FC Brussels
| FC Brussels | |||
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | RWDM Brussels FC | ||
| Seat | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean , Belgium | ||
| founding | November 30, 1932 (education) March 23, 1933 (registration) 2003 (merger) |
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| Colours | red - black - white | ||
| president | Johan Vermeersch | ||
| Website | www.rwdm.be | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Albert Cartier | ||
| Venue | Edmond Machtensstadion | ||
| Places | 15,266 | ||
| league | Division 1B | ||
| 2012/13 | 15th place | ||
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The RWDM Brussels FC ( RWDM ) was a Belgian football club from the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - a part of the city region Brussels in 2002 from the merger of the two clubs - RWD Molenbeek and KFC Strombeek emerged. From 2004/05 onwards, the club played in the Belgian First Division for four years until he was relegated to the Belgian Second Division in 2008 . Colloquially, the club was also called De Bondgenoten or / Les Coalisés (The Allies). After the 2014/15 season, the club was dissolved.
history
The club was the result of a long series of mergers and renaming of Brussels clubs. The beginnings go back to the 19th century.
Racing Club de Bruxelles
The Racing Club was founded in 1891 as an athletics club, which was joined by a football department in 1894. In 1895 he was one of the founding members of the Belgian football association UBSSA, later KBVB. In 1921 he was given the privilege of being able to call himself Royal Racing Club de Bruxelles . Its colors were black and white.
In the early years of the Belgian soccer league, Racing Club was the dominant team. She became a master in 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1908. She played in the stadium "De Ganzenvijver / Stade du Vivier d'Oie" in Uccle / Ukkel . This stadium, which is now a listed building, has the first concrete grandstand on the European mainland with a capacity of 800. There, on May 1, 1904, during the first continental international match between Belgium and France , the club secretary Louis Muhlinghaus suggested the founding of FIFA , at which he then became a founding member and first general secretary on May 21, 1904. Later from 1954 the racing chairman Rodolphe Seeldrayers was FIFA chairman.
After the First World War, the best time of the club was over and he only played in the lower regions of the first or second division. He then also played in the Drei-Linden-Stadion.
As one of the oldest football clubs in the country, Racing held the prestigious root number six of the Belgian Football Association. These matriculation numbers are assigned by the KBVB to its member associations in the order in which they are registered, so a low master number is an identification of a special tradition of an association.
In 1963 the association merged with White Star. A new club with the old name Racing Club de Bruxelles 1891 was founded in 2005.
White star
White Star was founded in 1909 by students from the Sint Bonifacius Institute in Ixelles . The team played in the institute's colors: red and white. To distinguish themselves from other teams with the same playing attire, a white star was added - this is how the club name came about. As the White Star Athletic Club , the club became a member of the football association and received the trunk number 47, which the RWDM later took over. In 1922 the name was changed to White Star Woluwe AC , in 1935 to Royal White Star AC . At times he played in the first, but mostly in the second division and could not achieve outstanding results.
Racing White
In 1963 Racing Club and White Star merged to form Royal Racing White with the root number 47. Racing White reached the first division, stood in the 1969 cup final against Lierse SK and took part in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup , where he played in the first round against the Portuguese Team GD CUF Barreiro lost. With these results he could not attract large crowds and so Daring Molenbeek was approached with the aim of providing a top European team.
Daring Molenbeek
The Daring Football Club was founded by students in 1895 and joined the Belgian Football Association in 1897 as the Daring Club de Bruxelles . As early as 1900 they merged with the Bruxelles Football Club to Daring Bruxelles Football Club , but took on the name Daring Club de Bruxelles again after two years , after the club had also merged with Sporting Molenbeek and Skill FC . In 1903 the US Bruxelles association also joined. That year Daring reached the premier league and became local rivals for Union Saint-Gilloise . Since 1920 he was allowed to call himself Daring Club de Bruxelles Société Royale and led the trunk number two. In 1950 the name changed again to Royal Daring Club de Bruxelles and finally in 1970 to Royal Daring Club Molenbeek . Today's club colors red and black go back to Daring.
Daring was a master craftsman in 1912, 1914, 1921, 1936 and 1937. Shortly before World War II, Daring was accused of bribing a Union player. The club was relegated to the third division, but was able to play in the second division through an agreement with Union Hutoise. After 1950 Daring only played the role of a yo-yo club between first and second league, hit a few times and the European Fairs Cup . The last descent followed in 1969. As a second division, the club was once again in the cup final in 1970. Daring wanted to go back to the premier league, but a merger with Racing White was necessary.
Racing White Daring Molenbeek (RWDM)
Racing White Daring Molenbeek (short: RWDM) was launched in 1973. Since the older Club Racing White joined the more successful Daring Molenbeek, the new club had to do without the trunk number six and started with the matriculation number 47. Daring also brought the Oscar Bossaertstadion , now called Edmond Machtensstadion , into the new connection loyal fans.
In the very first season (1973/74) RWDM was third and thus reached the European Cup again. The team even became champions the following season. From 1973/74 to 1977/78 RWDM played five times in a row in a European competition and remained unbeaten in 14 games. In 1976/77 the team prevailed in the UEFA Cup against Næstved IF , Wisła Krakau , FC Schalke 04 and Feyenoord Rotterdam and were only eliminated in the semi-finals with two draws against Athletic Bilbao . Then RWDM qualified twice (1980 and 1996) for the European Cup, but retired in the first round. In terms of sport, things went downhill since the 1980s: RWDM was relegated from the first division in 1984, 1989 and 1998. Three years after the last relegation RWDM managed to rise again in 2001, but after major financial problems the club was relegated to the third division and his license was finally withdrawn - the club was dissolved and in 2002 became part of the KFC Strombeek.
KFC Strombeek
After the end of RWDM, Johan Vermeersch, who had been active at RWDM for a long time, took over another club, KFC Strombeek , which now played in the Edmond Machtensstadion. He had been a member of the Belgian football association KBVB since 1932. After the RWDM was taken over by the KFC Strombeek and this was taken over by a new owner, the club was renamed FC Brussels in 2003. For most fans, this is the successor to the glorious RWDM.
Relegation and dissolution
From 2004/05 onwards, FC Brussels played in the Belgian first division for four years. In the first season, the relegation could only just be prevented, after the 9th place in 2006 on 13th place (2007) in the second division (2008, 18th place), where the club again in the 2010/11 season played against relegation. On June 24, 2014, the club's president, Johan Vermeersch, announced the dissolution of the club, as the club had not received a license for the upcoming season in the second division after relegation .
Trainer
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Robert Waseige (2005) -
Franky Van Der Elst (2008)
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Marc Grosjean (2008-2009)
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Stéphane Demol (2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filip van der Elst, Maarten Verdoodt: Ganzenvijver Ukkel . Bruzz No. 1580 on August 25, 2017, pages 24-25
- ↑ http://www.dhnet.be , Le RWDM Brussels cesse d'exister , accessed on March 8, 2015