FC Merchtem

FC Merchtem (837125)

HT-User: stoorzender Country: Belgium Region: Vlaams-Brabant Prize shelf: Arena: 't Stekkendusken (100.000) Fan club: Ons alcoholteam heeft een voetbalprobleem

FC Merchtem is a Belgian club from Vlaams-Brabant founded by stoorzender on 29-05-2005. Originaly, the teamname was ksvo (koninklijk steenokkerzeel vlug op). On 26-04-2017, the owner renamed the club to Oppèkse Kadeeën, when he moved to Opwijk. The final name FC Merchtem was given on 07-10-2019, when the owner moved to Merchtem.

The team started in the 10th division and currently plays in the 5th division. They reached Eerste Klasse, the highest division of Belgium, and stayed there for 6 seasons (seasons 65-70). Season 62 was memorable for FC Merchtem, because they won the title in the Belgium Sapphire Challenger Cup. In season 65 they repeated this, making them the first Belgian team to win the same Challenger Cup twice. In the national cup, their best performance was reaching the quarter final (2 times).

History League / Cup

Last update: 07/01/2025
League titles and best cup performance are in bold.

Season	Division										League	Cup
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X		National	Secondary	Consolation
S77					???						V.204	Round ??? of 13	???	???
S76				8th							IV.63	Round 2 of 13	Ruby: Round 1	Round 3
S75			7th								III.6	Round 2 of 13	Ruby: Round 1	Round 4
S74		5th									II.4	Round 2 of 13	Ruby: Round 4	-
S73		3rd									II.4	Round 9 of 13	-	-
S72		5th									II.4	Round 8 of 13	-	-
S71		6th									II.4	Round 6 of 13	Emerald: Round 11 of 13 (quarter final)	-
S70	8th										Eerste Klasse	Round 11 of 13 (quarter final)	-	-
S69	5th										Eerste Klasse	Round 8 of 13	-	-
S68	4th										Eerste Klasse	Round 6 of 13	Emerald: Round 12 of 13 (semi-final)	-
S67	6th										Eerste Klasse	Round 10 of 13 (last 16 teams)	-	-
S66	5th										Eerste Klasse	Round 8 of 13	-	-
S65	4th										Eerste Klasse	Round 4 of 13	Sapphire: Title Sapphire Cup	-
S64		1st									II.3	Round 12 of 14 (quarter final)	-	-
S63		3rd									II.3	Round 10 of 13 (last 16 teams)	-	-
S62			1st								III.1	Round 4 of 14	Sapphire: Title Sapphire Cup	-
S61				1st							IV.20	Round 6 of 13	Emerald: Round 8	-
S60					1st						V.39	Round 5 of 14	Ruby: Round 4	-
S59					2nd						V.39	Round 4 of 13	Sapphire: Round 4	-
S58					3rd						V.39	Round 2 of 13	Ruby: Round 1	-
S57						1st					VI.819	Round 1 of 13	Emerald: Round 1	Round 2
S56						3rd					VI.806	Round 1 of 13	Emerald: Round 2	-
S55						3rd					VI.806	Round 2 of 13	Ruby: Round 1	Round 2
S54						3rd					VI.806	Round 2 of 14	Ruby: Round 2	-
S53						5th					VI.806	Round 2 of 14	Ruby: Round 1	Round 7
S52						4th					VI.806	Round 3 of 14	Sapphire: Round 1	-
S51						7th					VI.806	Round 2 of 14	Ruby: Round 1	Round 3
S50						6th					VI.806	Round 3 of 14	Sapphire: Round 1	-
S49						5th					VI.806	Round 1 of 14	Emerald: Round 6	-
S48						7th					VI.806	Round 1 of 14	Emerald: Round 3	-
S47						7th					VI.806	Round 1 of 14	Emerald: Round 3	-
S46						7th					VI.890	Round 2 of 14	Ruby: Round 1	Round 3
S45					8th						V.41	Round 2 of 14	Ruby: Round 1	Round 4
S44				8th							IV.38	Round 2 of 14	Ruby: Round 2	-
S43			8th								III.3	Round 2 of 14	Ruby: Round 3	-
S42			3rd								III.3	Round 7 of 14
S41			2nd								III.3	Round 7 of 14
S40			2nd								III.3	Round 6 of 15
S39			3rd								III.3	Round 7 of 15
S38				1st							IV.63	Round 11 of 15 (last 32 teams)
S37				2nd							IV.63	Round 6 of 15
S36				4th							IV.63	Round 9 of 15
S35				2nd							IV.63	Round 6 of 15
S34					1st						V.132	Round 4 of 15
S33					4th						V.132	Round 3 of 15
S32					4th						V.132	Round 8 of 15
S31					2nd						V.132	Round 3 of 15
S30						1st					VI.309	Round 4 of 15
S29							1st				VII.686	Round 2 of 15
S28							6th				VII.686	Round 2 of 15
S27							3rd				VII.686	Round 2 of 15
S26							6th				VII.686	Round 3 of 15
S25						7th					VI.743	Round 5 of 15
S24					5th						V.59	Round 4 of 15
S23						1st					VI.385	Round 4 of 15
S22						6th					VI.385	Round 1 of 15
S21						6th					VI.385	Round 2 of 15
S20						5th					VI.385	Round 3 of 15
S19							1st				VII.618	Round 3 of 15
S18							3rd				VII.618	Round 2 of 15
S17							6th				VII.618	Round 2 of 15
S16								1st			VIII.638	Round 1 of 15
S15										3rd	X.266	-
S14										3rd	X.266	-
S13										3rd	X.266	-

Club history

Last update: 07/01/2025

Date	Event
22-12-2024	↓ The team demoted to Vth division
01-09-2024	↓ The team demoted to IVth division
20-05-2024	↓ The team demoted to IIIrd division
19-02-2023	↓ The team demoted to IInd division
04-08-2021	Season 65 was memorable for stoorzender, who led FC Merchtem to the title in the Belgium Sapphire Challenger Cup.
18-04-2021	↑ The team promoted to Eerste Klasse
09-09-2020	Season 62 was memorable for stoorzender, who led FC Merchtem to the title in the Belgium Sapphire Challenger Cup.
06-09-2020	↑ The team promoted to IInd division
10-06-2020	Team celebrated 15 years with the same owner
17-05-2020	↑ The team promoted to IIIrd division
26-01-2020	↑ The team promoted to IVth division
07-10-2019	Oppèkse Kadeeën was renamed to FC Merchtem
24-02-2019	↑ The team promoted to Vth division
15-11-2018	ksvo negotiated with the Hattrick Football Association and moved from VI.806 to VI.819
26-04-2017	ksvo was renamed to Oppèkse Kadeeën
22-10-2015	ksvo negotiated with the Hattrick Football Association and moved from VI.77 to VI.806
11-10-2015	↕ The team demoted to VIIth division, but promoted back to VIth division, due to reorganization of the division structure (VIth division became the lowest division)
21-06-2015	↓ The team demoted to VIth division
10-06-2015	Team celebrated 10 years with the same owner
01-03-2015	↓ The team demoted to Vth division
09-11-2014	↓ The team demoted to IVth division
28-04-2013	↑ The team promoted to IIIrd division
05-02-2012	↑ The team promoted to IVth division
14-11-2010	↑ The team promoted to Vth division
25-07-2010	↑ The team promoted to VIth division
03-05-2009	↓ The team demoted to VIIth division
11-01-2009	↓ The team demoted to VIth division
21-09-2008	↑ The team promoted to Vth division
01-07-2007	↑ The team promoted to VIth division
04-08-2006	ksvo. was renamed to ksvo
30-07-2006	↑ The team promoted to VIIth division
14-04-2006	KSVO steenokkerzeel was renamed to ksvo.
09-04-2006	↑ The team promoted from Xth division to VIIIth division, due to reorganization of the division structure (VIIIth division became the lowest division)
10-06-2005	The club changed owner as stoorzender took control and renamed it KSVO steenokkerzeel

Match Statistics

Last update: 01/08/2022
Source: hattrickscorer.com (not available anymore)

Official Matches Played
Played	Won	Drawn	Lost
1089	636	77	376
100%	58,4%	7,1%	34,5%

Players Statistics

Last update: 01/08/2022
Source: hattrickscorer.com (not available anymore)
Current players of FC Merchtem are in Bold.

Official Match Goals
Nr.	Player name	Goals	Appearances	Goal Average
1	Teodoro Menges	168	170	0.99
2	Akram Pandey	126	128	0.98
3	Ibe Tjolle	103	122	0.84
4	Anders Sunesson	88	124	0.71
5	Remi Staelraeve	83	323	0.26
6	Tony De Doncker	68	302	0.23
7	Loris Manasseri	60	80	0.75
8	Moisés Bendala Galán	58	67	0.87
9	Matias Dahlström	57	41	1.39
10	Rolf-Dieter Levetzow	54	261	0.21

Official Match Appearances
Nr.	Player name	Appearances
1	Remi Staelraeve	323
2	Tony De Doncker	302
3	Johannes Sarens	274
4	Rolf-Dieter Levetzow	261
5	Adelino Conceição	243
6	Ed Deli (a.k.a. Thibaut Courtois)	217
7	Rodolphe Van der Auwera	199
8	Quiriaco Madera	173
9	Alex Vanderhaeghen	172
10	Tristan Pierre	172

Official Match Captains
Nr.	Player name	Captain Appearances
1	Artemio Andrada	116
2	Ibe Tjolle	83
3	Giancarlo Caltabellotta	63
4	Loris Manasseri	59
5	Anton Bereznev	52
6	Stefan Bacanović	48
7	Jorus Depla	46
8	Hanjo Prinker	44
9	Rene Kunz	35
10	Ignacio Aponte	33

Transfers

Last update: 07/01/2025
Current players of FC Merchtem are in Bold.

Most expensive transfers (in)
Nr.	Player name	Price	TSI	Date
1	Łukasz Karkus	€ 12 735 000	59 660	07.10.2020
2	Ahmadi Sahing	€ 10 972 140	280 770	25.01.2021
3	Garik Tatevosyants	€ 10 012 000	277 640	10.07.2020
4	Anders Sunesson	€ 9 500 000	347 430	04.07.2020
5	Jules Sanogo	€ 8 875 000	241 530	10.08.2021
6	Nils Hoff	€ 8 509 000	266 070	13.08.2019
7	Lefteris Kartsolis	€ 7 956 000	216 950	25.05.2019
8	Mitchell Faza	€ 7 771 000	259 880	17.12.2021
9	Ibe Tjolle	€ 7 550 000	202 260	30.08.2019
10	Jakub Sobisz	€ 7 500 000	177 160	09.04.2019
10	Hristiyan Mateyn	€ 7 500 000	227 260	12.12.2021

Most expensive transfers (out)
Nr.	Player name	Price	TSI	Date
1	Kariem Vaeyens	€ 13 199 000	3 820	12.12.2021
2	Oliver Lehaen	€ 11 750 400	2 790	19.01.2021
3	Lefteris Kartsolis	€ 8 000 000	243 720	03.07.2020
4	Diego Cornelis	€ 7 212 000	94 700	24.06.2019
5	Moisés Bendala Galán	€ 6 500 000	151 920	03.07.2020
6	Charles Marquant	€ 6 433 000	52 620	18.01.2023
7	Fokko Verstappen	€ 6 139 000	102 130	03.10.2020
8	Alex Vanderhaeghen	€ 5 990 000	64 790	24.07.2013
9	Ed Deli (a.k.a. Thibaut Courtois)	€ 5 976 000	42 840	31.10.2020
10	Mathieu Labiau	€ 5 723 000	41 450	20.08.2019

Achievements

Last update: 29/07/2024

Main Achievements (1196/1566)

Team

Date	Achievement	Short Explanation	Points	Achieved by
17-08-2021	Climbing the ladder	Team was ranked amongst the top 1	100	1%
02-06-2019	All that skill	Total TSI of the squad exceeded 2 000 000	80	13%
30-04-2021	We're so loved	Fan club size exceeded 3500 members	50	2%
02-12-2007	Cash is king	The money in your account exceeded 10 000 000 €	35	51%
21-01-2024	Winning is What Counts	Your team's lifetime official wins	30	5%
17-06-2023	Rocket Fuel	Your team was promoted two seasons in a row	30	4%
09-02-2022	Wipe that smile off your face	Ended the undefeated streak of another team	20	5%
28-06-2022	Entry Denied	Number of clean sheets in official matches	20	44%
29-05-2024	Rising Star	Unearth a gem with exceptional skills	20	1%
17-04-2022	Official Business	Number of official matches played by your team	16	80%
24-02-2023	Shut-Out Season	Become the champion while being undefeated in all league matches	15	45%
24-02-2023	Safety First	Finish a full season with less than 10 goals conceded in league matches	15	57%
26-01-2024	Keeping the Sponsors Happy	Completed a seasonal sponsor goal	15	31%
30-11-2006	I want you	Bought player	10	93%
18-12-2006	Get out of here	Sold player that was bought previously	10	83%
22-12-2006	Practice makes perfect	Player's skill increased	10	97%
03-12-2006	Play the Lottery	Scouted a new player	10	89%
17-12-2007	Let's do this again	Sold a rebought youth player	10	17%
28-06-2007	I want you back	Rebought a former youth player	10	18%
25-05-2009	Investment return	Sold a youth player	10	84%
11-05-2024	Golden Bonanza	Win the series while also having the Top Scorer on your team	10	55%
23-03-2022	Kissing the Badge	Created a team logo	5	32%
06-09-2023	Never Alone	Number of friendlies in a row	15	46%
11-02-2023	Goal Machine	Number of goals in league matches in the same season	14	13%
31-03-2021	Great Cup Streak	Streak of wins in the National Cup	55	2%
31-03-2021	Great Cup Season	Get as close as you can to winning the National Cup	40	4%
26-04-2023	Scoring Out of Bounds	All time goals by your team in official matches	10	35%
12-05-2024	Club 200	Highest number of goals for one player in official matches	10	47%
29-05-2023	Local Delicacies	Youthplayer(s) played at least 3 matches for a national team (U21 or senior)	5	7%
11-05-2024	It’s Me, Again	The team had multiple times a Top Scorer	4	48%
07-05-2024	Cup Pentathlon	Win the 5 main cup competitions in your country	25	3%
20-07-2024	Future Statue	Number of official matches played by one player in your team	5	33%

Matches

Date	Achievement	Short Explanation	Points	Achieved by
07-05-2008	Veteran lineup	The average age of your lineup is over 35	35	14%
30-07-2008	Youthful lineup	The average age of your lineup is below 18	35	10%
23-07-2008	Academy lineup	All players of your lineup originate from your own club and the average age is below 18	35	3%
13-08-2008	Home-grown lineup	All players in your lineup originate from your own club and the average age is over 18	25	80%
10-07-2024	The Universal Toolbox	Played a match starring a team that collectively covers all seven different specialties	20	<1%
03-08-2023	Comeback Kings	Made a comeback after being behind by several goals	12	<1%
20-12-2006	Friends from abroad	Played international friendly match	10	86%
29-10-2021	Special Ops	Win a match having scored only SE's	10	72%
15-12-2021	We’re Bigger Than Hattrick	Score two Hattricks in one match	10	48%
17-05-2020	So close!	Lose a penalty shoot-out	10	64%
21-02-2024	Penalty Pickings	Number of penalties scored in official matches (shoot-outs not included)	10	40%
04-02-2024	Family Reunion	Played a match where one of your starting players faced a family member in the opposing team	10	1%
24-01-2024	Brothers in arms	Your team started a match with two brothers in the lineup	10	15%
12-06-2024	You Can’t Be Serious!	Your team lost an official match against a bot team	5	11%
07-03-2022	Star collector	Team reached at least 115 stars in a match	85	1%
23-05-2023	That’s Just Typical	Had several injuries in the same match	6	71%
05-12-2021	We're so good	Team reached an average match rating of extra-terrestrial (16)	50	1%
28-05-2024	Card Collectors	Number of cards in a single match	4	43%

Manager

Date	Achievement	Short Explanation	Points	Achieved by
09-07-2022	Always there for you	Log-in streak of several days	30	21%
28-01-2024	Vox Populi	Likes on an article at Hattrick Press	16	<1%
30-11-2006	The world needs to know	Wrote a forum post	10	51%
17-12-2021	Past My Bedtime	Log in to Hattrick at midnight	5	34%
20-02-2022	I’m an Insider	Joined a Local Circle	5	4%
10-06-2020	Milestone	Played Hattrick for 15 years	0	28%
11-08-2023	You’re in the Book!	bookmarked by other users	4	<1%

Hidden

Date	Achievement	Short Explanation	Points	Achieved by
29-10-2021	Heads or Tails?	This achievement is hidden, you fool!	10	<1%
27-10-2022	Barba defensorem facit	This achievement is hidden, you fool!	10	2%
22-06-2024	My Perfect Day	This achievement is hidden, you fool!	10	28%
15-04-2022	Easter Egg Hunt	This achievement is hidden, you fool!	0	1%

Special awards

Date	Achievement	Short Explanation	Points	Achieved by
10-12-2023	The Football Laboratory	Win at least one league match with each one of the 10 default formations	25	<1%
23-08-2009	Nasty Squad	The average player personality in your squad is nasty	15	<1%
28-06-2009	Honest Squad	The average player personality in your squad is righteous	15	<1%
05-07-2009	Nice Squad	The average player personality in your squad is popular	15	<1%
09-08-2009	Dishonest Squad	The average player personality in your squad is infamous	15	<1%

Hidden

Date	Achievement	Short Explanation	Points	Achieved by
23-08-2023	Movember Has Come	This achievement is hidden, you fool!	10	<1%
12-08-2023	Coneheads United	This achievement is hidden, you fool!	10	<1%
11-08-2023	This team is on fire!	This achievement is hidden, you fool!	10	<1%

Supporter Achievements (90/200)

Date	Achievement	Short Explanation	Points	Achieved by
20-03-2024	Continent Hopper	Collect one home and one away flag from each of six continents	60	3%
31-03-2009	Eternal life	Promoted player to the Hall Of Fame	15	23%
21-03-2007	Stop the press	Wrote a press announcement	10	28%
09-03-2024	Field of Dreams	Used the Stadium Designer to create or update the stadium of your team	5	15%
30-01-2009	Join my revolution	Founded federation, received 144 members	0	<1%

Flag Collection

Last update: 14/02/2025

Occasionally, when our team doesn't shine in the national cup, we try to hunt some flags. You will find our flag collection below.

Home

97 of 152 flags (63,8%)

Away

141 of 152 flags (92,8%)

To achieve

152 flags

Trivia

BUC

FC Merchtem has been Belgian Unofficial Champion (BUC) several times in the past:

• They won their first title on 15.11.2020, beating the previous BUC Boldklubben Skjold in a league match. The following two matches (cup and league) they succesfully defended their title. They lost the title on 25.11.2020 against The Reaperz in the round of 16 of the national cup.

• The second title was won on 14.02.2021 against Grimbie 69 in a league match. The following cupmatch they defended the title, but the next league match they lost it to A.M..

Further information: Belgian Unofficial Championship

Ladder

FC Merchtem has been King of the Hill at the Regional Ladder of Vlaams-Brabant. He is currently nr. 5 in the all time ranking. He defended his title during 320 days with 6 victories as King of the Hill.

External links

• homepage hattrick: http://www.hattrick.org