Royal Football Club de Liège is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège. It currently plays in the Belgian Third Division B. Its matricule is 4, meaning that it was the fourth club to register with the country's national federation, and the club was the first Belgian champion in history. The club was also known for being 'homeless' between 1995 and 2015 but is now playing on his own ground in Rocourt. FC Liège management also made the club sadly famous for its refusal to release Jean-Marc Bosman after his contract ran out in 1990, which in turn led to the Bosman ruling, a European Court of Justice decision that caused major changes to the structure of European football. The 'philosophy' of the club is based on integration of local young players and on popular and faithful support.
K.R.C. Mechelen is a Belgian association football club from Mechelen in the Antwerp province. It is a long-time rival of KV Mechelen. The club's best position ever is a second place in the first division 1951–52. KRC Mechelen also reached the final of the Belgian Cup in 1954. However, the team has been falling through the Belgian football league system since 2015 and in the 2017-18 season it will be playing in the Belgian Provincial Leagues for the first time since 1906.
Koninklijke Racing Club Gent is a Belgian association football club from the city of Ghent, East Flanders. It is currently playing in the Promotion A, i.e. the fourth level in the Belgian football league system. The club underwent 5 merges and changed its name many times. It achieved its best ranking in 1925 and 1929 with a 5th place in the first division.
RFC Seraing is a Belgian association football club based in Seraing in the province of Liège. They have been playing in the Belgian Second Division since 2009–10 as Royal Boussu Dour Borinage and were formerly known as Royal Francs Borains until the start of the 2008–09 season. They play their home games at the Stade du Pairay.
Dr. Amir Hossein Sadaghiani was an Iranian football player and manager. He was a striker during his playing career and afterwards was Iran national football team's head coach from 1941 till 1950.
Charalambos Konstantinidis is a Belgian football player of Greek descent, he currently plays for RJS Heppignies-Lambusart-Fleurus.
Filippo Porco is a Belgian football player who currently plays for R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne.
Abel Loulou Yao Tebily is an Ivorian footballer who plays for R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne in Belgium as a midfielder.
Hervé Kambou is an Ivorian and Peruvian footballer who plays for Deportivo Binacional.
Charles Damoi Mandella Banga is an Ivorian footballer, who currently plays as a left midfielder for FCV Dender in Belgium.
Koninklijke Rupel Boom FC is a Belgian association football club based in Boom, Antwerp province currently playing in the Belgian First Amateur. They play at the Gemeentelijk Parkstadion in Boom.
Joannes Emilius Miel Stijnen or Stynen was a Belgian footballer.
Robert "Bob" Maertens was a Belgian international footballer who played as a midfielder.
The 2011–12 season of the Belgian Second Division started in August 2011 and is the second tier football league in Belgium. The league is played by 18 teams, with 34 matchdays of 9 matches each, so each team plays the 17 other teams twice. The season is divided into 3 periods, the first period of 10 matches, the second of 12 matches and the third of 12 matches. Each period winner qualifies for the Belgian Second Division Final Round. On 14 April 2012, Charleroi became champions without playing as closest rivals Eupen and Oostende both did not manage to win their matches and thereby could no longer mathematically overtake Charleroi in the standings.
Royal Excel Mouscron, commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, is a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron, currently playing in the First Division A.
Faed Arsène is a Malagasy international footballer who last played in Belgium for Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz, as a striker.
The 2016–17 season of the Belgian First Division A was the 114th season of top-tier football in Belgium and the first following the structural changes in the Belgian football pyramid, reducing the number of professional teams to 24. It began on 29 July 2016 and finished on 31 May 2017. The fixtures were announced on 8 June 2016. Club Brugge were the defending champions but had to settle for second place with Anderlecht taking their 34th title.
