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Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV () or by their nickname De Kanaries (, is a

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professional football club located in the city of

Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The mu ...

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. Sint-Truiden plays in the

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. Their best ranking was a second place in 1965–66. They also reached the final of the

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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 have played 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

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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

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arrived at Sint-Truiden in 1959. Under his management, the team finished second of the top division in 1966. The former Sint-Truidense goalkeeper

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became the manager of the club in 2001 and remained at the helm for three seasons after which he left for

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. He was replaced by

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, who was fired shortly after. The team finished the season under the coaching of the trio

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, 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. STVV 1999 Nissan Cup

Honours

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 tea ...

: **Runners-up (1): 1965–66 *

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division (known as the Proximus League for sponsorship reasons) was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Asso ...

: **Winners (4): 1986–87, 1993–94, 2008–09, 2014–15 *

: **Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 2002–03 *

Belgian League Cup The Belgian League Cup was a Belgian association football cup created in 1973. The competition was held from 1973 by eleven clubs wanting to increase professionalism in Belgian football but lasted only three seasons before being disbanded. The tourn ...

: **Winners (1): 1997–98

European record

:''As of 5 March 2006:''

Current squad

Other players under contract

On loan

Coaching and medical staff

*Manager: Bernd Hollerbach *Assistant manager: Davy Heymans *Physical coach: Stefan Winters *Team manager: Peter Delorge *Goalkeeping coach: Jurgen De Braekeleer *Team representative: Romain Proesmans *Kit men: Benny Liebens & Valere Stevens *Club Doctors: Pieter Bormans & Peter Bollars *Physiotherapists: Wouter Robijns & Par Vandenborne *Masseur: Roger Reniers

Managers

(1959–66) * Ward Volckaert (1966–69) *

Marcel Vercammen Marcel Vercammen (29 January 1918 – 19 May 1981) was a Belgian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the f ...

(1971–73) *

Gerard Bergholtz Gerard "Pummy" Bergholtz (born 29 August 1939 in Maastricht) is a retired association football player and manager from the Netherlands. Playing career Club He played for Rapid, Kimbria Maastricht, MVV and Feijenoord, before moving abroad to pla ...

(1979–81) *

Wilfried Van Moer Wilfried van Moer (1 March 1945 – 24 August 2021) was a Belgian footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe three times, first in 1966 while at Antwerp then in 1969 and in 1970 while at Standard Liège. Prior to 1966 Van Moer played with ...

(1982–84) *

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(1984–85) *

(1986–90) * Walter Meeuws (1990–91) *

Odilon Polleunis Odilon Polleunis (1 May 1943 – 20 September 2023), nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the Belgium national team between 1968 an ...

(1991–92) * Rudy Liebens & Marek Dziuba (1992) * Albert Van Marcke (1992) *

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(1992–96) * Wilfried Sleurs (1996) *

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(1996–97) *

(1997) *

Barry Hulshoff Bernardus Adriaan “Barry” Hulshoff (30 September 1946 – 16 February 2020) was a Dutch footballer who played for Ajax Amsterdam and was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972 and 1973. He earned 14 caps for the Netherlands natio ...

(1997–98) *

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(1998–99) * Willy Reynders (1999–01) * Jules Knaepen (2001) *

(2001–04) *

(2004–05) * Herman Vermeulen (2005–06) *

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& Peter Voets (2006) *

Thomas Caers Thomas Caers (born 14 January 1973) is a Belgian football manager and former player. He was the manager of Sint-Truiden from February 2006 to November 2006, when he resigned. Caers played for MVV Maastricht in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and K.A.A ...

(2006) * Peter Voets (2006) *

Henk Houwaart Henk Houwaart (born August 31, 1945) is a Dutch football manager and a former football player. Born in the Hague, Houwaart began his career in 1963 as a footballer playing for ADO Den Haag until 1967, when he left the club to play for FC Twente ...

(2006–07) * Valère Billen (2007) * Peter Voets (2007) *

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(2007–08) * Guido Brepoels (2008–11) *

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(2011–12) * Guido Brepoels (2012–13) *

Yannick Ferrera Yannick Ferrera y Caro (born 24 September 1980) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Cypriot club Omonia. Club career In his early twenties, Ferrera enjoyed a brief career as a professiona ...

(2013–15) * Chris O'Loughlin (2015–16) * Ivan Leko (2016–17) * Tintín Márquez (2017) * Jonas De Roeck (2017–18) *

Marc Brys Marc Brys (born 10 May 1962) is a Belgian football manager and former player, who manages OH Leuven in the Belgian First Division A. Career His coaching career took off at Belgian club, Berchem Sport, which he guided to the championship of the B ...

(2018–19) *

Miloš Kostić Miloš Kostić (born 23 November 1971) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truiden. Honours Player Gorica * Slovenian PrvaLiga: 1995–96 *Slov ...

(2020) *

Kevin Muscat Kevin Vincent Muscat (born 7 August 1973) is an Australian former association football player and the current manager of Yokohama F. Marinos. As a player, he represented the Australia national team at international level winning 46 caps and scor ...

(2020) * Peter Maes (2020–21) * Bernd Hollerbach (2021– )

References

External links

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UEFA page
{{Belgian First Division teamlist Association football clubs established in 1924 Football clubs in Belgium 1924 establishments in Belgium Sport in Sint-Truiden Belgian Pro League clubs