BELGIUM: FC Nieuwe Kempen (±1971-1981) / SK Nieuwe Kempen (1981-2003)

Terrein Petuniastraat, Nieuwe Kempen (formerly FC Nieuwe Kempen & SK Nieuwe Kempen)

Belgium, province: Limburg

September 2025 / no match visited

Timeline

• ± 1971 / Foundation of a football club in Nieuwe Kempen, a hamlet halfway between Opglabbeek and Zwartberg, the northernmost neighbourhood of Genk, in Belgian Limburg, constructed in the course of the 1960s as a new neighbourhood. The new club, which is given the name FC Nieuwe Kempen, joins a recreational football association, the so-called Koninklijke Belgische Liefhebbersvoetbalbond (KBLV). The club settles on a pitch laid out at Petuniastraat.
• 1981 / FC Nieuwe Kempen changes its name to become Sport- & Kultuurvereniging (SK) Nieuwe Kempen.
• 1986 / Under the leadership of chairman Frits Cardinaels, SK Nieuwe Kempen makes the leap to the official Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB), acquiring registration number 9028 and being placed in Limburg’s Provincial League 4.
• 1992 / Clinching the title in Limburg’s Provincial League 4E, SK Nieuwe Kempen accedes to Provincial League 3 for the first time.
• 1993 / Finishing bottom of the table in Limburg’s Provincial League 3C, SK Nieuwe Kempen drops back into Provincial League 4 after only one season.
• 2003 / Moving away from Terrein Petuniastraat, SK Nieuwe Kempen settles on a newly laid-out ground at Resedastraat, in the immediate vicinity of the local community centre, Gemeenschapscentrum De Krinkel. On that location, the club spends the last twelve years of its existence. Terrein Petuniastraat still exists today, but has only been in use for recreational purposes and by the local school children since 2003. 

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