# 2023–24 K.V. Mechelen season

The 2023–24 season was K.V. Mechelen's 120th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Gaëtan Coucke |
| 4 | MF | BEL | Toon Raemaekers |
| 5 | DF | IDN | Sandy Walsh |
| 6 | MF | BEL | Jannes Van Hecke |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Geoffry Hairemans |
| 8 | MF | GUI | Mory Konaté |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Nikola Storm |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani |
| 15 | GK | BEL | Yannick Thoelen |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Rob Schoofs |
| 17 | DF | ALG | Rafik Belghali |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Kerim Mrabti |
| 20 | FW | GER | Lion Lauberbach |
| 21 | DF | BEL | Boli Bolingoli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | BEL | Elias Cobbaut (on loan from Parma) |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Daam Foulon |
| 27 | DF | SCO | David Bates |
| 29 | MF | BEL | Bas Van den Eynden |
| 31 | GK | BEL | Oskar Annell |
| 34 | MF | COD | Ngal'ayel Mukau |
| 35 | MF | BEL | Bilal Bafdili |
| 36 | MF | BEL | Dirk Asare |
| 37 | DF | BEL | Thibau Loeman |
| 40 | GK | BEL | Jannes Van Hof |
| 42 | FW | ZIM | Munashe Garananga |
| 70 | FW | BEL | Norman Bassette (on loan from Caen) |
| 77 | FW | GER | Patrick Pflücke |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BEL | Dimitri Lavalée (at Sturm Graz until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | BEL | Iebe Swers (at Patro Eisden until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | BEL | Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (at Twente until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Amin Doudah (at Helmond until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | BEL | Julien Ngoy (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Rafik Belghali | Lommel | €400,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Daam Foulon | Benevento | Free | 7 July 2023 |
| MF | Mory Konaté | Sint-Truiden | Free | 13 July 2023 |
| MF | Amin Doudah | Jong PSV | Free | 26 July 2023 |
| MF | Patrick Pflücke | Servette | €500,000 | 21 August 2023 |
| FW | Norman Bassette | Caen | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Elias Cobbaut | Parma | Loan | 5 September 2023 |
| DF | Munashe Garananga | Sheriff Tiraspol | €350,000 | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Islam Slimani | Curitiba | Free | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Alessio da Cruz | Feralpisalò | €500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Samuel Oum Gouet | Yverdon-Sport | Undisclosed | 26 July 2023 |
| MF | Amin Doudah | Helmond Sport | Loan | 27 July 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Belgian Pro League Regular season | 30 July 2023 | 17 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 043.33 |
| Europe Play-offs | 29 March 2024 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 31 October 2023 | 31 October 2023 | Seventh round | Seventh round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Belgian Super Cup | 23 July 2023 | 23 July 2023 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 042.86 |
Source: Soccerway

### Belgian Pro League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Genk | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 47 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 7 | Gent | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 47 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 8 | Mechelen | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 45 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 40 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 10 | Standard Liège | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 34 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

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