K. Sint-Truidense V.V.

Sint-Truiden
Full name Koninklijke Sint-Truidense
Voetbalvereniging
Nickname(s) De Kanaries (The Canaries)
Founded February 23, 1924 (creation)
June 13, 1924 (registration)
Ground Stayen, Sint-Truiden
(Capacity: 11,250)
Chairman Benoit Morrenne
Manager Franky Van der Elst
League Belgian Pro League
2010-11

Belgian Pro League, 12th

Group A Europa League Playoff, 4th
Home colours
Away colours

Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoː.nɪŋk.lə.kə ˈsɪn ˈtrœy̯.də(n).sə ˈvud.bɑl.vər.ˌeːnə.ʝɪŋ]), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛs ˈteː ˈveː ˈveː]) or by their nickname De Kanaries (Dutch pronunciation: [də kɐ.ˈnaː.ris], is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg. Sint-Truiden plays in the Belgian Pro League and 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 registered to the Royal Belgian Football Association with matricule number 373. Their most capped player for the Belgium national football team is Odilon Polleunis with 20 caps (between 1968 and 1971), all when he was at Sint-Truiden. The club colours are yellow and blue, hence their knickname De Kanaries, meaning 'The Canaries'. They play their home games at the Staaienveld since 1927.

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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, 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 9 attendees. In the late 1930s, Léopold Appeltans was the leading player of Sint-Truidense. He became on November 21, 1948 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 and it made a final addition to it in 1952. Five years later it finished second of the second division and thus played the next season in the first division. The then few known 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, soon fired. 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.

Current squad

As of August 2011

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Marc Volders
2 MF Wim Mennes
3 DF Vincent Euvrard
4 DF Yannick Rymenants
5 DF Pierre-Yves Ngawa (on loan from Standard Liège)
6 DF Ludovic Buyssens
7 MF Grégory Dufer
8 DF Alessandro Iandoli
9 MF Jordan Calvete (on loan from RSC Anderlecht)
10 FW Bruno Andrade
11 MF Carlo Evertz
12 FW Dylan Vanwelkenhuysen
13 DF Sascha Kotysch
14 DF Dimitri Daeseleire
15 DF Kevin Taelemans
No. Position Player
16 MF Rob Schoofs
17 MF Peter Delorge (captain)
18 MF Nils Schouterden
19 FW Ondrej Smetana
20 DF Benoit Masset
21 FW Christophe Bertjens
22 MF Grégory Christ
23 FW Rubin Okotie (on loan from 1. FC Nuremberg)
24 MF Giel Deferm
25 GK Bram Castro
26 GK Hendrik van Crombrugge
27 MF Koen Daerden (on loan from Standard Liège)
28 FW Reza Ghoochannejhad
30 GK Davino Verhulst

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
12 FW Hervé Onana (on loan at Waasland-Beveren)
 

For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2011.

Coaching and medical staff

Noted players

Noted managers

Honours

European record

As of March 5, 2006:
Competition APP P W D L GF GA
Intertoto Cup 2 8 5 0 3 15 8

References

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