BELGIUM: FC Saint-Germain

Terrain de la Route de Perwez, Saint-Germain (FC Saint-Germain)

Belgium, province: Namur = Namen

1 XII 2024 / FC Saint-Germain - JS Bois-de-Villers 2-2 / Namur, Provincial League 3B (= BE level 8)

Timeline

• 1972 / Foundation of a football club in Saint-Germain, a village not far from Eghezée in the north of the Province of Namur. The club, which takes on the name FC Saint-Germain, acquires registration number 7766 upon joining the Belgian Football Association. The club settles on a pitch laid out at Route de Perwez in the heart of the village, where it has been home ever since.
• 1992 / Although the early history of FC Saint-Germain has been poorly documented, it is clear that the club never rose to a level higher than Namur’s Provincial League 2. The historic promotion occurred in 1992 with coach Alain Conobert. It is unclear for how many years the club held its own at this level before dropping back into Provincial League 3.
• 2011 / Finishing in third place in Namur’s Provincial League 3A, FC Saint-Germain qualifies for the promotion play-offs. In the group stage, the club finishes in last place, losing both of its encounters – against US Gelbressée (0-1) and Racing FC Fosses (2-1). With both of these clubs acceding to Provincial League 2 as a result, FC Saint-Germain plays an extra match against the club which finished in last place in the other play-off group, SC Graide – in fact winning this showdown handsomely, 6-2, but as no extra promotion places fall free, the club ultimately misses out on promotion to P2.
• 2013 / Finishing in third-last place in Namur’s Provincial League 3A, FC Saint-Germain descends into the bottom division of Namur’s regional divisions, Provincial League 4, along with RCS Profondeville B and bottom club CAPS Namur.
• 2015 / Clinching the title in Namur’s Provincial League 4B, 5 points ahead of closest followers CS Wépionnais B, FC Saint-Germain manages a return to Provincial League 3.
• 2016 / As chairman Stéphan Marchand leaves the club at short notice, coach Alain Conobert takes over his role, thus assuring the survival of the club.
• 2025 (projected) / Three years after the club’s fiftieth anniversary, FC Saint-Germain acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Royal Football Club (RFC) Saint-Germain.

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author