François Demol

Frans Demol (19 August 1895 in Beersel – 14 February 1966), nicknamed Protje, was a former Belgian international footballer and manager of Belgium.

Frans Demol
Personal information
Full name Frans Laurent Demol
Date of birth (1895-08-19)19 August 1895[1]
Place of birth Beersel, Belgium
Date of death 14 February 1966(1966-02-14) (aged 70)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1907–1913 Union Saint-Gilloise
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1927 Union Saint-Gilloise[2] 176 (19)
International career
1924–1927[1] Belgium 19[3] (0)
Managerial career
1927–1939 RC Tienen
1944–1946 Belgium[1]
1946–1947 RC Tienen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Player career

Having starting his youth career in Union Saint-Gilloise, Demol played also for Union's first squad from 1914 on. In his first professional year, he would already lift the Belgian Cup. With the same team (in the meantime named Union Royale Saint-Gilloise), he also won the Belgian Championship for clubs nine years later. In 1927, he changed Union after 176 games and 19 goals[4] for Third Division team RC Tienen as coach, with which he celebrated promotion to Second Division in 1931.

During his last years in First Division with Union Royale Saint-Gilloise, he also gathered 19 caps for the Belgium national football team.[3] He also got selected for the Belgian 1924 Olympic team, but did not play in Paris.[5]

Managerial career

Frans Demol became a football manager in 1927 for RC Tienen and in 1944 for Belgium. Under his supervision the national side won twice, drew twice and suffered four losses.[1] In 1946, Englishman Bill Gormlie became his successor as coach of Belgium. Just as for his player career, Demol's career as football manager ended up in Tienen; he would lead this team during only one year.

Player palmares
Union Saint-Gilloise
Winner (1): 1922–23
Winner (1): 1914
RC Tienen
Winner (1): 1931
Winner (1): 1937
Belgium national football team
  • 19 selections
  • Coupe Van den Abeele (friendly cup tournament between Belgium and the Netherlands in Belgium)[1]
Winner (1): 1927
Co-Winner (1): 1926

References
  1. "François Demol - national football team player - eu.football.info". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  2. Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)
  3. "Alle Rode Duivels" (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  4. "Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)". Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  5. "François Demol". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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