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K.V. Mechelen
2023–24 season
ManagerSteven Defour
StadiumAFAS Stadion
Belgian Pro League5th
Belgian CupRound 1
Belgian Super CupRunners-up
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 2 September 2023.

The 2023–24 season is K.V. Mechelen's 120th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They will also compete in the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 September 2023[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Belgium BEL Gaëtan Coucke
4 MF Belgium BEL Toon Raemaekers
5 DF Indonesia IDN Sandy Walsh
6 MF Belgium BEL Jannes Van Hecke
7 MF Belgium BEL Geoffry Hairemans
8 MF Guinea GUI Mory Konaté
9 FW Belgium BEL Julien Ngoy
10 FW Israel ISR Yonas Malede
11 FW Belgium BEL Nikola Storm
14 DF Belgium BEL Dimitri Lavalée
15 GK Belgium BEL Yannick Thoelen
16 MF Belgium BEL Rob Schoofs
17 DF Algeria ALG Rafik Belghali
19 FW Sweden SWE Kerim Mrabti
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Germany GER Lion Lauberbach
21 DF Belgium BEL Boli Bolingoli
22 FW Ivory Coast CIV William Togui
23 MF Belgium BEL Daam Foulon
27 DF Scotland SCO David Bates
28 FW Belgium BEL Frederic Soelle Soelle
29 MF Belgium BEL Bas Van den Eynden
30 DF Belgium BEL Jordi Vanlerberghe
31 GK Belgium BEL Oskar Annell
34 MF Belgium BEL Ngal'ayel Mukau
35 MF Belgium BEL Bilal Bafdili
38 MF Belgium BEL Dirk Asare
— DF Belgium BEL Elias Cobbaut (on loan from Parma)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Belgium BEL Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (at Twente)
— MF Belgium BEL Amin Doudah (at Helmond)
— DF Belgium BEL Iebe Swers (at Patro Eisden)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Belgium Rafik Belghali Belgium Lommel €400,000 1 July 2023 [2]
MF Belgium Daam Foulon Italy Benevento Free 7 July 2023 [3]
MF Guinea Mory Konaté Belgium Sint-Truiden Free 13 July 2023 [4]
MF Belgium Amin Doudah Netherlands Jong PSV Free 26 July 2023 [5]
MF Germany Patrick Pflücke Switzerland Servette €500,000 21 August 2023 [6]
FW Belgium Norman Bassette France Caen Loan 1 September 2023 [7]
DF Belgium Elias Cobbaut Italy Parma Loan 5 September 2023 [8]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Cape Verde Alessio da Cruz Italy Feralpisalò €500,000 1 July 2023 [9]
MF Cameroon Samuel Oum Gouet Switzerland Yverdon-Sport Undisclosed 26 July 2023 [10]
MF Belgium Amin Doudah Netherlands Helmond Sport Loan 27 July 2023 [11]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 July 2023 Friendly Rupel Boom Belgium 0–3 Belgium Mechelen Boom
16:00 UTC+2 Stadium: Gemeentelijk Parkstadion
8 July 2023 Friendly Beveren Belgium 0–3 Belgium Mechelen Beveren
16:00 UTC+2 Stadium: Waasland-Beveren Jeugdcomplex
14 July 2023 Friendly Mechelen Belgium 3–2 Maccabi Netanya Netherlands
15:00 UTC+2

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Pro League 30 July 2023 26 May 2024 Matchday 1 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 050.00
Belgian Cup TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Belgian Super Cup 23 July 2023 Match Runners-up 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Total 7 3 2 2 10 6 +4 042.86

Last updated: 2 September 2023
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Genk 30 12 11 7 51 31 +20 47 Qualification for the champions' play-offs
7 Gent 30 12 11 7 53 38 +15 47 Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8 Mechelen 30 13 6 11 39 34 +5 45
9 Sint-Truiden 30 10 10 10 35 46 −11 40
10 Standard Liège 30 8 10 12 33 41 −8 34
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[12]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation CLU USG AND CER GNK ANT
1 Club Brugge (C) 10 7 3 0 21 6 +15 50 Qualification for the Champions League league stage — 2–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 3–0
2 Union SG 10 4 2 4 17 12 +5 49 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 1–2 — 0–0 2–3 2–0 4–1
3 Anderlecht 10 4 2 4 12 12 0 46 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round 0–1 2–1 — 3–0 2–1 1–0
4 Cercle Brugge 10 3 4 3 13 13 0 37 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a] 1–1 1–2 1–1 — 4–1 0–1
5 Genk 10 4 1 5 8 17 −9 37 Qualification for the European competition play-off 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–0
6 Antwerp 10 2 0 8 7 18 −11 32 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–2 0–1 —
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[13]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Union SG qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2023–24 Belgian Cup. The Europa League second qualifying spot and the European competition play-off spot were thus passed to the next two highest-placed teams that did not qualify for European competitions.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation GNT MEC STR OHL WES STA
1 Gent (O) 10 8 0 2 27 10 +17 48 Qualification for the European competition play-off — 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 5–1
2 Mechelen 10 5 1 4 20 18 +2 39 2–4 — 2–3 3–0 3–2 3–2
3 Sint-Truiden 10 3 4 3 14 15 −1 33 0–2 2–1 — 1–1 2–0 3–3
4 OH Leuven 10 4 3 3 12 12 0 30 2–1 2–3 1–0 — 1–2 3–1
5 Westerlo 10 2 3 5 17 20 −3 24 0–3 0–2 2–2 1–1 — 3–3
6 Standard Liège 10 0 5 5 12 27 −15 22 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–5[a] —
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[15]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Supporters of Standard Liège prevented the start of the game by blocking Standard's team bus's departure. On 28 May 2024, the Royal Belgian Football Association ruled that Standard had done too little to prevent this situation.[14] As a result, the match was not replayed and Westerlo was awarded a 5–0 forfeit win.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation CHA KVK RWD EUP
1 Charleroi 6 5 1 0 11 4 +7 45 — 3–1 0–0 1–0
2 Kortrijk (O) 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 31 Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-offs 1–2 — 2–4 1–0
3 RWD Molenbeek (R) 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 30 Relegation to Challenger Pro League 1–3 0–1 — 3–1
4 Eupen (R) 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 28 1–2 1–1 2–0 —
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.[16]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 3 1 2 9 5  +4 10 2 0 1 5 1  +4 1 1 1 4 4  0

Last updated: 2 September 2023.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round123456
GroundAHAHAH
ResultDLLWWW
Position81312119
Updated to match(es) played on 2 September 2023. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.[17]

30 July 2023 1 Club Brugge 1–1 Mechelen Bruges
18:30 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Bert Put
6 August 2023 2 Mechelen 0–1 Gent Mechelen
16:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
12 August 2023 3 RWD Molenbeek 1–0 Mechelen Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
16:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
19 August 2023 4 Mechelen 4–0 Union Saint-Gilloise Mechelen
20:45 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Wim Smet
26 August 2023 5 Westerlo 2–3 Mechelen Westerlo
16:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Het Kuipje
Referee: Brent Staessens
2 September 2023 6 Mechelen 1–0 Eupen Mechelen
18:15 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Bert Put

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Cup

Belgian Super Cup

Main article: 2023 Belgian Super Cup
29 July 2023 Match Antwerp 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Mechelen Bruges
18:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Referee: Lawrence Visser
Penalties

References

  1. ^ "A-kern 2023-2024". kvmechelen.be.
  2. ^ "Rafik Belghali is tweede zomertransfer | KV Mechelen". kvmechelen.be.
  3. ^ "Daam Foulon is nieuwste transfer | KV Mechelen". kvmechelen.be.
  4. ^ "Konaté tekent bij Malinwa | KV Mechelen". www.kvmechelen.be.
  5. ^ "Transfer: Mohammed Amin Doudah | KV Mechelen". www.kvmechelen.be.
  6. ^ "Transfer: Patrick Pflücke is nieuwe aanwinst | KV Mechelen".
  7. ^ "Norman Bassette gehuurd van Caen | KV Mechelen". www.kvmechelen.be.
  8. ^ "Elias Cobbaut a Titolo Temporaneo All'yr Kv Mechelen". 5 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Feralpisalò, Alessio Sergio Da Cruz è il secondo rinforzo verdeblù". BresciaToday.
  10. ^ Nelson, njinelson (26 July 2023). "Transfer: Oum Gouet joins Swiss Club Yverdon Sport".
  11. ^ "Mohammed Amin Doudah op huurbasis naar Helmond Sport | Helmond Sport". www.helmondsport.nl.
  12. ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2024.
  13. ^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Ultra's krijgen hun zin: geen Standard - Westerlo door aanhoudende supportersprotesten" [Ultras get their way: no Standard - Westerlo due to persistent fan protests]. 10 May 2024.
  15. ^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  16. ^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023–2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.
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