Union Namur

Union Namur

Full name	Union Namur
Nickname(s)	Les Merles (the Blackbirds)
Founded	1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Ground	Stade communal de Namur
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Bernard Annet
Manager	Cédric Fauré
League	Belgian National Division 1
2022–23	Belgian Division 2 ACFF, 2nd of 18 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Union Namur, commonly known as UR Namur or Union Royale Namur, is a Belgian football club from the city of Namur. It plays in the National Division 1 from 2023–24 after promotion from Belgian Division 2 in 2022–23. They are often nicknamed "Les Merles" due to their colours black with a touch of yellow.

History

Until 2018, the team was known as UR Namur, however as the team faced relegation from the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division into the Belgian provincial leagues, the team instead merged with newly promoted Fosses to form Union Royale Namur Fosses-La-Ville and retain its place in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.

In 2021-2022 the renamed Union Namur promotes to the Second Amateur Division (4th national level).

In 2022–23, Union Namur secure promotion to Belgian National Division 1 from 2023–24 season, after finishing runner-up due to RFC Warnant fail to obtain a licence.

Ground

Stade communal de Namur (City of Namur Stadium). Capacity : about 3 500 (700 seats).

Current squad

As of 6 February, 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 Damien Herman 4 DF  BEL Loïc Vander Cammen 5 DF  BEL Lucas Baudot 7 MF  COD Miguel Quintais 8 MF  BEL Matis Laloux 10 FW  BEL Bryan Api-Kindanda 11 FW  BEL Kim Detienne 13 DF  BEL Adel Sbaa 15 MF  BEL Danny Fofana 18 DF  FRA Lorenzo Prso 20 DF  BEL Soulimen Ghaddari

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  JPN Sho Tashima 23 MF  BEL Axel Dheur 24 GK  FRA Jordan Tonnet 27 MF  BEL Loïc Besson 29 FW  GUI Yady Bangoura 30 DF  BEL Mamoudou Diallo 33 DF  FRA Yasin Mohamed 54 MF  CMR George Alalabang 77 DF  FRA Zacharie Iscaye 90 MF  BEL El Mehdi Khaida 97 MF  BEL Florian Gendebien 99 FW  CMR Felix Chenkam

Retired numbers

3 – Michel Soulier, defender (1967–77)

Staff

Head Coach

• Cédric Fauré

Assistant Coach

• Pierre Salmé

Goalkeeper Coach

• Baudouin Leclercq

Honours

• Belgian Division 2
  • Runners-up (1): 2022–23

References

External links

• (in French) Official website
• (in French) UR Namur Fans

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