R.F.C. Tournai

RFC Tournai is a Belgian association football club from the city of Tournai, Hainaut. It is the result of the merger between R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne (matricule n°26) and R.R.C. Tournaisien (n°36) in 2002. The club wears the matricule n°26 and plays in the Belgian National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football.

R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne history
Union Sportive Tournaisienne was founded in 1902 and became a member of the Belgian Football Association one year later. It played in the second division as soon as the competition was officially started in 1910. The club reached its peak when it played its only one season in the first division in 1951–52. It finished last (16th) with 3 wins and 12 points. In 2002 Tournai won the Promotion A and it merged with the Racing so that the new R.F.C. began in the third division.

RFC Tournai history
Tournai began with a nice 6th place in 2003 but could not avoid relegation the next year when it finished 15th (on 16). In 2005, it won the Promotion A. On 24 November 2007, Thierry Pister was appointed as the new head coach for the club.

In 2022–23, RFC Tournai secure promotion to Belgian Division 2 from next season after winning play-off against RSC Habay La Neuve with score narrowly 0–1 at away games and return to fourth tier after 12 years absence. Following season, RFC Tournai secure back to back promotion to Belgian National Division 1 from next season after finishing fourth place due to expansion team in third tier.

Current squad
As of 18 October 2013.

Staff

Head Coach
 * 🇧🇪 Mickael Browaeys

Assistant Coach
 * 🇧🇪 Fabien Delbeeke

Goalkeeper Coach
 * 🇧🇪 Christophe Martin

Team Chef
 * 🇧🇪 Abdel Araci