CLUB
FC Excelsior Hasselt
Belgium
Overview
FC Excelsior Hasselt 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
- Hasselt
- 1930 name
- FC Excelsior Hasselt
- Club status
- merged-lineage-ended
- Founded
- 1908
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 1964
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Successor / lineage
- SC Hasselt / later KSC Hasselt lineage
- 1930 team context
- Belgium
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, FC Excelsior Hasselt already had a documented club history extending from 1908 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: Excelsior FC Hasselt was founded in 1908 and used the Royal Excelsior FC Hasselt name from 1933.
Chapter 2Description: The club’s independent identity ended in 1964 when it merged with Hasseltse VV.
Chapter 3Description: The resulting Hasselt lineage continued under later names and mergers.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: A long-running Hasselt club founded in 1908 and later known as Royal Excelsior FC Hasselt.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, FC Excelsior Hasselt 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: In 1964 Royal Excelsior FC Hasselt merged with Hasseltse VV to form SC Hasselt, ending the old Excelsior identity.
Historical timeline
1908Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the FC Excelsior Hasselt identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, FC Excelsior Hasselt already had a documented club history extending from 1908 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: Excelsior FC Hasselt was founded in 1908 and used the Royal Excelsior FC Hasselt name from 1933.
Chapter 2Description: The club’s independent identity ended in 1964 when it merged with Hasseltse VV.
Chapter 3Description: The resulting Hasselt lineage continued under later names and mergers.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Nicolas Hoydonckx.
1964Description: Royal Excelsior FC Hasselt merged with Hasseltse VV in 1964 to form SC Hasselt.
Season-by-season history
1908Season: 1908 · Competition: Club formation · Finish: Founded · Notes: Excelsior Hasselt entered the Belgian association system.Founding milestone.
1911/12Season: 1911/12 · Competition: Belgian Promotion / second national level · Finish: Participant · Notes: First documented season after promotion into the national second level.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1912/13Season: 1912/13 · Competition: Belgian Promotion / second national level · Finish: Participant · Notes: Second straight season at the national second level.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1913/14Season: 1913/14 · Competition: Belgian Promotion · Finish: 11th · Notes: Documented pre-war national second-level campaign.No full roster asserted.
1913/14Season: 1913/14 · Competition: Belgian Promotion / second national level · Finish: Participant · Notes: Third season at the level before World War I interrupted competition.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1921/22Season: 1921/22 · Competition: Belgian second division · Finish: Participant · Notes: Returned to the national second level after World War I.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1922/23Season: 1922/23 · Competition: Belgian second division · Finish: Participant · Notes: Continued at the second national level.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1923/24Season: 1923/24 · Competition: Belgian second division · Finish: Participant · Notes: Continued at the second national level.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1924/25Season: 1924/25 · Competition: Belgian second division · Finish: Relegated · Notes: End of the post-war second-tier spell.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1925/26Season: 1925/26 · Competition: Belgian third division · Finish: Participant · Notes: Entered the newly structured third national level.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Belgian league system · Finish: Active · Notes: Historical identity active in the 1930 World Cup era.Documented players: Nicolas HoydonckxWorld Cup graph connection only; no full roster asserted. Includes Footballopedia 1930 World Cup-linked club players; not claimed as a full club roster unless explicitly stated.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Belgian third division · Finish: Series champion; promoted · Notes: Won its series and returned to the second level.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1930/31Season: 1930/31 · Competition: Belgian second division · Finish: Participant · Notes: First season back at the second level after the 1929/30 promotion.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1931/32Season: 1931/32 · Competition: Belgian second division · Finish: Participant · Notes: Second straight season in the second tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1932/33Season: 1932/33 · Competition: Belgian second division · Finish: Relegated · Notes: Relegated; in 1933 the club also received the royal title.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1937/38Season: 1937/38 · Competition: Belgian third division · Finish: Champion; promoted · Notes: Won promotion back to the second division shortly before World War II.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1950/51Season: 1950/51 · Competition: Belgian second division · Finish: Relegated · Notes: Dropped to the third division.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1951/52Season: 1951/52 · Competition: Belgian third division · Finish: Reassigned/relegated in restructuring · Notes: League restructuring created a fourth national level and pushed the club down another tier.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1954/55Season: 1954/55 · Competition: Belgian fourth division · Finish: Relegated to provincial football · Notes: Dropped from the national pyramid into First Provincial.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1956/57Season: 1956/57 · Competition: First Provincial / Belgian fourth division · Finish: Promoted back to national football · Notes: Returned to the national fourth level after two provincial seasons.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
1963/64Season: 1963/64 · Competition: Royal Excelsior FC Hasselt · Finish: Identity ended by merger · Notes: Merged with Hasseltse VV in 1964 to create Sporting Club Hasselt; the Excelsior identity ended as a separate club name.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
Competition chronology
1908Description: Club formation | Founded | Excelsior Hasselt entered the Belgian association system.
1913/14Description: Belgian Promotion | 11th | Documented pre-war national second-level campaign.
1929/30Description: Belgian league system | Active | Historical identity active in the 1930 World Cup era.
1933Description: The club became Royal Excelsior FC Hasselt.
1955Description: Dropped to the provincial level after a long period outside the top national tiers.
1957Description: Returned to the national Promotion level.
1964Description: Merged with Hasseltse VV to create Sporting Club Hasselt, which retained matricule 37; the independent Excelsior Hasselt identity ended.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Belgian league participation across multiple levels; exact pre-1930 honours remain source-gated.
Stadium and ground history
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
Nicolas HoydonckxDescription: DF · 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: In 1964 Royal Excelsior FC Hasselt merged with Hasseltse VV to form SC Hasselt, ending the old Excelsior identity.
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: FC Excelsior Hasselt
End of original identityDescription: Royal Excelsior FC Hasselt merged with Hasseltse VV in 1964 to form SC Hasselt.
Successor / lineageDescription: SC Hasselt / later KSC Hasselt lineage
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the FC Excelsior Hasselt 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
Nicolas HoydonckxPosition: DF · National Team: Belgium · Player Slug: nicolas-hoydonckx
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