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.

History

The club was founded in 1943 as FC Oosterzonen from a commune within

Westerlo Westerlo () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises seven towns: * Westerlo centrum * * Tongerlo * Heultje * Voortkapel * Oosterwijk * In 2021, Westerlo had a total population of 25,288. The ...

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 Belgian Fourth Division was the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. The division was split into four separate leagues, A, B, C and D. The team with the most points in the four leagues together was declared the overall winner ...

, the club managed to avoid relegation for a few seasons, before managing another promotion in the 2012-13 season into the

Belgian Third Division The Belgian Third Division ( nl, Derde klasse, french: Division III) was the third highest level in Belgian football. It had two leagues of 18 teams each ( A and B) at the same level. This competition, originally known as the Belgian Promotion ...

. Following the reform of Belgian football in 2016, the team started playing in the

Belgian First Amateur Division The Belgian National Division 1, commonly referred to as simply Eerste Nationale (in Dutch) or Nationale 1 (in French) is a semi-professional and the third-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian First ...

. 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 Herman Vanderpoortenstadion () (also called Het Lisp []) is a multi-use stadium in Lier, Belgium, Lier, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and was the home ground of Lierse S.K., Lierse between 1925 and 2 ...

in Lier.

Current squad

Coaching Staff

References

External links

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KFC Oosterzonen Oosterwijk at Soccerway
{{Belgian First Division B teamlist 1943 establishments in Belgium Association football clubs established in 1943 Football clubs in Belgium Lier, Belgium Sport in Antwerp Province