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Standard Liège supporters share a fierce rivalry with RSC Anderlecht, dubbed the Belgian "Clasico". [15] The rivalry not only reflects the traditional geographical one between the two cities of Liège and Brussels , but also a class divide, with Anderlecht being perceived as the team of the bourgeois elite and Standard, based in an industrial ...
Stadium Capacity Club City Notes 1 Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt: 40,000: RFC Liège: Liège: demolished in 1995 2 Albert Dyserynckstadion: 25,000: Club Brugge KV
The stadium holds 27,670 people. [2] It is also known as Stade de Sclessin , from the name of the quarter of Liège where it is located, and is the home stadium of Standard Liège . Belgium have also played here, notably against Estonia in September 2008 in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier and against Gibraltar on 31 August 2017 in a World Cup Qualifier.
The Belgian Super Cup (Dutch: Belgische Supercup, pronounced [ˈbɛlɣisə ˈsʏpərˌkʏp]; French: Supercoupe de Belgique; German: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), Pro League Supercup, is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian Pro League champions (also received the Super Cup host) and the Belgian Cup winners.
Dinant is positioned in the Upper Meuse valley, at a point where the river cuts deeply into the western Condroz plateau.Sited in a steep-sided valley, between the rock face and the river, the original settlement had little space in which to grow away from the river, and it therefore expanded into a long, thin town, on a north–south axis, along the river shore.
The railway line from Liège to Namur runs along the back of the village of Chokier, below the promontory where the castle is located. At the time, the castle had a terrace overlooking the Meuse Valley. On 1 December 1946, a rock face collapsed, taking with it the western part of the castle terrace, which fell 80 meters onto the railway tracks ...
The Meuse rises in Pouilly-en-Bassigny, commune of Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse on the Langres plateau in France from where it flows northwards past Sedan (the head of navigation) and Charleville-Mézières into Belgium. [13] At Namur it is joined by the Sambre. Beyond Namur the Meuse winds eastwards and passes Liège before turning north.
Namur is an important commercial and industrial centre, located on the Walloon industrial backbone, the Sambre and Meuse valley. It produces machinery, leather goods, metals and porcelain. [ 6 ] Its railway station is also an important junction situated on the north–south line between Brussels and Luxembourg City , and the east–west line ...