Extreme Football Tourism: BELGIUM: Standaard Schoonderbuken (1970-1994) / KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport (1994-2023)

Thursday, 18 January 2024

BELGIUM: Standaard Schoonderbuken (1970-1994) / KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport (1994-2023)

Terrein Houwaartstraat, Schoonderbuken (formerly Standaard Schoonderbuken / KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant

January 2024 / no match visited

Timeline

1941 / Foundation of a football club in Schoonderbuken, which takes on the name of Schoonderbuken Sport and acquiring registration number 3036 upon joining Belgium’s Football Association. It is unclear where Schoonderbuken Sport’s ground was situated.
1942 / Schoonderbuken Sport enters a first team in Brabant’s Provincial League 3 for the first time.
1954 / Winning the title in Provincial League 3G, Schoonderbuken Sport accedes to Brabant’s Provincial League 2 for the first time.
1956 / In the best season in club history, Schoonderbuken Sport finishes in fifth place in P2C.
1957 / Finishing thirteenth in P2C, Schoonderbuken Sport drops back into Provincial League 3 after three seasons.
1966 / Finishing in fourteenth place in P3A in its last season, Schoonderbuken Sport folds, ceasing all activities. Registration number 3036 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official membership list.
1970 / Foundation of a new club in Schoonderbuken, which is given the name Standaard Schoonderbuken. This new club, which probably played at Terrein Houwaartstraat from the outset, joined Belgium’s FA, acquiring registration number 7444. The club’s first team starts its life in Provincial League 4, the bottom division of Brabant’s provincial league system.
1980 / Runners-up in Provincial League 4G, Standaard Schoonderbuken accedes directly to Provincial League 3 due to extra promotion places being available.
1981 / In the most successful season in club history, Standaard Schoonderbuken finishes in sixth place in P3D.
1988 / Bottom of the table in P3D, Standaard Schoonderbuken drops back into Provincial League 4 after eight seasons.
1993 / In its last season with a competitive first team, Standaard Schoonderbuken finishes in fifth place in P4G, thereupon withdrawing from Provincial League 4 for the 1993-94 season.
1994 / Standaard Schoonderbuken allows itself to be absorbed into KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport (registration number 981) without any name change ensuing. Thereupon, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport, playing in Provincial League 3 at that time, moves its first team football to Terrein Houwaartstraat in Schoonderbuken, retaining its own pitch, Terrein Op het Hof, for lower team football and training sessions.
2000 / Title winners in P3D, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport accedes to Provincial League 2, but the stay at that level does not last longer than one season, with relegation following in 2001.
2007 / Clinching the title in P3D, 4 points ahead of closest followers Stade Haacht, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport wins promotion to Provincial League 2, but the stay at that level does not last longer than one season, with relegation following immediately in 2008.
2009 / Runners-up in P3D, 16 points behind champions KFC Diest, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport accedes to Provincial League 2 due to extra promotion places being available.
2012 / Bottom of the league in Provincial League 2B, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport descends into Provincial League 3 along with FCVV Tildonk.
2013 / Finishing last in their division for the second time in a row, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport descends from P3D to Provincial League 4 along with Hoger Op Testelt and FC Tildonk.
2015 / Winning the title in P4G, 4 points ahead of VS Kortenaken, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport accedes to Provincial League 3.
2022 / In its last season as a competitive club, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport finishes in thirteenth place in Brabant’s Provincial League 3A, thus comfortably avoiding relegation. The club withdraws all its teams for the 2022-23 season with the intention to return in Provincial League 4 in 2023.
2023 / After one season of inactivity, KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport folds, ceasing all activities. Registration number 981 is erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. The training ground, Terrein Op het Hof, is taken over by a dog agility school, while Terrein Houwaartstraat in Schoonderbuken is abandoned altogether.