Sint-Truidense V.V.

The club was created in 1924 following the merger between FC Union and FC Goldstar, two clubs from Sint-Truiden. The colors of the club were chosen to be yellow and blue, to match 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 only 9 attendees. In the late 1930s, Léopold Appeltans was the leading player of Sint-Truidense. On 21 November 1948 he became 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. Five years later it finished second in the second division and thus promoted to the first division. Successful 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, who was fired shortly after. 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 dismissed on 9 February 2006 as the club pointed at the seventeenth position in the ranking. In 2008 the women's team of FCL Rapide Wezemaal joined STVV.

• Belgian First Division:
  • Runners-up (1): 1965–66
• Belgian Second Division:
  • Winners (4): 1986–87, 1993–94, 2008–09, 2014–15
• Belgian Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 2002–03
• Belgian League Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1997–98

As of 5 March 2006:

As of 7 January 2020

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Kenny Steppe 2 DF Ko Matsubara 3 DF Rocky Bushiri (on loan from Norwich City) 4 DF Pol García 5 MF Santiago Colombatto 6 MF Steven De Petter 7 MF Jordan Botaka (Captain) 8 MF Ibrahima Sory Sankhon 9 FW Yuma Suzuki 10 FW Lee Seung-woo 12 MF Samuel Asamoah 13 GK Maxime Wenssens 14 FW Alexandre De Bruyn 16 FW Steve De Ridder 18 FW Facundo Colidio (on loan from Inter Milan) 19 MF Stan Van Dessel 20 DF Samy Mmaee

No. Position Player 21 GK Daniel Schmidt 22 FW Wolke Janssens 23 FW Tatsuya Ito 24 MF Mory Konaté 26 DF Jorge Teixeira 27 DF Mathieu Troonbeeckx 28 DF Thibault De Smet 30 FW Nelson Balongo 31 DF Siebren Lathouwers 32 MF Chris Durkin 33 FW Jhonny Lucas 35 GK Tibo Herbots 50 FW Alan 70 MF Hamza Massoudi 90 FW Duckens Nazon — FW Mohamed Buya Turay

On loan

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

No. Position Player 33 MF Wataru Endo (on loan at VfB Stuttgart)

No. Position Player

• Manager: Kevin Muscat
• Assistant manager: Carlos Pérez Salvachúa
• Assistant manager: Luciano Trani
• Physical coach: Bart Van Lancker
• Team manager: Peter Delorge
• Goalkeeping coach: Bram Verbist
• Team representative: Romain Proesmans
• Kit men: Benny Liebens & Valere Stevens
• Club Doctors: Steven Bex & Koen Pansaers
• Physiotherapists: Tim Vollon & Arnold Wilmots
• Masseur: Roger Reniers

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