Standaard Wetteren was a Belgian association football club team from

Wetteren Wetteren () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of Oost-Vlaanderen.svg , fl ...

. Its

matricule Association football is the most popular sport in Belgium, which has been played since the end of the 19th century. The national association was founded in 1895 with the intention of bringing some order and organization to the sport. The firs ...

(5479) still exists as it was sold to investors who created a new team,

RWDM47 Racing White Daring de Molenbeek 47, also known as RWD Molenbeek and often referred to as RWDM, is a Belgian professional football club founded in 1951 as Standaard Wetteren. In 2015, Wetteren folded and merged with another club, liberating the ...

History

The club was founded as an amateur club named Standaard Molenhoek. They changed their name to Football Club Standaard Wetteren in 1951 as they chose to register with the

Belgian Football Association The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA; ; ; ) is the governing body of football in Belgium. It was a founding member of FIFA in 1904 and UEFA in 1954 and was based in Brussels, not far from the King Baudouin Stadium. Since October 2021, the ...

. They became champions in Third Division A in the 2008–09 season and thus were promoted for the first time in their history to

Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

, where they play three seasons until they were relegated twice back to the fourth tier and in 2015 they announced a merger with neighbors ''Royal Racing Club Wetteren-Kwatrecht'' (founded in 1920, matricule 95) to become ''Royal Football Club Wetteren''. The matricule 5479 was ceded to a Brussels-based project that aims to form a club bearing the initials "RWDM", named

. Association football clubs established in 1930 Defunct football clubs in Belgium Sport in East Flanders 1930 establishments in Belgium Organisations based in Belgium with royal patronage Association football clubs disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Belgium Wetteren {{Belgium-footyclub-stub