FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from

Lisse Lisse () is a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Western Netherlands. The municipality, which lies within the Duin- en Bollenstreek, covers an area of of which is water. Its population was in . Located within the mun ...

which was founded in 1981. It currently plays in the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

History

The history of FC Lisse is linked to its

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religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Catholic priest, called Lissese Voetbal Vereniging, which was later renamed Lisse Racing Club. In 1921 a separate team, RKVV Lisse, was formed. In 1942 Lisse RC was dissolved, and after World War Two another club, Lisser Boys, was formed. In 1968 an unsuccessful attempt was made to merge RKVV Lisse (later called Sportclub Lisse) and Lisser Boys, but on 17 March 1981 the teams were merged under the name FC Lisse. The club was automatically promoted to

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

in 2009–10, which was introduced as highest amateur level in the Netherlands. After reintroduction of the

in 2016–17 above the Topklasse, FC Lisse didn’t qualify for the new top amateur championship. A year later, they promoted to the Tweede Divisie, but relegated after just one season. In 2022, FC Lisse entered the Tweede Divisie again by winning the Derde Divisie (new name of the Topklasse).

Current squad

Results

Zaterdagvoetbal
/ref> * 1989–90: 10th place * 1990–91: 9th place * 1991–92: 6th place * 1992–93: 4th place * 1993–94: 2nd place * 1994–95: 2nd place * 1995–96: 2nd place * 1996–97: Champions * 1997–98: 3rd place * 1998–99: 5th place * 1999-00: 12th place * 2000–01: Champions, Dutch Saturdays Champions Amateur Clubs * 2001–02: 11th place * 2002–03: 9th place * 2003–04: 2nd place * 2004–05: 5th place * 2005–06: 2nd place * 2006–07: 2nd place * 2007–08: Champions, Dutch Champion Amateur Clubs * 2008–09: 8th place * 2009–10: 4th place, promoted to Topklasse * 2010–11: 11th place * 2011–12: 11th place * 2012–13: 6th place * 2013–14: 8th place * 2014–15: 11th place * 2015–16: 15th place * 2016–17: 2nd place, promoted to Tweede Divisie * 2017–18: 15th place, relegated to Derde Divisie * 2018–19: 10th place * 2019–20: Competition cancelled due to COVID-pandemic * 2020–21: Competition cancelled due to COVID-pandemic * 2021–22: 1st place, promoted to Tweede Divisie * 2022–23:

Notes

External links

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Official website
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