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RKC Waalwijk
Full name	Rooms Katholieke; Combinatie Waalwijk
Short name	RKC Waalwijk
Founded	August 26, 1940
Ground	Mandemakers Stadion; Waalwijk; (Capacity: 7,500)
Chairman	Ad Passier
Manager	Ruud Brood
League	Eredivisie
2008–09	Eerste Divisie, 2nd (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours

RKC Waalwijk is a football club playing in the Dutch Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' (Roman Catholic in Dutch) and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules. It was formed on August 26, 1940 and used to play its home games at Sportpark Olympia. Its new stadium, the 7500 seater Mandemakers Stadion was opened in 1996 and featured the home match against Roda JC. While considered as one of the Eredivisie's smaller clubs, it nevertheless maintained its top flight status for many years. Its home colors are yellow and blue. The average attendance in 2004/05 was 5,800 people.
At the end of the season 2006/07, RKC Waalwijk were relegated from the Eredivisie after a defeat in play-offs against VVV-Venlo.
On 2009-06-03 they were promoted to the Eredivisie division after a win in the play-offs against De Graafschap.

[edit] Current squad

As of September 3, 2009 The numbers are established according to the official website:www.rkcwaalwijk.nl

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jurgen Wevers
2	DF	Dustley Mulder
3	DF	Wouter Gudde (captain)
4	DF	Frank van Mosselveld
5	DF	Gijs Luirink (on loan from AZ)
6	DF	Hans Mulder
7	FW	Benjamin De Ceulaer
8	MF	Anthony Obodai
9	FW	Charlison Benschop
10	MF	Ruud Berger
11	FW	Derk Boerrigter
12	MF	Toni Varela
14	FW	Fred Benson
15	MF	Anton Jongsma

No.	Position	Player
16	FW	Roald van Hout
17	FW	Kevin Vink
18	DF	Toby Mulder
19	FW	Fouad Idabdelhay (on loan from NAC)
20	MF	Alexandre di Gregorio
21	MF	Gérard Lifondja
22	GK	Maik van den Kieboom
23	MF	Jeff Stans
24	DF	Hubertson Pauletta
25	FW	Eddy Vorm
26	GK	Ohad Levita
28	MF	Kemy Agustien (on loan from AZ)
32	MF	Shkodran Metaj (on loan from Groningen)
40	DF	Jurgen Colin