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BELGIUM: VK Weerde (±2009-2024) / FC Verbroedering Hofstade (2024)
Terrein aan de Galgenberg, Weerde (formerly VK Weerde / FC Verbroedering Hofstade)
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant
August 2026 / no match visited
Timeline
- 1936 / In Weerde, a rural village in the Province of Brabant, not far to the south of Mechlin, not one, but two football clubs join the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB), Klauwaarts Weerde and FC Zennestampers Weerde, who are allowed into the membership of the federation with registration numbers 2420 and 2443 respectively. It is unclear where the pitches of these two clubs were situated.
- 1937 / After a season as beginning clubs, Klauwaarts Weerde and FC Zennestampers weerde are both placed in Brabant’s Regional League 3 (3e Gewestelijke).
- 1939 / After two years in Regional League 3, Klauwaarts Weerde withdraws from the Belgian FA, ostensibly ceasing all activities and with registration number 2420 being struck from the association’s membership list that same year. Meanwhile, FC Zennestampers are placed in Brabant’s Regional League 2 for the 1939-40 season following a fourth place in Regional League 3A – which might have been a promotion, but which was more probably a temporary arrangement, as only makeshift competitions were organised that season due to the mobilisation of the Belgian armed forces in the summer of 1939, which saw many clubs being deprived of the bulk of their players.
- 1940 / FC Zennestampers Weerde withdraw from first team football.
- 1942 / Strikingly, as in 1936, two clubs from Weerde join the Belgian Football Association simultaneously, probably the successors of the two pre-war clubs; a phoenix version of Klauwaarts Weerde (registration number 3739) and FC Weerde (number 3741), with yet again being unclear where the pitches of these clubs were situated. Only Klauwaarts Weerde takes part in Brabant’s Regional League 3 in the 1942-43 season.
- 1943 / One year after Klauwaarts Weerde, FC Weerde is placed in Brabant’s Regional League 3 as well.
- 1944 / After only one year in Brabant’s Regional League 3, FC Weerde withdraws from competitive football. Meanwhile, after several years of inactivity, registration number 2443 of FC Zennestampers Weerde is struck from the Belgian FA’s membership list.
- 1945 / After three seasons in Brabant’s Regional League 3, Klauwaarts Weerde withdraws from competitive football as well.
- 1947 / Registration number 3739 and 3741 of Klauwaarts Weerde and FC Weerde are struck from the Belgian FA’s membership list on the same day, March 15th, 1947. It is unclear if one or both of the clubs continued their existence in another league association.
- 1960 / After a gap of more than ten years, a new club from Weerde, which may or may not have been the continuation of a recreational club, joins the Belgian Football Association, FC Weerde, which receives registration number 6354 upon being accepted as a new member club. It is unclear if the club played on the pitch situated at Kerselarenweg from the outset. In the 1960-61, FC Weerde competes in Brabant’s Provincial League 3 for the first time.
- 1966 / Finishing in third-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E, FC Weerde descends into Provincial League 4.
- 1969 / FC Weerde withdraws from first team football temporarily.
- 1970 / After a one-year break, FC Weerde returns with a first team in Brabant’s Provincial League 4.
- 1973 / Runner-up in Brabant’s Provincial League 4D, FC Weerde wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
- 1976 / FC Weerde changes its name to become Voetbalklub (VK) Weerde.
- 1979 / Clinching the title in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E, VK Weerde accedes to Provincial League 2 for the first and only time in club history.
- 1980 / In the best season in club history, VK Weerde manages a fifth place in Brabant’s Provincial League 2C – an accomplishment repeated in 1983 and 1984.
- 1988 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 2C, VK Weerde drops back into Provincial League 3 after nine years.
- 1995 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E, VK Weerde descends into Provincial League 4, a return to the bottom of the league pyramid after 22 years. In the following decade, the club usually sits near the bottom of the P4 league table.
- 2007 / VK Weerde is joined by 39-year-old Dutch striker Eric Viscaal, who had enjoyed a prolific professional league career (1986-2002) with spells at PSV, KSK Beveren, K Lierse SK, KAA Gent, Grasshopper Club, BV De Graafschap, and KV Mechelen, before bowing out into non-league at Dilbeek Sport; Viscaal also won 5 caps for the Netherlands. After a one year break as a player following his time at Dilbeek, he returned on the pitch at VK Weerde.
- 2009 / Runaway champions in Brabant’s Provincial League 4F, 14 points ahead of closest followers FC Borght, VK Weerde manages a return to Provincial League 3 after fourteen years. Eric Viscaal crowns himself top scorer of the division – hanging up his boots at the end of the season to become assistant coach at Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen. Moreover, that same year, works get underway on a completely new park for the club at Galgenberg, consisting of two pitches, with the move to the new facility taking place either in the second half of 2009 or the first half of 2010.
- 2016 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 3D, VK Weerde drops back into Provincial League 4 after seven years, alongside bottom club KFC Hever.
- 2023 / Finishing in fourth place in Brabant’s VFV Provincial League 4C, VK Weerde qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out HO Veltem B in R1 (1-1 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out), only to bow out in R2 against FC Dworp (2-2 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out).
- 2024 / In what, in retrospect, turned out to be the club’s last season, VK Weerde withdrew its first team from Brabant’s VFV Provincial League 4D in March 2024. After the 2023-24 season, the club, which had seen a slowly dwindling membership and pool of volunteers in the preceding years, folds, ceasing all activities. Coincidentally, Terrein aan de Galgenberg is temporarily taken over by neighbour club FC Verbroedering Hofstade during the renovation of their Terrein Ossebeemden between August and October 2024, before being abandoned altogether.
- 2026 / Municipal authorities of Zemst conclude a tenancy agreement with a private investor, who is given permission to turn the abandoned Terrein aan de Galgenberg into a multifunctional recreational site, with several sports facilities and a park area.
BELGIUM: FC Zemst Sportief
Terrein Den Turfput, Zemst (FC Zemst Sportief)
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant
30 VIII 2026 / FC Zemst Sportief - Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk B 4-0 / Brabant, VFV Provincial League 3B (= BE level 8)
Timeline
- 1930 / Foundation of a first football club in Zemst, a village situated directly to the south of Mechlin, but just across the provincial border in Brabant, with the new club taking on the name FC Semst Sportif. This club joins the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) with registration number 1631. It is unclear where the pitch of FC Semst Sportif was situated.
- 1932 / In January 1932, after an existence of barely a year and a half, the registration number of FC Semst Sportif is erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. During its short existence, the club did not compete in one of the regular regional divisions.
- 1933 / A new football club is formed in Zemst, with the old name being reinstated, but with a Dutch orthography rather than the French; FC Zemst Sportief. Emiel Van Steenwinckel becomes the new club’s first chairman, with a pitch being found at Hofstadensche Steenweg – in fact the old pitch of a former recreational club from Hofstade, possibly named Roode Ster. The ground is usually referred to as Terrein aan de Barebeek / Boerebeek.
- 1935 / After two years of being an unaffiliated club, FC Zemst Sportief joins the Vlaamsche Voetbalbond (VVB), a league association of Flemish clubs existing as a rival federation besides the official Belgian FA.
- ± 1937 / Moving away from Terrein aan de Barebeek / Boerebeek, FC Zemst Sportief moves to a new ground situated between the Zenne River and Steenweg naar de Gulderij, referred to locally somewhat ominously as Terrein De Hel.
- ± 1939 / Moving away from Terrein De Hel, which was not in conformity with VVB league requirements, FC Zemst Sportief moves to a newly laid-out pitch on the outskirts of Zemst, Terrein De Wipweide – later renamed Terrein Den Turfput. The ground, where the club has played ever since, is situated in an old peat extraction area.
- 1942 / Leaving the VVB, which had suffered a considerable blow to its reputation due to the willingness of its leading figures to work with German occupation authorities, along with regional rivals FC Bonheiden, SK Hombeek, and FC Hever, FC Zemst Sportief joins the regular Belgian FA, receiving registration number 3746 upon being accepted as a new member club. For the 1942-43 season, strikingly, the club is placed in Antwerp’s Regional League 3 (3e Gewestelijke) rather than in the same division in the Brabant provincial league system.
- 1943 / Having played in Antwerp’s Regional League 3 in its first season as a Belgian FA member club, FC Zemst Sportief is now transferred to Brabant’s Regional League 3 – renamed Provincial League 3 in 1952.
- 1954 / Champions in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E with player-coach Frans Mannaerts, FC Zemst Sportief wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first time.
- 1955 / Finishing in third-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 2A, FC Zemst Sportief drops back into Provincial League 3 after just one season.
- 1967 / Champions in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E, FC Zemst Sportief wins promotion to Provincial League 2 after an absence of twelve years at that level.
- 1969 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 2C, FC Zemst Sportief is retrograded into Provincial League 3 after two years.
- 1972 / Finishing bottom of the table in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E, FC Zemst Sportief descends into Provincial League 4 for the first time.
- 1974 / Runner-up in Brabant’s Provincial League 4D, FC Zemst Sportief manages a return to Provincial League 3 after two years.
- 1976 / A second pitch is added to the set-up at Terrein Den Turfput.
- 1978 / Champions in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E, FC Zemst Sportief wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the second time in club history. The successful player-coach is Dirk Cordemans.
- 1979 / In the best season in club history, FC Zemst Sportief finishes in fifth place in Brabant’s Provincial League 2C.
- 1983 / Finishing bottom of the table in Brabant’s Provincial League 2C, FC Zemst Sportief drops back into Provincial League 3.
- 1984 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E, FC Zemst Sportief descends into Provincial League 4.
- 1996 / FC Zemst Sportief narrowly misses out on the title in Brabant’s Provincial League 4E, finishing 1 point behind champions ACS Koningslo.
- 1998 / Champions in Brabant’s Provincial League 4E, finishing 9 points ahead of closest followers VK Eendracht Peizegem, FC Zemst Sportief manages a return to Provincial League 3 after an absence of fourteen years. The successful player-coach is Vital Van Seghbroek.
- 2000 / Finishing bottom of the table in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E, FC Zemst Sportief descends into Provincial League 4, along with the club in second-last place, FC Beigem.
- 2001 / Construction works are undertaken on a new set of dressing rooms, constructed alongside the western touchline of the main pitch of Terrein Den Turfput. The old dressing rooms, situated on the northern end of the ground, have remained in use as storage room until the present day.
- 2003 / Runner-up in Brabant’s Provincial League 4D, 9 points behind champions SK Ottenburg, FC Zemst Sportief wins promotion to Provincial League 3. Also in 2003, following the construction of a set of dressing rooms, a new clubhouse is added as an extension of the changing rooms; the building works are undertaken following the destruction of the roof of the old clubhouse in a storm. On December 20th, 2003, the new clubhouse is officially inaugurated.
- 2005 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 3E, FC Zemst Sportief drops back into Provincial League 4, alongside the club in second-last position, FC Perk. Also in 2005, a third pitch is added to the set-up at Terrein Den Turfput.
- 2008 / Champions in Brabant’s Provincial League 4G, 7 points ahead of runner-up FC Perk, FC Zemst Sportief wins promotion to Provincial League 3. The successful coaching duo consists of Philippe Van Perck and Marc Vanhaute.
- 2016 / The main pitch of Terrein Den Turfput is laid out anew with a synthetic surface.
- 2022 / Runner-up in Brabant’s VFV Provincial League 3C, 1 point behind champions FC Beigem, FC Zemst Sportief qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against VK Borchtlombeek (3-2).
- 2023 / Runner-up in Brabant’s VFV Provincial League 3B, 15 points behind runaway champions KVC Delta Londerzeel, FC Zemst Sportief qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club successively knocks out FC Moorsel (6-0) and KV Tremelo (2-1) in the first two rounds, only to suffer elimination in the semis against Tielt-Winge 3000 (1-3).
- 2024 / Finishing in third place in Brabant’s VFV Provincial League 3B, FC Zemst Sportief qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against FC Binkom (3-0).
- 2025 / Finishing in fifth place in Brabant’s VFV Provincial League 3B, FC Zemst Sportief qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Knocking out KVC Haacht in R1 (0-2) and FC Moorsel in R2 (4-3), the club goes on to suffer defeat in the final against VC Groot Dilbeek (2-3) – but, in the end, this result proves immaterial, due to extra promotion places being available. As such, Zemst manages a return to Provincial League 2 after an absence of 42 years.
- 2026 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s VFV Provincial League 2B, FC Zemst Sportief drops back into Provincial League 3 after just one season, along with bottom club KVC Houtem-Oplinter.
BELGIUM: Anderlecht SCB matr. 9631 (2016-2022) / ASCB Anderlecht (2022-2025) / Sporting Synergy Berchem (B) (2025-2026) / Anderlecht SCB matr. 9870 (2026-)
Stade Communal d'Anderlecht = Gemeentelijk Stadion van Anderlecht "Stade Verdi", Brussels = Bruxelles = Brussel Anderlecht (Anderlecht SCB matr. 9870, formerly Anderlecht SCB matr. 9631 / ASCB Anderlecht / B ground of Sporting Synergy Berchem)
Belgium, Brussels Capital Area = Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
30 VIII 2026 / Anderlecht SCB - Merchtem United B 1-1 / Brabant, VFV Provincial League 4B (= BE level 9)
- ± 1960 / Sometime in the 1950s or early 1960s, a football pitch is laid out in the new Veeweyde neighbourhood in Anderlecht, a municipality on the southwestern outskirts of Brussels. The ground is officially named Stade Communal d’Anderlecht (Gemeentelijk Stadion van Anderlecht), but almost universally referred to as Stade Verdi due to the proximity of the Place Verdi (Verdiplein). A striking clubhouse is added to the set-up – and has been part of it ever since. Over the years, the ground has been primarily used by recreational football teams, many competing in the ABSSA Saturday leagues, e.g. La Roue, FC Alizé Vétérans, Anderlecht City, Milanello, Elisabeth Club, New Saint Guidon, Breu United, CS Le Clan, and FC Neptune. Possibly, the pitch once also served the youth academy of RSC Anderlechtois. No doubt, the ground was also used by provincial league teams, but no information about the period leading up to 2016 is available on this matter.
- 2004 / The pitch of the Stade Communal / Stade Verdi is laid out anew with a synthetic surface.
- 2014 / Foundation of a football club in the western Brussels suburb Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, with the new club taking on the name Amical Sporting Club (ASC) Berchem and joining the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) with registration number 9631. Playing its home matches at Complexe Hunderenveld, ASC Berchem starts its existence as a competitive club in Brabant’s Provincial League 4.
- 2015 / Finishing as runner-up in Brabant’s Provincial League 4I, 11 points behind runaway champions ROFC Stockel B, ASC Berchem wins promotion to Provincial League 3 due to additional places being available.
- 2016 / With ASC Berchem changing its name to become Anderlecht SCB (it is unclear what the meaning of the abbreviation SCB was; either Sporting Club Berchem or Sporting Club Brother), the club moves away from Complexe Hunderenveld to settle at the Stade Communal d’Anderlecht (Stade Verdi), sharing the ground with several ABSSA clubs.
- 2018 / In spite of only finishing in twelfth place in Brabant ACFF Provincial League 3A, Anderlecht SCB wins promotion to Provincial League 2, due to the number of P2 series in the Brabant ACFF area being doubled from one to two – with Provincial League 4 being abolished in the process.
- 2019 / In the best season in the club’s short history, Anderlecht SCB manages a seventh place in Brabant ACFF Provincial League 2A.
- 2022 / Finishing in thirteenth place in Brabant ACFF Provincial League 2A, Anderlecht SCB folds, ceasing all activities. A successor club is founded straightaway, Atletico Sporting Club Boys (ASCB) Anderlecht, which joins the Belgian FA with registration number 9786. Strikingly, ASCB Anderlecht joins the Flemish federation (VFV) rather than the French-speaking ACFF, sticking to just playing youth academy football.
- 2025 / After an existence of barely three years, ASCB Anderlecht folds, ceasing all activities. In the 2025-26 season, the Stade Verdi is used exclusively by ABSSA teams as well as training sessions of some youth teams of Sporting Synergy Berchem.
- 2026 / A new football club sees the daylight in Anderlecht, Anderlecht Sporting Club Brother (SCB), which joins the Belgian FA with registration number 9870. The new club, which takes over the youth academy of the former ASCB Anderlecht, settles at Stade Verdi, with a first team being fielded in Brabant VFV Provincial League 4 (rather than ACFF Provincial League 3).
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