Royal Cercle Sportif Verviétois – Football Club Sérésien is a Belgian association football

Football in Belgium

Football, a sport which has been played in Belgium since the end of the 19th century, is that country's most popular sport. The national association was founded in 1895 with the intention of bringing some order and organization to the sport...

 club from the municipality of Verviers

Verviers

Verviers is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. The Verviers municipality includes the old communes of Ensival, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Heusy...

, Liège. It is currently playing in the third division B

Belgian Third Division B

The Belgian Third Division B is one of the two leagues at the third level of the Belgian football league system, the other one being the Belgian Third Division A. This division has existed since the 1952-53 season and is played every year with 16 clubs...

. It became a member of the Belgian Football Association

Belgian Football Association

The Royal Belgian Football Association is the governing body of football in Belgium...

 in 1896 and received the matricule n°8.

History

The club founded in 1896 as Verviers F.C., reached the first division in 1900, but was relegated in 1907 as it finished last. In 1903, the team merged with Stade Wallon de Verviers to become C.S. Verviétois. Verviers was back at the top level in 1912 but was relegated again 12 years later. It played one season again in the first division in 1925–26 at the end of which the club added Royal to its name.

The last turn of the club in the first division was in the late 1950s (1956–61). Its best ranking was a 4th place in 1906. In 2000, the club merged with R. Dison Sport to become R. Entente Dison-Verviers; it then changed its name twice, first to R.E. Dison Verviers (E. is for Excelsior) and subsequently to R.C.S. Verviétois in 2002.

Current squad