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Olympic Charleroi

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Olympic Charleroi
Full nameRoyal Olympic Club Charleroi
Nickname(s)Les Dogues
Founded1912; 112 years ago (1912)
GroundStade de la Neuville, Belgium
Capacity8,000[1]
ChairmanMichel Vanderhaede
ManagerXavier Robert
LeagueNational Division 1
2022–23National Division 1, 7th of 20

Royal Olympic Club Charleroi, is a Belgian association football club from the city of Charleroi, Hainaut. As of 2019, they play in the Belgian National Division 1 (renamed from Belgian First Amateur Division in 2020).

History

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It was founded in 1912 as Olympic Club de Charleroi. The next year the club registered to the Belgian Football Association to become the matricule n°246. Between 1972 and 1982 the club was named R.O.C. de Montignies-sur-Sambre before reverting to its prior name. In 2000 the club merged with R.A. Marchienne and changed its name from Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi to Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne. Finally in 2019, the club merged with Royal Châtelet S.C. to become R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes.

O.C. de Charleroi first appeared in the second division in 1936 and it won its league eight points ahead of U.S. du Centre, a rival club located nearby Charleroi. It then played in the first division until 1963 (except for the 1955–56 season), joined at that level by the rival Charleroi S.C. in 1947. Olympic finished 3rd in 1939 and then second in 1947. The club had a short come back in the first division in 1967–68 and in 1974–75 but dropped back to the lower leagues, playing mostly at the third or fourth level.

Current squad

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As of 22 January, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Belgium BEL Tanguy Moriconi
2 DF France FRA Aloïs Penin
3 DF Cameroon CMR Karl Ndedi
4 DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Prosper Mendy
5 DF France FRA Dann Banzuzi
6 MF Belgium BEL Geoffrey Ghesquière
7 FW Algeria ALG Mohamed Dahmane
8 MF Belgium BEL Simon Paulet
9 FW Belgium BEL Roman Ferber
10 MF Belgium BEL Quentin Vanderbecq
11 MF Algeria ALG Mehdi Terki
16 GK Belgium BEL Mathias Janssens
17 FW France FRA Bilel Hassaini
19 FW Tunisia TUN Mohamed Medfai
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Senegal SEN Thierno Gaye
22 DF Belgium BEL Ayoub Kouri
23 DF France FRA Ismael Kanda
25 FW Mauritania MTN Souleymane Kamara
29 DF France FRA Souleymane Faye
30 GK France FRA Tommy Plumain
33 MF France FRA Corentin Cottet
36 MF France FRA Najib Bennour
38 MF France FRA Darren Pompé
46 DF Comoros COM Aaron Kamardin
77 FW Belgium BEL Lucas Walbrecq
92 FW France FRA Simon Dia
93 MF France FRA Wassim Mechmache

References

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  1. ^ Ambition de l'Olympic de Charleroi, 5 April 2017, rtbf.be
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