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Virton

Full name	Royal Excelsior Virton
Nickname(s)	Les Gaumais
Short name	RE Virton
Founded	1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Ground	Stade Yvan Georges, Virton
Capacity	4,572
Owner	N'Golo Kanté
Chairman	Flavio Becca
Manager	José Jeunechamps
League	Belgian National Division 1
2022–23	Challenger Pro League, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.

Current squad

As of 19 January 2024 ^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   FRA Haikel Benlaref 2 DF   MAR Anas Namri 4 DF   BEL Danny Lupano 5 DF   BEL Thibaut Lesquoy 6 MF   BEL Maxime Guillaume 7 FW   POR António Gomes 8 MF   FRA Gaëtan Arib 9 FW   FRA Zoumana Diallo 10 FW   BEL Mayron de Almeida 11 FW   BEL Yanis Mbombo 14 MF   BEL Billal Chibani 15 DF   FRA Teddy Mézague 16 GK   LUX Timothy Martin

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   ALG Hadi Bentebbal 18 MF   FRA Axel Vitris 19 FW   FRA Mehdi Bariki 20 MF   FRA M'Paly Sacko 21 DF   FRA Chris Goteni 22 MF   FRA Liamine Mokdad 23 DF   MTN Souleymane Karamoko 24 FW   BEL Liam Genève 25 MF   FRA Mounir El Hajjami 26 DF   FRA Marvin Evouna 27 MF   COM Aymeric Ahmed

Out on loan

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

Club staff

As of 30 June 2023

Position	Name
Chairman	N'Golo Kanté [3]
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

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