Sint-Truidense V.V.
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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 have played their home games at the Stayen since 1927.
History
The club was created in 1924 following the merger between FC Union and FC 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 21 November 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 dismissed on 9 February 2006 as the club languished in seventeenth position. 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
- Belgian Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 2002–03
- Belgian League Cup
- Winners (1): 1998–99
European record
- As of 5 March 2006:
| Competition | APP | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intertoto Cup | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 |
Current squad
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Coaching and medical staff
- Head coach: Wouter Vrancken
- Assistant head coach: Sil Rouvrois, Dries Van Meirhaeghe
- Physical coach: Stefan Winters
- Team manager: Peter Delorge
- Goalkeeping coach: Jurgen De Braekeleer
- Team representative: Romain Proesmans
- Kit men: Benny Liebens & Valere Stevens
- Club Doctors: Pieter Bormans & Peter Bollars
- Physiotherapists: Wouter Robijns & Par Vandenborne
- Masseur: Roger Reniers
Managers
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- Template:Flagicon Raymond Goethals (1959–66)
- Template:Flagicon Ward Volckaert (1966–69)
- Template:Flagicon Marcel Vercammen (1971–73)
- Template:Flagicon Gerard Bergholtz (1979–81)
- Template:Flagicon Wilfried Van Moer (1982–84)
- Template:Flagicon Eric Vanlessen (1984–85)
- Template:Flagicon Guy Mangelschots (1986–90)
- Template:Flagicon Walter Meeuws (1990–91)
- Template:Flagicon Odilon Polleunis (1991–92)
- Template:Flagicon Rudy Liebens & Template:Flagicon Marek Dziuba (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Albert Van Marcke (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Martin Lippens (1992–93)
- Template:Flagicon Guy Mangelschots (1992–96)
- Template:Flagicon Wilfried Sleurs (1996)
- Template:Flagicon Freddy Smets (1996–97)
- Template:Flagicon Guy Mangelschots (1997)
- Template:Flagicon Barry Hulshoff (1997–98)
- Template:Flagicon Poll Peters (1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Willy Reynders (1999–2001)
- Template:Flagicon Jules Knaepen (2001)
- Template:Flagicon Jacky Mathijssen (2001–04)
- Template:Flagicon Marc Wilmots (2004–05)
- Template:Flagicon Herman Vermeulen (2005–06)
- Template:Flagicon Eddy Raeymaekers & Template:Flagicon Peter Voets (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Thomas Caers (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Peter Voets (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Henk Houwaart (2006–07)
- Template:Flagicon Valère Billen (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Peter Voets (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Dennis Van Wijk (2007–08)
- Template:Flagicon Guido Brepoels (2008–11)
- Template:Flagicon Franky Van der Elst (2011–12)
- Template:Flagicon Guido Brepoels (2012–13)
- Template:Flagicon Yannick Ferrera (2013–15)
- Template:Flagicon Chris O'Loughlin (2015–16)
- Template:Flagicon Ivan Leko (2016–17)
- Template:Flagicon Tintín Márquez (2017)
- Template:Flagicon Jonas De Roeck (2017–18)
- Template:Flagicon Marc Brys (2018–19)
- Template:Flagicon Miloš Kostić (2020)
- Template:Flagicon Kevin Muscat (2020)
- Template:Flagicon Peter Maes (2020–21)
- Template:Flagicon Bernd Hollerbach (2021–23)
- Template:Flagicon Thorsten Fink (2023–24)
References
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External links
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- UEFA page
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