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Racing Club Genk, usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is
a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in
Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they
have won 2 Belgian champion titles in 1998-99 and in 2001-02 as well as
3 Belgian Cups, most recently in 2008-09. They are one of the 5 Belgian
clubs to have reached the UEFA Champions League group stage, with
Lierse, Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Standard Liège. They did so in the
2002-03 season, and finished 4th of their group with 4 points. The club
formed in 1988 by the merger of Waterschei Thor with KFC Winterslag,
from which it took over the matricule number. It has been one of the
most successful clubs in Belgium since the late 1990s and so they
regularly qualify for European competitions. The club has been playing
in the first division since the 1996-97 season. They play their home
matches in the Cristal Arena. Their main outfit is blue and white.
