Royal Cercle Sportif Brainois is a Wallonian Belgian football club from

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. Founded in 1913, club is assigned matricule nr.75Foot 100 ASBL. ''Dictionnaire des clubs affiliés à l'URBSFA depuis 1895 : Archives de l'URBSFA''
/ref> and is one the oldest continuously existing clubs in the country.

History

The club was founded in 1913 by 11 founding members. under the name Cercle Sportif Branois. In 1926, when the matricule system was established, club was assigned matricule nr.75, which it has kept to this day.Foot 100 ASBL. ''Dictionnaire des clubs affiliés à l'URBSFA depuis 1895 : Archives de l'URBSFA''
/ref> Throughout its history, the club has spent 32 seasons at national level, of which 12 were in the third tier. Between 1946 and 1969 the club was continuously in the lower national league, however since they have been oscillating between the provincial leagues and national amateur tiers. Over the years the most famous players were

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and

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, both former internationals who finished their career at the club, and

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who spent six seasons in the 70s with them before returning as a coach in the late 80s.

Honours and achievements

Belgian Fourth Division The Belgian Fourth Division was the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. The division was split into four separate leagues, A, B, C and D. The team with the most points in the four leagues together was declared the overall winner ...

**Champions: 1956-57 *

Belgian Division 3 The Belgian Division 3, commonly referred to as simply Derde Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 3 (in French) is the fifth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Division 2. It was created by the Royal Be ...

**Runners-up: 2018-19 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

**2005–06 Belgian Cup#Round 4, Fourth Round: 2005–06 Belgian Cup, 2005-06

References

External links

*{{Official, https://www.rcsbrainois.com/ Football clubs in Belgium Association football clubs established in 1913 1913 establishments in Belgium