Sporting Charleroi
| Sporting Charleroi | |||
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Royal Charleroi Sporting Club | ||
| Seat | Charleroi , Belgium | ||
| founding | January 1, 1904 (foundation) November 24, 1907 (registration) |
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| Colours | black-and-white | ||
| president | Fabien Debecq | ||
| Website | sporting-charleroi.be | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Karim Belhocine | ||
| Venue | Stade du Pays de Charleroi | ||
| Places | 14,891 | ||
| league | Division 1A | ||
| 2019/20 | 3rd place - end of the season | ||
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The Royale Sporting du Pays de Charleroi , or Sporting Charleroi for short , is a Belgian football club from Charleroi that plays in Division 1A . The club is also called "Zebras". This name has its origin in the white and black striped jerseys.
history
The club was founded in 1904 and joined the Belgian Football Association. On November 24, 1907, the club was entered in the club register and was allowed to play championship games from this point on. In 1929 the club was allowed to call itself Royale Charleroi SC with the royal suffix. In 2002 the club was renamed Royale Sporting du Pays de Charleroi.
Stadion
The club's stadium was long known as the “Stade du Mambourg”. During the European Football Championship in 2000 , the stadium was one of the venues for the tournament and has been modernized for it. The stadium name was officially changed to Stade du Pays de Charleroi on May 24, 1999 and there was an opening match between Sporting Charleroi and FC Metz.
At the time of EURO 2000 the stadium had around 30,000 seats. After the European Championship tournament, the stadium held around 24,000 visitors after renovation. After a renovation from 2012 to 2013, the capacity is just under 15,000 spectators.
successes
The club has never been a Belgian champion or cup winner, but has finished second a few times.
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Belgian runner-up (1)
- 1969
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Belgian Cup finalist (2)
- 1978, 1993
Most recently, Charleroi managed to qualify for the UEFA Europa League in the 2014/15 season , but failed there in the third qualifying round.
The 2018/19 season ended in 9th place after the main round. He finished the subsequent play-off round first. Charleroi was also able to win the play-off final against KV Kortrijk . He lost the following game against Royal Antwerp as fourth in the championship play-off round 2: 3 and will therefore not take part in European cup competitions in the 2019/20 season.
At the beginning of June 2019, Felice Muzzo made use of a clause in his contract as a coach. The contract was terminated for a payment of 500,000 euros and he switched to league rivals KRC Genk . On June 21, 2019, Karim Belhocine was signed with a permanent contract as the new coach .
player
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Trainer
An overview of the club's coaches.
| Term of office | Nat. | Trainer |
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| 1991 |
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Luka Peruzović |
| 1992-1994 |
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Robert Waseige |
| 1995-1997 |
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Luka Peruzović |
| 1997-1999 |
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Robert Waseige |
| 1998-1999 |
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Luka Peruzović |
| - | - | - |
| 2003-2004 |
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Robert Waseige |
| - | - | - |
| 2009 |
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Stéphane Demol |
| - | - | - |
| 2011 |
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Luka Peruzović |
| - | - | - |
| 2013 |
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Luka Peruzović |
| 2013-2019 |
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Felice Muzzo |
| Since 2019 |
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Karim Belhocine |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrice Capelle: Felice Mazzu est le nouvel entraîneur de Genk. In: sport.be. Jupiler League, June 3, 2019, accessed June 3, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Bienvenue à Karim Belhocine et Frank Defays. Sporting Charleroi, June 21, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 (French).
