BELGIUM: Union FC Rutten (1959-2022) / Unico Tongeren (2022-)

Terrein Raam, Rutten (Unico Tongeren, formerly Union FC Rutten)

Belgium, province: Limburg

5 IV 2017 / Union FC Rutten - K Victoria VV 's Herenelderen 2-6 / Limburg, Provincial League 3C (= BE level 8)

Note - Following the demise of Union Rutten (registration number 2258: 1935-39) and Union Rutten (II, number 4502: 1946-53), a third successive club saw the daylight in the village in the southeastern corner of Belgian Limburg: Union FC Rutten (1959: registration number 6238), which started its life in Belgium's Football Association's regular divisions in 1960-61, being placed in Limburg's Provincial League 3E. In 2022, Union FC Rutten concluded a merger with VCJ Heur Sluizen (number 9701) and Valencia VC Piringen (7137), resulting in the foundation of Unico Tongeren, with VCJ Heur Sluizen's number 9701 being retained for the new club. Henceforth, first team football has been played at Terrein Raam in Rutten, with VCJ Heur Sluizen's ground, Terrein Tweemolensstraat, housing the bulk of the new club's youth academy and Piringen's Terrein Gaezeberg remaining in use for training purposes.

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