would remain at the lower levels of Belgian football, never higher than the third level. It 2006, this club changed its name to RFC Seraing to recapture the past of the club which place it took, but dropped further, even sinking to the fifth level in 2014, at which point it bought the rights (and place) of another club (Boussu Dour Borinage) to swap places. As a result, the club now carried matricule 167 (as 23 now belonged to Boussu Dour Borinage) and was able to immediately jump three levels and started the 2014–15 season in the Belgian Second Division. It started in the Second Division under the new name Seraing United, but reverted to RFC Seraing one season later. With the Belgian league reform of 2016, the club dropped back to the third level, but managed to promote two times in succession in 2019–20 and 2020–21 to reach the 2021–22 Belgian First Division A, bringing back top division football to the city of Seraing after 25 years.

Honours
  • 1981–82, 1992–93

Players

Current squad
As of 31 January 2022[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BEL Timothy Galjé
4 DF  SEN Wagane Faye
5 MF  CIV Rayan Djedje (on loan from Metz)
8 DF  FRA Gerald Kilota
9 FW  GEO Georges Mikautadze (on loan from Metz)
10 FW  CHA Marius Mouandilmadji
11 FW  CIV Ali Sanogo
12 MF  BEL Antoine Bernier
13 DF  CIV Kouadio-Yves Dabila (on loan from Lille)
15 MF  BEL Sami Lahssaini (on loan from Metz)
17 MF  BEL Mathieu Cachbach (on loan from Metz)
18 DF  CGO Morgan Poaty
20 DF  FRA Yahya Nadrani
21 DF  BEL Fabrice Sambu
22 GK  BEL Maxime Mignon
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK  BEL Álex Craninx (on loan from Molde)
24 DF  FRA Benjamin Boulenger
28 DF  BEL Elias Spago
29 MF  MAR Bassim Boukteb
30 GK  FRA Guillaume Dietsch (on loan from Metz)
36 MF  GAM Ablie Jallow (on loan from Metz)
37 DF  BEL François D'Onofrio
40 DF  GHA Daniel Opare
44 MF  GUI Ibrahima Cissé
51 DF  BEL Robin Denuit
52 FW  BEL Noah Serwy
57 MF  FRA Maïdine Douane (on loan from Metz)
61 FW  ALG Zakaria Silini
65 FW  BEL Giacomo D'Asaro
88 MF  FRA Youssef Maziz (on loan from Metz)

References
  1. Le stade du Pairay, rfc-seraing.be (last check 30 March 2018)
  2. "Noyau A" (in French). R.F.C. Seraing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.


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