F.C. De Kampioenen

- Season 21

(2010)

On the eve of the new football league, Boma is not lacking in ambition: this season he wants his team to play champion! For that reason, he is forced to pull through a few changes. Xavier, the old dean of the team, gets replaced by Jean-Jacques, a talented goalkeeper who once played for Barcelona. The women are furious and want to take action. Meanwhile Fernand keeps bullying his neighbors. This time he is planning to sabotage the soccer field.

Boma and Ronaldinho want to surprise Goedele for her birthday: Boma is planning to formally adopt the son of his girlfriend. Goedele has her doubts and sets a first condition: Ronaldinho must pass his astronomy exam. Boma takes up the challenge, but with his own nature and the playfulness of Ronaldinho it is not easy at all. Carmen is inspired by Boma's plan and arranges a similar adoption. The 'lucky' guy is ... her dog Nero.

Boma decides to release the club anthem on single, to bring the popularity of the now always winning Champions even further. He starts looking for a famous artist to spice up the song. The other Champions also believe that they should be able to sing and launch a competition held in the café. Fernand sets himself up as manager of Carmen and does his evil best to sabotage the other participants.

Carmen believes that the Flemish celebrities nowadays only have a little interesting to say and decides to become famous herself, to the displeasure of Xavier. Carmen has already registered them for Temptation Island and other reality shows, hoping to become a celebrity ... After Bieke got elected "Best Marketer of the Year", she gets the chance to work for a multinational company in Florida. Bieke accepts the offer, but that is considered outside Pascale, who does not like to see her daughter and grandchild leave ...

Goedele receives her doctorate's degree and to celebrate Boma organizes a reception in the café. At the same time he is invited by Minou for her farewell party at the Pussycat. Boma tries to be at two places at once, but Minou has a serious surprise for him. At the same time, Carmen gets interviewed for her favorite magazine. Because she finds her own house too little, she lets the interview take place at Boma's house at the same time as the reception. But the interview does not go without a hitch ...

Xavier has been chosen to lead Prince Philip thorough a visit to the barracks. Carmen and Pascale both want to do whatever it takes to meet the prince. Ronaldinho gets the idea to give samba lessons, so that he can get in touch with many beautiful babes. Classes are held in the showroom of Fernand. Marc and Bieke return from America after the sudden bankruptcy of the firm which Bieke worked for. Their return passes far from smooth, when a bad joke of Marc in customs controls gets him arrested as a possible terrorist.

Boma takes Goedele to Bruges. During a romantic boat trip, he asks her to marry him.

After the public humiliation by Goedele, Boma is in a deep depression. He plans to make solo trip with his motorcycle, but the Kampioenen fear for a poor outcome. The men decide to accompany Boma. Maurice also goes along because he wants to bring his mother to her final resting place: Lourdes. Meanwhile, Carmen gets overwhelmed by fan mail and decides to establish a fan club. Fernand smells a business ...

Boma tries to win Goedele back by faking a robbery. However, it's Pol who saves Goedele during the robbery. Meanwhile, Marc and Bieke throw a western-style engagement party for Pascale and Maurice.

Impossible to please Doortje's eternal whining gets support all round until Pol agrees to marriage counseling from dodgy Helga. Her only interest in is him, as last chance to find and 'appreciative' male, so she convinces feminist Doortje he's an incorrigible pig and Pol she lost interest in him. Very minor 'celebrity' Carmen believes unknown 'star agent' Aimé Dedecker who promises her fame and profit from a glossy magazine bearing her name, for which Mark offer a cartoon as only rubbish not written by herself, to be counseled by the same Helga. Still Aimé manages to ...

Hearing Fernand is desperate (actually near suicide) in debt, Ronaldinho comes up with a goldmine idea: turn his antiques showroom into a party dance floor and hire nationally renowned DJ Regi, whom he can sign at mate's rate. Mayor Freddy Van Overloop is attending a 'conference' in a double room with secretary Agnes and illegally appoints Mark to act as ad interim. As the news spreads, Pascal urges him to pompously act the part, even as Maurice's gross boss, while team friends approach him for favors. Carmen however gets her 'honorary citizenship installation', ...

Before the impending double wedding, the boys plan a bachelor party, the girls warn 'not to wild' while the go bowling. In fact each player spikes the 'virgin' punch, so it ends up near pure alcohol. Fernand has devised an endlessly complex Inca game, the rule book being heavier then a telephone guide. As the team must play its final early on the wedding day, the rival club president offers them free entertainment, dancing girls bringing champagne. Fernand has won a fortune in the lottery, so he's planning to move to Hawaii and tempted to sell his 'antiques shop' to ...

The day of double wedding has arrived, but for Pascale and Boma it begins bad: Boma suffers from nerves and Pascale (literally) has something on her hand. Whether there shall be married, is still questionable. First the Champions must, with a hefty hangover, play their match for the title, and also Neroke seems to sabotage the wedding with a not so healthy appetite. Fernand finds now the love of his life in the person of Bertha Boma, who has returned from Australia for the wedding of her brother. Whether it will become a happy ending for everyone remains to be seen, ...