Sint-Truidense V.V.

STVV
2022–23	Belgian First Division A, 12th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə sɪnˈtrœydə(n)sə ˈvudbɑlvərˌeːnəɣɪŋ]), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛsteːveːˈveː]) 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 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 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

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): 1998–99

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 1 February 2024^[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	JPN	Zion Suzuki
2	DF	JPN	Ryoya Ogawa (on loan from FC Tokyo)
6	MF	JPN	Rihito Yamamoto (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
7	FW	MTN	Aboubakary Koita
8	MF	JPN	Joel Chima Fujita
11	FW	GER	Fatih Kaya
12	GK	BEL	Jo Coppens
13	MF	JPN	Ryotaro Ito
14	MF	BEL	Olivier Dumont
15	FW	USA	Kahveh Zahiroleslam
16	MF	BEL	Matte Smets
17	MF	BEL	Mathias Delorge
18	MF	BEL	Jarne Steuckers
20	DF	BEL	Rein Van Helden


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	BEL	Wolke Janssens
23	MF	GHA	Joselpho Barnes
24	DF	BEL	David Mindombe
25	DF	BEL	Tristan Teuchy
27	DF	TOG	Frederic Ananou
30	FW	JPN	Shinji Okazaki
31	DF	BEL	Bruno Godeau
33	DF	BEL	Alouis Diriken
35	GK	BEL	Siemen Buvé
51	GK	BEL	Matt Lendfers
53	FW	BEL	Adam Nhaili
60	DF	BEL	Robert-Jan Vanwesemael
77	DF	FRA	Eric Bocat
91	FW	BEL	Adriano Bertaccini