Sint-Truidense V.V.

Sint-Truiden
Full name	Koninklijke Sint-Truidense; Voetbalvereniging
Nickname(s)	De Kanaries (The Canaries)
Founded	23 February 1924
Ground	Stayen, Sint-Truiden
Capacity	14,600
Owner	DMM.com
Chairman	David Meekers
Manager	Bernd Hollerbach
League	Belgian First Division A
2020–21	Belgian First Division A, 15th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈsɪnt ˈtrœy̯də(n)sə ˈvudbɑlvərˌeːnəɣɪŋ]), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛs ˈteː ˈveː ˈveː]) or by their nickname De Kanaries (Dutch pronunciation: [də kaːˈnaːris], is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg. Sint-Truiden plays in the Belgian Pro League.

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 matricule number 373. The club colours are yellow and blue, hence their nickname De Kanaries, meaning 'The Canaries'. They play their home games at the Stayen since 1927.

History[]

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, 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.

Honours[]

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

European record[]

As of 5 March 2006:

Competition	APP	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
Intertoto Cup	2	8	5	0	3	15	8

Current squad[]

As of 25 October 2021^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BEL	Kenny Steppe
2	DF	JPN	Ko Matsubara
4	DF	JPN	Daiki Hashioka (on loan from Urawa Reds)
6	MF	GUI	Mory Konaté
8	MF	GER	Rocco Reitz
9	FW	JPN	Yuma Suzuki
11	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Filippov
13	DF	NZL	Liberato Cacace
14	FW	BEL	Aboubakary Koita
15	FW	JPN	Daichi Hayashi
16	FW	BEL	Steve De Ridder (captain)
19	MF	BEL	Stan Van Dessel
20	MF	GER	Robert Bauer
21	GK	JPN	Daniel Schmidt


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	BEL	Wolke Janssens
23	FW	JPN	Tatsuya Ito
26	DF	POR	Jorge Teixeira
27	DF	BEL	Dimitri Lavalée (on loan from Mainz)
30	FW	COD	Nelson Balongo
32	MF	USA	Chris Durkin
33	MF	BRA	Jhonny Lucas
35	GK	BEL	Wim Vanmarsenille
37	DF	GER	Toni Leistner
39	DF	ANG	Jonathan Buatu
40	DF	NGA	Junior Pius (on loan from Antwerp)
44	MF	BEL	Christian Brüls
61	MF	BEL	Jarne Steuckers
—	FW	JPN	Taichi Hara (on loan from Alavés)