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| Full name | Koninklijke Racing Club Genk | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Blauw-Wit (Blue-White) Racing KRC De Smurfen (The Smurfs) | |||
| Founded | 1988, merge of Thor Waterschei with KFC Winterslag | |||
| Ground | Cegeka Arena | |||
| Capacity | 23,718[1] 21,500 (UEFA matches)[2] | |||
| Chairman | Peter Croonen | |||
| Head coach | Thorsten Fink | |||
| League | Belgian Pro League | |||
| 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League, 5th of 16 | |||
| Website | krcgenk.be | |||
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Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈreːsɪŋ ˌklʏp ˈxɛŋk]),[a] commonly known as KRC Genk or Racing 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 have won four championship titles; in 1998–99, in 2001–02, in 2010–11 and in 2018–19. They have also won five Belgian Cups, most recently in 2020–21. They qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2002–03, 2011–12 and 2019–20.
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 Cegeka Arena. Their main outfit is blue and white.
- ^ "Algemene Info". KRC Genk (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 May 2016.
- ^ "2011/12 UEFA Champions League statistics handbook - Clubs" (PDF). UEFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2019.
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