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Lommel
Full name	Lommel Sportkring
Founded	1932; 92 years ago
Ground	Soevereinstadion, Lommel
Capacity	8,000
Owner	City Football Group
Chairman	Harm van Veldhoven
Manager	Steve Bould
League	Challenger Pro League
2023–24	Challenger Pro League, 4th of 16
Website	https://www.lommelsk.be/
Home colours	Away colours

Lommel SK is a Belgian association football club based in the city of Lommel, Limburg, that competes in the Challenger Pro League.^[2]

History

The roots of the club date back to the 1920s when the club Vlug & Vrij Overpelt-Usines (Fast & Free Overpelt-Factories) was founded, registering as an official club with the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1927 to receive matricule 1064. The club dissolved in 1933 only to be re-established in 1937 as Vlug & Vrij Overpelt (Fast & Free Overpelt) with matricule 2554 and played at stadium De Leukens in Overpelt. It was commonly known as Overpelt Fabriek (Overpelt Factory), named after the Overpelt district in which the zinc factory was situated and was a club for the local factory workers.

In 1954, the club reached the national football levels, that time at the fourth level of the Belgian football pyramid, and continued to the Belgian Third Division in 1957. Near the end of the 1950s, the name was changed again, now to Vlug en Vrij Overpelt-Fabriek (Fast and Free Overpelt-Factory).

In 1982, the club was promoted to the Belgian Second Division where it remained for three seasons before being relegated again and starting an up and down movement between the second and fourth divisions. In 1987 the club obtained the royal designation, thus changing the name in 1988 to Koninklijke Vlug en Vrij Overpelt-Fabriek (Royal Fast and Free Overpelt-Factory). Midway the 1990s the club played three more seasons in the second division but promotion to the highest level would never be obtained. In 2003 neighbours K.F.C. Lommel S.K. dissolved following bankruptcy. Lommel had been founded in 1932 and its biggest achievements included playing the 2001 Belgian Cup Final and playing in both the 1997 and 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Overpelt-Fabriek and Lommel merged into K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel, often referred to as KVSK United, with KVSK an abbreviation standing for Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging en Sportkring (Royal Footballassociation and Sportscircle). It continued with the matricule 2554 of Overpelt-Fabriek but moved from De Leukens to the Soevereinstadion in Lommel. The club colours became a combination of those of Lommel (green & white) and Overpelt-Fabriek (red & blue). The new club started the 2003–04 season in the third division and only narrowly missed out on promotion. The following season the team became champions undefeated throughout the whole season (30 matches) and was promoted to the second division. During the 2005–06 season the team came close to promotion to the highest level as it led the table before the last match but lost away to Oud-Heverlee Leuven and saw the title and promotion move to Mons. The following promotion playoffs were lost to Lierse.

In 2010, the club merged with third division team KFC Racing Mol-Wezel and changed its name to Lommel United and started two very successful seasons, ending second in both 2009–10 and 2010–11. This however was a turning point, as almost all starting players decided to leave the club after those two seasons, forcing Lommel United to rebuild the team with many youngsters. A highlight was the 2014–15 season in which Lommel United again finished second. After that, the team only narrowly managed to obtain a place in the new second-level league called Belgian First Division B, but during the 2016–17 season the team started with only 3 wins out of 28 matches and despite a strong finish, the team was relegated to the Belgian First Amateur Division, thereby losing its professional status. Following that season, the team changed its name to Lommel SK.

In May 2020, it was announced that City Football Group, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, had purchased Lommel SK, making it the ninth club to join their stable.^[3]

Current squad

As of 30 September 2024^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MNE	Nikola Ivezić
2	DF	PER	Kluiverth Aguilar
4	DF	BEL	Stijn Wuytens
5	DF	BEL	Dries Wouters
7	MF	BEL	Théo Mununga
8	MF	MLI	Ibrahima Kébé (on loan from Girona)
9	FW	NED	Jason van Duiven
10	FW	ANG	Igor Vetokele
11	DF	ESP	Álvaro Santos
13	DF	COL	Jhon Banguera
14	DF	SWE	Jesper Tolinsson
15	MF	BEL	Lucas Schoofs
17	MF	TOG	Karim Dermane
18	MF	IRL	Daniel McGrath


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	GK	BEL	Matthias Pieklak
27	MF	CRO	Leon Lalić
31	GK	BEL	Rik Vercauteren
33	MF	BRA	Diego Rosa (on loan from Esporte Clube Bahia)
34	DF	GHA	Henry Oware
38	DF	GHA	Yeboah Amankwah
44	DF	FRA	Yvann Titi (on loan from Troyes)
64	MF	SCO	Tsoanelo Letsosa
66	MF	BEL	Toon Franssen
77	FW	NOR	Faniel Tewelde
79	DF	NED	Sam De Grand
80	FW	SRB	Filip Stevanović
98	FW	BEL	Mo Salah

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	BRA	Cauê (at Gil Vicente until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	JPN	Koki Saito (at QPR until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	BUL	Filip Krastev (at Zwolle until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FIN	Juho Talvitie (at Heracles Almelo until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	SRB	Djordje Gordic (at TSC until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	HUN	Zalán Vancsa (at Gent until 30 June 2025)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
President	Harm Van Veldhoven
CEO	Mike Green
Sporting Director	James McCarron
Head coach	Steve Bould
Assistant head coach	Ryan Garry Bruno Andrade
Goalkeeper coach	Vladan Kujović
Head of Science and Medicine	Sjoerd Den Dekker
Head of Team & Player Development	David Gibas
Sports Scientist	Stefan Winters
Team Manager	Daan Deboutte

Clubs owned by CFG
Listed in order of acquisition/foundation.
Bold indicates the club was founded by CFG.
* indicates the club was acquired by CFG.
§ indicates the club is co-owned.
2009–2012
2008	Manchester City F.C.*
2013	New York City FC^§
2014	Melbourne City FC*
2014	Yokohama F. Marinos*^§
2015–2016
2017	Montevideo City Torque*
2017	Girona FC*^§
2018
2019	Shenzhen Peng City F.C.*^§
2019	Mumbai City FC*^§
2020	Lommel S.K.*
2020	ES Troyes AC*
2021
2022	Palermo F.C.*^§
2023	Bahia*^§

References

^ stadion Archived 8 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine, lommelunited.be (last check 30 March 2018)
^ "Apuia Ralte to travel to Belgium for Lommel SK training stint". www.mumbaicityfc.com. Mumbai, Maharashtra: Mumbai City Football Club. 3 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ Jackson, Jamie (11 May 2020). "Manchester City parent company add Belgian team to their stable". Guardian Uk. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ "Spelers" (in Dutch). Lommel S.K. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.