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{{Short description|Belgian football club}}
 
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{for|the earlier club|K.F.C. Lommel S.K.}}
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| ground = Soevereinstadion, [[Lommel]]
| capacity = 8,000<ref>[http://www.lommelunited.be/index-club.php?type=3/ stadion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015704/http://www.lommelunited.be/index-club.php?type=3%2F |date=8 September 2018 }}, lommelunited.be (last check 30 March 2018)</ref>
| league = [[Challenger Pro League]]
| season  = [[2023–24 Challenger Pro League|2023–24]]
| position = Challenger Pro League, 4th of 16
| clubname = Lommel
| image = Lommel_SK_badge.png
| image_size = 160px
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| fullname = Lommel Sportkring
| founded = {{start date and age|1932}}
| owner = [[City Football Group]] (99%) <br /> Others (1%)
| chairman = [[Harm van Veldhoven]]
| manager = [[Lee Johnson (footballer)|Lee Johnson]] 
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| website = {{URL|https://www.lommelsk.be/}}
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'''Lommel SK''' is a [[Football in Belgium|Belgian association football]] club based in the city of [[Lommel]], [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]], that competes in the [[Challenger Pro League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mumbaicityfc.com/news/apuia-ralte-to-travel-to-belgium-for-lommel-sk-training-stint|title=Apuia Ralte to travel to Belgium for Lommel SK training stint|website=www.mumbaicityfc.com|publisher=[[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City Football Club]]|location=Mumbai, Maharashtra|date=3 September 2022|access-date=3 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903130302/https://www.mumbaicityfc.com/news/apuia-ralte-to-travel-to-belgium-for-lommel-sk-training-stint|archive-date=3 September 2022}}</ref>

==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 UEFA Intertoto Cup|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 [[R.A.E.C. Mons (1910)|Mons]]. The following [[Belgian Second Division play-offs 2001–10#2006|promotion playoffs]] were lost to [[Lierse S.K. (1906)|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 Belgian Second Division|2009–10]] and [[2010–11 Belgian Second Division|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 Belgian Second Division|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 Belgian First Division B|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/11/manchester-city-add-belgian-second-division-side-to-their-stable |title=Manchester City parent company add Belgian team to their stable |last=Jackson |first=Jamie |date=May 11, 2020 |website=Guardian Uk |access-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025222709/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/11/manchester-city-add-belgian-second-division-side-to-their-stable |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Current squad==
{{updated|1 March 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lommelsk.be/nl/eerste-ploeg.php|title=Spelers|publisher=Lommel S.K.|access-date=1 January 2025|language=nl}}</ref>
{{fs start|color=FFFFFF|bg=00924F}}
{{fs player|pos=GK|no= 1|nat=MNE|name=[[Nikola Ivezić]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no= 2|nat=PER|name=[[Kluiverth Aguilar]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no= 4|nat=BEL|name=[[Stijn Wuytens]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no= 5|nat=BEL|name=[[Dries Wouters]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 6|nat=IDN|name=[[Joey Pelupessy]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 7|nat=BEL|name=[[Théo Mununga]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 8|nat=MLI|name=[[Ibrahima Kébé (footballer)|Ibrahima Kébé]]|other=on loan from [[Girona FC|Girona]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no= 9|nat=NED|name=[[Jason van Duiven]]}}
{{fs player|pos=FW|no=10|nat=ANG|name=[[Igor Vetokele]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no=11|nat=ESP|name=Álvaro Santos}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no=13|nat=COL|name=[[Jhon Banguera]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no=14|nat=SWE|name=[[Jesper Tolinsson]]}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=15|nat=BEL|name=[[Lucas Schoofs]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=17|nat=COL|name=[[John Edwin Montaño]]}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=18|nat=IRL|name=[[Danny McGrath]]}}
{{fs player|pos=FW|no=20|nat=URU|name=[[Nicolás Siri]]|other=on loan from [[Montevideo City Torque|Montevideo City]]}}
{{fs mid|color=FFFFFF|bg=00924F}}
{{Fs player|pos=GK|no=23|nat=BEL|name=[[Matthias Pieklak]]}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=27|nat=CRO|name=[[Leon Lalić]]}}
{{fs player|pos=GK|no=31|nat=BEL|name=[[Rik Vercauteren]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no=34|nat=GHA|name=[[Henry Oware]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no=38|nat=GHA|name=[[Yeboah Amankwah]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=44|nat=FRA|name=[[Yvann Titi]]|other=on loan from [[ESTAC Troyes|Troyes]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no=56|nat=BEL|name=[[Josias Lama]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no=57|nat=BEL|name=[[Filip Kujović]]}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=64|nat=SCO|name=[[Tsoanelo Letsosa]]}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=66|nat=BEL|name=[[Toon Franssen]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=77|nat=NOR|name=[[Faniel Tewelde]]}}
{{fs player|pos=DF|no=79|nat=NED|name=[[Sam De Grand]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=80|nat=SRB|name=[[Filip Stevanović]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=98|nat=BEL|name=[[Mo Salah (footballer, born 2004)|Mo Salah]]}}
{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=99|nat=MEX|name=[[Hugo Weckmann]]}}
{{fs end}}

=== Out on loan ===
{{Fs start}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=TOG|name=[[Karim Dermane]]|other=at [[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=JPN|name=[[Kōki Saitō (footballer)|Koki Saito]]|other=at [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|QPR]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=BUL|name=[[Filip Krastev]]|other=at [[PEC Zwolle|Zwolle]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=FIN|name=[[Juho Talvitie]]|other=at [[Heracles Almelo]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=SRB|name=[[Đorđe Gordić]]|other=at [[NK Radomlje|Radomlje]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{fs player|pos=FW|no=|nat=HUN|name=[[Zalán Vancsa]]|other=at [[Roda JC Kerkrade|Roda JC]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

==Coaching staff==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="color:#FFFFFF;Background:#00924F"| Position
! style="color:#FFFFFF;Background:#00924F"| Name
|-
|President|| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Harm Van Veldhoven]]
|-
|CEO|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Green
|-
|Sporting Director|| {{flagicon|ENG}} James McCarron
|-
|Head coach|| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Johnson (footballer)|Lee Johnson]]
|-
|Assistant coach|| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Ryan Garry]]
|-
|Goalkeeper coach || {{flagicon|BEL}} Nicolas Nerinckx
|-
|Head of Science and Medicine || {{flagicon|NED}} Sjoerd Den Dekker
|-
|Head of Team & Player Development || {{flagicon|BEL}} David Gibas
|-
|Sports Scientist|| {{flagicon|BEL}} Stefan Winters
|-
|Team Manager|| {{Flagicon|BEL}} Daan Deboutte
|}
{{C.F.G. Owned Clubs}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.lommelsk.be Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201130043231/https://www.cityfootballgroup.com/our-clubs/lommel-sk/ Lommel S.K.] at [[City Football Group]]

{{Lommel S.K.}}
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{{City Football Group}}

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