Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen
July 2025 / no match visited
Timeline
- 1995 / Foundation of a football club in Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde, which takes on the name Football Club (FC) Aldegondois, acquiring registration number 9280 upon joining Belgium's Football Association. It is unclear if the origins of FC Aldegondois are in recreational football; the website of recreational league RGCCMB mentions the existence of a football club called SC Botte Aldegondois in 1986. This would mean that the club's ground at Rue des Boulois predates the year 1995, which seems rather probable given the apparent age of the clubhouse. Whatever the truth of that, FC Aldegondois starts its life as a provincial league club in Hainaut's Provincial League 4.
- 1998 / Champions in Hainaut's Provincial League 4C, 8 points ahead of closest followers Sporting Pont-de-Loup, FC Aldegondois wins promotion to Provincial League 3 for the first time.
- 1999 / In the best season in club history, FC Aldegondois finishes in tenth place in Hainaut's Provincial League 3D.
- 2000 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut's Provincial League 3C, FC Aldegondois drops back into Provincial League 4 after two seasons, along with the club in second-last place, local rivals AC Morlanwelz.
- 2003 / Finishing in third place in Hainaut's Provincial League 4C, FC Aldegondois goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus managing a return to Provincial League 3.
- 2004 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut's Provincial League 3C, FC Aldegondois is retrograded into Provincial League 4 after just one season, along with the club in second-last place, AJS Bonne Espérance Buvrinnes. Enigmatically, that same year, a new club sees the daylight in Mont-Sainte-Aldegonde, Union Sportive (US) Espérance Aldegonde, which obtains registration number 9460 upon joining the Belgian FA. The new club is placed in Hainaut's Provincial League 4, thus meeting head-to-head with FC Aldegondois. Given that name signs of both clubs can be found indicated on the clubhouse walls at Rue des Boulois, it is more than probable that FC Aldegondois and US Espérance Aldegonde shared the facilities.
- 2007 / In its last season, FC Aldegondois finishes in sixth place in Hainaut's Provincial League 4E. Following the 2006-07 season, the club folds, ceasing all activities after twelve years, leaving the facilities at Rue des Boulois to US Espérance Aldegonde. Registration number 9280 is erased from the Belgian FA's official lists.
- 2008 / In the best season in club history, US Espérance Aldegonde finishes in sixth place in Hainaut's Provincial League 4D.
- 2014 / In its last season, US Espérance Aldegonde finishes in eleventh place in Hainaut's Provincial League 4F. Following the 2013-14 season, the club folds, ceasing all activities after ten years. Registration number 9460 is erased from the Belgian FA's official lists.
All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author
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