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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = R.W.D. Molenbeek
| image = RWD-Molenbeek.png
| image_size = 180px
| fullname = Racing White Daring Molenbeek
| nickname = ''Les Coalisés''
| founded = 1909 (as ''White Star (Athletic) Club d'Ixelles'')<br>1973 (merging)
| dissolved = 2002
| ground = [[Edmond Machtens Stadium]]
| capacity = 12,266
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| website = {{URL|www.rwdm.be}}
| current = 2023–24 R.W.D. Molenbeek season
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'''R.W.D. Molenbeek''', short for '''Racing White Daring Molenbeek''', was a Belgian [[association football|football]] club founded in 1909 as White Star Club de Bruxelles.  It then became a member of the [[Belgian Football Association]] later the same year as White Star Athletic Club and received the [[Football in Belgium#Matricule numbers|registration]] number 47.

==History==
===White Star A.C.===
The club played several seasons in the [[Belgian Pro League|first division]] (1924–25 and from 1934–35 to 1946–47) first as White Star Woluwé A.C. then as Royal White Star A.C. The later [[White Star Woluwé F.C.]] took its name from this team but is not otherwise related.

===Racing White===
In 1963 the club merged with [[K.F.C. Rhodienne-Verrewinkel|Racing de Bruxelles]] to become Royal Racing White. It played in the first division from 1965 until 1973 after two seasons in the [[Belgian Second Division|second division]]. Its home ground was the Stade Fallon in [[Woluwe-Saint-Lambert]], [[Brussels]] till the club merged with the famous [[R. Daring Club Molenbeek|Daring Club de Bruxelles]] in July 1973, becoming R.W.D. Molenbeek. The main reason for that merger was the poor league attendance.

===R.W.D. Molenbeek===
The club played in the first division for ten seasons after its inception, winning the [[1974–75 Belgian First Division]], regularly qualifying for European competitions and even reaching the semi-final of the [[1976–77 UEFA Cup]]. Since the club had kept the registration number 47 of R. Racing White it could begin in the first division but it had lost the honours of the Daring Club. The club played in [[Molenbeek-Saint-Jean]], Brussels.{{cn|date=May 2016}}

From 1984, the club encountered many difficulties, leading to bankruptcy in 2002. 

During the 2002–03 season, K.F.C. Strombeek (located near [[Brussels]]) moved to the Edmond Machtens Stadium and became [[F.C. Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek]] the next season. The new club, which used Strombeek's ''matricule'' (registration) №1936, subsequently began in the second division but was promoted to the [[Belgian First Division]] in 2004.{{cn|date=September 2016}}

At the same time, a group of fans, who fought to keep the name alive, had also recreated a new team called RWD Molenbeek (with a new registration number) in 2003. The new team started at the very bottom of the Belgian football league system - provincial division 4 in Brabant (level 8), but has been promoted to the Brabant provincial division 1 (level 5 in Belgium) in 2006 after absorbing another team from the Brabant province. In 2015, the ''matricule'' of [[Standaard Wetteren]] was sold to a group of investors who started the club [[RWDM47]], trying to reinstate the history of the club.{{cn|date=May 2016}}

== European Cup history ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Season
!Competition
!Round
!Club
!Home
!Away
!Aggregate
|-
|1972–73
|[[1972–73 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|1R
|{{Flagicon|Portugal}} [[G.D. Fabril|CUF Barreiro]]
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|0–1
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|0–2
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|0–3
|-
| rowspan="2" |1973–74
| rowspan="2" |[[1973–74 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|1R
|{{Flagicon|Francoist Spain}} [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]]
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|1–2
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|3–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|4–2
|-
|2R
|{{Flagicon|Portugal}} [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória Setúbal]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|2–1
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|0–1
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|2–2 ([[Away goals rule|a]])
|-
| rowspan="2" |1974–75
| rowspan="2" |[[1974–75 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|1R
|{{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|1–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|4–2
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|5–2
|-
|2R
|{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[FC Twente|Twente]]
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|0–1
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|1–2
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|1–3
|-
| rowspan="2" |1975–76
| rowspan="2" |[[1975–76 European Cup|European Cup]]
|1R
|{{Flagicon|Norway}} [[Viking FK|Viking]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|3–2
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|1–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|4–2
|-
|R16
|{{Flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]]
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|2–3
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|0–4
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|2–7
|-
| rowspan="5" |1976–77
| rowspan="5" |[[1976–77 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|1R
|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Næstved BK|Næstved]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|4–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|3–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|7–0
|-
|2R
|{{Flagicon|Poland}} [[Wisła Kraków]]
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|1–1
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|1–1
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|2–2 (5–4 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
|-
|3R
|{{Flagicon|West Germany}} [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|1–0
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|1–1
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|2–1
|-
|QF
|{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Feyenoord]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|2–1
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|0–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|2–1
|-
|SF
|{{Flagicon|Francoist Spain}} [[Athletic Bilbao]]
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|1–1
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|0–0
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|1–1 ([[Away goals rule|a]])
|-
| rowspan="2" |1977–78
| rowspan="2" |[[1977–78 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|1R
|{{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|0–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|2–1
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|2–1
|-
|2R
|{{Flagicon|East Germany}} [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Carl Zeiss Jena]]
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|1–1
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|1–1
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|2–2 (5–6 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]])
|-
|1980–81
|[[1980–81 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|1R
|{{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Torino F.C.|Torino]]
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|1–2
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|2–2 ([[extra time|aet]])
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|3–4 
|-
|1996–97
|[[1996–97 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
|1R
|{{Flagicon|Turkey}} [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|0–0
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|0–3
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|0–3 
|}

==Honours==
{{cn|date=May 2016}}
[[File:Vreugde bij Molenbeek na de afloop van de wedstrijd tegen Ajax, Bestanddeelnr 928-0925.jpg|thumb|260px|Molenbeek players celebrate after winning the 1975 Amsterdam tournament final against [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]]]
*'''[[Belgian First Division]]:'''
**'''Winners:''' [[1974–75 Belgian First Division|1974–75]]
*'''[[Belgian Second Division]]:'''
**'''Winners:''' 1923–24, 1933–34, 1964–65, 1984–85, 1989–90
*'''[[Belgian Second Division final round]]:'''
**'''Winners:''' 2001
*'''[[Belgian Cup]]:'''
**'''Runners-up:''' 1968–69

*'''[[Amsterdam Tournament]]:'''
**'''Winners:''' 1975
*'''[[Jules Pappaert Cup]]:'''
**'''Winners:''' 1975

==References==
*{{in lang|fr|nl}} [http://www.rwdm.be Official website]

{{Belgian Pro League}}
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