BELGIUM: R Charleroi SC (B) (19??-±1998) / ROC Charleroi (B) (±1998-2000, 2023-) / ROC Charleroi-Marchienne (D) (2000-2010) / ROC Charleroi-Marchienne (C) (2010-2016, 2020-2023) / ROC Charleroi (C) (2016-2019) / OC Charleroi-Farciennes (C) (2019-2020)

Terrain de la Rue Georges Tourneur terr. 1, Charleroi Marchienne-au-Pont (B ground of ROC Charleroi, formerly youth academy ground of R Charleroi SC / ROC Charleroi-Marchienne / OC Charleroi-Farciennes)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

20 IX 2025 / ROC Charleroi U17 - CS Entité Manageoise U17 4-0 /  Hainaut, Provincial U17 PA Round 1

Timeline

• ± 1998 / With the history of this ground (currently pitch 1 of ROC Charleroi’s youth academy) obviously going back far further than 1998, it is clear that around this time, R Charleroi SC abandoned its youth academy ground at Rue Georges Tourneur in Marchienne-au-Pont, consisting of two pitches directly to the south of the training ground of RA Marchiennoise des Sports – probably moving away already at that point to Stade Marius Meurée in Marcinelle. Its place at Rue Georges Tourneur is taken by ROC Charleroi, who moves its youth academy here from the Stade de la Chenevière in Marcinelle. According to one source, the pitch at Rue Georges Tourneur was previously in use by a recreational club tied to the EBES (later renamed Electrabel) company.
• 2000 / As a merger is concluded between ROC Charleroi and RA Marchiennoise des Sports, resulting in the foundation of ROC Charleroi-Marchienne, which retains Olympic’s registration number 246, the two youth academy grounds at the far southern end of Rue Georges Tourneur are also merged into one. With first team football moving to ROC Charleroi’s Stade Neuville in Montignies-sur-Sambre, the merger club retains the two grounds in Marchienne-au-Pont; the Stade Communal becomes the training ground of the first team, whereas the four pitches at Rue Georges Tourneur become ROCCM’s youth academy ground.
• 2010 / Pitch 1 at Rue Georges Tourneur is equipped with a synthetic surface.
• 2015 / Pitch 4 at Rue Georges Tourneur is equipped with a synthetic surface.
• 2016 / ROC Charleroi-Marchienne changes its name to become ROC Charleroi – thus dropping the reference to the erstwhile RA Marchiennoise des Sports.
• 2019 / ROC Charleroi absorbs R Châtelet-Farciennes SC, with the club name being adapted to become Olympic Club (OC) Charleroi-Farciennes. 
• 2020 / OC Charleroi-Farciennes changes its name back to becoming ROC Charleroi. 
• 2023 / As it seems, ROC Charleroi abandoned the Stade Communal in Marchienne-au-Pont in the summer of 2023, with all activities being centred at Stade Neuville and the four pitches at the southern end of Rue Georges Tourneur.

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