Royal Cercle Sportif Brainois commonly known as RCS Brainois or simply Braine is a

Wallonia Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...

n Belgian football club from

Braine-l'Alleud Braine-l'Alleud (; ; ) is a Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, about south of Brussels. The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-l'Alleud ...

, Brabant. Founded in 1913, club is assigned matricule nr.75Foot 100 ASBL. ''Dictionnaire des clubs affiliés à l'URBSFA depuis 1895 : Archives de l'URBSFA''
/ref> and is one the oldest continuously existing clubs in the country. The team set to play in

Belgian Division 2 The Belgian Division 2, commonly referred to as simply Tweede Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 2 (in French) is the fourth-highest division in the Football in Belgium, Belgian football Belgian football league system, league system, one level below ...

from 2025–26, the fourth tier of Belgian football after promotion from

Belgian Division 3 The Belgian Division 3, commonly referred to as simply Derde Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 3 (in French) is the fifth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Division 2. It was created by the Royal Be ...

in 2024–25.

History

The club was founded in 1913 by 11 founding members. under the name Cercle Sportif Branois. In 1926, when the matricule system was established, club was assigned matricule nr.75, which it has kept to this day. Throughout its history, the club has spent 32 seasons at national level, of which 12 were in the third tier. Between 1946 and 1969 the club was continuously in the lower national league, however since they have been oscillating between the provincial leagues and national amateur tiers. Over the years the most famous players were

Antoine Puttaert Antoine Puttaert (25 October 1919 – 2 January 2005) was a Belgian footballer. He played in nine matches for the Belgium national football team The Belgium national football team has represented Belgium in men's international Associa ...

and

Fernand Voussure Fernand Voussure (24 July 1918 – 16 August 2003) was a Belgian footballer. He played in one match for the Belgium national football team The Belgium national football team has represented Belgium in men's international Association f ...

, both former internationals who finished their career at the club, and

Philippe Saint-Jean Philippe Saint-Jean (born 13 May 1954) is a Belgian football manager. References 1954 births Living people Belgian football managers Royale Union Tubize-Braine managers R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) managers Royal Excel Mouscron managers Peo ...

who spent six seasons in the 70s with them before returning as a coach in the late 80s.

Honours and achievements

Belgian Fourth Division The Belgian Fourth Division was the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. The division was split into four separate leagues, A, B, C and D. The team with the most points in the four leagues together was declared the overall winner ...

**Champions: 1956–57 *

**Champions: 2024–25 **Runners-up: 2018–19 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

Fourth round Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'', a 1972 Soviet drama ...

: 2005-06

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brainois Football clubs in Belgium Association football clubs established in 1913 1913 establishments in Belgium Sport in Walloon Brabant Braine-l'Alleud