Koninklijke or (, Dutch for 'royal') is an honorary title given to certain companies and non-profit organisations in the Netherlands and to a lesser extent Belgium, by the monarchs of each country. It was first introduced by Louis Bonaparte in 1807, then Ki ...

Racing Waregem is a Belgian

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club based in

Waregem Waregem (; vls, Woaregem), sometimes known as Waereghem, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Leie, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondiss ...

as is rival club

Zulte-Waregem Sportvereniging Zulte Waregem (), commonly known as Zulte Waregem or by their nickname Essevee (), is a Belgian professional football club based in Waregem, West Flanders. Zulte Waregem plays in the Belgian First Division A. Their highest finish ...

. It is currently playing in the eerste provinciale. The home ground of the club is Mirakelstadion.

History

It was founded in 1941 as Racing Kleithoek but it changed its name to Racing Waregem two years later when it registered to the

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. The club changed its name again in 1992. In 2006 it finished 5th of the

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and won the promotion playoff to play in the second division. This would only last for one year, as they just failed to complete an amazing come-back during the second half of the season. Waregem finally ended 17th and relegated back to

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* Racing Waregem Association football clubs established in 1941 1941 establishments in Belgium Organisations based in Belgium with royal patronage {{Belgium-footyclub-stub