Vanderhaeghe was already the head of the Kustboys between 2015 and 2017. With success: he led the club to the cup final and the first European campaign, before leaving for AA Gent. Now he returns to the old nest. “Yves knows the competition, the club and is a good trainer and people manager who can get the most out of players,” said Gauthier Ganaye, CEO of KVO. He signed a contract until the end of this season.
Ostend saw Alexander Blessin leave last month. The German opted for an adventure at FC Genoa, which paid the transfer fee of 2 million euros. Markus Pflanz, Blessin’s assistant, took over temporarily. He is now an assistant again. After a 4 out of 6, KV Oostende has moved up to 14th place, with 5 points more than the second-last number Seraing.
In our opinion, the results that Cercle Brugge are now achieving are the direct result of Vanderhaeghe’s good work.
“We followed Yves closely because we were very impressed with the way Cercle played under him,” Ganaye, currently recovering from a covid infection, said on the KVO website. “His teams are always very well structured and defensively organized, but also have freedom in the offensive. In his most recent experience at Cercle, their pressing was quite similar to ours. In our opinion, the results they are now achieving are the direct result of his good work. During a conversation of several hours I was convinced that he is the right man to take over now. I was really impressed with how well he could assess our players and their qualities.”
The trainers waltz of the 2021-2022 season in our competition:
. 15 september 2021: Peter Maes has the dubious honor of being the first coach of the season in 1A to be fired. The Limburger has to leave Beerschot after seven match days and a meager 1 in 21. Clubman Marc Noë takes over ad interim.
. 21 september 2021: A coaching team of four trainers has to get Beerschot out of the doldrums. The Argentinians Javier and Diego Torrente, Frank Magerman and Greg Vanderidt succeed Peter Maes. Javier Torrente has ultimate sporting responsibility.
. 4 october 2021: Mbaye Leye, like his assistants Patrick Asselman (T2) and Eric Deflandre (T3), has to resign from Standard after a 13 out of 30. The trio of Geoffrey Valenne, Kevin Caprasse and Réginal Goreux takes over ad interim.
. 7 october 2021: Luka Elsner unilaterally breaks his contract with KV Kortrijk to become coach of Standard. The Slovenian gets Will Still next to him as an assistant.
. 12 october 2021: KV Kortrijk appoints Karim Belhocine as Luka Elsner’s successor. The French Algerian, in the past already a player, assistant coach, head coach and sporting director at KVK, signs a contract of indefinite duration.
. 28 november 2021: Despite a 3-1 win against KV Mechelen, Yves Vanderhaeghe has to resign from Cercle Brugge. After sixteen match days, the Association is penultimate with 13 out of 48. The ex-Red Devil had been a trainer there since February.
. 28 november 2021: Dominik Thalhammer is appointed as the new coach of Cercle Brugge a few hours after the dismissal of Yves Vanderhaeghe. The Austrian signed a contract until June 2023.
. 6 december 2021: KRC Genk ends the collaboration with John van den Brom. The Dutchman has been employed by the Limburgers since November 2020, who are in eighth place in the Jupiler Pro League after seventeen match days. For the time being, Glen Riddersholm and Domenico Olivieri will take over the daily sporting leadership as a tandem.
. 7 december 2021: Bernd Storck succeeds John van den Brom as head coach of KRC Genk. The 58-year-old German signed an indefinite contract.
. 17 december 2021: Zulte Waregem and coach Francky Dury end their collaboration by mutual agreement. Dury, by far the longest serving coach of the Jupiler Pro League, would resign his position as trainer after the season, but Essevee, which has fallen to penultimate place in the standings, intervenes earlier. Assistants Davy De fauw and Timmy Simons take over.
. 27 december 2021: Seraing says goodbye to coach Jordi Condom after the 2-0 defeat against KV Mechelen. The 52-year-old Spaniard had been head coach at Le Pairay since the start of the season.
† January 3, 2022: Jean-Louis Garcia is Seraing’s new coach. The Frenchman signs a contract for one and a half years.
† January 3, 2022: Philippe Clement leaves Club Brugge for an adventure with Monaco in the French Ligue 1. The Dutchman Alfred Schreuder succeeds him at Blauw-Zwart.
† January 19, 2022: Alexander Blessin leaves KV Oostende and becomes coach of Genoa, where the German will sign until 2024. Assistant Markus Pflanz takes over for the time being.
† February 7, 2022: Javier Torrente is fired at red lantern Beerschot, which is gradually in a hopeless situation. Greg Vanderidt takes over for the time being at the Kiel.
† February 11, 2022: Yves Vanderhaeghe returns to KV Oostende as head coach. He signs a contract until the end of the season, but a longer stay is not ruled out. Between 2015 and 2017 he was already trainer of KVO.
