René Vandereycken

René Vandereycken
Personal information
René Vandereycken and Johan Boskamp
Date of birth	(1953-07-22) 22 July 1953
Place of birth	Spalbeek, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1971–1974	KSC Hasselt	?	(?)
1974–1981	Club Brugge	233	(63)
1981–1983	Genoa CFC	28	(0)
1983–1986	R.S.C. Anderlecht	94	(13)
1986–1987	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	24	(0)
1987–1989	K.A.A. Gent	41	(1)
National team
1975–1986	Belgium	50	(3)
Teams managed
1989–1993	K.A.A. Gent
1993–1994	Standard de Liège
1994–1997	R.W.D. Molenbeek
1997	R.S.C. Anderlecht
2000	1. FSV Mainz 05
2002–2004	FC Twente
2004–2005	K.R.C. Genk
2006–2009	Belgium
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

René Vandereycken (born 22 July 1953 in Spalbeek) is a Belgian football manager and a former player. He was the head coach of the Belgian national team from 1 January 2006 to 7 April 2009.

Career

He played for Club Brugge, Genoa and Anderlecht.

International

As a player he got 50 caps and scored 3 goals for the national team, and represented Belgium at the Euro 1980, in the final of which he scored a penalty.

Coaching career

He used to coach FC Twente as well as R.S.C. Anderlecht for some months and was fired by K.R.C. Genk in June 2005 after he managed to qualify the team for the UEFA Cup. The other teams he managed were Gent, Standard, RWDM and Mainz 05. Vandereycken is known to like the defensive play and to be a tactician.

He was the head coach of the Belgian national team from January 2006 to April 2009. During this time, he was subject to a lot of criticism in the press for his tactical decisions. He was sacked on 7 April 2009 after not managing to get any points from 2 matches against Bosnia in World Cup qualifying.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Belgien entlässt Coach Rene Vandereycken
↑ "Belgium dispense with Vandereycken". Uefa.com. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2009-04-29.

External links

(French) Sport.be website - News
(German) Profile at Weltfussball.de

Belgian Professional Manager of the Year

René Vandereycken international tournaments

Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1980 Runners-up

1 Custers 2 Gerets 3 L. Millecamps 4 Meeuws 5 Renquin 6 Cools (c) 7 Vandereycken 8 Van Moer 9 Van der Elst 10 Vandenbergh 11 Ceulemans 12 Pfaff 13 M. Martens 14 Plessers 15 Verheyen 16 M. Millecamps 17 Mommens 18 Dardenne 19 Wellens 20 Preud'homme 21 Heyligen 22 R. Martens Coach: Thys

Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1984

1 Pfaff 2 Grün 3 Lambrichts 4 Clijsters 5 De Wolf 6 Vercauteren 7 Vandereycken 8 Claesen 9 Vandenbergh 10 Coeck 11 Ceulemans(c) 12 Munaron 13 Baecke 14 De Greef 15 Verheyen 16 Scifo 17 Voordeckers 18 Czerniatynski 19 Mommens 20 De Coninck Coach: Thys

Belgium squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Pfaff 2 Gerets 3 F. Van der Elst 4 De Wolf 5 Renquin 6 Vercauteren 7 Vandereycken 8 Scifo 9 Vandenbergh 10 Desmet 11 Ceulemans (c) 12 Munaron 13 Grün 14 Clijsters 15 L. Van der Elst 16 Claesen 17 Mommens 18 Veyt 19 Broos 20 Bodart 21 Demol 22 Vervoort Coach: Thys

René Vandereycken managerial positions

K.A.A. Gent – managers

Priem (1901–09)
Van Steenkiste (1909–10)
Horta (1910–12)
Bunyan (1912–22)
De Rijke (1922–31)
Pelsmaecker (1931–41)
Fenichel (1941–42)
Stejskal (1942–43)
Ferchyer (1943–45)
Delfour (1945–51)
Mütsch (1951–52)
Vandooren (1952–56)
Delfour (1956–59)
Favre (1959–60)
Verstraeten (1960–64)
Schirschin (1964–65)
Labot (1965–66)
Bigot (1966–67)
Vandooren (1967–71)
Sztani (1971–73)
Van Boxelaer (1973–74)
Orlans (1974–76)
Qvick (1976)
Storme (1976–77)
Höfling (1977–78)
Nollet (1978–80)
Grijzenhout (1980–81)
Goethals (1981–83)
Vandendaele (1983–84)
Grijzenhout (1984–87)
Bergholtz (1987–88)
Fafié (1988)
Vandendaele (1988–89)
Vandereycken (1989–93)
Dorjee (a.i.) (1993)
Meeuws (1993–94)
Clijsters (1994–97)
Boskamp (1997–99)
Sollied (1999–00)
Houwaart (2000)
Remy (2000–01)
Vermeulen (2001–02)
Olde Riekerink (2002–03)
Vermeulen (2003–04)
Leekens (2004–07)
Sollied (2007–08)
Preud'homme (2008–10)
Dury (2010–11)
Sollied (2011–12)
Peeters (2012–13)
Fernández (2013)
Rednic (2013–14)
Balette (2014)
Vanhaezebrouck (2014–)

Standard Liège – managers

Bunyan (1912–14)
Van Hoorden (1916–19)
Lamport/Kogel (1922–24)
Hartley (1924–30)
Grisard (1930–32)
Hartley (1932–35)
Dupont (1935–36)
Riff (1937–39)
Grisard (1939–40)
Dohet (1940–42)
Wertz (1942–45)
Waroux (1945–50)
Basleer (1950–52)
Grisard (1952–53)
Riou (1953–58)
Kalocsay (1958–61)
Prouff (1961–63)
Jordan (1963–64)
Pavić (1964–68)
Hauss (1968–73)
Marković (1973)
Bulatović (1973–74)
van der Hart (1974–76)
Leduc/Lempereur (1976)
Waseige (1976–79)
Happel (1979–81)
Goethals (1981–84)
Semmeling (1984)
Pilot (1984–85)
Pavić (1985–87)
Desaeyere (1987)
Pavić (1987–88)
Vliers (1988)
Braems (1988–89)
Keßler (1989–91)
Haan (1991–93)
Vandereycken (1993–94)
Waseige (1994–96)
Daerden (1996–97)
de Mos (1997)
Boccar (1997–98)
Peruzović (1998)
Ivić (1998–99)
Mijac (1999)
Thissen (2000)
Ivić (2000)
D'Onofrio (2000–01)
Preud'homme (2001–02)
Waseige (2002)
D'Onofrio (2002–06)
Boskamp (2006)
Preud'homme (2006–08)
Bölöni (2008–10)
D'Onofrio (2010–11)
Riga (2011–12)
Jans (2012)
Rednic (2012–13)
Luzon (2013–14)
Vukomanović (2014–15)
Riga (2015–)

R.W.D. Molenbeek managers

Royal Racing White	Höfling (1964–67) Vliers (1967–69) Week (1969–73)

R. Daring Club Molenbeek	Butler (1932) Riou (1958–61) Denayer () Langrand (1964–66) Elliott (1966–68) Renders (1968) Béres (1968–69) Höfling (1969–71) Hornig (1971–73)

R.W.D. Molenbeek	Week (1973–76) de Visser (1976–77) Horváth (1977–79) Borremans (1979–81) Boskamp (1981) Brom (1981–82) Dockx (1982–83) Vermeersch (1983–84) Garot (1984–86) Frivaldszky (1986–87) Horváth (1987) Van Himst (1987–88) Vandendaele (1988) Broos (1988–91) Novák (1991) Smets (1991–94) Lippens (1994) Vandereycken (1994–97) Renders (1997–98) Vandersmissen (1998) Jacobs (1998–2001) Thairet (2001) Ferrera (2001–02)

R.S.C. Anderlecht – managers

Brébart (1920–22)
Bunyan, Sr. (1922)
Bunyan, Jr. (1922–25)
Howard (1928–36)
Defour (1936–38)
Defevere (1938–41)
Rage (1941–45)
Defevere (1945–46)
Perino (1946–47)
Smit (1947–50)
Gormlie (1950–60)
Sinibaldi (1960–66)
Béres (1966–67)
Deraeymaeker (1967–68)
Höfling (1968–70)
Deraeymaeker (1970)
Sinibaldi (1970–71)
Keßler (1971–72)
Van den Bosch (1972–73)
Braems (1973–75)
Croon (1975–76)
Goethals (1976–79)
Braems (1979–80)
Ivić (1980–83)
Van Himst (1983–86)
Haan (1986–87)
Leekens (1987–88)
Goethals (1988–89)
de Mos (1989–92)
Peruzović (1992–93)
Boskamp (1993–95)
Neumann (1995–96)
Boskamp (1996–97)
Vandereycken (1997)
Haan (1997–98)
Dockx (1998–99)
Anthuenis (1999–2002)
Broos (2002–05)
Vercauteren (2005–07)
Jacobs (2007–12)
van den Brom (2012–14)
Hasi (2014–)

1. FSV Mainz 05 – managers

Hesser (1926–27)
Atwood (1928–29)
Etz (1929–30)
Oßwald (1933–35)
Weilbächer (1936–37)
Schneider (1946–48)
Heitz (1948–50)
Wischmann (1950)
Geiger (1950–52)
Bayerer (1952–53)
Izsó (1953–54)
Higi (1955–57)
Kretschmann (1957–59)
Baas (1959–66)
Zaro (1966)
Sonnenberger (1966–67)
Bäumler (1967–68)
Wettig (1968–69)
Gebauer (1969–71)
Hoss (1971–74)
Klimaschefski (1974)
Menne (1974–75)
Hülß (1976–80)
Dörenberg (1980–83)
Emmerich (1983–84)
Strich (1984–88)
Hülß (1988–89)
Jung (1989–92)
Kuže (1992–94)
Hummels (1994–95)
Franz (1995)
Frank (1995–97)
Saftig (1997)
Constantini (1997–98)
Frank (1998–2000)
Karkuth (2000)
Vandereycken (2000)
Krautzun (2000–01)
Klopp (2001–08)
Andersen (2008–09)
Tuchel (2009–14)
Hjulmand (2014–15)
Schmidt (2015–)

FC Twente – managers

Donnenfeld (1965–66)
Rijvers (1966–72)
Kohn (1972–79)
Hollink (1979–81)
Groener (1981–82)
Kohn (1982–83)
Korbach (1983–86)
Rijvers (1986–87)
Vonk (1987–92)
Baan (1992–94)
Ten Donkelaar (1994–95)
Rutten (1995–96)
Meyer (1996–2000)
Rutten (2000–01)
Van 't Schip (2001–02)
Vandereycken (2002–04)
Coolen (2004–06)
Van Staa (2006)
Rutten (2006–08)
McClaren (2008–10)
Preud'homme (2010–11)
Adriaanse (2011–12)
McClaren (2012–13)
Jansen (2013–2014)
Schreuder (2014–)

K.R.C. Genk – managers

K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk	Bollen () Meuris () Vliers (1978–79) Brom (1979–81) Pauwels (1981) Künnecke (1981) Pauwels (1981–82) Künnecke (1982–83) Grijzenhout (1983–84) Geys (1984) De Raeve ()

K.F.C. Winterslag	Waseige (1971–76) Van den Bergh (1976–77) Künnecke (1977–78) Briganti (1978–79) Waseige (1979–81) Bollen (1981) Briganti (1981–82) Kowalik (1982–84) Bulatović (1984–86) Beers (1986–87) Briganti (1987–88)

K.R.C. Genk	Künnecke (1988) Vliers (1988–89) Desaeyere (1989) Alisic (1989) Peeters (1989–90) Theunis (1990–91) Janssen (1991–93) Peruzović (1993–94) Denier & Beuls (1994) Alisic (1994–96) Denier (1996) Anthuenis (1996–99) Heyligen (1999–00) Boskamp (2000) Denier (2000–01) Vergoossen (2001–04) Denier & Van Geneugden (2004) Vandereycken (2004–05) Broos (2005–08) Van Geneugden (2008–09) Denier & Visser (2009) Vanhaezebrouck (2009) Vercauteren (2009–11) Denier & Visser (2011) Been (2011–14) Ferrera (2014) McLeish (2014–15) position vacant (2015–)

Belgium national football team – managers

de Laveleye^{(on behalf of the Belgian FA)} (1904–10)
Maxwell (1910–13)
Bunyan (1914)
de Laveleye^{(on behalf of the Belgian FA)} (1914–20)
Maxwell (1920–28)
Löwenfelt (1928–30)
Goetinck (1930–34)
Turnauer (1935)
Butler (1935–39)
Goetinck (1939–40)
Van Kesbeeck^{(on behalf of the Belgian FA)} (1940–43)
Demol (1944–46)
Gormlie (1947–53)
Livingstone (1953–54)
Vandeweyer (1955–57)
Nicolay^(c) (1957)
Toldi (1957–58)
Vanden Stock (1958–68)
Goethals (1968–76)
Thys (1976–89)
Meeuws (1989–90)
Thys (1990–91)
Van Himst (1991–96)
Van Moer (1996)
Leekens (1997–99)
Waseige (1999–02)
Anthuenis (2002–05)
Vandereycken (2006–09)
Vercauteren^(c) (2009)
Advocaat (2009–10)
Leekens (2010–12)
Wilmots (2012–)