Union Namur

Union Namur
Full name	Union Namur
Nickname(s)	Les Merles (the Blackbirds)
Founded	1905; 119 years ago
Ground	Stade communal de Namur
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Bernard Annet
Manager	Cédric Fauré
League	Belgian National Division 1
2022–23	Belgian Division 2 ACFF, 2nd of 18 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Union Namur, commonly known as UR Namur or Union Royale Namur, is a Belgian football club from the city of Namur. It plays in the National Division 1 from 2023–24 after promotion from Belgian Division 2 in 2022–23. They are often nicknamed "Les Merles" due to their colours black with a touch of yellow.

History[edit]

Until 2018, the team was known as UR Namur, however as the team faced relegation from the 2017–18 Belgian Third Amateur Division into the Belgian provincial leagues, the team instead merged with newly promoted Fosses to form Union Royale Namur Fosses-La-Ville and retain its place in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.

In 2021-2022 the renamed Union Namur promotes to the Second Amateur Division (4th national level).

In 2022–23, Union Namur secure promotion to Belgian National Division 1 from 2023–24 season, after finishing runner-up due to RFC Warnant fail to obtain a licence.

Ground[edit]

Stade communal de Namur (City of Namur Stadium). Capacity : about 3 500 (700 seats).

Current squad[edit]

As of 6 February, 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BEL	Damien Herman
4	DF	BEL	Loïc Vander Cammen
5	DF	BEL	Lucas Baudot
7	MF	COD	Miguel Quintais
8	MF	BEL	Matis Laloux
10	FW	BEL	Bryan Api-Kindanda
11	FW	BEL	Kim Detienne
13	DF	BEL	Adel Sbaa
15	MF	BEL	Danny Fofana
18	DF	FRA	Lorenzo Prso
20	DF	BEL	Soulimen Ghaddari


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	JPN	Sho Tashima
23	MF	BEL	Axel Dheur
24	GK	FRA	Jordan Tonnet
27	MF	BEL	Loïc Besson
29	FW	GUI	Yady Bangoura
30	DF	BEL	Mamoudou Diallo
33	DF	FRA	Yasin Mohamed
54	MF	CMR	George Alalabang
77	DF	FRA	Zacharie Iscaye
90	MF	BEL	El Mehdi Khaida
97	MF	BEL	Florian Gendebien
99	FW	CMR	Felix Chenkam