Sunday 24 March 2024

BELGIUM: KSK Oudegem

Terrein Ouburg, Oudegem (KSK Oudegem)

Belgium, province: East Flanders = Oost-Vlaanderen

24 III 2024 / KSK Oudegem - SK Aaigem 4-2 / East Flanders, Provincial League 3D (= BE level 8)

Timeline
  • 1948 / Foundation of a football club in Oudegem, which takes on the name FC Blue Star Oudegem. The club applies for membership of Belgium’s Football Association (KBVB), acquiring registration number 4877 upon being accepted as new members. BS Oudegem’s ground is situated at Berkestraat, to the north of the village centre. In the annals of Oudegem’s football history, there is also talk of another club, Astra Oudegem – but it is unclear if this club was already defunct before the foundation of Blue Star, or existed simultaneously. It is clear, though, that Astra Oudegem never was a member of Belgium’s official FA.
  • 1949 / FC Blue Star Oudegem enters a first team in East Flanders’ provincial divisions for the first time – with this team being placed in Provincial League 3E. The following decade is spent in P3, with the club even withdrawing its first team temporarily for the 1955-56 and 1958-59 seasons.
  • 1964 / Clinching the title in Provincial League 3E, FC Blue Star Oudegem accedes to East Flanders’ Provincial League 2 for the first – and only – time. The stay at this level is short-lived, with relegation following after just one season, in 1965.
  • 1967 / FC Blue Star Oudegem withdraws its first team from the regular provincial divisions.
  • 1968 / FC Blue Star Oudegem folds, ceasing all activities. Registration number 4877 is erased from the Belgian FA’s official lists.
  • 1972 / Four years after the demise of FC Blue Star Oudegem, a successor club sees the daylight, Sportkring (SK) Oudegem, which joins Belgium’s FA under registration number 7731. The founding fathers of the club are André De Kimpe, Paul Pensaert, and Frans Veldeman. The first club chairman is the local GP, Dr. Van Wambeke, who also pays for the construction of the covered stand and pitch enclosure at SK Oudegem’s newly laid-out pitch, Terrein Ouburg, with money from his own pocket. Coached by Roger De Brandt, the club’s first team starts its life in East Flanders’ Provincial League 4G.
  • 1976 / Clinching the title in P4G, SK Oudegem wins promotion to East Flanders’ Provincial League 3 for the first time.
  • 1979 / Clinching the title in P3C, SK Oudegem wins promotion to East Flanders’ Provincial League 2 for the first time. In the following season, the club manages a more than respectable fourth place in P2B.
  • 1983 / Finishing second-from-bottom in P2B, SK Oudegem drops back into Provincial League 3 after four seasons.
  • 1986 / Finishing bottom of the table in P3E, SK Oudegem descends into Provincial League 4, ten years after last having played at that level.
  • 1990 / Finishing in fourth place in P4G, SK Oudegem goes on to win the promotion play-offs, thus managing a return to Provincial League 3.
  • 1993 / Having dropped back into P4 the previous year, SK Oudegem now wins the title in P4F to return to P3 after an absence of just one season.
  • 1996 / Runners-up in P3F, SK Oudegem wins promotion to Provincial League 2 via the play-offs. It is the first time in thirteen years the club finds itself at this level of the league ladder.
  • 1998 / In spite of managing a respectable seventh place in P2 the previous season, SK Oudegem now finishes second from bottom in P2C, thus dropping back into Provincial League 3.
  • 1999 / Runners-up in P3C, SK Oudegem wins the play-offs to return to P2 after just one season, thus heralding the heyday in club history.
  • 2001 / Coached by Wim Waegeman, SK Oudegem finishes in third place in P2C, the best result in club history.
  • 2003 / Building works get underway on the new clubhouse, hemmed in between the covered stand and the old clubhouse. The new construction is inaugurated in April 2004.
  • 2005 / Coached by Omer Van Praet, SK Oudegem takes part in the nationwide Belgian Cup for the first time, bowing out in R1, away at KV Eendracht Aalter (1-1 and 5-4 in penalty shoot-out).
  • 2008 / Still coached by Omer Van Praet, SK Oudegem wins the final of East Flanders’ Provincial Cup against P1 side KVC Jong Lede (2-1). The match takes place at KSK Lebbeke’s Terrein Konkelgoed. Also in 2008, after having managed with just one pitch for the first 36 years of its existence, SK Oudegem acquires the luxury of a second pitch at Terrein Ouburg for training sessions and lower team football.
  • 2010 / Equalling the best club result ever, SK Oudegem finishes in third place in P2C. Qualifying for the promotion play-offs, the club is eliminated in R2 (after drawing a bye for R1) by KVK Svelta Melsele (0-2).
  • 2011 / Finishing second from bottom in P2C, SK Oudegem drops back into P3 after eleven seasons, with the other clubs going down from this division being FC Dynamo Klein-Gent Beervelde and bottom club KV Eendracht Winnik. 
  • 2012 / Finishing in fourth place in P3E, SK Oudegem qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which it is eliminated in R1 by KV Eendracht Winnik (0-0 and penalty shoot-out).
  • 2018 / Finishing in fourth place in P3E, SK Oudegem is eliminated in R2 (after drawing a bye for R1) by FC Verbroedering Hofstade (2-3 A.E.T.).
  • 2023 / One year after celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, SK Oudegem acquires the royal epithet, thus officially becoming Koninklijke Sportkring (KSK) Oudegem.

















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Sunday 17 March 2024

BELGIUM: VK Kortrijk-Dutsel (1972-2014) / KDN United (2014-)

Terrein Den Akker, Kortrijk-Dutsel (KDN United, formerly VK Kortrijk-Dutsel)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant

17 III 2024 / KDN United - FC Geetbets 0-0 / Brabant, VFV Provincial League 3D (= BE level 8)

Timeline
  • 1971 / Foundation of a football club in Kortrijk-Dutsel, which takes on the name Voetbalklub (VK) Kortrijk-Dutsel and acquiring membership of Belgium’s Football Association under registration number 7758. Club founders are André Wierings and André Van Hoeyveld; the first chairman of the new club is Hugo Thys. Playing just friendly matches in its first season, the club plays its home matches at Terrein Dutselstraat.
  • 1972 / After one year of Belgian FA membership, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel is admitted to Brabant’s Provincial League 4. Abandoning Terrein Dutselstraat, the club settles at Terrein Den Akker for the new season. 
  • 1984 / Following twelve consecutive seasons in Brabant’s Provincial League 4, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel now wins the title in P4G, thus acceding to Provincial League 3 for the first time.
  • 1998 / Finishing in second-last place in P3G, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel drops back into Provincial League 4 after fourteen years.
  • 2002 / Champions in P4G, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel manages a return to Provincial League 3.
  • 2008 / Second-last in the final table in P3D, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel descends into P4 along with bottom club FC Meensel-Kiezegem.
  • 2012 / Runners-up in P4H, 12 points behind champions KVC Langdorp, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel qualifies for the promotion play-offs; finishing in first place in a group with K Europa 90 Kraainem and KVC Asse-Terheide, the club wins promotion to Provincial League 3.
  • 2014 / Finishing in twelfth place in P3D in its last season as an independent club, VK Kortrijk-Dutsel concludes a merger with Racing Nieuwrode (registration number 9580), forming KDN (Kortrijk-Dutsel-Nieuwrode) United under Kortrijk-Dutsel’s registration number 7758. Henceforth, first team football is played at Terrein Den Akker, while Nieuwrode’s Terrein Oep den Berg is retained for lower team football and training sessions. The new club’s first team starts its life in Brabant’s Provincial League 3.
  • 2023 / Finishing in sixth place in P3C, KDN United qualifies for the promotion play-offs. Defeating KOVC Sterrebeek in R1 (1-1 and penalty shoot-out), the club is eliminated in R2 by eventual winners FC Eendracht Hekelgem (4-1).




















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BELGIUM: RC Nieuwrode (± 1970-2011) / Racing Nieuwrode (2011-2014) / KDN United (B) (2014-)

Terrein Oep den Berg, Nieuwrode (B ground of KDN United, formerly RC Nieuwrode & Racing Nieuwrode)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant

March 2024 / no match visited

Timeline
  • 1952 / Foundation of a football club in Nieuwrode, which takes on the name Racing Club (RC) Nieuwrode. The club’s first ground was probably situated at Veeliedenstraat, although no absolute certainty is to be had if this pitch had no predecessor(s). Acquiring membership of Belgium’s Football Association under registration number 5560, RC Nieuwrode starts its life in Brabant’s Provincial League 3.
  • ± 1970 / Abandoning Terrein Veeliedenstraat, RC Nieuwrode settles at Terrein Oep den Berg, also situated at Veeliedenstraat, but some 600 metres down the road.
  • 1973 / Champions in Brabant’s Provincial League 3D, RC Nieuwrode wins promotion to Provincial League 2 for the first time.
  • 1978 / Having played in P2 for five seasons, RC Nieuwrode now drops back into P3 following a last place in P2B in the 1977-78 season.
  • 1986 / Champions in P3D, RC Nieuwrode manages a return to P2.
  • 1989 / In the best season in club history, RC Nieuwrode finishes in fourth place in P2B – repeating that exact result in the following season.
  • 1995 / Finishing in last place in P2B, RC Nieuwrode descends back into P3 after nine seasons.
  • 1997 / Finishing in last place in P3D, RC Nieuwrode descends into Provincial League 4 for the first time in club history. In the following years, the club alternates spells in P4 (1997-99 & 2001-03) and P3 (1999-2001 & 2003-05).
  • 2005 / Finishing second-from-bottom in P3D, RC Nieuwrode drops back into Provincial League 4 along with bottom club Sportief Rotselaar.
  • 2009 / Runners-up in P4H, 6 points behind champions Deurne SK, RC Nieuwrode accedes to Provincial League 3 directly, without having to dispute a round of play-offs.
  • 2011 / Finishing bottom of the table in P3D, RC Nieuwrode descends into P4 along with KFC Hever and KVV Olympia Haacht-Wespelaar; following the 2010-11 season, however, RC Nieuwrode folds, ceasing all activities, following a bribery scandal which saw the club being forced into one year of inactivity at the behest of the Belgian Football Association. Instead of waiting for a year to resume activities, the decision is taken to form a successor club under the slightly adapted name Racing Nieuwrode. Acquiring membership of Belgium’s FA under registration number 9580, this club starts its life in Brabant’s Provincial League 4.
  • 2013 / Runners-up in P4H, 1 point behind champions Sporting Molenbeek, Racing Nieuwrode wins promotion to Provincial League 3 directly, without having to go through the motions of a set of play-offs.
  • 2014 / Finishing in joint-last position in P3D with KVC Kessel-Lo 2000, Racing Nieuwrode drops back into Provincial League 4 – but, following the 2013-14 season, the club concludes a merger with VK Kortrijk-Dutsel, forming KDN (Kortrijk-Dutsel-Nieuwrode) United under Kortrijk-Dutsel’s registration number 7758. First team football moves to Terrein Den Akker in Kortrijk-Dutsel, while Terrein Oep den Berg is retained for lower team football and training sessions.











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