Royal Antwerp F.C.
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Royal Antwerp Football Club, often referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Antwerp. They are the reigning champions of Belgium, having won the 2022–23 Belgian Pro League, the top flight of Belgian football. RAFC is Founded around 1880 as Antwerp Cricket Club by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before the creation of the Royal Belgian Football Association, Antwerp is regarded as the oldest club in Belgium.[2] At first there was no organised football played by its members, until 1887 when the football division was founded with its own board, named Antwerp Football Club. Being the oldest active club at the time, it was the first club to register to the Association in 1895. Consequently, when matricule numbers were introduced in 1926, the club received matricule number one.[3][4]
Full name | Royal Antwerp Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Great Old, The Reds | |||
Founded | 1880; 144 years ago (1880) | |||
Ground | Bosuilstadion | |||
Capacity | 16,144[1] | |||
Owner | Paul Gheysens | |||
Chairman | Paul Gheysens | |||
Manager | Mark van Bommel | |||
League | Belgian Pro League | |||
2022–23 | 1st of 18 (champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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The team has won the Belgian league title five times and the Belgian Cup four times, including a double in 2022–23. In European competitions, it reached the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1992–93 and qualified for the Group stage of UEFA Champions League for the first time in 2023.