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| Full name | Royal Excelsior Mouscron | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Hurlus,Les Frontaliers | ||
| Founded | 1922 (Stade Mouscron, ARA Mouscron) 1 July 1964 (merge and registration) | ||
| Dissolved | 28 December 2009 | ||
| Ground | Stade Le Canonnier | ||
| Capacity | 10,571 | ||
| Website | www.excelsior.be | ||
Royal Excelsior Mouscron was aBelgian football club from the municipality ofMouscron,Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and soon ceased to exist. A new club known asRoyal Excel Mouscron was formed in March 2010 and placed in theBelgian Third Division.
The club was the result of the merger between Stade Mouscron and A.R.A. Mouscron in 1964.
R.E. Mouscron had financial problems during the 2004–05 season and so the president and mayor of Mouscron Jean-Pierre Detremmerie left the club and was replaced by Edward Van Daele. The players with the higher wages were asked to leave the club, as didMarcin Żewłakow,Franky Vandendriessche,Geoffrey Claeys,Koen De Vleeschauwer andAlexandre Teklak.
In late 2009Manchester City was ready to spend £3million to save R.E. Mouscron frombankruptcy and use them as afeeder club.[1]
On 28 December 2009, Mouscron announced its third forfeit in a row because of enduring financial problems, and was thus, according to Belgian league rules, excluded from competition, with all its previous results in theongoing competition being scrapped. The club in its current form ceased to exist, with all its players (and staff) becomingfree agents.
In March 2010 a successor club was formed with the merging of the bankrupt R.E. Mouscron andR.R.C. Peruwelz. The new club was known asRoyal Mouscron-Péruwelz until they later declared bankruptcy in May 2022.[2]
| Competition | Apps | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Cup | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Nat. | Club | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | UEFA Cup | 2QR |  | Apollon Limassol | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| 1R |  | Metz | 0–2 | 1–4 | ||
| 2002–03 | UEFA Cup | QR |  | Fylkir | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 1R |  | Slavia Prague | 2–2 | 1–5 |
