Edmond Machtens Stadium

Edmond Machtens Stadium

Stade Edmond Machtens (French) Edmond Machtensstadion (Dutch)
Edmond Matchens Stadium
Location	Avenue Charles Malis / Charles Malislaan 61, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°51′18″N 4°18′40″E
Capacity	12,266[1]
Construction
Opened	12 September 1920
Renovated	1973 and 1993

The Edmond Machtens Stadium (French: Stade Edmond Machtens; Dutch: Edmond Machtensstadion) is a football stadium located in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels, Belgium. It was the home ground of Belgian Second Division club FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek, from the 2003 merger between R White Daring Molenbeek and KFC Strombeek until its dissolution in 2014. Prior to this, it was home to R White Daring Molenbeek and of R Daring Club de Bruxelles. Since 2015 when it was formed, it is home to phoenix club RWD Molenbeek. The stadium has a capacity of 12,266.^[2]

The stadium is named after Edmond Machtens, a former mayor of Molenbeek between 1939 and 1978.^[3] It was formerly known as the Oscar Bossaert Stadium (French: Stade Oscar Bossaert; Dutch: Oscar Bossaertstadion) and hosted a number of matches of the Belgium national football team in the 1920s, as well as a friendly game against France in 1945. Oscar Bossaert was a former Daring Club de Bruxelles player and industrialist.

The stadium comprises three stands: one behind a goal with only standing places, and the other two are seated and located along the ground. Behind the second goal is a tree row that darkens the field in a special way. There are also 622 places in the business seats. In 2005, stand 2 was renamed stand Raymond Goethals in memory of the former player and manager.^[4]

References

1. Le célèbre stade du RWDM sera-t-il démoli , sport, 13 october 2016
2. Le célèbre stade du RWDM sera-t-il démoli , sport, 13 october 2016
3. "Boulevard Edmond Machtens" (in French). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
4. "FC Brussels news - Le stade" (in French). Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.