Extreme Football Tourism: BELGIUM: URS Quiévrainoise (±1925-1979, 1981-2008) / AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 (2009-2017) / US Quiévrainoise 70 (2017-2024) / AS Quiévrain-Wasmuel (2025-) / RUS Hensies (B) (2025-2026)

Stade Communal - Rue de Valenciennes, Quiévrain (AS Quiévrain-Wasmuel, formerly URS Quiévrainoise / AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 / US Quiévrainoise 70 / B ground of RUS Hensies)

Belgium, province: Hainaut = Henegouwen

16 VIII 2026 / AS Quiévrain-Wasmuel - RFC Luingnois 0-1 / Hainaut, Provincial Cup R3

Timeline

1909 / Foundation of a football club in Quiévrain, a town in the Province of Hainaut, right on the border with France, not far from Valenciennes. The club saw the daylight after a revue performance on the occasion of the centenary of the local concert band, in which a footballer in full kit sang verses celebrating the glory of the game. The team composed of local youths which was formed in the aftermath of the performance, which was given the name FC Quiévrain, never joined the Belgian Football Association, instead playing occasional gala matches against other teams – including AEC Mons, which saw the daylight one year later, in 1910. It is unclear where the pitch of FC Quiévrain was situated – but it may have been on a plot of farmland opposite the Saulçoir farm, where a rival team settled, Albert Elisabeth, in one of the following years.
1914 / Upon the outbreak of World War I, activities of the two nascent football clubs in Quiévrain, FC Quiévrain and Albert Elisabeth, come to a standstill.
1915 / As football enthusiasts of the two pre-war teams in Quiévrain get together under the leadership of the Billemont brothers, a new club is founded, Union Sportive (US) Quiévrainoise, which does not join the Belgian FA yet. A plot of farmland is put at the disposal of the club by one of the founding members, Aimé Quinet, at Rue de Montroeul (‘Fours à Coke’), opposite of his parents’ farm. The club moved several times in the following four years, first to the Moulin Brûlé (Rue de Valenciennes) and later to the Ruelle de la Gare.
1916 / One year after its foundation, US Quiévrainoise joins the Belgian FA.
1919 / Moving away from the Ruelle de la Gare, US Quiévrainoise settles on a newly laid-out pitch at Ruelle Pitot (modern-day Rue du Petit Bruxelles), but moving back to Rue de Montroeul later that same year. Also in 1919, a rival club sees the daylight, Cercle Sportif (CS) Quiévrain, which joins the Belgian FA that same year, with a ground being laid out at Rue de l’Abattoir. Both clubs are placed in Hainaut’s Regional League 2 for the 1919-20 season.
1920 / In a reorganisation of the Hainaut football pyramid, the two clubs from Quiévrain are placed in Regional League 3 for the 1920-21 season. Meanwhile, US Quiévrainoise continues its odyssey across Quiévrain, moving from Ruelle Pitot to Rue du Transvaal, then to a pitch at the back of the Olivier sugar refinery, and later that same year to Rue de Valenciennes, alongside the Hogneau River.
1921 / After an existence of barely two years, CS Quiévrain folds, ceasing all activities, with a large part of its team joining US Quiévrainoise. In the following years, US Quiévrainoise becomes one of the focal points of leisure activities in the town of Quiévrain, with several other activities – some short-lived, others less so – being added to the myriad of activities, including athletics, tennis, drama, and even a library.
1922 / US Quiévrainoise finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Regional League 3B, with an equal number of points as champions FC Baudourois B.
1923 / In spite of finishing in a modest fifth place in Hainaut’s Regional League 3B, US Quiévrainoise wins promotion to Regional League 2, the top provincial level at that time, probably through co-optation.
1924 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Regional League 2A, US Quiévrainoise drops back into Regional League 3 after just one season, alongside bottom club AA Louviéroise.
± 1925 / Moving away from its pitch near the Hogneau River, US Quiévrainoise settles on a newly laid-out pitch, laid out at Rue de Valenciennes like its predecessor, but closer to the French border – which is where the main pitch of the Stade Communal is still situated today. In order to develop the meadow that was used as a playing field, the club was established as a cooperative society later on in the 1920s or 1930s; this made it possible, thanks to numerous shares purchased by the membership, to drain the land and even to install a small iron grandstand with changing rooms.
1926 / As the Belgian FA introduces its system of registration numbers, US Quiévrainoise sees itself attributed number 70.
1927 or 1928 / US Quiévrainoise manages a return to Hainaut’s Regional League 2 after winning promotion from Regional League 3.
1930 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Regional League 2A, US Quiévrainoise drops back into Regional League 3.
1931 / Champions in Hainaut’s Regional League 3B, ahead of runner-up FC Flénu, US Quiévrainoise wins promotion to Regional League 2 – meanwhile the second level of the provincial pyramid in Hainaut, below the recently introduced Provincial League 2.
1933 / US Quiévrainoise finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Regional League 2A, 1 point below champions FC Houdinois.
1935 / US Quiévrainoise finishes as runner-up in Hainaut’s Regional League 2A, 6 points behind champions US Baudour.
± 1943 / As footballing activities come to a standstill, the iron stand at the Stade Communal is taken apart in pieces and carried off by thieves.
1945 / After several years of near-inactivity, a new board takes over at US Quiévrainoise following the end of World War II and the liberation of the German yoke, with the club again taking its place in Hainaut’s Regional League 2.
1948 / Champions in Hainaut’s Regional League 2B, with an equal number of points as runner-up SC Frameries, but with a superior goal difference (+ 100 vs. +70), US Quiévrainoise wins promotion to Provincial League 2, the top level of Hainaut’s football pyramid, for the first time.
1949 / Finishing in third-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2 – 1 point short of CS Marcinelle, which saves its skin – US Quiévrainoise drops back into Regional League 2 after just one season, alongside RUS Binchoise and bottom club RUS Fleurusienne. The 1948-49 season remains until today the only post-war year in the history of football in Quiévrain with a club at the top provincial level.
1952 / With a Provincial League 1 being formed as the new top level of the Hainaut pyramid and Regional Leagues 2 & 3 being replaced by Provincial Leagues 2 & 3, US Quiévrainoise is placed in Provincial League 3 for the 1952-53 season due to its low league finish in the preceding year. Also in the summer of 1952, with the club having acquired the royal epithet in December 1951, US Quiévrainoise officially changes its name to become Union Royale Sportive (URS) Quiévrainoise.
1955 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, URS Quiévrainoise wins promotion to Provincial League 2.
1965 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2B, URS Quiévrainoise drops back into Provincial League 3 alongside bottom club HS Tertre.
1968 / In Baisieux, a village closely situated to Quiévrain, a football club is formed, Association Sportive (AS) Baisieux, which acquires registration number 7195 upon joining the Belgian FA. The club settles on a pitch situated at Rue de Carochette.
1969 / AS Baisieux takes up its place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, with URS Quiévrainoise sitting at the same level at the time.
1970 / Finishing in third-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, AS Baisieux drops back into the newly formed Provincial League 4 alongside FC Quaregnon, US Frontière, FC Wihéries, SC Roisin, OC Blaton, SC Angre, AS Boussu, and bottom club CDF Española – with Baisieux destined to stay put at the bottom of the league pyramid for the following 23 years.
1973 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals DC Bernissart, URS Quiévrainoise manages a return to Provincial League 2 after eight years.
1977 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2A, URS Quiévrainoise drops back into Provincial League 3, along with bottom club ASC Baudour.
1979 / As a thorough renovation of the Stade Communal at Rue de Valenciennes is undertaken, URS Quiévrainoise settles on a temporary pitch situated at Rue du Marais.
1980 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, 6 points ahead of closest followers FC HS Tertre, URS Quiévrainoise wins promotion to Provincial League 2.
1981 / After two years of renovation works, URS Quiévrainoise returns to the Stade Communal at Rue de Valenciennes, abandoning its temporary ground at Rue du Marais.
1983 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2A, URS Quiévrainoise drops back into Provincial League 3, alongside the club in second-last place, SC Bruyelle.
1993 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, URS Quiévrainoise descends into Provincial League 4 for the first time, alongside the club in second-last place, CDF Española. Humiliatingly for URSQ, local rivals AS Baisieux manage to escape P4 for the first time in 23 years, gaining promotion to Provincial League 3 via the play-offs following a fourth place in Provincial League 4C.
1994 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, AS Baisieux drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one season, alongside the club in second-last place, JUS Maubray.
1999 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B ahead of US Neufvilloise and AS Pommeroeul-Ville, URS Quiévrainoise wins promotion to Provincial League 3 after an absence of six years at that level.
2002 / Runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4A, 2 points behind champions SC Néchin, AS Baisieux wins promotion to Provincial League 3 via the play-offs.
2003 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, URS Quiévrainoise drops back into Provincial League 4 along with bottom club ASC Baudour.
2007 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4C, 7 points ahead of closest followers FC Harchies-Bernissart, URS Quiévrainoise wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
2008 / Runner-up in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B alongside FC Havré, 14 points behind runaway champions FC Vacresse, URS Quiévrainoise fails to win promotion in the ensuing round of play-offs; what is more, burdened by debt, the club has to cease activities straight after the season, with registration number 70 being erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. As such, the Stade Communal at Rue de Valenciennes remains unused for the 2007-08 season.
2009 / Probably at the invitation of municipal authorities, AS Baisieux moved into the Stade Communal in Quiévrain, taking on the new name AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 – the number 70 being a reference to the registration number of the former URS Quiévrainoise. The ground at Rue de Carochette in Baisieux is abandoned and turned into a children’s playground.
2011 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, 2 points ahead of closest rivals US Hensitoise, AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first time.
2013 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 2B, AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 drops back into Provincial League 3 after two seasons, alongside bottom club FC Thulin.
2014 / Finishing in third-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 saves its skin in a relegation play-off against FC Ostiches B (1-2).
2015 / Finishing bottom of the table in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3C, AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 drops back into Provincial League 4 along with Couillet Sport and RFC Ecaussinnois.
2016 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4C, 3 points ahead of runner-up RLC Mesvinois, AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 manages an immediate return to Provincial League 3.
2017 / Finishing in second-last place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 3B, AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 drops back into Provincial League 4 after one year only, along with US Hensitoise and bottom club RSC Wasmes. However, following the 2016-17 season, the club has to cease its activities, with registration number 7195 being erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. Later that year, in November 2017, a successor club is formed in the shape of Union Sportive (US) Quiévrainoise 70, which joins Belgium’s FA with registration number 9697.
2018 / Commencing its existence as a competitive club, US Quiévrainoise 70 is placed in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4, taking the place of the former AS Baisieux-Quiévrain 70 at the Stade Communal, Rue de Valenciennes.
2023 / In the best season in the club’s short existence, US Quiévrainoise 70 finishes in fourth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4D; qualifying for the promotion play-offs, the club knocks out CS Forges in R1 (1-2), only to be eliminated in R2 against Bracquegnies Sports B (1-1 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out).
2024 / Finishing in fourteenth place in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B, US Quiévrainoise 70 is placed in the same division for the 2024-25 season, but has to withdraw before the start of the season, remaining inactive during the rest of the season.
2025 / As the restart of US Quiévrainoise 70 comes to naught, the club ceases to exist, with registration number 9697 being erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list. With the endorsement of municipal authorities, the club’s place at the Stade Communal had already been taken over by a new name in Hainaut’s football, Association Sportive (AS) Quiévrain-Wasmuel. This club had seen the daylight in 2016 as Athletic Club (AC) Quaregnon-Wasmuel, acquiring registration number 9652 and playing at Stade Louis Piérard in Quaregnon; in 2021, following a conflict with local authorities, the club moved to the Complexe Sportif des Cheminots in Wasmuel, taking on the new name FC Wasmuel one year later. In 2025, the move to Quiévrain and the name change described above followed. Also in the summer of 2025, the new inhabitants of the Stade Communal were involuntarily given a groundsharer; as extensive renovation works got underway at the Plaine Communal in Hensies, RUS Hensies moved its first team football to the Stade du Moranfayt in Dour, with that club being given permission by Quiévrain’s mayor to move part of the lower team football and training sessions to the Stade Communal at Rue de Valenciennes.
2026 / Champions in Hainaut’s Provincial League 4B, with an equal number of points as FC Borina Quaregnon, but with a better goal difference (+69 vs. +53), AS Quiévrain-Wasmuel wins promotion to Provincial League 3. Meanwhile, in the summer of 2026, RUS Hensies sees its groundsharing agreement in Quiévrain rescinded in spite of the works at the Plaine Communal in Hensies not being completed yet, with lower team football and training sessions now partly moving to the Terrain Quai du Rieu in Pommeroeul.