Sunday 13 August 2017

BELGIUM: FCVV Tildonk (1996-2012) / FC Tildonk (2012-2023) / KFC Sparta Haacht Tildonk (B) (2023-)

Gaston Pinnoystadion, Tildonk (B ground of KFC Sparta Haacht Tildonk, formerly FCVV Tildonk & FC Tildonk)

Belgium, province: Flemish Brabant = Vlaams Brabant

13 VIII 2017 / FC Tildonk - KMJ FC Zichem 6-0 / Flemish Brabant, Provincial Cup - group stage, group C

Timeline
  • 1958 / Foundation of Football Club Verenigde Vrienden (FCVV) Tildonk, which acquires membership of Belgium’s FA under registration number 6254. 
  • 1959 / FCVV Tildonk starts its life in Brabant’s Provincial League 3G. It is unclear at which ground the club played for the first 39 years of its existence.
  • 1963 / Finishing 14th in Provincial League 3G, FCVV Tildonk drops into Provincial League 4, the newly created bottom division in Brabant’s provincial league pyramid.
  • 1996 / FCVV Tildonk moves into Gaston Pinnoystadion, situated at 7e Liniestraat in Tildonk.
  • 1997 / Having played 34 (!) consecutive seasons in Provincial League 4 (with second places in 1969, 1974, and 1979 being the highlights), FCVV Tildonk now wins the title in Provincial League 4G, thus acceding to Provincial League 3.
  • 2003 / Clinching the title in P3D, FCVV Tildonk accedes to Provincial League 2 for the first time in club history.
  • 2006 / Finishing in 2nd place in P2A, 3 points behind RCS Nivellois, FCVV Tildonk suddenly finds itself in Brabant’s Provincial League 1.
  • 2007 / In the best season in club history, FCVV Tildonk holds its own in Provincial League 1, finishing in 10th place.
  • 2008 / Finishing dead-last in Provincial League 1, FCVV Tildonk drops back into P2 along with RRC Waterloo, KFC Eppegem, and Sporta Hoeleden
  • 2012 / Finishing second-last in Provincial League 2B, FCVV Tildonk suffers relegation to P3 along with KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport. Also in 2012, concluding a merger with their groundsharers, ladies’ team DVK Haacht, FCVV Tildonk adapts its name to become FC Tildonk.
  • 2013 / Suffering back-to-back relegations, FC Tildonk finishes 14th in Provincial League 3D, thus dropping back into P4 for the first time in the new century, taking with it KVV Scherpenheuvel Sport and HO Testelt
  • 2017 / Winning the title in P4C, 12 points ahead of KRC Boortmeerbeek, FC Tildonk manages a return to Provincial League 3.
  • 2023 / In its last season as an independent club, FC Tildonk finishes in 2nd place in Provincial League 3C, 2 points behind KHO Bierbeek B, but 2 points ahead of its projected merger partner KFC Haacht-Statie. Qualifying for the promotion play-offs, FC Tildonk is eliminated by Sporting Kortenberg in R1 (0-5). In the summer of 2023, a merger is concluded with KFC Sparta Haacht-Statie, resulting in the foundation of KFC Sparta Haacht Tildonk – with Haacht-Statie’s registration number 2564 being retained. With Tildonk’s Gaston Pinnoystadion being remaining in use for lower team football and training sessions, first team football moves to Terrein Elleveldweg II in Haacht-Station















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

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