# 2022–23 K.V. Mechelen season

The 2022–23 K.V. Mechelen season was the club's 119th season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Mechelen participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 11 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Gaëtan Coucke |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Iebe Swers |
| 3 | DF | NED | Lucas Bijker |
| 4 | MF | BEL | Dries Wouters (on loan from Schalke) |
| 5 | DF | IDN | Sandy Walsh |
| 6 | MF | BEL | Jannes Van Hecke |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Geoffry Hairemans |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Jorge Hernandez |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Julien Ngoy |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Yonas Malede |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Nikola Storm |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Dimitri Lavalée |
| 15 | GK | BEL | Yannick Thoelen |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Rob Schoofs |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Samuel Gouet |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Alec Van Hoorenbeeck |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Kerim Mrabti |
| 21 | DF | BEL | Boli Bolingoli |
| 22 | FW | CPV | Alessio da Cruz |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Thibault Peyre |
| 26 | FW | BEL | Jules Houttequiet |
| 27 | DF | SCO | David Bates |
| 28 | FW | BEL | Frederic Soelle Soelle |
| 30 | DF | BEL | Jordi Vanlerberghe |
| 31 | GK | BEL | Oskar Annell |
| 32 | GK | BEL | Rayane Falchou |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Ilyas Lefrancq |
| 37 | MF | BEL | Bas Van den Eynden |
| 39 | FW | BEL | Milan Robberechts |
| 66 | MF | BEL | Birger Verstraete (on loan from Antwerp) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | BEL | Arno Valkenaers (to Thes Sport until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | BEL | Dylan Dassy (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | BEL | Toon Raemaekers (to Lierse Kempenzonen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | SWE | Victor Wernersson (to Stabæk until 31 December 2022) |
| — | MF | BEL | Gaétan Bosiers (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Jarno Lion (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | SWE | Gustav Engvall (to Sarpsborg until 31 December 2022) |
| — | FW | BEL | Chris Kalulika (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | CIV | William Togui (to Hapoel Jerusalem until 30 June 2023) |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BEL | Niklo Dailly |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 24 July 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 032.35 |
| Belgian Cup | 9 November 2022 | 30 April 2023 | Sixth round | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 59 | 66 | −7 | 040.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Belgian Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 46 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 42 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 40 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 31 |
| 15 | Eupen | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 75 | −35 | 28 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 February 2023. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 14 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.