Renaissance Albert Élisabeth Club de Mons, simply RAEC Mons, is a Belgian

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based in the Walloon city of

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, capital of

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originally founded on 15 January 1945 as ''AS Quévy-le-Grand et Extensions''. Nicknamed ''The Dragons'' as a reference to the legend of the

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and the team set to play in

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from 2024–25, the third tier of Belgian football after promotion from

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in 2023–24.

History

The first club created in Quévy-le-Grand was ''Cercle Sportif de Quévy-le-Grand'' in 1928, which played in blue and yellow but dissolved only a few years later in 1934. The actual official foundation of the club therefore is 15 January 1945, when AS Quévy-le-Grand et Extensions was created, joining the Belgian FA and starting to play in the Belgian Provincial Leagues, again in blue and yellow. In 1989, the club merged with the neighbouring FC Genly-Noirchain to form Union Sportive Genly-Quévy 89, changing its colours to orange and blue. The club obtained royal patronage upon its 50th year of existence in 1995, becoming RUS Genly-Quévy. Until that point, the club had played at the lowest levels of Belgian football, but from then on started moving up the ladder, especially in the early years of the 21st century. In 2007 the club promoted to the second provincial division, in 2009 to the first provincial division and in 2012 the club even reached the national level of Belgian football for the first time ever, moving into the Belgian Fourth Division. The club was able to maintain itself only for two seasons however, dropping back in 2014.

Bankruptcy formerly RAEC Mons and current of Phoenix club

In February 2015, the neighbouring team

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went bankrupt and folded, with the remaining parts of the club merging with RUS Genly-Quévy 89 to form Royal Albert Quévy-Mons and relocating from Quévy to

. On 23 June 2020, the club was renamed to Renaissance Mons 44, following an initiative from RAEC Mons supporters. From the 2021–22 season on, the club hoped to reclaim the former ''

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'' 44 of RAEC Mons and also reverted to the former name.

Promotion two seasons in a row

On 16 April 2023, Mons secure promotion to

from 2023–24 after defeat Crossing Schaerbeek 3-1 and champions of

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ACFF A in 2022–23. On 13 April 2024, Mons secure back to back promotion to

from 2024–25 after defeat Stade Vervietois 3-1 and champions of

ACFF in 2023–24.

Stadium

RAEC Mons plays in the

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with 8,000-capacity.

Honours

** Champions (1): 2023–24 *

** Champions (1) :

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References

External links

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at EUFO.de
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Organisations based in Belgium with royal patronage