Lierse S.K. (2018)

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

K. Lierse S.K.

Full name	Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring
Nickname	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
2024–25	Challenger Pro League, 8th of 16
Website	https://www.lierse.com/
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 time 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 8 September 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 Jarno De Smet 2 DF   BEL Pietro Perdichizzi 3 MF   BEL Noam Mayoka-Tika (on loan from Charleroi ) 4 DF   BEL Sam Vanderhallen 5 DF   BEL Brent Laes 6 MF   BEL Emmanuel Matuta 7 FW   BEL Yassin Hidraoui-Akachar 8 MF   FRA Victor Daguin 9 FW   MAD Bryan Adinany 11 FW   BEL Samih El Touile 14 DF   BEL Wout De Buyser 17 FW   PHI Dylan Demuynck (on loan from Zulte Waregem ) 19 MF   BEL Tiago Vermeulen 21 MF   BEL Bo De Kerf

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   BEL Cedric Van Meirvenne 26 MF   BEL Thiebe Van Elsuwege 27 FW   BEL Daan De Peuter 29 MF   FRA Mansour Sy 32 GK   BEL Willem Van Clemen 36 MF   BEL Dirk Asare 44 DF   BEL Lander Verbist 45 MF   BEL Noah De Ridder 48 MF   BEL Yann Gboua(on loan from SL16 ) 58 DF   BEL Vincent De Vos 61 GK   BEL Kiany Vroman 66 DF   BEL Jenthe Mertens 77 MF   BEL Hugo Masaki 94 FW   BEL Mauro Lenaerts

Out on loan

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 — GK   CAN Kieran Baskett(at Brattvåg until 31 December 2025)

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