Lierse Kempenzonen

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

Lierse Kempenzonen
Full nameLierse Kempenzonen
Founded1943 (as FC Oosterzonen)
GroundHerman Vanderpoortenstadion,
Lier
Capacity14,538[1]
Chairman Luc Van Thillo
Manager Dirk Gyselinckx
LeagueBelgian First Amateur Division
2019–2013th

History

The club was founded in 1943 as FC Oosterzonen 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 22 April 2020

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Thomas Rosala
2 DF Kino Delorge
3 DF Ben Santermans (on loan from Lommel)
4 DF Jef Van Der Veken
5 DF Matthiece Nelissen
7 FW Youssef Boulaouali
8 MF Ayyoub Allach
9 FW Simon Vermeiren
10 FW Augusto Alves Da Silva
11 FW Nick Kuijlaars
13 FW Terry Osei-Berkoe
14 MF Toon Janssen
15 DF Jonas Vinck
No. Position Player
17 MF Yoni Buyens
18 MF Thomas Wils
19 MF Emile Samyn (on loan from Roeselare)
20 FW Seppe Maesen
21 FW Alessio Allegria (on loan from Thes Sport)
23 MF Jasper Sols
24 DF Hannes Smolders
26 MF Jordi Maus
27 MF Jonathan Kindermans
30 GK Bo Geens
35 GK Thibaut Rausin
40 FW Younes Ben Hammou
41 FW Manito Garcia Coviella

Other players under contract

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

No. Position Player
— DF Kassim Doumbia
— DF Francesco D'Onofrio

References
  1. "Herman Vanderpoortenstadion". voetbalstadion.net. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. "Opvolger Lierse krijgt lokale naam, club krijgt ook goed nieuws over stadion". Het Nieuwsblad. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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