KRC Genk

Have you ever wondered what the ‘KRC’ stands for in KRC Genk? Well wonder no more; it stands for Koninklijke Racing Club, with Koninklijke translating roughly to ‘Royal’. The club plays its games at Luminus Arena, a multipurpose venue located in the Belgian city that the club is named after. With a capacity of just under 25,000, the stadium rarely sells out but still welcomes over 20,000 people every time Genk have a home game. Officially the stadium in its current form opened in 1999, though it stands in the same spot as a ground known as the André Dumont Stadium. It was used for the first time the year before Belgium and the Netherlands co-hosted the 2000 UEFA European Championships, although it was never intended to be used as a host venue. It’s been used twice by the Belgian National Team, once in a friendly match against Slovenia and also in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bosnia-Herzegovina, both in 2009.