Royal Charleroi S.C.

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Sporting Charleroi

Full name	Royal Charleroi Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Les Zèbres (The Zebras), Les Carolos
Founded	1 January 1904; 120 years ago (1904-01-01)
Ground	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Capacity	15,000[1]
Chairman	Fabien Debecq[2]
Managing Director	Mehdi Bayat
Head coach	Rik De Mil
League	Belgian Pro League
2023–24	Belgian Pro League, 13th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Royal Charleroi Sporting Club, often simply known as Charleroi or Sporting Charleroi, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football has started in the 2012–13 season. Charleroi was founded in 1904 and they first reached the first division in 1947–48. Their highest finish was runner-up in the 1968–69 season. They have also twice reached the Belgian Cup final, losing in 1977–78 to Beveren and in 1992–93 to Standard Liège.

Sporting Charleroi have a long-standing rivalry with their crosstown rival ROC de Charleroi-Marchienne, currently playing in the third division. Charleroi play their home matches at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi, which was refurbished for the UEFA Euro 2000. The stadium hosted 3 group stage games in the Euro 2000 among which the 1–0 victory of England against Germany. Charleroi have been recruiting several French players in recent years, including Michaël Ciani, Cyril Théréau and goalkeeper Bertrand Laquait.