BELGIUM: KVV Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle (2021-) / SK Wichelen matr. 7452 (2021-)

Sportpark De Cirkel, Schellebelle (SK Wichelen & KVV Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle)

Belgium, province: East Flanders = Oost-Vlaanderen

19 V 2024 / KVV Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle - KVV Laarne-Kalken 1-2 / East Flanders, Provincial League 2 - promotion play-off final (= BE level 7)

Timeline

• 1938 / Foundation of a football club in Schellebelle, which is given the name Eendracht Schellebelle and obtains membership of Belgium’s Football Association under registration number 4022.
• 1943 / Foundation of a football club in Wichelen, which takes on the name Sportkring (SK) Wichelen, obtaining membership of Belgium’s Football Association under registration number 4020. Also in 1943, after an existence of five years, Eendracht Schellebelle is absorbed into another club, Studenten-Oud-Studenten (SOS) Schellebelle, which was not an FA member until that time, but is accepted as a new affiliate under Eendracht’s registration number 4022. 
• 1959 / Foundation of a football club in the village of Serskamp, which takes on the name Eendracht Serskamp, obtaining registration number 6230 upon being accepted as new Belgian FA member. The club probably settled at Terrein Bruin Kruis already at from the outset in 1959.
• 1965 / SK Wichelen folds, ceasing all activities. Registration number 4020 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists.
• ± 1966 / Moving away from Terrein Kloosterland, where the club may have started its life in the 1940s, SOS Schellebelle settles at the newly laid-out Terrein Hoekstraat.
• 1969 / After four years, a new SK Wichelen sees the daylight; this successor club obtains registration number 7452 upon joining Belgium’s FA. This new SK Wichelen starts its life at Terrein Doornweg.
• 2008 / A merger is concluded between SOS Schellebelle KV and Eendracht Serskamp, resulting in the foundation of Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging (KVV) Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle, with SOS Schellebelle's registration number 4022 being retained. Henceforth, first team football is played at Terrein Bruin Kruis in Serskamp, with the new club’s youth academy settling at Terrein Hoekstraat in Schellebelle. 
• 2020 / Works get underway at the construction of a new sports park for KVV Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle as well as SK Wichelen on the location of Terrein Hoekstraat in Schellebelle, which is knocked down to make way for a completely new set of constructions. Archaeological excavations, undertaken before the building works get underway, prove that the site was once a Bronze Age circular grave (2nd millennium B.C.) – giving the ground its future name, Sportpark De Cirkel.
• 2021 / Abandoning their old grounds, Terrein Doornweg in Wichelen and Terrein Bruin Kruis in Serskamp respectively, SK Wichelen and KVV Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle settle at the newly built Sportpark De Cirkel in Schellebelle. The old main pitch of SOS Schellebelle's Terrein Hoekstraat is now occupied by Sportpark De Cirkel’s B pitch, which is surrounded by a running track.
• 2022 / Finishing in fourth place in P4E, SK Wichelen qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which it successively defeats SK Vlierzele (3-1) and SVH Waasmunster (2-4) to win promotion to Provincial League 3. Also in 2022, finishing in third place in P3B, KVV Schelde qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club succeeds in defeating KVC Eendracht Deftinge in R1 (5-2) and KSK Zingem in R2 (4-0) to achieve promotion to Provincial League 2. In the summer of 2022, Terrein Bruin Kruis in Serskamp, which had remained in use for training sessions, is abandoned once and for all.
• 2023 / SK Wichelen’s old ground at Doornweg, abandoned two years previously, is knocked down to make way for housing.
• 2024 / Finishing in fourth place in P2B, KVV Schelde qualifies for the promotion play-offs for a place in East Flanders’ Provincial League 1. Successively defeating TK Meldert (0-1), VC Nokere-Kruishoutem (0-2), and KSVK Maldegem (2-4), the club reaches the final, in which it is eliminated by KVV Laarne-Kalken (1-2) in front of a home crowd in Schellebelle of some 900 spectators - thus narrowly missing out on an unprecedented promotion to East Flanders' Provincial League 1. Also in 2024, finishing bottom of the table in East Flanders’ Provincial League 3C, SK Wichelen drops back into P4 after two seasons, along with KFC Hoger Op Kalken B.
• 2025 / Finishing in fourth place in East Flanders' Provincial League 2B, KVV Schelde qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by FC Sint-Joris Sleidinge (1-2). Meanwhile, down in Provincial League 4D, SK Wichelen finishes in fourth place, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which the club manages a defeat of KVV Zomergem (1-3), sufficient for an immediate return to Provincial League 3.
• 2026 / Champions in East Flanders' Provincial League 2C, with an equal number of points as runner-up KFC Juventus Schoonaarde, but with a better goal difference (+58 vs. +44, equal number of wins), KVV Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle wins promotion to Provincial League 1 for the first time. Meanwhile, down in Provincial League 3C, SK Wichelen finishes in third-last place, going on to save its skin in a relegation play-off against KFC Eendracht Zele (3-3 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out).

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

NETHERLANDS: USV Elinkwijk (B) (2000-2023)

Reinder Strikwerda Opleidingscentrum, Utrecht Zuilen (formerly USV Elinkwijk - youth academy pitch)

Netherlands, province: Utrecht

May 2024 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1919 / Foundation of a football club in Zuilen, which takes on the name A&VV (Athletiek- en Voetbalvereeniging) Elinkwijk. The club – alternatively referred to in the early years as vv Elinkwijk or even vv Elinckwijk – settles on a pitch laid out at Daalseweg.
• 1920 / A&VV Elinkwijk moves to a newly laid-out pitch, also situated at Daalseweg.
• 1930 / A&VV Elinkwijk moves to a newly laid-out pitch at Daalseweg, put at the club’s disposal by the Netherlands’ Steel Factories.
• 1937 / Inauguration of A&VV Elinkwijk’s new ground, Sportterrein aan de Amsterdamsestraatweg - renamed Sportpark Zuilen after a renovation in 1952.
• 2000 / Inauguration of the so-called Reinder Strikwerda Opleidingscentrum, which includes a youth pavilion as well as a covered stand on one of Sportpark Zuilen’s side pitches. The construction of both is taken care of by Midreth, a building company led by former Elinkwijk goalkeeper Joop Leliveld.
• 2023 / The B pitch of Sportpark Zuilen is dismantled in a renovation of Sportpark Zuilen, which will lead USV Elinkwijk to move to a new-to-be built park 500 metres down the road in late 2024.

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NETHERLANDS: vv Elsendorp (1980-2024) / SV De Middenpeel (A&B) (2024-)

Sportpark De Dompt, Elsendorp (vv Elsendorp)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord-Brabant

12 V 2024 / vv Elsendorp - SVEB 3-2 / District South II, Sunday League 5D (= NL level 10)

Timeline

• 1946 / Foundation of a first football club in Elsendorp, of which the exact name has not been preserved (probably vv Elsendorp or RKVV Elsendorp), with home matches being played on a pasture at the back of Café Toontje Buets. Initially, the club plays only friendly matches, with league football being endeavoured somewhat later.
• 1950 / The first football club in Elsendorp folds, ceasing all activities due to a lack of membership.
• 1963 / Foundation of a new club in Elsendorp, Voetbalvereniging (vv) Elsendorp, which settles at Terrein Toontje Buets, the pitch previously used by the club which folded in 1950. After a short while, vv Elsendorp moves on to a new ground, Terrein Sevenster at Elsendorpseweg (near the Cleefswit forests), which was an improvement compared to the old pitch given that the surface consisted of grass rather than sand.
• ± 1966 / Abandoning Terrein Sevenster, vv Elsendorp moves on to Terrein Haverkort, another pasture situated at Elsendorpseweg.
• ± 1970 / Abandoning Terrein Haverkort, vv Elsendorp settles at Terrein Limbraweg, a pasture put at the club’s disposal by the Roman Catholic church.
• 1980 / Abandoning Terrein Limbraweg, vv Elsendorp settles at Sportpark De Dompt, situated in the village proper.
• 1996 / Never having managed to climb up to Sunday League 4 from the ranks of the Noord-Brabantse Voetbalbond (NBVB) in the first 33 years of the club’s existence, vv Elsendorp is now played in District South I’s Sunday League 6I as the district leagues below Sunday League 4 are abolished and incorporated into the regular KNVB leagues.
• 2000 / Finishing runners-up in District South I’s Sunday League 6I, just 1 point behind vv Nederwetten, vv Elsendorp goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus acceding to Sunday League 5.
• 2001 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South I’s Sunday League 5I, vv Elsendorp drops back into Sunday League 6 along with vv ZSV and vv Nijnsel.
• 2004 / Finishing runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 6G, 4 points behind SCMH, vv Elsendorp fails to win promotion in the play-offs.
• 2011 / Champions in District South II’s Sunday League 6E, 4 points ahead of RKVV HRC ’27, vv Elsendorp accedes to Sunday League 5 for the first time in eleven years.
• 2012 / Finishing in tenth place in District South II’s Sunday League 5F, vv Elsendorp drops back into League 6 after just one year after an unsuccessful set of play-offs, accompanying the clubs directly descending into that division, SV ONDO and vv Koningslust.
• 2013 / Runners-up in District South II’s Sunday League 6D, 5 points behind champions vv EWC ’46, vv Elsendorp wins promotion to Sunday League 5 after a successful set of play-off matches. Yet again, the stay at this level lasts for one season only, with relegation following immediately due to a last-place finish in District South II’s Sunday League 5G.
• 2015 / Finishing in fifth place in District South II’s Sunday League 6D, vv Elsendorp wins promotion to League 5 via the play-offs – having stayed at that level until the present day following the abolition of Sunday League 6 in District South II in 2016.
• 2024 / vv Elsendorp concludes a merger is concluded with neighbour club RKVV Fiducia from De Rips, resulting in the foundation of SV De Middenpeel; for the time being, home games will alternately be played in Elsendorp and De Rips. 

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BELGIUM: KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem

Terrein Kerkakkers, Kruishoutem (KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem, formerly KSK Kruishoutem)

Belgium, province: East Flanders = Oost-Vlaanderen

9 V 2024 / KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem - KVV Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle 0-2 / East Flanders, Provincial League 2 - promotion play-off R1 (= BE level 7)

Timeline

• 1928 / Foundation of a first football club in Kruishoutem, which takes on the name Sportkring (SK) Cruyshautem – which is the French orthography of the name of the East Flemish village – obtaining membership of Belgium’s FA under registration number 1102. It is unclear where the pitch was situated used by this club; possibly Terrein ‘t Kelderke later occupied by SK Kruishoutem from the 1940s onwards.
• 1929 / Winning the title in East Flanders’ Provincial League 3B in its first season as a competitive club, SK Cruyshautem accedes to Provincial League 2 – the top provincial level at that time.
• 1930 / In the most successful season in the club’s short history, SK Cruyshautem finishes in seventh place in East Flanders’ Provincial League 2.
• 1934 / Finishing in fourteenth place in P2, SK Cruyshautem descends into Regional League 2 (2e Gewestelijke).
• 1937 / Having withdrawn its first team from regular league football in 1936, SK Cruyshautem now folds, ceasing all activities. Registration number 1102 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists.
• 1942 / Foundation of a new football club in Kruishoutem, which takes on the name Sportkring (SK) Kruishoutem, obtaining registration number 3246 upon being accepted as new member of the Belgian Football Association. SK Kruishoutem settles at Terrein ‘t Kelderke. 
• 1948 / Finishing in sixteenth place in East Flanders’ Regional League 2B, SK Kruishoutem descends into Provincial League 3, the bottom division of the provincial league pyramid at that time.
• 1959 / Clinching the title in P3C, SK Kruishoutem wins promotion to East Flanders’ Provincial League 2.
• ± 1963 / Moving away from Terrein ‘t Kelderke, SK Kruishoutem settles at the newly laid-out Terrein Kerkakkers.
• 1973 / Clinching the title in P2B, SK Kruishoutem wins promotion to East Flanders’ Provincial League 1 for the first – and only – time in club history.
• 1974 / Finishing in thirteenth place in P1, SK Kruishoutem narrowly staves off relegation – copying that exact result in the 1974-75 season.
• 1976 / Bottom of the table in P1 at the end of the season, SK Kruishoutem drops back into East Flanders’ Provincial League 2 after three years.
• 1977 / Suffering a second relegation in a row, SK Kruishoutem – bottom of the table in P2B – drops back into East Flanders’ Provincial League 3.
• 1979 / Bottom of the table in P3B at the end of the season, SK Kruishoutem descends into Provincial League 4 for the first time.
• 1985 / Champions in P4D, SK Kruishoutem finds its way back to Provincial League 3.
• 1986 / Winning a second title in a row, SK Kruishoutem finishes in first place in P3C, thus finding the way back up to Provincial League 2 after an absence of nine years. The club holds out at this level for two seasons before dropping back into P3 in 1988.
• 1992 / Having dropped out of P3B following a fourteenth place finish in 1991, SK Kruishoutem now bounces back by winning the title in P4B. The new spell in P3 does not last longer than one season, though, with relegation following immediately in 1993.
• 1994 / Runners-up in P4C, SK Kruishoutem wins promotion to Provincial League 3, probably following a round of play-offs. Also in 1994, two years after the club’s fiftieth anniversary, SK Kruishoutem acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Koninklijke Sportkring (KSK) Kruishoutem.
• 1996 / Runners-up in P3B, KSK Kruishoutem wins promotion to P2, probably following a round of play-offs. The club holds out in Provincial League 2 for two years before dropping back into Provincial League 3 in 1998.
• 1999 / Runners-up in P3B, KSK Kruishoutem wins promotion to P2 for the second time in three years. This time, the club holds out at this level for three seasons before dropping back into P3 in 2002.
• 2006 / Champions in P3C, 1 point ahead of K Olsene Sportief, KSK Kruishoutem wins promotion to Provincial League 2 after an absence of four years. The stay at that level does not last longer than one year, though, finishing bottom of the table in P2B and dropping back into P3 along with second-from-bottom KRC Haaltert.
• 2009 / In its last season as an independent club, KSK Kruishoutem finishes second-from-bottom in P3C, dropping back into Provincial League 4 along with bottom club SV Everbeek. Following the 2008-09 season, KSK Kruishoutem concludes a merger with P4 club KSV Jupiter Nokere – in itself a merger between Jupiter Nokere (registration number 9261) and K Club Sparta Ronse (number 4181), retaining the latter’s registration number, in 2005. The new merger club is given the name Koninklijke Voetbalclub (KVC) Nokere-Kruishoutem, retaining KSK Kruishoutem’s registration number 3246. While the pitch at Waregemsestraat in Nokere is retained for two or three more years for lower team football and training sessions, first team football moves to Kruishoutem’s Terrein Kerkakkers. Due to KSK Kruishoutem’s relegation, KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem starts its life in East Flanders’ Provincial League 4.
• 2010 / Runners-up in East Flanders’ Provincial League 4B, 5 points behind champions Voorwaarts Gijzenzele, KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Finishing second in a group behind VV Volkegem, but ahead of KV Sint-Gillis, the club wins promotion to P3 along with Volkegem.
• 2012 / Runners-up in East Flanders’ Provincial League 3C, 5 points behind VC Nazareth-Eke, KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Qualifying for the final after defeats of SK Denderhoutem (2-1) and KVV Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle (7-1), KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem stumbles over the last hurdle, FC Sint-Kruis-Winkel (1-2) – thus narrowly missing out on promotion to P2.
• 2014 / Second-last in P3B, KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem drops back into P4 along with bottom club ESA Bottelare.
• 2015 / Champions in P4C, 8 points ahead of closest followers KSV Maarkedal, KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem manages a return to Provincial League 3 after just one season.
• 2018 / Champions in P3C, 2 points ahead of closest rivals FC Vurste-Semmerzake, KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem accedes to Provincial League 2 for the first time.
• 2023 / Finishing in fourth place in P2B, KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by FC Sint-Martens-Latem (2-0).
• 2024 / Finishing in third place in P2B, KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club has the better of KSK Kieldrecht in R1 (5-2) before suffering elimination at the hands of KVV Schelde Serskamp-Schellebelle in R2 (0-2).
• 2025 / Champions in East Flanders' Provincial League 2B, 2 points ahead of closest rivals SV Sint-Antelinks, KVC Nokere-Kruishoutem wins promotion to Provincial League 1 - marking the return of a club from Kruishoutem in the highest provincial division after an absence of 49 years.

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