Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen, often simply called KV Mechelen 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.
Franky Van der Elst is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He later worked as a manager.
François Vercauteren, nicknamed "The Little Prince", is a Belgian former footballer who played as a left winger. He is currently unemployed after most recently managing Antwerp.
Leo Albert Jozef "Lei" Clijsters was a Belgian professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Georges Leekens is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed numerous clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Tunisia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Jacques "Jacky" Munaron is a Belgian former football goalkeeper and the goalkeeper coach of FP Halle-Gooik since 2017.
Gilbert Van Binst is a former Belgian football player who played as a defender.
Alexandre "Alex" Czerniatynski is a Belgian former footballer who played as a striker.
Marc Jozef Emmers is a retired Belgian footballer.
Kenneth Brylle Larsen is a Danish former professional footballer. He scored two goals in 16 matches for the Denmark national team and represented his country at the 1984 European Championship.
Graeme Wayne Rutjes is a former Australian-born Dutch footballer, who played as a defender for Excelsior Rotterdam (1980–85), Y.R. K.V. Mechelen (1985–90) and R.S.C. Anderlecht (1990–96).
Jean Baptiste Dockx was a Belgian international footballer. He played for Mechelen, Racing White and Anderlecht, and for the Belgium national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship. He was later a manager, and was caretaker manager of Anderlecht in 1999.
Bruno Versavel is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, most notably for KV Mechelen and R.S.C. Anderlecht.
Leo Van der Elst is a Belgian retired footballer who played mainly as a midfielder.
Jan Ruiter is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Walter Meeuws is a Belgian former footballer and manager.
Wim Hofkens is a former football player who played five games for the Dutch national side.
Koenraad Sanders is a former Belgian footballer. He is the younger brother of footballer Luc Sanders.
Geert Deferm is a Belgian former footballer.
Alain De Nil is a Belgian footballer. He played in one match for the Belgium national football team in 1992. He played 330 games for Southampton FC, scoring 108 times - finishing as their top goalscorer for 17 years running.
