R.F.C. Seraing is a Belgian

Belgium

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 football club from the municipality of Seraing

Seraing

Seraing is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. The municipality of Seraing includes the old communes of Boncelles, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, and Ougrée. With Liège, Herstal, Saint-Nicolas, Ans, and Flémalle it forms the greater Liège agglomeration...

, province of Liège

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History

It was created in 1900 as F.C. Sérésien and it registered to the FA

Belgian Football Association

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 the same year as the matricule n°17. The prefix Royal was added in 1928. The named changed in 1994 to R.F.C. Seraing and two years later, the club had to merge with neighbours Standard Liège

Standard Liège

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 (matricule n°16) due to financial problems. The matricule is thus not in use anymore.
Meanwhile, another club from the city called Seraing RUL, took the same name as RFC Seraing and play at the same stadium. This club is registered with the number 23 at the Belgian Federation and play in the fourth division. But there's no link and no fusion between these two clubs.

Notable players

Jens Jørn Bertelsen

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 Jules Bocande

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 Nico Claesen

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 Guy Dardenne

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 Olivier Doll

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 Eugène Kabongo

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 Roger Lukaku

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 Dany Ngombo Ján Kozák

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 Juan Carlos Oblitas

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 Lars Olsen

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 Percy Rojas

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 Ranko Stojic

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 Igor Vrablic

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