Royal Excelsior Virton is a Belgian football club, based in the city of Virton, in Luxembourg province.^[1] The club will participate in Belgian National Division 1 from 2023 to 2024 after relegation from Challenger Pro League in 2022–23. They were purchased by Al-Ittihad midfielder N'Golo Kanté on 30 June 2023.

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Virton

Full name	Royal Excelsior Virton
Nickname(s)	Les Gaumais
Short name	RE Virton
Founded	1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Ground	Stade Yvan Georges, Virton
Capacity	4,572
Owner	N'Golo Kanté
Chairman	Flavio Becca
Manager	José Jeunechamps
League	Belgian National Division 1
2022–23	Challenger Pro League, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Website	Club website
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As of 19 January 2024.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Haikel Benlaref 2 DF  MAR Anas Namri 4 DF  BEL Danny Lupano 5 DF  BEL Thibaut Lesquoy 6 MF  BEL Maxime Guillaume 7 FW  POR António Gomes 8 MF  FRA Gaëtan Arib 9 FW  FRA Zoumana Diallo 10 FW  BEL Mayron de Almeida 11 FW  BEL Yanis Mbombo 14 MF  BEL Billal Chibani 15 DF  FRA Teddy Mézague 16 GK  LUX Timothy Martin

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ALG Hadi Bentebbal 18 MF  FRA Axel Vitris 19 FW  FRA Mehdi Bariki 20 MF  FRA M'Paly Sacko 21 DF  FRA Chris Goteni 22 MF  FRA Liamine Mokdad 23 DF  MTN Souleymane Karamoko 24 FW  BEL Liam Genève 25 MF  FRA Mounir El Hajjami 26 DF  FRA Marvin Evouna 27 MF  COM Aymeric Ahmed

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As of 30 June 2023

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Position	Name
Chairman	N'Golo Kanté[3]
Chief executive officer	Alex Hayes
Sporting director	Tom Van den Abbeele
Manager	Christian Bracconi
Assistant manager	Nicolas Gennarielli
Goalkeeper coach	Jérémy Dumesnil Clément Lommers
Fitness coach	Arnaud Scalco
Video analyst	Grégory Verheyden
Club doctor	Florian Foulon
Physiotherapist	Marc-Antoine Palma Samuel Bodet
Team Manager	Thiebaud Delmelle
Delegate	Georges André
Match equipment and logistics manager	Arnaud Gratia

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