Wikipedia - K.F.C. Lommel S.K.

Koninklijke Football Club Lommelse Sportkring was a Belgian football club that existed between 1932 and 2003. It played two spells at the highest level in the Belgian football league system: from 1992 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2003. Its best ranking was reached in 1997 when it finished 5th.

History

The club was founded in 1932 when most players of the neighbour Lommelsche V.V. (first named Lommelsche S.K.) created this club, as the former ended its activity at the beginning of the season. It became a member of the Belgian Football Association the same year, and eventually received the matricule n°1986. In 1947, the name of the club changed to Lommelse S.K., and then to K.F.C. Lommel S.K. in 1968.

Lommel first appeared in the second division in 1987 and won the competition in 1992, two years after a third place in the second division final round. It played one more season at that level in 2000–01 to win this league again. In 2003, the club fell victim to the Commission des Licences new regulations regarding debt – the club owed several thousand euro to the Belgian FA and was unable to pay this on time. The entire first-team squad left in the face of imminent liquidation of the club. The team attempted to continue by playing its youth team but three matchdays before the end of the 2002–03 season, Lommel – still able to avoid relegation on the field – were expelled from the Jupiler League. The FA decided to erase all results involving Lommel in the first division and the final table did not include the club. The matricule 1986 disappears. Member of former club board's took contact with K.V.V. Overpelt Fabriek a club wearing the matricule n°2554 of a neighbour town.[]

Lommel er en belgisk fodboldklub med base i byen Lommel. Klubben blev grundlagt i 1932 og spiller i øjeblikket i den belgiske 1. division B.

Lommel har en rig historie og vandt den belgiske cup i 2001. Klubben har også spillet europæisk fodbold og har formået at kvalificere sig til UEFA Intertoto Cup.

I de seneste år har Lommel kæmpet for at opnå succes på banen. Klubben er rykket ned fra den belgiske 1. division A flere gange og spiller nu i den belgiske 1. division B.

På trods af sin nylige kamp er Lommel stadig en populær klub med en dedikeret fanbase. Klubben er kendt for sit gode ungdomsarbejde og har produceret talenter som Kevin De Bruyne og Adnan Januzaj.

Lommel er et ambitiøst hold med målet om at vende tilbage til den belgiske 1. division A. Klubben har foretaget betydelige investeringer i sin spillertrup og sin infrastruktur i håbet om at nå dette mål.