CLUB
Beerschot
Belgium
Overview
Beerschot is recorded as the club affiliation for 1 player in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for Belgium. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- Belgium
- City
- Antwerp
- 1930 name
- Beerschot
- Club status
- bankrupt-defunct
- Founded
- 1899
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1999
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Successor / lineage
- No legal continuation; later Beerschot-branded clubs used other registrations
- Stadium
- Olympisch Stadion
- 1930 team context
- Belgium
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Beerschot already had a documented club history extending from 1899 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: The historic Beerschot club was one of the major Belgian teams of the early twentieth century.
Chapter 2Description: It played at the Olympic Stadium and carried Belgian FA matricule 13.
Chapter 3Description: Financial collapse led to liquidation; the club played its final league match in May 1999. Later Beerschot-branded projects continued the tradition using different registrations.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: One of Belgium’s historic powers, identified by Belgian FA matricule 13. The club won multiple Belgian championships long before its financial collapse.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Beerschot is linked to 1 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: Beerschot VAC entered liquidation and matricule 13 disappeared in 1999. Germinal Ekeren then moved to the Kiel and used its own matricule 3530; later Beerschot revivals therefore require explicit lineage notes rather than a simple continuity claim.
Historical timeline
1899Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Beerschot identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Beerschot already had a documented club history extending from 1899 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: The historic Beerschot club was one of the major Belgian teams of the early twentieth century.
Chapter 2Description: It played at the Olympic Stadium and carried Belgian FA matricule 13.
Chapter 3Description: Financial collapse led to liquidation; the club played its final league match in May 1999. Later Beerschot-branded projects continued the tradition using different registrations.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Pierre Braine.
1999Description: The historic Beerschot VAC went into liquidation and its Belgian FA registration number 13 was retired in 1999.
Season-by-season history
1921/22Season: 1921/22 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: First Belgian league title of Beerschot’s great 1920s run.Documented players: Raymond BraineNotable player only; not a full squad.
1923/24Season: 1923/24 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: Second title in the dominant 1920s cycle.Documented players: Raymond BraineNotable player only.
1924/25Season: 1924/25 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: League champions.Documented players: Raymond BraineNotable player only.
1925/26Season: 1925/26 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: League champions; Beerschot’s fourth title in five seasons.Documented players: Raymond BraineNotable player only.
1927/28Season: 1927/28 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: Fifth title of the decade.Documented players: Raymond BraineNotable player only.
1928/29Season: 1928/29 · Competition: Belgian Premier Division · Finish: 2nd · Notes: Finished level on points with Antwerp but second in the final table.Documented players: Raymond BraineNotable player only.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Belgian Premier Division · Finish: 4th · Notes: Finished fourth with 30 points.Documented players: Pierre BraineNo full roster asserted. Includes Footballopedia 1930 World Cup-linked club players; not claimed as a full club roster unless explicitly stated.
1937/38Season: 1937/38 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: Raymond Braine returned and Beerschot regained the Belgian title.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1938/39Season: 1938/39 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Champions · Notes: Retained the national championship immediately before World War II.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1968/69Season: 1968/69 · Competition: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup · Finish: European debut · Notes: First documented European campaign.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1970/71Season: 1970/71 · Competition: Belgian Cup · Finish: Winners · Notes: Won the Belgian Cup, earning a Cup Winners’ Cup place.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1978/79Season: 1978/79 · Competition: Belgian Cup · Finish: Winners · Notes: Won a second Belgian Cup in the modern era.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1980/81Season: 1980/81 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Forced relegation · Notes: Federation sanction sent Beerschot to the second tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1981/82Season: 1981/82 · Competition: Belgian Second Division · Finish: Promoted · Notes: Returned immediately to the top flight.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1990/91Season: 1990/91 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Relegated · Notes: Lost top-flight status amid long-running financial decline.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1997/98Season: 1997/98 · Competition: Belgian lower divisions · Finish: Relegated / liquidation phase · Notes: Financial collapse accelerated; the club entered its final liquidation period.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1998/99Season: 1998/99 · Competition: Belgian Third Division · Finish: Final season · Notes: The historic matricule 13 played its final league match in May 1999.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1998/99Season: 1998/99 · Competition: Club identity · Finish: Liquidation / merger transition · Notes: The old Beerschot identity and matricule ended; Germinal Ekeren and the Beerschot tradition combined in Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen for 1999/2000.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
Competition chronology
1921/22Description: Belgian First Division | Champions | First Belgian league title of Beerschot’s great 1920s run.
1923/24Description: Belgian First Division | Champions | Second title in the dominant 1920s cycle.
1924/25Description: Belgian First Division | Champions | League champions.
1925/26Description: Belgian First Division | Champions | League champions; Beerschot’s fourth title in five seasons.
1927/28Description: Belgian First Division | Champions | Fifth title of the decade.
1928/29Description: Belgian Premier Division | 2nd | Finished level on points with Antwerp but second in the final table.
1929/30Description: Belgian Premier Division | 4th | Finished fourth with 30 points.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Belgian top-flight champion: 7 titles in the historic Beerschot lineage before 1999.
Honour / achievementDescription: Belgian Cup winner in the historic club era.
Stadium and ground history
Olympisch StadionDescription: Documented historical venue context currently linked to the 1930-era club record. Relationship: Historical home ground (1930 context).
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
Pierre BraineDescription: MF · Belgium · tournament-era club affiliation
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: Beerschot VAC entered liquidation and matricule 13 disappeared in 1999. Germinal Ekeren then moved to the Kiel and used its own matricule 3530; later Beerschot revivals therefore require explicit lineage notes rather than a simple continuity claim.
Continuity policyDescription: Successor, merger partner, refoundation and namesake are stored as related entities/lineage. They are not silently collapsed into the 1930 club unless legal and sporting continuity is demonstrated.
Club lineage
1930 identityDescription: Beerschot
End of original identityDescription: The historic Beerschot VAC went into liquidation and its Belgian FA registration number 13 was retired in 1999.
Successor / lineageDescription: No legal continuation; later Beerschot-branded clubs used other registrations
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Beerschot identity as it existed around the 1930 World Cup. Later clubs using a similar name are not automatically treated as the same legal entity.
Squad
Pierre BrainePosition: MF · National Team: Belgium · Player Slug: pierre-braine
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: Footballopedia keeps the 1930 club as its own canonical historical entity even when a successor, merger partner, refoundation or namesake exists.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 1 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.
Related
BelgiumRole: National team context · Type: national_team
Olympisch StadionRole: Historical home ground in 1930 · Type: venue