{{Short description|Association football club in Belgium}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Meux | image = R.F.C. Meux logo.png | image_size = 145px | fullname = Royal Football Club Meux | nickname = | founded = {{start date and age|1946}} | ground = Stade des Vert et Blanc,<br />La Bruyère | capacity = 1,500 | chairman = Philippe Dubail<ref>{{cite news |title=Philippe Dubail nouveau patron de Meux |url=https://lameuse-namur.sudinfo.be/585055/article/2020-06-19/philippe-dubail-nouveau-patron-de-meux |access-date=20 September 2022 |work=Édition digitale de Namur |date=19 June 2020 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=J'ai senti le groupe très détaché |url=https://www.lavenir.net/regions/namur/la-bruyere/2022/08/27/jai-senti-le-groupe-tres-detache-C6OKASOU65DZDDNXTBSMBUBGSM/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |work=L'Avenir |date=27 August 2022 |language=fr}}</ref> | manager = Laurent Gomez | league = Belgian Division 1 | season = 2024–25 | position = Belgian Division 2 ACFF, 2nd of 18 (promoted via play-offs) | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = 009000 | body1 = 009000 | rightarm1 = 009000 | shorts1 = 009000 | socks1 = 009000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = }}
'''Royal Football Club Meux''' is a football club based in La Bruyère, Wallonia, Belgium. The club set to compete in the Belgian Division 1 from 2025 to 2026, the third tier of Belgian football after promotion from Belgian Division 2 in 2024–25. The club is affiliated to the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB) with ''matricule'' 4454 and has green as its club colour.
==History== ''Football Club Meux'' was founded shortly after the end of World War II and became affiliated with the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB).<ref name="americaine">{{cite news |title=LA CLASSE AMÉRICAINE |url=https://sportmagazine.levif.be/autres-sports/la-classe-americaine/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |work=Sport/Foot Magazine |date=22 November 2016 |language=fr-BE}}</ref> They were registered with ''matricule'' 4454 and began playing at the lowest regional level.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dictionnaire des clubs affiliés à l'URBSFA depuis 1895: archives de l'URBSFA |url=http://www.foot100.be/ |website=Foot100 |access-date=24 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810080559/http://www.foot100.be/#federation=archive.wikiwix.com |archive-date=10 August 2011 |language=nl |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The club's first honour was a victory in the ''Coupe de la Province de Namur'' in 1966. The club played in the provincial divisions for half a century. In 1997, Meux won the title in the First Provincial Division and were promoted for the first time in their history to the Belgian Fourth Division, the fourth and lowest national level.<ref>{{cite web |title=Belgium 1997/98 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belg98.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref>
In their first season in national football, the club which had since become '''Royal Football Club Meux''', finished in eighth place. The next season, the club ranked second to last, a position synonymous with relegation to the provincial divisions. The following years were spent as a yo-yo club between the highest regional tier and the lowest national tier.<ref name="americaine" />
In the 2010s, the club's results improved and after failing to win promotion two consecutive seasons in fifth place,<ref>{{cite news |title=Fernand DELCHAMBRE Un président heureux |url=https://www.lavenir.net/regions/namur/la-bruyere/2011/04/27/fernand-delchambre-un-president-heureux-J7ORQ2ECW5HM7CL5KTUWVKWCO4/ |access-date=20 September 2022 |work=L'Avenir |date=27 April 2011 |language=fr}}</ref> the team clinched the title in the Fourth Division in 2016, the first title at national level in the club's history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Promotion D: Meux est champion! (photos + vidéo) |url=https://www.sudinfo.be/art/1562350/article/2016-05-01/promotion-d-meux-est-champion-photos-video |access-date=20 September 2022 |work=Sudinfo |date=1 May 2016 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Meux champion de Promotion D |url=https://www.walfoot.be/news/2016-05-02/meux-remporte-le-championnat-de-promotion-d |access-date=20 September 2022 |work=Walfoot |date=2 May 2016 |language=fr}}</ref> Thanks to this, the club could maintain themselves at the new fourth national level, which took the name of Belgian Second Amateur Division from the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meux n'a plus le choix |url=https://www.walfoot.be/news/2016-12-10/meux-na-plus-le-choix |access-date=24 April 2022 |work=Walfoot |date=10 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424181802/https://www.walfoot.be/news/2016-12-10/meux-na-plus-le-choix |archive-date=24 April 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
In 2024–25, Meux secure promotion to Belgian Division 1 from next season after finishing second place ACFF due to promotion play-off.
==Seasons== *Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 0 *Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 0 *Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0 *Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 19 *Seasons spent at Level 5 of the football league system: 0
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== External links == * {{official website|https://rfcmeux.be/}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meux}} Category:Football clubs in Belgium Category:Sport in Namur Province Category:Association football clubs established in 1946 Category:1946 establishments in Belgium Category:Organisations based in Belgium with royal patronage R.F.C. Meux