Lierse S.K.
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{{Infobox Football club
| clubname = Lierse S.K.
| image = [[Image:Lierse-SK.png|120px|Lierse S.K.]]
| fullname = Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring
| nickname = ''De Pallieters''
| shortname = Lierse
| founded = [[March 6]], [[1906]] (creation)</br>[[August 6]], [[1908]] (registration)
| dissolved =
| ground = [[Herman Vanderpoortenstadion]],</br>[[Lier, Belgium|Lier]]
| capacity = 14,538
| chairman = {{flagicon|Egypt}} '''Maged Samy'''
| ceo =
| mgrtitle =
| manager = {{flagicon|Belgium}} '''Herman Helleputte'''
| league = [[Belgian Second Division]]
| season = [[Jupiler League 2007-08|2007-08]]
| position = Jupiler League 17th
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'''K. Lierse S.K.''' is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club, from the town of [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]] in the [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]] province. Its matricule is the n°30. The most capped player at the club is [[Bernard Voorhoof]] (topscorer of the [[Belgium national football team]] with [[Paul Van Himst]]) with 61 caps, all when he was at Lierse. Lierse S.K. was in the [[Jupiler League]] from [[1988]]-[[1989|89]] till [[2006]]-[[2007|07]]. The team is one of the most traditional Belgian teams with a more than 100 years history. Lierse S.K had a series of first division championship wins, with the last one in [[1997]]. The club is playing in the [[Herman Vanderpoortenstadion]] in Lier, which is sometimes also called 'Het Lisp', because of the neighbourhood it is located in.
The club has been recently bought by an [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] business man named Maged Samy, who also owns [[Wadi Degla Sporting Club]] in Egypt which has a sporting contract with [[Arsenal FC]]. He bought the club by paying all of its debts.
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== Current squad ==
{{Football squad start}}
{{Football squad player|no= 1|nat=Belgium|name=[[Sven van der Jeugt]]|pos=GK}}
{{Football squad player|no= 2|nat=Belgium|name=[[Thomas de Corte]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no= 4|nat=Belgium|name=[[Koen Weuts]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no= 5|nat=Belgium|name=[[Seth de Witte]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no= 7|nat=Belgium|name=[[Chris Janssens]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no= 8|nat=Belgium|name=[[Yoni Buyens]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=10|nat=Belgium|name=[[Kurt Baetens]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Belgium|name=[[Kane Develer]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=13|nat=Belgium|name=[[Tim van Horenbeke]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=14|nat=Netherlands|name=[[Lorenzo Rimkus]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=15|nat=Belgium|name=[[Frederik Frans]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=19|nat=Belgium|name=[[Bob Peeters]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no=20|nat=Belgium|name=[[Jeroen Mertens]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Football squad player|no=21|nat=Belgium|name=[[Petar Bojović (footballer)|Petar Bojović]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no=22|nat=Belgium|name=[[Nathan Goris]]|pos=GK}}
{{Football squad player|no=23|nat=Belgium|name=[[Glenn Goyvaerts]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no=35|nat=Belgium|name=[[Dries Ventose]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no= |nat=Egypt|name=[[Youssef Fawaz]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no= |nat=Egypt|name=[[Omar Rabie Yassin]]|pos=DF}}
{{Football squad player|no= |nat=Macedonia|name=[[Nderim Nedžipi]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no= |nat=Egypt|name=[[Mohamed Abdel Wahed]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no= |nat=Egypt|name=[[Ahmed Samir]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no= |nat=Egypt|name=[[Sherif El Bialy]]|pos=MF}}
{{Football squad player|no= |nat=Belgium|name=[[Jurgen Cavens]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad player|no= |nat=Gambia|name=[[Assan Jatta]]|pos=FW}} (on loan to [[ K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel|Verbroedering Geel]])
{{Football squad player|no= |nat=Thailand|name=[[Teerathep Winothai]]|pos=FW}}
{{Football squad end}}
== Former notable players ==
{|
|valign="top"|
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[David Brocken]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Jurgen Cavens]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Jan Ceulemans]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Gert Claessens]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Filip Daems]]
* {{flagicon|Norway}}[[Jostein Flo]]
* {{flagicon|Austria}}[[Ralph Hasenhüttl]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Herman Helleputte]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Carl Hoefkens]]
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}[[Pieter Huistra]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Stein Huysegems]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Dirk Huysmans]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Marco Ingrao]]
|valign="top"|
* {{flagicon|Norway}}[[Mini Jakobsen]]
* {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}}[[Arouna Koné]]
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}[[Stanley Menzo]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}}[[Marius Mitu]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Jan Moons]]
* {{flagicon|Serbia}}[[Dragan Mrdja]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Lucien Olieslagers]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Bob Peeters]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Jean-Marie Pfaff]]
* {{flagicon|Norway}}[[Kjetil Rekdal]]
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}}[[Peter Ressel]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}[[Andrzej Rudy]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Marc Schaessens]]
|valign="top"|
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Axel Smeets]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Eddy Snelders]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}}[[Archie Thompson]]
* {{flagicon|France}}[[Tony Vairelles]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Erwin Vandenbergh]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Fons Van Brandt]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Eric Van Meir]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Gert Verheyen]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Dany Verlinden]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}}[[Bernard Voorhoof]]
* {{flagicon|Croatia}}[[Ognjen Vukojević]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}[[Thomas Zdebel]]
* {{flagicon|Brazil}}[[Santana José de Sous Zefilho]]
|}
== Honours ==
*'''[[Jupiler League|Belgian First Division]]:'''
**'''Winners (4):''' 1931-32, 1941-42, 1959-60, 1996-97
**'''Runners-up (2):''' 1934-35, 1938-39
*'''[[Belgian Second Division]]:'''
**'''Winners (1):''' 1926-27
**'''Runners-up (1):''' 1952-53
*'''[[Belgian Second Division Final Round]]:'''
**'''Winners (3):''' 1974, 1988, 2006
*'''[[Belgian Cup]]:'''
**'''Winners (2):''' 1968-69, 1998-99
**'''Runners-up (1):''' 1975-76
*'''[[Belgian Supercup]]:'''
**'''Winners (2):''' 1997, 1999
== European record ==
:''As of [[March 5]], [[2006]]:''
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<th style="background:#efefef;">Competition</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">A</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">B</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">C</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">D</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">E</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">F</th>
<th style="background:#efefef;">G</th>
</tr>
<tr><td>[[UEFA Champions League]] </td><td>2</td><td>10</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>19</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Cup Winners' Cup]] </td><td>2</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>12</td><td>12</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[UEFA Cup]] </td><td>5</td><td>18</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>28</td><td>28</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Intertoto Cup]] </td><td>2</td><td>12</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>21</td><td>16</td></tr>
</table>
A = appearances, B = matches played, C = won, D = drawn, E = lost, F = goals for, G = goals against.
== References ==
*{{nl icon}} {{en icon}} {{fr icon}} [http://www.lierse.com Official website]
*{{en icon}} [http://www.uefa.com/footballEurope/Club=8404/domestic.html UEFA page]
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