Sint-Truidense V.V.

Sint-Truiden

Full name	Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging
Nickname(s)	De Kanaries (The Canaries)
Founded	February 23, 1924
Ground	Stayen, Sint-Truiden
Ground Capacity	11,960
Chairman	Bart Lammens
Manager	Chris O'Loughlin
League	Belgian Pro League
2014–15	Belgian Second Division, 1st
Home colours Away colours

Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈsɪnt ˈtrœy̯də(n)sə ˈvudbɑlvərˌeːnəɣɪŋ]), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛs ˈteː ˈveː ˈveː]) or by their nickname De Kanaries (Dutch pronunciation: [də kaːˈnaːris], is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg. Sint-Truiden plays in the Belgian Pro League. Their best ranking was a second place in 1965–66. They also reached the final of the Belgian Cup twice. The club was founded in 1924. They are matricule number 373. The club colours are yellow and blue, hence their nickname De Kanaries, meaning 'The Canaries'. They play their home games at the Stayen since 1927.

History

The club was created in 1924 following the merger between F.C. Union and F.C. Goldstar, two clubs from Sint-Truiden. The colors of the club were chosen to be yellow and blue, to match the colors of the city, and it was named Sint-Truidense Voetbal Vereeniging. The first game of the team, against Cercle Tongeren, was played in front of only 9 attendees. In the late 1930s, Léopold Appeltans was the leading player of Sint-Truidense. On November 21, 1948, he became the first capped player for Belgium while playing at this club. In the late 1940s it qualified for the second division. It also changed its name to Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging in 1947. Five years later it finished second in the second division and thus promoted to the first division. Successful manager Raymond Goethals arrived at Sint-Truiden in 1959. Under his management, the team finished second of the top division in 1966.

The former Sint-Truidense goalkeeper Jacky Mathijssen became the manager of the club in 2001 and remained at the helm for three seasons after which he left for Charleroi. He was replaced by Marc Wilmots, who was fired shortly after. The team finished the season under the coaching of the trio Guy Mangelschots, Eddy Raymaekers and Peter Voets. At the end of the 2004–05 season the board of directors hired Oostende manager Herman Vermeulen but he was fired on February 9, 2006 as the club pointed at the seventeenth position in the ranking. In 2008 the women's team of FCL Rapide Wezemaal joined STVV.

Honours

• Belgian First Division:
  • Runners-up (1): 1965–66
• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (4): 1986–87, 1993–94, 2008–09, 2014–15
  • Runners-up (1): 1956–57
• Belgian Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 2002–03
• Belgian League Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1997–98

European record

As of March 5, 2006:

Competition	APP	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
Intertoto Cup	2	8	5	0	3	15	8

Current squad

As of 7 January 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Yves De Winter 2 MF Casper De Norre 3 DF Alessandro Iandoli 4 MF May Mahlangu 5 MF Alfonso Artabe 6 MF Gaëtan Hendrickx 7 MF Mehdi Lazaar 8 DF Faycal Rherras 9 FW Mohamed Tchité 11 FW Yohan Boli 13 GK Emil Velić 14 DF Nicolas Gerits 15 MF Cristián Cuevas (on loan from Chelsea) 16 MF Rob Schoofs 18 DF Mamadou Bagayoko

No. Position Player 19 DF Yvan Erichot 20 FW Hilaire Momi 21 MF Mathias Schils 23 DF Sascha Kotysch 24 DF Salomon Nirisarike 25 MF Yuji Ono 26 DF Rúben Fernandes 27 MF Reno Wilmots 28 GK William Dutoit 29 MF Victorien Angban (on loan from Chelsea) 30 FW Joao Rodríguez (on loan from Chelsea) 31 MF Falaye Sacko (on loan from Újpest) MF Yaya Soumahoro DF Damien Dussaut MF Alexis De Sart FW Panagiotis Kynigopoulos

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player

Coaching and medical staff

• Manager: Chris O'Loughlin
• Assistant manager: Peter Delorge
• Assistant manager: Benni McCarthy
• Goalkeeping coach: Patrick Nys
• Team representative: Romain Proesmans
• Kit men: Benny Liebens & Valere Stevens
• Club Doctors: Steven Bex & Koen Pansaers
• Physiotherapists: Tim Vollon & Arnold Wilmots
• Masseur: Roger Reniers

Managers

• Raymond Goethals (1959–66)
• Ward Volckaert (1966–69)
• Marcel Vercammen (1971–73)
• Gerard Bergholtz (1979–81)
• Wilfried Van Moer (1982–84)
• Eric Vanlessen (1984–85)
• Guy Mangelschots (1986–90)
• Walter Meeuws (1990–91)
• Odilon Polleunis (1991–92)
• Rudy Liebens & Marek Dziuba (1992)
• Albert Van Marcke (1992)
• Martin Lippens (1992–93)

• Guy Mangelschots (1992–96)
• Wilfried Sleurs (1996)
• Freddy Smets (1996–97)
• Guy Mangelschots (1997)
• Barry Hulshoff (1997–98)
• Poll Peters (1998–99)
• Willy Reynders (1999–01)
• Jules Knaepen (2001)
• Jacky Mathijssen (2001–04)
• Marc Wilmots (2004–05)
• Herman Vermeulen (2005–06)
• Eddy Raeymaekers & Peter Voets (2006)

• Thomas Caers (2006)
• Peter Voets (2006)
• Henk Houwaart (2006–07)
• Valère Billen (2007)
• Peter Voets (2007)
• Dennis Van Wijk (2007–08)
• Guido Brepoels (2008–11)
• Franky Van der Elst (2011–12)
• Guido Brepoels (2012–13)
• Yannick Ferrera (2013–15)
• Chris O'Loughlin (2015–)

References

• (Dutch) Official website
• (English) UEFA page