Koninklijke Racing Club Gent-Zeehaven is a Belgian association football club

Football in Belgium

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 from the city of Ghent

Ghent

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, East Flanders. It is currently playing in the Promotion A

Belgian Promotion A

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, i.e. the fourth level in the Belgian football league system

Belgian football league system

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. The club underwent 5 merges and changed its name many times. It achieved its best ranking in 1925 and 1929 with a 5th place in the first division.

History

The club was founded in the late nineteenth century with the fusion between Athletic Club Gantois (Gantois means "from Ghent" in French), F.C. Gantois and Sport Pédestre Gantois. The new club named Racing Club de Gand registered to the Belgian Football Association

Belgian Football Association

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 in the late 1890s and received the matricule n°11. It took part to the 1898–99

1898-99 in Belgian football

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 and 1899–1900 seasons

1899-1900 in Belgian football

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 in the first division

Jupiler League

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 B. Back in 1908 at the top level, the club finished last (12th) and played two seasons in the second division

Belgian Second Division

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. It lost the final of the first Belgian Cup

Belgian Cup

The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...

 in history in 1912. From 1911 to 1935 R.C. de Gand played in the first division (except in 1922–23 and 1930–31 when it was in the second division) and so did its rivals K.A.A. Gent between 1913 and 1929. The club had meanwhile changed its name to R.R.C. de Gand in 1925.

In 1952 the club played in the first division again but this time for its last season at this stage, as of 2005. Three years later it was relegated to the third division

Belgian Third Division

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 from which it would never be promoted. In 1987 R.R.C. Gent (as it was named since 1969, i.e. the name of the city was put to Dutch

Dutch language

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) merged with F.C. Heirnis Gent to become R.R.C. Heirnis Gent. It then changed back briefly to R.R.C. Gent in 1999 and merged with K.V.V. Standaard Meulestede in 2000 to become R.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven. Finally in 2002 the club merged with K.F.C. Oostakker and changed its name to K.R.C. Gent-Zeehaven.

Players

Staff

Head Coach

• Mauro Bart

Assistant Coach

• Pascal Martens

Team Chef

• Erik Bracke

Medicine Staff

• Geert Veeckman
• Guy Vandenbossche
• Andre Bruynings

Honours

• Belgian Second Division
  Belgian Second Division
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  • Winners (1): 1930–31
  • Runners-up (1): 1922–23
• Belgian Cup
  Belgian Cup
  The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...
  
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  • Runners-up (1): 1911–12