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Racing White Daring de Molenbeek 47, also known as RWD Molenbeek and often referred to as RWDM, is a Belgian professional football club founded in 1951 as Standaard Wetteren. In 2015, Wetteren folded and merged with another club, liberating the matricule which was sold to people wanting to revive the former RWDM with matricule 47 which folded in 2002. As such the new club was named RWDM47. The club has been on the rise ever since winning two consecutive promotions from the fifth tier to the fourth and fourth to third. In December 2021, the club announced that it had come under the ownership of American business executive John Textor, who also holds stakes in English side Crystal Palace, Brazilian side Botafogo and French side Lyon.[1]

RWDM

Full name	Racing White Daring de Molenbeek
Founded	1951 (as Standaard Wetteren) 2015 (takeover)
Ground	Edmond Machtens Stadium
Capacity	12,266
Owner	John Textor
League	First Division B
2021–22	First Division B, 2nd of 8
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

RWDM's academy is considered one of the best in Belgium, and many footballers have come from there, notably Adnan Januzaj and Michy Batshuayi to name a few Belgian internationals as well as a few internationals for other countries.[2][3]

The club currently plays in the Belgian First Division B. It participated in the 2015–16 Belgian Cup, where it reached the fourth round.[4][5]

Rivalries and fanbase

RWDM's traditional rival is Union Saint-Gilloise,[6] which goes back to the 19th century when RWDM were known as Daring Club.[7] RWDM also have a rivalry with RSC Anderlecht, with just 3 kilometres separating the two clubs and the fixtures often taking over the mantle of the "Derby of Brussels" in the professional era due to Union's relative decline. RWDM also have rivalries with Eendracht Aalst, Lierse[8] and RFC Liège.[9]

RWDM drew support from across the Belgian capital due to its merger of 4 teams, as well as in the Periphery, where many Brusseleirs migrated to, in contrast to the more locally based Saint-Gilles support and the nationwide Anderlecht support.[10] It had high attendances for a big part of its existence as RWDM, until financial troubles and the subsequent changeover with Johan Vermeesch in charge of the new club led to the name change to FC Brussels,[11] and caused a split in the fanbase. During their years as FC Brussels, the Ultra group Brussels Power 05 emerged,[12] while many of the "old school" casuals "Brussels Boys" boycotted. These days both supporter groups sit in the same Bloc A.

Players

First-team squad

As of 21 August, 2022[13]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BEL Nicolas Alavoine 2 DF  CIV Olivier N'Zi (on loan from Kapfenberg) 3 DF  FRA Florian Le Joncour 4 DF  BIH Numan Kurdić 5 DF  KAZ Yan Vorogovskiy 6 DF  GUI Ibrahima Sankhon 7 FW  MTQ Mickaël Biron 8 MF  NED Bryan Smeets 9 FW  ENG Luke Plange (on loan from Crystal Palace) 10 MF  BEL Glenn Claes 11 MF  MTQ Thomas Ephestion 14 FW  BEL Kylian Hazard 15 MF  BEL Sada Diallo 16 DF  IRL Jake O'Brien (on loan from Crystal Palace) 17 MF  BEL Fabio Ferraro 18 MF  BRA Barreto (on loan from Botafogo)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  BEL Jonathan Heris 20 MF  BEL Théo Gécé 21 MF  BEL Youssef Challouk (on loan from Kortrijk) 22 DF  BEL Gilles Ruyssen 25 MF  BEL Alexis De Sart (on loan from Antwerp) 28 FW  BEL Obbi Oularé (on loan from Barnsley) 29 MF  BEL Othman El Ouamari 33 GK  BEL Théo Defourny 42 GK  BEL Jonathan De Bie 55 MF  BRA Luís Oyama (on loan from Botafogo) 70 FW  BRA Vinícius Lopes (on loan from Botafogo) 77 FW  BEL Zakaria El Ouahdi 99 FW  FRA Ivann Botella — MF  BRA Ênio (on loan from Botafogo) — MF  BRA Juninho (on loan from Botafogo) — FW  BRA Rikelmi (on loan from Botafogo)

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

See also

• R.W.D. Molenbeek

References

External links

• (in French and Dutch) Official website

На других языках

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[de] RWD Molenbeek (2015)

Racing White Daring Molenbeek ist ein Fußballverein aus Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in der Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt, Belgien. Seit der Saison 2020/21 spielt er in der Division 1B.

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- [en] RWDM47

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