Extreme Football Tourism: BELGIUM: RUS Assenois

Friday, 29 July 2022

BELGIUM: RUS Assenois

Stade Paul Jacques, Assenois (Léglise) (RUS Assenois)

Belgium, province: Luxembourg

29 VII 2022 / RUS Assenois - RRC Longlier 0-1 / Belgian Cup R1

Timeline

1929 / Foundation of a Stadion Club (SC) Assenois, the first football club in the village of Assenois, near Léglise - not to be confused with Assenois near Bertrix and Assenois near Vaux-lez-Rosières, both also situated in Belgian Luxembourg. Upon joining Belgium's FA, SC Assenois obtains matricule 1543.
1931 / SC Assenois folds, ceasing all activities.
1932 / Foundation of Entente Sportive (ES) Assenoise (matricule 1860).
1937 / ES Assenoise folds, ceasing all activities, after having fielded a team only in the first three seasons of its short existence.
1942 / Foundation of Entente Sportive (ES) Assenois-Post (matricule 3523).
1945 / Foundation of Entente Sportive (ES) Les Fossés Assenois (matricule 4282).
1947 / ES Assenois-Post folds, ceasing all activities - after probably having been inactive for several years.
1950 / ES Les Fossés Assenois folds, ceasing all activities.
1966 / Foundation of Union Sportive (US) Asssenois (matricule 6895). The new club plays its football at a ground situated near Café Piérard (Rue de la Gaume).
1975 / Moving away from Café Piérard, the club settles at a ground at Rue du Bourzy. Later on, this new ground was named after Paul Jacques (1933-2017), one of the founding fathers of US Assenois and board member during an impressive fifty years.
1980 / US Assenois wins the title in Belgian Luxembourg's Provincial League 3D, thus acceding to Provincial League 2 for the first time in its existence. The club holds out at this level for nine seasons.
1996 / After suffering a relegation from P2 for the third time in seven seasons, US Assenois begins a spell of 22 years at the bottom level of Belgian Luxembourg's provincial league system.
2016 / Upon its 50th anniversary, the club becomes a Société Royale, adapting its name to become Royale Union Sportive (RUS) Assenois. That same year, a new clubhouse - including a covered terrace - is inaugurated.
2018 / Clinching the title in Provincial League 3D, RUS Assenois is back in Provincial League 2 for the first time in the new century.
2021 / A synthetic surface is installed on the main pitch of Stade Paul Jacques.
2022 / Having played a relatively modest role in Belgian Luxembourg's provincial leagues previously, US Assenois wins promotion to Provincial League 1 for the first time by defeating ES Bleid and RES Melreux-Hotton in the promotion play-offs.
2023 / Unable to hold its own in P1, RUS Assenois finishes 13th and second-last, dropping back into P2 along with bottom club RLC Bastogne and R Jeunesse Freylangeoise.
2024 / Champions in P2A, 3 points ahead of runners-up ES Bleid, RUS Assenois bounces right back and manages an immediate return to Luxembourg's Provincial League 1.