Fixtures

Belgium First Division A 12/26 17:30 20 KV Mechelen vs Standard Liege - View
Belgium First Division A 01/12 18:15 21 Cercle Brugge vs KV Mechelen - View
Belgium First Division A 01/18 17:15 22 KV Mechelen vs Genk - View
Belgium First Division A 01/25 16:00 23 Anderlecht vs KV Mechelen - View
Belgium First Division A 01/31 19:45 24 OH Leuven vs KV Mechelen - View
Belgium First Division A 02/07 19:45 25 KV Mechelen vs Gent - View

Results

Belgium First Division A 12/20 19:45 19 [10] Westerlo v KV Mechelen [7] D 1-1
Belgium First Division A 12/13 19:45 18 [6] KV Mechelen v Antwerp [4] D 1-1
Belgium First Division A 12/07 17:15 17 [5] KV Mechelen v Club Brugge [2] L 1-2
Belgium Cup 12/04 22:19 4 KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk v KV Mechelen L 6-5
Belgium First Division A 11/29 19:45 16 [15] KV Kortrijk v KV Mechelen [5] L 3-1
Belgium First Division A 11/24 12:30 15 [6] KV Mechelen v KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk [16] W 3-0
Belgium First Division A 11/08 19:45 14 [15] Sint-Truidense v KV Mechelen [4] L 2-1
Belgium First Division A 11/02 19:45 13 [4] KV Mechelen v Union Saint Gilloise [10] D 1-1
Belgium Cup 10/30 19:00 5 KV Mechelen v RAAL La Louviere W 3-1
Belgium First Division A 10/26 16:15 12 [7] Dender v KV Mechelen [5] W 2-5
Belgium First Division A 10/20 17:15 11 [9] KV Mechelen v KV Kortrijk [13] W 3-0
Belgium First Division A 10/05 14:00 10 [11] KV Mechelen v OH Leuven [12] W 5-0

Stats

 TotalHomeAway
Matches played 47 22 25
Wins 23 12 11
Draws 10 5 5
Losses 14 5 9
Goals for 86 52 34
Goals against 61 31 30
Clean sheets 15 6 9
Failed to score 5 0 5

Wikipedia - K.V. Mechelen

Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌjɛloː ˈrɛt ˌkoːnɪŋkləkə ˌvudbɑlklʏp ˈmɛxələ(n)]), often simply called KV Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [kaːˌveː ˈmɛxələ(n)]) or KVM, or by their former French name FC Malinois, is a Belgian professional football club based in Mechelen in the Antwerp province. KV Mechelen plays in the Belgian Pro League. They have won four Belgian championships and twice the Belgian Cup, as well as the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1988 European Super Cup. They collected most of their honours in the 1940s and in the 1980s.

KV Mechelen was founded in 1904 and, in 1921–22, promoted to the first division. After two successive relegation and promotion, they were back for good between 1928–29 and 1955–56. In the 1960s and 1970s, the club had several promotions and relegations between the first and second division. From 1983–84 to 1996–97, they had a successful first division spell, with a title and several second- and third-place finishes. During that period, they also won a European Cup Winners' Cup and they reached the same competition semi-finals as well as the European Cup quarter-finals.

KV Mechelen declined in the late 1990s though they had two more spells at the highest level from 1999–2000 to 2000–01 and in 2002–03. At the end of that season, the club did not receive their Belgian professional football license. They were therefore relegated to the third division with a nine-point penalty. After two promotions in 2004–05 and in 2006–07, KV Mechelen returned to the first division.

The club's outfits are a striped yellow and red shirt with black shorts and socks. They play their home matches at the AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne, where AFAS is their stadium sponsor and Achter de Kazerne means 'Behind the Barracks'. The stadium has been named so because there used to be barracks next to stadium. KV Mechelen fans have a long-standing rivalry with KRC Mechelen.

History

Early days

The club was founded in 1904, a few months after the birth of city rival KRC Mechelen. The club had a first successful period in the 1940s. 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 Anderlecht, but that was their last good season. Two years later, Mechelen was relegated to second division. During the 1960s and the 1970s, Mechelen went up and down between the first and second division.

The club enjoyed a spell of both domestic and European success in the period from 1987 to 1992. During these five seasons, Mechelen won one Belgian championship and one Belgian cup title. They also finished second in the Belgian league twice and lost the Belgian Cup final twice. After winning the domestic cup title in 1987, and hence qualifying for the European Cup Winners' Cup, they completed the extraordinary achievement of winning this tournament in 1988. Mechelen are the last Belgian team that has won a European trophy.

Since 2000

KV 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 10 June 2007, the team achieved promotion to the Belgian First Division. Two years later in 2009, KV Mechelen played the final of the Belgian Cup, losing it 2–0 to Genk. One year after that, they stranded in the semi-finals with a 2–2 draw and a 1–0 loss against KAA Gent.

After a successful 2010 and four seasons for the yellow reds, coach Peter Maes decided to leave Malinwa and signed a four-year contract with Lokeren. Malinwa made a deal with Marc Brys to take over from Maes. Marc Brys was coach of FC Den Bosch, a second division team in the Netherlands. After two seasons he was sacked and Harm Van Veldhoven was appointed for the 2012–13 season. Van Veldhoven also could not lead KV Mechelen to Play-off 1, the clubs' recent unspoken ambition. He was fired in December 2013. At the end of the 2013–14 season KV Mechelen appointed Aleksandar Janković as head coach. Despite Janković's inability to lead the club to Play-off 1, Janković left for topclub Standard Liège and Mechelen had to appoint a new manager. The club ended up choosing Yannick Ferrera for the vacant job, who had just been fired as manager of Standard Liège.

Match-fixing and 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal

2017 through 2019 proved to be a tumultuous period for the club. After eleven seasons at the highest level, the club was relegated on the last day of the 2017–18 season as a 2–0 win over Waasland-Beveren left them in last place on goal difference, due to Eupen beating Moeskroen by a bigger margin (4–0). During the following season, while the club was very successful on the pitch, winning both the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B and the 2018–19 Belgian Cup, the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal emerged in which the club was accused of match-fixing their final match of the 2017–18 season, allegedly having attempted to bribe certain players and officials of Waasland-Beveren. In March 2019, the club was found guilty and forced to relegate back to the First Division B despite winning promotion, and also denied to take part in the 2019–20 Belgian Cup and 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, the latter for which they had qualified by winning the cup. The club appealed the decision at the Belgian Arbitration Court for Sports which ruled on 10 July 2019 that, in accordance with the rules set by the Royal Belgian Football Association, relegation was not a possible punishment in the circumstances. As a result, the club was punished with a one-season ban from European football and the Belgian Cup. The proceedings were plagued with controversy, with evidence (including witness statements) from an investigation into financial crimes in Belgian football not being made available during these disciplinary proceedings, as well as the impartiality of the prosecutor being called into question.

KV Mechelen, also known as Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen, is a professional soccer team based in Mechelen, Belgium. The club was founded in 1904 and has a rich history in Belgian football.

KV Mechelen has a strong fan base and plays their home matches at the AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne, which has a capacity of over 16,000 spectators. The team's colors are yellow and red, and they are known for their attacking style of play.

Over the years, KV Mechelen has had success in both domestic and international competitions. They have won several Belgian Pro League titles and have also had success in the Belgian Cup and Belgian Super Cup.

The club has a strong youth academy and has produced many talented players who have gone on to have successful careers in Belgian and European football.

Overall, KV Mechelen is a respected and competitive team in Belgian football, with a proud history and passionate fan base.