Full Name: Royal Football Club de Liège League: Promotion - Group 4 (4th Division) City: Liège Founded: 1892 Stadium: Stade Communal de Ans (2000) Colors: Blue, Red, White Previous: Liège FC (1892-95), FC Liègeois (1895-1920), RFC Liègeois (1920-89), RFC de Liège (1989-91), R. Club Liègeois (1991-95), R. Tilleur FC de Liège (1995-2000) Nickname: Les Sang et Marine (The Blood and Marine)
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Like all Belgian clubs the club received the honorific Royal title to add to their name after twenty-five years of membership in the Belgian FA. Merged with RFC Tilleur-Saint-Nicolas from the suburbs of Liège in 1995 to avoid bankruptcy. RFC de Liège were sued by Jean-Marc Bosman for not releasing him from contract, which led the ground-breaking Bosman Ruling. Matricule #4.
Stade Communal de Ans
Previous Stadiums: Vélodrome Boverie (1892-93), Jardins du Château de Sclessin (1893-96), Terril du Bois d'Avroy (1896-97), Cointe - Plaine du Champ d'Oiseaux (1897-1915), Angleur - Renory (1915-21), Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt (1921-94), Stade de Sclessin (1994-95), Tilleur - Buraufosse (1995-99), Seraing - Pairay (1999-2004). RFC de Liège currently play in the small town of Ans to the west of Liège while a new stadium is being built.
Hi guys
Just looking at your progress since i left in the 80s
glad to see you are doing well i visited Liege not long
ago tried to contact you but no sucsess
Best of luck for the future
Keith RAF Tong
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Just looking at your progress since i left in the 80s
glad to see you are doing well i visited Liege not long
ago tried to contact you but no sucsess
Best of luck for the future
Keith RAF Tong