BELGIUM: EFC Rothem (?) (1926-1931) / KEFC Rotem (1933?-2018) / K Stokkem VV (B) (2018-2019) / K Standard Elen (B) (2018-± 2021)

Burgemeester Henrylaan, Rotem (formerly KEFC Rotem & B ground of K Stokkem VV / K Standaard Elen)

Belgium, province: Limburg

30 VIII 2017 / KEFC Rotem - Uikhoven VC 3-4 / Limburg, Provincial League 4C (= BE level 9)

Timeline

• 1926 / Foundation of Eendracht Football Club (EFC) Rothem, which joins Belgium's FA and receives matricule 834 at the introduction of the matricule register in December 1926. It is unclear where the club's ground was situated.
• 1931 / Having played five seasons in the lower reaches of Limburg's regional divisions, EFC Rothem discontinues its activities. With the club disappearing, matricule 834 is erased from the Belgian FA's official lists.
• 1933 / Refoundation of Eendracht Football Club (EFC) Rotem under matricule 2081. Note that the archaic H was dropped from the club name. It is unclear if the club played its football at Burgemeester Henrylaan from the outset.
• 1934 / The new EFC Rotem enters a team in Limburg's Regional League 2 (2e Gewestelijke) for the first time. In the following decades, the club is no more than an anonymous force in Limburg's regional and provincial divisions.
• 1941 / Foundation of a second club in Rotem, which is given the name Excelsior Rotem. The new club joins Belgium's FA under matricule 3325, starting its life in Regional League 2J, finishing the 1941-42 season with just 6 points from 20 matches (2 wins and 2 draws). It is unclear where Excelsior Rotem's ground was situated.
• 1944 / Not having entered a first team for two seasons, Excelsior Rotem folds. Matricule 3325 is erased from the Belgian FA's lists.
• 1959 / The first highlight in club history, EFC Rotem wins the title in Provincial League 2C, thus acceding to Provincial League 1 for the first time. The adventure does not last longer than one season, thought, with relegation duly following in 1960.
• 1974 / Having had 14 consecutive seasons in Provincial League 2, EFC Rotem finishes in 14th place in P2C, resulting in relegation to P3 - but a rapid return is managed with a first place in Provincial League 3A in the 1974-75 season.
• 1976 / Clinching a second title in a row, EFC Rotem returns to Limburg's Provincial League 1 after a 16-year absence. At this level, the club holds its own admirably with a 6th place in its first season.
• 1980 / Having been a force in the upper reaches of Limburg's Provincial League 1 for the past 4 years, EFC Rotem wins the league title, thus managing an unprecedented promotion to National Division 4.
• 1981 / In its first season in the national leagues, EFC Rotem finishes in 4th place in National Division 4D, with only champions KFC Lommel SK, FC Assent, and Sporting Alken picking up more points.
• 1982 / Having a difficult second season at the national level, EFC Rotem narrowly saves its skin on goal difference (25 points in D4C; goal difference -2 versus -15 for rivals Sporting Alken).
• 1983 / Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the club adorns itself with the royal epithet, thus becoming Koninklijke Eendracht Football Club (KEFC) Rotem - although the club is often referred to locally under the acronym KEC Rotem as well.
• 1984 / In the best season in club history, KEFC Rotem picks up 40 points in National Division 4C, narrowly missing out on promotion - finishing just 1 point behind league winners AS Eupen an runner-up Sporting Alken.
• 1985 / Having spent five seasons at the lowest level of national league football, KEFC Rotem finishes in 14th place in D4C, 6 points behind AS Herstalienne and a safe 13th place. The club drops back into Provincial League 1 along with Kabouters Opglabbeek and RCS Stavelotain.
• 1986 / Clinching the P1 title, KEFC Rotem manages an immediate return to National Division 4.
• 1987 / Rotem's second spell is shorter and less successful than the first one; finishing second-last in D4C - albeit only 2 points behind the safe 13th place occupied by R Union Hutoise FC -, the club drops back into the provincial leagues along with Wit Ster Beverst and FC Verbroedering Meerhout. 
• 1990 / Having spent the previous two seasons in the upper half of the P1 table - with a second place in 1989 -, KEFC Rotem now finishes in second-last place, thus dropping back into P2, 14 years after last having played at that level. This relegation marks the end of the golden era of club history.
• 1992 / Finishing in last place in Provincial League 2B, KEFC Rotem suffers relegation to Provincial League 3. In the following 17 seasons, the club alternates spells in P2 and P3.
• 2009 / With just 15 points from 30 matches, KEFC Rotem finishes dead-last in P3B, thus finding itself in Provincial League 4, the bottom of Limburg's provincial divisions, for the first time in club history. 
• 2018 / Never having managed a promotion play-off place - let alone a promotion - in its nine last seasons in Provincial League 4, KEFC Rotem folds, ceasing all activities due to a lack of commitment from the local community - after the end had narrowly been avoided the previous summer. The club's last home game is a 2-2 draw against KVV HO Molenbeersel on April 22nd, 2018 - with a 2-3 away win at Heidebloem Wijshagen the following week marking the end of club history. In an auction, the complete inventory of the clubhouse is sold - including a huge amount of toilet rolls, which were once purchased in a botched attempt to sell them door to door to give a positive boost to club finance (!). Matricule 2081 is erased, but the ground at Burgemeester Henrylaan remain in use, as Dilsen-Stokkem's municipal authorities allow K Stokkem VV and K Standaard Elen to use the two pitches for training sessions.
• 2019 / As K Stokkem VV concludes a merger with Heidebloem Dilsen VV, resulting in the foundation of KVV Dilsen-Stokkem, the club no longer requires extra training facilities, as a result of which K Standaard Elen remains as the sole user of the ground at Burgemeester Henrylaan.
• ± 2021 / Although confirmation is as yet lacking, K Standaard Elen probably abandoned the ground in Rotem after pitch II of its own ground was equipped with a synthetic surface in the fall of 2021.

Note - Below, a compilation of pictures of two different visits: pictures 1-18 = match visit, August 2017 / pictures 19-26 = non-matchday (ruin) visit, April 2023.

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

BELGIUM: JS Maffle (1970-1994) / RJS Ath-Maffle (1994-2004) / JS Meslin Grand-Marais (2008-)

Terrain de la Chaussée de Mons, Maffle (JS Meslin Grand-Marais, formerly JS Maffle & RJS Ath-Maffle)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

26 VIII 2017 / JS Meslin Grand-Marais - R Entente Acren-Lessines B 2-1 / Hainaut, Provincial League 2A (= BE level 7)

Timeline

• 1970 / Foundation of a recreational football club in Maffle, a village close to Ath (Aat) in the Province of Hainaut. Joining the so-called Entente Terrienne, a local recreational football association, the new club, which takes on the name Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Maffle, probably played its home matches on the pitch at Chaussée de Mons from the outset. 
• 1974 / Four years after its foundation, JS Maffle joins the Belgian Football Association with registration number 8260.
• 1975 / JS Maffle starts its life as a competitive Belgian FA club in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4.
• 1976 / JS Maffle finishes as runners-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B, 2 points behind champions Inter Barry.
• 1978 / Runaway champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4C, 16 points ahead of closest followers JS Isiéroise, JS Maffle wins promotion to Provincial League 3 for the first time.
• 1979 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, JS Maffle drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one season, along with bottom club US Thumaide.
• 1994 / In its last season as an independent club, JS Maffle finishes in fourth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B. Following the 1993-94 season, the club concludes a merger with P3 club RJS Athoise, resulting in the foundation of Royale Jeunesse Sportive (RJS) Ath-Maffle, with Athoise’s registration number 2899 being retained; JS Maffle’s number 8260 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists. First team football of the new Provincial League 3 club moves to Chaussée de Mons in Maffle.
• 1999 / RJS Ath-Maffle finishes as runners-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, 3 points behind champions US Thumaide.
• 2002 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, RJS Ath-Maffle goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus acceding to Provincial League 2.
• 2004 / In its last season as an independent club, RJS Ath-Maffle finishes in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2A. Following the 2003-04 season, the club concludes a merger with FC Ath Sport (only founded one year previously, in 2003) to form R Géants Athois, with RJS Ath-Maffle’s registration number 2899 being retained; FC Ath Sport’s number 9435 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists. First team football moves to Stade des Géants in Ath, making the pitch in Maffle redundant.
• 2008 / Following a request by Provincial League 3 club JS Meslin Grand-Marais from Ollignies (founded in 1998 / registration number 9323) to Ath’s municipal authorities, that club is allowed to move into the former ground of JS Maffle and RJS Ath-Maffle at Chaussée de Mons in Maffle in September 2008. With JS Meslin Grand-Marais moving its first team football to Maffle, the pitch at Chaussée de Florbecq in Ollignies has been retained by the club for lower team football and training purposes until the present day.
• 2009 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, 6 points ahead of closest rivals FC Brunehaut, JS Meslin Grand-Marais wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first time.
• 2016 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2A, JS Meslin Grand-Marais qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out by the successor club of R Géants Athois, CS Pays-Vert Ostiches-Ath (1-3).
• 2022 / Finishing in fourteenth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2A, JS Meslin Grand-Marais drops back into Provincial League 3 along with Péruwelz FC B, ASC Havinnes, and bottom club FC Esplechin.
• 2023 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, JS Meslin Grand-Marais qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by FC Casteau (1-0).
• 2024 / Runners-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, 8 points behind champions RAFC Cuesmes, JS Meslin Grand-Marais qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by RFC Luingnois B (1-2).
• 2025 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, JS Meslin Grand-Marais qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out FC AEDEC Hyon in R1 (2-1) and R Excelsior Biévène in R2 (2-1). As such, the club manages a return to Provincial League 2 after an absence of three years.
• 2028 (projected) / The pitch in Maffle will have to be abandoned by JS Meslin Grand-Marais, as its owner has other plans with the pitch. By that time, the club will have to find a different solution - with the hope being that it can move back to its origins in Meslin-l'Évêque.

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

BELGIUM: SK-Plenke (1983-2016) / KFC Baal (B) (2011-2016) / SK Plenke Werchter (2016-)

Corneel Van Leemputtenstadion, Werchter (SK Plenke Werchter, formerly SK-Plenke & KFC Baal, B ground)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant

25 VIII 2017 / SK Plenke Werchter - FC Klim-Op Begijnendijk 3-2 / Flemish Brabant, Provincial Cup - group stage, group C

Note: SK-Plenke, founded in 1974, moved to the Tremelobaan ground (later renamed Corneel Van Leemputtenstadion) in 1983; the club played its football in the KBLVB (Koninklijke Belgische Liefhebbersvoetbalbond), which became part of Voetbal Vlaanderen in 2016. In 2011, it was decided upon to bring Plenke's best player into one team to try and compete in the regular Belgian Football Association's leagues. After five years of football under the flag of KFC Baal, Plenke applied for its own matricule (9660) and started life in Provincial League 4 under its own name. Meanwhile, the club still competes in Voetbal Vlaanderen's leagues as well with a second squad of players.

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