Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen
23 XII 2009 / Sporting Charleroi - KV Mechelen 2-5 A.E.T. / Belgian Cup
19 VIII 2012 / Sporting Charleroi - R Standard de Liège 2-6 / Nationwide Division 1 (= BE level 1)
Note 1: Charleroi Sporting Club, founded in 1904 (matricule 22), became a Société Royale in 1929. In 1939, the club moved into their current ground, which was extended and renovated several times. A name change took place in 2001, with RCSC becoming Royal Sporting Club du Pays de Charleroi. Prior to my first visit, a third tier which was added to the western side of the ground to raise the capacity of the ground to 30,000 for the 2000 European Football Championships held in Belgium and the Netherlands, had already been deconstructed - and given a second life beside the Vélodrome de Charleroi in the western suburb of Gilly. In 2013, one year after my last visit to the ground, the second tiers - except for the one in the main stand - have also been removed, resulting in a current maximum capacity of 15,000.
Note 2: Below, a compilation of photos of three different visits: picture 1 = non-matchday visit, July 2010 (taken from Montignies-sur-Sambre, the part of Charleroi just east of the city-centre) / pictures 2 = non-matchday visit, October 2007 / pictures 3-22 = match visit, August 2012. No pictures of my first match visit at Mambourg (in December 2009) have been included.
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