BELGIUM: VK Beverlo (1968-2001) / Red Star Beverlo (2001-2012) / Fenerbahçe Red Star Beverlo (2012-2013)

Terrein Schansvijverstraat, Beverlo (formerly VK Beverlo / Red Star Beverlo / Fenerbahçe Red Star Beverlo)

Belgium, province: Limburg

July 2024 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1936 / Foundation of a football club in Beverlo, which takes on the name Beverloo Sport, receiving registration number 2423 upon being accepted as Belgian FA member – and starting its life in Limburg’s Regional League 3 (3e Gewestelijke).
• 1938 / After an existence of just two years, Beverloo Sport folds, ceasing all activities.
• 1968 / Foundation of a football club in Beverlo by the name of VK (Vriendenkring) Beverlo, which joins Belgium’s Football Association with registration number 7236 – this VK Beverlo possibly being a successor or continuation of a recreational club with the same name. It is unclear if VK Beverlo started its life at Terrein Schansvijverstraat. Whatever the truth, VK Beverlo starts its life in Limburg’s Provincial League 3F. 
• 1974 / Finishing in fourteenth place in Limburg’s Provincial League 3A, VK Beverlo drops back into Provincial League 4.
• 1977 / Runners-up in P4C, VK Beverlo manages a comeback in Provincial League 3 after an absence of three seasons.
• 1984 / Finishing in fifteenth place in P3D, VK Beverlo drops back into P4.
• 1993 / Runners-up in P4E, VK Beverlo wins promotion to Provincial League 3, possibly after a successful round of play-offs.
• 2000 / Finishing in third place in P3A, VK Beverlo qualifies for the play-offs, in which the club wins a historic promotion to Limburg’s Provincial League 2.
• 2001 / After just one season in P2B, in which the club finishes in second-last position, VK Beverlo drops back into Provincial League 3. Following the 2000-01 season, the club concludes a merger with K Red Star Korspel, a club from nearby Korspel founded in 1941 (registration number 3179 / royal epithet since 1991), which had never played at a higher level than Provincial League 2. The new merger club, which retains VK Beverlo’s registration number 7236 – and thereby losing Korspel’s royal epithet – takes on the name Red Star Beverlo, moving first team football to Terrein Schansvijverstraat in Beverlo and starting its life in Limburg’s Provincial League 3B.
• 2006 / Finishing in third place in P3A, Red Star Beverlo qualifies for the play-offs, in which the club wins promotion to Limburg’s Provincial League 2.
• 2007 / In the best season in the history of football in Beverlo, Red Star Beverlo finishes in eighth place in Limburg’s Provincial League 2B.
• 2008 / Finishing in fourteenth place in P2A, Red Star Beverlo drops back into Provincial League 3 along with Turkse FC and bottom club Standard Elen.
• 2011 / Finishing in fourteenth place in P3A, Red Star Beverlo drops back into Provincial League 4 along with SV Herkol, K Kaulille FC, VK Penarol Engsbergen, Excelsior Hamont, and bottom club Sparta Lille.
• 2012 / Bottom of the table with just 1 point obtained in the entire season – a 2-2 draw against Sporting Ellikom – and several double digit defeats, Red Star Beverlo is on the brink of folding, until being taken over by a new board of Turkish emigrants, which changes the name of the club to Fenerbahçe Red Star Beverlo.
• 2013 / After a disastrous year, which sees the club finishing in last place in Provincial League 4A – with not a single point being picked up in the second half of the season – Fenerbahçe Red Star Beverlo folds, ceasing all activities, following being expelled from the Belgian FA due to misconduct of club members. With no new football club seeing the daylight in Beverlo, the ground at Schansvijverstraat is taken over by American football club Limburg Shotguns.

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

NETHERLANDS: RKVV Uno Animo (1935-1944, 1948-1986) / vv Uno Animo (1986-)

Sportpark De Klokkenberg, Loon op Zand (vv Uno Animo, formerly RKVV Uno Animo)

Netherlands, province: North Brabant = Noord-Brabant

27 VII 2024 / Willem II - Sparta Rotterdam 2-4 / Pre-season friendly (neutral venue)

Timeline

• 1909 / First mention is made in local media of a football club in Loon op Zand, which is called VIOS (probably an abbreviation of ‘Vooruitgang Is Ons Streven’), but the club has a short life – as do several of its successors, one of them being Crescendo in the early 1920s.
• 1926 / At the instigation of a local chaplain, Fr Van Hoek, a new football club is founded in Loon op Zand, which is given the Latin name RKVV (Rooms-Katholieke Voetbal-vereeniging) Uno Animo – the Latin proverb literally meaning ‘With One Mind’. With Emile den Nieuwenboer becoming the club’s first chairman, a plot of land is put at the club’s disposal by the Roman Catholic church at Gasthuisstraat (modern-day Rijckevorselstraat) – and, for that reason, the pitch is usually referred to locally as the Pastoorsterrein. Instead of joining the official Netherlands’ Football Association (NVB, renamed KNVB in the late 1920s), RKVV Uno Animo successfully applies for membership of the Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalbond (RKVB) Den Bosch, being placed in the Tilburg branch of the RKVB league system.
• 1932 / Chaplain Verbunt inaugurated a set of wooden dressing rooms at the Pastoorsterrein.
• 1934 / Moving away from the Pastoorsterrein, RKVV Uno Animo finds a temporary home on a pitch near the castle ruin to the west of the village.
• 1935 / Leaving its temporary pitch, RKVV Uno Animo settles at a newly laid-out pitch at Kasteellaan, which is blessed in a ceremony led by the village priest, Fr Schoenmakers. To mark the occasion, a gala match is played against Rotterdam club RKSV Spartaan ’20. 
• 1940 / Having spent the first fourteen years of its existence in the ranks , RKVV Uno Animo is now constrained to make the step to the official Netherlands’ FA (renamed NVB following the German oppression of the Netherlands, abandoning the royal epithet ‘koninklijk’ for obvious reasons) as all other football associations are abolished by German occupation authorities. For the 1940-41 season, the club is placed in District South I’s (Sunday) League 4I.
• 1941 / Clinching the title in District South I’s Sunday League 4I in its first season as an NVB member club, RKVV Uno Animo wins promotion to League 3. The stay at that level is short-lived, though, with relegation following immediately in 1942.
• 1945 / Due to Terrein Kasteellaan having suffered in the last stages of the war – with no league football being played in 1944-45 – RKVV Uno Animo starts its first post-war season at a temporary pitch, Terrein Klaas Vos at modern-day Klokkenlaan – although the club occasionally switches to another makeshift pitch, Terrein Vermeulen, situated at modern-day Orion.
• 1948 / After an absence of three years, RKVV Uno Animo returns to a refurbished Terrein Kasteellaan, with a new set of dressing rooms being inaugurated.
• 1949 / Champions in District South I’s Sunday League 4E, 3 points ahead of runners-up SV Veerse Boys, RKVV Uno Animo goes on to win promotion to League 3 in the title play-offs. The decisive points in the L4E title race were clinched in the second-last match of the regular season, away at vv RWB. As on the previous occasion, the club’s spell in League 3 does not last longer than one season, with relegation following in 1950.
• 1951 / Champions in District South I’s Sunday League 4D, 7 points ahead of closest followers vv Vlijmense Boys, RKVV Uno Animo fails to win a new promotion to League 3 in the title play-offs.
• 1952 / Champions in District South I’s Sunday League 4E, 3 points ahead of closest rivals RKSV Oisterwijk, RKVV Uno Animo goes on to win the title play-offs, thus managing a return to Sunday League 3.
• 1955 / Runners-up in District South I’s Sunday League 3B, 7 points behind champions RKSV Taxandria, RKVV Uno Animo is placed in League 2 for the new season due to extra promotion places being available following many clubs in the higher echelons of the league pyramid making the step to the newly formed professional league divisions.
• 1957 / Terrein Kasteellaan is extended, as a second pitch is laid out at the ground.
• 1963 / Bottom of the table at the end of the 1962-63 season, RKVV Uno Animo suffers relegation after an eight-year spell in League 2, descending into League 3 along with the club finishing second from bottom, vv Hontenisse.
• 1965 / Coached by P. Hendriks, RKVV Uno Animo wins the title in District South I’s Sunday League 3C, 1 point ahead of WVO, gaining promotion to Sunday League 2. The decisive points are clinched in the last match of the season, a 3-2 home win over SV RAC – with 2,500 spectators witnessing Jan Meijer scoring the winning penalty only minutes before the final whistle.
• 1966 / At the end of the 1965-66 season, RKVV Uno Animo ties for first place in District South I’s Sunday League 2A with SV Budel and former professional league side TSV LONGA. In a set of title play-offs between the three clubs, SV Budel walks away with first prize and promotion to Sunday League 1.
• 1970 / Coached by P. Engel, RKVV Uno Animo finishes bottom of the table in District South I’s Sunday League 2B, dropping back into League 3 along with SV RAC.
• 1971 / Coached by P. Hendriks, RKVV Uno Animo finishes in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 3C, suffering its second relegation in a row and descending into League 4 along with bottom club RKSV Sarto.
• 1973 / Coached by A. Wezel, RKVV Uno Animo clinches the title in District South I’s Sunday League 4E, 2 points ahead of closest rivals vv DVG, thus finding the way back to League 3 after an absence of two seasons.
• ± 1975 / A thorough renovation of Terrein Kasteellaan sees the complete reconstruction of the park, with the entrance being moved to Kasteelhoevenweg at the southern end of the ground. Renamed Gemeentelijk Sportpark De Klokkenberg, the ground’s main pitch sports a covered stand with 200 seats, with several steps of terracing on each side of it.
• 1976 / At the club’s fiftieth anniversary, a gala match is played at Sportpark De Klokkenberg, in which RKVV Uno Animo entertains professional league side Willem II.
• 1986 / Coached by C. Paulides, RKVV Uno Animo finishes bottom of the table in District South I’s Sunday League 3C, descending into League 4 along with the club finishing second-last, vv Gilze. Also in 1986, an amendment of the club statutes was carried through, in which the Roman-Catholic epithet is dropped – meaning that the official club name is changed to become vv Uno Animo.
• 1988 / Coached by N. van de Hoek, vv Uno Animo finishes in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 4E, thus dropping back into Afdeling Noord-Brabant Division 1 for the first time in club history – descending to that level along with bottom club vv Baardwijk.
• 1993 / After an absence of five years, vv Uno Animo manages a return to Sunday League 4, winning promotion from the ranks of Afdeling Noord-Brabant with coach H. Wijkmans.
• 1994 / Coached by H. Wijkmans, vv Uno Animo finishes in joint first position in District South I’s Sunday League 4E along with vv Zwaluw-VFC, going on to defeat the club from Vught in a tie-break match and thus earning direct promotion to League 3.
• 1995 / Coached by R. Peet, vv Uno Animo finishes in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 3C, thus dropping back into League 4 after just one season – descending to that level along with bottom club vv TGG.
• 1996 / Coached by A. Wezel, vv Uno Animo finishes in sixth place in District South I’s Sunday League 4E, going on to win promotion to League 3 via the play-offs.
• 2001 / Coached by former FC Den Bosch midfielder John van Nielen, who had joined the club in 1999, vv Uno Animo finishes as runners-up in District South I’s Sunday League 3B, 5 points behind champions SCO, but failing to win promotion in the play-offs.
• 2004 / Coached by former Willem II defender Fons Mallien, who had joined the club in 2003, vv Uno Animo finishes in sixth place in District South I’s Sunday League 3B. Qualifying for the promotion play-offs, the club defeats vv Moerse Boys in R1 (after a penalty shoot-out), but is eliminated in R2 by RKSV Oisterwijk (also after a penalty shoot-out). Due to extra promotion places being available, vv Uno Animo is given a second chance in a lucky loser competition, in which the club sees off vv RWB (play-off played at RKVV Berkdijk’s Sportpark Kegelaar) and DOSL (after a penalty shoot-out; play-off final played at vv Oirschot Vooruit’s Sportpark Moorland), thus eventually gaining a place in Sunday League 2.
• 2005 / Finishing in last place in Sunday League 2E, vv Uno Animo drops back into League 3 after just one season, descending to that level along with the club finishing second from bottom, SCO.
• 2006 / Finishing in second-last place in District South I’s Sunday League 3C, vv Uno Animo suffers its second relegation in a row, dropping back into League 4 along with bottom club vv Ophemert.
• 2008 / Finishing in fourth place in District South I’s Sunday League 4F, vv Uno Animo goes on to win promotion to League 3 in the play-offs.
• 2011 / Runners-up in District South I’s Sunday League 3B, 2 points behind champions vv Madese Boys, vv Uno Animo qualifies for the play-offs, in which the club successively crushes vv Zeelandia Middelburg (6-1 aggr.) and RKSV RCD (11-1 aggr.) to win promotion to League 2.
• 2015 / Finishing in joint first place in Sunday League 2E with vv Zeelandia Middelburg, vv Uno Animio meets its rival in a tie-break match played at vv Dinteloord’s Sportpark Molenkreek, losing the match after a penalty shoot-out after the match itself had finished 1-1. Given a second opportunity to win a historic promotion to League 1, vv Uno Animo defeats RKVV Erp in R1 of the play-offs (4-0 aggr.), but is eliminated in the final by SV MOC 1917 (3-1 aggr.), thus eventually missing out on a promotion ticket.
• 2023 / Finishing in fourth place in Sunday League 2D, vv Uno Animo qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by RKSV Mierlo-Hout (3-1).
• 2025 / Finishing bottom of the table in Sunday League 2C, vv Uno Animo descends into Sunday League 3 along with the club in second-last place, vv Moerse Boys.
• 2026 / Finishing in third place in Sunday League 3D, vv Uno Animo qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club edges past vv Beerse Boys in R1 (0-0 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out), only to be knocked out in R2 by HVV '24 (3-0).

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

BELGIUM: Jong Male KVV

Terrein Maleveld II, Bruges = Brugge Male (Jong Male KVV)

Belgium, province: West Flanders = West-Vlaanderen

24 VII 2024 / Jong Male KVV - R Knokke FC Reserves 0-0 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline

• ± 1943 / The years preceding World War II saw the foundation of a first football club in the hamlet of Male – just east of Bruges – which is given the simple and straightforward name FC Male. This club played its football at Terrein Brieversweg (exact location: current house numbers 303, 305 & 307). FC Male was a member of the Vlaamsche Voetbalbond (VVB) – and must have folded in or around 1943, the time of the demise of this football association which became so heavily embroiled in collaboration with the German oppressors that many of the member clubs had left or folded previously.
• ± 1946 / At the instigation of the local assistant priest, Josef Dejaegher, youngsters in Male play recreational football after Sunday mass on a pasture at Maleveld (I), a location just to the east of the hamlet of Male – slightly to the north of modern-day Terrein Maleveld (II). Somewhat later, FC Male’s old pitch at Brieversweg is laid out anew, with Sunday activities moving to this location. 
• ± 1955 / Abandoning Terrein Brieversweg, Male’s football enthusiasts move their activities to Terrein Den Ara (at the crossroads of Doornhutstraat & Maalse Steenweg).
• 1958 / Finally, after fifteen years without a football club in Male, the decision is taken to form a new club, Jong Male, which joins a recreational league, the so-called Katholieke Vlaamse Sportfederatie (KVS), with matches played on Sundays – and football matches being played at Terrein Den Ara. The founding fathers of Jong Male are Jozef Pillen and René Bonheure; Pillen, a staunch supporter of the Flemish movement (as well as someone who had been over-zealous in his support for the German occupiers during wartime), had also been one of the driving forces behind FC Male, which had folded in the war years. 
• ± 1962 / Refoundation of FC Male, which joins the Brugse Liefhebbersverbond, a local recreational league association, which organises a competition with matches played on Saturday afternoons. FC Male plays its football at Terrein Maleveld (I).
• ± 1965 / Abandoning Terrein Den Ara, Jong Male settles at the newly laid out Terrein Maleveld (II) at the southern side of Brieversweg, a location to the east of the hamlet – with the centre-spot being located where the modern-day clubhouse can be found.
• 1973 / At the instigation of the club’s new secretary, former player Guido Vandille, Jong Male abandons the KVS, joining the official Belgian Football Association and being accepted as new member club under the slightly adapted name Jong Male Voetbalvereniging (VV) with registration number 7951. Chairman of the club at the time is Ruddy Rotsaert. Jong Male VV starts its life as a KBVB member in West Flanders’ Provincial League 4B.
• 1974 / After an existence of some twelve years, FC Male is absorbed into Jong Male VV.
• 1976 / Champions in West Flanders’ Provincial League 4B, Jong Male VV wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
• 1984 / After a spell of eight seasons in P3, Jong Male VV drops back into P4 following a fourteenth place finish in Provincial League 3B.
• 1985 / Champions in P4B, Jong Male VV manages a return to Provincial League 3, but the club holds out at this level for one year only, dropping back into the bottom division in 1986.
• 1987 / As a complete renovation of Terrein Maleveld (II) is undertaken, Jong Male VV groundshares with recreational club KV Rust-Roest Brugge at Terrein Zuidervaartje in Brugge-Sint-Kruis for the duration of the 1987-88 season.
• 1988 / Abandoning their place of exile, Terrein Zuidervaartje, Jong Male VV returns to a completely renovated Terrein Maleveld (II), with a clubhouse separating the two new pitches – with the westernmost of the two having been the main pitch from the outset. The inaugural ceremony of the new ground is performed by Bruges’ mayor Frank Van Acker in the summer of 1988.
• 1991 / Champions in P4B, Jong Male VV wins promotion to Provincial League 3. Yet again, though, the stay at this level is short-lived, with relegation following in 1992.
• 1993 / Finishing in third place in P4B, Jong Male VV goes on to win the play-offs, thus acceding to Provincial League 3.
• 1994 / Finishing in third place in P3B, Jong Male VV goes on to win the play-offs, thus managing a second promotion in a row and acceding to Provincial League 2 for the first time in club history. The following season, the club finishes in a respectable seventh place in P2A.
• 1999 / Finishing in fourteenth place in P2A, Jong Male VV descends into Provincial League 3 after five seasons.
• 2005 / Coached by Adrien Christiaens, Jong Male VV finishes runners-up in West Flanders’ Provincial League 3B, 6 points behind champions K White Star Oudenburg. The club goes on to win the play-offs, thus acceding to P2 after an absence of six years.
• 2006 / Managing a respectable sixth place in Provincial League 2A, albeit 26 points behind champions KSK Steenbrugge, Jong Male VV – still coached by Adrien Christiaens – succeeds in winning a round of play-offs, thus earning its second promotion in a row and acceding to West Flanders’ Provincial League 1 for the first time in club history.
• 2007 / Finishing last in its first season in Provincial League 1, Jong Male VV drops back into P2 after just one season, along with KEG Gistel and KVC Deerlijk Sport.
• 2008 / Runners-up in P2A, 12 points behind champions KSV Bredene, Jong Male fails to win the play-offs, thus missing out on a return to the top provincial division.
• 2012 / Bottom of the table in P2A, Jong Male VV drops back into Provincial League 3 along with KVCSV Oostkamp, FC Union Zandvoorde, and KFC Veldegem.
• 2013 / Bottom of the table in P3B, Jong Male VV suffers its second relegation in a row, thus finding itself in Provincial League 4 for the first time in twenty years.
• 2015 / Finishing in fourth place in P4B, Jong Male VV qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Defeating Zeehaven Zeebrugge in R1 (2-1 aggr.), the club is eliminated in the final by FC Lichtervelde (2-2 aggr., on away goals) – but due to extra promotion places being available, the club manages a return to Provincial League 3 through the backdoor.
• 2017 / Finishing in fourth place in P4B, Jong Male VV qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by KFC Veldegem (4-1 aggr.).
• 2019 / The main pitch of Terrein Maleveld (II) is equipped with a synthetic surface.
• 2022 / Runners-up in P3B, 2 points behind champions VV Koekelare, Jong Male VV qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Defeating KDC Ruddervoorde in R1 (7-1 aggr.), the club draws the home tie of the final against RFC Lissewege (3-3) – with the second match never being played due to extra promotion places being available and both clubs thus earning a ticket to Provincial League 2.
• 2023 / Finishing in fourth place in P2B, Jong Male VV qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by VV Koekelare (3-2).
• 2024 / Having been leader of the pack in West Flanders’ Provincial League 2A virtually all season, Jong Male VV throws away the title in the last match of the season, drawing its home game against Daring Brugge VV (5-5, with Daring scoring the equaliser in the 99th minute), while the last remaining rival club, K Woudsport Houthulst, manages a comprehensive 5-0 defeat of KFC Heist – as a result of which Houthulst walks away with the title with a 1 point advantage. In the ensuing round of play-offs, Jong Male VV edges past KSV Diksmuide in R1 (1-1 & penalty shoot-out), but is defeated by KFC Marke in the semi-final (4-2) – but, due to extra promotion places being available, not only the two play-off finalists (KFC Marke & Club Roeselare) accede to Provincial League 1, but the best losing semi-finalist as well (this being Jong Male VV, who had picked up 1 more point in the regular season than the club eliminated by Club Roeselare, KSK Beveren-Leie). The year 2024 not only marks Jong Male’s return to Provincial League 1 after an absence of 17 years, but also sees the club acquiring the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Jong Male Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging (KVV).
• 2025 / Finishing in fourteenth place in West Flanders' Provincial League 1, Jong Male KVV drops back into Provincial League 2 after just one season, along with K Woudsport Houthulst, K Excelsior Zedelgem, and bottom side KSK Oostnieuwkerke.
• 2026 / Finishing in third place in West Flanders' Provincial League 2A, Jong Male KVV qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out SV Moorslede in R1 (0-2), only to be eliminated in R2 by KSK Beveren-Leie (1-2).

Note – Important parts of the information provided above were derived from an excellent article about the club's history by Jong Male’s long-time volunteer and chairman Guido Vandille. Thanks also to Mr. Vandille for taking the time to answer some additional questions on my part on my visit to the club in July 2024.

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

BELGIUM: RSC Modave

Terrain de la Route de Modave, Modave (RSC Modave)

Belgium, province: Liège = Luik

23 VII 2024 / RSC Modave - R Ougrée FC B 6-2 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline

• 1929 / Foundation of a football club in Modave, which takes on the name Modave Sporting Club (SC) and acquires membership of Belgium’s Football Association under registration number 1497. The club settles on a pitch situated in the village proper (exact location unknown).
• ± 1946 / Modave SC settles on a newly laid out pitch at Route de Modave, where the club ha been home ever since. The grounds are rented from water company Compagnie Intercommunale Bruxelloise des Eaux (CIBE, renamed VIVAQUA in 2006), which also owns the Château de Modave nearby.
• ± 1970 / Modave SC’s performances in the 20th century have been poorly documented, but it is known that the club had a spell in Liège’s Provincial League 2 in the 1960s and 1970s. This is the highest level attained in club history.
• 1979 / Modave SC acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Modave Sporting Club (Société Royale) – later usually given as RSC (Royal Sporting Club) Modave.
• 2000 / Clinching the title in Liège’s Provincial League 4C, RSC Modave wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
• 2011 / Finishing second-last in Liège’s Provincial League 3A, RSC Modave drops back into P4 along with JS Hognouloise and bottom club R Union Momalloise.
• 2020 / In the club’s best year since the relegation in 2011, RSC Modave finds itself in third place in P4B in March 2020, 11 points behind leaders Solières Sport B, when the season is broken off due to the COVID lockdown.

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