KV Mechelen

First Division A Achter De Kazerne, Mechelen (Malines) Manager: Frédéric Vanderbiest 35 players

FormLLDWW

Season

Next matchBelgian Pro League

KV Mechelen 08:30 PM Oct 31, 2026

Genk

Last matchCup

KV Mechelen 5 – 1 W Oct 18, 2026

Eupen

Recent formAll results

W H Eupen Cup 5 - 1
W H St.Truiden Belgian Pro League 4 - 3
D A Lommel Belgian Pro League 0 - 0
L H Anderlecht Belgian Pro League 0 - 1
L H Westerlo Belgian Pro League 0 - 4

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Frédéric Vanderbiest Belgium · 49 yrs · since 2025

63Games

20-21-22W-D-L

32%Win rate

1.29Pts / game

First Division AFull table

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
13	St.Truiden	8	-1	8
14	RAAL La Louvière	9	-7	7
15	KV Mechelen	8	-8	6
16	OH Leuven	9	-8	6
17	Kortrijk	8	-16	3

Stadium

Ground: Achter De Kazerne
City: Mechelen (Malines)
Capacity: 16,715
Opened: 1911
Last formation: 3-4-3

First Division A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Gent	8	7	1	0	15-4	11	22
2	Club Brugge	8	7	0	1	19-4	15	21
3	Sporting Charleroi	9	7	0	2	16-10	6	21
4	Union St.Gilloise	8	6	2	0	22-4	18	20
5	Anderlecht	8	5	1	2	9-6	3	16
6	Westerlo	9	4	2	3	24-21	3	14
7	Genk	8	3	3	2	16-12	4	12
8	Lommel	9	3	3	3	11-11	0	12
9	Standard Liège	8	3	2	3	13-13	0	11
10	Zulte Waregem	9	3	2	4	10-12	-2	11
11	Royal Antwerp	9	3	1	5	15-20	-5	10
12	SK Beveren	9	3	1	5	12-18	-6	10
13	St.Truiden	8	2	2	4	15-16	-1	8
14	RAAL La Louvière	9	2	1	6	11-18	-7	7
15	KV Mechelen	8	1	3	4	9-17	-8	6
16	OH Leuven	9	1	3	5	8-16	-8	6
17	Kortrijk	8	1	0	7	2-18	-16	3
18	Cercle Brugge	8	0	3	5	9-16	-7	3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Club Brugge	4	4	0	0	10-1	9	12
2	Gent	4	4	0	0	7-2	5	12
3	Genk	4	3	1	0	11-3	8	10
4	Anderlecht	4	3	1	0	6-1	5	10
5	Sporting Charleroi	4	3	0	1	10-6	4	9
6	SK Beveren	4	3	0	1	7-3	4	9
7	Union St.Gilloise	4	2	2	0	9-1	8	8
8	Westerlo	5	2	2	1	16-14	2	8
9	RAAL La Louvière	5	2	1	2	10-8	2	7
10	Standard Liège	4	2	1	1	5-3	2	7
11	Royal Antwerp	5	2	1	2	10-11	-1	7
12	Zulte Waregem	4	2	0	2	6-4	2	6
13	OH Leuven	5	1	2	2	6-8	-2	5
14	Lommel	4	1	1	2	4-2	2	4
15	St.Truiden	4	1	1	2	5-6	-1	4
16	KV Mechelen	4	1	1	2	7-11	-4	4
17	Kortrijk	4	1	0	3	2-8	-6	3
18	Cercle Brugge	4	0	1	3	4-9	-5	1

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Union St.Gilloise	4	4	0	0	13-3	10	12
2	Sporting Charleroi	5	4	0	1	6-4	2	12
3	Gent	4	3	1	0	8-2	6	10
4	Club Brugge	4	3	0	1	9-3	6	9
5	Lommel	5	2	2	1	7-9	-2	8
6	Westerlo	4	2	0	2	8-7	1	6
7	Anderlecht	4	2	0	2	3-5	-2	6
8	Zulte Waregem	5	1	2	2	4-8	-4	5
9	St.Truiden	4	1	1	2	10-10	0	4
10	Standard Liège	4	1	1	2	8-10	-2	4
11	Royal Antwerp	4	1	0	3	5-9	-4	3
12	Cercle Brugge	4	0	2	2	5-7	-2	2
13	Genk	4	0	2	2	5-9	-4	2
14	KV Mechelen	4	0	2	2	2-6	-4	2
15	OH Leuven	4	0	1	3	2-8	-6	1
16	SK Beveren	5	0	1	4	5-15	-10	1
17	RAAL La Louvière	4	0	0	4	1-10	-9	0
18	Kortrijk	4	0	0	4	0-10	-10	0

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Westerlo	5	4	1	0	19-7	12	13
2	Union St.Gilloise	5	4	1	0	14-3	11	13
3	Gent	5	4	1	0	9-2	7	13
4	Anderlecht	5	4	1	0	7-1	6	13
5	Club Brugge	5	4	0	1	12-4	8	12
6	Sporting Charleroi	5	3	0	2	7-8	-1	9
7	Genk	5	2	2	1	8-4	4	8
8	SK Beveren	5	2	1	2	10-8	2	7
9	OH Leuven	5	1	3	1	6-7	-1	6
10	Standard Liège	5	2	0	3	6-8	-2	6
11	RAAL La Louvière	5	2	0	3	7-10	-3	6
12	KV Mechelen	5	1	2	2	6-10	-4	5
13	Lommel	5	1	2	2	5-9	-4	5
14	St.Truiden	5	1	0	4	7-11	-4	3
15	Royal Antwerp	5	1	0	4	5-11	-6	3
16	Zulte Waregem	5	1	0	4	2-9	-7	3
17	Kortrijk	5	1	0	4	1-9	-8	3
18	Cercle Brugge	5	0	1	4	4-10	-6	1

Table over each team's last five league matches.

#	Team	xG	xGA	xG +/-	xPts	Pts	Pos +/-
1	Sporting Charleroi	17.0	10.8	+6.2	16.9	21	+2
2	Club Brugge	21.5	10.0	+11.5	16.6	21	0
3	Union St.Gilloise	17.2	8.6	+8.6	15.3	20	+1
4	Gent	10.9	5.4	+5.5	15.3	22	-3
5	Anderlecht	13.2	7.5	+5.7	14.7	16	0
6	Genk	15.5	8.9	+6.6	14.0	12	+1
7	Standard Liège	16.1	12.1	+4.0	13.2	11	+2
8	Westerlo	14.9	16.3	-1.4	12.6	14	-2
9	St.Truiden	15.8	13.9	+1.9	12.3	8	+4
10	OH Leuven	12.3	15.2	-2.9	10.6	6	+6
11	Cercle Brugge	13.3	14.2	-0.9	10.4	3	+7
12	Zulte Waregem	11.3	14.6	-3.3	10.2	11	-2
13	KV Mechelen	10.0	12.3	-2.3	9.4	6	+2
14	RAAL La Louvière	11.5	19.0	-7.5	9.0	7	0
15	Lommel	8.9	16.7	-7.7	8.6	12	-7
16	SK Beveren	10.2	17.8	-7.5	8.2	10	-4
17	Royal Antwerp	12.2	21.3	-9.1	8.1	10	-6
18	Kortrijk	7.8	15.0	-7.2	6.8	3	-1

Ordered by expected position. xPts is the points the chances created and conceded would typically earn.

Champions LeagueChampions League qualificationEuropa League qualificationConference League qualificationRelegation

Manager

Frédéric Vanderbiest Belgium · 49

Goalkeepers 4

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	Value
1	Ortwin de Wolf GK	Belgium	29	—	€214k
13	Nacho Mirás GK	Spain	29	6.49	€2.1m
15	Tijn Van Ingelgom Injured	Belgium	19	—	—
32	Axel Willockx	Belgium	19	—	—

Defenders 11

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	A	Value
2	Luc Marijnissen CB, RWB	Netherlands	23	6.56	0	€1.4m
3	José Marsà CB, LWB, LM	Spain	24	6.75	0	€2.2m
4	Gora Diouf CB	Senegal	23	6.62	0	€1.5m
5	Leo Hjelde CB Injured	Norway	23	5.55	0	€1.1m
18	Ian Struyf CB Injured	Belgium	19	6.16	0	€1m
20	Kobe Corbanie CB	Belgium	21	6.74	1	€1m
30	Lukas Baert	Belgium	21	—	0	—
33	Tommy St. Jago CB Injured	Curacao	26	—	0	€1.6m
36	Elton Yeboah LM	Belgium	21	—	0	€368k
39	Massimo Decoene CB, RB	Belgium	22	6.27	0	€259k
44	Mike Eerdhuijzen CB	Netherlands	26	6.96	0	€1.1m

Midfielders 11

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	G	Value
5	Ryan Teague CM, CDM	Australia	24	—	0	€561k
6	Fredrik Hammar CDM, CM	Sweden	25	6.77	0	€2.4m
7	Thérence Koudou RWB, RM, LWB, LM	France	21	7.01	1	€5.4m
8	Dikeni Salifou CM, CDM Injured	Togo	23	6.08	0	€682k
11	Bilal Bafdili CAM	Belgium	22	6.30	0	€933k
17	Cedric Van Meirvenne RM, LW, ST, LM, LWB, CAM, RW	Belgium	21	6.69	0	€588k
23	Simion Michez RM	Cameroon	24	7.06	1	€303k
26	Dennis Praet CDM, CM, CAM	Belgium	32	6.99	0	€1.1m
29	Bill Antonio RWB, RM	Zimbabwe	24	6.34	0	€779k
30	Marco Decherf CDM	France	20	6.30	0	€499k
40	Amine Ouahabi	Morocco	18	—	0	—

Forwards 9

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	G	A	Value
9	Myron van Brederode CAM, LW, ST	Netherlands	23	7.19	3	0	€5.4m
10	Maxim Kireev ST	Belarus	22	5.91	0	0	€796k
12	Hassane Bandé RW	Burkina Faso	27	—	0	0	€162k
14	Benito Raman ST, RW	Belgium	31	6.30	1	0	€406k
16	Adeshina Ayodele CAM Injured	Nigeria	20	6.46	1	0	—
19	Malcolm Lohunanu-Mbasi ST	Belgium	18	6.27	0	1	—
21	Halil Özdemir CAM	Turkiye	21	—	0	0	€322k
27	Keano Vanrafelghem RW, ST Injured	Belgium	23	6.55	0	1	€1.5m
28	Bouke Boersma ST	Netherlands	21	6.29	0	0	€2.8m

Ratings, goals and assists are this season's league numbers from FotMob.

Arrivals 11

Player	From	Fee
Marco DecherfDM · 2026-09-04	Dunkerque	€1m
Simion MichezAM · 2026-08-27	Slavia Prague	—
Mike EerdhuijzenCB · 2026-08-23	FC Utrecht	—
Luc MarijnissenCB · 2026-08-15	FCV Dender EH	—
Leo HjeldeCB · 2026-08-12	Sunderland	—
Adeshina AyodeleAM · 2026-08-09	Le LOSC	—
Dennis PraetDM · 2026-07-16	Free agent	Free transfer
Cedric Van MeirvenneRM · 2026-06-30	K. Lierse SK	€1m
Kobe CorbanieRB · 2026-02-18	Royal Antwerp	Free transfer
Bouke BoersmaST · 2026-01-30	De Graafschap	€1m
Mauro LenaertsST · 2026-01-03	K. Lierse SK	Free transfer

Departures 13

Player	To	Fee
Lovro GoličCB · 2026-09-03	Helmond Sport	Loan
Noah MakanzaCM · 2026-09-01	Umm Salal	—
Moncef ZekriLB · 2026-08-26	Sporting CP	€3m
Mauro LenaertsST · 2026-08-09	Helmond Sport	Loan
Redouane HalhalCB · 2026-08-01	Venezia	€5m
Mathis ServaisLWB · 2026-07-06	Millwall	€6m
Mory KonatéCB · 2026-06-30	Free agent	Free transfer
Kerim MrabtiAM · 2026-06-30	Free agent	Free transfer
Hassane BandéRW · 2026-06-30	Free agent	Free transfer
Elton YeboahLM · 2026-02-01	K. Lierse SK	Free transfer
Lion LauberbachST · 2026-01-30	Venezia	€3m
Amine Et-TaïbiRB · 2026-01-25	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	€650k
Ryan TeagueCM · 2026-01-14	Melbourne City FC	Loan

Contract extensions

Nacho Mirás 2026-02-06

Honours

Competition	Won	Runner-up	Most recent titles
First Division A	4	6	1988/1989, 1947/1948, 1945/1946, 1942/1943
Belgian Cup	2	5	2018/2019, 1986/1987
First Division B	2	1	2018/2019, 2001/2002
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1	0	1987/1988
UEFA Super Cup	1	0	1988/1989
Super Cup	0	3

Managers by season

Season	Manager	League	W	D	L	Win %	PPG
2026/2027	Frédéric Vanderbiest	First Division A	1	3	4	13	0.75
2025/2026	Frédéric Vanderbiest	First Division A	13	12	15	33	1.28
2024/2025	Besnik Hasi	First Division A	8	8	12	29	1.14
2024/2025	Frédéric Vanderbiest	First Division A	4	6	2	33	1.50
2023/2024	Steven Defour	First Division A	3	2	7	25	0.92
2023/2024	Frédéric Vanderbiest	First Division A	0	1	0	0	1.00
2023/2024	Besnik Hasi	First Division A	15	4	8	56	1.81
2022/2023	Danny Buijs	First Division A	3	2	7	25	0.92
2022/2023	Steven Defour	First Division A	8	5	9	36	1.32
2021/2022	Wouter Vrancken	First Division A	16	8	16	40	1.40
2020/2021	Wouter Vrancken	First Division A	16	11	13	40	1.48
2019/2020	Wouter Vrancken	First Division A	13	5	11	45	1.52
2018/2019	Wouter Vrancken	First Division B	17	6	2	68	2.28
2018	Dennis van Wijk	First Division B	0	2	1	0	0.67
2017/2018	Yannick Ferrera	First Division A	1	5	5	9	0.73
2017/2018	Aleksandar Janković	First Division A	3	1	6	30	1.00
2017/2018	Dennis van Wijk	First Division A	2	3	2	29	1.29
2016/2017	Aleksandar Janković	First Division A	2	2	1	40	1.60
2016/2017	Yannick Ferrera	First Division A	16	5	13	47	1.56
2015/2016	Aleksandar Janković	First Division A	12	8	16	33	1.22
2014/2015	Aleksandar Janković	First Division A	15	11	10	42	1.56
2013/2014	Frank Vercauteren	First Division A	6	2	7	40	1.33
2012	Marc Brys	First Division A	1	1	4	17	0.67

Last updated October 25, 2026 · Refreshes weekly · Data: FotMob