CLUB
Liersche
Belgium
Overview
Liersche is recorded as the club affiliation for 1 player in Footballopedia’s registered 1930 World Cup roster data for Belgium. This historical club card is built from the tournament-era roster connection; broader club history can be enriched independently without breaking the player-to-club link.
Key facts
- Country
- Belgium
- City
- Lier
- 1930 name
- Liersche
- Club status
- bankrupt-defunct
- Founded
- 1906
- Dissolved / identity ended
- 2018
- Historical status
- No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
- Successor / lineage
- Lierse Kempenzonen / K. Lierse S.K. (tradition continued via a different club and registration)
- Stadium
- Het Lisp
- 1930 team context
- Belgium
- 1930 linked players
- 1
- Identity status
- verified-historical-identity
History
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Liersche already had a documented club history extending from 1906 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Founded in 1906 as Liersche Sportkring, the club became a four-time Belgian champion.
Chapter 2Description: The historical club’s financial crisis culminated in bankruptcy in May 2018.
Chapter 3Description: A different club, FC Oosterzonen, relocated and became Lierse Kempenzonen, later taking the historic Lierse name; it is a successor in tradition, not the same legal entity.
Historical overview
Identity and place in football historyDescription: K. Lierse SK, matricule 30, was a major Belgian club with a long first-division history and national honours.
The club around the 1930 World CupDescription: In Footballopedia’s 1930 graph, Liersche is linked to 1 World Cup roster player(s) through tournament-era club affiliation. This club page records those names inside club/season history only; no player profile was created or expanded in this pass.
End of the original identityDescription: The historic club went bankrupt in 2018 and matricule 30 disappeared. Later Lierse-branded clubs use different registration continuity.
Historical timeline
1906Description: Foundation / earliest canonical start of the Liersche identity.
Pre-1930 chronologyDescription: Before the 1930 World Cup, Liersche already had a documented club history extending from 1906 through the tournament era. Footballopedia now keeps that pre-1930 story as a season-aware chronology rather than treating 1930 as the club’s starting point.
Chapter 1Description: Founded in 1906 as Liersche Sportkring, the club became a four-time Belgian champion.
Chapter 2Description: The historical club’s financial crisis culminated in bankruptcy in May 2018.
Chapter 3Description: A different club, FC Oosterzonen, relocated and became Lierse Kempenzonen, later taking the historic Lierse name; it is a successor in tradition, not the same legal entity.
1930 World Cup eraDescription: Documented club affiliation for: Bernard Voorhoof.
2018Description: K. Lierse SK went bankrupt in May 2018 and the historic registration number 30 disappeared.
Season-by-season history
1906Season: 1906 · Competition: Club formation · Finish: Founded · Notes: Liersche SK founded in Lier.Founding milestone.
1919/20Season: 1919/20 · Competition: Belgian Promotion · Finish: 2nd · Notes: Strong second-level campaign.No full roster asserted.
1928/29Season: 1928/29 · Competition: Belgian Premier Division · Finish: 10th · Notes: First Division campaign immediately before the World Cup year.No full roster asserted.
1929/30Season: 1929/30 · Competition: Belgian Premier Division · Finish: 9th · Notes: Finished ninth with 25 points.Documented players: Bernard VoorhoofWorld Cup-linked player(s) only; not a full squad.
2006/07Season: 2006/07 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Relegated · Notes: Relegation ended a long top-flight spell and began a difficult financial period.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2009/10Season: 2009/10 · Competition: Belgian Second Division · Finish: Champions; promoted · Notes: Won the second division under Aimé Anthuenis and returned to the top flight.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2014/15Season: 2014/15 · Competition: Belgian First Division · Finish: Relegated · Notes: Dropped back to the second tier after five seasons in the top flight.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
2018Season: 2018 · Competition: Club identity · Finish: Bankrupt / dissolved · Notes: The original Lierse club could not secure a buyer and ceased to exist; a different licence later carried the Lierse tradition as Lierse Kempenzonen.No full roster asserted; season row is source-gated.
Competition chronology
1906Description: Club formation | Founded | Liersche SK founded in Lier.
1919/20Description: Belgian Promotion | 2nd | Strong second-level campaign.
1928/29Description: Belgian Premier Division | 10th | First Division campaign immediately before the World Cup year.
1929/30Description: Belgian Premier Division | 9th | Finished ninth with 25 points.
1931/32Description: Won the Belgian First Division, the club’s first national championship.
1941/42Description: Won a second Belgian championship.
1947/48Description: Relegated from the top division after the long pre-war and wartime elite period.
1953/54Description: Returned to the Belgian top flight.
1959/60Description: Won its third Belgian championship.
1968/69Description: Won the Belgian Cup.
1985/86Description: Relegated from the top division after a long uninterrupted spell.
1988/89Description: Returned to the top division.
1996/97Description: Won the Belgian championship for the fourth time.
1998/99Description: Won a second Belgian Cup.
2006/07Description: Relegated from the top division.
2009/10Description: Won the Belgian Second Division and returned to the top flight.
2014/15Description: Relegated from the top division for the final time.
2018Description: Requested bankruptcy on 9 May 2018; matricule 30 disappeared and the original K. Lierse S.K. ceased to exist.
Honours and achievements
Honour / achievementDescription: Belgian top-flight champion: 4 titles in the historic Lierse era.
Honour / achievementDescription: Belgian Cup winner: 2 titles in the historic club era.
Stadium and ground history
Het LispDescription: Documented historical venue context currently linked to the 1930-era club record. Relationship: Historical home ground in 1930.
Venue-history ruleDescription: Only grounds supported by historical evidence are attached. A modern ground is never projected backward into the 1930 period merely because a successor or namesake later used it.
1930 World Cup-linked players
Bernard VoorhoofDescription: FW · Belgium · tournament-era club affiliation
1934 World Cup-linked players
Bernard VoorhoofPlayer: Bernard Voorhoof · Player Slug: bernard-voorhoof · Team: Belgium · Year: 1934
What happened to the club
Canonical historical identityDescription: No longer exists as the same 1930 club identity
What happened nextDescription: The historic club went bankrupt in 2018 and matricule 30 disappeared. Later Lierse-branded clubs use different registration continuity.
Continuity policyDescription: Successor, merger partner, refoundation and namesake are stored as related entities/lineage. They are not silently collapsed into the 1930 club unless legal and sporting continuity is demonstrated.
Club lineage
1930 identityDescription: Liersche
End of original identityDescription: K. Lierse SK went bankrupt in May 2018 and the historic registration number 30 disappeared.
Successor / lineageDescription: Lierse Kempenzonen / K. Lierse S.K. (tradition continued via a different club and registration)
Legacy and identity note
This page preserves the Liersche identity as it existed around the 1930 World Cup. Later clubs using a similar name are not automatically treated as the same legal entity.
Squad
Bernard VoorhoofPosition: FW · National Team: Belgium · Player Slug: bernard-voorhoof
Notes
Historical-identity ruleDescription: Footballopedia keeps the 1930 club as its own canonical historical entity even when a successor, merger partner, refoundation or namesake exists.
World Cup linkDescription: Linked to 1 player(s) in the 1930 World Cup roster graph.