R. Charleroi S.C.

Sporting Charleroi

Full name

Royal Charleroi Sporting Club

Nickname(s)

Les Zèbres (The Zebras),
Les Carolos

Founded

January 1, 1904

Ground

Stade du Pays de Charleroi,
Charleroi

Capacity

14,000^[1]

Chairman

Fabien Debecq^[2]

Managing Director

Mehdi Bayat

Head Coach

Felice Mazzu

League

Belgian First Division A

2015–16

Belgian Pro League, 8th

Home colours

Away colours

Royal Charleroi Sporting Club (RCSC) (often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, or by their nickname Les Zèbres (The Zebras)) is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football has started in the 1985–86 season. Charleroi was founded in 1904 and they first reached the first division in 1947–48. Their highest finish was runner-up in the 1968–69 season. They have also twice reached the Belgian Cup final, losing in 1977–78 to Beveren and in 1992–93 to Standard Liège.

Sporting Charleroi have a long-standing rivalry with city other club ROC de Charleroi-Marchienne, currently playing in the third division. Charleroi play their home matches at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi, which was refurbished for the UEFA Euro 2000. The stadium hosted 3 group stage games in the Euro 2000 among which the 1–0 victory of England against Germany. Charleroi have been recruiting several French players in recent years, including Michaël Ciani, Cyril Théréau and goalkeeper Bertrand Laquait.

History

Charleroi Sporting Club was founded in 1904 and they received the matricule n°22. Twenty years after their foundation, they qualified to play in the Promotion (then the second level in Belgian football) and in 1929, the club changed its name to Royal Charleroi Sporting Club. Rivals from Olympic Charleroi were playing in the first division in the late 1930s and the 1940s, while Sporting Charleroi was playing one level down, until they promoted in 1947. In 1949, Sporting Charleroi finished 4th (2 points behind Standard Liège) whereas Olympic Charleroi was 14th. But Olympic took the lead again until 1955 and their relegation to the second division. At the end of the 1956–57 season, Olympic Charleroi had promoted to the first division but Sporting Charleroi finished last in the first division and was thus relegated to the second division. A spell of 9 seasons in the second division followed and in 1966–67 Sporting Charleroi was back at the top level. They finished at the second place in 1968–69 5 points behind Standard Liège but within two years they were relegated again.

In 1974 the first division was changing from 16 to 20 teams and Sporting Charleroi was chosen to play at the top level. Olympic Charleroi promoted too as they had won the second division right before but they remained at the top level for just one season. Sporting underwent a new relegation in 1979–80 (17th on 18) but was back five years later. Their best result since then in the first division is a 4th place in 1993–94. In September 2005, the G-14 took FIFA to court over the 8-month injury incurred by Abdelmajid Oulmers whilst on international duty with Morocco.

Colours and badge

The colours of Charleroi are black and white with a shirt generally striped, which led to the team being nicknamed The Zebras.

Stadium

Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Main article: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

The actual ground was baptized in 1939 with a match Sporting-Union du Centre and it was located near the coal mine named Mambourg. In 1985 the stadium was slightly modernized as the club had qualified for the first division. It was then heavily renewed in the late 1990s in view of the 2000 European Football Championship. The name changed on May 24, 1999 from Stade du Mambourg to Stade du Pays de Charleroi. During the tournament, the full capacity of the stadium was up to 30,000 seats. The Stade du Pays de Charleroi hosted notably the match between Germany and England. The highest stand was eventually reduced and the capacity is now 16,000.

Honours

Belgian First Division:
- Runners-up (1): 1968–69
Belgian Second Division:
- Winners (2): 1946–47, 2011–12
- Runners-up (1): 1965–66
Belgian Second Division Final Round:
- Winners (1): 1985
Belgian Cup:
- Runners-up (2): 1977–78, 1992–93

European record

Overview

Correct as of May 2016

Competition	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Cup	2	1	0	1	2	3
UEFA Intertoto Cup	10	3	3	4	11	11
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	4	3	0	1	8	5
UEFA Europa League	4	2	0	2	9	7
TOTAL	20	9	3	8	30	26

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	Zagreb	2–1	3–1	5–2
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	2R	FC Rouen	3–1	0–2	3–3(a)
1994–95	UEFA Cup	1R	Rapid Bucureşti	2–1	0–2	2–3
1995	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 10	Beitar Jerusalem	N/A	1–0	3rd
			Bursaspor	0–2	N/A
			FC Košice	N/A	2–3
			Wimbledon	3–0	N/A
1996	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 4	Silkeborg IF	2–4	N/A	3rd
			Conwy United	N/A	0–0
			Zagłębie Lubin	0–0	N/A
			SV Ried	N/A	3–1
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Tampere United	0–0	0–1	0–1
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Beitar Jerusalem	5–1	4–1	9–2
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Zorya Luhansk	0–2	0–3	0–5

Current squad

Updated 14 July, 2016.

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Nicolas Penneteau
4	DF	Ethan Poulain
5	DF	Benjamin Boulenger
6	DF	Gjoko Zajkov
7	MF	Clément Tainmont
8	DF	Martos
9	FW	Florent Stevance
10	FW	David Pollet
13	MF	Christophe Diandy
14	MF	Cristian Benavente
15	GK	Valentin Baume
17	DF	Stergos Marinos
18	MF	Amara Baby

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Clinton Mata
21	FW	Djamel Bakar
22	MF	Gaëtan Hendrickx
23	DF	Steeven Willems
24	DF	Dorian Dessoleil
25	MF	Damien Marcq
28	MF	Enes Sağlık
29	MF	Sotiris Ninis
35	GK	Parfait Mandanda
41	DF	Francis N'Ganga (Captain)
77	MF	Mamadou Fall
99	FW	Chris Bedia

Coaches

Jiří Sobotka (1968–69)
Léopold Anoul (1974–75)
Jean-Paul Colonval (1975–76)
Aimé Anthuenis (July 1, 1987 – June 30, 1989)
Georges Heylens (1990–92)
Luka Peruzović (July 1, 1991 – June 30, 1992)
Robert Waseige (July 1, 1992 – June 30, 1994)
Georges Leekens (July 1, 1994 – July 30, 1995)
Luka Peruzović (Aug 1, 1995 – June 30, 1997)
Robert Waseige (July 1, 1997–99)
Luka Peruzović (1999 – Dec 8, 1999)
Raymond Mommens (1999–00)

Manu Ferrera (2000)
Enzo Scifo (2001–02)
Dante Brogno (Nov 2002 – Oct 03)
Robert Waseige (Oct 15, 2003 – April 26, 2004)
Jacky Mathijssen (April 26, 2004 – June 30, 2007)
Philippe Vande Walle (July 1, 2007 – Dec 10, 2007)
Thierry Siquet (Dec 11, 2007 – Dec 9, 2008)
John Collins (Dec 15, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
Stéphane Demol (2009)
Jacky Mathijssen (2009)
Stéphane Demol (July 1, 2009 – Nov 1, 2009)
Tommy Craig (Nov 20, 2009 – April 14, 2010)

Jacky Mathijssen (July 1, 2010 – Sept 20, 2010)
Csaba László (Sept 23, 2010 – March 17, 2011)
Zoltan Kovacs (interim) (March 24, 2011 – April 4, 2011)
Luka Peruzović (April 4, 2011 – June 30, 2011)
Jos Daerden (July 1, 2011 – Sept 26, 2011)
Tibor Balogh (Sept 27, 2011 – Feb 22, 2012)
Mario Notaro (interim) (Feb 23, 2012 – March 5, 2012)
Dennis van Wijk (March 5, 2012 – June 12, 2012)
Yannick Ferrera (July 14, 2012 – Feb 14, 2013)
Luka Peruzović (interim) (Feb 14, 2013 – March 13)
Mario Notaro (interim) (March 2013 – April 13)
Felice Mazzu (June 1, 2013–)

References

↑ "Le stade du Sporting du Charleroi". Sporting-charleroi.be. S.A. Sporting du Pays de Charleroi. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
↑ "Fabien Debecq nouveau président du Sporting de Charleroi". RTL Sport. RTL Belux S.A. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

External links

First League / Pro League / First Division A

2016–17 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Excel Mouscron Genk Gent Kortrijk Lokeren Mechelen Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem

Statistics	Teams Champions Top scorers Current managers Belgian Golden Shoe

Championship Cup (1895–1904)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04

First Division (1904–1926)	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26

Division of Honour (1926–1952)	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52

First Division (1952–1993)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Belgian League (1993–2008)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Belgian Pro League (2008–2016)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Belgian First Division A (2016–present)	2016–17

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