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unusual facts about Racing Genk



Anele Ngcongca

Calvin Anele Ngcongca (born 21 October 1987 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African football player who currently plays for Belgian Jupiler League club Racing Genk.

Didier Zokora

In 2000 he moved abroad to play for Belgian team Racing Genk and won the Belgian Jupiler League during the 2001–02 campaign, as manager Sef Vergoossen was named coach of the year and Wesley Sonck won top goal-scorer honors.

Elyaniv Barda

On 22 June 2007, Barda was signed by Belgian side Racing Genk on a three-year contract, with the transfer fee believed to be in the region of 90,000€.

His former clubs include Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Belgian side Racing Genk, with whom he won four trophies during a successful six-year spell.

Luwamo Garcia

Garcia is a forward who was born in Luanda and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Racing Genk squad in the 2003-04 season.


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Barak Yitzhaki

While Itzhaki and the club were in training in Arnhem, the Netherlands, a representative of Racing Genk showed up at the hotel with an improved offer of USD $500,000.

Cristal Arena

However, early 2007 Racing Genk signed an agreement with the Alken-Maes brewery to lease the name of the stadium for a 5 year period.

K.R.C. Genk

In its first European season, Racing Genk eliminated successively Apolonia and MSV Duisburg but it lost to RCD Mallorca in the round of 16 after two draws (1–1 on aggregate) in the last Cup Winners' Cup ever.