R.F.C. Tournai

R.F.C. Tournai
Full name	Royal Football Club Tournai
Founded	1902
Ground	Stade Luc Varenne, Tournai; (Capacity: 2,500)
Chairman	Philippe Rasseneur
Manager	Michel Wintacq
League	Belgian Second Division
2009–10	Belgian Second Division, 11th
Home colours	Away colours

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R.F.C. Tournai is a Belgian association football club from the city of Tournai, Hainaut. It is the result of the merger between R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne (matricule n°26) and R.R.C. Tournaisien (n°36) in 2002. The club wears the matricule n°26 and plays in the Second Division.

[edit] History

[edit] 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 sarted 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 Promotion A and it merged with the Racing so that the new R.F.C. began in the third division.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Current squad

As of 20 July 2010^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Christophe Martin
		GK	Steven Gueguin
		DF	Nicolas Olungu Lomani (captain)
		DF	Mohamed Abdelnour
		DF	David Duquesnoy
		DF	Aland Motte
		DF	Gaëtan Thulier
		DF	Loïc Delval
		DF	Boris Alexandre Kamkingangueu
		DF	Fabien Delbeeke
		MF	Thomas Hovine

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Icham Mouissi
		MF	Malik Slaïki
		MF	Mickael Seoudi
		MF	Façal Bendaoud
		MF	Bastien Chantry
		MF	Julien Desire
		MF	Patrick Barul
		FW	Sébastien Dorizon
		FW	Souleymane Ba
		FW	Mickael Niçoise
		FW	Adriano Greco