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{{Short description|Belgian football club}}
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| fullname = Union Namur
| nickname = ''Les Merles'' (The Blackbirds)
| founded = {{start date and age|1905}}
| ground = [[Stade communal de Namur]]
| capacity = 3,500
| chairman = Bernard Annet
| manager = [[David Vandenbroeck]]
| league = [[Belgian National Division 1]]
| season = [[2023–24 Belgian National Division 1|2023–24]]
| position = 15th of 18
| website = {{URL|unionnamur.be}}
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'''Union Namur''', formerly known as '''Union Royale Namur''', is a Belgian [[Association football|football]] club based in  [[Namur]], capital of [[Namur Province]]. The team currently play in the [[Belgian National Division 1|National Division 1]], the third tier of Belgian football. They are often nicknamed ''Les Merles'' due to their colours black with a touch of yellow.

== History ==
Until 2018, the team was known as UR Namur, however as the team faced relegation from the [[2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division]] into the [[Belgian provincial leagues]], the team instead merged with newly promoted [[Racing FC Fosses|Fosses]] to form Union Royale Namur Fosses-La-Ville and retain its place in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.

In 2021–22, the club renamed to Union Namur promotes to the Second Amateur Division (4th tier of Belgian football).

In 2022–23, Union Namur secure promotion to Belgian National Division 1 from 2023–24 season, after finishing runner-up due to [[RFC Warnant]] finishing as Champions of Belgian Division 2 ACFF cause fail obtain a licence to Belgian third tier.

== Stadium ==
Union Namur play in Stade Communal de Namur (En: City of Namur Stadium) with a capacity 3,500 seats (700 seats).

==Current squad==
{{Updated|6 February 2024}}
{{fs start}}
{{fs  player | no=  1 | nat=  BEL  | pos=GK | name= Damien Herman }}
{{fs  player | no=  4 | nat=  BEL  | pos=DF | name= Loïc Vander Cammen }}
{{fs  player | no=  5 | nat=  BEL  | pos=DF | name= Lucas Baudot }}
{{fs  player | no=  7 | nat=  COD  | pos=MF | name= Miguel Quintais }}
{{fs  player | no=  8 | nat=  BEL  | pos=MF | name= Matis Laloux }}
{{fs  player | no= 10 | nat=  BEL  | pos=FW | name= Bryan Api-Kindanda }}
{{fs  player | no= 11 | nat=  BEL  | pos=FW | name= Kim Detienne }}
{{fs  player | no= 13 | nat=  BEL  | pos=DF | name= Adel Sbaa }}
{{fs  player | no= 15 | nat=  BEL  | pos=MF | name= Danny Fofana }}
{{fs  player | no= 18 | nat=  FRA  | pos=DF | name= Lorenzo Prso }}
{{fs  player | no= 20 | nat=  BEL  | pos=DF | name= Soulimen Ghaddari }}
{{Fs mid}}
{{fs  player | no= 21 | nat=  JPN  | pos=MF | name= Sho Tashima }}
{{fs  player | no= 23 | nat=  BEL  | pos=MF | name= Axel Dheur }}
{{fs  player | no= 24 | nat=  FRA  | pos=GK | name= Jordan Tonnet }}
{{fs  player | no= 27 | nat=  BEL  | pos=MF | name= Loïc Besson }}
{{fs  player | no= 29 | nat=  GUI  | pos=FW | name= [[Yady Bangoura]] }}
{{fs  player | no= 30 | nat=  BEL  | pos=DF | name= Mamoudou Diallo }}
{{fs  player | no= 33 | nat=  FRA  | pos=DF | name= Yasin Mohamed }}
{{fs  player | no= 54 | nat=  CMR  | pos=MF | name= George Alalabang }}
{{fs  player | no= 77 | nat=  FRA  | pos=DF | name= Zacharie Iscaye }}
{{fs  player | no= 90 | nat=  BEL  | pos=MF | name= El Mehdi Khaida }}
{{fs  player | no= 97 | nat=  BEL  | pos=MF | name= Florian Gendebien }}
{{fs  player | no= 99 | nat=  CMR  | pos=FW | name= [[Felix Chenkam]] }}
{{fs end}}

===Retired numbers===
<big>'''3'''</big>&nbsp;– {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Michel Soulier]], [[defender (football)|defender]] (1967–77)

==Staff==
''Head Coach''
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Cédric Fauré]]

''Assistant Coach''
*{{flagicon|BEL}} Pierre Salmé

''Goalkeeper Coach''
*{{flagicon|BEL}} Baudouin Leclercq

==Honours==
* '''Belgian Division 2'''
** ''Runners-up (1)'': [[2022–23 Belgian Division 2#Belgian Division 2 ACFF|2022–23]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|fr}} {{official website|unionnamur.be}}
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.urn.be UR Namur Fans]

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[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1905]]
[[Category:1905 establishments in Belgium]]
[[Category:Sport in Namur (city)|UR Namur]]


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