Royal Cercle Sportif La Forestoise was a
Belgian football club
A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...
from the municipality of
Forest,
Brussels. It was founded in 1909 and received the
matricule n°51 following its registration to the
FA in 1911. The club first reached the
first division in 1926 but it was yet too weak to survive at that level and was back in the
second division for the next season.
The best years of the club were the 1940s since it played 4 seasons at the top level (1942 to 1947, missing the 1944–45 season due to
World War II). The Green and White achieved their best ranking in 1944 with a 10th position.
In 1996 it merged with
Royal Uccle Léopold F.C. to become Royal Léopold Uccle Forestoise and the matricule n°51 was consequently erased.
Honours
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Belgian Second Division
The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Associa ...
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**Winners (1): 1941–42
Notable players
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Raymond Braine
Raymond Ernest Michel Braine (28 April 1907 – 24 December 1978) was a Belgian football striker. He was also the first Belgian professional player, when he obtained a transfer to Sparta Prague in 1930. Braine played in 54 matches for the Be ...
, Belgian international, won several championships in Belgium and Czechoslovakia
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Florent Lambrechts, Belgian champion in 1929 and 1931, top scorer of the Belgian championship in 1936 with 36 goals
Lambrechts at rafcmuseum.be
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References
Association football clubs established in 1909
Defunct football clubs in Brussels
Association football clubs disestablished in 1996
1909 establishments in Belgium
1996 disestablishments in Belgium
Defunct football clubs in Belgium
Organisations based in Belgium with royal patronage
Belgian Pro League clubs
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