1. History
    Timeline 

2. Honours

3. References

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Molenbeek-Saint-Jean |  capacity = 11,266 |  chairman = Johan Vermeersch |  manager  = Jean-Guy Wallemme |  league   = defunct |  season   = 2013–14 |  position = Belgian Second Division, 8th (relegated) |  pattern_la1=_red_stripes|pattern_b1=_red_stripes|pattern_ra1=_red_stripes|  leftarm1=000000|body1=000000|rightarm1=000000|shorts1=000000|socks1=000000|  pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=|  leftarm2=0000FF|body2=0000FF|rightarm2=0000FF|shorts2=0000FF|socks2=FFFFFF|

RWDM Brussels FC, often simply referred to as FC Brussels or simply Brussels was a Belgian association football club based in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in the Brussels Capital-Region. They last played in the second division during the 2013–14 season where they finished 8th, but folded at the end of the season due to financial trouble. The club was a continuation of FC Strombeek, a club from the Brussels suburb of Strombeek-Bever with matricule n°1936 which was formed in 1932. FC Brussels played at the Stade Edmond Machtens, Molenbeek's former stadium. Their highest league ranking was a 10th place in the first division in 2005–06.

History

FC Strombeek first registered at the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1932.^[2] After many seasons played at the lower levels of Belgian football, Strombeek first reached the third division by winning the Promotion D – Belgium's 4th highest level of football – in 1995–96.^[3] After three seasons at that level, they won the third division A in 1999–2000, gaining promotion to the second division for the first time in their history. They finished at the 10th place in the second division in 2000–01.^[4] The next season, Strombeek finished at the 9th place. At the same time, the club of RWD Molenbeek, though ranked 10th in the first division, were refused their professional license, and were subsequently relegated to the third division, struggling with financial problems.{{cn|date=July 2016}}

Johan Vermeersch decicided to create another club by moving KFC Strombeek from the Singelstadion, their stadium in Grimbergen, to Molenbeek's stadium, the Stade Edmond Machtens.^[5] KFC Strombeek finished at the 9th place again in the second division in the 2002–03 season. Only 2 players from Strombeek remaining at the club,^[6] and the new club was named FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek, with the aim to promote to the first division the next season.^[7]

They won the 2003–04 Belgian Second Division.^[8]

Timeline

RWD Molenbeek had itself been created by the merger of earlier clubs. The timeline below shows visually the history of the various clubs that went into the creation of FC Brussels.

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  Bar:RacingCB  Bar:RacingWhite  Bar:WhiteStar  Bar:RWDM  Bar:DaringCB  Bar:Brussels  Bar:Strombeek

  fontsize:S align:center width:18 mark:(line,black)  bar:RacingCB color:RacingCB from:1891 till:1963 text:"Racing Club de Bruxelles"  bar:DaringCB color:DaringCB from:1895 till:1973 text:"Daring Club de Bruxelles"  bar:WhiteStar color:WhiteStar from:1909 till:1963 text:"White Star AC"  bar:Strombeek color:Strombeek from:1932 till:2002 text:"KFC Strombeek"  bar:RacingWhite color:RacingWhite from:1963 till:1973 text:"Racing White"  bar:RWDM color:RWDM from:1973 till:2002 text:"RWDM"  bar:Brussels color:Brussels from:2002 till:2014 text:"FC Brussels"

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Honours

• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners: 2003–04
• Belgian Third Division A:
  • Winners: 1999–2000

References

• The Country of Carnival
• The country of nevele
• The Country of the Blind
• The Country's Best Yogurt
• The Countryside Code
• The countryside code
• The Countrywide Tradition
• The Country Wife
• The County College, Lancaster
• The County Ground
• The County Ground, Derby
• The County Ground, Worcester
• The County Medical Examiners
• The Coup
• The Coup (Alias episode)
• The Courier (Dundee)
• The Courier-Journal
• The Courier (magazine)
• The Courier-Mail
• The Couriers
• The Courtauld Institute of Art
• The Court Jester
• The Court of the Lord Lyon
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• The Courtship of Miles Standish