Lierse Kempenzonen

Lierse Kempenzonen
Full name Lierse Kempenzonen
Founded 1943
Ground Herman Vanderpoortenstadion,
Lier
Capacity 1500[1]
Chairman Belgium Stefan van Lommel
Manager Belgium Patrick Van Houdt
League Belgian First Amateur Division
2018–19 Season to commence

Lierse Kempenzonen are a football club from Lier, Antwerp province, Belgium.

History

The club was founded in 1943 as FC Oostzeronen from a commune within Westerlo. and started in the Belgian Provincial Leagues where it hovered between the various levels, most of the times playing at the 6th or 7th level of the Belgian football pyramid. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, the club managed to win the title three seasons in a row to promote for the first time in its history into the national levels of football. In the Belgian Fourth Division, the club managed to avoid relegation for a few seasons, before managing another promotion in the 2012-13 season into the Belgian Third Division. Following the reform of Belgian football in 2016, the team started playing in the Belgian First Amateur Division.

In May 2018, it was announced that the club would relocate to Lier, as it merged with the old board of Lierse (a club which had gone bankrupt just a few weeks before) to form a new club called Lierse Kempenzonen. The new team continued with the old logo of Lierse and started playing in the Herman Vanderpoortenstadion in Lier.[2].

Current squad

As of 7 April 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Belgium GK Gwenaël Jaa
2 Belgium DF Olivier Schops
3 Belgium DF Wout Bastiaens
4 Belgium DF Yan De Maeyer (on loan from Beerschot Wilrijk)
5 Belgium DF Stig Cools
6 Belgium MF Jo Christiaens
7 Belgium DF Jef Van Der Veken
8 Belgium MF Frederic Farin
9 Belgium FW Fallou Fall
10 Belgium FW Sam Van Aerschot
No. Position Player
12 Belgium FW Devon Maes
13 Belgium FW Jarno Molenberghs
14 Belgium MF Toon Janssen
15 Belgium MF Cas Troosters
16 The Gambia FW Demba Janneh
17 Belgium MF Redouan Benhamou
19 Belgium FW Danté Walen
20 Belgium FW Lucas Van Eynde
33 Belgium GK Jeroen De Bisschop
39 Belgium MF Yannis Augustijnen

References

  1. ↑ "KFC Oosterzonen Oosterwijk". Soccerway.
  2. ↑ Opvolger Lierse krijgt lokale naam, club krijgt ook goed nieuws over stadion, Het Nieuwsblad, 1 juni 2018
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