Belgium, province: Liège = Luik
22 VIII 2024 / RJSK Crisnée - RDC Cointe-Liège 0-1 / Liège, Provincial League 2A (= BE level 7)
Timeline
- 1912 / Foundation of a first football club in Crisnée, which is given the name Crisnée FC. The club joins Belgium’s Football Association (UBSSA, the future URBSFA / KBVB). The club ceased its activities following the German occupation of Belgium in 1914.
- 1922 / Foundation of a first football club in Kemexhe, a village to the south of Crisnée. The new club is given the name Union Sportive (US) Kemexhe. US Kemexhe joins Belgium’s Football Association.
- 1924 / US Kemexhe folds, ceasing all activities.
- 1926 / Foundation of a new football club in Kemexhe, which is given the name Kemexhe FC. In December 1926, when the Belgian Football Association introduces its list of registration numbers, Kemexhe FC receives number 692.
- 1927 / After an existence of just one year, Kemexhe FC folds, ceasing all activities. Registration number 692 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists.
- 1933 / Foundation of a new football club in Crisnée, which is given the name Crisnée Sport. The club joins Belgium’s FA, obtaining registration number 1963. That same year, in the village of Thys, to the northwest of Crisnée, a club sees the daylight as well, which is given the name Chats Sportifs (CS) Thys. CS Thys obtains registration number 1982 upon being accepted as new FA member.
- 1939 / In the summer of 1939, Crisnée Sport and CS Thys both fold, ceasing all activities, probably due to the mobilisation of the Belgian armed forces having depleted both clubs’ pool of potential players. The clubs’ registration numbers 1963 and 1982 are erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists.
- 1941 / After the German occupation of Belgium, a new football club is founded in Kemexhe, which is given the name Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Kemexhe, with the club obtaining registration number 2935 upon joining Belgium’s FA. Later that same year, Chats Sportifs (CS) Thys is re-founded, with the club obtaining a new FA registration number, 3213.
- 1943 / Chats Sportifs Thys changes its name to become Thys Union.
- 1944 / Thys Union changes its name to become Alliance Thys Crisnée in June 1944, with the club reverting to the old Thys Union in December 1944, after the liberation of Belgium.
- 1948 / JS Kemexhe and Thys Union both fold in the early months of 1948, ceasing all activities. Registration number 2935 and 3213 are erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists.
- 1965 / The villages of Kemexhe and Thys, which had been independent municipalities up to this point, are added to the municipality of Crisnée.
- 1967 / Foundation of a recreational football club in Kemexhe, which is given the exact same name as the previous club in the village, Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Kemexhe. The club joins recreational league ALFA (Association Liégeoise du Football Amateur). JS Kemexhe plays its home matches on the pitch situated at Rue Oscar Driesmans from the outset.
- 1986 / After nineteen years of ALFA membership, JS Kemexhe joins the official Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB), obtaining registration number 9035 upon being accepted as new member club. The club is placed in Liège’s Provincial League 4.
- 1988 / In the club’s second season in Liège’s provincial divisions, JS Kemexhe wins the title in Provincial League 4 (A?), thus winning promotion to Provincial League 3 for the first time. It is unclear how long the club’s first spell at this level lasted – it is clear, though, that the club never managed to reach a higher level than P3 in the first 25 years as a Belgian FA member.
- 2011 / Runners-up in Liège’s Provincial League 4A, 1 point behind champions RFC Jehaytois, JS Kemexhe qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in the first qualifying round by Union Hesbignonne (1-2).
- 2012 / Champions in Liège’s Provincial League 4A, 10 points ahead of closest rivals R Juprelle Union, JS Kemexhe wins promotion to Provincial League 3. In the following season, the club easily holds its own at this level, finishing in seventh place in P3A.
- 2014 / JS Kemexhe changes its name to become JS Kemexhe Crisnée, occasionally abbreviated as JSK Crisnée or even JS Crisnée.
- 2015 / Finishing in fifth place in Provincial League 3A, JS Kemexhe Crisnée qualifies for the promotion play offs, in which the club is eliminated in the first qualifying round by RES Templiers-Nandrin (7-3).
- 2016 / Finishing in third place in P3A, JS Kemexhe Crisnée qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club defeats R Union Flémalle in the first qualifying round (1-0) before being defeated by R Union Momalloise in R2 (1-1 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out). In a lucky loser play-off, organised due to extra promotion places being available, the club is defeated by FC Union Walhorn (1-0), thus missing out on promotion.
- 2017 / JS Kemexhe Crisnée obtains the royal epithet, thus changing its name to become Royale Jeunesse Sportive (RJS) Kemexhe Crisnée.
- 2022 / Finishing in third place in Liège’s Provincial League 3A, RJS Kemexhe Crisnée qualifies for the promotion play-offs, defeating R Oreye Union in R1 (1-1 & penalty shoot-out) and Solières Sport B in R2 (score unknown), only to suffer defeat in the final at the hands of R Seraing Athlétique FC (1-3).
- 2024 / Champions in Provincial League 3A, 2 points ahead of runners-up Patro Lensois, RJS Kemexhe Crisnée accedes to Provincial League 2 for the first time in club history. Also in 2024, a new ground for the club is laid out at Rue de Hesdre by Crisnée’s municipal authorities, but due to the clubhouse not being erected yet, the official inauguration of the ground as well as the club’s abandoning Terrain de la Rue Oscar Driesmans will probably have to wait until mid-2025.
Note - Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1 & 3-18 = match visit, August 2024 / picture 2 = non-matchday visit, August 2021.
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