Full name | Koninklijke Racing Club Mechelen | ||
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Nickname(s) | Den Racing, De Racingers | ||
Founded | 1904 | (creation)||
Ground | Oscar Vankesbeeckstadion, Mechelen | ||
Capacity | 6,123[1] | ||
Chairman | Koen Van Exem | ||
Manager | Lucien Suykens | ||
Coach | James Van Vaerenbergh | ||
League | Belgian Division 2 | ||
2023–24 | 5th | ||
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K.R.C. Mechelen is a Belgian association football club from Mechelen in the Antwerp province. It is a long-time rival of KV Mechelen. The club's best position ever is a second place in the first division 1951–52. KRC Mechelen also reached the final of the Belgian Cup in 1954. However, the team has been falling through the Belgian football league system since 2015 and in the 2017–18 season it will be playing in the Belgian Provincial Leagues for the first time since 1906.