FRANCE: Avenir Longlaville (1936-2016) / AS Saulnes-Longlaville (B) (2016-)

Stade de la Frontière, Longlaville (B ground of AS Saulnes-Longlaville, formerly Avenir Longlaville)

France, department: Meurthe-et-Moselle

October 2010 & August 2022 / no match visited

Note 1: Avenir Longlaville, founded in 1936, merged with Club Sportif (CS) Saulnois in 2016, forming Avenir Sportif (AS) Saulnes-Longlaville, often referred to with the acronym ASSL. After the merger, first team football moved to Saulnes' Stade Christian Salari, while Longlaville's ground remained in use for lower team football and training purposes. Remarkably, the stadium in Longlaville is no more than several yards away from France's border with Luxembourg; note that, in between my two visits, the small covered stand opposite the main stand was removed (cp. photos below).

Note 2: Below, a compilation of photos of two different non-matchday visits: pictures 1 & 9-11 = October 2010 / pictures 2-8 & 12-14 = August 2022. 

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

FRANCE: AS Wasselonne

Municipal-Rue de Romanswiller, Wasselonne (AS Wasselonne)

France, department: Bas-Rhin / Lower Rhine

October 2010 / no match visited

LUXEMBOURG: FC Hamm 37 (1937-1940, 1944-2004) / FK Hamm (1940-1944) / FC RM Hamm (B) (2004-2006) / RM Hamm Benfica (B) (2006-2020) / FC RM Hamm Benfica (B) (2020-2022) / FC Luxembourg City (B) (2022-)

Stade Hans Sowa, Luxembourg = Luxemburg Hamm (FC RM Hamm Benfica - B ground, formerly FC Hamm 37 / FK Hamm / B ground of FC RM Hamm & RM Hamm Benfica)

Luxembourg, canton: Luxembourg

October 2010 & May 2022 / no match visited

Note 1: FC Hamm 37, obviously founded in 1937, were forced by German occupation authorities to 'germanify' their club name, thus being known as FK Hamm in the war years. In 2004, a merger was concluded with RM 86 Luxembourg, resulting in the foundation of FC RM Hamm. First team football moved to RM 86 Luxembourg's Stade au Cents, while Hamm's Stade Hans Sowa remained in use for lower team football and training purposes - also after FC RM Hamm's name change to become RM Hamm Benfica in 2006 and - after a merger with FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach-Sandžak in 2020 - FC RM Hamm Benfica. 

Note 2: Below, a compilation of photos of two different non-matchday visits: pictures 1 & 3-10 = May 2022 / picture 2 = October 2010. 

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

LUXEMBOURG: Union Luxembourg (1925-2005) / Racing FC Union Luxembourg (2005-)

Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg (Racing FC Union Luxembourg, formerly Union Sportive Luxembourg)

Luxembourg, canton: Luxembourg

24 X 2010 / Racing FC Union Luxembourg - AS La Jeunesse d'Esch 4-1 / National Division (= LUX level 1)

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

LUXEMBOURG: F91 Dudelange (1991)

Stade John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Dudelange (formerly F91 Dudelange)

Luxembourg, canton: Esch-sur-Alzette

October 2010 / no match visited

Note - The Stade John Fitzgerald (J.F.) Kennedy is home to athletics club CA (Cercle Athlétique) Dudelange as well as American football club Luxembourg Steelers of Dudelange (previously named Dudelange Dragons and Luxembourg Dragons of Dudelange). Given that, at my visit in 2010, there was a football pitch, some sort of football must have been played on the pitch as well - but not by F91 Dudelange, who have consistently used the three grounds of the clubs being absorbed in the 1991 merger: Stade Jos Nosbaum (US Dudelange), Stade Amadéo Barozzi (Alliance Dudelange), and Stade Aloyse Meyer (Stade Dudelange). However, right after the merger, F91 Dudelange played the first matches of the 1991-92 season at Stade J.F. Kennedy, probably due to a new main stand being under construction at Stade Jos Nosbaum at the time. More than a decade previously, in 1980, the ground even hosted an international football match, as Luxembourg entertained the United States in a friendly game (0-2) attended by 1,680 spectators.

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

BELGIUM: R Jeunesse Freylangeoise

Stade Ernest Thomas, Freylange (R Jeunesse Freylangeoise)

Belgium, province: Luxembourg

23 X 2010 / RJ Freylangeoise - RRC Mormont 0-3 / Belgian Luxembourg, Provincial League 1 (= BE level 5)

4 VIII 2022 / RJ Freylangeoise - RES Aubange 2-2 / Belgian Luxembourg, Provincial Cup - group stage, group D

Timeline

• 1927 / In December 1927, Jeunesse Freylangeoise is founded, joining Belgian Luxembourg's Provincial Committee. According to locals, the club have played their football at the current ground at Chemin de Jungenbusch from the beginning onwards.
• 1928 / In February 1928, the club obtains affiliation with the Belgian Football Association under matricule 1167.
• 1953 / The club obtains the royal epithet, thus becoming Royale Jeunesse (RJ) Freylangeoise.
• 2006 / Former Freylange player and club president (two spells, 1969-76 & 1979-94) Ernest Thomas passes away aged 80. The ground at Chemin de Jungenbusch is renamed Stade Ernest Thomas in his honour.
• 2008 / After decades of relative anonymity in the lower echelons of Belgian Luxembourg's provincial leagues, RJ Freylangeoise wins promotion to Provincial League 1 for the first time. In the following years, the club has alternated spells in Provincial League 1 and Provincial League 2.
• 2023 / Being placed in Luxembourg's Provincial League 2A for the 2023-24 season, RJ Freylangeoise withdrew its first team in November 2023 after a string of heavy defeats.  

Note: Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-2 = non-matchday visit, October 25th, 2010 / pictures 3-18 = match visit, August 2022. No pictures of my first match visit at Stade Ernest Thomas, October 23rd, 2010, have been included.

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