BELGIUM: US Stambrugeoise (1930-1968) / US Belœil-Stambruges (1968-1986) / RUS Belstam (1986-2007) / Fémina Belœil (2007-2012) / RAEC Mons Fémina (B) (2012-2014)

Rue des Viviers au Bois, Stambruges (formerly US Stambrugeoise / US Belœil-Stambruges / RUS Belstam / Fémina Belœil / training ground of RAEC Mons Fémina)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

April 2022 / no match visited

Note: Union Sportive Stambrugeoise, founded in 1930 (matricule 1653), concluded a merger with Entente Sportive (ES) Belœil in 1968, becoming US Belœil-Stambruges. In 1986, upon the acquisition of the royal epithet, the club changed their name to become RUS (Royale Union Sportive) Belstam. RUS Belstam ceased activities in the summer of 2007, upon which the premises at Rue des Viviers au Bois were taken over by Fémina Belœil, the women's branch of RUS Belœil, who played in the national leagues of Belgium's female football pyramid. When, five years later, Fémina Belœil gained promotion to the newly created highest division of Belgium and the Netherlands' combined female leagues, the so-called Women's BeNe League, RUS Belœil rejected their female branch, preferring to pass it on to RAEC Mons. Playing their games in Mons proper, the women's team continued to make use of the ground in Stambruges for two more years for training purposes before the premises were abandoned.

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