Koninklijke Patro Eisden Maasmechelen is a Belgian football club from the municipality of Maasmechelen in Limburg. The club play in Challenger Pro League from 2023–24, second tier of Belgian football.
The Belgian Third Division B was one of the two leagues at the third level of the Belgian football league system, the other one being the Belgian Third Division A. This division existed from the 1952–53 until 2015–16 seasons and was played every year with 18 clubs from 2009. Prior to this, the third level in the Belgian football league system was called Promotion and was divided into four leagues of 16 clubs each and prior to the 1931–32 season, the Promotion was divided into three leagues. Due to restructuring, the Third Division was replaced by Belgian Second Amateur Division which plays as three leagues of 16 clubs each from the 2016–17 season.
Paul Van Himst, nicknamed "the white Pelé" is a Belgian former football player and a football manager who played as a forward, most notably for R.S.C. Anderlecht. Regarded as Anderlecht's ultimate club icon, Van Himst holds the record of four Belgian Golden Shoe awards and was named best "Belgian footballer of the twentieth century".
Luc Gilbert Cyrille Nilis is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the striker coach of Patro Eisden.
Armand Joseph Jurion, nicknamed Jef, is a Belgian former professional footballer who played for the Belgium national team from 1955 to 1967. Jurion spent most of his club career at R.S.C. Anderlecht where he won nine championship titles and one Cup and was awarded two Golden Shoes. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with ten teammates from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean-Marie Trappeniers.
Pierre Hanon was a footballer who played mainly for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the national team.
Wilfried Puis was a Belgian footballer who played as a striker, notably for Anderlecht and the Belgium national team. Puis was praised for his speed, agility and goal kicks which made him and Paul Van Himst a perfect match. A year after he ended his football career, he died of stomach cancer at the age of 38.
Jacques ("Jacky") Stockman was a Belgian football player who played as a striker. He played most of his career for R.S.C. Anderlecht and was selected 32 times for Belgium.
Johannes "Johan" Devrindt is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a forward.
Johannes "Johan/Jan" Boskamp is a Dutch former football player and manager.
Statistics of Belgian First Division in the 1960–61 season.
Lukas Van Eenoo is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Patro Eisden Maasmechelen.
Arne Marnix Naudts is a Belgian professional footballer player who plays as forward for Tienen.<refArne Naudts at Soccerway</ref>
Stef Peeters is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Patro Eisden. He formerly played for Genk, Sparta Rotterdam, MVV, Sint-Truiden, Cercle Brugge and Eupen.
Joeri Vastmans is a retired Belgian professional footballer, who last played for Bocholt.
Sam Valcke is a Belgian footballer who plays for Belgian club Belisia Bilzen on loan from Patro Eisden as an attacking midfielder.
The 2014–15 season of the Belgian Second Division began on 1 August 2014 and ended on 26 April 2015.
Alessio Alessandro is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Houtvenne on loan from Patro Eisden.
The 2015–16 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 61st season of Belgian's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 24 July 2015 and ended with the final in March 2016. The winners of the competition will qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Club Brugge were the defending champions.
Francesco Antonucci is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari Second Division club Al Shahaniya.
