Royal Racing Football Club Montegnée is a Belgian association football club

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...

 from the municipality of Saint-Nicolas

Saint-Nicolas, Belgium

Saint-Nicolas is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. It is effectively a part of the greater Liège conurbation stretching west from Liège city centre towards Liège airport. As of January 1, 2006 Saint-Nicolas had a total population of 22,666....

, Liège

Liège (province)

Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its...

. It is currently playing in the Belgian Promotion D

Belgian Promotion D

The Belgian Promotion D is one of the four leagues at the fourth level of the Belgian football league system, the other ones being the Belgian Promotion A, B and C. This division has existed since the 1952-53 season and is played every year with 16 clubs in each league.The season is divided into...

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History

Racing Football Club Montegnée was founded in 1915, it received the matricule n°77. It first appeared in the second division

Belgian Second Division

The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...

 in 1923. In 1925 it was relegated to the third division

Belgian Third Division

The Belgian Third Division is the third highest level in Belgian football. It has two leagues of 18 teams each at the same level. This competition, known as the Belgian Promotion was first played in the 1926-27 season with three leagues, then with four leagues between 1931 and 1952. From 1952...

 but it came back four years later and won the second division that season. The club then played its only season at the highest level

Jupiler League

The Belgian Pro League is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division...

 in Belgian football finishing 13th on 14 (before R.S.C. Anderlecht

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

). Montegnée then spent some seasons in the second division until 1938 (except in 1933–34) when it was relegated to the third division again. The club would never come back at the highest two levels.

It was awarded the Royal Stamp in 1952 and became Royal Racing Football Club Montegnée.

After a new appearance in Third Division, the club was relegated two seasons in a row to the Liége Provincial league. But RRFC Montegnée were promoted back to the national promotion D league on 6 June 2010, with A 5–0 playoff final win against FC Herk.

Current squad

Former players

Miles O'Connor

Miles O'Connor

Miles O'Connor is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for AAC of Toronto.- Career :He previously played for Italia Shooters, Brampton Lions and in Belgium for RRFC Montegnée.- International :...

 (2008–2009) Ryan Shaughnessey (2008–2009) Martin Horsell

Martin Horsell

Martin Horsell is an English professional football goalkeeper, currently playing for Weymouth having previously played in the football league for Torquay United....

 (2009) Niko Gkionis

Niko Gkionis

Nicholas Gkionis is a Cypriot/American footballer, who is currently playing for FC Atlas Brussels.-Youth Years:Niko participated in the most elite tier of American youth soccer. As a member of the then-Metrostars u-19 side, he reached the North American final of the Super Y-League...

 (2009–2010) Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor (footballer born 1987)

Paul Thomas Taylor is an English footballer who plays as a striker, who now plays for Peterborough United in the Football League Championship...

 (2010) Mehdi Lazaar (2010) Cody Laurendi

Cody Laurendi

Cody Laurendi is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the North American Soccer League.-Youth and college:...

 (2010) Willy Topp

Willy Topp

Willy Adolfo Topp Bravo , commonly known as Willy Topp or sometimes Billy Topp, is a Chilean footballer who plays as striker. He plays for Belgian side Royal Racing Football Club Montegnée...

(2010)

External links

• Belgian football clubs history
• RSSSF Archive: 1st and 2nd division final tables