Sint-Truidense

Full name	Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging
Nickname(s)	De Kanaries (The Canaries)
Founded	February 23, 1924 (creation) June 13, 1924 (registration)
Ground	Staaien, Sint-Truiden (Capacity: 11,250)
Chairman	Roland Duchâtelet
Manager	Guido Brepoels
League	Jupiler Pro League
2008-09	Belgian Second Devision, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

K. Sint-Truidense V.V. is a Belgian football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden, Limburg. Its matricule is the number 373. Its most capped player for the Belgium national football team is Odilon Polleunis (20 caps between 1968 and 1971, all when he was at Sint-Truiden).

Contents 1 History 2 Current squad 2.1 Out on loan 3 Coaching and medical staff 4 Noted players 5 Noted managers 6 Honours 7 European record 8 References

[edit] History

The club was created in 1924 following the merger between F.C. Union and F.C. Goldstar, two clubs from Sint-Truiden. The colors of the club were chosen to be yellow and blue, the colors of the city, and it was named Sint-Truidense Voetbal Vereeniging. The first game of the team, against Cercle Tongeren, was played in front of 9 attendees. In the late 1930s, Léopold Appeltans was the leading player of Sint-Truidense. He became on November 21, 1948 the first capped player for Belgium while playing at this club. In the late 1940s it qualified for the second division. It also changed its name to Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging in 1947 and it made a final addition to it in 1952. Five years later it finished second of the second division and thus played the next season in the first division. The then few known manager Raymond Goethals arrived at Sint-Truiden in 1959. Under his management, the team finished second of the top division in 1966.

The former Sint-Truidense goalkeeper Jacky Mathijssen became the manager of the club in 2001 and remained at the helm for three seasons after which he left for Charleroi. He was replaced by Marc Wilmots, soon fired. The team finished the season under the coaching of the trio Guy Mangelschots, Eddy Raymaekers and Peter Voets. At the end of the 2004-05 season the board of directors hired Oostende manager Herman Vermeulen but he was fired on February 9, 2006 as the club pointed at the seventeenth position in the ranking.

In 2008 the women's team of FCL Rapide Wezemaal joined STVV. Last details on 16 February 2009.

[edit] Current squad

As of 28 September 2009.

No. Position Player 1 GK Tom Muyters 2 DF Wim Mennes 3 DF Vincent Euvrard 5 DF Mario Cantaluppi 6 DF Ludovic Buyssens 7 MF Alex da Silva 8 DF Dennis Odoi 9 FW Sébastien Siani 10 DF Jonathan Wilmet 11 MF Issame Charaï 12 FW Hervé Onana

No. Position Player 13 MF Cephas Chimedza 14 MF Marc Wagemakers 15 DF Massimo Moia (on loan from Charleroi) 16 MF Jeroen Appeltans 17 MF Peter Delorge (captain) 18 MF Nils Schouterden 19 FW Ibrahim Sidibe 20 DF Pieter Thijs 22 GK Simon Mignolet 23 MF Yorique Antheunis 24 MF Giel Deferm

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player — FW Kurt Weuts (at OH Leuven) 21 MF Osman Köse (at KVK Tienen) 4 DF Daan Vaesen (at OH Leuven)

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

[edit] Coaching and medical staff

• Manager: Guido Brepoels
• Assistant manager: Peter Voets
• Goalkeeping coach: Poll Peters
• Physiotherapist: Arnold Wilmots
• Material Master: Jean-Luc Bottin
• Teamafgevaardigde: Marcel Ladang
• Club Doctor: Koen Pansaers
• Club Doctor: Jan Mievis

[edit] Noted players

• 1960s: Odilon Polleunis, Eddy Lievens
• 1970s: Alfred Riedl (1972)
• 1980s: Jong-Wong Park, Wilfried Van Moer
• 1990s: Marc Wilmots, Anders Nielsen, Gunther Verjans, Peter Van Houdt, Patrick Goots, Gaëtan Englebert, Mladen Rudonja, Peter Delorge
• 2000s: Danny Boffin, Désiré Mbonabucya, Michaël Goossens, Tamas Hajnal, Jeroen Simaeys, Davy Schollen

[edit] Noted managers

• 1950s: Raymond Goethals (1959)
• 1980s: Wilfried Van Moer
• 1990s: Barry Hulshoff
• 2000s: Jacky Matthijssen, Marc Wilmots

[edit] Honours

• Belgian First Division:
  • Runners-up (1): 1965-66
• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (3): 1986-87, 1993-94, 2008-09
  • Runners-up (1): 1956-57
• Belgian Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1970-71, 2002-03
• Belgian League Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1997-98

[edit] European record

As of March 5, 2006:

Competition	APP	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
Intertoto Cup	2	8	5	0	3	15	8

[edit] References

• (Dutch) Official website
• (English) UEFA page

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