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Knokke

Full name	Royal Knokke Football Club
Founded	1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Ground	Burgemeester Graaf Leopold Lippens Park, Knokke
Capacity	3,000^[1]
Chairman	Vincent Van Honsebrouck
Manager	Yves Van Borm
League	National Division 1
2022–23	National Division 1, 8th of 20
Website	http://www.rkfc.be/

Royal Knokke Football Club is a Belgian association football club based in Knokke, West Flanders. The club currently play in the Belgian National Division 1, the third tier of Belgian football.

History

The club was founded in 1905.^[2]

In 2016–17, Knokke won the Second Amateur Division winning promotion to the First Amateur Division. After another successful season, Knokke finished second in the league standing, allowing them to participate in the final play-off round for promotion. Knokke won the final round, but did not apply for a licence for second-tier Belgian First Division B, which meant that only Lommel promoted.^[3]

The following year, the club finished last in the table and relegated to the Second Amateur Division. There, they regained the league title and won promotion – albeit in a special way. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Belgian Football Association decided on 27 March 2020 to cancel all competitions and to determine the final rankings. Knokke had at that point played 24 games in the Second Amateur Division and finished on top with 63 points, forcing promotion back to the First Amateur Division.^[4]

Current squad

As of 16 August 2023^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BEL	Ruben Vanraefelghem
4	DF	BEL	Brendan Schoonbaert
5	DF	BEL	Louis Broché
7	MF	BEL	Kevin Hebbelinck
8	MF	BEL	Nils Pierre
9	FW	BEL	Jens Naessens
10	FW	BEL	Amadu Jalloh
11	MF	LUX	Lucas Prudhomme
16	MF	GHA	Samuel Addo
18	FW	BEL	Jonathan Mfumu
19	MF	BEL	Justin Pieters
20	DF	BEL	Jarric Buysse


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	BEL	Thijs Coninckx
23	DF	POR	Leandro Varela
25	GK	BEL	Merveille Goblet
26	DF	BEL	Jarno Vervaque
28	MF	TUR	Halil Köse
29	FW	GAM	Basiru Mbye
44	GK	BEL	Wout Meese
70	FW	BEL	Noah Aelterman
75	DF	BEL	Loïc Ritière
93	DF	BEL	Aurélien Bailly
—	DF	HAI	Rousseau De Poorter (on loan from Deinze)

Honours

Champion of 2016–17 Belgian Second Amateur Division A

References

^ "Belgium - Royal Knokke FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
^ "Geschiedenis". Royal Knokke Football Club (in Flemish). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ "Knokke pakt de titel in 1e amateurklasse". Focus en WTV (in Dutch). 27 May 2018.
^ "SPORTIEVE RANGSCHIKKING D2 en D3" (PDF). RBFA. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
^ "A-Kern Spelers" [First team squad]. rkfc.be. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

External links

Official website

v t e Belgian Division 1
2024–25 Belgian Division 1 Teams (ACFF)	Binche Mons Olympic Charleroi Rochefort SL16 FC Stockay Tournai Tubize-Braine Union Namur Union SG B Virton Zébra Élites
2024–25 Belgian Division 1 Teams (VV)	Belisia Bilzen Cappellen Dessel Sport Hasselt Heist Hoogstraten Jong Cercle Jong KAA Gent Knokke Lyra-Lierse Berlaar Merelbeke Ninove OH Leuven U-23 Thes Sport Tienen Young Reds Antwerp
Past winners	Until 2016 (Third Division) From 2017 to 2020 (First Amateur Division) From 2020 (National Division 1)
Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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