- R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne
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Olympic de Charleroi-Marchienne Full name Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne Founded 1912 Ground Stade de la Neuville, Belgium
(Capacity: 12,000)League Belgian Third Division B 
Home coloursAway coloursRoyal Olympic Club de Charleroi-Marchienne is a Belgian association football club from the city of Charleroi, Hainaut. As of 2010, they play in Belgian Third Division B.
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History
It was founded in 1912 as Olympic Club de Charleroi. The next year the club registered to the Belgian Football Association to become the matricule n°246. Between 1972 and 1982 the club was named R.O.C. de Montignies-sur-Sambre. In 2000 the club merged with R.A. Marchienne and changed its name from Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi to its present name.
O.C. de Charleroi first appeared in the second division in 1936 and it won its league eight points ahead of U.S. du Centre, a rival club located nearby Charleroi. It then played in the first division until 1963 (except for the 1955–56 season), joined at that level by the rival Charleroi S.C. in 1947. Olympic finished 3rd in 1939 and then second in 1947. The club had a short come back in the first division in 1967–68 and in 1974–75. In 1981 Olympic was relegated to the third division.
In 2007, Olympic Charleroi won promotion by winning Belgian Third Division B.
As of 2010, they play in Belgian Third Division B.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Akihiro Hayashi 2 
MF Jeffrey Smith 3 
DF Stéphane Stassin 4 
MF Samuel Dog 5 
DF Damiano Crestani 6 MF Nicolas Pedini 7 DF Filippo Porco 8 
MF Prince Bobby 9 
FW Faed Arsène 10 FW Thomas Nélis 12 DF Keevin Terwagne 13 DF Wilfried Remy 14 MF Constantin Balcaen No. Position Player 15 
FW Joey Gibbs 17 MF Nathan Porritt 18 FW Anthony Benazzi 19 
MF Raphaël Mutombo Kupa 20 FW Tcho-Tcho Nzuzi 21 
MF Srđan Lopičić 22 
DF Thomas Van Den Houten 23 
MF Erdem Sen 24 GK Jonathan Bourdon 26 MF Stanley Afedzie 30 GK Samuel Forlini 76 MF Steven Godfroid Staff
Sports
- Head coach
- Assistant coach
- Peter Mommaert
- Goalkeeper coach
- Ištvan Dudaš
- Team chef
- Giuseppe Santoro
Medical
- Fitness coach
- Bruno Dabast
- Luc Mattot
- Physio
- Sébastien Notot
Notable former players
- Toni Brogno
- Rik Coppens
- Carl del Fabro
- Jacky Duquesne
- Constant Joacim
- Bob Maertens
- Emile Stijnen
- Frédéric Stilmant
- Jimmy Tordeurs
- Steve Verelst
Raheem Alibhai- Anthony di Biase
Arunina- Charles Banga
- Paterne Boula
- Hervé Kambou
- Guy Niangbo
- Jocelynn Joss Péhé
- Badra Ali Sangaré
- Tebely Abel Yao
- Rudy Saintini
István Dudás- Ferenc Fülöp
Hossein Sadaghiani
Samba Diawara- Abderrahman Traore
Abdelliah Boukamir- Karim Rouani
- Cas Janssens
Barry Conlon
References
- Belgian football clubs history
- RSSSF Archive – 1st and 2nd division final tables
External links
2010-11 Belgian Third Division A B Bleid · Bocholter · Centre · Charleroi-Marchienne · Diegem Sport · Entente Bertrigeoise · Grimbergen · Hasselt · Heppignies-Lambusart-Fleurus · Huy · Liège · Namur · Lombeek Ternat · Saint-Gilloise · Verviétois · Virton · White Star Woluwé · Woluwe-ZaventemFootball in Belgium National teams League system men: Pro League · Second division · Third division (A, B) · Promotion (A, B, C, D) · Belgian Provincial leagues
women: Belgian Women's First DivisionDomestic cups Awards Categories:- Association football clubs established in 1912
- Belgian football clubs
- Belgian football club stubs
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