Extreme Football Tourism: BELGIUM: RJS Anseremmoise

Stade Baron Michel de Bonhome (RJS Anseremmoise)

Belgium, province: Namur = Namen

22 III 2026 / RJS Anseremmoise - RFC Miécret 1-3 / Namur, Provincial League 3C (= BE level 8)

Timeline

1922 / Foundation of a football club in Anseremme, a village on the River Meuse, just to the south of Dinant in the Province of Namur. The new club, which is given the name Anseremme-Dinant FC, acquires membership of the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) in November 1922 and settles on a ground at Rue du Vélodrome. In another contemporary source, the club is erroneously referred to as Anseremme Sporting Club (SC).
1926 / Anseremme-Dinant FC withdraws from regular league football. Although the club is still nominally a member of the Belgian FA when the system of registration numbers is introduced in December 1926, it does not receive a number – a sign that it was completely inactive by then.
1927 / The Belgian FA membership of Anseremme-Dinant FC is officially renounced in February 1927.
1937 / Foundation of a new football club in Anseremme, FC Anseremme, which joins the Belgian FA under registration number 2461. Its ground is situated in the Darse neighbourhood, close to the modern day marina.
1941 / FC Anseremme folds, ceasing all activities; registration number 2461 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists.
1960 / Foundation of a new football club in Anseremme, which is given the name Jeunesse Sportive (JS) Anseremmoise. The club is given permission by Baron Michel de Bonhome to lay out a pitch on his estate on the heights above the village – more specifically at Charreau de Dréhance. As a result, the pitch is usually referred to locally as the Stade du Baron.
1961 / Under the aegis of the club’s first chairman, Émile Wauthy, JS Anseremmoise acquires membership of the Belgian FA under registration number 6429, being placed in Namur’s Provincial League 3 for the 1961-62 season.
1972 / Clinching the title in Namur’s Provincial League 3C, 4 points ahead of closest followers FC Honnay, JS Anseremmoise wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first time. The successful coach is Jacques Fourneaux.
1976 / Obtaining the title in Namur’s Provincial League 2C, 1 point ahead of closest rivals RUS Assesse, JS Anseremmoise wins promotion to Provincial League 1 for the first and only time in its existence. The successful coach is Jacques Fourneaux. That summer, the wooden clubhouse at Charreau de Dréhance is replaced by a stone construction, still standing today, much closer to the sole pitch of the ground than its predecessor.
1977 / JS Anseremmoise suffers relegation from Namur’s Provincial League 1 after just one season, thus dropping back into Provincial League 2. In one of the following three seasons, the club tumbles back into Provincial League 3.
1982 / Clinching the title in Namur’s Provincial League 3E, 3 points ahead of runner-up Chevetogne Football, JS Anseremmoise wins promotion to Provincial League 2. The successful coach is Serge Mossiat. The spell in P2 does not last very long, with relegation following sometime between 1983 and 1986.
1987 / Winning the title in Namur’s Provincial League 3F, 4 points ahead of closest rivals FC Monceau-en-Ardenne, JS Anseremmoise manages a return to Provincial League 2. The successful coach is Bernard Hengen. Sometime between 1988 and 2003, the club must have suffered two relegations, all the way down into Provincial League 4.
2004 / Obtaining the title in Namur’s Provincial League 4D, 6 points ahead of closest followers RJS Leignon, JS Anseremmoise wins promotion to Provincial League 3. The successful coach is Francis Bar.
2009 / JS Anseremmoise finishes as runner-up in Namur’s Provincial League 3C, 1 point behind champions R Stade Gedinnois.
2010 / JS Anseremmoise finishes as runner-up in Namur’s Provincial League 3C, 12 points behind runaway champions RRC Havelange.
2011 / As the club celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, JS Anseremmoise acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Royale Jeunesse Sportive (RJS) Anseremmoise.
2012 / Finishing in second-last place in Namur’s Provincial League 3C, RJS Anseremmoise drops back into Provincial League 4 alongside RUS Pondrôme and bottom club Bonneville Sport.
2014 / Baron Michel de Bonhome, the owner of the pitch of RJS Anseremmoise, passes away at the age of 86.
2018 / Finishing in third place in Namur’s Provincial League 4D, RJS Anseremmoise qualifies for a promotion play-off group with OC Sommière and RCS Hastièrois – however, losing both of its matches against these respective clubs (5-3 / 0-1), the club misses out a return to P3.
2019 / RJS Anseremmoise finishes as runner-up in Namur’s Provincial League 4D, 8 points behind champions ES Gimnée-Mazée.
2023 / Finishing in fourth place in Namur’s Provincial League 4D, RJS Anseremmoise qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out CSE Han-sur-Lesse in R1 (0-2), only to suffer defeat in R2 at the hands of AC Lustin B (4-3). However, due to additional promotion places being at stake, a lucky loser competition is organised, with RJS Anseremmoise losing to RSC Petit-Waret B in R1 (3-4), but being given another opportunity, goes on to defeat RFC Surice B in R2 (4-2) – sufficient for a return to Provincial League 3 after an absence of eleven seasons.
± 2024 / The Stade du Baron at Charreau de Dréhance is officially renamed Stade Baron Michel de Bonhome.

Note - Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-5 = non-matchday visit, July 2025 / pictures 6-23 = match visit, March 2026.