Lierse S.K.

The early years

In 1904, Gustaaf Van Den Roye learned about the game of football in Antwerp and got fascinated about it. He bought an authentic ball to play the game in his hometown of Lier. The first games were played on a terrain owned by the local graf Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde. Local farmers were not pleased and the police had to intervene, who prohibited any further games. The graf was informed of what happened and he asked Van Den Roye to come and see him. When Van Den Roye told the Graf about his intent to start an actual football club and pointed out the difficulties he was faced with, The Graf promised him a terrain which could serve as a football ground. On 6 March 1906, during a meeting in a local pub called De Roskam a football club was founded, named Liersche Sportkring. Lierse was born and a first board was established: Gerard Quaeyhaegens as chairman, Gust van den Roye as secretary and Georges Peeters as Treasurer. Graf Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde agreed to become honorary chairman. Two years after its foundation, in September 1908, Lierse became a member of the Royal Belgian Football Association, where it started playing in the lowest tier of Belgian Football. In 1913 the club made its first impact in Belgian football, when it became the first club ever out a regional league to reach the quarter-finals of the Belgian Cup. The club climbed through the ranks of Belgian football. In 1922, after winning a national play-off round Lierse gained promotion…

League

Belgian First Division Champions: 1931–32, 1941–42, 1959–60, 1996–97 Runners-up: 1934–35, 1938–39 Belgian Second Division Winners: 1926–27, 2009–10 Runners-up (5): 1924–25, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 2008–09 Belgian Second Division final round Winners: 1974, 1988, 2006

Cups

Belgian Cup Winners: 1968–69, 1998–99 Runners-up: 1975–76 Belgian Super Cup Winners: 1997, 1999