K.R.C. Mechelen

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other Koninklijke Racing Club Mechelen, simply known as Racing Mechelen or KRC Mechelen, is a Belgian association football club from Mechelen in the Antwerp province. It is a long-time rival of KV Mechelen. The club's best position ever is a second place in the first division 1951–52. KRC Mechelen also reached the final of the Belgian Cup in 1954. However, the team has been falling through the Belgian football league system since 2015 and in the 2017–18 season it will be playing in the Belgian Provincial Leagues for the first time since 1906.

History

Founded in July 1904 as Racing Club de Malines, the club registered with the federation two years later on 22 June 1906 and received the matricule n°24. The name of the club changed three times: first the suffix Société Royale was added (1929), then the name was translated into Dutch becoming Koninklijke Racing Club Mechelen (1937).

Racing Mechelen played its first season in the first division in 1910–11 and finished 8th of 12 teams. By this time, rival FC Malines, later called KV Mechelen, was playing in second division. The following season, Racing ended 11th just one point away from Beerschot and was relegated. Just before World War I, Racing finished second in their division while FC Malines was third (8 points away). Thus RC Malines were promoted, playing the following season in the first division, which was played in 1919–20. They ended in 6th place. Two years after that FC Malines was playing in the first division too. In 1929 and 1930 after having spent one year in the second division (1924), the club grabbed third place in the first division. A record it would beat in 1952 with a second place after a new sequence of two third places (1950 and 1951). In 1954 it qualified for the final game of the Belgian Cup. Afterwards, the club fell to the second division and has rarely played at a higher level in recent decades.

Stadium

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3 April 2004: North stand

The Oscar Vankesbeeckstadion is a football stadium in the Belgian city of Mechelen. The stadium is located just to the north of the centre of town over the River Dijle. It was built in 1923 and is named after the former president of the club: Oscar Van Kesbeeck (1886–1943) who was a Flemish Liberal Politician. The current capacity of the stadium is 6,123. The Oscar Vankesbeeckstadion is located just under a mile away from Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne, which is home to rivals KV Mechelen.

Honours

• Belgian First Division:
  • Runners-up (1): 1951–52
  • Third place (4): 1928–29, 1929–30, 1949–50, 1950–51
• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (4): 1909–10, 1947–1948, 1974–1975, 1987–1988
  • Runners-up (5): 1913–1914, 1924–1925, 1938–1939, 1945–1946, 1984–1985
• Belgian Third Division:
  • Winners (4): 1961–1962, 1965–1966, 1968–1969, 2013–2014
• Belgian Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1953–1954

Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	Gianni De Ruysscher
2	DF	Template:Fba/core	Thibault Borrens
3	DF	Template:Fba/core	Stein Stuyck
4	MF	Template:Fba/core	Niels Mariën
5	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nils Van Delm
6	FW	Template:Fba/core	Dani Martinez Correas
7	FW	Template:Fba/core	Dean Maleszewski
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	Andreas Luckermans
9	FW	Template:Fba/core	Wannes Janssens
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	Lothar Hens
11	DF	Template:Fba/core	Yannick Dierickx
12	MF	Template:Fba/core	Savio Stoffels
13	FW	Template:Fba/core	Sacha Fontaine

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	Template:Fba/core	Kevin Huysmans
17	FW	Template:Fba/core	Kevin Yagan
18	MF	Template:Fba/core	Augustin Dondo
19	DF	Template:Fba/core	Wout Kerckhofs
20	DF	Template:Fba/core	Bram Kerckhofs
21	DF	Template:Fba/core	Christophe Van Dorst
22	GK	Template:Fba/core	Indy Van Bulck
23	GK	Template:Fba/core	Frederic Ledent
26	MF	Template:Fba/core	Sabri Hmouda
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Dean Doncos
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Alessandro Pignoloni
—	FW	Template:Fba/core	Alec Mertens

On loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Managers

1919–56: Template:Flagicon Jan Dogaer 1956–57: Template:Flagicon Richard Gedopt 1957–58: Template:Flagicon Janos Pintye 1958–58: Template:Flagicon Guillaume Placklé 1958–61: Template:Flagicon Marcel Bruyninckx 1961–62: Template:Flagicon Albert Herremans 1962–63: Template:Flagicon Marius Mondele 1963–64: Template:Flagicon Gérard Engelen 1964–65: Template:Flagicon Jean Hamers 1965–68: Template:Flagicon Rik Van Herp 1968–68: Template:Flagicon Jos De Winne 1968–68: Template:Flagicon Emile Deghislage 1968–72: Template:Flagicon Rik Matthys 1972–72: Template:Flagicon Oliver Gaspar 1972–76: Template:Flagicon Ernst Künnecke 1976–77: Template:Flagicon Bob Maertens 1977–81: Template:Flagicon Raoul Peeters 1981–83: Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Borremans 1983–85: Template:Flagicon Albert Bers 1985–86: Template:Flagicon Włodzimierz Lubański 1986–89: Template:Flagicon Rik Pauwels

1989–90: Template:Flagicon Raoul Peeters 1990–91: Template:Flagicon Guy Mangelschots 1991–92: Template:Flagicon Albert Van Marcke 1992–93: Template:Flagicon Jan Ceuleers/Template:Flagicon Piet Demol 1992–93: Template:Flagicon Piet Demol 1993–94: Template:Flagicon Piet Demol/ Template:Flagicon Rik Pauwels 1994–97: Template:Flagicon Albert Van Marcke 1998–98: Template:Flagicon Marc Huysmans 1998–98: Template:Flagicon Albert Van Marcke 1998–98: Template:Flagicon David Kipiani/ Template:Flagicon Albert Van Marcke 1999–01: Template:Flagicon Patrick Hantson 2001–03: Template:Flagicon Marc Ghys 2003–04: Template:Flagicon Marc Ghys/{ Template:Flagicon Joël Crahay 2004–05: Template:Flagicon Joël Crahay/ Template:Flagicon Patrick Asselman 2005–06: Template:Flagicon Patrick Asselman/Template:Flagicon Colin Andrews 2006–07: Template:Flagicon Colin Andrews 2007–09: Template:Flagicon Regi Van Acker 2009–10: Template:Flagicon Regi Van Acker/ Template:Flagicon Luc Leys/ Template:Flagicon Danny Hoekman/ Template:Flagicon Marc Ghys 2010–11: Template:Flagicon Raoul Peeters 2011–12: Template:Flagicon Marc Ghys/ Template:Flagicon Sadio Ba 2012–: Template:Flagicon Thierry Pister

External links

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