KV Mechelen

Full name	Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen
Nickname(s)	The Yellow Reds, Malinois, Malinwa, De Kakkers
Founded	1904
Ground	Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne (Capacity: 13,123)
Chairman	Johan Timmermans
Manager	Peter Maes
League	Jupiler League
2008-09	Jupiler League, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Y.R. K.V. Mechelen is a Belgian football club from Mechelen in Antwerp province. It is occasionally known by its French name, FC Malines. KV Mechelen are former UEFA Cup Winners' Cup holders.

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1904, a few months after the birth of city rival K.R.C. Mechelen. The club had a first successful period in the 40s. During World War II, in 1943, the club won their first domestic title. The second title came a few years later, in 1946, and in 1948 the club was successful again. After that, the club fell back. In 1954, they managed to finish third, only one point behind champions RSC Anderlecht, but that was their last good season. Two years later, Mechelen was relegated to second division. During the 60s and the 70s, Mechelen went up and down between the first and second division. The club enjoyed a brief spell of both domestic and European success in the period of 1987-1990. They are now today still the last Belgian team that won a European cup. K.V. Mechelen seemed to be on its way to becoming one of the top clubs in Belgium, but quickly declined when their chairman Cordier (who owned the rights to most of their players) was forced to sell many players due to his company's bad results. On June 10, 2007, the team achieved promotion to the Jupiler League.

[edit] Honours

• Belgian First Division:
  • Winners (4): 1943, 1946, 1948, 1989
• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (5): 1928, 1963, 1983, 1999, 2002
• Belgian Second Division Final Round:
  • Winners (2): 1981, 2007
• Belgian Third Division:
  • Winners (1): 2005
• Belgian Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1987
• European Cup Winners Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1988
• European Super Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1988
• Joan Gamper Trophy:
  • Winners (1): 1989

[edit] European record

As of December, 2008.

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away	Neutral
1987–88	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Dinamo Bucureşti	1-0	2-0
		2R		St. Mirren	0-0	2-0
		QF		Dinamo Minsk	1-0	1-1
		SF		Atalanta	2-1	2-1
		F		Ajax			1-0
1988	UEFA Super Cup	F		PSV	3-0	1-0
1988–89	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Avenir Beggen	5-0	3-1
		2R		Anderlecht	1-0	2-0
		QF		Eintracht Frankfurt	1-0	0-0
		SF		Sampdoria	2-1	0-3
1989–90	UEFA Champions League	1R		Rosenborg	5-0	0-0
		2R		Malmö FF	4-1	0-0
		QF		Milan	0-0	0-2 (AET)
1990–91	UEFA Cup	1R		Sporting CP	2-2	0-1
1991–92	UEFA Cup	1R		PAOK	0-1	1-1
1992–93	UEFA Cup	1R		Örebro	2-1	0-0
		2R		Vitesse	0-1	0-1
1993–94	UEFA Cup	1R		IFK Norrköping	1-1 (AET)	1-0
		2R		MTK Hungária	5-0	1-1
		3R		Cagliari	1-3	0-2

[edit] Current squad

As of 28 September 2009.

No. Position Player 1 GK Yannick Thoelen 2 DF Aymard Moro Mvé 3 DF Jonas Ivens 4 DF Jeroen Mellemans 5 DF Kenny van Hoevelen 6 MF Koen Persoons 7 DF Kenneth van Goethem 8 DF Xavier Chen 9 FW Giuseppe Rossini 10 MF Abdul-Yakuni Iddi 11 MF Joachim Mununga 12 GK Jeremy De Vriendt 13 MF Antun Dunković 14 FW Aloys Nong

No. Position Player 15 MF Julien Gorius 16 MF Kevin Geudens 17 MF Yoni Buyens 18 MF David Destorme 20 GK Wouter Biebauw 21 MF Abdallah Khaled Deeb Salim 22 DF Romeo Van Dessel 23 GK Olivier Renard 24 MF Abdul-Ganiyu Iddi 25 MF Wouter Vrancken 26 DF Antonio Ghomsi (on loan from Siena) 27 MF Tidiam Baba Kourouma 28 FW Boubacar Dialiba

For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2009.

[edit] Notable players

[edit] External links

• (Dutch) Official Website
• (Dutch) Fanclub Website
• KV Mechelen at UEFA.COM
• KV Mechelen at EUFO.DE
• KV Mechelen at Weltfussball.de
• KV Mechelen at Playerhistory.com
• KV Mechelen at Transfermarkt.de
• KV Mechelen at Football Squads.co.uk
• KV Mechelen at National Football Teams.com
• KV Mechelen at Football-Lineups.com