BELGIUM: RCS Vielsalm (B) (1991-1996) / RCS Vielsalm (1996-2017) / RCS de la Salm (B) (2017-2020, 2022-) / RCS de la Salm (2020-2022)

Stade Hermanmont, Vielsalm (R Cercle Sportif de la Salm, formerly B ground of R Cercle Sportif Vielsalm / A ground of RCS Vielsalm / B ground of RCS de la Salm)

Belgium, province: Luxembourg

19 IX 2021 / RCS de la Salm - R Lierneux FC 2-4 / Belgian Luxembourg, Provincial League 3F (= BE level 8)

Note: CS Vielsalm, founded in 1941 (matricule 3470), acquired the royal epithet in 1992; the club played their football in Stade Hermanmont right from the foundation, with an additional pitch in the hamlet of Ville-du-Bois, about one kilometer east of Vielsalm, being used for training purposes, the so-called Stade Josy. In 1991, the Stade Josy was abandoned, as a new side pitch was created at Stade Hermanmont - to the east of what was then the main pitch - with the goal of turning this into the new main pitch as soon as possible. Subsequently, however, it took five more years to finish the new clubhouse and covered stand (pictured in the photos below); and it was not until 1996 that this construction was inaugurated - and that RCS Vielsalm's first team football moved to this pitch as well. The former main pitch remains in use for training purposes and lower team football, although its covered wooden stand has since been removed. In 2017, RCS Vielsalm concluded a merger with RSS Salmienne from nearby Salmchâteau, forming RCS de la Salm (under Salmienne's matricule, 555). The first three seasons after the merger, first team football was played at Salmchâteau's Champ des Dames, with the Stade Hermanmont remaining in use for lower team football, but the tables have been turned from the summer of 2020 onwards. In 2022, the opposite route was chosen, with first team football once more moving to Salmchâteau.

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