R.A.E.C. Mons (1910)

This article is about the club that existed under this name until 2015. For the phoenix club, see R.A.E.C. Mons (2015).

RAEC Mons
Full nameRoyal Albert Élisabeth Club de Mons
NicknamesLes Dragons (The Dragons)
L'Albert (The Albert)
Founded11 April 1910 (1910-04-11)
Dissolved26 May 2015 (26 May 2015)
GroundStade Charles Tondreau,
Mons, Hainaut Province
Capacity8,000

7th (Relegated from Belgian Second Division)

Royal Albert Élisabeth Club de Mons, commonly known as R.A.E.C. Mons or simply Mons, was a Belgian football club based in Mons, Hainaut. Founded in 1910, the club played its home matches at Stade Charles Tondreau throughout its existence. Known as l'Albert and nicknamed the Dragons—after the city's Ducasse de Mons (the Doudou)—Mons spent much of its history in the second and third tiers of Belgian football.

Mons first reached the top flight in 2002 and would have three spells in the first division before suffering relegation in 2014. Financial problems led the club to file for bankruptcy; on 31 March 2015 it was placed into liquidation and ceased operations at the end of the 2014–15 season, which it finished seventh in the second tier.

In 2020, a successor club was launched by local stakeholders under the name Renaissance Mons 44; it later adopted the historic name R.A.E.C. Mons.

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