Royal Knokke F.C.

Royal Knokke Football Club is a Belgian association football club based in Knokke, West Flanders. The club currently play in the Belgian National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football.

Knokke
Full nameRoyal Knokke Football Club
Founded1905 (1905)
GroundBurgemeester Graaf Leopold Lippens Park,
Knokke
Capacity3,000[1]
ChairmanVincent Van Honsebrouck
ManagerYves Van Borm
LeagueNational Division 1
2022–23National Division 1, 8th of 20
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded in 1905.[2]

In 2016–17, Knokke won the Second Amateur Division winning promotion to the First Amateur Division. After another successful season, Knokke finished second in the league standing, allowing them to participate in the final play-off round for promotion. Knokke won the final round, but did not apply for a licence for second-tier Belgian First Division B, which meant that only Lommel promoted.[3]

The following year, the club finished last in the table and relegated to the Second Amateur Division. There, they regained the league title and won promotion – albeit in a special way. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Belgian Football Association decided on 27 March 2020 to cancel all competitions and to determine the final rankings. Knokke had at that point played 24 games in the Second Amateur Division and finished on top with 63 points, forcing promotion back to the First Amateur Division.[4]

Current squad
As of 16 August 2023[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Belgium BEL Ruben Vanraefelghem
4 DF Belgium BEL Brendan Schoonbaert
5 DF Belgium BEL Louis Broché
7 MF Belgium BEL Kevin Hebbelinck
8 MF Belgium BEL Nils Pierre
9 FW Belgium BEL Jens Naessens
10 FW Belgium BEL Amadu Jalloh
11 MF Luxembourg LUX Lucas Prudhomme
16 MF Ghana GHA Samuel Addo
18 FW Belgium BEL Jonathan Mfumu
19 MF Belgium BEL Justin Pieters
20 DF Belgium BEL Jarric Buysse
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Belgium BEL Thijs Coninckx
23 DF Portugal POR Leandro Varela
25 GK Belgium BEL Merveille Goblet
26 DF Belgium BEL Jarno Vervaque
28 MF Turkey TUR Halil Köse
29 FW The Gambia GAM Basiru Mbye
44 GK Belgium BEL Wout Meese
70 FW Belgium BEL Noah Aelterman
75 DF Belgium BEL Loïc Ritière
93 DF Belgium BEL Aurélien Bailly
— DF Haiti HAI Rousseau De Poorter (on loan from Deinze)

Honours

References
  1. "Belgium - Royal Knokke FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  2. "Geschiedenis". Royal Knokke Football Club (in Flemish). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. "Knokke pakt de titel in 1e amateurklasse". Focus en WTV (in Dutch). 27 May 2018.
  4. "SPORTIEVE RANGSCHIKKING D2 en D3" (PDF). RBFA. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  5. "A-Kern Spelers" [First team squad]. rkfc.be. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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