Royal Excelsior Virton is a Belgian football club, based in the city of Virton, in Luxembourg province. The club will participate in Belgian National Division 1 from 2023–24 after relegation from Challenger Pro League in 2022–23. They were purchased by Al-Ittihad midfielder N'Golo Kanté on 30 June 2023.
Pablo Alejandro Correa Velázquez is a Uruguayan football coach and a former player who is the manager of French Championnat National club Nancy. After his retirement as a player, he became the head coach of three French football clubs.
Aurélien Joachim is a professional footballer who plays for RUS Ethe Belmont as a striker. Born in Belgium, he made 80 appearances for the Luxembourg scoring 15 goals between 2005 and 2019. He is the younger brother of former cyclist Benoît Joachim.
Samir Hadji is a footballer who plays for the Luxembourgian club F91 Dudelange as a striker. Born in France, he has represented Morocco at youth level.
Sadek Jordan Chebel Faucher is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Théo Malget is a Luxembourger retired international footballer who played club football for FC Wiltz 71 and FC Avenir Beggen, as a midfielder.
Steven Lewerenz is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a left winger for SG Sonnenhof Großaspach.
Kevin Lefranc is a French footballer who is contracted to FC Jeunesse Canach in the Luxembourg National Division. A football journeyman, Lefranc has played for 12 different clubs in 7 separate countries. He plays as a striker.
Edisson Lachezarov Jordanov is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian First Division A club Westerlo. Born in Germany, he plays for the Bulgaria national team.
Christian Bracconi is a French-Italian football coach and a former player who played as a forward. During his playing days, Bracconi played for SC Bastia in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.
Thomas Touré is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger. He made one international appearance for the Ivory Coast national team in 2016.
Maximilian Jansen is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Michel Espinosa is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Virton. Born in Cameroon, he was a French youth international.
The Challenger Pro League is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 2016, replacing the Belgian Second Division. From the season 2016–17 until 2019–20, the competition was named Proximus League, after the main sponsor Proximus.
Abdoul Karim Danté is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Luxembourgish club Swift Hesperange.
The 2019–20 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2019 and was scheduled to end in April 2020 but will eventually conclude on 2 August 2020 with the return leg of the promotion playoff.
Lucas Ribeiro Costa is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for South African club Mamelodi Sundowns.
Thibaut Lesquoy is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Challenger Pro League club Virton.
The 2020–21 Belgian Division 2 was the fifth season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of football in Belgium and the first under this name, after being renamed (Belgian) Division 2 from (Belgian) Second Amateur Division. The season was cancelled in January 2021 with just a few matches played, as measures taken by the Belgian government against the spread of COVID-19 prohibited amateur football.
The 2021–22 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2021 and ended in April 2022, with Westerlo winning the title by a considerable margin over RWDM, the latter losing the promotion play-off and hence not promoted together with Westerlo. Virton ended in last place and would have been relegated, were it not for the fact that after the season Excel Mouscron was not awarded a licence, causing them to be relegated instead.
