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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.

Royal Antwerp
Full nameRoyal Antwerp Football Club
Nickname(s)The Great Old, The Reds
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GroundBosuilstadion
Antwerp, Belgium
(capacity: 16,144[1])
OwnerHouse of Orange-Nassau
ChairmanPiet van Boldwijn
ManagerMark van Bommel
LeagueBelgian First Division A
2021–22Belgian First Division A, 4th
WebsiteClub home page
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season

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

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.
No. Position Player
1 GK France France Jean Butez


2 DF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Ritchie De Laet


3 DF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Björn Engels


4 MF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Radja Nainggolan


6 MF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Birger Verstraete


7 FW Denmark Denmark Viktor Fischer


8 MF Nigeria Nigeria Alhassan Yusuf


10 FW File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Michel-Ange Balikwisha


11 FW Kosovo Kosovo Arbnor Muja


16 MF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Pieter Gerkens


18 FW File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Vincent Janssen


19 FW Japan Japan Koji Miyoshi


21 DF United States United States Sam Vines


22 DF File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Gastón Ávila


23 DF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Toby Alderweireld


24 MF File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Jurgen Ekkelenkamp
No. Position Player
25 MF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Alexis De Sart


26 GK File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Ortwin De Wolf


30 DF Senegal Senegal Abdoulaye Seck


32 MF Germany Germany Christoper Scott


33 DF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Zeno Van Den Bosch


34 DF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Jelle Bataille


38 MF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Faris Haroun (captain)


48 MF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Arthur Vermeeren


50 DF Kosovo Kosovo Laurit Krasniqi


51 DF File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador William Pacho


55 FW File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Anthony Valencia


61 DF Portugal Portugal Dinis Almeida


71 GK Croatia Croatia Davor Matijaš


80 MF File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Pierre Dwomoh


87 GK File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Davino Verhulst


99 FW Switzerland  Switzerland Michael Frey

Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mark van Bommel
Assistant Manager File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Andries Ulderink
Assistant Manager File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg John Stegeman
Assistant Coach File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jürgen Dirkx
Assistant Coach File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Egid Kiesouw
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.

Royal Antwerp F.C. Media

  • Tribune 1, Bosuilstadion, 2019

Other websites

References

  1. ↑ Bosuil mag voortaan 16.144 supporters ontvangen GVA, 7 April 2018
  2. ↑ Blow for Royal Antwerp FC, Belgium's oldest football club. VRT (14 May 2020). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Parma 3, Royal Antwerp 1. AP (12 May 1993). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Manchester United's Royal Antwerp LoaneesFive Cantonas. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  5. ↑ New life breathed into the Great Old as Royal Antwerp return to top flight. Inside World Football (13 March 2017). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ↑ 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. 
  7. ↑ Stadiums & Pitchesrafc.be. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
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