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Their ultras are known as the Union Bhoys, and attend in the all-standing Tribune Est. Union attract supporters primarily from the Brussels region, especially from the south of the Belgian capital. In the champions play-off, Union finished second behind Club Brugge and thus qualified for the qualifying rounds of the Champions League for the first time in club history. This was the first time that a newly promoted club finished top of the table in the history of the Belgian league. Union were later awarded three points due to forfeit. The match was abandoned after 83 minutes, after Beerschot fans threw flares onto the pitch. On 10 April 2022, during their first season back in the top flight in 49 years, Union Saint-Gilloise finished the regular season in first place after a draw against last place Beerschot. Due to restrictions at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Union fans were not able to celebrate their promotion at the stadium. This marked its first appearance in the top flight since 1972. Molenbeek 2–1 at home, Union were promoted back to the Belgian First Division A. Alex Muzio, the Chairman of Union, was a co-investor with Tony Bloom in 2018 and holds a minority interest in the club. On, Tony Bloom, chairman of English Premier League side, Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed as the majority shareholder.

In 1963, however, the club was relegated to the second division, and in 1980 even fell as low as the Belgian Promotion division. In the early 1900s, the club also had a dominant spell in some of the very first 'European' Cup competitions that took place, prior to officially sanctioned UEFA competitions.īetween 19 the club had a brief spell of European success, playing in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, reaching the semi-finals in the 1958–60 edition after a two legged victory against A.S. From 1933 to 1935 the team played 60 consecutive matches undefeated, setting a still unbeaten record in Belgium.

The club was founded in 1897 and obtained its first of eleven titles as Champion of Belgium in 1904. Union would go on to finish second in the champions play off, securing Champions League qualification for the first time ever in club history. The following year, they finished top of the table at the end of the regular season, the first club in Belgian history to do so the season after promotion to the top flight.

Molenbeek, Union was promoted back to the Belgian First Division A, marking its first appearance in top-flight football in 48 years. On 13 March 2021, after defeating local rivals R.W.D.

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The team is traditionally popular with working class communities of southern Brussels, as well as more recently with more affluent supporters and workers of the European institutions, as well as both the French and the Flemish speaking free universities. The team colours are blue and yellow and its matricule is 10. The club won eleven Belgian championships between 19, making it the most successful Belgian club before World War II. The club is one of the most successful in the history of Belgian football. Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, abbreviated to Union SG or USG, unofficially simply called Union, is a Belgian football club originally located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, in Brussels, although since the 1920s it has been based at the Joseph Marien Stadium in the neighbouring municipality of Forest.

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