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2024–25 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Season
The 2024–25 season was Royale Union Saint-Gilloise's 127th season in existence and fourth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. Season summary The club won the Belgian Pro League for the twelfth time in their history and the first time since 1934–35. They also competed in and won the Belgian Super Cup for the first time in their history beating Club Brugge. The club also reached the quarter-finals of the Belgian Cup. In Europe they competed in the UEFA Europa League following their defeat in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, the progressed from the league phase but lost in the knockout round play-offs. Players First-team squad Transfers In Out Loaned In Loaned Out New contracts First team Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record Belgian Pro League League table Results summary Results by round Matches Champions' play-offs = League table ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (), also known as Union Saint-Gilloise, Union SG or simply Union, is a Belgian professional Football club (association football), football club from Brussels based in Forest, Belgium, Forest. Founded in 1897 in the neighbouring Saint-Gilles, Belgium, Saint-Gilles, the club has played its home matches at the historic Joseph Marien Stadium since the 1920s. One of the most successful clubs in Belgian football history, Union won eleven Belgian Pro League, national titles between 1904 and 1935, dominating the domestic game before World War II. From 1933 to 1935, they went 60 league matches unbeaten—a national record that still stands. After a long decline that saw the club fall as low as the Belgian Fourth Division, fourth tier, Union experienced a resurgence in the 2020s following a takeover by British businessman Tony Bloom, also chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion. In 2021, they returned to the Belgian Pro League after 48 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025–26 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise Season
The 2025–26 season is Royale Union Saint-Gilloise's 128th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, they will participate in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the Belgian Super Cup. They will also compete in the UEFA Champions League. Players First-team squad Transfers In Out Loaned In Loaned Out Out of contract ''Players who are provisionally out of contract at the end of the previous season. May still be offered new contracts by the team.'' New contracts First team Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record Belgian Pro League League table Results summary Results by round Matches Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup UEFA Champions League Due to their home venue, the Joseph Marien Stadium, not meeting UEFA requirements, Union Saint-Gilloise will play their European home games at Lotto Park in Anderlecht. League p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the most important football teams of South America by FIFA. It is one of the eight Argentine first division teams that have won the Copa Libertadores. The continental trophy was won in the club's first entry to the contest, in 1985 Copa Libertadores, 1985. Nevertheless the most remarkable sign of Argentinos Juniors has been the talented players emerged from its youth divisions, with Diego Maradona as the greatest example of all. This earned the club the nickname ''semillero del mundo'' ("seedbed of the world"). As a result, it has been described as "one of Argentina's most distinctive football clubs". History Early years The club was founded in the Villa Crespo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires on 14 August 1904, by a group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area 16.7 million, making it the List of metropolitan areas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the world. It is known for its preserved eclecticism, eclectic European #Architecture, architecture and rich culture, cultural life. It is a multiculturalism, multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in some other parts of the country. This is because since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of Immigration to Argentina, im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Mac Allister
Kevin Mac Allister (born 7 November 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back for Belgian Pro League club Union SG. His brothers Alexis Mac Allister and Francis Mac Allister are fellow professional footballers. Club career Early career Mac Allister, like his two brothers, started his career with Argentinos Juniors. His first appearance for the Argentinos first-team came on 27 February 2016, in a 4–1 defeat to Estudiantes. Three more appearances followed in his debut season of 2016. The club was relegated in that campaign, Mac Allister subsequently made sixteen appearances in Primera B Nacional as Argentinos won the title. He scored his first senior goal in March 2018 against Gimnasia y Esgrima. Mac Allister joined Boca Juniors on loan in January 2019. Union SG On 12 July 2023, Belgian club Union SG announced the signing of Mac Allister on a three-year contract, with an option of a further year. On 5 October, he shared the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlon
Arlon (; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Luxembourg (Belgium), province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it is the smallest provincial capital in Belgium. Arlon is also the capital of its cultural region: the Arelerland (Land of Arlon in Luxembourgish). The municipality consists of the following deelgemeente, sub-municipalities: Arlon proper, Autelbas, Bonnert, Guirsch, Heinsch, Belgium, Heinsch, and Toernich. Other population centers include: Autelhaut, Clairefontaine, Fouches, Belgium, Fouches, Frassem, Freylange, Hachy, Belgium, Hachy, Heckbous, Rosenberg, Sampont, Schoppach, Sesselich, Seymerich, Stehnen, Sterpenich, Stockem, Udange, Belgium, Udange, Viville, Waltzing, Weyler, and Wolberg. History Origins Before the Ancient Rome, Roman conquests of Gaul, the territory of Arlon and a vast area to the southeast were settled by the Treve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Moris
Anthony Christian Moris (born 29 April 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Union SG. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Luxembourg national team. Club career Moris played his first friendly match for Standard Liège against R.F.C. Amay where he kept a clean sheet. He was the choice goalkeeper for Standard Liège for the 2008–09 season. He was contracted until 2010 with Standard and extended his contract three more years. In January 2014, Moris was loaned out to then-Belgian First Division B club Sint-Truiden. He made his competitive debut for the club on 1 February 2014 in a 1–1 home draw with Roeselare, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Davy Schollen. He played in just eight more competitive matches during the duration of his loan, with three in the league and five in the playoffs. Moris kept four clean sheets during the loan, including one in his eleven-minute stint on his debut. In early 2015, Moris was pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixelles
(French language, French, ) or (Dutch language, Dutch, ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Pentagon (Brussels), Brussels' city centre, it is exclave, geographically bisected by the City of Brussels. It is also bordered by the municipalities of Auderghem, Etterbeek, Forest, Belgium, Forest, Uccle, Saint-Gilles, Belgium, Saint-Gilles and Watermael-Boitsfort. , the municipality had a population of 88,521 inhabitants. The total area is , which gives a population density of . In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally Multilingualism, bilingual (French–Dutch). It is generally considered an affluent area of the region, and is particularly noted for its communities of Brussels and the European Union, European and Congolese immigrants. Geography Ixelles is located in the south-east of Brussels and is divided into two parts by the Avenue Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Imbrechts
Joachim Lasse Imbrechts (born 9 October 2001) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Union SG. Born in Belgium, he represented it internationally on junior levels, before switching to representing Sweden. Early life Imbrechts grew up in Namur, Belgium. Club career In 2021, he signed for Belgian side Union SG, where he was in the club's squads for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 2022–23 UEFA Europa League. He made his professional debut on the 1 October 2023, with Union Saint-Gilloise against his former club Charleroi. On the 9 May 2024, he won the Belgian Cup. International career Imbrechts initially represented Belgium internationally, playing in Belgium national under-17 football team friendlies. He then switched to representing Sweden and debuted for the under-17 team at the 2018 Four Nations Tournament. Personal life Imbrechts regards Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimovic Zlatan ( sr-Cyrl, Златан) is a male given name of Slavic origin meaning ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roeselare
Roeselare (; ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke. The name of the city is derived from two Germanic words meaning "reed" and "open space", ''i.e.'', a marsh in a forest glade. Roeselare's minor seminary is famous for having hosted the famous Flemish poets Guido Gezelle, Albrecht Rodenbach and missionary Jesuit Constant Lievens. The city is also home to the Rodenbach brewery. History Origins and Middle Ages Traces of early dwellings have been found in the area, including prehistoric flint tools, Gallo-Roman wells, and a small 9th century Frankish building. The first mention of ''Roslar'' dates from a document dated 821 or 822, whereby the former domain of the Menapii, also called the ''Rollare'' villa in later documents, was given to Elnon Abbey. According to legend, Baldwin Iron Arm, Count of Flanders, kidnapped J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalkeeper (association Football)
The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a association football positions, position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing football team, team from Scoring in association football, scoring a 'Football pitch#Goals, goal' (i.e. putting the football (ball), ball over the Goal_(sports)#Association_football, goal Goal line (association football), line). This is accomplished by having the goalkeeper move into the trajectory of the ball to either catch it or direct it further from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area, goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands, giving them (outside throw-ins) the sole rights on the field to handle the ball. The goalkeeper is indicated by wearing a different coloured kit (association football), kit from their teammates and opposition. The back-pass rule is a rule that disallows handling passes b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
