Royal Antwerp F.C.
























































Antwerp
Royal Antwerp Football Club Official Logo.png
Full name Royal Antwerp Football Club
Nickname(s)
The Great Old
Ploeg van 't Stad
Founded 1880; 138 years ago (1880)
Ground
Broodstraat (1908–1923)
Bosuilstadion (1923– )
Antwerp, Belgium
Capacity 16,144 [1]
Owner Paul Gheysens
Chairman Jan Michel
Manager Frédéric Leidgens
League Belgian First Division A
2017–18
Belgian First Division A, 8th place
Website Club website


















Home colours














Away colours














Third colours




Royal Antwerp Football Club, often simply referred to as Antwerp, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Antwerp.


Founded around 1880 as Antwerp Cricket Club by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years prior to the creation of the Royal Belgian Football Association, Antwerp is regarded as the oldest club in Belgium. At first there was no organised football played by its members, until 1887 when the football division was founded with an own board, named Antwerp Football Club. Being the oldest active club at the time, it was the first club to register to the Association in 1895. Consequently, when matriculation numbers were introduced in 1926, the club received matriculate number one.[2][3]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Meuse/Scheldt Cup


  • 3 Honours


    • 3.1 National


    • 3.2 International




  • 4 Current squad


  • 5 Technical staff


  • 6 Manchester United loan partnership


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


In 1900, most of the players left the club for the new neighbouring club of K. Beerschot V.A.C., and this was the start of a long rivalry between both clubs. Royal Antwerp have won four Belgian league titles so far, as well as two Belgian Cups. The club is also the latest Belgian team to have reached a UEFA competition final, the 1993 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, where they lost 3–1 against Parma at Wembley Stadium. Royal Antwerp play their home matches at the Bosuilstadion since 1923.[4] Royal Antwerp colours are red and white.


Royal Antwerp had a long-term partnership with the English club Manchester United, taking their young players on loan so that their development can be aided with first team football, and young players who require European work-permits can benefit from Belgium's more relaxed laws.[5] An example is Dong Fangzhuo, who was unable to play for United, immediately due to work permit problems and was loaned to allow him to gain first team experience.


Despite being one of Belgium's best-supported clubs, Antwerp have been under-achievers for several years. They have not won a league title since 1957, and have spent several seasons in the second division. They were last promoted to the top flight in 2000, only to be relegated in short order in 2004. They returned to the first division after 13 years in 2017.



Meuse/Scheldt Cup


The best football players of Antwerp and Rotterdam contested a yearly match between 1909 and 1959 for the Meuse- and Scheldt Cup (Maas- en Schelde Beker). It was agreed to play the game at Antwerp's stadium De Bosuil in Belgium and at Sparta Rotterdam's Het Kasteel stadium in the Netherlands. The cup was provided in 1909 by P. Havenith from Antwerp and Kees van Hasselt from Rotterdam.



Honours



National


Belgian First Division



Champions (4): 1928–29, 1930–31, 1943–44, 1956–57

Belgian Second Division



Champions (1): 1999–2000, 2016–2017

Belgian Cup



Champions (2): 1954–55, 1991–92


International


UEFA Cup Winners' Cup


Runners-up (1): 1992–93


Current squad


Updated 25 July 2018.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


































































































No.

Position
Player
1

Turkey

GK

Sinan Bolat
2

Brazil

DF

Matheus
3

Senegal

DF

Abdoulaye Seck
4

Ghana

DF

Daniel Opare
6

Norway

DF

Simen Juklerød
7

Belgium

MF

Reda Jaadi
8

Portugal

MF

Ivo Rodrigues
9

Democratic Republic of the Congo

FW

Jonathan Bolingi
10

Belgium

MF

Geoffry Hairemans
11

Israel

FW

Lior Refaelov (loan from Club Brugge KV)
14

Senegal

MF

Amara Baby
15

Belgium

DF

Dino Arslanagić
19

Ghana

FW

William Owusu
20

Cameroon

FW

Didier Lamkel Zé


















































































No.

Position
Player
21

France

DF

Dylan Batubinsika
23

Mexico

MF

Omar Govea
27

Madagascar

FW

Zout
29

Ukraine

MF

Yehor Nazaryna
30

Portugal

DF

Aurélio Buta
31

Belgium

GK

Yves De Winter
37

Belgium

DF

Jelle Van Damme
38

Belgium

MF

Faris Haroun (Captain)
39

Belgium

GK

Jens Teunckens
47

Belgium

DF

Gaël Kakudji
60

Mali

MF

Sambou Yatabaré
70

Democratic Republic of the Congo

FW

Dieumerci Mbokani



Technical staff



























Position Name
Manager
Romania László Bölöni
Assistant Manager
Belgium Wim De Decker
Goalkeeping Coach
Croatia Vedran Runje
Fitness Coach
Belgium Peter Catteeuw
Match Analyst
Belgium Jerry Vanacker


Manchester United loan partnership


This is a list of former players acquired on-loan via Manchester United's partnership with Royal Antwerp from 1998 to 2013.












References





  1. ^ Bosuil mag voortaan 16.144 supporters ontvangen GVA, 7 April 2018


  2. ^ "125 years football history". rafc.be. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "Wist je dat: de KBVB stamnummers uitvond?". voetbalkrant.com. Retrieved 26 May 2013.


  4. ^ "Stadiums & Pitches". rafc.be. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2011.


  5. ^ "Manchester United's Royal Antwerp Loanees". Five Cantonas. Retrieved March 24, 2011.




External links


  • Official website








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