Union Royale La Louvière Centre is a Belgian association football club created in 1922.

History

In 2011, it moved from Stade Raymond Dienne, Haine-Saint-Pierre to Stade du Tivoli, La Louvière as R.A.A. Louviéroise went into liquidation in 2009.

The team was originally known as Union Royale Sportive du Centre or URS Centre but this was changed to the current name in 2011. It is playing in the third division A since 2008–09. The club is based in La Louvière in the Centre area. Due to the competition reform of 2016, the club began competing in the new Belgian Second Amateur Division, where the club finished fourth in the first season. In 2017, Racing Charleroi Couillet Fleurus took on the name RAAL La Louvière and moved to the city in order to restore the former glory of the defunct R.A.A. Louviéroise.

In the 2018–19 season, the club won the title of the Walloon division of the Second Amateur Division, which meant that it they won promotion to the third-tier Belgian First Amateur Division. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition was canceled after 24 matchdays. At that time, the club was in fourteenth place, which meant that they would be relegated to Second Amateur Division. However, in the end, there were several professional clubs that did not receive a licence for professional football and had to relegate to the Belgian Second Amateur Division, and thus the club remained in the third tier.

The club changed their logo in May 2020, and the bird and crown became dark blue instead of green. It was decided in May 2020 to change the club name to La Louvière Centre, thereby eliminating the addition "Union Royale". According to the board, the letters "URLC" had become synonymous its negative past of financial struggles.

O La Louvière é um clube de futebol belga sediado na cidade de La Louvière, Hainaut. Foi fundado em 1913 e atualmente compete na Segunda Divisão Belga. O clube é conhecido por suas cores azul e amarelo e por seu estádio, o Stade du Tivoli.

O La Louvière tem uma rica história no futebol belga, tendo conquistado o título da Primeira Divisão Belga na temporada 1935-1936. O clube também venceu a Copa da Bélgica em 1920 e 1925. Nos últimos anos, o clube tem tido dificuldades para se manter na primeira divisão, mas continua a ser um dos clubes mais populares da Bélgica.

O La Louvière é conhecido por seu estilo de jogo ofensivo e seus jogadores talentosos. O clube tem uma forte base de fãs e é um dos clubes mais assistidos da Bélgica. O La Louvière é um clube histórico e importante no futebol belga e tem uma grande tradição e cultura.