K Lyra

{{short description|Belgian football club}} {{Distinguish|K. Lyra-Lierse Berlaar}} {{more footnotes|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Lyra | image = Stadion Lyra anno 2014.jpg | upright = .8 | fullname = Koninklijke Lyra | nickname = | short name = | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1909|1|17}} | dissolved = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1972|4|11}} | ground = Lyra stadium | capacity = 6000 | owntitle = | owner = | chrtitle = | chairman = | mgrtitle = | manager = | league = | season = | position = | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = ff0000 | body1 = ff0000 | rightarm1 = ff0000 | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = ff0000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = FFFFFF | socks2 = FFFFFF | website = https://lyralierse.be/ }} '''[[Koninklijke]] Lyra''' was a Belgian [[football club]] that existed between 1909 and 1972. It was located in the city of [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]] in the province of [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]]. Lyra is the [[Latin language|Latin]] name for Lier.<ref>[http://users.skynet.be/pluto/Textbelgium/Teams.html Belgian football clubs history]</ref>

==History== [[File:Lyra stadion jaren 1920.jpg|thumb|left|Lyra stadium in 1920 Mechelsesteenweg]] The club was founded in 1909 as Turn- en Sportvereniging Lyra, meaning Gym and Sport Association Lyra in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]. It registered to the [[Belgian Football Association|FA]] the same year to become the [[matricule]] n°52. In 1913 the club took part to the [[Belgian Second Division|second division]] where it remained until the promotion in 1932. The first spell of the club at the [[Belgian First Division A|highest level]] ended in 1938 when it finished 13th on 14. In 1934 the name changed to Koninklijke Maatschappij Lyra and then to Koninklijke Lyra in 1939. [[File:Lyra Performance Chart.png|thumb|Historical chart of K. Lyra league performance]]

Lyra achieved its best ranking ever on its first season in the first division with a 6th place. The other spells were 1943–44, 1946–50 and 1953–54. In 1960 the club fell into the [[Belgian Third Division|third division]] and decayed. On 12 April 1972 Lyra merged with its neighbour of [[Lierse S.K. (1906)|K. Lierse S.K.]] to become K. Lierse S.V. with the matricule n°30 of Lierse. On 16 June 1972 a new club named [[K. Lyra T.S.V.]] was founded with the matricule n°7776. It now plays in the [[Belgian Promotion|Promotion C]].

The team, and its successor [[K. Lyra T.S.V.]], played for over 100 years at the same stadium located in the center of [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]] at the Mechelsesteenweg.

==Honours== *'''[[Belgian Second Division]]:''' **'''Winners (4):''' 1931–32, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1952–53 *'''[[Belgian Cup]]:''' **'''Runners-up (1):''' 1934–35

==Former famous players== * [[Jef Piedfort]]<ref>[https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/ta1q1ubs Lyra rouwt om Jef Piedfort] nieuwsblad.be, 31 maart 2008, article in Dutch</ref> * [[Raymond Van Gestel]]<ref name="lyralierse">[https://lyralierse.be/nieuws/mon-van-gestel-overleden/ Mon Van Gestel overleden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811034451/https://lyralierse.be/nieuws/mon-van-gestel-overleden/ |date=2020-08-11 }} lyralierse.be, 19 april 2020, article in Dutch</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/belghist.html RSSSF Archive] – 1st and 2nd division final tables

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