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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise [y.njɔ̃ sɛ̃.ʒil.waz], abbreviated to Union SG or USG, unofficially simply called Union, is a Belgian football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels, although since the 1920s it has been based at the Joseph Marien Stadium in the neighbouring municipality of Forest.

Union Saint-Gilloise

Full name

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Nickname(s)

Les Unionistes
Union 60

Founded

1 November 1897; 125 years ago

Ground

Joseph Marien Stadium

Capacity

9,400[1]

Owner

Tony Bloom[2]

Chairman

Alex Muzio[2]

Manager

Karel Geraerts

League

Belgian First Division A

2021–22

Belgian First Division A, 2nd

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Current season

The club is one of the most successful in the history of Belgian football. The club won eleven Belgian championships between 1904 and 1935, making it the most successful Belgian club before World War II. The team colours are blue and yellow and its matricule is 10. The team is traditionally popular with working class communities of southern Brussels, as well as more recently with more affluent supporters and workers of the European institutions, as well as both the French and the Flemish speaking free universities.

On 13 March 2021, after defeating local rivals R.W.D. Molenbeek, Union was promoted back to the Belgian First Division A, marking its first appearance in top-flight football in 48 years. The following year, they finished top of the table at the end of the regular season, the first club in Belgian history to do so the season after promotion to the top flight. Union would go on to finish second in the champions play off, securing Champions League qualification for the first time ever in club history, and after being eliminated in the third qualifying round, secured a spot in the group stage of the Europa League.

History

The club was founded in 1897 and obtained its first of eleven titles as Champion of Belgium in 1904. From 1933 to 1935 the team played 60 consecutive matches undefeated, setting a still unbeaten record in Belgium. In the early 1900s, the club also had a dominant spell in some of the very first "European" Cup competitions that took place, prior to officially sanctioned UEFA competitions.

Between 1958 and 1965 the club had a brief spell of European success, playing in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, reaching the semi-finals in the 1958–60 edition after a two legged victory against A.S. Roma. In 1963, however, the club was relegated to the second division, and in 1980 even fell as low as the Belgian Promotion division.

On 21 May 2018, Tony Bloom, chairman of English Premier League side, Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed as the majority shareholder.[3] Alex Muzio, the Chairman of Union, was a co-investor with Tony Bloom in 2018 and holds a minority interest in the club.

On 13 March 2021, after defeating R.W.D. Molenbeek 2–1 at home, Union were promoted back to the Belgian First Division A. This marked its first appearance in the top flight since 1972. Due to restrictions at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Union fans were not able to celebrate their promotion at the stadium.

On 10 April 2022, during their first season back in the top flight in 49 years, Union Saint-Gilloise finished the regular season in first place after a draw against last place Beerschot. The match was abandoned after 83 minutes, after Beerschot fans threw flares onto the pitch. Union were later awarded three points due to forfeit. This was the first time that a newly promoted club finished top of the table in the history of the Belgian league. In the champions play-off, Union finished second behind Club Brugge and thus qualified for the qualifying rounds of the Champions League for the first time in club history.

Supporters and rivalries

Union attract supporters primarily from the Brussels region, especially from the south of the Belgian capital. Their ultras are known as the Union Bhoys, and attend in the all-standing Tribune Est. The Union Bhoys have friendships with RFC Liège and Cercle Brugge supporters. Union's supporters promote anti-fascist ideals.^{[citation needed]}

Union share a Brussels city derby, also known as a "Zwanze derby" with R.W.D. Molenbeek, which stems from their old rivalry with Daring Club Brussels,[4] that has been encapsulated in the Brussels play Bossemans et Coppenolle. However, the two are said to have a love-hate relationship, having both experienced financial difficulty in the modern era, and organised friendlies together in support.[5]

Union have another Brussels city rivalry with neighbour RSC Anderlecht, although the two have met even fewer times in the modern era than RWDM and Union have. This is arguably Union's fiercest derby, with many fans considering it to be the most important match of the season. They met for the first time since 1979 in the Belgian Cup in 2018, with Union stunning Anderlecht 3–0 at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium.[6] In 2021, Union were promoted to the First Division for the first time in 49 years. In the first derby between the two teams in the championship, Union beat Anderlecht 3–1. In January 2022, in their first home game against Anderlecht in the championship since their relegation in 1972, Union completed a league double over Anderlecht, defeating them 1–0.[7] During the Champions Playoffs at the end of the 2021–22 season, they again defeated Anderlecht twice, first with a 3–1 home victory and again with a 0–2 away victory.

Players

Personnal Reward

Six players from the Union Saint-Gilloise finished top scorers in the Belgian First Division A

1902/1903: Gustave Vanderstappen (? Goals)
1903/1904: Gustave Vanderstappen (30 Goals)
1909/1910: Maurice Vertongen (36 Goals)
1922/1923: Achille Meyskens (24 Goals)
1933/1934: Vital Van Landeghem (29 Goals)
2021/2022: Deniz Undav (26 Goals)

A player from the Union Saint-Gilloise finishes top scorers in the Belgian Second Division

1950/1951: Frans Laureys (28 Goals)

Current squad

As of 26 August 2022[8]

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	NED	Bart Nieuwkoop
3	DF	BEL	Viktor Boone
4	MF	ESP	José Rodríguez
6	MF	NED	Oussama El Azzouzi
7	FW	NGA	Victor Boniface
8	MF	CIV	Jean Thierry Lazare
9	FW	GER	Dennis Eckert
10	MF	MLT	Teddy Teuma
11	FW	CIV	Simon Adingra (on loan from Brighton)
13	FW	BEL	Dante Vanzeir
14	GK	SWE	Joachim Imbrechts
16	DF	ENG	Christian Burgess


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	BEL	Guillaume François
20	MF	BEL	Senne Lynen
21	GK	BEL	Lucas Pirard
23	MF	SUI	Cameron Puertas
26	DF	ENG	Ross Sykes
28	DF	JPN	Koki Machida (on loan from Kashima Antlers)
29	FW	SWE	Gustaf Nilsson
44	DF	BEL	Siebe Van der Heyden
49	GK	LUX	Anthony Moris
59	DF	MAR	Ismaël Kandouss
85	DF	BEL	Arnaud Dony
94	FW	MAD	Loïc Lapoussin

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Matthew Sorinola (at Swansea City until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BEL	Ilyes Ziani (at SL 16 FC until 30 June 2023)

Staff

Sports director

Chris O'Loughlin

Head coach

Karel Geraerts

Assistant coach

Bart Meert

Assistant coach

Artur Kopyt

Assistant coach

Tim Smolders

Goalkeeping coach

Logan Bailly

Fitness coach

Balder Berckmans

Video analyst

Marc Delcourt

Team manager

Annelies Menten

Delegate

Philippe Wery

Medical

Doctors

Koen Pansaers
Axel Marlaire

Physios

Stephen Van den Berg
Ivan Del Molino
Wilfried Schiemsky

Honours

Domestic

Belgian First Division
- Winners (11): 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1912–13, 1922–23, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35
- Runners-up (9): 1902–03, 1907–08, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1923–24, 2021–22
Belgian Second Division/Challenger Pro League
- Winners (4): 1900–1901, 1950–1951, 1963–64, 2020–21
- Runners-up (1): 1967–68
Belgian Third Division A
- Winners (2): 1975–76, 1983–84
Belgian Third Division B
- Winners (1): 2003–04
Belgian Fourth Division
- Winners (1): 1982-1983
Belgian Cup
- Winners (2): 1912–13, 1913–14
Jules Pappaert Cup
- Winners (3): 1956, 1976, 2021

European

Challenge International du Nord
- Winners (3): 1904, 1905, 1907
- Runners-up (1): 1908
Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz
- Winners (3): 1905, 1906, 1907
- Runners-up (1): 1904
Coupe Jean Dupuich
- Winners (4): 1912, 1913, 1914, 1925
- Runners-up (1): 1908

Union SG in European competition

Union Saint-Gilloise went 58 years between appearances in European competitions, entering the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the 3rd Qualifying Round, having last appeared in the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The team is playing their home games at Den Dreef, as the Joseph Marien Stadium does not meet the UEFA requirements.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1958–60	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Leipzig XI	6–1	0–1	6–2
		Quarter-final	Roma	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Semi-final	Birmingham City	2–4	2–4	4–8
1960–61	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Roma	0–0	1–4	1–4
1961–62	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Hearts	1–3	0–2	1–5
1962–63	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Olympique de Marseille	4–2	0–1	4–3
1962–63	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Second round	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	1–2	2–2[lower-alpha 2]
1964–65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Juventus	0–1	0–1	0–2
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	3rd Qual. Round	Rangers	2–0	0–3	2–3
	UEFA Europa League	Group Stage	Braga	3–3	2–1	1st
			Malmö	3–2	2–0
			Union Berlin	0–1	1–0
		Round of 16

Notes

Round or group progressed () or eliminated ()
Because of the tie, a play-off match was held which Dinamo Zagreb won with 3-2.

References

Stadium, Union Saint-Gilloise clubwebsite
"communique-officiel : Royale Union Saint-Gilloise". 2 August 2018.
Naylor, Andy (21 May 2018). "Done deal: Albion chairman completes Belgian club takeover". The Argus. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022.
"Historische derby's (2): het einde van de legendarische Union 60". bruzz.be. Bruzz. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
"Un partage pour clore le gala entre le RWDM et l'Union". unionistes.be (in French). 24 December 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
"0–3: Union vernedert Anderlecht in Brusselse bekerderby". BRUZZ.be. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
"L'Union Saint-Gilloise remporte le derby contre Anderlecht et s'envole au classement" [Union Saint-Gilloise wins the derby against Anderlecht and soars in the standings]. RTL Belgium Info (in French). 30 January 2022. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022.
"Noyau A". Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

External links

Official website

v t e Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Founded on November 1, 1897 • Based in Forest, Brussels
Main topics	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Players Managers Matches Europe
Grounds	Stade Joseph Marien (1919–2016) Stade Roi Baudouin (2016–2018) Stade Joseph Marien (2018–present)
Training ground	École des jeunes
Rivalries	R. Daring Club Molenbeek R.W.D. Molenbeek R.S.C. Anderlecht
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Related articles	1929 Aciéries d'Angleur Tournoi Bossemans et Coppenolle Saint-Gilles Union Bhoys
Website: www.rusg.brussels.be

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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise – managers

Romdenne (1905–11)
Griffiths (1922–23)
Griffiths (1933–35)
Grumeau (1943–47)
Aitken (1947–48)
Vandewyer (1948–59)
Delfour (1962–64)
Vanden Eynde (1964–65)
Riou (1965–66)
Week (1967–68)
Thys (1969–73)
Heylens (1973–75)
De Temmerman (1988–92)
Thissen (a.i.) (1992)
Fazekas (1992–93)
Renders (1993–95)
Jagiello (1995–96)
Schmit (a.i.) (1996)
Van Ginderachter (1996–97)
Smets (1997–99)
Crahay (1999–2003)
Urbain (2003–05)
Tshupula (2005–06)
Czerniatynski (2006–07)
Mommaert (2007–08)
Urbain (2008–09)
Van den Bossche (a.i.) (2009)
Miceli (a.i.) (2009)
Landi (2009)
Kovács (2009–10)
Brogno (2010–12)
Oriolo (a.i.) (2012)
Wuyts (a.i.) (2012)
De Cock (2012)
Wouters (2012–13)
De Cock (2013)
Vande Velde (2013)
Vanmelkebeke (a.i.) (2013–14)
Urbain (a.i.) (2014)
Brnčić (2014–15)
Grosjean (2015–18)
Elsner (2018–19)
Christiansen (2019–20)
Mazzù (2020–22)
Geraerts (2022–)

v t e Royale Union Saint-Gilloise – current squad
2 Nieuwkoop 3 Boone 6 El Azzouzi 7 Boniface 8 Amani 9 Eckert 10 Lewis 11 Adingra 13 Vanzeir 14 Imbrechts 16 Burgess 17 Teuma 19 François 20 Lynen 21 Pirard 23 Puertas 26 Sykes 28 Machida 29 Nilsson 32 Salah 44 Van der Heyden 49 Moris 59 Kandouss 85 Dony 94 Lapoussin Antonio Wyns Rodríguez Manager: Geraerts

Belgian National Sports Merit Award

1928 Louis Crooy and Victor Groenen
1929 Georges Ronsse
1930 Hyacinte Roosen
1931 René Milhoux and Jules Tacheny
1932 not awarded
1933 Jef Scherens
1934 Union SG
1935 Count Arnold de Looz-Corswarem
1936 Ernest Demuyter
1937 Joseph Mostert
1938 Hubert Carton de Wiart
1939 Commandant Henry de Menten de Horne
1940 Fernande Caroen
1941 Jan Guilini
1942 Pol Braekman
1943 Prince Albert de Ligne
1944 not awarded
1945 Flying personnel of the Belgian Royal Air Force-section
1946 Gaston Reiff
1947 Micheline Lannoy and Pierre Baugniet
1948 Étienne Gailly
1949 Feru Moulin
1950 Briek Schotte
1951 Johnny Claes and Jacky Ickx
1952 André Noyelle
1953 Crew of the Yacht Omoo (Mr. and Mrs. Van de Wielle and Fred Debels)
1954 Adolph Verschueren
1955 Roger Moens
1956 Gilberte Thirion
1957 Jacques Brichant and Philippe Washer
1958 René Baeten
1959 Belgium men's national field hockey team
1960 Flory Van Donck
1961 Rik Van Looy
1962 Gaston Roelants
1963 Aurèle Vandendriessche
1964 Joël Robert
1965 First jachtwing of the Belgian Air Component
1966 Raymond Ceulemans
1967 Ferdinand Bracke and Eddy Merckx
1968 Jacky Ickx
1969 Serge Reding
1970 Freddy Herbrand
1971 Emiel Puttemans
1972 Karel Lismont
1973 Roger De Coster
1974 Paul Van Himst
1975 Jean-Pierre Burny
1976 Ivo Van Damme
1977 Gaston Rahier
1978 Anderlecht
1979 Robert Van de Walle
1980 Belgium national football team
1981 Annie Lambrechts
1982 Ingrid Berghmans
1983 Eddy Annys
1984 André Malherbe
1985 not awarded
1986 William Van Dijck
1987 Ingrid Lempereur
1988 Eric Geboers
1989 Michel Preud'homme
1990 Jan Ceulemans
1991 Jean-Michel Saive
1992 Annelies Bredael
1993 Vincent Rousseau
1994 Brigitte Becue
1995 Fred Deburghgraeve
1996 Johan Museeuw
1997 Luc Van Lierde
1998 Ulla Werbrouck
1999 Gella Vandecaveye
2000 Joël Smets
2001 Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin
2002 Marc Wilmots
2003 Stefan Everts
2004 Axel Merckx
2005 Tom Boonen
2006 Kim Gevaert and Tia Hellebaut
2007 Belgian Women's 4×100 metres relay team
2008 not awarded
2009 Philippe Gilbert
2010 Philippe Le Jeune
2011 Kevin Borlée
2012 Evi Van Acker
2013 Frederik Van Lierde
2014 Daniel Van Buyten
2015 Belgian Men's 4×400 metres relay team
2016 Nafissatou Thiam
2017 David Goffin
2018 Nina Derwael
2019 Belgium men's national field hockey team
2020 Wout van Aert
2021 Bashir Abdi
2022 Remco Evenepoel

Belgian Pro League

Seasons

Championship Cup (1895–1900)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900
Division of Honour (1900–1952)	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52
First Division (1952–2009)	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09
Pro League (2009–2016)	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
First Division A (2016–2022)	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Pro League (2022–present)	2022–23

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[de] Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Die Royale Union Saint-Gilloise ist ein belgischer Fußballverein aus den zur Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt gehörenden Gemeinden Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis und Forest/Vorst.

- [en] Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

[es] Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

El Royale Union Saint-Gilloise es un club de fútbol de Bélgica, del municipio de Forest, aunque debe su nombre al municipio cercano de Saint-Gilles en la Región de Bruselas-Capital, municipio con abundante presencia de emigrantes españoles e italianos que apoyaron masivamente al club, junto con la comunidad nativa belga del barrio. Fue fundado un 1 de noviembre de 1897 y es uno de los equipos de mayor tradición e historia del fútbol belga, posee 11 títulos de la Liga de Bélgica y 2 Copas de Bélgica, todos ellos antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, siendo el club más exitoso del país hasta entonces.

[ru] Юнион (футбольный клуб)

«Юнион Сент-Жиллуаз» (фр. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise) — бельгийский футбольный клуб из Брюсселя, основанный в 1897 году, в настоящее время выступает в высшем дивизионе Бельгии по футболу. По количеству побед в чемпионате Бельгии «Юнион» с 11 чемпионскими титулами занимает третье место после «Андерлехта» и «Брюгге». «Юнион» становился чемпионом Бельгии в 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1923, 1933, 1934, 1935 годах. Помимо этого, он девятикратный серебряный призёр чемпионата Бельгии — 1903, 1908, 1912, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 2022 и семикратный бронзовый призёр — 1902, 1925, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1956. Двукратный обладатель Кубка Бельгии — 1913, 1914. В истории бельгийского футбола известен своей беспроигрышной серией в 60 игр, в период между 1933—1935 годами, давшее команде прозвище «Юнион 60». В Кубке Ярмарок команда провела 17 матчей, где наибольшего успеха достигла в своём первом же сезоне 1958-60, уступив в полуфинале английскому клубу Бирмингем Сити (2:4 и 2:4). Клуб не играл в высшей лиге с 1973 до 2021 года. Домашние матчи команда проводит на стадионе «Жозеф Марьен», вмещающем 8 000 зрителей.

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