2024–25 KV Mechelen season

K.V. Mechelen
2024–25 season
Manager	Besnik Hasi
Stadium	Achter de Kazerne
Belgian Pro League regular season	8th
Europe play-offs	3rd
Belgian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Benito Raman (13); All: ; Benito Raman (13)
Average home league attendance	12,213
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season was 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 participated in the Belgian Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Ortwin De Wolf	Zulte Waregem	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
DF	José Marsà	FC Andorra		13 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Aziz Ouattara Mohammed	Genk	Loan	23 July 2024	^[3]
DF	Zinho Vanheusden	Inter Milan	Loan	25 July 2024	^[4]
FW	Benito Raman	Samsunspor	Undisclosed	23 August 2024
MF	Fredrik Hammar	Hammarby IF	Undisclosed	7 January 2025
DF	Stephen Welsh	Hammarby IF	Loan	9 January 2025

Out

Friendlies

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 April 2025 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	0–6	Mechelen
11:00

Competitions

Overall record

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 Pro League regular season	26 July 2024	16 March 2025	Matchday 1	8th	30	10	8	12	45	40	+5	033.33
play-offs		29 May 2025			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Belgian Cup					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					30	10	8	12	45	40	+5	033.33

Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Gent	30	11	12	7	41	33	+8	45	Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
7	Standard Liège	30	10	9	11	22	35	−13	39	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8	Mechelen	30	10	8	12	45	40	+5	38
9	Westerlo	30	10	7	13	50	49	+1	37
10	Charleroi	30	10	7	13	36	36	0	37

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.^[5]

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
30	10	8	12	45	40	+5	38	6	5	4	31	20	+11	4	3	8	14	20	−6

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.^[6]

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

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

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

22 September 2024 8	Mechelen	2–0	Cercle Brugge	Mechelen
16:00				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

26 January 2025 23

Anderlecht

4–1

Mechelen

31 January 2025 24

OH Leuven

1–0

Mechelen

8 February 2025 25

Mechelen

3–3

Gent

16 February 2025 26

Union Saint-Gilloise

0–1

Mechelen

21 February 2025 27

Mechelen

1–1

Sint-Truiden

2 March 2025 28

Beerschot

1–0

Mechelen

8 March 2025 29

Charleroi

0–1

Mechelen

16 March 2025 30

Mechelen

2–1

Dender

Europe play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CHA	WES	MEC	DEN	STA	OHL
1	Charleroi (O)	10	6	3	1	19	10	+9	40	Qualification for the European competition play-off		4–3	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–1
2	Westerlo	10	3	5	2	19	16	+3	33		2–2		2–2	4–2	0–0	2–2
3	Mechelen	10	2	6	2	17	17	0	31		1–1	2–3		5–2	0–0	1–1
4	Dender EH	10	3	4	3	20	21	−1	29		2–1	1–0	2–2		1–1	5–0
5	Standard Liège	10	0	7	3	5	8	−3	27		0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0		0–1
6	OH Leuven	10	1	5	4	11	19	−8	27		0–0	0–2	1–2	4–4	1–1

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.^[7]
(O) Play-off winners

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	D
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

29 March 2025 1

Standard Liège

2–2

Mechelen

4 April 2025 2

Mechelen

5–2

Dender

13 April 2025 3

Mechelen

1–1

OH Leuven

19 April 2025 4

Charleroi

3–0

Mechelen

22 April 2025 5

Mechelen

2–3

Westerlo

26 April 2025 6

Westerlo

2–2

Mechelen

3 May 2025 7

OH Leuven

1–2

Mechelen

10 May 2025 8

Mechelen

0–0

Standard Liège

18 May 2025 9

Mechelen

1–1

Charleroi

24 May 2025 10

Dender

2–2

Mechelen

Belgian Cup

30 October 2024 Round of 32	Mechelen	3–1	La Louvière
20:00

4 December 2024 Round of 16	Beerschot	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Mechelen
20:30

References

↑
↑ "L'Espagnol José Marsa est le deuxième transfert entrant du KV Malines". RTL Info. July 13, 2024.
↑ "Aziz Ouattara gehuurd van KRC Genk". KV Mechelen. July 23, 2024.
↑ "KVM strikt Zinho Vanheusden". KV Mechelen. July 25, 2024.
↑ "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.
↑ "Kalender Jupiler Pro League 2024/2025". VoetbalBelgie.
↑ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[1] ↑

[2] "L'Espagnol José Marsa est le deuxième transfert entrant du KV Malines". RTL Info. July 13, 2024.

[3] "Aziz Ouattara gehuurd van KRC Genk". KV Mechelen. July 23, 2024.

[4] "KVM strikt Zinho Vanheusden". KV Mechelen. July 25, 2024.

[5] "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.

[6] "Kalender Jupiler Pro League 2024/2025". VoetbalBelgie.

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

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