R. Uccle Sport
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Royale Uccle Sport was a Belgian
Belgium
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 football club from the municipality of Uccle
Uccle
Uccle or Ukkel is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.Uccle is known for its well-to-do areas, its green spots and its high rental rates.-History:...

, Brussels
Brussels
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. It was created in 1901 as Uccle Sport and it registered to the Belgian Football Association
Belgian Football Association
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 in 1905 to receive the matricule n°15.

History

In 1999 the club won the second division
Belgian Second Division
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 and was thus promoted to the first division
Jupiler League
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 to take place in 2000-01 (because of World War I
World War I
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). The club finished 10th (on 12) and then 12th and was back at the top level in 1922-23 for one season. After a long spell at the second level, R. Uccle Sport (as it was then known since 1926) played one more season in the first division in 1999-06. In 2007 the club merged with R. Léopold F.C. d'Uccle
R. Léopold Uccle Forestoise
Royal Léopold Uccle Forestoise is a Belgian football club from the city of Brussels. It was founded in 1893 as Léopold Football Club and encountered many name changes in its history, the last of them following a string of merges to keep the matricule n°5 alive. It now plays in the Promotion B ,...

to become R. Uccle Léopold F.C.
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