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Saturday, 1 August 2026
BELGIUM: KFC Verbroedering Alberta Geel
Frans Kerckhofsstadion, Winkelomheide (KFC Verbroedering Alberta Geel)
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Belgium, province: Antwerp = Antwerpen
1 VIII 2026 / KFCV Alberta Geel - Atletico Adler FC 10-1 / Antwerp, Regional Cup P3-P4 - group stage, group 6
Timeline
- ± 1917 / In Winkelomheide, a hamlet not far from Geel in the Province of Antwerp, a recreational football team sees the daylight, FC Heidezonen. The team, which found its origins in an earlier local group of youngsters playing football with a pig bladder, with them referring to themselves as ‘Heidebloem’. FC Heidezonen most probably played its football on a pitch in the vicinity of Café Louis Vandecruys. Not much later, another recreational football team, Belgica, is formed in Winkelomheide.
- 1925 / Following a merger of FC Heidezonen and Belgica, a proper football club is founded in Winkelomheide; FC Hei-Sport Gheel, which joins the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB). Given the lack of further details regarding the club’s performance in the following years, Hei-Sport probably competed in a league of candidate clubs and reserve teams. It is unclear where the pitch of this new club was situated.
- 1926 / As the Belgian FA introduces its system of registration numbers, FC Hei-Sport Gheel receives number 506.
- 1928 / After barely three years, FC Hei-Sport Gheel renounces its membership of the Belgian Football Association. This does not imply that the club folded, as it may have continued its existence in another league association, e.g. the Vlaamsche Voetbalbond (VVB) or the Kempische Voetbalbond (KVB).
- 1936 / A club from Winkelomheide, Hei Sport Gheel – either newly founded or the old FC Hei-Sport Gheel after a spell in a different league association – seeks affiliation with the Belgian Football Association, acquiring registration number 2390 upon being accepted. For the 1936-37 season, Hei Sport Gheel is placed in Antwerp’s Regional League 3 (3e Gewestelijke).
- 1939 / After three years in Antwerp’s Regional League 3, Hei Sport Gheel folds, ceasing all activities – possibly due to many of its players being called up to perform their military service upon the mobilisation of the Belgian armed forces in the summer of 1939.
- 1942 / During the German occupation of Belgium, a new club sees the daylight in Winkelomheide, FC Alberta Geel. Although not being accepted as Belgian FA member yet, the club is allowed to take part in the 1942-43 season in Regional League 3. FC Alberta’s first ground is Terrein Den d’Juus van Mol in Hezemeer – with players being allowed to use the nearby Café Den Hollander to change clothes.
- 1943 / One year after joining competitive league football under the auspices of the Belgian FA, FC Alberta Geel is officially accepted as a new member club under registration number 3926.
- 1950 / In spite of the existence of FC Alberta Geel, a new club is formed in Winkelomheide, Heisport Geel, which is allowed into the Belgian FA with registration number 5399. Heisport Geel plays its football at Terrein Kemeldijk, situated near the crossroads with Gemeenteheide. Oddly, FC Alberta Geel seems to have moved to a pitch referred to as Terrein Kemeldijk as well around this same time, leading to the assumption that both clubs may have groundshared – or playing their football on two adjoining pitches.
- 1951 / One year after its affiliation to the Belgian FA, Heisport Geel starts its existence as a competitive club in Antwerp’s Regional League 3 (renamed Provincial League 3 in 1952), resulting in two derby games against FC Alberta Geel each season.
- 1960 / In the best season in club history, otherwise marred by continued bad results, Heisport Geel manages an eighth place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3B. Also in or around 1960, FC Alberta Geel moves away from Terrein Kemeldijk, settling on a newly laid-out ground at Gasthuisheide.
- 1970 / Following a fourteenth place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3A in the 1969-70 season, Heisport Geel withdraws from first team football – however without folding; the club may very well have fielded recreational and/or youth teams in the 1970-71 season.
- 1971 / A merger is concluded between FC Alberta Geel and Heisport Geel, leading to the foundation of FC Verbroedering Alberta Geel, which retains Alberta’s registration number 3926; Heisport’s number 5399 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists. That same year, the new club settles on a brand new ground, laid out on a plot of farmland owned by a local smallholder, Petrus Van Olmen, at Hollandsebaan; this is the ground where the club has been home ever since.
- 1972 / Finishing in seventh place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3H, FC Verbroedering Alberta is placed in the newly created Provincial League 4 for the 1972-73 season.
- 1974 / Clinching its first title, FC Verbroedering Alberta finishes top of the table in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4E, thus gaining promotion to Provincial League 3.
- 1978 / Finishing in thirteenth place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3C, FC Verbroedering Alberta drops back into Provincial League 4.
- 1989 / Champions in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4E, FC Verbroedering Alberta manages a return to Provincial League 3 after eleven years.
- 1992 / Finishing bottom of the table in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3D, FC Verbroedering Alberta is retrograded into Provincial League 4 after three years.
- 1993 / Former Alberta youth player, winger Robby Van de Weyer, who had joined the academy of KVC Westerlo some years previously, makes his professional league debut for the club in National Division 2 at the age of eighteen. In the following years, Van de Weyer goes on to have spells at K Lierse SK, Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen, KFC Verbroedering Geel, KVSK United, KFC Racing Mol-Wezel, and Verbroedering Geel-Meerhout – ultimately hanging up his boots in 2012.
- 1994 / As FC Verbroedering Alberta Geel acquires the royal epithet, the club officially takes on the name Koninklijke Football Club (KFC) Verbroedering Alberta Geel.
- 1995 / Finishing in third place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4C, KFC Verbroedering Alberta goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus acceding to Provincial League 3.
- 1996 / Finishing in third-last place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3D, KFC Verbroedering Alberta drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one season.
- 1998 / Former Alberta youth player, wingback Filip Daems, who had joined the academy of KFC Verbroedering Geel nine years previously, makes his professional league debut at the age of twenty with K Lierse SK. In a successful career, Daems goes on to have subsequent spells at Gençlerbirliği SK, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and KVC Westerlo, ultimately hanging up his boots in 2017; notably, Daems also gained 8 caps for the Belgium national side between 2004 and 2010.
- 2000 / Runner-up in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4D, KFC Verbroedering Alberta wins promotion to Provincial League 3 for the new season, probably after a round of play-offs.
- 2001 / Finishing in second-last place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3D, KFC Verbroedering Alberta drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one year.
- 2003 / Runner-up in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4D, KFC Verbroedering Alberta wins promotion to Provincial League 3 for the new season, probably after a round of play-offs.
- 2004 / Finishing in third-last place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3D, KFC Verbroedering Alberta descends into Provincial League 4 after just one season, alongside Sint-Dimphna FC Zammel and bottom club KVV Zwaluwen Olmen.
- 2012 / Finishing in third place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4E, KFC Verbroedering Alberta qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out KSC Maccabi-Voetbal Antwerpen in R1 (4-2 aggr.), only to be pegged back by K Oelegem SK in the final (4-0 aggr.).
- 2019 / Ultimate clubman and honorary president of KFC Verbroedering Alberta, Frans Kerckhofs, passes away on February 19th, 2019, at the age of 86. Later that year, the ground at Hollandsebaan is renamed in his honour, the Frans Kerckhofsstadion.
- 2022 / After a string of particularly unsuccessful seasons, KFC Verbroedering Alberta temporarily withdraws from first team football in Provincial League 4.
- 2023 / KFC Verbroedering Alberta returns to first team football in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4.
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
BELGIUM: VK Holsbeek (B) (1990-1991) / VK Holsbeek (1991-)
Terrein aan de Verhaegenstraat, Holsbeek (VK Holsbeek, formerly B ground of VK Holsbeek)
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
28 VII 2026 / VK Holsbeek - SMS Lubbeek 4-0 / Pre-season friendly
Timeline
- ± 1970 / Foundation of a football club in Holsbeek, a village halfway between Louvain and Aerschot in the Belgian Province of Brabant (nowadays in Flemish Brabant). The new club takes on the name Voetbalklub (VK) Milkano Holsbeek – Milkano being a reference to the fact that the main sponsor of the venture, Alfons ‘Fons’ Tuyls, is not only the owner of the café at Kortrijksebaan which serves as clubhouse, but also the local milkman. A pitch is laid out at Meesberg, but the club sticks to playing friendly matches in the first stages of its existence.
- 1972 / After about two years of playing friendlies, VK Milkano Holsbeek applies for membership of the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB), being accepted with registration number 7783. That same year, the club moves from the pasture at Meesberg to a proper football pitch situated at Bergestraat, referred to locally as Terrein Bergeveld. A board is put together, with Achille Persoons taking on the role of chairman, and Fons Tuyls becoming treasurer. Duly settled at its new ground, VK Milkano Holsbeek starts its life as a competitive club in Brabant’s Provincial League 4.
- 1983 / A second pitch is added to the set-up at Terrein Bergeveld for lower team football and training sessions.
- 1984 / Runner-up in Brabant’s Provincial League 4G, VK Milkano Holsbeek wins promotion to Provincial League 3 for the first time.
- 1987 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 3A, VK Milkano Holsbeek drops back into Provincial League 4 after three years.
- 1989 / Clinching the title in Brabant’s Provincial League 4G without suffering a defeat all season, VK Milkano Holsbeek manages a return to Provincial League 3. That same year, however, the club finds itself in trouble, as it is given notice to vacate the two pitches at Bergestraat as soon as possible. Another plot of land on the fringes of the village is found at Verhaegenstraat, where works get underway on laying out two pitches.
- 1990 / Although a clubhouse at Verhaegenstraat has not been erected yet, the bulk of lower team football and training sessions moves to the new location already. Moreover, also in 1989, the name of the club is shortened, no longer being VK Milkano Holsbeek, but simply VK Holsbeek.
- 1991 / In the summer of 1991, more specifically on August 23rd, the new clubhouse at Verhaegenstraat is inaugurated by the mayor of Holsbeek, René Van Goidsenhoven. From now on, all activities of the club take place at the new location, with Terrein Bergeveld being abandoned.
- 1994 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 3D, VK Holsbeek drops back into Provincial League 4.
- 1999 / Champions in Brabant’s Provincial League 4G, VK Holsbeek wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
- 2006 / VK Holsbeek finishes as runner-up in Brabant’s Provincial League 3D, 6 points behind champions K Everbeur Sport.
- 2009 / Finishing in second-last place in Brabant’s Provincial League 3D, VK Holsbeek drops back into Provincial League 4 after ten years, alongside bottom side KAC Betekom B.
- 2010 / Runner-up in Brabant’s Provincial League 4H, 5 points behind champions SC Aarschot, VK Holsbeek qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club finishes in third place in a group behind VK Borchtlombeek and KSV Drieslinter, but ahead of FC Limelette, with one win (3-0 over Limelette), one draw (1-1 against Drieslinter), and one defeat (2-1 against Borchtlombeek); in retrospect, however, the play-off was superfluous, as all four sides win promotion to Provincial League 3 due to extra promotion places being available.
- 2016 / Runner-up in Brabant’s Provincial League 3A, 6 points behind champions Wolfsdonk Sport, VK Holsbeek gains promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first time due to extra promotion places being available.
- 2019 / The main pitch of Terrein aan de Verhaegenstraat is laid out anew with a synthetic surface.
- 2024 / Finishing in fifth place in Brabant’s VFV Provincial League 2B, VK Holsbeek qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by SK Nossegem (3-2).
- 2026 / Finishing in third place in Brabant’s VFV Provincial League 2B, VK Holsbeek qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club eliminates VC Bertem-Leefdaal in R1 (1-3), going on to defeat KCS Machelen in R2 (2-0) – and KVK Wemmel in the final round (1-0), which in retrospect was superfluous, as both finalists gain promotion to Provincial League 1. In the case of VK Holsbeek, it is the first time that the club manages to accede to the top tier of the provincial pyramid.
BELGIUM: VC Blauberg (1959-2010) / Blauberg Sport (2011-2019)
Terrein aan de Sparstraat, Blauberg (formerly VC Blauberg / Blauberg Sport)
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
Belgium, province: Antwerp = Antwerpen
July 2026 / no match visited
Timeline
- 1959 / Foundation of a football club in Blauberg, a hamlet in the far south of the Province of Antwerp. The new club, which takes on the name Voetbalclub (VC) Blauberg, receives registration number 6249 upon joining the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB). It is not entirely clear if VC Blauberg played its football at Terrein aan de Sparstraat from its foundation onwards (any information regarding this matter is very welcome; please get in touch!).
- 1974 / Finishing in third-last place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3B, VC Blauberg descends into Provincial League 4, a level created in 1971.
- 1978 / Runner-up in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4F, VC Blauberg wins promotion to Provincial League 3 – either via a play-off or due to extra promotion places being available.
- 1979 / Finishing in second-last place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3C, VC Blauberg drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one season.
- 1998 / Finishing in third place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4D, VC Blauberg goes on to win the ensuing play-off rounds, thus managing a return to Provincial League 3 after a nineteen-year absence.
- 1999 / Finishing bottom of the table in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3D, VC Blauberg drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one season.
- 2010 / Having had to compete in several matches with fewer than eleven players in the early stages of the 2010-11 season, VC Blauberg was struck from the league by the Belgian FA due to an outstanding debt.
- 2011 / With registration number 6249 of VC Blauberg having been erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list, a new club sees the daylight in the village, Blauberg Sport, which joins the association with registration number 9567 and being placed in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4 for the 2011-12 season. Of course, Blauberg Sport settles on the former ground of VC Blauberg at Sparstraat.
- 2014 / Runner-up in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4E, 13 points behind runaway champions KSAV Sint-Dimpna, Blauberg Sport qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Knocking out KVC Oostmalle Sport in R1 (8-3 aggr.), the club goes on to defeat K Boechoutse VV in the final (3-0 aggr.), thus gaining promotion to Provincial League 3.
- 2015 / Finishing in third-last place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3C, Blauberg Sport drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one season, alongside KFC Heultje, VV Laakdal, and bottom club K Blauwvoet Oevel.
- 2017 / Finishing in third place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4D, Blauberg Sport qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against FC Sint-Jozef SK (2-0 aggr.).
- 2018 / Clinching the title in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4D – incidentally the first-ever league title in the history of football in Blauberg – 3 points ahead of closest rivals KVC Booischot, Blauberg Sport manages a return to Provincial League 3 after three seasons.
- 2019 / Finishing bottom of the table in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3C, Blauberg Sport drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one season, along with FC Netezonen Eindhout, KVC Oostmalle Sport, and Lierse Kempenzonen B. However, following the 2018-19 season, the club withdraws from the Belgian FA, with its registration number 9567 being erased from the membership list of the association. Since, Terrein aan de Sparstraat has remained unused for regular league football, with the site having remained in use as an open community ground.
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