Belgium, province: Namur = Namen
19 IV 2026 / SFC Onoz - RFC Rhisnois B 1-1 / Namur, Provincial League 4B (= BE level 9)
Timeline
- 1973 / Foundation of a football club in Onoz, a tiny village situated between Jemeppe-sur-Sembre and Gembloux, in the northwestern part of the Province of Namur. With Pol Baland taking on the role of chairman, the new club takes on the rather unusual name Standario Football Club (SFC) Onoz – with Standario being a reference to all six founding members being supporters of R Standard de Liège (hence red and white were chosen as club colours); as one of the six, Giorgio Chelli, was of Italian heritage, he convinced the others not to use the straightforward Standard as a prefix, but the Italianised Standario. As SFC Onoz is admitted to the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB), the club receives registration number 7999. With the club starting its existence in Namur’s Provincial League 4, SFC Onoz settles on a pitch laid out at Rue de Fleurus, i.e. the location in use until today; in the early days, the facilities were basic, with a shed serving as a dressing room and cows being allowed onto the pitch during weekdays. It was not until several years later that a clubhouse was added to the set-up.
- 2002 / Clinching the title in Namur’s Provincial League 3A – incidentally the first title in club history – SFC Onoz wins promotion to Provincial League 2. The decisive points are clinched in an emphatic 6-1 away win at REH Bierwart. The successful coach is Eric Crombez. Due to renovation works at the clubhouse at Rue de Fleurus, SFC Onoz plays the first half of the 2002-03 season as groundsharers with RCS Bossièrois at Rue de la Croix Rouge.
- 2009 / Finishing in twelfth place in Namur’s Provincial League 2A, SFC Onoz goes on to suffer defeat in a relegation play-off against FC Achêne, resulting in the club descending into Provincial League 3, alongside EC Velainois (which ceases its activities), R Entente Wartet FC, and bottom club ES Boninne.
- 2011 / Finishing in thirteenth place in Namur’s Provincial League 3B, SFC Onoz descends into Provincial League 4, along with AC Lustin B, FC Clermont, and bottom club JS Falisolle-Aisemont.
- 2013 / Finishing in third place in Namur’s Provincial League 4B, SFC Onoz qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is drawn into a group with Racing FC Fosses B and RUS Méan; with Onoz managing wins against both of these teams (3-2 and 0-4 respectively), the club manages a return to Provincial League 3 after two years.
- 2016 / Runner-up in Namur’s Provincial League 3B, 9 points behind champions RFC Surice, SFC Onoz qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is drawn into a group with US Thy-le-Château and Jeunesse Taviétoise; with Onoz managing a goalless draw against the former and a 4-2 away win against the latter, the club wins the group on goal difference, thus gaining promotion to Provincial League 2 – with Thy-le-Château also making the leap to this level thanks to extra promotion places turning out to be available.
- 2017 / Withdrawing its team from Provincial League 2A in December 2016, SFC Onoz descends into Provincial League 3 along with RAEC Sclayn. However, the club’s board decides not to field a regular first team in the 2017-18 season.
- 2018 / SFC Onoz re-establishes a first team, which starts its existence in Namur’s Provincial League 4.
- 2019 / Joint runners-up in Namur’s Provincial League 4B with RCS Bossièrois, 6 points behind champions RU Sambrevilloise B, SFC Onoz fails to win promotion to Provincial League 3 in the subsequent round of promotion play-offs.
- 2023 / Finishing in fifth place in Namur’s Provincial League 4B, SFC Onoz qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by FC Malonne 2000 B (3-1).
- 2026 / One year after a new committee took over the club, Standario FC Onoz changes its name to become simply FC Onoz.
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