Royal Knokke F.C.

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Knokke
Full nameRoyal Knokke Football Club
Founded1905 (1905)
GroundBurgemeester Graaf Leopold Lippens Park,
Knokke
Capacity3,000[1]
ChairmanVincent Vanhonsebrouck
ManagerRuud Vormer
LeagueDivision 1
2025–26Division 1 VV, 2nd of 16
Websitehttps://rkfc.be/

Royal Knokke Football Club is a Belgian association football club based in Knokke, West Flanders. The club currently play in the Belgian 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 1 March 2026[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
1 GK  BEL Lars Knipping
2 DF  BEL Ruben Vanraefelghem
6 MF  BEL Luca Ferrera
7 MF  BEL Mathias De Wolf
8 MF  BEL Nils Pierre
9 FW  BEL Fousseni Ouro-Sama
10 MF  BEL Lilian Vergeylen
14 DF  BEL Bruce Deuwel
15 DF  BEL Lars Cooman
19 MF  BEL Justin Pieters
20 MF  POL Patryk Walicki (on loan from Francs Borains)
22 MF  FRA Mohamed Boussadia (on loan from Kortrijk)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  BEL Sada Diallo
28 DF  BEL Bryan Van Den Bogaert
34 FW  BEL Stan Braem
42 FW  BEL Aske Sampers
44 MF  BEL Yari Brachet
58 DF  BEL Leander Legein
66 GK  BEL Wout Meese
70 GK  BEL Indigo Lambrecht
78 DF  NED Tresor Matanda
80 DF  BEL Naguy Maertens
91 FW  BEL Ike Vanleenhove
- FW  BEL Lennert Govaere

Honours

References

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