RWD Molenbeek
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Wikipedia - R.W.D. Molenbeek (2015)
Racing White Daring Molenbeek, also known as RWD Molenbeek and often referred to as RWDM, is a Belgian professional football club based in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. The club currently plays in the Belgian Pro League from 2023–24 after it managed to get promotion from the Challenger Pro League in 2022–23. It participated in the 2015–16 Belgian Cup, where it reached the fourth round.
History
The club was founded in 1951 as Standard Wetteren. In 2015, Wetteren folded and merged with another club, liberating the matricule which was sold to people wanting to revive the former RWDM with matricule 47 which folded in 2002. As such the new club was named RWDM47. The club quickly rose through the ranks, winning two consecutive promotions from the fifth to the third tier. In December 2021, the club announced that it had come under the ownership of American business executive John Textor, who also holds stakes in English side Crystal Palace, Brazilian side Botafogo and French side Lyon.
RWDM's academy is considered one of the best in Belgium, and many footballers have come from there, notably Adnan Januzaj and Michy Batshuayi to name a few Belgian internationals as well as a few internationals for other countries.
On 13 May 2023, RWDM secured promotion to the Belgian Pro League by winning the Challenger Pro League title in a narrow 1–0 victory over RSCA Futures, with Mickaël Biron scoring the winning goal.
RWD Molenbeeks hemmaplan är Stade Edmond Machtens som har en kapacitet på 12 264 åskådare. Klubben har en lång och rik historia och har vunnit flera nationella cuptitlar. RWD Molenbeek är också känd för att ha fostrat ett antal framstående spelare, bland annat Eden Hazard och Marouane Fellaini.
Under de senaste åren har RWD Molenbeek genomgått en återuppbyggnadsprocess efter att ha gått i konkurs 2018. Klubben har sedan dess gjort en stadig klättring uppåt i ligasystemet och siktar nu på att återvända till den belgiska förstaligan.