Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen is a Belgian professional club from Mechelen that competes in the Belgian Pro League. Founded on 1 January 1904, the club is often known as KV Mechelen or by its French name Malinois. Walkouts lists signed shirts and memorabilia that reflect the club’s long history, from domestic crowns to European success, with a clear emphasis on provenance and verified signatures.
KV Mechelen collected most of its honours in the 1940s and 1980s, notably winning a total of four Belgian championships and lifting the Belgian Cup twice. The high point on the continental stage arrived with the 1987-88 European Cup Winners' Cup and the subsequent European Super Cup triumph, achievements that still define many collector conversations. The club is ranked 327 by IFFHS, a context point often referenced by collectors when assessing international standing.
The team plays at the AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne, a ground whose name means Behind the Barracks and which remains central to matchday culture in Mechelen. The club’s striped yellow and red shirts are instantly recognisable, and local fixtures such as the Derby van Mechelen generate high provenance interest for match-worn and signed shirts. The stadium name, the derby title and the Malinois nickname are regular provenance markers noted by vendors and collectors.
Anniversary and centenary releases are a steady focus for collectors, notably the centenary crest and related items from 2004. Limited centenary shirts and reissues tied to that milestone are among the pieces most often documented with provenance, and they frequently surface in fanshop and retail archives with distinct crests or commemorative labelling.
Specific seasons drive market demand: shirts from the club’s 2018-19 Belgian Cup run, the 1987-88 European campaign and the 1988-89 league-winning period are particularly chased because they tie to clear, verifiable achievements. Away sets used during cup runs are singled out by collectors for their visual rarity and match association, and period photographs and programme records are often used to cross-check which kit was worn on a given night.
Fanshop and retail shirts are actively collected alongside match-issued examples; early retail runs, player-issue variants and region-specific releases are documented and sold as signed retail merchandise, not only as match-worn artefacts. Sellers and buyers frequently attach a COA to retail-signed items, and provenance notes that reference supplier eras such as Hummel, Erreà and Nike help pinpoint the period a shirt represents.
Provenance matters: collectors cite the 1987-88 European winners' cycle and the 1988-89 domestic title season alongside the white away shirt used across cup ties as the most sought after signatures and framed pieces. For those looking at later material, the 2018-19 Belgian Cup winners' shirts also appear with player signatures and documented photo evidence. Walkouts offers listings that highlight season, match and supplier details so buyers can compare items from 1987-88, 1988-89 and 2018-19 with clear provenance and signing notes.
