SVV Red Star Brussels
| SVV Red Star Brussels (839359) | ||
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| managed by Lunacharsky | ||
| Full Name | Socialistische Voetbal Vereniging Red Star Brussels | |
| Abbrevation | RSB | |
| Slogan | Nixor, Concordia, Socialisma | |
| Team Colors | Red, Beige, Yellow | |
| Founded | 18-08-2009 | |
| Country | Template:Flag/BEL België | |
| Region | Brussels | |
| Ranking | 12 140 | |
| Stadium | Leon Trotski Stadium | |
| Capacity | 17 000 seats | |
| Fan club | Revolutionair Socialisten | |
| Coach | Template:Flag/SWE Ulrik Falkenner | |
| League | VII.578 | |
| Kits | Home Away
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SVV Red Star Brussels (full name: Socialistische Voetbalvereniging Red Star Brussels, abbrevation RSB) is a football team in Belgium. The team currently plays in league VII.578 of the Belgian Competition.
History
Main article: Red Star Brussels/History
Foundation
SVV Red Star Brussels started in Hattrick on 18-08-2009. The team was founded by a group of socialists in the city of Ghent, who wanted to combine their political activity with their passion for football. Lunacharsky was elected as manager for the team. The team was first officialy named SVV Red Star Gent.
First Games
Main article: Red Star Brussels/Season 39
When RSB was founded (as Rode Ster Gent, the team played only the last round of Global Season 39 in competition IX.1432. The match against SKDH United ended in a 2-2 draw, placing RSB fifth in the competition.
First Full season
Main article: Red Star Brussels/Season 40
SVV Red Star Brussels (then: Red Star Gent started her first full season on September 13th 2009 against United KV. RSB won easily 3-0, and immediatly showed their claims on the title for the season. However, because of two defeats against human competitor SKDH United on the second and before last matchday, RSB remained on the second position through the whole competition. Joël Crahay became topscorer with 13 goals.
The climb to the top - move to Brussels
Red Star Brussels played in division VIII.255 starting from Season 41. They performed rather well, and where able to take the first position in the competition after the seventh matchday. The team promoted to Division VII. By the end of the season, it became clear that a majority of the new supporters came from Brussels and the Walloon area, and that the team's political profile attracted large layers of foreign supporters. Therefore, the team decided to move to the Brussels town of Elsene by the end of the Season. The team started in Division VII.578, starting from Season 42.
Name & Slogan
Team Name
The current name "Red Star Brussels" was introduced on April 2nd 2010, when 94% of the supporters voted in favour of the proposition to move the team out of Ghent to Brussels, to accentuate its Internationalist approach.
Before that, the team was named "Red Star Gent", a name that was adopted on September 15th 2009, when a poll amongst supporters decided to adopt "SVV Red Star Gent" as the official name of the team. Other possibilities where "Rode Ster Gent" or "Red Star Ghent". The supporters decided to take an international stand by choosing Red Star in the name of team, thus making the meaning of this part of name understandable for international supporters. They also choose to take up the official local name of the city where the team was founded: Gent (instead of Ghent in English).
Before that day, the team was informaly called "Rode Ster Gent". Because the Belgian Season 27 had already started, the new official name came into effect during the midseason between Season 27 and Season 28.
Slogan
The official slogan of the team is "Nixor, Concordia, Socialisma", or "Struggle, Solidarity, Socialism". It is also the slogan of the trotskyist party LSP, of which most supporters are members. The slogan expresses the sportive rivalry and competition between football teams, while on the same time stressing on the class unity between all workers of different teams, or like President Jan Verhamme of the supporters' association put it: "Football rivalry is for one evening, class solidarity is forever"
Team colours, logo and kit
Team colours
The basic team color of Red Star Brussels is red. Yellow and beige are used as secondary colors. The exact offical colours can be found in this overview:
| Use | Color Name | Ex. |
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| Primary Color | Dark Red | |
| Red Star | Red | |
| Secundary Color | Beige | |
| Secundary Color | Yellow | |
| Secundary Color | Creamy White |
Logo
The Red Star Brussels logo is a red shield, showing a red star in the middle, and surrounded by the rose in the fist of socialism. The shield is surrouned with banners citing the name of the team and the slogan. It replaces the old logo of a red star on a beige shield, surrounded by text banners citing the name of the team and the slogan.
The original logo was developed by fumiasty, a Polish player who used to manage Niezatapialne Pasikoniki (1825862). The logo was adapted to the new name Red Star Brussels by Canadian player Oshawa, who manages Oshawa Ogre (107171). Staff, players and supporters of Red Star Gent are eternally grateful for the professional logo.
Shirts
Main article: Red Star Brussels/Kits
Red Star Brussels' current home shirts have light and dark red stripes with the LSP and the Brussels Region logo, and dark red pants and socks. The away shirts are white with a red diagonal stripe, and the same logo's, with beige pants and socks.
Home
Away
Shirt sponsor is trotskyist party LSP and the Brussels Region.
A history of the Red Star Gent kits can be found at this page.
Supporters and official fan club
Revolutionair Socialisten
The official fan club of Red Star Brussels is called "Revolutionair Socialisten" (or "Revolutionary Socialists" in English). Most of the members come from working-class neighbourhoods in Brussels, Ghent or the rest of Belgium, and some of them are marxist students from Ghent University. The fanclub currently has 970 members. Red Star Brussels has an increasing number of international supporters.
RSGent supporters are well known socialists, many are members of political parties like the trotskyist LSP. They often fraternise with fanclubs from other socialist teams, like Trotskijs Kämpar in Sweden or Wincobank Ironopolis in England. The "Revolutionair Socialisten" are known for their militant antiracist, antisexist and antidiscrimination attitude.
Supporters
Red Star Brussels currently has 5 Hattrick Users as an official supporter.
| Name | Team | Country | Since |
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| Cronos2 | Trotskijs kämpar | Template:Flag/SWE | 19-08-2009 |
| Escafeld | Wincobank Ironopolis | Template:Flag/ENG | 20-09-2009 |
| Pelotas | Lokomotiv Veltem Back-on-Track | Template:Flag/BEL | 16-12-2009 |
| natan h | HVC Bloemekeswijk | Template:Flag/BEL | 07-02-2010 |
| RLMurian | Real Lokomotiv Moulbaix | Template:Flag/BEL | 11-04-2010 |
International Friendlies
Visited
SVV Red Star Brussels has visited the following countries for friendly matches
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Visitors
Teams from the following countries have visited SVV Red Star Brussels for friendlies
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Records and achievements
Records
Note: only official matches are considered.
| Record | Date | Name | Competition | Result |
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| Biggest Home Win | 04-04-2010 | SVV Red Star Gent - fc lach je rijk | VIII.255 | 10 - 0 |
| Biggest Away Win | 03-01-2010 | fc lach je rijk - SVV Red Star Gent | VIII.255 | 0 - 8 |
| Biggest Home Loss | 28-04-2010 | SVV Red Star Brussels - Shaggy2 | Cup | 0 - 5 |
| Biggest Away Loss | 20-09-2009 | SKDH United - Rode Ster Gent | League IX.1432 | 2 - 0 |
| Most goals in a match (by Red Star Gent) | 25-10-2009 | Rode Ster Gent - De Rose Flikker | League | 9 (9 - 0) |
| Most goals in a match (total) | 07-02-2010 | bennyzema's - SVV Red Star Gent | League | 11 (3 - 8) |
| Largest home attendance | 14-02-2010 | SVV Red Star Gent - Real Lokomotiv Moulbaix | VIII.255 | 12 100 |
| Lowest home attendance | 27-09-2009 | Rode Ster Gent - tillicollapse | IX.1432 | 3149 |
| Largest transfer in | 05-10-2009 | Template:Flag/BEL Ignacio Lazcano | nvt | 379 000 € |
| Largest transfer out | 18-01-2010 | Template:Flag/BEL Désiré Smellinckx | nvt | 424 000€ |
| Highest ranked end of season | Season 42 | League VII.578 | League VII | 8th |
| Lowest ranked end of season | Season 39 | League IX.1432 | League IX | 5th |
| Highest ranking overall | 03-05-2010 | Global Ranking Belgium | League VII.578 | 12 111 |
| Lowest ranking overall | 21-09-2009 | Global Ranking Belgium | League IX.1432 | 28 523 |
| Longest time unbeaten | 04-04-2010 | Season 40 Week 14 - Season 42 Week 1 | League IX.1432 | 17 |
| Longest run of victories | 26-10-2009 | Season 40 Week 3 - Week 13 | League IX.1432 | 11 |
| Topscorer in one Season | Season 40 | Joël Crahay | League IX.1432 | 13 |
| Topscorer overall | Season 40 | Joël Crahay | nvt | 28 |
Achievements
League Standings
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| Pos. | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
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| League | Color | League | Color |
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| IX | VII | ||
| VIII | VI |
Prize Shelf
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Youth Talent Program
SVV Red Star Brussels created the "Youth Talent Program" during Season 40. The goal of this program is to attract young talented players from around the globe to Brussels, to give them a good football education, and transferring them again to other teams where they can develop their talents. The training focus of the team can change troughout the seasons, and recruits are selected on their complimentarity with the current focus. The following abilities where focussed troughout the seasons:
- Season 39: Playmaking
- Season 40: Playmaking
- Season 41: Playmaking (untill Matchday 4), Scoring
- Season 42: Scoring (untill Matchday 4), Goalkeeping
Some of the players that arrived at the team in the scope of this program later stayed at the team as fixed players, examples are Bernd Bruylandt or Nikola Simić.
Current Squad
Trainer: Template:Flag/SWE Ulrik Falkenner
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Former players: see: Red Star Brussels/Former Players
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| Seasons: 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 -
50 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 - 67 - 68 - 69 - 70 - 71 - 72 - 73 - ... |
| See Also |
| Red Star Brussels - Lunacharsky - Rode Ster Paramaribo - Red Star Tunis |
Teams in Brussels (Belgium  )
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