R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes

R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes

Full name	Royal Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes
Founded	1912; 112 years ago (1912)
Ground	Stade de la Neuville, Belgium
Capacity	8,000[1]
Manager	Xavier Robert
League	National Division 1
2022–23	National Division 1, 7th of 20
Home colours Away colours

R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farcienness, is a Belgian association football club from the city of Charleroi, Hainaut. As of 2019, they play in the Belgian National Division 1 (renamed from Belgian First Amateur Division in 2020).

History

It was founded in 1912 as Olympic Club de Charleroi. The next year the club registered to the Belgian Football Association to become the matricule n°246. Between 1972 and 1982 the club was named R.O.C. de Montignies-sur-Sambre before reverting to its prior name. In 2000 the club merged with R.A. Marchienne and changed its name from Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi to Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne. Finally in 2019, the club merged with Royal Châtelet S.C. to become R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes.

O.C. de Charleroi first appeared in the second division in 1936 and it won its league eight points ahead of U.S. du Centre, a rival club located nearby Charleroi. It then played in the first division until 1963 (except for the 1955–56 season), joined at that level by the rival Charleroi S.C. in 1947. Olympic finished 3rd in 1939 and then second in 1947. The club had a short come back in the first division in 1967–68 and in 1974–75 but dropped back to the lower leagues, playing mostly at the third or fourth level.

Current squad

As of 22 January, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BEL Tanguy Moriconi 2 DF  FRA Aloïs Penin 3 DF  CMR Karl Ndedi 4 DF  GNB Prosper Mendy 5 DF  FRA Dann Banzuzi 6 MF  BEL Geoffrey Ghesquière 7 FW  ALG Mohamed Dahmane 8 MF  BEL Simon Paulet 9 FW  BEL Roman Ferber 10 MF  BEL Quentin Vanderbecq 11 MF  ALG Mehdi Terki 16 GK  BEL Mathias Janssens 17 FW  FRA Bilel Hassaini 19 FW  TUN Mohamed Medfai

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  SEN Thierno Gaye 22 DF  BEL Ayoub Kouri 23 DF  FRA Ismael Kanda 25 FW  MTN Souleymane Kamara 29 DF  FRA Souleymane Faye 30 GK  FRA Tommy Plumain 33 MF  FRA Corentin Cottet 36 MF  FRA Najib Bennour 38 MF  FRA Darren Pompé 46 DF  COM Aaron Kamardin 77 FW  BEL Lucas Walbrecq 92 FW  FRA Simon Dia 93 MF  FRA Wassim Mechmache

References

• Belgian football clubs history
• RSSSF Archive – 1st and 2nd division final tables

External links

• Official site

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