BELGIUM: SC Barvautois matr. 2226 (1935-1941) / SC Barvautois matr. 3008 (1941-1962, 1970-1992) / SC Barvaux (1962-1970) / RSC Barvautois (1992-2003) / FC RTT Barvaux (1977-1992) / RES Durbuy-Barvaux (2003-2015) / R Entente Durbuy (2015-2022) / RES Izier (2024-)

Stade Communal-Basse Commène, Barvaux-sur-Ourthe (RES Izier, formerly SC Barvautois matr. 2226 / SC Barvautois matr. 3008 / SC Barvaux / RSC Barvautois / FC RTT Barvaux / RES Durbuy-Barvaux / R Entente Durbuy)

Belgium, province: Luxembourg = Luxemburg

19 XII 2015 / R Entente Durbuy - R Marloie Sport 2-0 / Luxembourg, Provincial League 1 (= BE level 5)

Timeline

• 1925 / Foundation of a first football club in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe, a village in the far north of the Province of Luxembourg, Belgium. The new club takes on the name Excelsior Football Club (EFC) Barvaux, joining the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) that same year.
• 1926 / Excelsior FC Barvaux becomes a competitive club, taking part in the league of the so-called Comité Régional de Marche. In December 1926, as the system of registration numbers is introduced by the Belgian FA, EFC Barvaux receives number 492.
• 1929 / Excelsior FC Barvaux folds, ceasing all activities, after probably having withdrawn from competitive football one year previously.
• 1935 / Foundation of a new football club in Barvaux, which takes on the name Sporting Club (SC) Barvautois, with this club taking on registration number 2226. The new club is placed in Régional Division 3 of Belgian Luxembourg. Already at that time, football was played at the ‘Lieu-dit’ (hamlet) El Tave, alternatively referred to as Près des Bains, in Petit-Barvaux.
• 1936 / SC Barvautois places in second place in Luxembourg’s Regional League 3B, 1 point behind champions SC Vielsalm. It is unclear if the club won promotion to Regional League 2, the top provincial level at the time, in 1936 or in the following season.
• 1938 / SC Barvautois finishes as runner-up in Luxembourg’s Regional League 2A, 1 point behind champions Entente Marche FC.
• 1941 / As SC Barvautois folds, a successor club is founded with the exact same name, which receives registration number 3008. This new SC Barvautois takes the place of its predecessor at the ground at Basse Commène.
• 1942 / SC Barvautois (matr. 3008) commences its existence as a competitive club in Regional League 3.
• 1950 / Champions in Luxembourg’s Regional League 3C, 2 points ahead of closest followers SC Grand-Halleux, SC Barvautois wins promotion to Regional League 2 – renamed Provincial League 2 in 1952.
• 1954 / Champions in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2B, 3 points ahead of closest rivals JR Aye FC, SC Barvautois wins promotion to Provincial League 1 for the first time.
• 1962 / Finishing in an unprecedented third place in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 1, SC Barvautois finds its financial resources depleted at the end of the 1961-62 season, resulting in the board being replaced and a new registration number, 6619, being accorded to an entity called SC Barvaux, which takes over the place of SC Barvautois in Provincial League 1 – however, having to take one step back and start its existence in Provincial League 2 due to being penalised for financial malversations. Somehow, registration number 3008 of SC Barvautois was not deleted from the Belgian FA’s membership list in the following years. 
• 1963 / SC Barvaux suffers relegation from Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2 into Provincial League 3.
• 1964 / Finishing in joint first place in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 3D with CS Odeigne, SC Barvaux wins promotion to Provincial League 2.
• 1967 / Finishing bottom of the table in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2E, SC Barvaux drops back into Provincial League 3 after three years.
• 1970 / the board of SC Barvaux somehow manages to reclaim the original registration number 3008, which had been dormant in the eight previous years, while also taking on the old, pre-1962 name SC Barvautois. Registration number 6619 is erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list.
• 1971 / Clinching the title in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 3E, 1 point ahead of closest rivals Amonines FC, SC Barvautois manages a return to Provincial League 2 after four years. 
• 1976 / Champions in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2C, 4 points ahead of runner-up AS Regné, SC Barvautois wins promotion to Provincial League 1.
• 1977 / A recreational football club sees the daylight in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe, with this club taking on the long-winding name FC Régie des Télégraphe et Téléphone (RTT) Barvaux, receiving registration number 8508 upon joining the Belgian FA; however, this club never took part in Luxembourg’s provincial divisions, instead joining a recreational league. Most probably, this club groundshared with SC Barvautois at the Stade Communal / Basse Commène.
• 1978 / SC Barvautois conquers the Provincial Cup of Belgian Luxembourg for the first and only time in its history, defeating FC Le Lorrain Arlon in the final.
• 1980 / Finishing in third-last place in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 1, SC Barvautois suffers relegation into Provincial League 2 after four years.
• 1981 / Clinching the title in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2C, 7 points ahead of closest followers US Bérismenil, SC Barvautois manages an immediate return to Provincial League 1.
• 1984 / Finishing bottom of the table in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 1, SC Barvautois tumbles back into Provincial League 2.
• 1987 / Conquering the title in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2C, 1 point ahead of closest rivals Marloie Sport, SC Barvautois wins promotion to Provincial League 1.
• 1992 / Clinching the title in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 1, 6 points ahead of closest followers RLC Bastogne, SC Barvautois accedes to National Division 4 for the first time. That same year, the club acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Royal Sporting Club (RSC) Barvautois. Also in 1992, FC RTT Barvaux folds after an existence of fifteen years, with registration number 8508 being erased from the membership list of the Belgian FA - coinciding with the privatisation of the RTT, with the service taking on the name Belgacom.
• 1994 / In the most successful season in club history, RSC Barvautois manages a solid eighth place in National Division 4D.
• 1995 / Finishing in third-last place in National Division 4D, RSC Barvautois drops back into Provincial League 1 after three years, along with RRC Mormont and bottom club US Namur.
• 1999-2000 / The stadium in Barvaux is given its present shape in the lead-up to the 2000 European Football Championships, as Denmark’s national team was due to settle at Barvaux-sur-Ourthe as their training base... but in spite of the complete renovation of the ground, the Danes, disdaining the facilities, never came to the Ardennes.
• 2002 / Finishing bottom of the table in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 1, RSC Barvautois descends into Provincial League 2.
• 2003 / In its last season as an independent club, RSC Barvautois finishes as runner-up in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2C behind champions RUS Melreux. At the end of the 2002-03 season, a merger is concluded between RSC Barvautois and Étoile Sportive (ES) Durbuysienne (registration number 7042), resulting in the foundation of Royale Entente Sportive (RES) Durbuy-Barvaux, which retains Barvaux’s registration number 3008 – and takes the place of RSC Barvautois in Provincial League 2. Henceforth, first team football is played at the Stade Communal / Basse-Commène in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe, with the pitch at Rue Saint-Amour, the ground of ES Durbuysienne in Durbuy, being retained for lower team football and training sessions.
• 2006 / Finishing in second-last place in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2C, RES Durbuy-Barvaux descends into Provincial League 3. In the summer of 2006, the club changes its name to become Royale Entente Sportive (RES) Durbuysienne. 
• 2010 / Finishing in third place in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 3D behind RUS On and FC Hargimontois, RES Durbuysienne qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Following wins over RSC Muno (R1, 4-0) and R Excelsior Fouches (R2, 9-4 aggr.), the club manages a return to Provincial League 2 after four years.
• 2015 / In its last season as an independent club, RES Durbuysienne finishes in twelfth place in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2C, resulting in the club’s relegation into Provincial League 3, alongside FC Montleban and bottom club ES Bourcy. However, following the 2014-15 season, a merger is concluded between RES Durbuysienne and neighbour club Bomal RFC from Bomal-sur-Ourthe (registration number 3205), resulting in the foundation of Royale Entente (RE) Durbuy, which retains Durbuysienne’s registration number 3008. Henceforth, first team football is played at the Stade Communal / Basse Commène in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe, with Terrain Driaisne in Bomal-sur-Ourthe being retained for lower team football and training sessions. By this time, the pitch at Rue Saint-Amour in Durbuy has been abandoned – with the local tennis club taking over the location in one of the following years.
• 2016 / Clinching the title in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 1, 1 point ahead of closest rivals RRC Mormont, RE Durbuy wins promotion to ACFF Amateur Division 3, the fifth and lowest tier of Belgium’s national league pyramid. 
• 2017 / Going from strength to strength, RE Durbuy clinches back-to-back titles, finishing top of the table in ACFF Amateur Division 3B, 7 points ahead of closest followers RFC Tilleur and thus gaining promotion to Amateur Division 2.
• 2018 / In the best season in club history, RE Durbuy finishes in fourth place in ACFF Amateur Division 2, with only traditional powerhouse clubs RWDM, RFC Liège, and ROC Charleroi gathering more points.
• 2020 / The Bomal part of the 2015 merger – including strongman and sponsor Paul Tintin – withdraws from the club, with a new club being founded in Bomal-sur-Ourthe, Bomal FC (registration number 9741), which takes over the ground at Rue Driaisne in Bomal – which is abandoned by RE Durbuy, which henceforth only uses the pitches at Basse Commène in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe.
• 2022 / Finishing bottom of the table in ACFF Amateur Division 2, RE Durbuy drops back into Amateur Division 3 after five years, along with RES Couvin-Mariembourg-Fraire and RUS Givry. Following the 2021-22 season, R Entente Durbuy is evicted from its Stade Communal / Basse Commène in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe after a conflict with local authorities as well as with other clubs belonging to the municipality of Durbuy; following this, the club moves its first team football to another municipality – more specifically the synthetic side-pitch (Terrain 2) of the municipal sports facilities in Marche-en-Famenne, the Centre Sportif Local de la Ville de Marche. Meanwhile, the pitches in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe remain without a football club.
• 2023 / Finishing in second-last place in ACFF Amateur Division 3B, RE Durbuy suffers back-to-back relegations, tumbling into Provincial League 1 alongside RCS Libramontois and bottom club RUS Givry. Due to a conflict with Marche-en-Famenne's town hall, the club sees its permit to play at Cente Sportif de la Ville withdrawn – and after a long-wound procedure, seeing the club concluding a groundsharing agreement with Namur club RCS Andennais, Belgian Luxembourg’s provincial committee refuses the club permission to play at a ground beyond the provincial borders – thus sounding the death-knell for RE Durbuy. Registration number 3008 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official membership list.
• 2024 / Two years after the departure of RE Durbuy from the Stade Communal / Basse Commène in Barvaux-sur-Ourthe, municipal authorities allow Provincial League 3 club RES Izier to move into the ground for its first team football. Meanwhile, Izier’s lower team matches and training sessions mostly continue to take place at that club’s ground at Rue des Creûhétes in Izier proper. 
• 2025 / Finishing as runners-up in Luxembourg's Provincial League 3E, 13 points behind runaway champions FC Bomal, RES Izier qualifies for the promotion play-offs, with the club qualifying for the final following successive wins over RRC Mormont B (3-1) and RCS Odeigne (3-2). In the three-way final round against R Jeunesse Autelbas and FC Tintifontaine, with two promotion places being at stake, RES Izier suffers an away defeat against the former (2-1), while drawing its home tie against the latter (0-0). In the third match, Autelbas had the better of Tintifontaine (1-2). As such, finishing bottom in this competition, RES Izier is the only one of the three clubs to miss out on a ticket for Provincial League 2.
• 2026 / Finishing in third place in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 3C, RES Izier qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Successively seeing off CS Odeigne (3-1) and RCS de la Salm (3-2) in the first two rounds, the club goes on to defeat FC Montleban in the final (5-3 aggr.). As a result, RES Izier wins promotion to Provincial League 2 after an absence of sixteen years at that level.

Note - Photos 6 & 9 below courtesy of Anneke te Boekhorst

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker & J.C. te Boekhorst / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of authors