Thursday, 13 August 2026

BELGIUM: Etoile FC Poulseur (?1928-1936?) / R Poulseur FC (1938?-1989) / R Comblain Sport (1989-2002) / R Sprimont-Comblain Sport (B) (2002-2018) / FCB Sprimont (C) (2018-2025) / R Sprimont Banneux (C) (2025-)

Site de la Gombe, Poulseur (C ground of R Sprimont Banneux, formerly Etoile FC Poulseur (?) / R Poulseur FC / R Comblain Sport / B ground of R Sprimont-Comblain Sport / C ground of FCB Sprimont)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

13 VIII 2026 / R Sprimont Banneux B - RFC Seraing U21 2-1 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline
  • 1927 / In Oneux, a village situated halfway between Comblain-au-Pont and Aywaille in the southern half of the Province of Liège, a football club is founded, which takes on the name Espérance FC Oneux. It is improbable that this club played its football on the pitch at Parc Saint-Martin in Comblain-au-Pont from the outset, but any information regarding the matter is missing.
  • 1928 / One year after its foundation, Espérance FC Oneux joins the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB), acquiring registration number 1248. Earlier that same year, a new football club had also seen the daylight in the nearby village of Poulseur; this club takes on the name Etoile FC Poulseur, acquiring registration number 1230 upon joining the Belgian Football Association. It is unclear where the ground of this club was situated – it may have been the Site de la Gombe, on the location of a former stone quarry, but any proof is missing.
  • 1936 / After an existence of eight years, Etoile FC Poulseur folds, ceasing all activities; registration number 1230 is erased from the membership list of the Belgian FA. 
  • 1938 / Having remained inactive for two years, the board of Etoile FC Poulseur re-establishes the dormant club, concluding a merger agreement with another local club which was a member of the Fédération Socialiste de Football (FSF), resulting in the foundation of Poulseur FC, which joins the Belgian FA with registration number 2659. Yet again, it is unclear if this club played at the Site de la Gombe from the outset, but this may well have been the case.
  • 1956 / Obtaining the royal epithet, Espérance FC Oneux officially changes its name to become Royale Espérance FC (REFC) Oneux. Nothing is known about the post-war performance of this club, which never reached the national divisions.
  • 1972 / With further data regarding the club’s performances lacking altogether, it is clear that Poulseur FC played in Liège’s Provincial League 1 in the 1972-73 season, managing a thirteenth place in the final ranking.
  • 1988 / Poulseur FC acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Royal Poulseur Football Club – abbreviated as R Poulseur FC.
  • 1989 / A merger is concluded between R Espérance FC Oneux and R Poulseur FC, resulting in the foundation of R Comblain Sport, which retains Oneux’s registration number 1248; number 2659 of Poulseur FC is erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. Most probably, following the merger, all activities moved to the Site de la Gombe in Poulseur, with the ground of Oneux, the Parc Saint-Martin in Comblain-au-Pont, being abandoned.
  • 1995 / Runner-up in Liège’s Provincial League 1 behind champions RFC Union La Calamine, R Comblain Sport qualifies for the promotion play-offs, going on to win the Liège play-offs, but suffering defeat in R1 of the interprovincial play-offs against RUS Andenne-Seilles (4-2).
  • 1996 / R Comblain Sport clinches the title in Liège’s Provincial League 1, 6 points ahead of runner-up R Entente Racing Club Amay; as such, the club manages an unprecedented promotion to National Division 4.
  • 1997 / In the best season in club history, R Comblain Sport manages an eighth place in National Division 4D.
  • 1998 / Finishing in ninth place in National Division 4D, R Comblain Sport qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against derby rivals R Sprimont Sports (1-1 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out).
  • 1999 / Finishing in third-last place in National Division 4C, R Comblain Sport drops back into Provincial League 1 after three seasons, along with KSV Mol, R Prayon FC, and bottom club RFC Union La Calamine.
  • 2002 / Finishing bottom of the table in Liège’s Provincial League 1, R Comblain Sport descends into Provincial League 2 along with R Couthuin Sports and RFC Warnant. However, following the 2001-02 season, a merger is concluded between R Sprimont Sports and R Comblain Sport, resulting in the foundation of R Sprimont-Comblain Sport, which retains Sprimont’s registration number 260; Comblain’s number 1248 is erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. Henceforth, first team football is played at the Stade du Tultay in Sprimont, with the merger club’s youth academy finding a place at the Site de la Gombe in Poulseur.
  • 2018 / Following the 2017-18 season, a merger is concluded between R Sprimont-Comblain Sport and R Banneux FC, which results in the foundation of Football Comblain Banneux (FCB) Sprimont, which retains Sprimont’s registration number 260; Banneux’s number 1060 is erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. From now on, the new club disposes of three grounds; the Stade du Tultay in Sprimont for first team football, Stade Georges Radoux in Banneux for the club’s B team in the provincial divisions as well as some training sessions, and the Site de la Gombe in Poulseur for the youth academy.
  • 2025 / As FCB Sprimont retrieves its royal epithet, which had been temporarily lost in the 2018 merger for administrative reasons, the club takes on the adapted name R Sprimont Banneux. Also in 2025, due to the state of the pitch of the Stade Georges Radoux in Banneux being deemed unsatisfactory, R Sprimont Banneux B, playing in Liège's Provincial League 2, plays its home matches in the first half of the 2025-26 season at the Site de la Gombe.
  • 2026 / As the state of the pitch of Stade Georges Radoux is deemed satisfactory, R Sprimont Banneux B abandons the Site de la Gombe in favour of the ground in Banneux for its home matches in January 2026.
Note - Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-6 = non-matchday visit, May 2025 / pictures 7-22 = match visit, August 2026.






















All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

Wednesday, 12 August 2026

BELGIUM: KVK Zepperen (B) (1959-2015) / KVV Zepperen-Brustem (B) (2015-2025) / KVV Zepperen-Brustem (2025-)

Voetbalterreinen Het Dekken terr. 2, Zepperen (KVV Zepperen-Brustem, formerly B pitch of KVK Zepperen & KVV Zepperen-Brustem)

Belgium, province: Limburg

12 VIII 2026 / KVV Zepperen-Brustem - KVV Thes Sport Tessenderlo 0-1 / Beker van Vlaanderen - group stage, Group D

Timeline
  • 1959 / Foundation of a football club in Zepperen, a village in the vicinity of Saint-Trond (Sint-Truiden) in the Province of Limburg; the new club, which takes on the name Voetbalkring (VK) Zepperen, joins the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) with registration number 6209. VK Zepperen plays its football on Voetbalterrein Het Dekken and its side-pitch from the creation of the club onwards.
  • 2009 / As the club celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, VK Zepperen acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Koninklijke Voetbalkring (KVK) Zepperen.
  • 2011 / The side-pitch of Voetbalterrein Het Dekken is equipped with a synthetic surface.
  • 2015 / Following the 2014-15 season, a merger is concluded between KVK Zepperen and VV Brustem Centrum, the result being the foundation of Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging (KVV) Zepperen-Brustem. In a compromise deal, the new club retains registration number 8250 of Brustem, with first team football moving to Voetbalterrein Het Dekken in Zepperen. The Hemelrijkstadion in Brustem is retained for lower team football and training sessions. In the 2015-16 season, KVV Zepperen-Brustem takes the place of KVK Zepperen in Provincial League 1.
  • 2022 / As KVV Zepperen-Brustem enters a B team in Limburg’s Provincial League 4 for the first time, the chosen venue for home matches is not the Hemelrijkstadion in Brustem, but the synthetic side-pitch of Voetbalterrein Het Dekken.
  • 2023 / Champions in Limburg’s Provincial League 1, KVV Zepperen-Brustem wins promotion to VFV Amateur Division 3, the fifth and lowest tier of the Belgian national league pyramid, 33 years after predecessor club VK Zepperen last featured at the national level. The success also creates a problem, as the main pitch at Voetbalterrein Het Dekken does not have the measurements required for national league football – with requirements apparently having changed since the days of VK Zepperen in National Division 4 in the late 1980s. The club is given a respite of two seasons to find a solution.
  • 2025 / After two seasons of national league football on the main pitch of Voetbalterrein Het Dekken, which does not have the correct requirements for national league football, KVV Zepperen-Brustem moves its first team football to the synthetic side-pitch of the ground. Two small prefab stands are placed alongside the touchline of the pitch to give shelter to spectators.
  • 2026 / Finishing in fifth place in VFV Amateur Division 3B, KVV Zepperen-Brustem qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club edges past KSV Rumbeke in R1 (1-1 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out), only to suffer defeat in the final against K Eendracht Aalst Lede (0-1). In a lucky loser play-off for one extra ticket in Amateur Division 2, Zepperen loses out against another club from East Flanders, FC Voorde-Appelterre (1-4).















All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

Sunday, 9 August 2026

BELGIUM: ES des Frontières

Stade Jean Henrard, Cul-des-Sarts (ES des Frontières)

Belgium, province: Namur = Namen

9 VIII 2026 / ES des Frontières - RJS Leignon 0-14 / Namur, Provincial Cup R2

Timeline
  • 1958 / Foundation of a football club in L’Escaillère, a hamlet in the far southeast of the Province of Hainaut, near the border with France. The new club is given the name FC L’Escaillère, acquiring registration number 6098 upon joining the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB). The ground of the club was situated in the heart of the hamlet, possibly at Place de l’Escaillère.
  • 1960 / After two years as a non-competitive club, FC L’Escaillère is placed in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3 for the 1960-61 season.
  • 1971 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3C, FC L’Escaillère descends into Provincial League 4, the new bottom level of the Hainaut’s provincial pyramid created the year before, alongside the club in second-last place, derby rivals US Rièzoise.
  • 1972 / Runaway champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4D, 16 points ahead of closest followers US Rièzoise, FC L’Escaillère manages an immediate return to Provincial League 3.
  • 1973 / In Cul-des-Sarts, a village only a stone’s throw away from L’Escaillère, but just across the provincial border in Namur, a football club is formed; the new club, Union Sportive (US) Cul-des-Sartoise, settles on a pitch situated to the west side of the Grand Place.
  • 1974 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3C, FC L’Escaillère drops back into Provincial League 4 after two years, alongside bottom club FC Ransart Sport. Meanwhile, across the provincial border in Namur, one year after its foundation, US Cul-des-Sartoise joins the Belgian FA, acquiring registration number 8115 and being placed in Namur’s Provincial League 4 for the 1974-75 season.
  • 1976 / With the municipalities of Cul-des-Sarts and L’Escaillère about to be merged into the larger entities of Couvin and Chimay respectively on January 1st, 1977, the last mayor of Cul-des-Sarts, Dr. Georges André, who doubled as the chairman of US Cul-des-Sartoise, instigated merger talks with FC L’Escaillère, with the latter club finding it ever more difficult to bring together a competitive team. André promises the projected merger of the two clubs a completely new stadium, for which he puts aside a sum of money from the last municipal budget of Cul-des-Sarts. 
  • 1978 / In its last season as an independent club, FC L’Escaillère manages a ninth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4H. Following the 1977-78 season, FC L’Escaillère concludes a merger with US Cul-des-Sartoise, resulting in the foundation of Entente Sportive (ES) des Frontières, which retains registration number 8115 of Cul-des-Sarts, with number 6098 of L’Escaillère being erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. Jean Henrard, the chairman of FC L’Escaillère, takes on the same role in the new club, which continues its existence in the provincial divisions of Namur. With the merger having been in the pipeline for two years, the newly created entity can move into a newly created ground at the start of its existence. With the main of its two football pitches surrounded by a gravel track, the new stadium, situated at Chaussée de l’Europe halfway between the centre of Cul-des-Sarts and the French border, is given the name Stade Jean Henrard.
  • 1995 / The Stade Jean Henrard is given a thorough refurbishment; this probably coincides with the construction of the two-tiered clubhouse which has been in place ever since.
  • 1998 / Clinching the title in Namur’s Provincial League 4B, 5 points ahead of closest rivals RES Philippeville, ES des Frontières wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
  • 2000 / Finishing in third place in Namur’s Provincial League 3B behind champions JS Morialmé and runner-up ES Gimnée-Mazée, ES des Frontières goes on to win an unprecedented promotion to Provincial League 2 via the play-offs.
  • 2002 / After two years in Namur’s Provincial League 2, ES des Frontières drops back into Provincial League 3.
  • 2013 / Finishing in thirteenth place in Namur’s Provincial League 3B, ES des Frontières descends into Provincial League 4, along with RES Philippeville B, JS Falisolle-Aisemont, and bottom club FC Clermont.
  • 2014 / Finishing in third place in Namur’s Provincial League 4E, ES des Frontières qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is drawn into a group with ES Boninne and FC Ciergnon. Managing a home win against the former (4-0) and an away win against the latter (1-3), ES des Frontières finishes top of the group, resulting in the club gaining promotion to Provincial League 3.
  • 2016 / Finishing bottom of the table in Namur’s Provincial League 3B, ES des Frontières drops back into Provincial League 4 alongside UBS Auvelais, RCS Florennois, and R Ham FC.
  • 2018 / The gravel track surrounding the main pitch of the Stade Jean Henrard is replaced by a tarmac surface.
  • 2020 / In the 2019-20 season, cut short due to the first COVID lockdown in March 2020, ES des Frontières finds itself in second place in Namur’s Provincial League 4E behind US Thy-le-Château B at the point of the league being stopped. However, due to US Thy B being ineligible for promotion to Provincial League 3 due to the club’s main squad playing at that level, the honour goes to ES des Frontières instead.
  • 2023 / Finishing in second-last place in Namur’s Provincial League 3C, ES des Frontières drops back into Provincial League 4, along with RCS Hastièrois and bottom club ES Ardennaise.
  • 2024 / Finishing in third place in Namur’s Provincial League 4C, ES des Frontières qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by R Anhée FC B (1-3).
  • 2025 / Finishing in sixth place in Namur’s Provincial League 4A, ES des Frontières qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by RES Philippeville B (3-2).
  • 2026 / Finishing in fifth place in Namur’s Provincial League 4A, ES des Frontières qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by ES Petigny-Frasnes B (2-1).
Note – Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-7 = non-matchday visit, July 2025 / pictures 8-23 = match visit, August 2026.























All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author