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| Full name | Royal Charleroi Sporting Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Zèbres (The Zebras), Les Carolos | ||
| Founded | 1 January 1904 | ||
| Ground | Stade du Pays de Charleroi | ||
| Capacity | 15,000[1] | ||
| Chairman | Fabien Debecq[2] | ||
| Managing Director | Mehdi Bayat | ||
| Head coach | Rik De Mil | ||
| League | Belgian Pro League | ||
| 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League, 13th of 16 | ||
| Website | https://www.sporting-charleroi.be | ||
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Royal Charleroi Sporting Club, often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League. Their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football started in the 2012–13 season. Charleroi was founded in 1904 and they first reached the first division in 1947–48. Their highest finish was runner-up in the 1968–69 season. They have also twice reached the Belgian Cup final, losing in 1977–78 to Beveren and in 1992–93 to Standard Liège.
Sporting Charleroi have a long-standing rivalry with their crosstown rival ROC de Charleroi-Marchienne, currently playing in the third division. Charleroi play their home matches at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi, which was refurbished for the UEFA Euro 2000. The stadium hosted 3 group stage games in the Euro 2000 among which the 1–0 victory of England against Germany. Charleroi have been recruiting several French players in recent years, including Michaël Ciani, Cyril Théréau and goalkeeper Bertrand Laquait.
- ^ Het Stade du Pays de Charleroi Archived 17 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine sporting-charleroi.be (last check 30 March 2018)
- ^ "Fabien Debecq nouveau président du Sporting de Charleroi". RTL Sport. RTL Belux S.A. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2015.