Y.R. K.V. Mechelen
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| Full name | Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen |
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| Nickname(s) | The Yellow Reds, Malinois, Malinwa, De Kakkers |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Ground | AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne |
| Capacity | 18,500 |
| Chairman | Johan Timmermans |
| Manager | Yannick Ferrera |
| League | Belgian Pro League |
| 2016–17 | Belgian Pro League, 7th |
| Website | Club home page |
Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɛloː ˈrɛt ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈvudbɑlˌklɵp ˈmɛxələ(n)]) (often simply called KV Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaː ˈveː ˈmɛxələ(n)]) or KVM, or by their former French naming FC Malinois), is a Belgian professional football club based in Mechelen in the Antwerp province. KV Mechelen plays in the Belgian Pro League. They have won four Belgian championships and one Belgian Cup, as well as the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1988 European Super Cup. They collected all of their honours in the 1940s and in the 1980s.
KV Mechelen was founded in 1904 and, in 1921–22, promoted to the first division. After two successive relegation and promotion, they were back for good between 1928–29 and 1955–56. In the 1960s and 1970s, the club had several promotions and relegations between the first and second division. From 1983–84 to 1996–97, they had a successful first division spell, with a title and several 2nd and 3rd-place finishes. During that period, they also won a European Cup Winners' Cup and they reached the same competition semi-finals as well as the European Cup quarter-finals.
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