BELGIUM: Sporting Ons Heem (1969-2019)

Terrein Kerkplein, Genk Zwartberg (formerly Sporting Ons Heem)

Belgium, province: Limburg

August 2023 & September 2025 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1939-41 / Construction of the Sint-Albertuskerk in Zwartberg, a neighbourhood in the far north of the industrial city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. The aiseless church is erected following a design by architec Henri Lacoste. The church is built next to the local girls' school, les Liégeois en Campine, renamed Sint-Albertusscholen in 1946.
• 1969 / Foundation of a recreational football club by a group of local Zwartberg youths. The club is given the name Sporting Ons Heem, with a pitch being used at the back of the Sint-Albertuskerk at Kerkplein.
• 2019 / After an existence of fifty years, Sporting Ons Heem is evicted from Terrein Kerkplein. The club folds subsequently.

Note – Below, a compilation of photos of two different non-matchday (ruin) visits: pictures 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 12 & 14-17 = September 2025 / pictures 3, 5-6, 8-9, 11 & 13 = August 2023.

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