team. Koïta began playing his football career at the youth academy of FC Merksem at the age of 13, and quickly moved to the academies of Lyra and Geel...

Taeymans (born 8 February 1967 in Merksem) is a former Belgian football defender who played as left-back, mainly for R Antwerp FC. Royal Antwerp Belgian Cup:...

while playing a fifth-tier match with his team K. Merksem S.C. against F.C. Kaart, a team from Merksem, Antwerp, on 13 November 2011. Despite resuscitation...

footballer. He began his career with his local side SC Merksem before moving to Royal Antwerp FC in 1982. After seven seasons with the club he moved to...

despite finishing in seventh place. He subsequently coached in Holland at FC Eindhoven and Den Bosch. In 2010 Brys signed for two years with KV Mechelen...

Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal. In 1759 a cobblestone road was built between Merksem and Kapellen. These days this (no longer cobblestone) road is known as...

Josephus Antoon Louisa "Jef" Mermans (16 February 1922 in Merksem – 20 January 1996 in Wildert), nicknamed "The Bomber", was a football striker from Belgium...

side VV Axel., before in Juni 2011 returned to Belgium and signed for K. Merksem SC. Oteng is of Ghanaian descent and his parents are Belgian immigrants...

contested by 22 teams, two more than in the previous edition. Defending champions FC Barcelona, defeated Scavolini Pesaro in the final, which was held in Caserta...

simplification, the municipalities of Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem and Wilrijk were merged into the city. At that time the city was also divided...