Seraing United

Seraing United
Full name Seraing United
Founded 1922
Ground Stade Pairay, Seraing
Ground Capacity 14,236
Chairman Mario Franchi
Manager Arnaud Mercier
League Belgian Second Division

Seraing United is a Belgian association football club based in Seraing in the province of Liège. They have been playing in the Belgian Second Division since 2009–10 as Royal Boussu Dour Borinage and were formerly known as Royal Francs Borains up until the start of the 2008–09 season. They play their home games at the Stade Pairay.

History

The club of CS Boussu-Bois was founded in 1918 in Boussu.[1] In 1982, the club merged with CS Elouges, a club from the neighbouring town of Elouges, in the municipality of Dour, and was renamed Royal Francs Borains Boussu-Bois Elouges. In 1984–85, they won the Promotion B, 4th level of football in Belgium, and were promoted to the third division.[2] At that moment, they simplified their name to Royal Francs Borains. The club became a third division regular, though they could not avoid relegation in 1994–95. After four seasons in the Promotion, Royal Francs Borains were back to the third level, and in 2008–09, they reached for the first time in their history the second level of football, under their new naming of Royal Boussu Dour Borinage. In 2009–10, they had their best ranking in their history, with a 5th place in the second division. Their highest league ranking was a 5th place in the second division in 2009–10.

In 2014, Boussu Dour Borinage sold their official matricule (167) to the owners of Seraing RUL (23) and bought itself the matricule 5192 of Royal Charleroi Fleurus, playing in the Belgian Fourth Division. As a result, the team with matricule 167 moved to Seraing and was renamed Seraing United. It moved from the Stade Robert Urbain in Boussu to the Stade Pairay in Seraing. The Boussu Dour-based team moved to the fourth division and was renamed Francs Borains. However, the results and history of the Boussu Dour-based team remain with the matricule 167 and will be continued as Seraing United.

Players

Current squad

As of 29 November, 2015.[3]

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

No. Position Player
1 Gabon GK Anthony Mfa Mezui (on loan from France Metz)
2 Belgium DF Francois D'Onofrio
3 Belgium DF Miguel Dachelet
4 Tunisia DF Marouane Sahraoui (on loan from France Metz)
5 Belgium DF Christophe Preseaux
6 France MF Théo Pierrot
7 Belgium MF Valentin Lamort
8 Nigeria MF Popoola Saliu (on loan from France Metz)
9 Senegal FW Moussa Gueye
10 France FW Thibaut Vion (on loan from France Metz)
11 Belgium FW Fabrice Mansoni
12 Ghana FW Kwame Nsor (on loan from France Metz)
14 France MF Nianankoro Doumbia
16 Senegal MF Pape Camara
No. Position Player
17 Belgium MF Hicham Said
18 Belgium GK Maxime Mignon
20 Belgium DF Lucas Ferron
21 Belgium DF Petar Bojovic
23 Belgium MF Alessio Cascio
24 Belgium DF Jeffrey Rentmeister
25 Central African Republic FW Hilaire Momi (on loan from Belgium St. Truidense)
27 Belgium DF Axel Bonemme
28 Ivory Coast DF Ali Bamba
29 Belgium FW Erwin Senakuku
37 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Axel Bossekota (on loan from BelgiumCercle Brugge)
Belgium GK Julien Wets
Guinea-Bissau MF Luciano Teixeira

Staff

Sports

Head coach:

References

  1. "Belgium – Overview of teams". Pluto. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. "Classements finals des divisions supérieures 1984–85" (PDF). footbel.be. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  3. Team 2014–15

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