Royal Excel Mouscron

Full name

Short name

REM

Founded

1922
as Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz

Ground

Stade Le Canonnier

Capacity

10,571

Owner

Adar Zahavi

Chairman

Edward Van Daele

Manager

Glen De Boeck

League

Belgian First Division A

2015–16

Belgian Pro League, 14th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Royal Excel Mouscron is a Belgian football club located in the town of Mouscron, in the western province of Hainaut. The club was formed as Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging of bankrupt club R.E. Mouscron and R.R.C. Peruwelz and was renamed in the summer of 2016 to Royal Excel Mouscron. The team plays in the Belgian First Division A after winning the Belgian Second Division promotion play-offs in the 2013–14 season.

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 March 11, 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.^[1] 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.

Current squad

As of 31 August 2016.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Vagner
4	MF	Karim Essikal (on loan from Zulte Waregem)
5	MF	David Hubert (on loan from Gent)
6	DF	Cristian Manea (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
7	MF	Filip Marković
8	FW	Fabrice Olinga (on loan from Málaga)
9	FW	Roman Ferber
10	MF	Mahmoud Trézéguet (on loan from Anderlecht)
11	MF	Dimitri Mohamed
14	MF	Corentin Kocur
15	DF	Daniel Graovac (on loan from Zrinjski Mostar)
16	FW	Valentín Viola (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
17	MF	Melvin Neves
18	FW	Maksym Bah
20	FW	Simon Diedhiou (on loan from Gent)

No.	Position	Player
21	GK	Matej Delač (on loan from Chelsea)
22	MF	Luka Stojanovic (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
23	DF	Mickaël Tirpan
24	DF	Nikola Gulan
26	MF	Luigi Vaccaro
27	DF	Mërgim Vojvoda
28	DF	Jérémy Huyghebaert
29	DF	Thibault Peyre
30	DF	Benjamin Van Durmen
33	GK	Théo Defourny
34	DF	Stefan Simic (on loan from Milan)
45	FW	Fejsal Mulić
66	GK	Alen Šarić-Hodžić
99	FW	Islam Feruz (on loan from Chelsea)

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player

Players with Dual Nationality

Managers

Philippe Saint-Jean (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2012)
Arnaud Dos Santos (June 27, 2012 – Dec 19, 2013)
Rachid Chihab (Dec 22, 2013 – Dec 29, 2014)
Fernando Da Cruz (Dec 29, 2014 – June 30, 2015)
Čedomir Janevski (July 1, 2015 – January 20, 2016)
Glen De Boeck (January 20, 2016 – )

References

↑ History of Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz

External links

First League / Pro League / First Division A

2016–17 teams	Anderlecht Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Excel Mouscron Genk Gent Kortrijk Lokeren Mechelen Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Westerlo Zulte Waregem

Statistics	Teams Champions Top scorers Current managers Belgian Golden Shoe

Championship Cup (1895–1904)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04

First Division (1904–1926)	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26

Division of Honour (1926–1952)	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52

First Division (1952–1993)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Belgian League (1993–2008)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Belgian Pro League (2008–2016)	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Belgian First Division A (2016–present)	2016–17

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