Edmond Machtens Stadium

The Edmond Machtens Stadium is a football stadium located in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels, Belgium. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 places.^[1] It is the home of Belgian Second Division club FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek since the 2003 merger between R White Daring Molenbeek and KFC Strombeek. Prior to this it has been the home of R White Daring Molenbeek and of R Daring Club de Bruxelles. It is named after Edmond Machtens, a former mayor of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean between 1939 and 1978.^[2] The stadium was formerly known as the Oscar Bossaert Stadium and has hosted a number of matches of the Belgium national football team during 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 stand-up 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 is also 622 places in the business-seats. In 2005 the stand 2 was renamed stand Raymond Goethals in memory of the famous former player of the club.^[3]

References

1. ^ "FC Brussels Stade" (in French). http://www.fc-brussels.be/Page_Generale.asp?DocID=10278&lien_parent=&langue=FR. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
2. ^ "Boulevard Edmond Machtens" (in French). http://www.ebru.be/Streets/streets1080/bruxelles-1080-boulevard-edmond-machtens.html. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
3. ^ "FC Brussels news - Le stade" (in French). http://fcbrussels-news.be/?page_id=33. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 

Coordinates: 50°51′18″N 4°18′40″E / 50.855°N 4.311°E / 50.855; 4.311