BELGIUM: KFC Sparta Haacht-Statie (2020-2023) / KFC Sparta Haacht Tildonk (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. 
• 2024 / Champions in P3C, 1 point ahead of runners-up FC Moorsel, KFC Sparta Haacht Tildonk wins promotion to Provincial League 2.

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