Friday, 22 July 2022

BELGIUM: RUS Marbehan (B) (±1970-2014) / RUS Marbehan (2014-)

Complexe Sportif Bois des Isles terr. 1, Marbehan (RUS Marbehan, formerly B pitch of RUS Marbehan)

Belgium, province: Luxembourg = Luxemburg

July 2022 & July 2025 / no match visited

Timeline
  • 1934 / Foundation of Union Sportive (US) Marbehan, which acquires membership of Belgium’s Football Assocation under registration number 2123. The club settles on a location near the local wood processing plant, Lambiotte; hence the ground was usually referred to simply as 'Près des Usines (Lambiotte)' or, in English, 'Near the factories (of Lambiotte)'. It is unclear to me if this location coincides with the current Complexe Sportif du Bois des Isles – as it is unclear if the training pitch to the southern side of Rue des Prés was part of the set-up from the outset (most probably not). Any information regarding this matter is more than welcome; please get in touch!
  • 1983 / One year ahead of the club’s fiftieth anniversary, US Marbehan acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Royale Union Sportive (RUS) Marbehan.
  • 2014 / Finishing in second-last place in Luxembourg’s Provincial League 2A, RUS Marbehan descends into Provincial League 3, alongside RSC Athusien and bottom club SC Mussy. Also in 2014, more specifically in the month of May, after building works which took several years, a new clubhouse and stand are inaugurated alongside the training pitch of RUS Marbehan, situated on the other side of Rue des Prés. First team football is moved to this pitch, with the old main pitch on the northern side of the road being retained for lower team football and training sessions – as well as the occasional first team match in pre-season – until the present day.





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

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