Sporting du Pays de Charleroi - last updated on 25 April 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Sporting du Pays de Charleroi
Foundation: January 1st 1904
City: Charleroi
Colours: Black and white
Website: www.sporting-charleroi.be
Honours:
Sporting du Pays de Charleroi has currently no honours.
A bit of history:
Charleroi Sporting Club was founded in 1904 and received the matricule n°22. Twenty years later, the club qualified to play in the second division and in 1929, the prefix Royale was added to the name. The R.O.C. was playing in the first division in the late 1930s and in the 1940s while the Sporting was one level down, until the promotion of RCSC in 1947.
In 1949, the Sporting finished 4th (2 points behind Standard Liège) whereas the Olympic was 14th. But the Olympic took the lead again until 1955 and the relegation of the O.C. Charleroi. In 1957, OCC had promoted in the first division but RCSC finished last. A spell of 9 seasons in the second division followed and in 1966, the Sporting was back at the top level. It finished 2nd in 1969 with 5 points less than Standard but it was relegated within two years.
In 1974 the first division was changing from 16 to 20 teams and Sporting Charleroi was chosen to play at that level. Olympic promoted too as it had won the second division right before but it was relegated the year after. Sporting underwent a new relegation in 1980 (17th on 18) but was back five years later. Its best result since then in the Jupiler League is a 4th place in 1994.
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