Lierse Kempenzonen

Lierse Kempenzonen 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. They compete in the Belgian First Division B, the second tier of Belgian football.

Lierse Kempenzonen
Full nameLierse Kempenzonen
Nickname(s)Geel-Zwart (Yellow-Black)
Founded1943 (as FC Oosterzonen)
GroundHerman Vanderpoortenstadion,
Lier
Capacity13,539
ChairmanLuc Van Thillo
ManagerSven Vandenbroeck
LeagueChallenger League
2023–2411th

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 three seasons in a row to promote 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 24 January 2024

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 Jens Teunckens
2 DF  BEL Pieter De Schrijver
3 DF  NED Luc Marijnissen
4 MF  BEL Aristote Nkaka
6 MF  BEL Sebastiaan Brebels
7 FW  BEL Obbi Oularé
8 MF  BEL Thibaut Van Acker
10 MF  BEL Alexandre De Bruyn
11 MF  BEL Mehdi Tarfi
12 GK  BEL Jarno De Smet
18 MF  BEL Nils Schouterden
19 MF  BEL Stan Van Dessel
20 DF  BEL Sam Vanderhallen
21 FW  FRA Ousmane Sow
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW  BEL Daan Vekemans
23 DF  BEL Viktor Boone (on loan from Union SG)
24 DF  BEL Jarno Libert
25 DF  BEL Mickaël Tırpan
26 MF  BEL Jens Cools
28 FW  GHA Eric Ocansey
30 MF  BEL Glenn Claes
36 GK  BEL Lennard Leyssens
42 FW  BEL Aske Sampers
44 DF  BEL Joeri Poelmans
64 MF  BLR Maksim Kireev
70 MF  BEL Samih El Touile
77 MF  BEL Luca Foubert

Coaching Staff

Position Name
Manager Jo Christiaans
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.
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