René Vandereycken

René Vandereycken
	Vandereycken in 1978
Personal information
Date of birth	22 July 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth	Spalbeek, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1971–1974	KSC Hasselt
1974–1981	Club Brugge
1981–1983	Genoa
1983–1986	Anderlecht
1986–1987	Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin
1987–1989	Gent
International career
1975–1986	Belgium
Managerial career
1989–1993	Gent
1993–1994	Standard Liège
1994–1997	R.W.D. Molenbeek
1997	Anderlecht
2000	Mainz 05
2002–2004	Twente
2004–2005	Genk
2006–2009	Belgium
Medal record
Representing Belgium
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Vandereycken was born in

Genoa and Anderlecht

.

International career

As a player, he got 50 caps and scored three goals for the

Euro 1980

, in the final of which he scored a penalty.

Coaching career

Vandereycken coached

RWDM and Mainz 05

. Vandereycken is known to like the defensive play and to be a tactician.

He was the head coach of the Belgium 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 two matches against Bosnia in World Cup qualifying.^[1]^[2]

Honours

Player

Club Brugge^[3]

Belgian First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80

Belgian Cup: 1976–77
Belgian Super Cup: 1980
European Champion Clubs' Cup: runner-up 1977–78
UEFA Cup: runner-up 1975–76
1981^[4]

Jules Pappaert Cup: 1978^[5]

Anderlecht^[6]

Belgian First Division: 1984–85, 1985–86

Belgian Super Cup: 1985
UEFA Cup: runner-up 1983–84^[7]
Bruges Matins: 1985^[8]
Jules Pappaert Cup: 1983, 1985^[5]

Belgium

UEFA European Championship: runner-up 1980^[9]
FIFA World Cup: 1986 (fourth place)^[10]
Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980^[11]

Manager

Belgian Professional Manager of the Year: 1991^[12]

References

^ Belgien entlässt Coach Rene Vandereycken
Uefa.com
. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

^ "Club Brugge | Palmares". 6 August 2023.

^ "Kirin Cup 1981".

^ ^a ^b "Jules Pappaert Cup". 6 August 2023.

^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".

^ "Tijdperk-Vanden Stock: 20 landstitels, 8 bekers en 3 Europabekers". 20 December 2017.

^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten".

^ "UEFA Euro 1980".

^ "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.

^ "Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste". 7 November 2019.

^ "Palmares Trainer van het Jaar". 11 May 2008.

External links

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Sport.be website - News (in French)

René Vandereycken at WorldFootball.net

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Belgian Professional Manager of the Year

1982–83: Van Himst

1983–84: Heylens

1984–85: Waseige

1985–86: Haesaert

1986–87: De Mos

1987–88: Keßler

1988–89: De Mos

1989–90: Leekens

1990–91: Vandereycken

1991–92: Broos

1992–93: Meeuws

1993–94: Waseige

1994–95: Waseige

1995–96: Broos

1996–97: Gerets

1997–98: Gerets

1998–99: Anthuenis

1999–2000: Anthuenis

2000–01: Anthuenis

2001–02: Vergoossen

2002–03: Sollied

2003–04: Broos

2004–05: Sollied

2005–06: Dury

2006–07: Broos

2007–08: Preud'homme

2008–09: Bölöni

2009–10: Jacobs

2010–11: Vercauteren

2011–12: Vanhaezebrouck

2012–13: Dury

2013–14: Maes

2014–15: Preud'homme

2015–16: Preud'homme

2016–17: Weiler

2017–18: Leko

2018–19: Clement

2019–20: not awarded

2020–21: Blessin

2021–22: Mazzù

2022–23: Van Bommel

Belgium squads

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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

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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

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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

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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 (a.i.) (2014)

Vanhaezebrouck (2014–17)

Balette (a.i.) (2017)

Vanderhaeghe (2017–18)

Thorup (2018–20)

Bölöni (2020)

De Decker (2020)

Vanhaezebrouck (2020–)

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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)

Mijač (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)

Balette^c (2012)

Rednic (2012–13)

Luzon (2013–14)

Vukomanović (2014–15)

Riga (2015)

Muslin (2015)

Ferrera (2015–16)

Janković (2016–17)

Jeunechamps^c (2017)

Sá Pinto (2017–18)

Preud'homme (2018–20)

Montanier (2020)

Leye (2020–21)

Elsner (2021–22)

Deila (2022–23)

Valenne^c (2023)

Hoefkens (2023)

Leko (2024–)

(c) = caretaker / interim manager

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R.W.D. Molenbeek managers
Royal Racing White

Höfling (1964–67)

Vliers
(1967–69)

Week (1969–73)

R. Daring Club Molenbeek

Butler (1932–54)

Gibon (1955–57)

Riou (1958–61)

Denayer (1962–63)

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)

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R.S.C. Anderlecht – managers

Brébart (1920–22)

Ch. Bunyan (1922)

Cy. Bunyan (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 (2014–16)

Weiler (2016–17)

Frutos (a.i.) (2017)

Vanhaezebrouck (2017–18)

Belhocine (a.i.) (2018)

Rutten (2019)

Belhocine (a.i.) (2019)

Davies & Kompany (2019)

De Roeck (a.i.) (2019)

Vercauteren (2019–20)

Kompany (2020–22)

Mazzù (2022)

Veldman (a.i.) (2022)

Riemer (2022–)

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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 (2015–17)

Schwarz (2017–19)

Beierlorzer (2019–20)

Lichte (2020)

Siewert (2020–21)

Svensson (2021–23)

Siewert (2023–24)

Henriksen (2024–)

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FC Twente – managers

Donenfeld (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 (1996–99)

Rutten (1999–2001)

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 (2013–14)

Schreuder (2014–15)

Hake (2015–17)

Verbeek (2017–18)

Pušić (2018–19)

Gonzalo (2019–20)

Jans (2020–23)

Oosting (2023–)

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K.R.C. Genk – managers
Waterschei 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 ()

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)

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)

Maes (2015–16)

Stuivenberg (2017)

Clement (2017–19)

Mazzù (2019)

Wolf (2019–20)

Olivieri (a.i.) (2020)

Thorup (2020)

Olivieri (a.i.) (2020)

Van den Brom (2020–21)

Storck (2021–22)

Vrancken (2022–)

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Belgium national football team – managers

de Laveleye^KBVB (1904–10)

Maxwell (1910–13)

Bunyan (1914)

de Laveleye^KBVB (1914–20)

Maxwell (1920–28)

Löwenfelt (1928–30)

Goetinck (1930–34)

Turnauer (1935)

Butler (1935–39)

Goetinck (1939–40)

Van Kesbeeck^KBVB (1940–43)

Demol (1944–46)

Gormlie (1947–53)

Livingstone (1953–54)

Vandewyer (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 (1999–2002)

Anthuenis (2002–05)

Vandereycken (2006–09)

Vercauteren^c (2009)

Advocaat (2009–10)

Leekens (2010–12)

Wilmots (2012–16)

Martínez (2016–22)

Tedesco (2023–)

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[1] Belgien entlässt Coach Rene Vandereycken

[2] Uefa.com
. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

[eurosport322-3] "Club Brugge | Palmares". 6 August 2023.

[eurosport382-4] "Kirin Cup 1981".

[eurosport324-5] "Jules Pappaert Cup". 6 August 2023.

[eurosport32-6] "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".

[eurosport222-7] "Tijdperk-Vanden Stock: 20 landstitels, 8 bekers en 3 Europabekers". 20 December 2017.

[eurosport323-8] "Winnaars Brugse Metten".

[eurosport3-9] "UEFA Euro 1980".

[eurosport2-10] "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.

[eurosport4-11] "Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste". 7 November 2019.

[Yashin_Award23-12] "Palmares Trainer van het Jaar". 11 May 2008.

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