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2023–24 K.V. Mechelen season

K.V. Mechelen
2023–24 season
ManagerSteven Defour
(until 2 November)
Besnik Hasi
(from 8 November)
StadiumAFAS Stadion
Belgian Pro League Regular season8th
Europe Play-offs2nd
Belgian CupSeventh round
Belgian Super CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kerim Mrabti (8)
All:
Kerim Mrabti (9)
Average home league attendance13,156[1]
Biggest winMechelen 4–0 Union Saint-Gilloise
Biggest defeatGenk 4–0 Mechelen

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

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2024[2]

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
11 FW Belgium BEL Nikola Storm
13 FW Algeria ALG Islam Slimani
15 GK Belgium BEL Yannick Thoelen
16 MF Belgium BEL Rob Schoofs
17 DF Algeria ALG Rafik Belghali
19 FW Sweden SWE Kerim Mrabti
20 FW Germany GER Lion Lauberbach
21 DF Belgium BEL Boli Bolingoli
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Belgium BEL Elias Cobbaut (on loan from Parma)
23 MF Belgium BEL Daam Foulon
27 DF Scotland SCO David Bates
29 MF Belgium BEL Bas Van den Eynden
31 GK Belgium BEL Oskar Annell
34 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Ngal'ayel Mukau
35 MF Belgium BEL Bilal Bafdili
36 MF Belgium BEL Dirk Asare
37 DF Belgium BEL Thibau Loeman
40 GK Belgium BEL Jannes Van Hof
42 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Munashe Garananga
70 FW Belgium BEL Norman Bassette (on loan from Caen)
77 FW Germany GER Patrick Pflücke

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 Dimitri Lavalée (at Sturm Graz until 30 June 2024)
— DF Belgium BEL Iebe Swers (at Patro Eisden until 30 June 2024)
— DF Belgium BEL Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (at Twente until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Belgium BEL Amin Doudah (at Helmond until 30 June 2024)
— FW Belgium BEL Julien Ngoy (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Belgium Rafik Belghali Belgium Lommel €400,000 1 July 2023 [3]
MF Belgium Daam Foulon Italy Benevento Free 7 July 2023 [4]
MF Guinea Mory Konaté Belgium Sint-Truiden Free 13 July 2023 [5]
MF Belgium Amin Doudah Netherlands Jong PSV Free 26 July 2023 [6]
MF Germany Patrick Pflücke Switzerland Servette €500,000 21 August 2023 [7]
FW Belgium Norman Bassette France Caen Loan 1 September 2023 [8]
DF Belgium Elias Cobbaut Italy Parma Loan 5 September 2023 [9]
DF Zimbabwe Munashe Garananga Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol €350,000 1 February 2024
FW Algeria Islam Slimani Brazil Curitiba Free 1 February 2024

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Cape Verde Alessio da Cruz Italy Feralpisalò €500,000 1 July 2023 [10]
MF Cameroon Samuel Oum Gouet Switzerland Yverdon-Sport Undisclosed 26 July 2023 [11]
MF Belgium Amin Doudah Netherlands Helmond Sport Loan 27 July 2023 [12]

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 Israel Maccabi Netanya Netherlands
15:00 UTC+2
10 January 2024 Friendly Hertha BSC Germany 0–3 Belgium Mechelen San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Center

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Pro League Regular season 30 July 2023 17 March 2024 Matchday 1 8th 30 13 6 11 39 34 +5 043.33
Europe Play-offs 29 March 2024 25 May 2024 Matchday 1 2nd 10 5 1 4 20 18 +2 050.00
Belgian Cup 31 October 2023 Seventh round Seventh round 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Belgian Super Cup 23 July 2023 Final Runners-up 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Total 42 18 9 15 61 54 +7 042.86

Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

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.[13]

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
30 13 6 11 39 34  +5 45 7 4 4 22 12  +10 6 2 7 17 22  −5

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHA
ResultDLLWWWLLDLLLDWWLDLWLWWDWDWWWWL
Position
Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.[14]

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
17 September 2023 7 Sint-Truiden 2–0 Mechelen Sint-Truiden
19:15 Stadium: Stayen
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
23 September 2023 8 Mechelen 1–2 OH Leuven Mechelen
18:15 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
30 September 2023 9 Mechelen 0–0 Antwerp Mechelen
20:45 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Jan Boterberg
7 October 2023 10 Anderlecht 3–1 Mechelen Brussels
20:45 Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
22 October 2023 11 Genk 4–0 Mechelen Genk
13:30 Stadium: Cegeka Arena
Referee: Jan Boterberg
28 October 2023 12 Mechelen 0–2 Cercle Brugge Mechelen
16:00 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
5 November 2023 13 Standard Liège 1–1 Mechelen Liège
16:00 Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
11 November 2023 14 Mechelen 1–0 Charleroi Mechelen
20:45 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
26 November 2023 15 Kortrijk 0–3 Mechelen Kortrijk
19:15 Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Referee: Jan Boterberg
3 December 2023 16 Mechelen 0–2 Sint-Truiden Mechelen
16:00 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Wim Smet
10 December 2023 17 Mechelen 0–0 Club Brugge Mechelen
13:30 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
17 December 2023 18 Union Saint-Gilloise 1–0 Mechelen Brussels
16:00 Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien
Referee: Bert Put
20 December 2023 19 Mechelen 3–0 Standard Liège Mechelen
20:45 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Jan Boterberg
27 December 2023 20 Charleroi 3–1 Mechelen Charleroi
20:45 Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
19 January 2024 21 Gent 1–2 Mechelen Ghent
20:45 Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
28 January 2024 22 Mechelen 3–1 RWDM Mechelen
19:15 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Brent Staessens
1 February 2024 23 Mechelen 2–2 Anderlecht Mechelen
20:30 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
4 February 2024 24 Eupen 0–1 Mechelen Eupen
16:00 Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui
11 February 2024 25 Mechelen 1–1 Genk Mechelen
16:00 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
17 February 2024 26 Antwerp 0–1 Mechelen Antwerp
20:45 Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
24 February 2024 27 Mechelen 3–0 Kortrijk Mechelen
20:45 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Lawrence Wisser
2 March 2024 28 Cercle Brugge 2–3 Mechelen Bruges
16:00
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Jan Boterberg
8 March 2024 29 Mechelen 3–1 Westerlo Mechelen
20:45
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
17 March 2024 30 OH Leuven 1–0 Mechelen Leuven
18:30
Stadium: Den Dreef
Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Europe Play-offs


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
10 5 1 4 20 18  +2 16 3 0 2 13 11  +2 2 1 2 7 7  0

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round12345678910
GroundAHHAAHHAAH
ResultWLWLDWLLWW
Position2322222222
Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 March 2024 1 OH Leuven 2–3 Mechelen Leuven
18:15 Stadium: Den Dreef
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
5 April 2024 2 Mechelen 2–3 Sint-Truiden Mechelen
20:45 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
13 April 2024 3 Mechelen 3–2 Westerlo Mechelen
18:15 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Arthur Denil
20 April 2024 4 Gent 3–1 Mechelen Ghent
20:00 Stadium: Planet Group Arena
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
23 April 2024 5 Standard Liège 0–0 Mechelen Liège
20:30 Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Referee: Michiel Allaerts
27 April 2024 6 Mechelen 3–0 OH Leuven Mechelen
16:00 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
4 May 2024 7 Mechelen 2–4 Gent Mechelen
18:15
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Jan Boterberg
12 May 2024 8 Sint-Truiden 2–1 Mechelen Sint-Truiden
16:00
Stadium: Stayen
Referee: Ken Vermeiren
18 May 2024 9 Westerlo 0–2 Mechelen Westerlo
18:15 Report
Stadium: Het Kuipje
Referee: Matonga Simonini
25 May 2024 10 Mechelen 3–2 Standard Liège Mechelen
20:30
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Wim Smet

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Cup
31 October 2023 Seventh round Knokke 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Mechelen Knokke
20:00
Report
Stadium: Burgemeester Graaf Leopold Lippens Park
Referee: Arne De Beuckelaer
Penalties

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

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  10. ^ "Feralpisalò, Alessio Sergio Da Cruz è il secondo rinforzo verdeblù". BresciaToday.
  11. ^ Nelson, njinelson (26 July 2023). "Transfer: Oum Gouet joins Swiss Club Yverdon Sport".
  12. ^ "Mohammed Amin Doudah op huurbasis naar Helmond Sport | Helmond Sport". www.helmondsport.nl.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_K.V._Mechelen_season