Royal Excel Mouscron

Royal Excel Mouscron (French pronunciation: ​[mukʁɔ̃], Dutch pronunciation: [muˈskrun]), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, is a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron, currently playing in the First Division A.

Royal Excel Mouscron
Full nameRoyal Excel Mouscron
Nickname(s)'Les Hurlus'
Short nameREM
Founded1922 (1922)
as RRC Péruwelz
GroundStade Le Canonnier
Capacity10,800[1]
OwnerLatimer International Limited[2]
ChairmanPatrick Declerck
ManagerFernando Da Cruz
LeagueBelgian First Division A
2019–20Belgian First Division A, 10th
WebsiteClub website

The team was formed as Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between bankrupt R.E. Mouscron and R.R.C. Peruwelz. Its current name was adopted in the summer of 2016.

History

Following the liquidation and break-up of R.E. Mouscron, whose registration number was removed by the Royal Belgian Football Association, the city of Mouscron began negotiations with leaders of R.R.C. Peruwelz about a possible merge. After weeks of hesitation and uncertainty, an agreement was reached. The agreement was officially signed and announced on 11 March 2010. Debts of about €100,000 in R.R.C. Peruwelz's name were cleared while the city agreed to maintain the training center known as "Futurosport". The newly merged club, Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz, took on the history of R.R.C. Peruwelz, receiving matricule number 216 and keeping red and blue as its main colors.[3] In its first season, it participated in Belgian Promotion A, the 4th level of Belgian football. After a strong season, they were promoted to the Belgian Third Division for the 2011–12 season, playing in Division A. They had reached Round 6 of the 2011–12 Belgian Cup before losing narrowly to Belgian Pro League club Beerschot AC on penalties 4–3. They finished first in their division in league play, and thus were promoted to the Belgian Second Division. The next season Mouscron-Péruwelz finished 2nd and qualified for the promotion play-offs but lost. In the 2014 play-offs Mouscron-Péruwelz wound up 4th and qualified yet again; this time they won the play-offs, promoting them to the highest division of Belgian football for the first time in their history, bringing back top tier football to Mouscron after a 5-year absence. In 2016, the name of the club was changed to Royal Excel Mouscron.

Current squad
As of 30 January 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  SRB Nemanja Antonov
5 DF  MAR Saad Agouzoul (on loan from Lille)
6 MF  MNE Deni Hočko
7 MF  CMR Fabrice Olinga
8 MF  CMR Jean Onana (on loan from Lille)
9 FW  MDA Virgiliu Postolachi (on loan from Lille)
10 MF  MNE Marko Bakić
11 MF  FRA Dimitri Mohamed (Captain)
13 DF  BEL Alessandro Ciranni
14 FW  FRA Imad Faraj (on loan from Lille)
16 GK  BFA Hervé Koffi (on loan from Lille)
17 FW  BEL Babacar Dione
20 FW  NGA Cedric Omoigui
21 GK  BEL Nick Gillekens
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  FRA Eric Bocat (on loan from Lille)
26 MF  BEL Dylan Seys
28 MF  BEL Enes Sağlık
29 FW  COD Beni Badibanga
30 MF  BEL Benjamin Van Durmen
32 FW  FRA Harlem Gnohéré
33 FW  CAN Charles-Andreas Brym (on loan from Lille)
39 MF  FRA Darly N'Landu (on loan from Lille)
45 MF  ALB Agim Zeka (on loan from Lille)
47 DF  SEN El Hadji Gueye (on loan from Lille)
70 FW  CMR Serge Tabekou
90 GK  SRB Vaso Vasic
— DF  CIV Yves Dabila (on loan from Lille)
— DF  ARG Matías Silvestre

Youth players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  FRA Mathéo Vroman
27 FW  BEL Alexandre Ippolito
88 GK  ITA Lillo Guarneri

Technical staff
PositionName
Manager Bernd Hollerbach
Assistant Manager Andreas Patz
Goalkeeping Coach Eric Deleu
Fitness Coach Victor Moore
gollark: I was hoping my hatchery would help, but noooo...
gollark: Feesh, I think, got an IOU for 72 ash/boreal hatchlings for an ND, which is on the same rarity level as a 2G prize, right?
gollark: I mean, you do have a CB prize, too.
gollark: You could try gathering rare CBs and then trading them for ash hatchlings.
gollark: Probably that.

References
  1. Het stadion 'Le Canonnier', excel-foot.be (last check 30/03/2018)
  2. Malta Today: Belgian football club bought by Malta-registered company for €10
  3. History of Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz
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