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
Capacity13 539
Chairman Luc Van Thillo
Manager Tom Van Imschoot
LeagueBelgian First Division B
2019–2013th of 16

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.[1]

Current squad
As of 12 August, 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BEL Bernd Brughmans
3 DF  BEL Ben Santermans (on loan from Lommel)
4 DF  BEL Jef Van Der Veken
5 DF  BEL Simon Van Geet
7 MF  MAR Ibrahim El Ansri
8 MF  MAR Ayyoub Allach
9 FW  BEL Simon Vermeiren
10 MF  BEL Bob Straetman
11 FW  BEL Manito Coviella
12 GK  BEL Jarno De Smet
14 MF  BEL Toon Janssen
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  BEL Emile Samyn (on loan from Roeselare)
20 MF  BEL Raf Meukens
21 DF  BEL Yentl Van Genechten
24 DF  BEL Hannes Smolders
25 MF  BEL Jo Gilis (on loan from Oud-Heverlee Leuven)
27 DF  BEL Timo Cauwenberg
37 GK  BEL Joppe Vannuffelen
40 FW  BEL Younes Ben Hammou
— MF  CGO Scott Bitsindou
— FW  BEL Christ-Levi Kuete

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. Pos. Nation Player
gollark: You can just ignore them, though.
gollark: It's very safe. Anthropic principle.
gollark: Post to all places simultaneously.
gollark: https://tenor.com/view/clock-helvetica-falling-numbers-glitch-gif-17952481
gollark: Which joke?

References
  1. "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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