Union Sportive Auvelais


US Auvelais was a Belgian football club from Auvelais. The club was affiliated with the KBVB with trunk number 238. The club played a few seasons in the national series, but joined UBS Auvelais in 1945. History

Union Sportive Auvelais was founded in 1922 The club joined the Belgian Football Association, with the introduction of the tribal numbers in 1926 awarded the tribal number 238. The club was playing in the regional series.

In 1932, US Auvelais first achieved the national promotion series, at that time the third level. The club was able to maintain it well. In the second season, 1933/34, Auvelais became even second in his series, although on five points of winning racing racing FC Montegnée. One could not repeat this achievement and one year later, one ended up at a farthest place, a degradation site. After three years, Auvelais broke out of the national series.

A season later, in 1936, US Auvelais re-promoted National Promotion. The club could maintain itself in the middle of the game, until it ended in 1939. Refreshed after three seasons from the national series.

During the Second World War, US Auvelais no longer played at national level. In 1945, a merger was made with Amicale Jemeppe-sur-Sambre. According to the federal regulations of that time, a fusion club with a new tribal number had to join the football federation. The merger club was named Union Basse-Sambre Auvelais (UBS Auvelais) and joined the Belgian Football Association with the number 4290. Tribal Number 238 was permanently deleted. The merger club will continue to appear in the national series over the next few years and decades. Shortly after the merger, Auvelais founded a second club, Union Sarthoise Auvelais, abbreviated US Auvelais, just like the merger club.

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