2024–25 K.V. Mechelen season

K.V. Mechelen

2024–25 season
Manager	Besnik Hasi
Stadium	Achter de Kazerne
Belgian Pro League	12th
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
Biggest defeat	Mechelen 2–4 Westerlo

The 2024–25 season is the 121st season in the history of K.V. Mechelen, and the club's sixth consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Belgian Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	José Marsà	FC Andorra		13 July 2024	[1]
MF	Aziz Ouattara Mohammed	Genk	Loan	23 July 2024	[2]
DF	Zinho Vanheusden	Inter Milan	Loan	25 July 2024	[3]

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

Oudenaarde v Mechelen

25 June 2024 Friendly	Oudenaarde	0–3	Mechelen
19:00 UTC+2

Beerschot v Mechelen

29 June 2024 Friendly	Beerschot	1–2	Mechelen	Tubize
16:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Centre National de Football Euro 2000

Antwerp v Mechelen

6 July 2024 Friendly	Antwerp	2–1	Mechelen
14:00 UTC+2
Note: 2 x 60 minutes

Lille v Mechelen

13 July 2024 Friendly	Lille	1–1	Mechelen	Camphin-en-Pévèle
17:00 UTC+2	Cabella 27'		71'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif de Luchin

K.S.K. Heist v Mechelen

17 July 2024 Friendly	K.S.K. Heist	0–1	Mechelen
19:30 UTC+2			68'

Olympiacos v Mechelen

20 July 2024 Friendly	Olympiacos	2–0	Mechelen	Vlaardingen
15:00 UTC+2	Mouzakitis 5' Gelson Martins 28'			Stadium: Sportpark 't Nieuwelant

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League regular season	26 July 2024	14–16 March 2025	Matchday 1	7	2	2	3	10	12	−2	028.57
Belgian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	2	2	3	10	12	−2	028.57

Last updated: 15 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Gent	20	8	6	6	30	24	+6	30	Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
7	Charleroi	20	8	3	9	21	23	−2	27	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8	Mechelen	20	7	6	7	35	26	+9	27
9	Dender EH	20	7	6	7	27	33	−6	27
10	Standard Liège	20	6	7	7	12	21	−9	25

Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2024. 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.[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
7	2	2	3	10	12	−2	8	1	0	2	8	9	−1	1	2	1	2	3	−1

Last updated: 15 September 2024.
Source: ^[citation needed]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	W	W	L
Position	5	12	13	14	13	9	12

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: ^[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.[5]

Club Brugge v Mechelen

26 July 2024 1	Club Brugge	1–1	Mechelen	Bruges
20:45	Seys 51' Siquet  72'		Walsh  50' Pflücke 65' Konaté  82'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Mechelen v Westerlo

3 August 2024 2	Mechelen	2–4	Westerlo	Mechelen
16:00	Storm 65' Pflücke 88' (pen.)		Madsen 18' (pen.) Vušković 36' Alcócer 79' Frigan 90+5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Bram van Driessche

Standard Liège v Mechelen

9 August 2024 3	Standard Liège	0–0	Mechelen	Liège
20:45				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Mechelen v Cercle Brugge

22 September 2024 8	Mechelen	v	Cercle Brugge	Mechelen
16:00				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

References

1. "L'Espagnol José Marsa est le deuxième transfert entrant du KV Malines". RTL Info. July 13, 2024.
2. "Aziz Ouattara gehuurd van KRC Genk". KV Mechelen. July 23, 2024.
3. "KVM strikt Zinho Vanheusden". KV Mechelen. July 25, 2024.
4. "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
5. "Kalender Jupiler Pro League 2024/2025". VoetbalBelgie.