FC Lisse is a Dutch

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club from Lisse, founded in 1981. It currently plays in the

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History

The history of FC Lisse is linked to its

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religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Catholic priest, called Lissese Voetbal Vereniging, which was later renamed Lisse Racing Club. In 1921 a separate team, RKVV Lisse, was formed. In 1942 Lisse RC was dissolved, and after World War Two another club, Lisser Boys, was formed. In 1968 an unsuccessful attempt was made to merge RKVV Lisse (later called Sportclub Lisse) and Lisser Boys, but on 17 March 1981 the teams were merged under the name FC Lisse. The club was automatically promoted to

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede Div ...

in 2009–10, which was introduced as highest amateur level in the Netherlands. After reintroduction of the

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in 2016–17 above the Topklasse, FC Lisse didn't qualify for the new top amateur championship. A year later, it promoted to the Tweede Divisie, but relegated after just one season. In 2022, FC Lisse entered the Tweede Divisie again by winning the

(new name of the Topklasse). After a 12th placed finish in the 2022–23 season, Lisse finished last in the following season and were relegated back to the Derde Divisie. In the

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first round, Lisse hosted

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club

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, where they narrowly lost 2–1.

Results

* 1989–90: 10th place * 1990–91: 9th place * 1991–92: 6th place * 1992–93: 4th place * 1993–94: 2nd place * 1994–95: 2nd place * 1995–96: 2nd place * 1996–97: Champions * 1997–98: 3rd place * 1998–99: 5th place * 1999-00: 12th place * 2000–01: Champions, Dutch Saturdays Champions Amateur Clubs * 2001–02: 11th place * 2002–03: 9th place * 2003–04: 2nd place * 2004–05: 5th place * 2005–06: 2nd place * 2006–07: 2nd place * 2007–08: 1st place Saturday A, overall champions * 2008–09: 8th place * 2009–10: 4th place, promoted to Topklasse * 2010–11: 11th place * 2011–12: 11th place * 2012–13: 6th place * 2013–14: 8th place * 2014–15: 11th place * 2015–16: 15th place * 2016–17: 2nd place, promoted to Tweede Divisie * 2017–18: 15th place, relegated to Derde Divisie * 2018–19: 10th place * 2019–20: Competition cancelled due to COVID-pandemic * 2020–21: Competition cancelled due to COVID-pandemic * 2021–22: 1st place, promoted to Tweede Divisie * 2022–23: 12th place * 2023–24: 16th place

Notes

External links

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Official website
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