2020–21 K.V. Mechelen season

K.V. Mechelen
2020–21 season
Manager	Wouter Vrancken
Stadium	Achter de Kazerne
Belgian First Division A	8th
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Igor de Camargo; Geoffry Hairemans; (8 each); All: ; Igor de Camargo; Geoffry Hairemans; (8 each)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 K.V. Mechelen season was the club's 117th season in existence and its second consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, KV Mechelen participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 16 February 2021^[1]

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	BEL	Gaëtan Coucke
3	DF	NED	Lucas Bijker
4	DF	TRI	Sheldon Bateau
5	DF	NED	Sandy Walsh
7	MF	BEL	Geoffry Hairemans
8	MF	BEL	Onur Kaya (captain)
9	FW	NED	Ferdy Druijf (on loan from AZ)
10	FW	BEL	Igor de Camargo
11	FW	BEL	Nikola Storm
12	GK	BEL	Sofiane Bouzian
13	MF	BEL	Joachim Van Damme
14	DF	BEL	Siemen Voet (on loan from Club Brugge)
15	GK	BEL	Yannick Thoelen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	BEL	Rob Schoofs
17	MF	BFA	Trova Boni
19	FW	SWE	Kerim Mrabti
20	FW	SWE	Gustav Engvall
21	FW	BEL	Niklo Dailly
23	DF	FRA	Thibault Peyre
26	DF	SWE	Victor Wernersson
29	DF	BFA	Issa Kaboré (on loan from Manchester City)
30	DF	BEL	Jordi Vanlerberghe (on loan from Club Brugge)
32	GK	BEL	Maxime Wenssens
35	FW	UKR	Marian Shved (on loan from Celtic)
40	MF	BEL	Aster Vranckx
88	MF	BEL	Steven Defour

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
19	DF	BEL	Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (on loan at Helmond)
27	FW	CIV	William Togui (on loan at Espérance Tunis)
33	MF	BEL	Gaétan Bosiers (on loan at Helmond)
—	DF	BEL	Maxime De Bie (on loan at Helmond)
—	MF	BEL	Arno Van Keilegom (on loan at Helmond)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

11 July 2020 Friendly	Club Brugge	6–0	Mechelen	Knokke-Heist, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complex Molenhoek

18 July 2020 Friendly	Mechelen	0–6	Westerlo	Kampenhout, Belgium
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportcentrum De Zeype

18 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	4–0	Mechelen	Boncelles, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

25 July 2020 Friendly	OH Leuven	3–0	Mechelen	Leuven, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: King Power Stadion

29 July 2020 Friendly	Mechelen	Cancelled	Jong FC Utrecht	Mechelen, Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Achter de Kazerne

1 August 2020 Friendly	Metz	1–0	Mechelen	Metz, France
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boulaya 29'			Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	9 August 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	8th	40	16	11	13	69	65	+4	040.00
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021	4 March 2021	Sixth round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	4	4	+0	066.67
Total					43	18	11	14	73	69	+4	041.86

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Standard Liège	34	13	11	10	52	41	+11	50	Qualification for the Play-offs II
7	Gent	34	14	7	13	55	42	+13	49
8	Mechelen	34	13	9	12	54	54	0	48
9	Beerschot	34	14	5	15	58	64	−6	47
10	Zulte Waregem	34	14	4	16	53	69	−16	46

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.^[2]

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
34	13	9	12	54	54	0	48	5	5	7	29	30	−1	8	4	5	25	24	+1

Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W
Position	8	6	7	12	15	16	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	15	13	11	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	12	10	8

Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.^[3]

9 August 2020 1	Mechelen	2–2	Anderlecht	Mechelen
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Damme 30' Kaboré 42' Vranckx 70' De Camargo 83' Vanlerberghe 85'	Report	Luckassen 44' Vlap 53' Doku 64' Bushiri 75' (o.g.) Colassin 88'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

14 August 2020 2	Excel Mouscron	0–1	Mechelen	Mouscron
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Antonov 8' Koffi 8' Bakić 48'	Report	Storm 9' (pen.) Van Damme 47' Bushiri 48' Coucke 86'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

22 August 2020 3	Mechelen	2–3	Cercle Brugge	Mechelen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Togui 37' Vranckx 64', 72' De Camargo 82' Kaya 88' Bijker 90+5'	Report	Omolo 29' Ugbo 54' Hotić 57' Taravel 76' Somers 80'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

30 August 2020 4	Gent	1–0	Mechelen	Ghent
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Niangbo 36' Chakvetadze 56' Castro-Montes 90+4'	Report	Schoofs 59'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

12 September 2020 5	Mechelen	0–1	Oostende	Mechelen
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Damme 52' Kaboré 61' Bijker 75' Hairemans 83' Vanlerberghe 89'	Report	D'Arpino 82' Vandendriessche 90' Hendry 90+5'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

20 September 2020 6	Genk	3–1	Mechelen	Genk
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Onuachu 10', 68' Ito 55'	Report	Mrabti 6' Van Damme 45+1'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

26 September 2020 7	Mechelen	2–0	Sint-Truiden	Mechelen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Damme 23' Vranckx 60', 64', 68' Peyre 90+1'	Report	Colidio 12' Lee 23' Suzuki 43' Durkin 45+1' Konaté 65' Sankhon 74'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Referee: Nathan Verboomen

2 October 2020 8	Antwerp	4–1	Mechelen	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bushiri 5' (o.g.) Miyoshi 8' Mbokani 43' Hongla 57' Seck 78'	Report	Bushiri 62' Hairemans 67' Bijker 76'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

17 October 2020 9	Mechelen	1–2	Kortrijk	Mechelen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Voet 53'	Report	Jonckheere 71' Makarenko 74'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 5,160 Referee: Lawrence Visser

31 October 2020 11	Club Brugge	2–2	Mechelen	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Vormer 13', 20' Lang 28'	Report	De Camargo 42' Schoofs 81'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

6 November 2020 12	Mechelen	3–3	Charleroi	Mechelen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hairemans 9' De Camargo 32' Voet 58' Defour 61' Van Damme 83'	Report	Fall 8' Rezaei 20' Vanlerberghe 57' (o.g.) Ilaimaharitra 68' Gholizadeh 72' Willems 82'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

22 November 2020 13	Zulte Waregem	1–2	Mechelen	Waregem
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bruno 54'	Report	Storm 40' Hairemans 48' Van Damme 86' Kaya 87'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

29 November 2020 14	Mechelen	2–3	Beerschot	Mechelen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frans 21' (o.g.) Vanlerberghe 39' Mboko 44' (o.g.) Vranckx 60' Storm 67' Hairemans 68' Schoofs 74'	Report	Tissoudali 13' Coulibaly 18', 80' Pietermaat 42' Van den Bergh 69'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

3 December 2020 10	Eupen	1–1	Mechelen	Eupen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ngoy 20'	Report	Vanlerberghe 78' Van Damme 88' Schoofs 90+2'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

6 December 2020 15	Standard Liège	2–2	Mechelen	Liège
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Laifis 45' Fai 73' Balikwisha 78' Dussenne 90'	Report	Van Damme 63' (pen.) Walsh 88' Mrabti 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

13 December 2020 16	Mechelen	2–3	Waasland-Beveren	Mechelen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hairemans 27' Voet 36' Mrabti 60'	Report	Heymans 47' Koita 49' Bertone 67'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

17 December 2020 17	Mechelen	0–3	Club Brugge	Mechelen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peyre 41' Storm 45' Bushiri 63'	Report	Diatta 69', 74' Okereke 89'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

20 December 2020 18	OH Leuven	1–2	Mechelen	Leuven
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vlietinck 43' De Norre 54' Henry 61', 90+3'	Report	Vranckx 8' Mrabti 27' Hubert 31' (o.g.) Hairemans 83' Walsh 90+2' Engvall 90+3'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

27 December 2020 19	Mechelen	2–1	Excel Mouscron	Mechelen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mrabti 38' Shved 83'	Report	Mohamed 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

10 January 2021 30	Mechelen	3–0	Antwerp	Mechelen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schoofs 59' Engvall 62' Hairemans 63', 67'	Report	Batubinsika 42' Buta 45+1' Haroun 90+1'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

16 January 2021 20	Charleroi	0–1	Mechelen	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Nicholson 46'	Report	Schoofs 30' Hairemans 59'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

20 January 2021 21	Mechelen	0–4	Standard Liège	Mechelen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Camargo 77'	Report	Dussenne 22' Amallah 49' Pavlovic 51' Bastien 54' Balikwisha 57'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

23 January 2021 22	Mechelen	3–0	Eupen	Mechelen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Hairemans 26' Mrabti 47' De Camargo 74'	Report		Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

26 January 2021 23	Waasland-Beveren	2–3	Mechelen	Beveren
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mandjeck 29' Faucher 60', 70' Sinani 77'	Report	Walsh 8' Shved 26', 90+2' De Camargo 63'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

30 January 2021 24	Mechelen	0–0	Genk	Mechelen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bijker 5' Van Damme 56'	Report	Preciado 9' Thorstvedt 51' Heynen 90+1'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

6 February 2021 25	Cercle Brugge	0–1	Mechelen	Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Somers 73' Van der Bruggen 77'	Report	Druijf 85' De Camargo 87'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

14 February 2021 26	Beerschot	1–2	Mechelen	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Radić 34' Holzhauser 52' (pen.) Brogno 81'	Report	Walsh 90' Druijf 90+4'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

19 February 2021 27	Mechelen	1–1	Gent	Mechelen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Storm 16' Vanlerberghe 56'	Report	Yaremchuk 10' Castro-Montes 81'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

27 February 2021 28	Oostende	2–0	Mechelen	Ostend
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	D'Arpino 15' Gueye 27' (pen.) Tanghe 28' Capon 86'	Report	Hairemans 17' Bateau 26' Vanlerberghe 88'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

7 March 2021 29	Anderlecht	1–1	Mechelen	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 43' (pen.)	Report	De Camargo 66' (pen.) Walsh 84'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

21 March 2021 31	Mechelen	2–2	OH Leuven	Mechelen
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Defour 28' Vranckx 30' Schoofs 53' Druijf 80' (pen.) Bijker 90+5'	Report	De Norre 36', 40' Schrijvers 70'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

3 April 2021 32	Sint-Truiden	2–1	Mechelen	Sint-Truiden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suzuki 11' Mboyo 42' (pen.)	Report	Walsh 41' Kaboré 65' De Camargo 90'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

10 April 2021 33	Mechelen	4–2	Zulte Waregem	Mechelen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Storm 30', 33' Druijf 44', 66' Bijker 72' De Camargo 80' Kaboré 90+2'	Report	Bruno 64', 78', 90+4'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

18 April 2021 34	Kortrijk	1–4	Mechelen	Kortrijk
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Selemani 10' (pen.) Jonckheere 74'	Report	Defour 14' Mrabti 28' (pen.) Storm 35', 46' Schoofs 82'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

Play-Off II

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	GNT	MEC	OOS	STA
1	Gent	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	38	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	—	2–2	2–1	2–0
2	Mechelen	6	3	2	1	15	11	+4	35		1–2	—	5–3	3–1
3	Oostende	6	2	1	3	15	16	−1	34		0–4	2–2	—	6–2
4	Standard Liège	6	1	0	5	7	17	−10	28		2–1	1–2	1–3	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[4]

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
6	3	2	1	15	11	+4	11	2	0	1	9	6	+3	1	2	0	6	5	+1

Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	D	L
Position	4	3	1	1	1	2

Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 May 2021 1	Gent	2–2	Mechelen	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Owusu 7' Yaremchuk 46' Odjidja-Ofoe 49'	Report	Storm 29' Druijf 32' Schoofs 39'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

9 May 2021 2	Mechelen	5–3	Oostende	Mechelen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vranckx 16' Storm 34', 66', 63' Mrabti 38' Vanlerberghe 84' De Camargo 90+2'	Report	Sakala 14' Bataille 17' Theate 30', 55' Hjulsager 81'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

13 May 2021 3	Standard Liège	1–2	Mechelen	Liège
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amallah 36' Raskin 68'	Report	Gavory 14' (o.g.) Storm 54' Peyre 69' Walsh 73' Bijker 84'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

16 May 2021 4	Mechelen	3–1	Standard Liège	Mechelen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schoofs 13', 71' Shved 57' Vanlerberghe 70'	Report	Delferrière 5' Sissako 35' Bastien 82' Muleka 89'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

19 May 2021 5	Oostende	2–2	Mechelen	Ostend
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sakala 5', 20' Jäkel 42' Hubert 51' Vandendriessche 69'	Report	Vranckx 40' 81' Druijf 47' Bateau 63'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

22 May 2021 6	Mechelen	1–2	Gent	Mechelen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mrabti 53' Druijf 72' (pen.) Engvall 85' Schoofs 88' Bateau 90+2'	Report	Bezus 51', 57' Tissoudali 67', 90+2' Godeau 85' Bolat 90+1' Kums 90+5' Emeka 90+5'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

Belgian Cup

3 February 2021 Sixth round	Mechelen	2–0	RWDM	Mechelen
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Druijf 28' Shved 65'	Report		Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0

11 February 2021 Seventh round	Beerschot	0–1	Mechelen	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Bergh 21' Prychynenko 54'	Report	Schoofs 41' Kaya 86' Kaboré 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

4 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Genk	4–1	Mechelen	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thorstvedt 2', 64' Muñoz 10' Bongonda 85'	Report	Mrabti 82' Vranckx 87'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 30 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	30	MF	Jordi Vanlerberghe	1	1
	40	MF	Aster Vranckx	1	1
	9	FW	William Togui	1	1
	10	FW	Igor de Camargo	1	1
	11	FW	Nikola Storm	1	1
Totals				5	5

References

^ Media, Golazo. "Jupiler Pro League". jupilerproleague.be. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] Media, Golazo. "Jupiler Pro League". jupilerproleague.be. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016.

[2] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[3] "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[4] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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