K. Rupel Boom FC

Koninklijke Rupel Boom FC is a Belgian association football club based in Boom, Antwerp province currently playing in the Belgian First Amateur. They play at the Gemeentelijk Parkstadion in Boom.

History

K. Rupel Boom FC was founded in 1998, a result of a merger between K. Boom F.C. and Rupel SK. The club started playing in the regional third division of the Belgian provincial leagues. In 1999 they were promoted to the regional second division and in 2001 to the regional first division.

In 2004 the club reached the Nationwide Fourth Division. In its first season they reached the playoffs and won promotion to the Belgian Third Division. But, after only one season, K. Rupel Boom FC were relegated back to Fourth Division.

In 2008 the club again won promotion to the Belgian Third Division, and in 2009 they narrowly missed a ticket for the promotion playoffs.

After being on top of the league since mid September 2009, the club fell back and were beaten to the title by K.S.K. Heist with only one match to play. As runner-up of the regular season, they played the promotion playoffs in which they defeated Eendracht Aalst in the first round (4–0:3–4) and R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne in the second round (2–2:0–2). The final was played against U.R.S. du Centre (1–0: 4:4). And so, at the end of the 2009–2010 season, Rupel Boom were promoted to the Belgian Second Division.

In November 2010, Peter Van Wambeke was fired as head coach after a string of bad results. He became the first trainer in Rupel Boom history to be prematurely released off his contract.

In December 2010, Rupel Boom appointed Yves Cloots as the new head coach of the club. Cloots was Technical Manager with KV Mechelen and head coach of Rapid Leest. This change in head coach did not have the desired effect, and after the 2010–2011 season, Rupel Boom were relegated back to the Third Division.

For the 2011–12 season, Johan Houben was appointed as the new manager. During this season, Rupel Boom had a ve

Belgium. First Amateur Division. League Table. Season 2022/2023
Pos	Team	Home	Away	Total	GD	Goals
P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts
1	Patro Maasmechelen	16	13	3	0	40	7	42	19	13	2	4	44	16	41	35	26	5	4	84	23	83	61	2.4
2	R.FC. Liege	18	17	1	0	66	15	52	16	8	6	2	33	14	30	34	25	7	2	99	29	82	70	2.9
3	Francs Borains	18	14	2	2	43	20	44	19	9	5	5	36	26	32	37	23	7	7	79	46	76	33	2.1
4	La Louviere	18	13	3	2	40	15	42	17	9	1	7	32	24	28	35	22	4	9	72	39	70	33	2.1
5	Gent (U23)	19	11	3	5	32	21	36	16	8	4	4	27	22	28	35	19	7	9	59	43	64	16	1.7
6	K.S.K. Heist	19	9	6	4	40	28	33	18	7	6	5	29	31	27	37	16	12	9	69	59	60	10	1.9
7	Royal Knokke	19	11	3	5	40	28	36	19	7	3	9	25	30	24	38	18	6	14	65	58	60	7	1.7
8	R.Oc. De Charleroi	18	11	1	6	33	20	34	19	7	4	8	38	32	25	37	18	5	14	71	52	59	19	1.9
9	Ursl Vise	18	8	5	5	30	24	29	18	7	4	7	36	28	25	36	15	9	12	66	52	54	14	1.8
10	Thes Sport	18	8	8	2	38	23	32	17	5	3	9	20	29	18	35	13	11	11	58	52	50	6	1.7
11	Oh Leuven (U23)	18	8	4	6	35	29	28	19	7	1	11	26	39	22	37	15	5	17	61	68	50	-7	1.6
12	Tienen	18	7	4	7	24	32	25	19	5	5	9	26	28	20	37	12	9	16	50	60	45	-10	1.4
13	Sporting Charleroi (U23)	17	7	1	9	21	28	22	18	5	4	9	20	30	19	35	12	5	18	41	58	41	-17	1.2
14	Hoogstraten	19	5	4	10	21	31	19	18	6	3	9	25	29	21	37	11	7	19	46	60	40	-14	1.2
15	Dessel Sport	17	5	2	10	19	32	17	17	6	4	7	26	33	22	34	11	6	17	45	65	39	-20	1.3
16	Sint-Eloois-Winkel	17	7	3	7	26	28	24	17	4	2	11	18	30	14	34	11	5	18	44	58	38	-14	1.3
17	Royal Antwerp (U23)	16	5	1	10	14	22	16	19	6	2	11	19	36	20	35	11	3	21	33	58	36	-25	0.9
18	Ninove	19	6	1	12	21	32	19	16	4	1	11	18	43	13	35	10	2	23	39	75	32	-36	1.1
19	K. Rupel Boom FC	18	3	4	11	17	40	13	18	3	0	15	12	43	9	36	6	4	26	29	83	22	-54	0.8
20	Mandel United	18	1	1	16	8	43	4	19	3	0	16	8	45	9	37	4	1	32	16	88	13	-72	0.4