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Sunday, 22 March 2026

BELGIUM: RJS Anseremmoise

Stade Baron Michel de Bonhome (RJS Anseremmoise)

Belgium, province: Namur = Namen

22 III 2026 / RJS Anseremmoise - RFC Miécret 1-3 / Namur, Provincial League 3C (= BE level 8)

Timeline
  • 1922 / Foundation of a football club in Anseremme, a village on the River Meuse, just to the south of Dinant in the Province of Namur. The new club, which is given the name Anseremme-Dinant FC, acquires membership of the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) in November 1922 and settles on a ground at Rue du Vélodrome. In another contemporary source, the club is erroneously referred to as Anseremme Sporting Club (SC).
  • 1926 / Anseremme-Dinant FC withdraws from regular league football. Although the club is still nominally a member of the Belgian FA when the system of registration numbers is introduced in December 1926, it does not receive a number – a sign that it was completely inactive by then.
  • 1927 / The Belgian FA membership of Anseremme-Dinant FC is officially renounced in February 1927.
  • 1937 / Foundation of a new football club in Anseremme, FC Anseremme, which joins the Belgian FA under registration number 2461. Its ground is situated in the Darse neighbourhood, close to the modern day marina. 
  • 1941 / FC Anseremme folds, ceasing all activities; registration number 2461 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists. 
  • 1960 / Foundation of a new football club in Anseremme, which is given the name Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Anseremmoise. The club is given permission by Baron Michel de Bonhome to lay out a pitch on his estate on the heights above the village – more specifically at Charreau de Dréhance. As a result, the pitch is usually referred to locally as the Stade du Baron.
  • 1961 / Under the aegis of the club’s first chairman, Émile Wauthy, JS Anseremmoise acquires membership of the Belgian FA under registration number 6429, being placed in Namur’s Provincial League 3 for the 1961-62 season.
  • 1972 / Clinching the title in Namur’s Provincial League 3C, 4 points ahead of closest followers FC Honnay, JS Anseremmoise wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first time. The successful coach is Jacques Fourneaux.
  • 1976 / Obtaining the title in Namur’s Provincial League 2C, 1 point ahead of closest rivals RUS Assesse, JS Anseremmoise wins promotion to Provincial League 1 for the first and only time in its existence. The successful coach is Jacques Fourneaux. That summer, the wooden clubhouse at Charreau de Dréhance is replaced by a stone construction, still standing today, much closer to the sole pitch of the ground than its predecessor.
  • 1977 / JS Anseremmoise suffers relegation from Namur’s Provincial League 1 after just one season, thus dropping back into Provincial League 2. In one of the following three seasons, the club tumbles back into Provincial League 3. 
  • 1982 / Clinching the title in Namur’s Provincial League 3E, 3 points ahead of runner-up Chevetogne Football, JS Anseremmoise wins promotion to Provincial League 2. The successful coach is Serge Mossiat. The spell in P2 does not last very long, with relegation following sometime between 1983 and 1986.
  • 1987 / Winning the title in Namur’s Provincial League 3F, 4 points ahead of closest rivals FC Monceau-en-Ardenne, JS Anseremmoise manages a return to Provincial League 2. The successful coach is Bernard Hengen. Sometime between 1988 and 2003, the club must have suffered two relegations, all the way down into Provincial League 4. 
  • 2004 / Obtaining the title in Namur’s Provincial League 4D, 6 points ahead of closest followers RJS Leignon, JS Anseremmoise wins promotion to Provincial League 3. The successful coach is Francis Bar.
  • 2009 / JS Anseremmoise finishes as runner-up in Namur’s Provincial League 3C, 1 point behind champions R Stade Gedinnois.
  • 2010 / JS Anseremmoise finishes as runner-up in Namur’s Provincial League 3C, 12 points behind runaway champions RRC Havelange.
  • 2011 / As the club celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, JS Anseremmoise acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Royale Jeunesse Sportive (RJS) Anseremmoise.
  • 2012 / Finishing in second-last place in Namur’s Provincial League 3C, RJS Anseremmoise drops back into Provincial League 4 alongside RUS Pondrôme and bottom club Bonneville Sport.
  • 2014 / Baron Michel de Bonhome, the owner of the pitch of RJS Anseremmoise, passes away at the age of 86.
  • 2018 / Finishing in third place in Namur’s Provincial League 4D, RJS Anseremmoise qualifies for a promotion play-off group with OC Sommière and RCS Hastièrois – however, losing both of its matches against these respective clubs (5-3 / 0-1), the club misses out a return to P3. 
  • 2019 / RJS Anseremmoise finishes as runner-up in Namur’s Provincial League 4D, 8 points behind champions ES Gimnée-Mazée.
  • 2023 / Finishing in fourth place in Namur’s Provincial League 4D, RJS Anseremmoise qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out CSE Han-sur-Lesse in R1 (0-2), only to suffer defeat in R2 at the hands of AC Lustin B (4-3). However, due to additional promotion places being at stake, a lucky loser competition is organised, with RJS Anseremmoise losing to RSC Petit-Waret B in R1 (3-4), but being given another opportunity, goes on to defeat RFC Surice B in R2 (4-2) – sufficient for a return to Provincial League 3 after an absence of eleven seasons.
  • ± 2024 / The Stade du Baron at Charreau de Dréhance is officially renamed Stade Baron Michel de Bonhome.
Note - Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-5 = non-matchday visit, July 2025 / pictures 6-23 = match visit, March 2026.























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BELGIUM: RUS Sainte-Ode (C) (2017-)

Terrain du Beauplateau, Beauplateau (training ground of RUS Sainte-Ode)

Belgium, province: Luxembourg = Luxemburg

March 2026 / no match visited

Timeline
  • ± 1985 / In Beauplateau, a hamlet situated in the municipality of Sainte-Ode in the sparsely populated heart of the Belgian Ardennes, a football pitch is laid out as part of the local youth home, the Centre Régional d'Animation de Beauplateau. From some point onwards, the pitch was also used as the training ground for referees from Belgian Luxembourg.
  • 2017 / As large works are carried out at the B ground of RUS Sainte-Ode in Amberloup, this club is allowed to take over the pitch in Beauplateau for lower team football and training sessions. 
  • 2018 / Although the works in Amberloup are completed, RUS Sainte-Ode retains the pitch in Beauplateau as a training ground for its first team, which plays its home matches at Route de Tonny in Tillet.






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BELGIUM: US Amberloup (1938-1978) / RUS Sainte-Ode (1978-1997) / RUS Sainte-Ode (B) (1997-)

Stade Communal au Fontenal, Amberloup (R Union Sportive Sainte-Ode, B ground / formerly Amberloup Football Club / Union Sportive Amberloup)

Belgium, province: Luxembourg = Luxemburg

22 III 2026 / RUS Sainte-Ode Reserves - RES Bourcy Reserves 0-4 / Belgian Luxembourg, Reserves' League G

Timeline
  • 1927 / Foundation of a football club in Amberloup, a village in the sparsely populated heart of the Belgian Ardennes. The new club, Amberloup FC, joins Belgium’s Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) that same year, acquiring registration number 928. It is unclear on which exact location in or around the village this club played its home matches.
  • 1931 / Amberloup FC wins the title in Belgian Luxembourg’s Special Championship Group D – the Championnat Spéciale being a division for commencing clubs.
  • 1934 / After an existence of seven years, Amberloup FC folds, ceasing all activities. Registration number 928 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists.
  • 1938 / Foundation of a new football club in Amberloup, Union Sportive (US) Amberloup, which acquires membership of Belgium’s FA under registration number 2708. According to one local source, the club probably played its football at the ground now known as the Stade Communal (at the crossroads of Rue de la Gare & Fontenal) from the outset.
  • 1947 / Having had to sit out the German occupation of Belgium before starting its activities as a competitive club, it takes US Amberloup nine years after its foundation to become a competitive club in Belgian Luxembourg’s Provincial divisions.
  • 1958 / US Amberloup finishes as runner-up in Belgian Luxembourg’s Provincial League 3D behind champions ES Champlonaise.
  • 1959 / Clinching the title in Belgian Luxembourg’s Provincial League 3D, US Amberloup wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first time – going on to also win the honorific title of champion of Provincial League 3 in a play-off against the champions of the other P3 series in Belgian Luxembourg.
  • 1960 / Finishing bottom of the table in Belgian Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2B, US Amberloup drops back into Provincial League 3 after just one year.
  • 1975 / Champions in Belgian Luxembourg’s Provincial League 3D, 1 point ahead of closest rivals ES Chaumont, US Amberloup manages a return to Provincial League 2 after an absence of fifteen years.
  • 1976 / US Amberloup finishes as runner-up in Belgian Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2B.
  • 1978 / One year after the merger of the municipality of Amberloup with Tillet and Lavacherie into the larger new entity of Sainte-Ode, US Amberloup takes on the new name Union Sportive (US) Sainte-Ode – in spite of the fact that the village of Tillet also has a football club, SC Tillet.
  • 1981 / Clinching the title in Belgian Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2B, ahead of runner-up EUS Tellinoise, US Sainte-Ode wins promotion to Provincial League 1 for the first time in club history.
  • 1983 / Finishing bottom of the table in Belgian Luxembourg’s Provincial League 1, US Sainte-Ode drops back into Provincial League 2 after two years.
  • 1992 / Five years after the club’s fiftieth anniversary, US Sainte-Ode acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Royale Union Sportive (RUS) Sainte-Ode.
  • 1994 / Finishing bottom of the table in Belgian Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2B, RUS Sainte-Ode descends into Provincial League 3, the bottom tier of Luxembourg’s provincial divisions, nineteen years after last having played at that lowly level.
  • 1996 / RUS Sainte-Ode concludes a merger with local rivals SC Tillet, also playing in Provincial League 3 at that time, but the merger is declared null and void by the Belgian FA due to a procedural error. Thereupon, SC Tillet withdraws from first team football for the 1996-97 season.
  • 1997 / After one year of inactivity, SC Tillet folds, with its registration number 7600 being erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists. That club’s ground at Route de Tonny is taken over by RUS Sainte-Ode, which moved its first team football to this location – probably right from the start in 1997. The Stade Communal in Amberloup proper is retained for lower team football and training sessions.
  • 2016 / The clubhouse of the Stade Communal in Amberloup is renovated.
  • 2017 / As large works are carried out at the Stade Communal in Amberloup, RUS Sainte-Ode is allowed to take over a former youth home's pitch in the nearby hamlet of Beauplateau for lower team football and training sessions. 
  • 2018 / Although the works in Amberloup are completed by the late summer of 2018, RUS Sainte-Ode retains the pitch in Beauplateau as a training ground for its first team.
  • 2023 / The so-called Domaine de l’Ambra, a huge retirement home, is erected right alongside the western touchline of the Stade Communal in Amberloup.
Note - Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-10 = non-matchday visit, May 2011 / pictures 11-33 = match visit, March 2026.

































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Location: Amberloup, Sainte-Ode, België
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