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Edmond Machtens Stadium

Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Italy

Edmond Machtens Stadium

The Edmond Machtens Stadium (French: Stade Edmond Machtens; Dutch: Edmond Machtensstadion) is a football stadium in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels, Belgium. It was the home ground of Belgian Second Division club FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek until its dissolution in 2014. Pri

or 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. The stadium is named after Edmond Machtens, a former mayor of Molenbeek between 1939 and 1978. 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.

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