R.E. Virton

Virton

Full name	Royal Excelsior Virton
Nickname(s)	Les Gaumais
Short name	RE Virton
Founded	1922; 103 years ago (1922)
Ground	Stade Yvan Georges, Virton
Capacity	4,572
Owner	N'Golo Kanté
Chairman	Flavio Becca
Manager	Jérôme Arpinon
League	Belgian National Division 1
2023–24	10th
Website	www.revirton.be
Home colours Away colours

Yvan Georges stadium

Royal Excelsior Virton is a Belgian football club, based in the city of Virton, in Luxembourg province.^[1] The club will participate in Belgian National Division 1 from 2023 to 2024 after relegation from Challenger Pro League in 2022–23. They were purchased by Al-Ittihad midfielder N'Golo Kanté on 30 June 2023.^[2]

Current squad

As of 10 October 2024^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  LUX Timothy Martin 2 DF  FRA Issam El Foukhari 5 DF  BEL Thibaut Lesquoy 6 MF  BEL Maxime Guillaume 7 FW  MAR Anas Namri 8 MF  FRA Gaëtan Arib 9 DF  SEN Ibrahima Mbaye 10 FW  BEL Mayron de Almeida 11 FW  FRA iliasse Errahmouni 14 MF  BEL Valentin Guillaume 15 DF  FRA Teddy Mézague 16 GK  BEL Arthur Cremer

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ALG Kelil Benkahlouche 19 DF  GUI Florentin Pogba 20 MF  FRA Liamine Mokdad 21 DF  FRA Anyss Larbes 22 FW  BEL Yanis Mbombo 24 FW  BEL Liam Genève 26 GK  BEL Logan Bailly 27 DF  FRA Kenny Kima Beyissa 28 DF  FRA Eric N'jo 29 FW  FRA Bilel Hassaini 77 FW  BEL Jorn Vancamp 99 MF  ALG Hadi Bentebbal

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club staff

As of 30 June 2023

Position	Name
Chairman	N'Golo Kanté[4]
Chief executive officer	Alex Hayes
Sporting director	Tom Van den Abbeele
Manager	Christian Bracconi
Assistant manager	Nicolas Gennarielli
Goalkeeper coach	Jérémy Dumesnil Clément Lommers
Fitness coach	Arnaud Scalco
Video analyst	Grégory Verheyden
Club doctor	Florian Foulon
Physiotherapist	Marc-Antoine Palma Samuel Bodet
Team Manager	Thiebaud Delmelle
Delegate	Georges André
Match equipment and logistics manager	Arnaud Gratia

References

1. "Royal Excelsior Virton". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
2. "Kante invests in Belgium's Virton with view to developing academy". Inside World Football. 30 June 2023.
3. "L'équipe première". Royal Excelsior Virton (in French). Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
4. "Kante purchases Belgian third-tier side". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-06-29.