Royal Excelsior Mouscron was a

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club from the municipality of

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropo ...

, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and soon ceased to exist. A new club known as

Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

was formed in March 2010 and placed in the

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History

The club was the result of the merger between Stade Mouscron and A.R.A. Mouscron in 1964. R.E. Mouscron had financial problems during the 2004–05 season and so the president and mayor of Mouscron Jean-Pierre Detremmerie left the club and was replaced by Edward Van Daele. The players with the higher wages were asked to leave the club, as did

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and Alexandre Teklak. In late 2009

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was ready to spend £3million to save R.E. Mouscron from bankruptcy and use them as a

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. On 28 December 2009, Mouscron announced its third forfeit in a row because of enduring financial problems, and was thus, according to Belgian league rules, excluded from competition, with all its previous results in the ongoing competition being scrapped. The club in its current form ceased to exist, with all its players (and staff) becoming

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s. In March 2010 a successor club was formed with the merging of the bankrupt R.E. Mouscron and

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. The new club is known as

Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging betwee ...

Honours

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Asso ...

: **Runners-up (1): 1993–94 *

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: **Winners (1): 1996 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: **Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2005–06

European record

:''As of December 2008.''

Former coaches

*1990–1995 :

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*1995–1996 :

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*1996–1997 : Georges Leekens,

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*1997–2002 :

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*2002–2003 :

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*2003–2004 : Georges Leekens *2004–2005 :

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, Geert Broeckaert *2005–2006 : Geert Broeckaert, Paul Put, Gil Vandenbrouck *2006–2007 : Gil Vandenbrouck *2007–12/2008 :

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*12/2007-06/2009:

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References

External links

Official Website

R.E. Mouscron at Weltfussball.de

R.E. Mouscron at National Football Teams.com

R.E. Mouscron at Football-Lineups.com
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