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{{Short description|Belgian football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Tubize-Braine
| image = RoyaleUnionTubize-Braine logo.png
| image_size = 200px
| fullname = Royale Union Tubize-Braine
| nickname = ''Les Blancs et Or'' (The White and Gold)
| founded = {{start date and age|2 February 1953}} as ''AFC Tubize'' <br> {{start date and age|2021}} as ''Royale Union Tubize-Braine''
| ground = [[Stade Leburton]], [[Tubize]]
| capacity = 8,100<ref>[http://www.afctubize.co.kr/fr/stadium/ Stade Leburton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316175125/http://www.afctubize.co.kr/fr/stadium |date=16 March 2018 }}, afctubize.co.kr (last check 30 March 2018)</ref>
| chairman = François Le Château
| manager = [[Dražen Brnčić]]
| league = [[Belgian  National Division 1]]
| season = [[2023–24 Belgian Division 2|2023–24]]
| position = [[Belgian Division 2]] ACFF, 3rd of 18 (promoted)
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'''Royale Union Tubize-Braine''', also known as '''Tubize-Braine''' or '''RUTB''', is a [[football in Belgium|Belgian football]] club based in the cities of [[Tubize]] and [[Braine-le-Comte]]. The team set to play in [[Belgian National Division 1]] from 2024–25, third tier of Belgian football after promotion from [[Belgian Division 2]] in 2023–24.
==History==
The club was founded in 1990 as the result of a merger of two clubs, ''F.C. Tubize'' and ''Amis Réunis de Tubize''. At that point it was known as ''AFC Tubize'' and last promoted to the [[Belgian First Division|first division]] in 2008, relegating back in 2009. In 2021, the club merged with neighboring [[Stade Braine]] from Braine-le-Comte, to form ''Tubize-Braine'', which involved a new logo and a change of colors, from [[blood red]] and gold to white and gold.
In 2023–24, Tubize-Braine secure promotion to Belgian National Division 1 from next season after finishing third place in Belgian Division 2 ACFF.
[[File:Afc tubize.png|200px|thumbnail|right|Crest of A.F.C. Tubize used from 1990 to 2014]]
[[File:A.F.C._Tubize_logo2.png|250px|thumbnail|right|Crest of A.F.C. Tubize from 2014 until 2021]]
==Current squad==
''As of 24 July 2024:''
{{fs start}}
{{fs player|no=  1 |nat=BEL|pos=GK|name=Arthur De Bolle}}
{{fs player|no=  2 |nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Jonathan Hendricks}}
{{fs player|no=  3 |nat=CRO|pos=DF|name=Lorenzo Prso}}
{{fs player|no=  4 |nat=MAR|pos=DF|name=[[Karim Essikal]]}}
{{fs player|no=  5 |nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Louis Delhaye}}
{{fs player|no=  6 |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Serhat Tepe}}
{{fs player|no=  7 |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=[[Shean Garlito]]}}
{{fs player|no=  8 |nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Axel Lauwrensens}}
{{fs player|no= 10 |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Sami Lkoutbi}}
{{fs player|no= 11 |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Maxime Migliore}}
{{fs player|no= 14 |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Lorenzo Butera}}
{{fs player|no= 17 |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Oleg Kuchinska}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|no= 18 |nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Gilles Denayer}}
{{fs player|no= 19 |nat=KOS|pos=MF|name=Visar Sala}}
{{fs player|no= 22 |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Mano Van Onsem}}
{{fs player|no= 23 |nat=BEL|pos=GK|name=Mavrick Debauque}}
{{fs player|no= 71 |nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Tyron Crame}}
{{fs player|no= 77 |nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Ismaël El Omari|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{fs player|no= 95 |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Ethan Hazard}}
{{fs player|no=    |nat=COD|pos=DF|name=Emmanuel Salazaku}}
{{fs player|no=    |nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Davidson Tagne}}
{{fs player|no=    |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=[[Kylian Hazard]]}}
{{fs player|no=    |nat=BEL|pos=MF|name=Quentin Vanderbecq}}
{{fs player|no=    |nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=Martins Toutou}}
{{fs end}}
===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs end}}
==Staff==
''As of 6 July 2017:''
{{Fb cs header}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Head coach |s=Philippe Thys}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant manager |s=[[Damien Januel]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Goalkeeping coach |s=Thierry Berghmans}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Fitness coach |s=Romain Bolly}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Youth coach |s=[[Daré Nibombé]]}}
{{Fb cs footer|date=July 2017}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.rutb.be/ Official Website] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=2600533/domestic.html AFC Tubize at UEFA.COM]
{{Belgian National Division 1 teamlist}}
{{Belgian Pro League}}
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[[Category:Sport in Tubize]]
[[Category:Belgian Pro League clubs]]
[[Category:1953 establishments in Belgium]]
[[Category:2021 establishments in Belgium]]
[[Category:Braine-le-Comte]]
[[Category:Sport in Hainaut (province)]]
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