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Racing White Daring Molenbeek, also known as RWD Molenbeek and often referred to as RWDM, is a Belgian professional football club based in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. The club currently plays in the Belgian Pro League from 2023–24 after it managed to get promotion from the Challenger Pro League in 2022–23. It participated in the 2015–16 Belgian Cup, where it reached the fourth round.[1][2]
The club was founded in 1951 as Standard Wetteren. In 2015, Wetteren folded and merged with another club, liberating the matricule which was sold to people wanting to revive the former RWDM with matricule 47 which folded in 2002. As such the new club was named RWDM47. The club quickly rose through the ranks, winning two consecutive promotions from the fifth to the third tier. In December 2021, the club announced that it had come under the ownership of American business executive John Textor, who also holds stakes in English side Crystal Palace, Brazilian side Botafogo and French side Lyon.[3]
RWDM's academy is considered one of the best in Belgium, and many footballers have come from there, notably Adnan Januzaj and Michy Batshuayi to name a few Belgian internationals as well as a few internationals for other countries.[4][5]
RWDM's traditional rival is Union Saint-Gilloise,[8] which goes back to the 19th century when RWDM were known as Daring Club.[9] RWDM also have a rivalry with RSC Anderlecht, with just 3 kilometres separating the two clubs and the fixtures often taking over the mantle of the "Derby of Brussels" in the professional era due to Union's relative decline. RWDM also have rivalries with Eendracht Aalst, Lierse,[10] and RFC Liège.[11]
RWDM drew support from across the Belgian capital due to its merger of 4 teams, as well as in the Periphery, where many Brusseleirs migrated to, in contrast to the more locally based Saint-Gilles support and the nationwide Anderlecht support.[12] It had high attendances for a big part of its existence as RWDM, until financial troubles and the subsequent changeover with Johan Vermeesch in charge of the new club led to the name change to FC Brussels,[13] and caused a split in the fanbase. During their years as FC Brussels, the Ultra group Brussels Power 05 emerged,[14] while many of the "old school" casuals "Brussels Boys" boycotted. These days both supporter groups sit in the same Bloc A.
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For the defunct football clubs of the same name see RWDM You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Dutch February 2024 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Dutch article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 378 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Dutch Wikipedia article at nl Racing White Daring Molenbeek 5479 see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated nl Racing White Daring Molenbeek 5479 to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Racing White Daring Molenbeek also known as RWD Molenbeek and often referred to as RWDM is a Belgian professional football club based in Molenbeek Saint Jean Brussels The club currently plays in the Belgian Pro League from 2023 24 after it managed to get promotion from the Challenger Pro League in 2022 23 It participated in the 2015 16 Belgian Cup where it reached the fourth round 1 2 RWD MolenbeekFull nameRacing White Daring MolenbeekFounded2015 9 years ago 2015 takeover GroundEdmond Machtens StadiumCapacity12 266OwnerJohn TextorHead coachYannick FerreraLeagueBelgian Pro League2022 23Challenger Pro League 1st of 12 promoted WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursCurrent season Contents 1 History 2 Rivalries and fanbase 3 Players 3 1 First team squad 3 2 Other players under contract 3 3 Out on loan 4 Club staff 5 Honours 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory editThe club was founded in 1951 as Standard Wetteren In 2015 Wetteren folded and merged with another club liberating the matricule which was sold to people wanting to revive the former RWDM with matricule 47 which folded in 2002 As such the new club was named RWDM47 The club quickly rose through the ranks winning two consecutive promotions from the fifth to the third tier In December 2021 the club announced that it had come under the ownership of American business executive John Textor who also holds stakes in English side Crystal Palace Brazilian side Botafogo and French side Lyon 3 RWDM s academy is considered one of the best in Belgium and many footballers have come from there notably Adnan Januzaj and Michy Batshuayi to name a few Belgian internationals as well as a few internationals for other countries 4 5 On 13 May 2023 RWDM secured promotion to the Belgian Pro League by winning the Challenger Pro League title in a narrow 1 0 victory over RSCA Futures with Mickael Biron scoring the winning goal 6 7 Rivalries and fanbase editRWDM s traditional rival is Union Saint Gilloise 8 which goes back to the 19th century when RWDM were known as Daring Club 9 RWDM also have a rivalry with RSC Anderlecht with just 3 kilometres separating the two clubs and the fixtures often taking over the mantle of the Derby of Brussels in the professional era due to Union s relative decline RWDM also have rivalries with Eendracht Aalst Lierse 10 and RFC Liege 11 RWDM drew support from across the Belgian capital due to its merger of 4 teams as well as in the Periphery where many Brusseleirs migrated to in contrast to the more locally based Saint Gilles support and the nationwide Anderlecht support 12 It had high attendances for a big part of its existence as RWDM until financial troubles and the subsequent changeover with Johan Vermeesch in charge of the new club led to the name change to FC Brussels 13 and caused a split in the fanbase During their years as FC Brussels the Ultra group Brussels Power 05 emerged 14 while many of the old school casuals Brussels Boys boycotted These days both supporter groups sit in the same Bloc A Players editFirst team squad edit As of 10 February 2024 15 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp BEL Nicolas Alavoine4 DF nbsp BRA Klaus5 DF nbsp BEL Alexis De Sart6 MF nbsp BEL Pierre Dwomoh on loan from Antwerp 7 FW nbsp MTQ Mickael Biron8 MF nbsp JPN Shuto Abe9 FW nbsp SEN Makhtar Gueye10 FW nbsp ENG Malcolm Ebiowei on loan from Crystal Palace 11 DF nbsp IRL Tayo Adaramola on loan from Crystal Palace 15 MF nbsp BEL Sada Diallo17 DF nbsp BEL Ilay Camara19 DF nbsp BEL Jonathan Heris21 DF nbsp BEL Fabrice Sambu22 FW nbsp BEL Frederic Soelle Soelle23 MF nbsp BRA Del Piage26 DF nbsp BRA Abner27 FW nbsp BRA Rikelmi on loan from Botafogo No Pos Nation Player28 GK nbsp BEL Guillaume Hubert29 DF nbsp FRA Mamadou Sarr on loan from Lyon 30 MF nbsp FRA Xavier Mercier32 DF nbsp BEL Djovkar Doudaev33 GK nbsp FRA Theo Defourny34 DF nbsp CGO Christ Makosso43 DF nbsp BRA David Sousa44 DF nbsp MLI Moussa Sissako on loan from Sochi 47 FW nbsp SEN Pathe Mboup69 MF nbsp FRA Florent Sanchez Da Silva on loan from Lyon 70 GK nbsp BEL Matteo Perexempel77 MF nbsp FRA Jeff Reine Adelaide80 FW nbsp PAR Matias Segovia on loan from Botafogo 89 FW nbsp BRA Carlos Alberto on loan from Botafogo 94 DF nbsp BRA Philipe Sampaio on loan from Botafogo 99 DF nbsp MLI Youssouf KoneOther players under contract edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player31 FW nbsp BOL Sebastian JoffreOut on loan edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player GK nbsp BEL Jonathan De Bie at nbsp Lokeren Temse until 30 June 2024 MF nbsp BEL Theo Gece at nbsp Francs Borains until 30 June 2024 FW nbsp BEL Niklo Dailly at nbsp Francs Borains until 30 June 2024 No Pos Nation Player FW nbsp BEL Kylian Hazard at nbsp Beveren until 30 June 2024 FW nbsp GHA Ernest Nuamah at nbsp Lyon until 30 June 2024 Club staff edit 15 Position StaffChairman amp Owner nbsp John TextorPresident nbsp Thierry DaillySporting Director nbsp Julien GoriusHead Coach nbsp Yannick FerreraAssistant Coach nbsp Pepijn Mertens nbsp Siebe van der BoschGoalkeeper Coach nbsp Thierry BerghmansHonours editChallenger Pro League Winner 1 2022 23See also editRWD Molenbeek 1909 References edit Summary Cup Belgium Results fixtures tables and news Soccerway Int soccerway com 2013 01 09 Retrieved 2016 01 24 RWDM Int soccerway com Retrieved 12 December 2015 Crystal Palace shareholder John Textor in talks to buy Belgian side RWD Molenbeek The Athletic 23 December 2021 Sky Sports Scout Adnan Januzaj SkySports 21 May 2014 Michy Batshuayi The SpongeBob loving Spurs target tearing up Ligue 1 fourfourtwo com 23 December 2015 WE ARE BACK IN THE FIRST DIVISION RWDM Press release in Dutch 15 May 2023 Archived from the original on 15 May 2023 Retrieved 13 June 2023 RWDM promoveert Brusselse traditieclub volgend seizoen opnieuw in hoogste klasse na zege tegen RSCA Futures Het Laatste Nieuws in Flemish 13 May 2023 Retrieved 13 June 2023 RWDM fans boycotten Zwanzederby Union heeft geen respect voor ons www bruzz be in Dutch Retrieved 2020 09 06 Union Saint Gilloise RWD Molenbeek ici c est Bruxelles Les Cahiers du football www cahiersdufootball net in French Retrieved 2020 09 06 RWDM Lierse 2002 1 0 youtube com 17 May 2009 Retrieved 13 July 2021 RWDM zakt uiteindelijk zonder supporters af naar Luik www bruzz be in Dutch Retrieved 2020 09 06 Er is een markt voor drie Brusselse voetbalclubs in eerste klasse www bruzz be in Dutch Retrieved 2020 09 06 Football D 2 Le demenagement DH Les Sports in French 2002 09 03 Retrieved 2020 09 06 Interview with Brussels Power FC Brussels Belgium Ultras Tifo Retrieved 2020 09 06 a b A kern Staff RWDM Retrieved 23 February 2024 External links edit nbsp Media related to Racing White Daring Molenbeek 2015 at Wikimedia Commons in French and Dutch Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title R W D Molenbeek 2015 amp oldid 1217460522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
