K.R.C. Genk
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Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (ˈkoː.nɪŋk.lə.kə ˈreː.sɪŋ ˌklʏp ˈʝɛŋk), usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 professional football club based in the city of Genk
Genk
Genk is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the city of Genk itself...

 in Belgian Limburg
Limburg (Belgium)
Limburg is the easternmost province of modern Flanders, which is one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium. It is located west of the river Meuse . It borders on the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg and the Belgian provinces of Liège, Flemish Brabant...

. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11
2010–11 Belgian First Division
-Personnel and sponsoring:-During summer break:-During regular season:-During playoffs:-League table:-Positions by round:...

 as well as 3 Belgian Cup
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...

s, most recently in 2008–09. They qualified for the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 group stage, after beating Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa is a sports club in Israel, founded in 1913, and part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Weightlifting, swimming, Tennis, Table tennis, Volleyball, Team handball,...

. They did so in the 2002–03 season, and finished 4th of their group with 4 points.

The club formed in 1988
1988 in football (soccer)
The following are the association football events of the year 1988 throughout the world.- Events :* March 27, 1988 – Cameroon wins the Africa Nations Cup by defeating Nigeria: 1–0...

 by the merger of Waterschei Thor
K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk
K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk was a Belgian football club from the city of Genk, Limburg .It was created in 1919 as Waterschei's Sport Vereeniging Thor with Thor being the acronym of Tot Herstel Onzer Rechten . It registered to the FA only in 1925 and received the matricule n°533...

 with KFC Winterslag, from which it took over the matricule number. It has been one of the most successful clubs in Belgium since the late 1990s and so they regularly qualify for European competitions. The club has been playing in the first division since the 1996–97 season. They play their home matches in the Cristal Arena
Cristal Arena
The Cristal Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Genk, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Racing Genk. The stadium holds 25,000 and was built in 1999. Heusden-Zolder used to play at this stadium for their single season at the top level in 2003-04...

. Their main outfit is blue and white.

KFC Winterslag history (1923–88)

The club FC Winterslag was founded in 1923
1923 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1923 throughout the world.-Events:April 28 – The first FA Cup Final to be held at Wembley Stadium, between Bolton Wanderers F.C. and West Ham United F.C.. Known as the White Horse Final due to the memorable image of a policeman on a white...

 and they became that year a member of the Belgian Football Association
Belgian Football Association
The Royal Belgian Football Association is the governing body of football in Belgium...

 that gave it the matricule number 322. On its 35th anniversary the club added the Royal prefix Koninklijke to their name to become KFC Winterslag. In 1972–73
1972–73 in Belgian football
The 1972–1973 season was the 70th season of competitive football in Belgium. Club Brugge KV won their second Division I title, 53 years after their first title in 1919–20. RSC Anderlechtois won the Belgian Cup against Standard Club Liégeois...

 Winterslag reached the second division
Belgian Second Division
The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...

 and they eventually qualified for the 1974–75 Belgian First Division after finishing second in the second division final round
Belgian Second Division Final Round
The Belgian Second Division Final Round is the playoff part of the Belgian Second Division. It is a contested by four teams, the winner being promoted to the first division.-Eligibility:...

. They had taken advantage of the increase in the number of first division clubs (from 16 to 20). The club ended the season in last place but won the second division right after.

KFC Winterslag reached the 5th place in 1981
1981 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1981 throughout the world.- Events :*Copa Libertadores 1981: Won by Flamengo after defeating Cobreloa on the playoff match 2-0....

 but two seasons later it was relegated to the second stage after a disappointing last place. That season Standard Liège
Standard Liège
Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

 won the championship on bribery in a match against the club of Waterschei Thor that would eventually merge with the matricule number 322. Following a spell of four seasons in the second division, Winterslag found its place again in the first division by winning the 1987
1987 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1987 throughout the world.- Events :*UEFA Champions League: Porto 2 – 1 Bayern Munich in the final at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna....

 final round, one point ahead of Tongeren
K.S.K. Tongeren
Koninklijke Sportkring Tongeren is a Belgian association football club based in Tongeren, currently playing in the third division. It was founded in 1908 as Cercle Sportif Tongrois. It received the matricule n°54. The club merged with K. Patria F.C. Tongeren to become K.S.K. Tongeren in 1969. ...

. It finished 15th on 18 but at the end of the season, the club merged with the neighbour club of Waterschei Thor which was playing in the second division since its relegation in 1986
1986 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1986 throughout the world.- Events :* March 11 – Germany's Siegfried Held makes his debut as the manager of Iceland, losing against Bahrain....

.

K Waterschei SV Thor Genk

K Waterschei SV Thor Genk was created in 1919
1919 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1919 throughout the world.-Events:Due to the First World War several European leagues remain suspended....

 as Waterschei's Sport Vereeniging Thor with Thor being the acronym of Tot Herstel Onzer Rechten (To recover our rights). It registered with the FA only in 1925
1925 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1925 throughout the world.- Winners club national championship :*Belgium: Germinal Beerschot*Denmark: Kjøbenhavns Boldklub*England: Huddersfield Town*Germany: 1...

 and received matricule number n°533. The club enjoyed a spell in the first division in the late 1950s to the early 1960s and again from 1978 to 1986. After two seasons in the second division, K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk merged with K.F.C. Winterslag to form K.R.C. Genk.

During the 1982–83 season, the match between Standard Liège
Standard Liège
Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

-Waterschei had been fixed and Standard eventually won the championship. Waterschei won the Belgian Cup twice (1980 and 1982). Quite remarkably, the latter victory led to Waterschei reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup in the 1982–83 season. After defeating PSG
PSG
PSG may refer to:Firearms:* Prickskyttegevär, Swedish for sniper rifle, see PSG-90* Präzisions-Scharfschützen-Gewehr, a German sniper rifle, see PSG-1Places:* Petersburg James A...

 in the quarter-finals, Waterschei lost the first leg of the semi-final 5–1 at Pittodrie Stadium
Pittodrie Stadium
Pittodrie Stadium is an all-seated football stadium situated in the Scottish city of Aberdeen. It was first used in 1899 and from 1903 has been the home of Aberdeen Football Club...

, home of the eventual winners, Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

 A 1–0 victory in Waterschei, courtesy of Eddy Voordeckers, could not reverse the position. They then merged with Winterslag in 1988 to form the current club.

K.R.C. Genk history (1988–present)

The new club was named K.R.C. Genk and as it kept the Winterslag ranking, it began in the first division but finished last. The next year Genk managed to win the final round in 2nd division and then played 4 seasons in the first division. In 1995 the club hired Aimé Anthuenis a coach and Racing finished second and skipped the final round as two first division teams merged (Seraing
R.F.C. Seraing
R.F.C. Seraing is a Belgian football club from the municipality of Seraing, province of Liège.-History:It was created in 1900 as F.C. Sérésien and it registered to the FA the same year as the matricule n°17. The prefix Royal was added in 1928. The named changed in 1994 to R.F.C...

 and Standard Liège). After an eighth place in 1997, the club had a good 1997–98 season with a cup win and a second place in the championship. In its first European season, Racing Genk eliminated successively Apolonia and MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...

 but it lost to RCD Mallorca
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team based on Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, the team currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at Son Moix....

 in the round of 16 after two draws (1–1 on aggregate) in the last Cup Winners' Cup ever. The season was ended well as Genk won its first Belgian championship in May, with manager Aimé Anthuenis then moving to Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

.

Genk played in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 in 1999–2000 but lost in the second qualifying round to NK Maribor
NK Maribor
Nogometni Klub Maribor , commonly referred to as NK Maribor or simply Maribor, is a professional association football club based in the city of Maribor, Slovenia. Founded on 12 December, 1960, Maribor is one of only three football clubs in the country who have never been relegated from...

. The season was salvaged by winning the Belgian Cup again, this time to Standard, but Genk ended the championship in 9th place. It finished 11th in the following season and lost in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 second round to Werder Bremen after a win against FC Zürich. After this poor spell, Genk managed to win the championship once more in the 2001–02 season. In 2002–03, they reached the Champions League group stages for the first time in their history. Although they came 4th, they impressed fans with draws against Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

, AS Roma  and AEK Athens.

In the 2006–07 season, Genk finished second to Anderlecht. The Limburgians had been ahead almost the entire season but were pipped at the post by Anderlecht after losing at Germinal Beerschot. The 2007–08 season was a disaster, as Genk didn't even manage to finish in the top half of the division, ending in a disappointing tenth.

Three bad seasons followed. Genk finished the 2007–08 season 45 points and a 10th spot in the league: the worst result in 7 years. The 2008–09 season was bad for Genk as well, finishing 8th in the domestic league. The season ended on a positive note with by winning the Belgian Cup
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...

, which gave them a ticket to the fourth Europa League qualifying round. The 2009–10 season Genk started off badly when they were kicked out of the Europa League by OSC Lille. Things didn't go well in the domestic league either. Manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck was fired in December and was replaced by Frank Vercauteren. Genk finished 11th, but Vercauteren managed to lead the club to European football by beating derby rival Sint-Truidense VV in the final of Play Offs II.

The 2010–11 season started well for KRC Genk when they beat Inter Turku with 1–5 in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. They progressed to the 4th qualifying round of the Europa League and drew the Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 club FC Porto. Genk lost both games against FC Porto, despite two good performances.

On the 30th of January, 2010 KRC Genk announced that coach Frank Vercauteren signed a new contract that runs till June 2013.

They only lost their first game of the season on the 20th matchday and started the Play-Offs in second place. The club won the 2010–11 Belgian Pro League after drawing 1–1 with title challengers Standard Liége
Standard Liège
Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

.
This was KRC Genk's third League win in its existence and its supporters celebrated with a pitch invasion straight after the final whistle.

KRC Genk started the 2011–2012 season by winning the Supercup against Cup winners Standard Liège.
On the 11th of August, coach Frank Vercauteren confirmed he was leaving Genk and signed with Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...

 club Al Jazira FC. In the 3rd Qualifying Round of the 2011–2012 UEFA Champions League KRC Genk beat FK Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

 over two legs and drew Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa is a sports club in Israel, founded in 1913, and part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Weightlifting, swimming, Tennis, Table tennis, Volleyball, Team handball,...

 in the play-Off Round. Maccabi Haifa F.C beat Genk 2–1 in the first leg in Israel, while the second leg was won by Genk with the same 2–1 score in Belgium. During the penalty shoot-out, goalkeeper László Köteles
László Köteles
László Köteles is a Hungarian goalkeeper. He currently plays for K.R.C. Genk where he succeeded in gaining the position of first goalkeeper last December.-Diósgyőr:...

 helped Genk to qualify by saving two penalties. For the second time in its history, KRC Genk reached the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. They were drawn in Group E with Chelsea FC, Valencia CF
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...

 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Supporters

KRC Genk is able to count on a loyal group of about 25,000 supporters; around 23,000 of these have season tickets. The Genk Bus is all the rage at Gsy Skwl and the Asl. The Gfuk will soon be smashing up Genk and it will depart from Guiseley next year.

The die hard supporters can be found in Tribune Zuid or 'TZ' (South Stand), located in the southern end of the stadium comprising blocks SS-TT-UU. TZ was created at the start of the 2009–10 season, at the same time KRC Genk gave squad number '12' to the supporters.
To this day, Tribune Zuid is the place in the Cristal Arena
Cristal Arena
The Cristal Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Genk, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Racing Genk. The stadium holds 25,000 and was built in 1999. Heusden-Zolder used to play at this stadium for their single season at the top level in 2003-04...

 with the most atmosphere.
Tribune Zuid unites all supporter clans such as Drughi, Ultras, Geneche and Casuals.

KRC Genk also has famous supporters with Pat Krimson (Patrick Claesen) of the dancegroup 2 Fabiola
2 Fabiola
2 Fabiola was a Belgian euro-house group, formed in the nineties by Pat Krimson and Zohra.The group was noted for its lavish and extravagant clothes and performances. It has also made the charts in the Belgian Ultratop. In the Ultratop 50 and Ultratop 40, they topped the charts.In 1999, the group...

 and Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....

.

Due to their qualification into the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League the British sports show Soccer AM
Soccer AM
Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football-based comedy/talk show, predominantly based around the Premier League...

 became fans of the team. Genk had their vice-captain Dániel Tőzsér
Daniel Tozser
Dániel Tőzsér is a Hungarian footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Belgian side K.R.C. Genk. Tőzsér is left-footed and plays central, defensive or on the left side of midfield.-Debrecen:...

 on the show and arranged a "Genk bus" to go and watch the Genk vs Chelsea F.C game on November 1st 2011. Recent episodes often involve the phrase "all aboard the Genk bus". When asked why they supported Genk Max Rushden
Max Rushden
Max Rushden is an English television presenter who replaced Andy Goldstein as a co-presenter of Saturday morning Sky Sports show Soccer AM alongside Helen Chamberlain from August 2008.- Career :...

 said "because Genk's a funny word"

Honours

  • Belgian First Division:
    • Winners (3): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2010–11
      2010–11 Belgian First Division
      -Personnel and sponsoring:-During summer break:-During regular season:-During playoffs:-League table:-Positions by round:...

    • Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 2006–07
  • Belgian Second Division
    Belgian Second Division
    The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905. Between 2008 and 2010 it was named EXQI League after a television channel owned by the league main sponsor,...

    :
    • Winners (1): 1975–76
    • Runners-up (2): 1986–87, 1995–96
  • Belgian Second Division Final Round
    Belgian Second Division Final Round
    The Belgian Second Division Final Round is the playoff part of the Belgian Second Division. It is a contested by four teams, the winner being promoted to the first division.-Eligibility:...

    :
    • Winners (2): 1987, 1990
    • Runners-up (1): 1974
  • Belgian Cup
    Belgian Cup
    The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...

    :
    • Winners (3): 1997–98
      1997–98 Belgian Cup
      The 1997–98 Belgian Cup was the 43rd season of the main knockout competition in Belgian association football, the Belgian Cup.-Final rounds:The final phase started in the round of 32 when all clubs from the first division entered the competition . All rounds were played in one leg except for the...

      , 1999–00, 2008–09
  • Belgian Supercup
    Belgian Supercup
    The Belgian Supercup is a Belgian club competition played on a single match at the league champion venue since 2004 and formerly at the Stade Roi Baudouin, between the winner of the last Belgian Pro League and that of the last Belgian Cup. If both teams are the same, the opponent is declared to...

    :
    • Winners (1): 2011
      2011 Belgian Super Cup
      The 2011 Belgian Super Cup is a football match that was played on 21 July 2011, between league winners Genk and the cup winners Standard Liège. Genk won the game one nill and with that won their first Super Cup, after already being on the losing end on five previous occasions.-Match details:...


European Cup History

As of August 24, 2011.

Competition A P W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 
3 15 4 5 5 15 23
Cup Winners' Cup  1 6 3 3 0 16 3
UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 
2 8 4 1 3 15 15
UEFA Europa League  2 6 2 0 4 13 16
Intertoto Cup  2 10 6 1 3 22 13


A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.
Season Competition Round Club Home Away
1997  UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

 
Group 5   B36 Tórshavn
B36 Tórshavn
B36 Tórshavn or F.C. Tórshavn is a Faroese football club, based in the capital, Tórshavn...

 
5–0
  Stabæk IF  4–3
  FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...

 
2–3
  Panachaiki
Panachaiki
Panachaiki, known officially as Panachaiki GE , the Pan-Achaean Athletic Union, is a Greek multisport club based in the city of Patras, Greece.- History :...

 
4–2
1998–99  Cup Winners' Cup  QUAL   Apolonia Fier
KS Apolonia Fier
Klubi Sportiv Apolonia Fier is an Albanian football club based in Fier. The club was founded as "KS Apollonia" in 1925 - a name derived from the nearby ruined ancient city of Apollonia. They play at the Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu...

 
4–0 5–1
1R   MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...

 
5–0 1–1
2R   RCD Mallorca
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team based on Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, the team currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at Son Moix....

 
1–1 0–0
1999–2000  Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 
2QR   NK Maribor
NK Maribor
Nogometni Klub Maribor , commonly referred to as NK Maribor or simply Maribor, is a professional association football club based in the city of Maribor, Slovenia. Founded on 12 December, 1960, Maribor is one of only three football clubs in the country who have never been relegated from...

 
3–0 1–5
2000–01  UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 
1R   FC Zürich  2–1 1–0
2R   Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...

 
2–5 1–4
2002–03  Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 
3QR   Sparta Prague  2–0 2–4
Group C – Preliminary   AEK Athens  0–0 1–1
  Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

 
1–1 0–6
  Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

 
0–1 0–0
2004  UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

 
2R   Marek Dupnitza  2–1 0–0
3R   Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

 
0–1 2–1
Semifinals   UD Leiria
UD Leiria
União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria , is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Portuguese first division, holding home matches at Municipal da Marinha Grande, with a 6,000-seat capacity.-Brief...

 
0–0 0–2
2005–06  UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 
2QR   Liepajas Metalurgs  3–0 3–2
1R   PFC Litex Lovech
PFC Litex Lovech
PFC Litex Lovech or simply Litex is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Lovech, which currently competes in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football...

 
0–1 2–2
2007–08  Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 
2QR   FK Sarajevo
FK Sarajevo
FK Sarajevo is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia-Herzegovina and is one of the most popular clubs in the country. Founded on October 24, 1946, the club was the most successful club from SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia, winning two First League...

 
1–2 1–0
2009–10  Europa League  Play-off   Lille OSC
Lille OSC
LOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the...

 
1–2 2–4
2010–11  Europa League  3Q   Inter Turku  3–2 5–1
Play-off   FC Porto  0–3 2–4
2011–12
2011–12 UEFA Champions League
The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League is the 57th season of the European Cup, Europe's premier football tournament, and the 20th season in its current Champions League format. The final venue will be the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany...

 
Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 
3QR FK Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

 
2–1 1–1
Play-off   Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

 
2–1 (pen. 4–1) 1–2
Group Stage (Group E)   Bayer Leverkusen  0–2
  Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

 
1–1 0–5
  Valencia
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...

 
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Current squad

As of September 1, 2011
(captain)

(vice-captain)

Notable past players

1980s: Luc Nilis (1984–86) (K.F.C. Winterslag)

1990s: Carmel Busuttil
Carmel Busuttil
Carmel Busuttil is one of Malta's most experienced football players. Now retired from playing, he is assistant coach of the Malta national football team.-Career:...

 Krzysztof Bukalski
Krzysztof Bukalski
Krzysztof Bukalski is a retired Polish footballer playing lately for Górnik Zabrze. He was born September 22, 1970 in Kraków, Poland. He is a central midfielder.Krzysztof Bukalski is a former Polish national player.- Clubs :*trainee - Wanda Nowa Huta...

 Souleymane Oulare
Souleymane Oulare
Souleymane Oulare , is a professional football player.-Career:He was elected Footballer of the Year in Belgium in 1999, when he won the Belgian Championship as a striker with Racing Genk, scoring 17 goals during the season. He then went on to play for Fenerbahçe SK , UD Las Palmas , Stoke City , K...

 Thordur Gudjonsson
Þórður Guðjónsson
Þórður Guðjónsson, also known as Doddi Gudjonsson, is a retired Icelandic footballer.Although Þórður is his proper name, he is often known as Þórður Guðjónsson.-Club career:...

 Suad Katana Besnik Hasi
Besnik Hasi
Besnik Hasi is an Albanian former football player who is currently assistant manager at RSC Anderlecht. Hasi is considered the man who united Kosovo to Albania by the media and is currently being considered to become the new coach of Albania.-Playing career:He began playing with his hometown team...

 Juha Reini
Juha Reini
Juha Reini is former Finnish footballer.Reini, who was a versatile right sided player who played both in defence and in midfield, started his Veikkausliiga...

 Mike Origi
Mike Okoth Origi
Michael Mike Okoth Origi is a football player from keroka, kisii, Kenya. During most of his career, he has played as a professional in Belgium.- Career :...

 Ferenc Horváth
Ferenc Horváth
Ferenc Horváth is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for SV Markt St Martin in the 2.Burgenlandliga Middle, in Austria.He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1996, and got 32 caps and 11 goals until 2001....

 Marc Hendrikx
Marc Hendrikx
Marc Hendrikx is a professional football midfielder, who plays for Eupen. He started his career with KFC Lommelse SK, then moved on to Racing Genk and, in 2001 he got the opportunity to play in the top flight and the Champions League after moving to Anderlecht...

 Philippe Clement
Philippe Clement
Philippe Clement is a Belgian retired football defender. He also played a defensive midfielder. His former clubs include Beerschot, Genk, Coventry City in England and Club Brugge. Clement played 38 times with Belgium national team and was in the team for the Euro 2000 and the 1998 World...

 Jacky Peeters
Jacky Peeters
Jacky Peeters is a retired Belgian football defender.- Career :His former clubs include Racing Genk, Arminia Bielefeld in Germany and Gent.- International :...

 Davy Oyen
Davy Oyen
Davy Oyen is a Belgian football defender who, as of 2007 was playing for KVSK United.-Clubs:*1993-1994 : K.R.C. Genk *1994-1995 : K. Sint-Truidense V.V. *1995-1998 : K.R.C. Genk...

 Bart Goor
Bart Goor
Bart Goor is a Belgian football left winger currently playing for Westerlo.-Geel:Goor began his professional career representing K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel in 1991 having risen through the club's youth ranks...

 Branko Strupar
Branko Strupar
Branko Strupar is a former Croatian-Belgian football striker. In 1999, he became a naturalised Belgian by marriage. He consequently played for the Belgium national football team with whom he played 17 matches and scored 5 times....



2000s: Steven Defour
Steven Defour
Steven Arnold Defour is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Porto.-Racing Genk:Defour had been with KV Mechelen since 2002....

 Bernd Thijs
Bernd Thijs
Bernd Thijs is a Belgian football midfielder who is currently playing for Belgian club K.A.A. Gent. His former clubs include Borussia Mönchengladbach, Standard Liège, Racing Genk and Trabzonspor...

 Koen Daerden Kevin Vandenbergh
Kevin Vandenbergh
Kevin Vandenbergh is a Belgian footballers who currently plays for K.V. Mechelen. He also earned some caps with Belgium and the Belgian U21 team, with his debut in the national side in 2004...

 Wesley Sonck
Wesley Sonck
Wesley Sonck is a Belgian football player, who currently plays as a striker for K. Lierse S.K. who signed him in August 2010 and the Belgium national football team. He played for KRC Genk in the Belgian First Division from where he joined AFC Ajax in 2003 for about £5 million...

 Thomas Chatelle
Thomas Chatelle
Thomas Chatelle is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger for R.S.C. Anderlecht, and the Belgian national team.His former clubs include Racing Genk, AA Gent, KV Mechelen and the Dutch club N.E.C.....

 Wouter Vrancken
Wouter Vrancken
Wouter Vrancken is a former Belgian football player whose position is in the defensive midfield. He lastly played for K.V. Kortrijk.-References:*...

 Faris Haroun
Faris Haroun
Faris Haroun is a Belgian football player who plays in central midfield for Middlesbrough. He has also played for Belgium.- Middlesbrough :...



Logan Bailly
Logan Bailly
Logan Bailly is a Belgian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach.- Career :...

 Tom Soetaers
Tom Soetaers
Tom Soetaers is a Belgian footballer is currently unattached to a club after recently departing KV Mechelen. He plays as a midfielder, mostly being deployed as a Left-Winger.-Club career:...

 Thibaut Courtois
Thibaut Courtois
Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois is a Belgian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chelsea and is currently on loan to Atlético Madrid and the Belgium national team.-Early career:...

 Justice Wamfor
Justice Wamfor
Justice Wamfor is an Cameroonian footballer who plays for Maccabi Petah Tikva in the Israeli Premier League as a midfielder. He previously played for Racing Club Bafoussam and more recently for RC Genk and Germinal Beerschot....

 Eric Matoukou
Eric Matoukou
Erick Benoit Matoukou is a Cameroonian football defender. He currently plays for the Ukrainian club Arsenal Kyiv on loan from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He also played for Cameroon national team....

 Didier Zokora
Didier Zokora
Déguy Alain Didier Zokora is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Turkish club Trabzonspor and the Ivorian national team. Zokora plays in a defensive role and is a strong tactical player in the middle of the park.-Early career:Zokora started his career in Côte d'Ivoire at the famed youth academy of...

 Josip Skoko
Josip Skoko
Josip Skoko is a former Australian football player who last played as a Central Midfielder for A-League club Melbourne Heart.-Early career:...

 Akram Roumani
Akram Roumani
Akram Roumani is a Moroccan footballer, who plays as a defender. He has played for the Morocco national football team on 13 occasions....

 Moumouni Dagano
Moumouni Dagano
Beli Moumouni Dagano is a Burkinabé footballer. He currently plays for Al-Khor in Qatar.-Career:Dagano began his career at Ivorian side Stella Club d'Adjamé, based in Abidjan. In 1999 he moved back to his homeland, with Etoile Filante, before making his move to Europe a year later, with Belgian...

 Mirsad Bešlija
Mirsad Bešlija
Mirsad Bešlija is a Bosnian football winger who is currently playing for Bosnian side, FK Željezničar. He has also played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team....

 Sunday Oliseh Orlando Engelaar
Orlando Engelaar
Orlando Engelaar is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a centre midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club PSV...

 Theo Janssen
Theo Janssen
Theo Janssen is a Dutch footballer who currently plays in midfield for AFC Ajax. Before signing with Ajax he was a key player at FC Twente for three seasons and helped them win the Eredivisie and qualify for the Champions League for the first time in their history. Prior to joining Twente he was...

 Aaron Mokoena
Aaron Mokoena
Teboho Aaron Mokoena is a South African footballer who plays for and captains Football League Championship club Portsmouth and the South African national team.-Early career:...

 Brian Priske
Brian Priske
Brian Priske Pedersen is a Danish retired football player. He played 24 matches for the Denmark national football team from 2003 to 2007, and represented Denmark at the 2004 European Championship tournament.-Club career:...

  Igor Tomašić
Igor Tomašic
Igor Tomašić is a naturalized Bulgarian footballer of Croatian ethnicity. He is currently playing in Cyprus for Anorthosis.-Youth career:...

 Goran Ljubojević
Goran Ljubojevic
Goran Ljubojević is a Croatian football striker who currently plays for NK Osijek.He was transferred at the end of August 2006 from Dinamo Zagreb to KRC Genk. He also played for NK Osijek and FC St. Gallen....

 Ivan Bosnjak
Ivan Bošnjak
Ivan Bošnjak is a Croatian football player who is currently playing for Chinese club Chongqing Lifan.-Career:Bošnjak started his professional career at local club HNK Cibalia in the 1996–97 season...

 Barak Yitzhaki
Barak Yitzhaki
Barak Yitzhaki is an Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv.He mostly plays a Second striker, but can also play an Attacking midfielder....

 Adam Nemec
Adam Nemec
Adam Nemec is a Slovak football striker, he currently plays for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.-MŠK Žilina:When playing for MSK Žilina Nemec became Slovakian champion in 2006-2007 and in the process of it, scored 14 goals.-Erzgebirge Aue:...

 Takayuki Suzuki
Takayuki Suzuki
is a Japanese footballer who plays for Mito HollyHock in the J. League Division 2.-Club:Suzuki has spent the majority of his playing career with Kashima Antlers, playing six stints for the team over the course of ten years, in between short periods playing in Brazil and Belgium. Suzuki played 87...

 João Carlos Pinto Chaves
João Carlos Pinto Chaves
João Carlos Pinto Chaves is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays in Russia for Anzhi Makhachkala, as a central defender.-Career:...

 Mohamed Dahmane
Mohamed Dahmane
Mohamed "Momo" Dahmane is an Algerian footballer who plays for CS Constantine in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Career:Mons signed Dahmane in January 2006 from the Belgian Third Division...

 Timothy Waters Joe Dunning James Ireland Derrick Smith
Derrick Smith
Derrick Smith is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars.-Career statistics:-External links:...



Noted managers

1980s: Ernst Künnecke –   Jef Vliers –   René Desaeyere
René Desaeyere
René Desaeyere is a Belgian former football player and former manager of Muangthong United.-Career:Desaeyere played for Beerschot, Daring Club Bruxelles, Royal Antwerp, R.W.D...

 (1988–89) Enver Alisic –   Fons Peeters (1989–90)

1990s: Paul Theunis –   Pierre Denier (1991–92) Pier Jansen (1992–93) Pier Janssen –   Luka Peruzović –   Pierre Denier –   Norbert Beuls (1993–94) Enver Alisic (1994–95) Aimé Anthuenis (1995–99) Jos Heyligen
Jos Heyligen
Jozef "Jos" Heyligen is a retired Belgian footballer.During his career he played for Royal Antwerp F.C., K. Beringen F.C., and K.V.C. Westerlo. He earned 2 caps for the Belgium national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1980....

 (1999–2000) Johan Boskamp
Johan Boskamp
Johannes Boskamp is a Dutch football manager, his most recent job was in Belgium managing KSK Beveren, but he was dismissed in late December 2009-Career:...

 (2000)

2000s: Pierre Denier (2001, caretaker) Sef Vergoossen
Sef Vergoossen
Sef Vergoossen is a former Dutch football manager.-Biography:Vergoossen began his managerial career in 1978 with VVV-Venlo, managing the club for 12 years till 1989, after which he managed MVV for nine years and Roda JC for three years...

 (2001 – April 2004) Pierre Denier /   Ronny Van Geneugden (2003–04, caretakers) René Vandereycken (2004–05) Hugo Broos (2005 – February 2008) Ronny Van Geneugden (2008 – March 2009) Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Hein Vanhaezebrouck is a Belgian football coach last managing K.R.C. Genk-Coaching career:On 29 November 2009 RC Genk's club board has sacked the coach due to poor results, the last blow was the recent loss against Excelsior Mouscron, the club were currently in 12th place.On 6 June 2010,...

 (2009 – December 2009) Frank Vercauteren (2009 – August 2011) Mario Been
Mario Been
Mario Been is a former football professional and football manager from the Netherlands, who is currently the head coach of Genk since 30 August 2011....

 (2011–present)

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External links

KRC Genk Official Website KRC Genk at UEFA.COM
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