Racing White Daring Molenbeek Brussels F.C., often simply referred to as RWDM Brussels, F.C. Brussels or simply Brussels was a Belgian association football club based in the municipality of Molenbeek in the Brussels Capital-Region. They last played in the second division during the 2013–14 season where they finished 8th, but folded at the end of the season due to financial trouble. The club was a continuation of FC Strombeek, a club from the Brussels suburb of

Strombeek-Bever Strombeek-Bever is a town with approximately 11,500 inhabitants in the municipality of Grimbergen, in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. A suburb on the north side of Brussels, it is separated from Grimbergen proper by the R0 ring road aro ...

with '' matricule'' №1936 which was formed in 1932. However, Strombeek merged with Racing White Daring Molenbeek (RWDM) in the 2000s and practising the tradition of RWDM instead. FC Brussels played at the Stade Edmond Machtens, Molenbeek's former stadium. Their highest league ranking was a 10th place in the first division in 2005–06.

History

F.C. Strombeek first registered at the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1932. After many seasons played at the lower levels of Belgian football, Strombeek first reached the

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by winning the Promotion D – Belgium's 4th highest level of football – in 1995–96. After three seasons at that level, they won the third division A in 1999–2000, gaining promotion to the second division for the first time in their history. They finished at the 10th place in the second division in 2000–01. The next season, Strombeek finished at the 9th place. At the same time, the club of

R.W.D. Molenbeek R.W.D. Molenbeek, short for Racing White Daring Molenbeek, was a Belgian football club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles. It then became a member of the Belgian Football Association later the same year as White Star Athletic Club a ...

, though ranked 10th in the first division, were refused their

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, and were subsequently relegated to the

, struggling with financial problems. Johan Vermeersch decicided to create another club by moving KFC Strombeek from the Singelstadion, their stadium in

Grimbergen Grimbergen () is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, 10 km north of the capital Brussels. It comprises the towns of Beigem, Grimbergen, Humbeek, and Strombeek-Bever. In 2017, it had a population of 37,030 and an area ...

, to Molenbeek's stadium, the Stade Edmond Machtens. KFC Strombeek finished at the 9th place again in the second division in the 2002–03 season. Only 2 players from Strombeek remaining at the club, and the new club was named FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek, with the aim to promote to the first division the next season. In April 2003, the club announced to change the name again. Effectively at the start of 2003–04 season, the club would known as R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C.. They won the 2003–04

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Timeline

RWD Molenbeek had itself been created by the merger of earlier clubs. The timeline below shows visually the history of the various clubs that went into the creation of FC Brussels. ImageSize = width:600 height:auto barincrement:25 PlotArea = left:10 right:20 top:10 bottom:30 AlignBars = justify Period = from:1890 till:2015 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1890 AlignBars = justify TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal Colors = id:RacingCB value:white id:DaringCB value:claret id:WhiteStar value:red id:RacingWhite value:red id:RWDM value:red id:Brussels value:white id:Strombeek value:white id:canvas value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas BarData= Bar:RacingCB Bar:RacingWhite Bar:WhiteStar Bar:RWDM Bar:DaringCB Bar:Brussels Bar:Strombeek PlotData= fontsize:S align:center width:18 mark:(line,black) bar:RacingCB color:RacingCB from:1891 till:1963 text:" Racing Club de Bruxelles" bar:DaringCB color:DaringCB from:1895 till:1973 text:" Daring Club de Bruxelles" bar:WhiteStar color:WhiteStar from:1909 till:1963 text:" White Star AC" bar:Strombeek color:Strombeek from:1932 till:2002 text:" KFC Strombeek" bar:RacingWhite color:RacingWhite from:1963 till:1973 text:" Racing White" bar:RWDM color:RWDM from:1973 till:2002 text:" RWDM" bar:Brussels color:Brussels from:2002 till:2014 text:"FC Brussels" LineData= at:1963 color:black frompos:118 tillpos:180 at:1973 color:black frompos:74 tillpos:158 at:2002 color:black frompos:30 tillpos:114

Honours

: **Winners: 2003–04 * Belgian Third Division A: **Winners: 1999–2000

References

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