René Vandereycken

Belgian football player and manager

René Vandereycken

Vandereycken in 1978

Personal information

Date of birth

(1953-07-22) 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

Apps

(Gls)

1971–1974

KSC Hasselt

1974–1981

Club Brugge

233

(63)

1981–1983

Genoa

(0)

1983–1986

Anderlecht

(13)

1986–1987

Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin

(0)

1987–1989

Gent

(1)

International career

1975–1986

Belgium

(3)

Managerial career

1989–1993

1993–1994

1994–1997

1997

2000

Mainz 05

2002–2004

Twente

2004–2005

Genk

2006–2009

Belgium

Medal record

Representing Belgium

UEFA European Championship
Runner-up	1980 Italy

*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 Spalbeek. He played for Club Brugge, Genoa and Anderlecht.

International career

As a player, he got 50 caps and scored three goals for the Belgium national team, and represented Belgium at the Euro 1980, in the final of which he scored a penalty.

Coaching career

Vandereycken coached FC Twente as well as R.S.C. Anderlecht for some months and was fired by K.R.C. Genk in June 2005 after he managed to qualify the team for the UEFA Cup. The other teams he managed were Gent, Standard, 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
Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer: 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
^ "Belgium dispense with 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

Belgian Professional Manager of the Year

Belgium squads

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

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–)

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–)

v t e 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)

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–)

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–)

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–)

v t e 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–)