CLUB
Daring Club
Belgium
Overview
Daring Club is recorded as the club affiliation for 1 player in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for Belgium. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- Belgium
- City
- Brussels
- 1930 name
- Daring Club
- Club status
- ceased-registration
- Founded
- 1895
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1973
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Successor / lineage
- RWDM tradition, but not a simple legal merger continuity
- Stadium
- Stade du Daring
- 1930 team context
- Belgium
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Daring Club already had a documented club history extending from 1895 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Founded in 1895 as Daring Club de Bruxelles, the club became one of Belgium’s historic powers.
Chapter 2Description: It won five Belgian league titles and a Belgian Cup.
Chapter 3Description: In 1973 Daring stopped activities and resigned its registration. Racing White then moved to Molenbeek and adopted the RWDM name, creating a strong cultural lineage but not a simple continuation of Daring’s old matricule.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: Belgian FA matricule 2 and one of Brussels’ historic elite clubs, with a major championship record and a long identity that later became associated with Molenbeek.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Daring Club is linked to 1 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: Royal Daring Club Molenbeek resigned from the Belgian FA in 1973. RWDM used Racing White’s matricule 47, so the old matricule 2 identity ended rather than simply changing name.
Historical timeline
1895Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Daring Club identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Daring Club already had a documented club history extending from 1895 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Founded in 1895 as Daring Club de Bruxelles, the club became one of Belgium’s historic powers.
Chapter 2Description: It won five Belgian league titles and a Belgian Cup.
Chapter 3Description: In 1973 Daring stopped activities and resigned its registration. Racing White then moved to Molenbeek and adopted the RWDM name, creating a strong cultural lineage but not a simple continuation of Daring’s old matricule.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Arnold Badjou.
1973Description: Royal Daring Club de Molenbeek ceased activities and resigned from the Belgian FA in 1973; matricule 2 was erased at the time.
Season-by-season history
1911/12Season: 1911/12 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: First league title.No full roster asserted.
1913/14Season: 1913/14 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: Second title before World War I.No full roster asserted.
1920/21Season: 1920/21 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: Third Belgian championship.No full roster asserted.
1925/26Season: 1925/26 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: 3rd · Notes: Finished third behind Beerschot and Standard.No full roster asserted.
1928/29Season: 1928/29 · Competition: Belgian Premier Division · Finish: 9th · Notes: 38 goals scored, 45 conceded.No full roster asserted.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Belgian Premier Division · Finish: 7th · Notes: 59 goals scored, 55 conceded.Documented players: Arnold BadjouNo full roster asserted. Includes Footballopedia 1930 World Cup-linked club players; not claimed as a full club roster unless explicitly stated.
1934/35Season: 1934/35 · Competition: Belgian Cup · Finish: Winners · Notes: Won the Belgian Cup.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1935/36Season: 1935/36 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: Won the fourth Belgian league title in club history.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1936/37Season: 1936/37 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: Retained the title for a fifth championship.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1937/38Season: 1937/38 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Runners-up · Notes: Finished second behind Beerschot.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1938/39Season: 1938/39 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: 13th; relegated · Notes: A sharp decline led to relegation immediately before wartime disruption.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1954/55Season: 1954/55 · Competition: Belgian Second Division · Finish: Champions; promoted · Notes: Won Division 2 and returned to the top flight.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1958/59Season: 1958/59 · Competition: Belgian Second Division · Finish: Champions; promoted · Notes: Won Division 2 again.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1969/70Season: 1969/70 · Competition: Belgian Second Division / Belgian Cup · Finish: 3rd; Cup runners-up · Notes: Finished third in Division 2 and reached the Belgian Cup final.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1969/70Season: 1969/70 · Competition: Belgian Cup · Finish: Runners-up · Notes: Reached the Belgian Cup final.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1973Season: 1973 · Competition: Club identity · Finish: Merged; matricule 2 erased · Notes: Merged with Royal Racing White to form RWDM; Daring’s original matricule/identity ended.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
Competition chronology
1911/12Description: Belgian First Division | Champions | First league title.
1913/14Description: Belgian First Division | Champions | Second title before World War I.
1920/21Description: Belgian First Division | Champions | Third Belgian championship.
1925/26Description: Belgian First Division | 3rd | Finished third behind Beerschot and Standard.
1928/29Description: Belgian Premier Division | 9th | 38 goals scored, 45 conceded.
1929/30Description: Belgian Premier Division | 7th | 59 goals scored, 55 conceded.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Belgian champion: 1911/12, 1913/14, 1920/21, 1935/36, 1936/37.
Honour / achievementDescription: Belgian Cup winner: 1934/35.
Stadium and ground history
Stade du DaringDescription: Documented historical venue context currently linked to the 1930-era club record. Relationship: historical home ground in 1930.
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
Arnold BadjouDescription: GK · Belgium · tournament-era club affiliation
1934 World Cup-linked players
Albert HeremansPlayer: Albert Heremans · Player Slug: francois-heremans · Team: Belgium · Year: 1934
Arnold BadjouPlayer: Arnold Badjou · Player Slug: arnold-badjou · Team: Belgium · Year: 1934
Joseph Van IngelgemPlayer: Joseph Van Ingelgem · Player Slug: joseph-van-ingelgem · Team: Belgium · Year: 1934
Robert LamootPlayer: Robert Lamoot · Player Slug: robert-lamoot · Team: Belgium · Year: 1934
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: Royal Daring Club Molenbeek resigned from the Belgian FA in 1973. RWDM used Racing White’s matricule 47, so the old matricule 2 identity ended rather than simply changing name.
Continuity policyDescription: Successor, merger partner, refoundation and namesake are stored as related entities/lineage. They are not silently collapsed into the 1930 club unless legal and sporting continuity is demonstrated.
Club lineage
1930 identityDescription: Daring Club
End of original identityDescription: Royal Daring Club de Molenbeek ceased activities and resigned from the Belgian FA in 1973; matricule 2 was erased at the time.
Successor / lineageDescription: RWDM tradition, but not a simple legal merger continuity
Predecessor / merger-source clubs
Bruxelles Football ClubRelationship: Early merger-source club
Sporting MolenbeekRelationship: Early merger-source club
Skill Football Club de BruxellesRelationship: Early merger-source club
US BruxellesRelationship: Early merger-source club
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Daring Club identity as it existed around the 1930 World Cup. Later clubs using a similar name are not automatically treated as the same legal entity.
Squad
Arnold BadjouPosition: GK · National Team: Belgium · Player Slug: arnold-badjou
Sources
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: Footballopedia keeps the 1930 club as its own canonical historical entity even when a successor, merger partner, refoundation or namesake exists.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 1 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.
Related
BelgiumRole: National team context · Type: national_team
Stade du DaringRole: Historical club venue / 1930-era ground context · Type: venue