2020–21 K.V. Mechelen season
# 2020–21 K.V. Mechelen season

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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. 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

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 73 | 69 | +4 | 041.86 |

Source: Soccerway

### Belgian First Division A

**Regular season**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 8 | Mechelen | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 48 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 9 | Beerschot | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 47 | |
| 10 | Zulte Waregem | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 46 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.

**Play-Off II**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

* ↑ Winner of Play-off II qualifies directly to Europa Conference League second qualifying round due to Genk winning the 2021 Belgian Cup Final resulting in all teams from the Play-Off I qualifying for European football already.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 |

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

    As of 30 August 2020

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 30 | MF | | Jordi Vanlerberghe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 40 | MF | | Aster Vranckx | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | William Togui | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Igor de Camargo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Nikola Storm | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 0 | 5 |
