Stade Le Canonnier

Royal Mouscron- Péruwelz

• Games of Excelsior Mouscron (until 2009)
• Games of Royal Mouscron- Péruwelz (since 2010)

The Stade Le Canonnier was the home stadium of the football club Excelsior Mouscron. The club had to close the end of 2009 the operation of gambling. Mouscron is located in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia. The stadium is located in a residential area and has a capacity of 10,830 spectators. Today, the venue is used by the football club Royal Mouscron- Péruwelz, which plays in the 2.Division. The club was established in January 2010 by the merger of Excelsior Mouscron with the RRC Péruwelz.

History

Since 1930 Excelsior played under the name Stade MOUSCRONNOIS on a playing field without bleachers. Two years later, the venue was, thanks to generous donors, on August 21, 1932 opened with a grandstand. For this reason, there was the friendly match against Excelsior Mouscron Cercle Bruges.

In 1947, the first covered stand was built. Until the 1970s, little has changed at the stadium. The first floodlights were installed in 1973 at the stadium in 1979 and renewed to the changing rooms and the dining facilities. It was not until the rise Excelsior 1990 in the third league Division 3 began a thorough renovation.

With the renovation of the East Stand was built and renewed the floodlights. At the opening of the auditorium Anges on October 21, 1991 Excelsior Standard Liege invited to a friendly match. After only one year Mouscron rose to the Division 2 and 1996 we arrived in the First Division. To meet the requirements of the Jupiler League, the standing terrace were removed in the north and extends south stand. In addition, the changing rooms, a restaurant, a lobby and a fan shop were renewed and furnished. In the first top-flight season to qualify the same for the UEFA Cup.

With the sporty rise to the expansion of the sports facility continued. In 1999, the old grandstand was torn down and built a state- Tribune (West). For the players, a fitness center and a rehabilitation pool was established. For the fans, there were VIP boxes, business seats and an area with 350 seats for children under 12 years. In the Grandstand is located as well as in Berlin's Olympic Stadium and the Gelsenkirchen Veltins- Arena stadium a chapel.

Due to its location of the parking space is limited around the stadium, an extension hardly possible. The stadium is difficult to achieve and it comes Matches at jams. In addition, there were clashes with local residents who felt disturbed. So you thought about building a new stadium at the training center of Excelsior Futuro Sport. Due to the inability to pay and the exclusion of 28 December 2009 from the Jupiler League, these plans were obsolete.