R.F.C. Tournai is a Belgian association football club from the city of

Tournai Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...

, Hainaut. It is the result of the merger between R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne ( matricule n°26) and

R.R.C. Tournaisien Royal Racing Club Tournaisien was a Belgian football club from the city of Tournai, Hainaut from 1909 to 2002. Its matricule was the n°36. History It was founded in 1909 as "Racing Club Tournaisien" and then changed to R.R.C. Tournaisien in ...

(n°36) in 2002. The club wears the matricule n°26 and plays in the Third Amateur Division.

History

R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne history

Union Sportive Tournaisienne was founded in 1902 and became a member of the Belgian Football Association one year later. It played in the second division as soon as the competition was officially started in 1910. The club reached its peak when it played its only one season in the first division in 1951–52. It finished last (16th) with 3 wins and 12 points. In 2002 Tournai won the

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and it merged with the Racing so that the new R.F.C. began in the third division.

R.F.C. Tournai history

Tournai began with a nice 6th place in 2003 but could not avoid relegation the next year when it finished 15th (on 16). In 2005 it won the Promotion A. On November, 24th, 2007 Thierry Pister was appointed as the new head coach for the club.

Current squad

''As of 18 October 2013.
/sup>'' Staff ''Head Coach'' * Mickael Browaeys Assistant Coach * Fabien Delbeeke Goalkeeper Coach *

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Team Chef * Abdel Araci

References

External links

Official site

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