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This is a list of football clubs in Belgium by year of origin. List. Year Club Division (2024–25) Notes 1880 Royal Antwerp: Belgian Pro League: Oldest club in ...
They compete in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight of Belgian football. The club was founded around 1880 as Antwerp Cricket Club by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before the creation of the Royal Belgian Football Association; Antwerp is regarded as the oldest club in Belgium. [2]
Antwerp Province has a long tradition of football. The first Belgian clubs were established in the city of Antwerp (Antwerp Lyon's Club, A.S. Anvers-Borgerhout, and most notably Royal Antwerp, which is the country's oldest club and which is affectionately referred to as the "Great Old" by its supporters and the media).
The oldest football clubs trace their origins to the mid-19th century, ... The oldest club still in existence today in Belgium is Royal Antwerp FC, founded in 1880.
A total of 79 association football clubs in Belgium have yet played in the Belgian First Division since its creation in 1895. [1] Those clubs are listed here alphabetically. The last spell in the first division is indicated in brackets. Teams in bold are teams playing in the 2022-23 season.
The club was founded in 1898 with René Jonckers as the first president and is considered one of the oldest established football clubs in Belgium. The first field was on the premises, that is where current deposit and municipal fire station.
The club was founded on 11 February 1893 by Baron Albert de Bassompierre (1873–1956), making it the oldest active football club in Brussels. The club was named Léopold Football Club in tribute to the king. It was created as a club for the bourgeoisie and nobility in Brussels.
The Belgian football champions are the winners of the highest association football league in Belgium, currently called the Belgian Pro League and historically the Belgian First Division. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] List of champions