# 2021–22 K.V. Mechelen season

The 2021–22 season was the 118th season in the existence of K.V. Mechelen and the club's third 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 2 February 2022
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 04) |
| 5 | DF | IDN | Sandy Walsh |
| 6 | MF | BEL | Jannes Van Hecke |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Geoffry Hairemans |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Onur Kaya (captain) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Élie Youan (on loan from St. Gallen) |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Nikola Storm |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Hugo Cuypers |
| 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 |
| 20 | FW | SWE | Gustav Engvall |
| 21 | FW | BEL | Niklo Dailly |
| 22 | DF | BEL | Dylan Dassy |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Thibault Peyre |
| 30 | DF | BEL | Jordi Vanlerberghe |
| 31 | GK | BEL | Senne Carleer |
| 32 | GK | RWA | Maxime Wenssens |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Vinícius Souza (on loan from Lommel) |
| 34 | DF | NED | Rick van Drongelen (on loan from Union Berlin) |
| 35 | FW | UKR | Marian Shved |
| 37 | MF | BEL | Bas Van den Eynden |
| — | MF | USA | Jorge Hernandez |

### 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 |
| — | DF | SWE | Victor Wernersson |

### 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 | Ilias Breugelmans (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | BEL | Maxime De Bie (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | BEL | Gaétan Bosiers (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Senne Ceulemans (to Thes Sport until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | BEL | Jarno Lion (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | BEL | Jules Houttequiet (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | CIV | William Togui (to RWDM until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| – | MF | Samuel Gouet | Rheindorf Altach | Undisclosed | 1 July 2021 |
| – | FW | Hugo Cuypers | Olympiacos | Undisclosed | 1 July 2021 |
| – | MF | Vinicius Souza | Lommel | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| – | DF | Iebe Swers | Seraing | Undisclosed | 1 July 2021 |
| – | DF | Flor Van Den Eynden | Free agent | Free | 1 January 2022 |
| – | MF | Dries Wouters | Schalke 04 | Loan | 12 January 2022 |
| – | DF | Rick van Drongelen | Union Berlin | Loan | 31 January 2022 |
| – | FW | Élie Youan | St. Gallen | Loan | 31 January 2022 |

## 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 % |
| First Division A | 25 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 67 | 78 | −11 | 040.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 26 October 2021 | 22 December 2021 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 83 | −11 | 041.86 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### First Division A
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 6 | Charleroi | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 7 | Mechelen | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 52 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 51 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.

#### Play-Off II

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | GNT | GNK | CHA | MEC |
| 1 | Gent | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 37 | | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Charleroi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 34 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 30 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Gent qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Belgian Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
### Belgian Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 21 May 2022
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Nikola Storm | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 14 | Hugo Cuypers | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Kerim Mrabti | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Geoffry Hairemans | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 16 | Rob Schoofs | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 7 | Sandy Walsh | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 35 | Marian Shved | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 30 | Jordi Vanlerberghe | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 10 | Igor de Camargo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 20 | Gustav Engvall | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 5 | 72 |