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.
Royal Antwerp Football Club is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Antwerp. They compete in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight of Belgian football. The club was founded around 1880 as Antwerp Cricket Club by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before the creation of the Royal Belgian Football Association; Antwerp is regarded as the oldest club in Belgium. At first there was no organised football played by its members, until 1887 when the football division was founded with its own board, named Antwerp Football Club. Being the oldest active club at the time, it was the first club to register to the Association in 1895. Consequently, when matricule numbers were introduced in 1926, the club received matricule number one.
Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay is a former professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He most recently played for English club Wycombe Wanderers. Ma-Kalambay has previously played for Chelsea, Watford, Hibernian, Swansea City and KV Mechelen.
Ritchie Ria Alfons De Laet is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Björn Vleminckx is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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.
Colin Maurice Coosemans is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Anderlecht.
Koji Miyoshi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum and the Japan national team. He previously played domestically for Kawasaki Frontale, from where he spent time on loan with the J.League U-22 Selection, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and Yokohama F. Marinos. He joined Belgian club Royal Antwerp, initially on loan, in 2019, and four years later joined English club Birmingham City, where he spent just over one season before signing for Bochum.
Jean Butez is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club Como.
Ortwin De Wolf is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Mechelen. He previously played for Lokeren, Eupen, Antwerp and Zulte Waregem.
Chidera Ejuke is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Sevilla and the Nigeria national team.
Jelle Bataille is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Antwerp.
Kristian Thorstvedt is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Sassuolo and the Norway national team.
Anthony Swolfs is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Senne Lammens is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp.
Willian Joel Pacho Tenorio is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Ecuador national team.
Laurit Krasniqi is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Lithuanian A Lyga club Panevėžys.
The 2022–23 season was the 119th season in the existence of Royal Antwerp F.C. and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Antwerp participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
The 2024–25 season is Royal Antwerp Football Club's 145th season in existence and eighth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They are also competing in the Belgian Cup.
