Lierse S. K.
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| Full name | Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring |
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| Nickname(s) | De Pallieters |
| Founded | March 6, 1906 (creation) |
| Ground | Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier |
| Capacity | 15,500 |
| Chairman |
 Maged Samy |
| Manager |
 Frederik Vanderbiest
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| League | Belgian First Division B |
| 2016–17 | Belgian First Division B, 1st |
| Website | Club website |
Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈliːrsə ˈspɔrtkrɪŋ]), often simply known as Lierse, is a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse is one of the six Belgian clubs to have played in the UEFA Champions League group stage, the other being Anderlecht, Club Brugge, Genk, Standard Liège and KAA Gent.
The club was founded in 1906 and they first promoted to the first division in 1927–28. Lierse was successful in the first division until the end of World War II, winning two titles and finishing only four times outside the top five. At the end of the 1947–48 season, they were relegated to the second division. Lierse enjoyed two more spells at the highest level, each time with a championship win (between 1953–54 and 1985–86 and between 1988–89 and 2006–07). Lierse spent five more years in first division between 2010–11 and 2014–15, but currently play in the second division.
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