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.
The Belgian Pro League, officially the Jupiler Pro League, due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler, is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023–24 season onwards, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Challenger Pro League.
Leo Albert Jozef "Lei" Clijsters was a Belgian professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
K.R.C. Mechelen is a Belgian association football club from Mechelen in the Antwerp province. It is a long-time rival of KV Mechelen. The club's best position ever is a second place in the first division 1951–52. KRC Mechelen also reached the final of the Belgian Cup in 1954. However, the team has been falling through the Belgian football league system since 2015 and in the 2017–18 season it will be playing in the Belgian Provincial Leagues for the first time since 1906.
Tim Matthys is a Belgian football official and a former player. As of 2019, he works as a scout with Gent.
Bruno Versavel is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, most notably for KV Mechelen and R.S.C. Anderlecht.
Tom Soetaers is a Belgian former footballer who played as a midfielder and current football coach, mostly being deployed as a left-winger. He is currently in charge of SC Hoegaarden-Outgaarden.
Wouter Vrancken is a Belgian football manager and a former defensive midfielder. He is the head coach of K.A.A. Gent.
Ivan Tomečak is a Croatian professional footballer. He is usually deployed as a right full-back, but is often used as a right winger or left full-back.
Roger Menama Lukaku is a Congolese former footballer who played as a forward. Throughout his career, he played for KV Oostende, KV Mechelen and Germinal Ekeren. He is the father of footballers Romelu Lukaku and Jordan Lukaku.
Anthony Christian Moris is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Union SG. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Luxembourg national team.
Germán Mera Cáceres is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Atlético Junior. Born in the city of Cali, he has also played for Córdoba, Atlético La Sabana, Deportivo Pasto, Colorado Rapids, Bucaramanga, Deportivo Cali, Club Brugge, and KV Mechelen. While at Mechelen he scored the winning goal in the 2019 Belgian Cup Final.
Dimitrios Kolovos is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Super League 2 club Panionios.
Lucas Bijker is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Cypriot club Ethnikos Achna.
Nikola Storm is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Mechelen as a winger.
Dante Vanzeir is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls and the Belgium national team.
The 2018–19 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2018 and ended in April 2019. It was the third season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division.
The 2019 Belgian Cup final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 64th Belgian Cup final and took place on 1 May 2019 between Gent and KV Mechelen. KV Mechelen was the first team from outside the top division to qualify for the cup final since the 2001 Belgian Cup Final when Belgian Second Division champions Lommel lost to Westerlo. KV Mechelen won the cup by two goals to one.
William Mel Togui is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Tuzlaspor.
The 2023 Belgian Cup final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 68th Belgian Cup final which took place on 30 April 2023. The match was contested by KV Mechelen and Antwerp.
