Extreme Football Tourism: BELGIUM: Amandina VC (1975-2023)

Friday, 8 March 2024

BELGIUM: Amandina VC (1975-2023)

Terrein Schoolstraat, Schakkebroek (formerly VC Amandina)

Belgium, province: Limburg

March 2024 / no match visited

Timeline

1949 / Foundation of a first football club in Schakkebroek, which takes on the name Daring Schakkebroek, acquiring membership of Belgium’s Football Association under registration number 5234. It is unclear where the ground of this football club was situated.
1950 / Daring Schakkebroek first takes part with a first team in Limburg’s Provincial League 3B.
1956 / Winning the title in Limburg’s Provincial League 3E, Daring Schakkebroek accedes to Provincial League 2 for the first time. The spell at that level is short-lived, though, with relegation following instantly in 1957.
1958 / Finishing in fourth place in Limburg’s Provincial League 3C, Daring Schakkebroek wins promotion to P2 for the second time.
1959 / In the best season in club history, Daring Schakkebroek finishes as runners-up in Provincial League 2B.
1961 / Finishing last in P2B, Daring Schakkebroek drops back into Provincial League 3 after three years.
1962 / Finishing in twelfth place in P3E, Daring Schakkebroek withdraws from first team football for the 1962-63 season. Eventually, the club’s registration number is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists in the fall of 1963.
1974 / Foundation of a new football club in Schakkebroek, Schakkebroek VV (Voetbalvereniging), which acquires membership of Belgium’s FA under registration number 8096. The ground of this club, founded and owned by Jef Roosen, is situated at Nieuwerkerkenweg. Schakkebroek VV starts its life in Limburg’s Provincial League 4C.
1975 / Foundation of another football club in Schakkebroek, which takes on the name Amandina Voetbalclub (VC). Amandina’s ground is situated at Schoolstraat. Upon joining Belgium’s Football Association, the club acquires registration number 8259. For the 1975-76 season, Amandina VC is placed in Limburg’s Provincial League 4B.
1978 / Runners-up in Provincial League 4A, Schakkebroek VV accedes to Provincial League 3 for the first time. This first spell at that level remains isolated to just one season, with relegation following instantly in 1979.
1980 / Runners-up in P4A, Amandina VC wins promotion to Provincial League 3 for the first time in club history.
1981 / Amandina VC has the best season in club history, finishing in eighth place in P3C. Meanwhile, Schakkebroek VV, runners-up in P4A, wins promotion to Provincial League 3 for the second time in three years.
1982 / In the best season in club history, Schakkebroek VV finishes in seventh place in P3A. Amandina VC is less fortunate, finishing in second-last place in that same division and dropping back into Provincial League 4 after two seasons.
1983 / Finishing last in P3D, Schakkebroek VV drops back into Provincial League 4.
1988 / Champions in P4B, Amandina VC accedes to Provincial League 3 after an absence of six seasons.
1993 / Second-last in P3E, Amandina VC drops back into Provincial League 4 after five years.
1998 / Having spent the last fifteen seasons of its existence in or near the bottom of the table in Provincial League 4, Schakkebroek VV withdraws from first team football. The club’s registration number is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists in January 1999 – and its ground, Terrein Nieuwerkerkenweg, is eventually demolished to be taken in use as farmland.
2000 / Champions in Provincial League 4D, Amandina VC manages a return to P3.
2001 / Equalling its best performance ever from 1981, Amandina VC finishes in eighth place in Provincial League 3D.
2003 / Finishing in fourteenth place in P3C, Amandina VC descends into Provincial League 4.
2010 / Finishing in fifth place in P4C, Amandina VC – coached by James Gielen, who replaced Patrick Vermolen halfway through the season – qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Defeating K Standaard Val-Meer in R1 (6-3 aggr.) and Heidebloem Wijshagen in R2 (0-0 aggr. and penalty shoot-out), the club eventually wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
2011 / Finishing dead-last in P3C, Amandina VC drops back into Provincial League 4 along with Velm VV, RDK Gravelo, K Bolderberg FC, and Hoger-Op Heide Hasselt.
2018 / Runners-up in P4A, 1 point behind champions KVV Thes Sport B, Amandina VC qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Defeating KFC De Zwaluw Wiemismeer (5-2), the club manages a return to Provincial League 3 after an absence of seven seasons.
2019 / Finishing in last place in P3A, Amandina VC drops back into P4 after just one season, along with second-last finishers SC Donk.
2022 / Finishing in fourth place in P4C, Amandina VC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which it is eliminated in R1 by Belisia Bilzen SV B (4-2 aggr.).
2023 / Finishing in twelfth place in P4A, Amandina VC withdraws from first team football after a conflict between the chairman and coach Guy Flossy, who leaves the club for Sporting Aalst, taking with him no fewer than thirteen players. Following that, the club sees no other option but to cease all activities.