Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

The club was founded in 1897 and obtained its first of eleven titles as Champion of Belgium in 1904. From 1933 to 1935 the team played 60 consecutive matches undefeated, and setting a still unbeaten record in Belgium. In the early 1900s the club also had a dominant spell in some of the very first "European" Cup competitions that took place, prior to officially sanctioned UEFA competitions.

Between 1958 and 1965 the club had a brief spell of European success, playing the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and reaching the semi-finals in the 1958–60 edition after a two legged victory against A.S. Roma. In 1963, however, the club was relegated to the second division, and in 1980 even fell as low as the Belgian Promotion division.

On 21 May 2018, Tony Bloom, chairman of English Premier League side, Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed as the majority shareholder.[3] Alex Muzio, the Chairman of Union, was a co-investor with Tony Bloom in 2018 and holds a minority interest in the club.[2]

Union attract supporters primarily from the Brussels region, especially from the South of the Belgian capital. Their ultras are known as the Union Bhoys, and sit in the all-standing Tribune Est. The Union Bhoys have friendships with RFC Liège and Cercle Brugge supporters.

Union share a Brussels city derby, also known as a "derby of the Zwanze" with Racing White Daring Molenbeek, which stems from their old rivalry with Daring Club Brussels,[4] that has been encapsulated in the Brussels play Bossemans et Coppenolle. However, the two are said to have a love-hate relationship, having both experienced financial difficulty in the modern era, and organised friendlies together in support.[5]

Union also have a rivalry with neighbour RSC Anderlecht, although the two have met even fewer times in the modern era than RWDM and Union have. They met for the first time since 1979 in the Belgian Cup in 2018, with Union stunning Anderlecht 0–3 at the Stade Constant Vandenstock.[6]

As of 30 September 2021[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NED Bart Nieuwkoop 4 DF  DEN Jonas Bager 6 MF  DEN Casper Nielsen 7 DF  ENG Matthew Sorinola 8 MF  CIV Jean Thierry Lazare (on loan from Charleroi) 9 FW  GER Deniz Undav 10 MF  ENG Marcel Lewis 11 MF  ITA Lorenzo Paolucci 13 FW  BEL Dante Vanzeir 16 DF  ENG Christian Burgess 17 MF  MLT Teddy Teuma 18 MF  JPN Kaoru Mitoma (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 19 DF  BEL Guillaume François

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  BEL Senne Lynen 21 GK  BEL Lucas Pirard 22 MF  ANG Pedro Lubamba 24 MF  BEL Ilyes Ziani 25 MF  FRA Damien Marcq 33 GK  BEL Tibo Herbots 44 DF  BEL Siebe Van der Heyden 49 GK  LUX Anthony Moris 59 DF  MAR Ismaël Kandouss 90 FW  URU Felipe Avenatti (on loan from Standard Liège) 94 FW  MAD Loïc Lapoussin — DF  BEL Zacarias Antonio — DF  BEL Noa David Wyns

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BEL Kerian Atheba (at Diegem Sport)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BEL Anas Hamzaoui (at Virton)

Sports director

• Chris O'Loughlin

Head coach

• Felice Mazzù

Assistant coach

• Karel Geraerts

Assistant coach

• Artur Kopyt

Goalkeeping coach

• Laurent Deraedt

Fitness coach

• Thibaut Meyer

Video analyst

• Sandro Salamone

Team manager

• Annelies Menten

Kit manager

• Rok Grilec

• Christophe Goumotsios
• The Invincibles (football)

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