Racing Charleroi Couillet Fleurus
Racing Charleroi Couillet Fleurus (formerly Football Club Charleroi), abbreviated to RCCF, is a Belgian association football club located in the suburb of Couillet, which is a part of the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. The club, founded in 2009 out of a merger, plays in the Promotion, which is the fourth tier of Belgian football.
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| Full name | Racing Club Charleroi Couillet Fleurus | ||
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| Founded | June 2009 (creation) | ||
| Ground | Stade des Fiestaux, Couillet | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Nino Manes | ||
| Manager | Manu Massaux | ||
| League | Belgian Fourth Division | ||
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History
The club was formed in June 2009 as the result of a merger between R.A.C.S. Couillet and R.A.A. Louviéroise. The matricule of the club is the number 94 of RACS Couillet, so technically it is a continuation of Couillet, whereas La Louvière has dissolved into Couillet, with their matricule (number 93) being lost. At the time of the merger, La Louvière played in the third tier of Belgian football and Couillet in the fourth, as a result, the new team started in the fourth tier.
After the merger, the team was based in La Louvière and renamed to Football Club Couillet-La Louvière with abbreviation FCLL. However, the team moved back to Couillet in Charleroi in 2011 after third division team URS Centre moved to the center of La Louvière and changed its name to UR La Louvière Centre. As a result, the team name was changed again to Football Club Charleroi. On 15 May 2014, the team absorbed RFC de Seraing which was founded in 1901 and held matricule number 23, so it changed name again to Racing Charleroi Couillet Fleurus. The number 94 continued while the number 23 was erased from the register.