R. Charleroi S.C.

R. Charleroi S.C.
Charleroi
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Full name Royal Charleroi
Sporting Club
Nickname(s) Les Zèbres (The Zebras),
Les Carolos
Founded 1904
Ground Stade du Pays de Charleroi,
Charleroi
(Capacity: 25,000[1])
Chairman Iran Abbas Bayat
Manager Belgium Jos Daerden
League Belgian Second Division
2010-2011 Belgian Pro League, 16th (relegated)
Home colours
Away colours

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi (often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, or by their nickname Les Zèbres) is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football has started in the 1985–86 season. Charleroi was founded in 1904 and they first reached the first division in 1947–48. Their highest finish was runner-up in the 1968–69 season. They also reached twice the Belgian Cup final, losing in 1977-78 to Beveren and in 1992-93 to Standard Liège.

Sporting Charleroi have a long-standing rivalry with city other club ROC de Charleroi-Marchienne, currently playing in the third division. Charleroi play their home matches at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi, which was refurbished for the UEFA Euro 2000. The stadium hosted 3 group stage games in the Euro 2000 among which the 1-0 victory of England against Germany. Charleroi have been recruiting several French players in recent years, including Michaël Ciani, Cyril Théréau and goalkeeper Bertrand Laquait.

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History

Charleroi Sporting Club was founded in 1904 and they received the matricule n°22 following their registration to the Royal Belgian Football Association on November 24, 1907. Twenty years after their foundation, they qualified to play in the Promotion (then the second level in Belgian football) and in 1929, the club changed its name to Royal Charleroi Sporting Club. Rivals from Olympic Charleroi were playing in the first division in the late 1930s and the 1940s, while Sporting Charleroi was playing one level down, until they promoted in 1947. In 1949, Sporting Charleroi finished 4th (2 points behind Standard Liège) whereas Olympic Charleroi was 14th. But Olympic took the lead again until 1955 and their relegation to the second division. At the end of the 1956–57 season, Olympic Charleroi had promoted to the first division but Sporting Charleroi finished last in the first division and was thus relegated to the second division. A spell of 9 seasons in the second division followed and in 1966–67 Sporting Charleroi was back at the top level. They finished at the second place in 1968-69 5 points behind Standard Liège but within two years they were relegated again.

In 1974 the first division was changing from 16 to 20 teams and Sporting Charleroi was chosen to play at the top level. Olympic Charleroi promoted too as they had won the second division right before but they remained at the top level for just one season. Sporting underwent a new relegation in 1979–80 (17th on 18) but was back five years later. Their best result since then in the first division is a 4th place in 1993–94. In September 2005, the G-14 took FIFA to court over the 8 month injury incurred by Abdelmajid Oulmers whilst on international duty with Morocco.

Colours and badge

The colours of Charleroi are black and white with a shirt generally striped, which lead to the team being nicknamed The Zebras. In the 2005-06 season the team's away kit was pink.

Stadium

Main article: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

The actual ground was baptized in 1939 with a match Sporting-Union du Centre and it was located near the coal mine named Mambourg. In 1985 the stadium was slightly modernized as the club had qualified for the first division. It was then heavily renewed in the late 1990s in view of the 2000 European Football Championship. The name changed on May 24, 1999 from Stade du Mambourg to Stade du Pays de Charleroi. During the tournament, the full capacity of the stadium was up to 30,000 seats. The Stade du Pays de Charleroi hosted notably the match between Germany and England. The highest stand was eventually reduced and the capacity is now 25,000.

Honours

European record

As of December, 2008.
Competition A B C D E F G
UEFA Cup 2 6 4 0 2 10 8
Intertoto Cup 3 10 3 3 4 11 11

A = appearances, B = matches played, C = won, D = drawn, E = lost, F = goals for, G = goals against.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away
1969-70 UEFA Cup 1R Croatia NK Zagreb 2-1 3-1
1969-70 UEFA Cup 2R France FC Rouen 3-1 0-2
1994-95 UEFA Cup 1R Romania Rapid Bucureşti 2-1 0-2
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 10 Israel Beitar Jerusalem 1-0
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 10 Turkey Bursaspor 0-2
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 10 Slovakia FC Košice 2-3
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 10 England Wimbledon FC 3-0
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 4 Denmark Silkeborg IF 2-4
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 4 Wales Conwy United FC 0-0
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 4 Poland Zaglebie Lubin 0-0
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 4 Austria SV Ried 3-1
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2R Finland Tampere United 0-0 0-1

Players

Current squad

As of 2 July, 2011

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

No. Position Player
2 France DF Mourad Satli
3 Slovenia DF Elvedin Džinič
4 Belgium DF Christopher Verbist
5 Spain DF Martos
6 Israel DF Matan Ohayon
7 Finland FW Hermanni Vuorinen
9 Belgium MF Thibaut Delplanck
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo MF Herve Kage
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo GK Parfait Mandanda
13 Armenia FW Ivan Yagan
14 Belgium MF Samuel Fabris
15 Belgium GK Adrien Faidherbe
16 France GK Stéphane Coqu
17 Croatia FW Matija Smrekar
No. Position Player
18 Senegal FW Moussa Gueye
21 Montenegro DF Mijuško Bojović
23 Belgium GK Cyprien Baguette
24 Belgium MF Onur Kaya
25 Cameroon MF Abraham Kudemor
27 Brazil MF Ederson
29 Germany MF Viktor Bopp
30 France DF Jean-Christophe Vergerolle
80 Belgium MF Kenneth Houdret
99 Spain MF Pedro
France FW Harlem Gnohéré
Brazil MF Leandro Almeida
Switzerland MF Danijel Miličević

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player

For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2009.

Noted players

Belgium

Algeria

Argentina

Australia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Chile

Croatia

England

  • England Carl Airey (1986) 3 games 0 goals
  • England Laurie Cunningham (1987) 1 game 0 goals
  • England [[Michael Peter Harrison(1985–87) 49 apps 1 goal
  • England John McGinlay (1982–84) [1]
  • England Kevin Pugh (1985–1992) 174 games 8 goals

France

Guinea

Hungary

Iran

Ireland

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Morocco

Netherlands

Nigeria

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Sweden

Togo

Ukraine

Managers

References

External links


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