KV Mechelen partners with SciSports and adds sports data analytics platform to their recruitment process

KV Mechelen will use SciSports’ online platform to flag, compare and select interesting players from all over the globe. With SciSports’ platform the club gets a complete, objective and statistical substantiated insight of more than 90,000 active players worldwide. With smart search filters, alerts and the player comparison function SciSports’ platform will support the club in the first phase of the recruitment process. The integration of data intelligence into the scouting process shows the ambitions of KV Mechelen.

Stefaan Vanroy, Director of Sports: “SciSports brings a lot of efficiency in all divisions of our new technical organisation. With the support of SciSports, as reliable filter, we avoid a large number of unnecessary scouting assignments. Besides, we can use them to benchmark targets compared to current players. Based on desired profiles we can quickly get an overview of (free) players.”

Giels Brouwer, CEO of SciSports: “The cooperation with another Belgian club is great news for SciSports. I am convinced we are able to support KV Mechelen in reaching one of their main goals for coming season: get promoted to the competition level where they belong. KV Mechelen achieved their biggest success by winning the Europa Cup II with a Dutch coach and some great Dutch players. That’s why it makes me proud to co-operate with a legendary club with a strong Dutch connection like KV Mechelen.”