Royal Antwerp F.C.
Royal Antwerp Football Club is a Belgian football club from Antwerp. Founded in 1880 as the Antwerp Cricket Club by English students, the club is regarded as the oldest club in Belgium.[2] The football division was founded in 1887 and named the Antwerp Football Club.
| Full name | Royal Antwerp Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Great Old, The Reds | |||
| Founded | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". 1880 | |||
| Ground | Bosuilstadion Antwerp, Belgium (capacity: 16,144[1]) | |||
| Owner | House of Orange-Nassau | |||
| Chairman | Piet van Boldwijn | |||
| Manager | Mark van Bommel | |||
| League | Belgian First Division A | |||
| 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A, 4th | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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History
Royal Antwerp has won four Belgian league titles as well as three Belgian Cups. In 1900 most of the players left the club to K. Beerschot V.A.C.. This was the start of a long rivalry between the two clubs.
The club is the last Belgian team to reach a UEFA competition final. In the 1993 European Cup Winners' Cup Final they lost 3–1 against Parma at Wembley Stadium.[3]
Royal Antwerp had a partnership with the English club Manchester United[4] An example is Dong Fangzhuo. He was unable to play for United immediately due to work permit problems and was loaned to Antwerp.
Although the club is on Belgium's best-supported they reached no trophies. They have not won a league title since 1957 and also spent several seasons in the second division. They were promoted to the top flight in 2000 and relegated in 2004. They returned to the first division after 13 years in 2017.[5] In August 2020 they won the first title since 1957. They won the Belgian Cup versus Club Brugge .[6]
Stadium
Royal Antwerp plays their home matches at the Bosuilstadion since 1923.[7]
Honours
National
Belgian First Division
Belgian Second Division
- Champions: 1999–2000, 2016–17
Belgian Cup
- Winners: 1954–55, 1991–92, 2019–20, 2022/23
- Runners-up: 1974–75
Belgian Super Cup
- Runners-up: 1992
International
Challenge International du Nord
- Winners: 1902, 1906
European Cup Winners' Cup
- Runners-up: 1992–93
Players
Current squad
- As of 8 August 2022.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Mark van Bommel
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| Assistant Manager | Andries Ulderink
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| Assistant Manager | John Stegeman
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| Assistant Coach | Jürgen Dirkx
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| Assistant Coach | Egid Kiesouw
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| Goalkeeping Coach | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brian Vandenbussche |
| Fitness Coach | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Peter Catteeuw |
| Match Analyst | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jerry Vanacker |
Manchester United Players loan partnership
This is a list of former players on-loan via Manchester United's partnership with Royal Antwerp from 1998 to 2013.
- 23x15px Jamie Wood
- 23x15px Dong Fangzhuo
- 23x15px Fraizer Campbell
- 23x15px Luke Chadwick
- 23x15px John Cofie
- 23x15px Jimmy Davis
- 23x15px Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
- 23x15px Adam Eckersley
- 23x15px David Fox
- 23x15px Luke Giverin
- 23x15px Colin Heath
- 23x15px Tom Heaton
- 23x15px Kirk Hilton
- 23x15px Eddie Johnson
- 23x15px Ritchie Jones
- 23x15px Michael Lea
- 23x15px Lee Martin
- 23x15px Paul Rachubka
- 23x15px Ryan Shawcross
- 23x15px Danny Simpson
- 23x15px Alan Tate
- 23x15px Ronnie Wallwork
- 23x15px Neil Wood
- File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Arthur Gómez
- 23x15px Danny Higginbotham
- 23x15px Darron Gibson
- 23x15px John O'Shea
- Gyliano van Velzen
- 23x15px Craig Cathcart
- 23x15px Jonny Evans
- File:Flag of Scotland.svg Phil Bardsley
- File:Flag of Scotland.svg David Gray
- 23x15px Souleymane Mamam
Royal Antwerp F.C. Media
- Tribune 1, Bosuilstadion, 2019.jpg
Tribune 1, Bosuilstadion, 2019
Other websites
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References
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- ↑ Antwerp wins Belgian Cup as soccer resumes in Belgium. 1 August 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/antwerp-wins-belgian-cup-as-soccer-resumes-in-belgium/2020/08/01/617eec6e-d43b-11ea-826b-cc394d824e35_story.html. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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