Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. 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 as well as 3 Belgian Cups, most recently in 2008–09. They are one of the 5 Belgian clubs to have reached the UEFA Champions League group stage, with Lierse, Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Standard Liège. They did so in the 2002–03 season, and finished 4th of their group with 4 points.
The club formed in 1988 by the merger of Waterschei Thor 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. Their main outfit is blue and white.
KFC Winterslag reached the 5th place in 1981 but two seasons later it was relegated to the second stage after a disappointing last place. That season Standard 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 final round, one point ahead of Tongeren. 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.
During the 1982–83 season, the match between Standard 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 in the quarter-finals, Waterschei lost the first leg of the semi-final 5–1 at Pittodrie Stadium, home of the eventual winners, Aberdeen F.C. 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.
Genk played in the UEFA Champions League in 1999–2000 but lost in the second qualifying round to NK Maribor. 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 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, 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, 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. They progressed to the 4th qualifying round of the Europa League and drew the Portuguese 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. 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 club Al Jazira FC. In the 3rd Qualifying Round of the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League KRC Genk beat FK Partizan over two legs and drew Maccabi Haifa 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 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 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
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 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 and Kim Clijsters.
style="background:#efefef;" | Competition | A | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
UEFA Champions League | 3 | 14| | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 23 | |
Cup Winners' Cup | 1| | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | ||
UEFA Cup | 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 |
A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.
Season | ! Competition | ! Round | ! | ! Club | ! Home | ! Away | |
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 | 1997 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group 5| | B36 Tórshavn | 5–0 | ||
| | Stabæk Fotball>Stabæk IF | 4–3 | |||||
| | FC Dynamo Moscow | 2–3 | |||||
| | Panachaiki | 4–2 | |||||
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1998–99 | Cup Winners' Cup| | QUAL | KS Apolonia Fier>Apolonia Fier | 4–0 | 5–1 | |
| | 1R | Beitar Jerusalem | 2-1 | 5-5 | |||
| | 2R | OFI Crete | 1-4 | 1–0 | |||
1999–2000 UEFA Champions League | 1999–2000 | UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League || | 2QR | NK Maribor | 3–0 | 1–5 | |
2000–01 UEFA Cup | 2000–01 | UEFA Cup| | 1R | FC Zürich | 2–1 | 1-0 | |
| | 2R | SV Werder Bremen>Werder Bremen | 2–5 | 1–4 | |||
2002–03 UEFA Champions League | 2002–03 | UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League || | 3QR | AC Sparta Prague>Sparta Prague | 2–0 | 2–4 | |
| | Group C - Preliminary | AEK Athens F.C.>AEK Athens | 0–0 | 1–1 | |||
| | Real Madrid | 1–1 | 0–6 | ||||
| | A.S. Roma>Roma | 0-1 | 0-0 | ||||
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup| | 2R | Marek Dupnitza | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| | 3R | Borussia Dortmund | 0-1 | 2–1 | |||
| | Semifinals | UD Leiria | 0-0 | 0–2 | |||
2005–06 UEFA Cup | 2005–06 | UEFA Cup| | 2QR | Liepajas Metalurgs | 3–0 | 3–2 | |
| | 1R | PFC Litex Lovech | 0–1 | 2–2 | |||
2007–08 UEFA Champions League | 2007–08 | UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League || | 2QR | FK Sarajevo | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
2009–10 UEFA Europa League | 2009–10 | UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League || | Play-off | Lille OSC | 1–2 | 2–4 | |
2010–11 UEFA Europa League | 2010–11 | UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League || | 3Q | FC Inter Turku>Inter Turku | 3–2 | 5–1 | |
| | Play-off | FC Porto | 0–3 | 2–4 | |||
2011–12 UEFA Champions League | 2011–12 | UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League || | 3QR | FK Partizan | 2-1 | 1-1 | |
| | Play-off | Maccabi Haifa F.C.>Maccabi Haifa | 2-1 (pen. 4-1) | 1-2 | |||
| | Group Stage (Group E) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen>Bayer Leverkusen | |||||
| | Chelsea F.C.>Chelsea | ||||||
| | Valencia CF>Valencia |
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;1990s: Carmel Busuttil Krzysztof Bukalski Souleymane Oulare Thordur Gudjonsson Guðmundur Torfason Besnik Hasi Juha Reini Mike Origi Ferenc Horváth Marc Hendrikx Philippe Clement Jacky Peeters Davy Oyen Bart Goor Branko Strupar ;2000s: Steven Defour Bernd Thijs Koen Daerden Kevin Vandenbergh Wesley Sonck Thomas Chatelle Wouter Vrancken Faris Haroun Logan Bailly Tom Soetaers Thibaut Courtois Justice Wamfor Eric Matoukou Didier Zokora Josip Skoko Akram Roumani Moumouni Dagano Mirsad Bešlija Sunday Oliseh Orlando Engelaar Theo Janssen Aaron Mokoena Brian Priske Igor Tomašić Goran Ljubojević Ivan Bosnjak Barak Yitzhaki Adam Nemec Takayuki Suzuki João Carlos Pinto Chaves Mohamed Dahmane
;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 (1999–2000) Johan Boskamp (2000)
;2000s: Pierre Denier (2001, caretaker) Sef Vergoossen (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 (2009–December 2009) Frank Vercauteren (2009–August 2011) Mario Been (2011-present)
* Category:Association football clubs established in 1988 Category:Belgian football clubs Category:1988 establishments in Belgium
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