Extreme Football Tourism: BELGIUM: KFC Sparta Haacht-Statie (2020-2023) / KFC Sparta Haacht Tildonk (2023-)

Thursday 17 August 2023

Terrein Elleveldweg II, Haacht Haacht-Station (KFC Sparta Haacht Tildonk, formerly KFC Sparta Haacht-Statie)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant

17 VIII 2023 / KFC Sparta Haacht Tildonk - Red Boys Elzestraat 6-1 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline

1937 / Foundation of FC Boortmeerbeek, which joins Belgium’s Football Association, acquiring registration number 2564 upon being accepted as new member club.
1943 / FC Boortmeerbeek changes its name to become FC Sparta Haacht-Statie.
c. 1945 / FC Sparta Haacht-Statie moves to a new ground, laid out at Elisabeth Willemslaan in Wespelaar.
c. 1963 / Moving away from Elisabeth Willemslaan, FC Sparta Haacht-Statie settles at a newly laid-out ground at Elleveldweg (near the crossroads with Grote Baan) in Haacht-Station proper.
2020 / After nearly 60 years at their ground at Elleveldweg, KFC Sparta Haacht-Statie settles at a newly laid-out ground on the same road, but further to the south-east (near the crossroads with Donkstraat), in September 2020.
2023 / In its last season as an independent club, KFC Sparta Haacht-Statie finishes in 3rd place in P3C, 2 points behind its projected merger partner FC Tildonk (registration number 6254). In the summer of 2023, the merger is concluded, resulting in the foundation of KFC Sparta Haacht Tildonk – with Haacht-Statie’s registration number 2564 being retained. With Tildonk’s Gaston Pinnoystadion remaining in use for lower team football and training sessions, first team football moves to Terrein Elleveldweg II in Haacht-Station. Also in 2023, on the second pitch at Terrein Elleveldweg II, a synthetic surface is put in place.