R.F.C. Tournai

R.F.C. Tournai is a Belgian football club from the city of Tournai, Hainaut. It is the result of the merger between R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne (matricule n°26) and R.R.C. Tournaisien (n°36) in 2002. The club wears the matricule n°26 and plays in the Tweede Klasse.

History

R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne history

Union Sportive Tournaisienne was founded in 1902 and became a member of the Belgian Football Association one year later. It played in the second division as soon as the competition was officially sarted in 1910. The club reached its peak when it played its only one season in the first division in 1951-52. It finished last (16th) with 3 wins and 12 points. In 2002 Tournai won the Promotion A and it merged with the Racing so that the new R.F.C. began in the third division.

Current squad

Football squad player|no=5|nat=Belgium|name=Fabien Delbeeke|pos=DF "(cap.)"

Staff

"Head Coach"
* Gerrit Laverge

Assistant Coach
* Christof Denis

Goalkeeper Coach
* Marnic Van Houtte

Team Chef
* Patrick Lamontagne

Transfers

In
* Maxime Annys - MVV
* David Duquesnoy - USL Dunkerque
* Alexandre Frutos - Un-attached
* Christophe Martin - R.E. Mouscron

Out
* Lionel Ambu - URS Centre
* Mickael Brisset - URS Centre
* Maxime Carbonelle - WS Lauwe
* Gregory Delwarte - RAEC Mons
* Aland Devillers A.S.C. Havinnes
* Aurelien Lecailler - K.S.K. Ronse
* David Roland - WS Lauwe
* Mathieu Quivy - RG Athois

Famous Players

*flagicon|Belgium Boudewijn Braem
*flagicon|Belgium Karel Brion
*flagicon|Belgium Louis Busschops
*flagicon|Belgium Jan-Baptist Coenen
*flagicon|Belgium Dirk de Vriese
*flagicon|Belgium Roger Defever
*flagicon|Belgium Joseph Dielemans
*flagicon|Belgium Fernand Goyvaerts
*flagicon|Belgium Hein van Haezebrouck
*flagicon|Belgium Louis van Houtven
*flagicon|Belgium Jan Vandennieuwenhuyzen
*flagicon|Belgium Jean-Marie Vanderhoost
*flagicon|Belgium Eddy Verbeeck
*flagicon|Belgium Patrick Wacheul

*flagicon|Senegal Jules Bocande (1981-1982)

Notable players
*flagicon|Algeria flagicon|Qatar Mehdi Guerrouad (2006-2007)

*flagicon|Benin Maxime Agueh (2006-2007)

*flagicon|Congo Trésor Empoké (2004-2005)
*flagicon|Congo Augey Olela Mundala (2005-2006)

*flagicon|France flagicon|Tajikistan Giovanni Fedorow (2002-2004)
*flagicon|France Samir Meriem (2007-2008)
*flagicon|France Jonathan Otlet (2007-2008)
*flagicon|France Thibaut Thonon (2007-2008)

*flagicon|Morocco Farid Bihhi (2006-2008)
*flagicon|Morocco Mehdi Makloufi (1999-2000)

*flagicon|Rwanda Jimmy Mulisa (2006-2007)

*flagicon|SCO Danny Diver (1986-??)

*flagicon|Tunisia Youssef Moustaid (2007-2008)
*flagicon|Tunisia Slimane Zedazi (2006-2007)

R.F.C. Tournai history

Tournai began with a nice 6th place in 2003 but could not avoid relegation the next year when it finished 15th (on 16). In 2005 it won the Promotion A. On November, 24th, 2007 Thierry Pister was appointed as the new head coach for the club.

Reserve Team

Current squad

Fs player|no=36|nat=Belgium|name=Antoine Stievenart|pos=MF Fs player|no=37|nat=Belgium|name=Laurent Debraine|pos=DF Fs player|no=38|nat=Belgium|name=Renaud Harmeignies|pos=MF Fs player|no=39|nat=Belgium|name=Kevin Moerman|pos=FW

Staff

"Head Coach"
* Yohan Miroir

"Team Chef"
* Jean Roman

External links

* [http://www.rfctournai.be Official site]
* [http://users.skynet.be/pluto/Textbelgium/Teams.html Belgian football clubs history]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/belghist.html RSSSF Archive 1st and 2nd division final tables]