R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909)

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White Star Woluwé F.C.

R.W.D. Molenbeek
Full nameRacing White Daring Molenbeek
Nickname(s)Les Coalisés
Founded1909 [as White Star (Athletic) Club d'Ixelles]
1973 (merging)
Dissolved2002
GroundEdmond Machtens Stadium
Capacity12,266
WebsiteClub website
Current season

R.W.D. Molenbeek, short for Racing White Daring Molenbeek, was a Belgian

Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club and received the registration
number 47.

History

White Star A.C.

The club played several seasons in the

White Star Woluwé F.C.
took its name from this team but is not otherwise related.

Racing White

In 1963 the club merged with

Racing de Bruxelles to become Royal Racing White. It played in the first division from 1965 until 1973 after two seasons in the second division. Its home ground was the Stade Fallon in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels till the club merged with the famous Daring Club de Bruxelles
in July 1973, becoming R.W.D. Molenbeek. The main reason for that merger was the poor league attendance.

R.W.D. Molenbeek

The club played in the first division for ten seasons after its inception, winning the Belgian Championship in 1974-75, regularly qualifying for European competitions and even reaching the semi-final of the 1976-77 UEFA Cup. Since the club had kept the registration number 47 of R. Racing White it could begin in the first division but it had lost the honours of the Daring Club. The club played in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels.[citation needed]

From 1984, the club encountered many difficulties, leading to bankruptcy in 2002.

During the 2002–03 season, K.F.C. Strombeek (located near

Belgian First Division in 2004.[citation needed
]

At the same time, a group of fans, who fought to keep the name alive, had also recreated a new team called RWD Molenbeek (with a new registration number) in 2003. The new team started at the very bottom of the Belgian football league system - provincial division 4 in Brabant (level 8), but has been promoted to the Brabant provincial division 1 (level 5 in Belgium) in 2006 after absorbing another team from the Brabant province. In 2015, the matricule of

RWDM47, trying to reinstate the history of the club.[citation needed
]

European Cup History

Season Competition Round Club
1972–73
UEFA Cup
 1R Portugal CUF Barreiro
1973–74
UEFA Cup
 1R Francoist Spain Espanyol
2R Portugal Vitória Setúbal
1974–75
UEFA Cup
 1R Scotland Dundee
2R Netherlands Twente
1975–76 European Cup 1R Norway Viking
R16 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
1976–77
UEFA Cup
 1R
Næstved
2R Poland Wisła Kraków
3R West Germany Schalke 04
QF Netherlands Feyenoord
SF Francoist Spain Athletic Bilbao
1977–78
UEFA Cup
 1R Scotland Aberdeen
2R East GermanyCarl Zeiss Jena
1980–81
UEFA Cup
 1R
Torino
1996-97
UEFA Cup
 1R Turkey Beşiktaş

Honours]

  • Belgian First Division
    :
  • Belgian Second Division:
    • Winners: 1923–24, 1933–34, 1964–65, 1984–85, 1989–90
  • Belgian Second Division final round
    :
    • Winners: 2001
  • Belgian Cup:
    • Runners-up: 1968–69

References

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