Extreme Football Tourism: BELGIUM: RSC Modave

Tuesday 23 July 2024

Terrain de la Route de Modave, Modave (RSC Modave)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

23 VII 2024 / RSC Modave - R Ougrée FC B 6-2 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline

1929 / Foundation of a football club in Modave, which takes on the name Modave Sporting Club (SC) and acquires membership of Belgium’s Football Association under registration number 1497. The club settles on a pitch situated in the village proper (exact location unknown).
± 1946 / Modave SC settles on a newly laid out pitch at Route de Modave, where the club ha been home ever since. The grounds are rented from water company Compagnie Intercommunale Bruxelloise des Eaux (CIBE, renamed VIVAQUA in 2006), which also owns the Château de Modave nearby.
± 1970 / Modave SC’s performances in the 20th century have been poorly documented, but it is known that the club had a spell in Liège’s Provincial League 2 in the 1960s and 1970s. This is the highest level attained in club history.
1979 / Modave SC acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Modave Sporting Club (Société Royale) – later usually given as RSC (Royal Sporting Club) Modave.
2000 / Clinching the title in Liège’s Provincial League 4C, RSC Modave wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
2011 / Finishing second-last in Liège’s Provincial League 3A, RSC Modave drops back into P4 along with JS Hognouloise and bottom club R Union Momalloise.
2020 / In the club’s best year since the relegation in 2011, RSC Modave finds itself in third place in P4B in March 2020, 11 points behind leaders Solières Sport B, when the season is broken off due to the COVID lockdown.