Red Star Brussels/Season 66

Season 66
Red Star Brussels during season 66
Team Name	SVV Red Star Brussels
Competition	VI.580
Finished	1st
Belgian Cup	4th round
Sapphire Cup	2nd round
End Ranking	2 696
Topscorer	José Oscar Zuculini (16)
Trainer	Marc Drexler
Kits	HomeAway
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Belgian Season 53, or Global Season 66, was the twentyfifth full season in which Red Star Brussels participated, and the fourth after the new start of the team. They played in League VI.580.

Home and Away shirts used in Season 66, based on the Olympic Charleroi shirt.

Season Synopsis

Stadium

The Red Star Brussels stadium, the Leon Trotski Arena, was enlarged before the start of the season to accommodate 46.250 supporters. At the end of the season, it was again enlarged to seat 53.500 supporters.

Change of shirts

Red Star Brussels will start the season with the first of a six-season series of special edition shirts that commemorate shirts worn by the favourite teams of manager Lunacharsky, each in a setting referring to a special period in those teams' history. Teams that will be featured are Olympic Charleroi, AFC Wimbledon, FC Sankt Pauli, RWD Molenbeek, Antwerp FC and Liverpool FC. In season 66, they started with the Olympic Charleroi shirt that was used in season 2006-07, the year the team last promoted to the Belgium Second Division.

Pitch invasion in the final game against Skunk Anansie, when promotion to 5th division was ensured.

Season Summary

The ambition of the team was to finish at least second in this competition. However, when it became clear that the team that relegated to our division, oostende boven, decided to move away from our division and was replaced by a bot, the ambition was modified: Red Star Brussels would go for the title in the division. Later the bot teams in the league were replaced by new human players, but the objective to go for the title remained in place. The team continuously remained at the top of the league, winning the home and away games against their only serious contender, fc de jupilar zuipers, and as such ensured victory in the competition. With a perfect 42 points and 14/14 wins, a goal difference of 75, the team was the all-out winner in the competition. Zuculini became topscorer with 15 goals, Oyaert and de Schietere each scored 14 goals in the competition, and reached the second position in the topscorer list. This proved the overall dominance of the team in this competition.

In the Belgium Cup, no specific ambitions were formulated. The team reached the fourth round in the Cup, where they were eliminated by KSK United with 3-4. They played one more round in the Sapphire Round, in which they lost 4-1 against racing svelta.

Joske Oyaert became player of the season for the third time.

Season Statistics

Final Group Table

Team	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
SVV Red Star Brussels	14	14	0	0	79	4	75	42
fc de jupilar zuipers	14	12	0	2	62	20	42	36
Skunk Anansie	14	7	2	5	34	27	7	23
chinouk's team	14	6	0	8	26	47	-21	18
F.C. Lotje	14	5	2	7	19	36	-17	17
sparta bevere	14	4	2	8	18	30	-12	14
C.FC	14	2	2	10	7	41	-34	8
KickersFC	14	1	2	11	9	49	-40	5

RSB Top 5 Scorers (Official Games)

Nr	Player	Goals
1	José Oscar Zuculini	16
2	Will de Schietere	15
3	Joske Oyaert	14
4	Tim Grauls	11
5	Han Baoyang	8

Man of the Match (official Games)

Nr	Player	Times
1	Joske Oyaert	9
2	Will de Schietere	4
4	José Oscar Zuculini	3
3	Tim Grauls	2

Cups

Belgian Cup

Season 66 was the seventeenth season Red Star Brussels played in the Belgium cup. The team didn't have specific ambitions this season.

Type	Round	Ground	Other Team	Score
	1	Away	De Straatvoetballers van 't Pleintje	0 - 8
	2	Away	"The Muppets"	2 - 3
	3	Home	KRC Genk TG	3 - 1
	4	Home	KSK United	3 - 4
	2	Home	racing svelta	4 - 1

Records

Note: only official matches are considered.

Record	Date	Name	Competition	Result
Biggest Home Win	10-09-2017	SVV Red Star Brussels - F.C. Lotje	VI.580	7 - 0
Biggest Away Win	30-08-2017	De Straatvoetballers van 't Pleintje - Red Star Brussels	Cup	0 - 8
Biggest Home Loss	20-09-2017	SVV Red Star Brussels - KSK United	Cup	3 - 4
Biggest Away Loss	27-09-2016	racing svelta - SVV Red Star Brussels	Cup	4 - 1
Most goals in a match (by RSB)	30-08-2017	De Straatvoetballers van 't Pleintje - Red Star Brussels	Cup	0 - 8
Most goals in a match (total)	30-08-2017	De Straatvoetballers van 't Pleintje - Red Star Brussels	Cup	0 - 8
Largest home attendance	19-11-2017	SVV Red Star Brussels - sparta bevere	VI.580	43 127
Lowest home attendance	10-09-2017	SVV Red Star Brussels - F.C. Lotje	VI.580	24 413
Largest transfer in	22-09-2017	Bohumír Kyselý	N/A	1 431 060€
Largest transfer out	19-09-2017	Mitchell Douglas	N/A	2 540 000€

Squad

Trainer: Marc Drexler

No. Position Player 1 GK Erik Zebedeo 2 CD Herbert Van Dam 3 CD Bertrand Clijmans 4 CD Finn Gillet 5 W Ivan Esteller 6 FW Frederick Eeckman 7 CM José Oscar Zuculini 8 CM Han Baoyang 9 FW Joske Oyaert 10 FW Tim Grauls 11 FW Will de Schietere

No. Position Player 12 GK Janklaas Vanhoutteghem 13 CD Walter Vercruysse 14 CV Jean-Ignace Van Der Ween 15 W Daifilo De Vree 16 CM Sieciesław Kulewski 17 CM Tobias Descher 18 CM Lennart Witvrouwen 19 FW Ruud Lison 20 W Robbin Lieutenant 21 CD Jurgen Geluykens 22 CD Bahram Velayati 23 CD Bohumír Kyselý 99 CM Marc Drexler

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