Lierse S.K. (2018)

For the defunct football club, see Lierse S.K. (1906).

K. Lierse S.K.

Full name	Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring
Nickname(s)	Geel-Zwart (Yellow-Black)
Founded	1943;82 years ago (1943) (as FC Oosterzonen)
Ground	Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier
Capacity	13,539
Chairman	Luc Van Thillo
Manager	Jamath Shoffner
League	Challenger Pro League
2023–24	Challenger Pro League, 11th of 16
Home colours Away colours

Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian association football club located in Lier, in the province of Antwerp. The club, founded in 1943 as Oosterzonen in Oosterwijk, was relocated to Lier following the bankruptcy of Lierse in 2018. After an official name change, Lierse Kempenzonen was renamed to K. Lierse S.K. in 2024. They compete in the Challenger Pro League, the second tier of Belgian football.

History

The club was founded in 1943 as FC Oosterzonen from a commune within Westerlo. It 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 won the title for three consecutive seasons and were promoted for the first time in its history to the national levels of football. In the Belgian Fourth Division, the club avoided 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 16 January 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   BEL Jens Teunckens 2 DF   BEL Pieter De Schrijver 3 DF   NED Luc Marijnissen 4 DF   BEL Sam Vanderhallen 5 DF   BEL Pietro Perdichizzi 6 MF   BEL Emmanuel Matuta 8 MF   FRA Victor Daguin 9 FW   FRA Bryan Adinany 10 MF   BLR Maksim Kireev 12 GK   BEL Jarno De Smet 14 DF   BEL Wout De Buyser 17 MF   BEL Noah Hartmann 18 MF   BEL Dirk Asare 19 MF   BEL Tiago Vermeulen 21 MF   BEL Bo De Kerf 23 DF   BEL Viktor Boone

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF   NED Che Krabbendam 26 MF   BEL Noah Mawete (on loan from SL16 ) 27 FW   BEL Daan De Peuter 28 MF   BEL Aboubacar Conte (on loan from RSCA Futures ) 30 MF   BEL Glenn Claes 31 DF   BEL Brent Laes 36 GK   BEL Lennard Leyssens 41 GK   BEL Kjell Peersman (on loan from PSV ) 42 FW   BEL Aske Sampers 70 MF   BEL Samih El Touile 77 MF   BEL Hugo Masaki 81 FW   BEL Niklo Dailly 85 DF   COD Emmanuel Tshimbalanga

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Jamath Shoffner
Assistant managers	Nico Van Kerckhoven
Goalkeeper coach	Patrick Decsi
Video analyst	Bernd Brughmans
Team Doctor	Roel Rymen
Physiotherapist	Lars De Buyst Tom Waegemans
Materialman	Hans Van Rooy Rony Nauwelaers

References

1. "Opvolger Lierse krijgt lokale naam, club krijgt ook goed nieuws over stadion". Het Nieuwsblad. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.

External links

• Official website
• KFC Oosterzonen Oosterwijk at Soccerway