BELGIUM: Wiekevorst Sporting (1967-2019) / KSC Wiekevorst (2019-)

Terrein aan de Dalstraat, Wiekevorst (KSC Wiekevorst, formerly Wiekevorst Sporting)

Belgium, province: Antwerp = Antwerpen

22 VIII 2026 / KSC Wiekevorst - K Zandhovense SK B 7-1 / Antwerp, Provincial Cup for P3 & P4 teams - group stage, group 6

Timeline

• 1937 / Foundation of a first football club in Wiekevorst, a hamlet in the southern part of the Province of Antwerp. The new club takes on the name De Zwaluwen Wiekevorst FC, acquiring membership of the Belgian Football Association (URBSFA / KBVB) under registration number 2536. For the 1937-38 season, the club is placed in Antwerp’s Regional League 3 (3e Gewestelijke). It is unclear where the pitch of this club was situated.
• 1939 / After two seasons in Antwerp’s Regional League 3, De Zwaluwen Wiekevorst FC folds, ceasing all activities. The club’s registration number 2536 is erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list that same year.
• 1940 / Foundation of a new football club in Wiekevorst, which takes on the name Wimpel FC. However, the club does not join the Belgian FA – either playing recreational football without allegiance to any association or joining another federation, e.g. the Vlaamsche Voetbalbond (VVB). It is unclear where the pitch of this club was situated.
• 1942 / Two years after its foundation, Wimpel FC joins the Belgian FA, obtaining registration number 3265. In the 1942-43 season, the club competes in Antwerp’s Regional League 3 (renamed Provincial League 3 in 1952) for the first time.
• 1945 / Wimpel FC changes its name to become Wiekevorst FC.
• 1959 / In the best season in club history, Wiekevorst FC finishes in third place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3C.
• 1961 / Finishing in fifteenth place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3D, Wiekevorst FC folds, ceasing all activities.
• 1963 / Two years after the demise of the club, registration number 3265 is erased from the Belgian FA’s membership list.
• 1967 / Foundation of a new football club in Wiekevorst, Wiekevorst Sporting, which settles on a pitch at Dalstraat – which may or may not have been the location of the former Wiekevorst FC. Whatever the truth of that, the club joins the Belgian FA that same year, acquiring registration number 7034.
• 1968 / Wiekevorst Sporting commences its existence as a competitive club in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3.
• 1972 / Finishing in fourteenth place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3G, Wiekevorst Sporting descends into the newly created Provincial League 4.
• 1980 / Runner-up in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4E, Wiekevorst Sporting wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
• 1987 / Finishing bottom of the table in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3D, Wiekevorst Sporting drops back into Provincial League 4 after seven seasons.
• 2006 / Runner-up in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4C, 1 point behind champions KFC BO Beerzel, Wiekevorst Sporting manages to win promotion via the ensuing round of play-offs, thus returning to Provincial League 3 after an absence of nineteen years.
• 2007 / Finishing in third-last place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 3C, Wiekevorst Sporting drops back into Provincial League 4 after just one season, alongside K Zandhovense SK and bottom club KSV Hulshout.
• 2009 / Wiekevorst Sporting finishes as runner-up in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4D, 15 points behind runaway champions KSAV Sint-Dimpna Geel.
• 2012 / Finishing in fifth place in Antwerp’s Provincial League 4D, Wiekevorst Sporting qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in R1 against KVNA Wortel (6-3 aggr.).
• 2019 / Acquiring the royal epithet, Wiekevorst Sporting, which had almost universally been referred to unofficially as Sporting Club (SC) Wiekevorst, now officially changes its name to become Koninklijke Sporting Club (KSC) Wiekevorst.

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

NETHERLANDS: vv WHS

Sportpark De Waaje, Sint-Annaland (vv WHS)

Netherlands, province: Zealand = Zeeland

22 VIII 2026 / vv WHS - SV ZSC ’62 4-0 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline

• 1931 / Foundation of a football club in Sint-Annaland, a village on the island of Tholen in the Province of Zealand. The new club, formed at the instigation of the local headmaster, Jaap Heijboer, takes on the name vv HDS, the abbreviation of Houdt Dapper Stand, joining the Netherlands’ Football Association (KNVB). The club settles on a pitch laid on a plot of farmland owned by a local smallholder, Mr Kooijman, at Oude Zeedijk.
• 1932 / At the instigation of the Netherlands’ FA, vv HDS has to change its name, taking on the new abbreviation vv WHS, Wij Houden Stand.
• 1935 / vv WHS absorbs the local youth football club DOSKO (Door Ons?/Onderling? Samenspel Komt Overwinning).
• 1936 / vv WHS absorbs another local football club, vv DOS (Door Oefening Sterk), which most probably had never joined the Netherlands’ FA.
• 1937 / Wooden dressing rooms are added to the set-up at Terrein aan de Oude Zeedijk.
• 1938 / vv WHS hosts (Sunday) League 1 team RFC Xerxes in a gala match at Terrein aan de Oude Zeedijk, suffering a 8-3 defeat in an encounter attended by some 1,000 spectators.
• ± 1941 / Moving away from Terrein aan de Oude Zeedijk, vv WHS settles on a newly laid pitch on a plot of farmland owned by Mr Akkermans (location unknown).
• 1948 / Moving away from Terrein Akkermans after some seven years, vv WHS settles on a newly laid pitch at Dorpsweg.
• 1962 / Moving away from Terrein aan de Dorpsweg, vv WHS moves into the newly laid-out Gemeentelijk Sportcomplex aan de Bierensstraat. The new ground, consisting of one pitch (still the main pitch today), has been laid by the Netherlands’ Association for Wasteland Redevelopment (Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij).
• 1968 / Floodlights are added to the set-up at Gemeentelijk Sportcomplex aan de Bierensstraat.
• 1969 / Gaining promotion from Afdeling Zeeland Saturday Division 1, vv WHS wins promotion to District South I’s Saturday League 4 for the first time.
• 1970 / vv WHS finishes as runner-up in District South I’s Saturday League 4B, 5 points behind champions SV Smerdiek.
• 1971 / vv WHS finishes as runner-up in District South I’s Saturday League 4B, 4 points behind champions HSV Hoek.
• 1972 / Champions in District South I’s Saturday League 4B, 8 points ahead of closest followers vv Yerseke, vv WHS wins promotion to Saturday League 3 for the first time.
• 1974 / Champions in District South I’s Saturday League 3A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals vv NEO ’25, vv WHS wins promotion to Saturday League 2 for the first time.
• 1979 / A second pitch is laid at Gemeentelijk Sportcomplex aan de Bierensstraat by the Netherlands’ Association for Wasteland Redevelopment.
• 1980 / Finishing in second-last place in District South I’s Saturday League 2A, vv WHS drops back into Saturday League 3 after six years, alongside bottom club HSV Hoek.
• 1981 / Champions in District South I’s Saturday League 3A, 9 points ahead of closest followers vv Oostkapelle, vv WHS manages an immediate return to Saturday League 2.
• 1984 / Finishing bottom of the table in District South I’s Saturday League 2A, vv WHS drops back into Saturday League 3.
• 1987 / A third pitch, slightly smaller than the two full-dimension pitches already laid previously, is added to the set-up at Gemeentelijk Sportcomplex aan de Bierensstraat for training purposes.
• 1990 / Finishing in sixth place in District South I’s Saturday League 3A, vv WHS wins promotion to Saturday League 2 via the play-offs.
• 1991 / Finishing in second-last place in District South I’s Saturday League 2A, vv WHS drops back into Saturday League 3 after just one season, alongside SSV Be-Quick and bottom club vv SSS.
• 1996 / Due to a reorganisation of the Saturday league pyramid, which sees the addition of a Zaterdag Hoofdklasse as the new top level, above Saturday League 1, vv WHS is placed in Saturday League 2 rather than in Saturday League 3 for the new season.
• 1997 / In the best season in club history, vv WHS only just misses out on promotion to Saturday League 1, finishing as runner-up in Saturday League 2E, 2 points behind champions vv Arnemuiden.
• 1998 / Finishing in ninth place in Saturday League 2E, vv WHS goes on to suffer defeat in the relegation play-offs, with the club thus dropping back into Saturday League 3 alongside vv SPS and bottom club AZVV.
• 1999 / A renovation of the Gemeentelijk Sportcomplex aan de Bierensstraat sees an upgrade of the clubhouse as well as the construction of a covered stand to the southern touchline of the main pitch. At the official reinauguration of the park, celebrated with a gala match between vv WHS and a youth selection of Feyenoord Rotterdam, the park is officially renamed Sportpark De Waaje.
• 2013 / Finishing in third place in District South I’s Saturday League 3B, vv WHS qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in R1 by AZVV (6-4 aggr. A.E.T.).
• 2014 / Champions in District South I’s Saturday League 3B, 4 points ahead of closest rivals RKVV DHV, vv WHS wins promotion to Saturday League 2 after an absence of sixteen years at that level.
• 2015 / Finishing bottom of the table in Saturday League 2E, vv WHS descends into Saturday League 3 after just one season, along with vv Arnemuiden and vv Tholense Boys.
• 2019 / Finishing in fourth place in District South I’s Saturday League 3B, vv WHS qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in R1 by Luctor Heinkenszand (7-1).
• 2022 / Runaway champions in District South I’s Saturday League 3B, 16 points ahead of closest followers RKSV Halsteren (za), vv WHS wins promotion to Saturday League 2.
• 2023 / A small bit of uncovered seating is added to the set-up alongside the northern touchline of the main pitch of Sportpark De Waaje.
• 2024 / Finishing bottom of the table in Saturday League 2E, vv WHS drops back into Saturday League 3, along with DBGC and vv Serooskerke. 

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

BELGIUM: Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk (C) (2017-2023) / Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk (B) (2023-2025) / Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk (2025-)

Campus Tesseskouter terr. 2, Opwijk (Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk, formerly B / C pitch of Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant

19 VIII 2026 / Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk - K Londerzeel SK 2-2 / Pre-season friendly

Timeline

• 1959 / Foundation of Voetbalclub (VC) Eendracht Mazenzele, which is accepted as new Belgian FA member that same year under matricule 6353. Most probably, the club played at Terrein Vossestraat from the outset.
• 2014 / In its last season under the name VC Eendracht Mazenzele, the club finishes in second place in P3F - with the club never having rosen to a higher level than Provincial League 2. Meanwhile, in Opwijk, not far from Mazenzele, former national league side KSK Sint-Paulus Opwijk (matricule 4013) finds itself in financial trouble - deciding to put a stop to all its activities for a full season. As a temporary arrangement, this club's youth academy is transferred as a whole to VCE Mazenzele, which changes its name to become Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk (often abbreviated "EMO"). 
• 2015 / The plans of KSK Sint-Paulus Opwijk's board to pay off all its debts in the course of the 2014-15 season having come to naught, this club folds; matricule 4013 is erased from the Belgian FA's official lists. Not long after, the historic ground at Ringlaan in Opwijk is demolished. In order to facilitate Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk's large youth academy, Opwijk's municipal authorities finance the creation of two synthetic pitches, the first being put in place in the fall of 2015 next to the pitch of recreational club VK De Sjoeters (Steenweg op Vilvoorde, Opwijk). Upon completion, this pitch, Terrein Molenkouter, is taken in use by EMO's youth academy as well as by VK De Sjoeters - especially by this club's ladies' branch, which joined Belgium's FA in 2014 under the name VK Sjoeters Opwijk (matricule 9621).
• 2017 / Ladies' football club VK Sjoeters Opwijk is absorbed into Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk. Around that same time, EMO's second synthetic pitch is inaugurated at Klaarstraat in Opwijk - also in this case, the 3G is laid out next to the pitch of a recreational football club, in this case VK Eeksken. 
• 2018 / A third pitch is added to the sports park at Klaarstraat in Opwijk for the benefit of Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk's first team football. In addition to that, a new clubhouse is built on the location as well, the premises being inaugurated in August 2018. The new park, now consisting of three pitches - one for VK Eeksken, two for EMO - is given the name Campus Tesseskouter.
• 2019 / Having played in the upper reaches of Provincial League 3 for the past seasons, Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk wins promotion to P2 by virtue of a second-place finish in P3C.
• 2022 / In an impressive season in Provincial League 2B, Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk wins the title hand-down with a total of 79 points. Thus, EMO accedes to Provincial League 1 for the first time in club history.
• 2025 / First team football is moved from the natural grass pitch (pitch 1) to the synthetic side-pitch (pitch 2) of Campus Tesseskouter.
• 2026 / With Terrein Molenkouter being taken over by a newly founded club, Jong FC Opwijk, Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk centres all its activities on Campus Tesseskouter once and for all.

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