2025–26 KV Mechelen season

K.V. Mechelen
2025–26 season
Manager	Frederik Vanderbiest
Stadium	Achter de Kazerne
Belgian Pro League	th
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Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Notes	Date	Source
DF	Tommy St. Jago	Willem II	Transfer	18 June 2025	^[4]
DF	Gora Diouf	FC Sion	Transfer	30 June 2025	^[5]
DF	Thérence Koudou	Pau FC	Transfer	23 July 2025	^[6]
FW	Maksim Kireev	Lierse	Transfer	25 August 2025	^[7]
MF	Myron van Brederode	AZ Alkmaar	Transfer	6 September 2025	^[8]
MF	Dikeni Salifou	SV Werder Bremen	Transfer	7 September 2025	^[9]
FW	Mathis Servais	Beveren	Transfer	9 September 2025	^[10]
FW	Hassane Bandé	HJK	Signed after a trial period	23 October 2025	^[11]

Belgian Pro League

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Sint-Truiden	30	18	3	9	47	35	+12	57	Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
4	Gent	30	13	6	11	49	43	+6	45
5	Mechelen	30	12	9	9	39	37	+2	45
6	Anderlecht	30	12	8	10	43	39	+4	44
7	Genk	30	11	9	10	46	47	−1	42	Qualification for the Europe play-offs

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch)
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.^[12]

Matches

26 July 2025 1	Zulte Waregem	1–1	Mechelen	Elindus Arena
	Vossen 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Lauberbach 16'	Attendance: 6,739 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

1 August 2025 2	K.V. Mechelen	2–1	Club Brugge	Mechelen
20:45	Mrabti 8' Schoofs 51'	Report	Tzolis 71'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 14,275 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

9 August 2025 3	K.V.C. Westerlo	0–1	Mechelen	Het Kuipje
		Report	Raman 84'	Attendance: 6,509 Referee: Michiel Allaerts

16 August 2025 4	Mechelen	1–1	KAA Gent	AFAS Stadion
	Bafdili 17'	Report	Gandelman 64'	Attendance: 11,905 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

24 August 2025 5	Antwerp	2–1	Mechelen	Bosuilstadion
	Somers 27' Praet 55' Doumbia 80'	Report	Koudou 11'	Attendance: 12,818 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

30 August 2025 6	Mechelen	3–2	RAAL La Louvière	AFAS Stadion
	Schoofs 26' Lauberbach 90', 90+5'	Report	De Wolf 69' (o.g.) Halhal 86' (o.g.)	Attendance: 11,069 Referee: Massimilano Ledda

12 September 2025 7	Standard Liège	1–1	Mechelen	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
	Ilaimaharitra 59' (pen.)	Report	Mrabti 73'	Attendance: 17,220 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

21 September 2025 8	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	0–0	Mechelen	AFAS Stadion
		Report		Attendance: 11,093 Referee: Bert Verbeke

28 September 2025 9	Royal Charleroi S.C.	0–2	Mechelen	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
		Report	van Brederode 36' Lauberbach 41'	Attendance: 6,524 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

October 4, 2025 10	K.V. Mechelen	1–3	STVV	AFAS Stadion
	Taniguchi 40' (o.g.)	Report	Ferrari 90+5' Muja 74' (pen.) Gotō 87'	Attendance: 12,122 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

19 October 2025 11	Dender E.H	1–3	Mechelen	Dender Football Complex
	Nsimba 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Konaté 7' van Brederode 62' Lauberbach 90+1'	Attendance: 3,341 Referee: Michiel Allaerts

25 October 2025 12	Mechelen	1–1	OH Leuven	AFAS Stadion
	Koudou 74'	Report	Pletinckx 90+5'	Attendance: 11,788 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

1 November 2025 13	Anderlecht	3–1	Mechelen	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
	Bertaccini 12' Cvetković 25' Angulo 60'	Report	Servais 20'	Attendance: 16,295 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui

9 November 2025 14	KV Mechelen	1–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Mechelen
19:15 CET	Koudou 6' Marsà 55' van Brederode 90+3' (pen.) 90+6'		Niang 45+3' Khalaili 68' Florucz 85'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne

23 November 2025 15	KRC Genk	0–1	Mechelen	Cegeka Arena
		Report	Marsà 35'	Attendance: 16,151 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

28 November 2025 16	Mechelen	0–1	Standard Liège	AFAS Stadion
		Report	Eckert 56'	Attendance: 12,944 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui

7 December 2025 17	Mechelen	1–0	Royal Charleroi S.C.	AFAS Stadion
	Koudou 15'	Report		Attendance: 9,683 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

13 December 2025 18	Cercle Brugge	2–3	Mechelen	Jan Breydel Stadium
	Nazinho 46' Magnée 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Hammar 34' Lauberbach 39' Diouf 48'	Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

21 December, 2025 19	STVV	1–0	K.V. Mechelen	Stayen
	Van Helden 8'	Report		Attendance: 9,416 Referee: Jan Boterberg

27 December 2025 20	Mechelen	1–1	F.C.V. Dender E.H.	AFAS Stadion
	Koudou 8'	Report	Toshevski 61' de Fougerolles 88'	Attendance: 12,443 Referee: Massimilano Ledda

17 January 2026 21	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–0	KV Mechelen	Brussels
20:45 CET	David 35' Mac Allister 45' Sykes 76' Khalaili 90+2' Scherpen 90+2'		Kireev 31' Halhal 83'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

25 January 2026 22	Mechelen	1–1	K.V.C. Westerlo	Achter de Kazerne
	Mrabti 88'	Report	Ferri 16'	Attendance: 12,955 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

1 February 2026 23	OH Leuven	2–2	Mechelen	Den Dreef
	Schrijvers Ikwuemesi 52'	Report	Servais 61' Vanrafelghem 79'	Attendance: 5,919 Referee: Lawrence Visser

8 February 2026 24	Mechelen	2–0	Antwerp	Mechelen
19:15 CET (UTC+1)	Van Brederode 11' Vanrafelghem 65' Decoene 71'		Verstraeten 62'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 14,003 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

13 February 2026 25	Mechelen	2–3	KRC Genk	Achter de Kazerne
	van Brederode 19' Mrabti 49'	Report	Bibout 26' Heynen 61' Heymans 76' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,769 Referee: Jan Boterberg

22 February 2026 26	RAAL La Louvière	0–2	Mechelen	Easi Arena
	Ashimeru 18'	Report	Mrabti 37' Vanrafelghem 49'	Attendance: 4,827 Referee: Michiel Allaerts

28 February 2026 27	Mechelen	2–1	SV Zulte Waregem	Achter de Kazerne
	Halhal 7' Raman 90+5'	Report	Erenbjerg 71'	Attendance: 14,034 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

8 March 2026 28	KAA Gent	3–1	Mechelen	Planet Group Arena
	Dean 31' (pen.) Lopes 45+2' Cissé 83'	Report	van Brederode 69'	Attendance: 16,644 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

15 March 2026 29	Mechelen	1–0	Anderlecht
	van Brederode 91'

22 March 2026 30	Club Brugge	4–1	K.V. Mechelen
	Tresoldi 2' Sabbe 22', 38' Mechele 71'		Raman 56'

Champions' play-offs

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CLU	USG	STR	AND	GNT	MEC
1	Club Brugge (C)	10	8	1	1	32	9	+23	57	Qualification for the Champions League league phase	—	5–0	2–0	4–2	5–0	6–1
2	Union SG	10	6	2	2	16	10	+6	53	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	2–1	—	1–0	5–1	0–0	3–0
3	Sint-Truiden	10	4	2	4	14	11	+3	43	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]	1–2	2–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–0
4	Anderlecht	10	3	2	5	16	23	−7	33	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round	1–3	1–3	3–1	—	3–1	2–2
5	Gent	10	0	6	4	4	14	−10	29	Qualification for the European competition play-off	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	—	1–1
6	Mechelen	10	1	3	6	9	24	−15	29		2–2	0–1	1–4	1–2	1–0	—

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.^[13]
(C) Champions
Notes:

[a]
Union SG won the 2025–26 Belgian Cup and qualified for the Champions League through finishing in the top two, the Europa League play-off round berth was therefore transferred to Sint-Truiden.

Matches

6 April 2026 1	KAA Gent	1–1	Mechelen	Planet Group Arena
	Dean 15'	Report	Antonio 90+5'	Attendance: 13,105 Referee: Jan Boterberg

12 April 2026 2	Mechelen	0–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Mechelen
13:30 CEST	Servais 82'		Sykes 45+2' Burgess 54' Khalaili 90+1' Florucz 90+4' Pavlić 90+6'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne

18 April 2026 3	Mechelen	1–2	Anderlecht	Achter de Kazerne
	Boersma 45+8'	Report	Cvetković 62' Bertaccini 71'	Attendance: 13,827 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

22 April 2026 4	Club Brugge	6–1	Mechelen	Bruges
20:30	Vetlesen 4' Stanković 46' Forbs 56' Tresoldi 60' Vanaken 78' Tzolis 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Konaté 10' Diouf 90+5'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Bram Van Driessche

26 April 2026 5	Mechelen	1–4	STVV	Achter de Kazerne
	Boersma 26'	Report	Pupe 44' Merlen 49' Sebaoui 63' Itō 75'	Referee: Lawrence Visser

3 May 2026 6	Mechelen	1–0	KAA Gent	Achter de Kazerne
	Boersma 16'	Report		Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui

10 May 2026 7	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–0	Mechelen	Brussels
18:30 CEST	Biondic 11' El Hadj 61' Fuseini 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Referee: Erik Lambrechts

17 May 2026 8	Anderlecht	2–2	Mechelen	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
	Saliba 17' Camara 90+1'	Report	van Brederode 15' Koudou 60'	Referee: Jan Boterberg

21 May 2026 9	Mechelen	2–2	Club Brugge	Achter de Kazerne
	van Brederode 48' van den Heuvel 87' (o.g.)	Report	Tzolis 17' Tresoldi 51'	Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui

24 May 2026 10	Sint-Truiden	3–0	Mechelen	Stayen
	Muja 24' Hata 45+3' Merlen 71'	Report		Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Belgian Cup

28 October 2025	Mechelen	2–1	Lierse	Mechelen
20:30 CET	Lauberbach 43' Van Brederode 74'	Report	Lenaerts 23'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne

4 December 2025	Charleroi	2–0	Mechelen	Charleroi
20:30 CET	Guiagon 52' (pen.) Nzita 74'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

2025–26 KV Mechelen season

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