 Prior to this it has been the home of R White Daring Molenbeek and of R Daring Club de Bruxelles.It is named after Edmond Machtens, a former mayor of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean between 1939 and 1978.The stadium was formerly known as the Oscar Bossaert Stadium and has hosted a number of matches of the Belgium national football team during the 1920s, as well as a friendly game against France in 1945.