UR La Louvière Centre

Union Royale La Louvière Centre is a Belgian association football club created in 1922.

URS Centre
Full nameUnion Royale La Louvière Centre
Founded1922 (1922)
GroundStade du Tivoli
Capacity12,500
ChairmanHuseyin Kazanci
ManagerXavier Robert
LeagueBelgian Division 2
2021–22Belgian National Division 1, 15th of 15 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

History

In 2011, it moved from Stade Raymond Dienne, Haine-Saint-Pierre to Stade du Tivoli, La Louvière as R.A.A. Louviéroise went into liquidation in 2009.

The team was originally known as Union Royale Sportive du Centre or URS Centre but this was changed to the current name in 2011.[1] It is playing in the third division A since 2008–09. The club is based in La Louvière in the Centre area. Due to the competition reform of 2016, the club began competing in the new Belgian Second Amateur Division, where the club finished fourth in the first season. In 2017, Racing Charleroi Couillet Fleurus took on the name RAAL La Louvière and moved to the city in order to restore the former glory of the defunct R.A.A. Louviéroise.

In the 2018–19 season, the club won the title of the Walloon division of the Second Amateur Division, which meant that it they won promotion to the third-tier Belgian First Amateur Division.[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition was canceled after 24 matchdays. At that time, the club was in fourteenth place, which meant that they would be relegated to Second Amateur Division. However, in the end, there were several professional clubs that did not receive a licence for professional football and had to relegate to the Belgian Second Amateur Division, and thus the club remained in the third tier.[3][4]

The club changed their logo in May 2020, and the bird and crown became dark blue instead of green. It was decided in May 2020 to change the club name to La Louvière Centre, thereby eliminating the addition "Union Royale". According to the board, the letters "URLC" had become synonymous its negative past of financial struggles.[5]

Current squad

As of 27 January 2022

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 France FRA Mansour Diallo
4 MF France FRA Amadou Diakhaté
5 DF France FRA Christopher Luhaka
6 MF Ivory Coast CIV Armand Blaide
7 MF Portugal POR Eugénio Pina
FW France FRA Sofiene Lekehal
9 FW France FRA Amadou Ba
FW France FRA Saïf Sakhi
11 MF Belgium BEL Marino Di Chiello
12 FW Belgium BEL Yassin Aydouni
14 FW Belgium BEL Ivan Prokhorov
15 FW Belgium BEL Laurent Van Der Goten
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF France FRA Ahmed Bouchentouf
20 MF France FRA Yann Nkou
21 MF France FRA Yacine Bentayeb
22 FW French Guiana GUF Marc-Antoine Fortuné
24 MF Belgium BEL Stéphane Mukala
25 MF Belgium BEL Brahime Kaba
MF France FRA Bradley Mbuta
27 FW Belgium BEL Deniz Bil
FW Belgium BEL William Fonkeu
29 MF Djibouti DJI Haroun Mohamed
31 GK Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Sébastien Fuakuingi
71 FW Belgium BEL Tyron Crame

References

  1. Historique LA NAISSANCE DE L'UNION ROYALE LA LOUVIÈRE CENTRE
  2. Bellon, Dante (26 April 2019). "OVERZICHT. Deze clubs vechten nog om promotie en degradatie in de lagere reeksen". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish).
  3. "Zes teams uit hoogste amateurliga vragen licentie voor 1B aan". Proximus (in Dutch). 15 February 2020.
  4. "Football : licence en vue pour La Louvière-Centre". Télévision locale de la région du Centre (in French). 7 April 2020.
  5. "Logo modifié, nouveau nom: La Louvière Centre polit son image". DH Les Sports + (in French). 26 May 2020.


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