R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909)

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R.W.D. Molenbeek
RWD-Molenbeek.png
Full nameRacing White Daring Molenbeek
Nickname(s)Les Coalisés
Founded1909 [as White Star (Athletic) Club d'Ixelles]
1973 (merging)
Dissolved2002
Ground Edmond Machtens Stadium
Capacity12,266
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

R.W.D. Molenbeek, short for Racing White Daring Molenbeek, was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club and received the registration number 47.

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History

White Star A.C.

The club played several seasons in the first division (1924–25 and from 1934–35 to 1946–47) first as White Star Woluwé A.C. then as Royal White Star A.C. The present White Star Woluwé F.C. took its name from this team but is not otherwise related.

Racing White

In 1963 the club merged with Racing de Bruxelles to become Royal Racing White. It played in the first division from 1965 until 1973 after two seasons in the second division. Its home ground was the Stade Fallon in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels till the club merged with the famous Daring Club de Bruxelles in July 1973, becoming R.W.D. Molenbeek. The main reason for that merger was the poor league attendance.

R.W.D. Molenbeek

The club played in the first division for ten seasons after its inception, winning the 1974–75 Belgian First Division, regularly qualifying for European competitions and even reaching the semi-final of the 1976–77 UEFA Cup. Since the club had kept the registration number 47 of R. Racing White it could begin in the first division but it had lost the honours of the Daring Club. The club played in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels.[ citation needed ]

From 1984, the club encountered many difficulties, leading to bankruptcy in 2002.

During the 2002–03 season, K.F.C. Strombeek (located near Brussels) moved to the Edmond Machtens Stadium and became F.C. Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek the next season. The new club, which used Strombeek's matricule (registration) №1936, subsequently began in the second division but was promoted to the Belgian First Division in 2004.[ citation needed ]

At the same time, a group of fans, who fought to keep the name alive, had also recreated a new team called RWD Molenbeek (with a new registration number) in 2003. The new team started at the very bottom of the Belgian football league system - provincial division 4 in Brabant (level 8), but has been promoted to the Brabant provincial division 1 (level 5 in Belgium) in 2006 after absorbing another team from the Brabant province. In 2015, the matricule of Standaard Wetteren was sold to a group of investors who started the club RWDM47, trying to reinstate the history of the club.[ citation needed ]

European Cup History

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1972–73 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Portugal.svg CUF Barreiro 0–10–20–3
1973–74 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Espanyol 1–23–04–2
2R Flag of Portugal.svg Vitória Setúbal 2–10–12–2 (a)
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Scotland.svg Dundee 1–04–25–2
2R Flag of the Netherlands.svg Twente 0–11–21–3
1975–76 European Cup 1R Flag of Norway.svg Viking 3–21–04–2
R16 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Hajduk Split 2–30–42–7
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Denmark.svg Næstved 4–03–07–0
2R Flag of Poland.svg Wisła Kraków 1–11–12–2 (5–4 p)
3R Flag of Germany.svg Schalke 04 1–01–12–1
QF Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord 2–10–02–1
SF Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Athletic Bilbao 1–10–01–1 (a)
1977–78 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Scotland.svg Aberdeen 0–02–12–1
2R Flag of East Germany.svg Carl Zeiss Jena 1–11–12–2 (5–6 p)
1980–81 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Italy.svg Torino 1–22–2 (aet)3–4
1996–97 UEFA Cup 1R Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş 0–00–30–3

Honours

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