2023–24 KRC Genk season

The 2023–24 season was K.R.C. Genk's 36th season in existence, and 28th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

K.R.C. Genk

2023–24 season
Chairman	Peter Croonen
Manager	Wouter Vrancken
Stadium	Cegeka Arena
Belgian Pro League Regular season	6th
Champions' Play-offs	5th
Belgian Cup	Eighth round
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Tolu Arokodare (12) All: Tolu Arokodare (15)
Average home league attendance	18,372
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 September 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BEL Hendrik Van Crombrugge 2 DF  USA Mark McKenzie 3 DF  ESP Mujaid Sadick 4 MF  CIV Aziz Ouattara Mohammed 5 DF  MEX Gerardo Arteaga 7 MF  GAM Alieu Fadera 8 MF  BEL Bryan Heynen (captain) 9 FW  SUI Andi Zeqiri 14 MF  NGA Yira Sor 17 MF  SVK Patrik Hrošovský 18 DF  COD Joris Kayembe 19 MF  BEL Anouar Ait El Hadj 23 DF  COL Daniel Muñoz

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  BEL Luca Oyen 25 MF  ARG Matías Galarza 26 GK  BEL Maarten Vandevoordt 28 FW  GHA Joseph Paintsil 30 GK  BEL Vic Chambaere 34 MF  MAR Bilal El Khannous 41 GK  BEL Mike Penders 46 DF  COL Carlos Cuesta 70 MF  GUI Ibrahima Sory Bangoura 77 MF  MAR Zakaria El Ouahdi 90 MF  GHA Christopher Bonsu Baah 99 FW  NGA Tolu Arokodare

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  DEN Rasmus Carstensen (at 1. FC Köln until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ARG Nicolás Castro (at Elche until 30 June 2024) — MF  BEL Mike Trésor (at Burnley until June 30 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Hendrik Van Crombrugge	Anderlecht	€1,300,000	18 July 2023	[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Rasmus Carstensen	1. FC Köln	Loan	3 August 2023	[3]
GK	Tobe Leysen	OH Leuven	Undisclosed	19 August 2023	[4]
MF	Mike Trésor	Burnley	Loan	1 September 2023	[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Genk v Tienen

1 July 2023 Friendly	Genk	3–0	Tienen	Genk
16:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Terrain 't Heke

PAOK v Genk

12 July 2023 Friendly	PAOK	3–2	Genk	Swolgen, Netherlands
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Sportpark Sporting Swolgen Tienray

Genk v Zulte Waregem

15 July 2023 Friendly	Genk	3–3	Zulte Waregem
12:00 UTC+2

Sporting CP v Genk

19 July 2023 Friendly	Sporting CP	1–1	Genk	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Genk v Burnley

22 July 2023 Friendly	Genk	2–0	Burnley	Genk
18:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Cegeka Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	29 July 2023	17 March 2024	Matchday 1	6th	30	12	11	7	51	31	+20	040.00
Champions' Play-offs	1 April 2024	26 May 2024	Matchday 1		9	4	1	4	8	15	−7	044.44
Belgian Cup	1 November 2023	6 December 2023	Seventh round	Eighth round	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	050.00
UEFA Champions League	25 July 2023	2 August 2023	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa League	10 August 2023	17 August 2023	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	24 August 2023	14 December 2023	Second qualifying round	Group stage	8	3	3	2	11	8	+3	037.50
Total					53	20	18	15	79	62	+17	037.74

Last updated: 20 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Club Brugge	30	14	9	7	62	29	+33	51	Qualification for the champions' play-offs
5	Cercle Brugge	30	14	5	11	44	34	+10	47
6	Genk	30	12	11	7	51	31	+20	47
7	Gent	30	12	11	7	53	38	+15	47	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8	Mechelen	30	13	6	11	39	34	+5	45

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[6]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	7	7	3	33	18	+15	28	2	5	1	16	11	+5	5	2	2	17	7	+10

Last updated: 16 September 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	1	6	5	6	8	9	6	7	6	7	5	5	5	4	6	7	5

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[7]

RWD Molenbeek v Genk

29 July 2023 1	RWD Molenbeek	0–4	Genk	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Abner  81'	Report	Fadera 31' Heynen 38' (pen.) Muñoz 45' Cuesta 71'	Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Genk v Eupen

5 August 2023 2	Genk	0–1	Eupen	Genk
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	McKenzie  50'	Report	Charles-Cook 2' Nuhu  33' Nurudeen  75'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 14,230 Referee: Wim Smet

Cercle Brugge v Genk

13 August 2023 3	Cercle Brugge	0–1	Genk	Bruges
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Popović  53' Francis  86'	Report	Ait El Hadj  42' Warleson 71' (o.g.) Kayembe  73' Muñoz  78'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 3,976 Referee: Bert Put

Genk v Charleroi

20 August 2023 4	Genk	0–0	Charleroi	Genk
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 13,531 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Genk v Anderlecht

3 September 2023 6	Genk	1–1	Anderlecht	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonsu Baah  9'  15' Muñoz  86' Arteaga  89' Heynen  90' Arokodare 90+7'	Report	Vertonghen  9' Delaney  24' Debast  32' Flips  49' Rits  54' Amuzu 71' Vázquez  89'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 20,655 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Union Saint-Gilloise v Genk

16 September 2023 7	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–2	Genk	Brussels
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanhoutte  34'	Report	Zeqiri 16' Oyen  29' El Khannous  43' Muñoz  45+1' Galarza  45+3', 90+2' Paintsil  51' Kayembe  56'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Attendance: 6,983 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Genk v Sint-Truiden

24 September 2023 8	Genk	3–3	Sint-Truiden	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	El Khannous  15', 58' Cuesta  20' Arokodare 71' Paintsil 85'		Godeau  4' Koita 31', 36', 37' Kaya  45' Hashioka  54' Barnes  90+5'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 19,834 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Club Brugge v Genk

28 September 2023 5	Club Brugge	1–1	Genk	Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Odoi  44' Nielsen  51' Vanaken 67' Skov Olsen  78' Balanta  90+3'		Hrosovsky  40' El Khannous 45+1'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 20,220 Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Note: The match scheduled for 27 August 2023 was postponed due to the UEFA Conference League play-offs.[8]

Genk v Westerlo

1 October 2023 9	Genk	3–3	Westerlo	Genk
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Muñoz  6', 10' Bonsu Baah  43'  45+3' Kayembe 45' Paintsil 49'		Stassin 19', 59' Jordanov  31' Tagir  83' Rommens 88'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 17,143 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Gent v Genk

8 October 2023 10	Gent	1–1	Genk	Ghent
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kums  70' Samoise 84'		Fadera  23' Zeqiri  60', 63' Galarza  70'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 16,406 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Genk v Mechelen

22 October 2023 11	Genk	4–0	Mechelen	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonsu Baah 16' Heynen 41' McKenzie  60' El Khannous 75' Ait El Hadj 90+1'		Foulon  61' Cobbaut  65'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 17,923 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Kortrijk v Genk

29 October 2023 12	Kortrijk	0–3	Genk	Kortrijk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Avenatti  21' El Idrissy  33' Malinov  39'		Paintsil  17', 73' Arokodare 56' Cuesta  68' Muñoz 79'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 6,553 Referee: Bert Put

Antwerp v Genk

4 November 2023 13	Antwerp	3–2	Genk	Antwerp
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Janssen 5',  47' Balikwisha 11', 39' Muja  51' Yusuf  68'		Zeqiri 45' Paintsil  45+2' Hrosovsky  45+5' El Khannous  68' Bonsu Baah  90+2' Muñoz 90+9'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 16,071 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Genk v OH Leuven

12 November 2023 14	Genk	3–1	OH Leuven	Genk
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Heynen 25', 90' Bonsu Baah  67' Muñoz 90+5' Zeqiri  90+6'		Miguel  10' Þorsteinsson  56' Opoku  80' Brunes 85' Schrijvers  89'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 17,821 Referee: Wim Smet

Standard Liège v Genk

25 November 2023 15	Standard Liège	1–0	Genk	Liège
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kawabe 66' Ngoy  86' Dewaele  90+6'		Heynen  90+2' Galarza  90+6'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 21,113 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Genk v Gent

3 December 2023 16	Genk	2–2	Gent	Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sor 21', 51',  73' Fadera  66'		Tissoudali 12', 90+9' Kums  57' Fortuna  71'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 18,319 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Eupen v Genk

8 December 2023 17	Eupen	1–3	Genk	Genk
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Charles-Cook 65'		Sor 45+3' Fadera  53' Paintsil 56' Cuesta  80' Arokodare 90+2'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui

Champions' Play-offs

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 12 May 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Cup

Visé (3) v Genk (1)

1 November 2023 Seventh round	Visé (3)	0–4	Genk (1)	Visé
16:00 CET	Marmot  45' Graham  81'	Report	Sor 17' Ouattara 51' Zeqiri 82' Baah 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Cité de l'Oie Referee: Tim De Keyzer

Oostende (2) v Genk (1)

6 December 2023 Eighth round	Oostende (2)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Genk (1)	Ostend
19:00 CET	Basila 65' D'Haese 112' Hartwig 120+1'	Report	Bonsu Baah  25' Ait El Hadj 69' Heynen  116'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 2,249 Referee: Michiel Allaerts

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

Servette v Genk

25 July 2023 First leg	Servette	1–1	Genk	Geneva, Switzerland
20:30 UTC+2	Douline  28' Antunes  39' Rouiller 77' Guillemenot  90+2'	Report	Arokodare 21' Muñoz  52' Paintsil  80' Cuesta  84'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 18,026 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Genk v Servette

2 August 2023 Second leg	Genk	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (1–4 p)	Servette	Genk
19:00 UTC+2	Trésor 28' (pen.),  69' Arokodare 51' Paintsil  103'	Report	Crivelli  3' Kutesa  6' Cognat 36',  90+4' Douline  40' Bedia  42', 63' Severin  84' Rouiller  89' Vouilloz  109'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 16,280 Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)
	Penalties
	Hrošovský Cuesta Arokodare		Touati Guillemenot Severin Rodelin

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

Olympiacos v Genk

10 August 2023 First leg	Olympiacos	1–0	Genk	Piraeus, Greece
22:00 UTC+3	Fortounis 1' Iborra  3' Quini  38' Alexandropoulos  90+10'	Report	Galarza  3' Bonsu Baah  90+10'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 24,123 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Genk v Olympiacos

17 August 2023 Second leg	Genk	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Olympiacos	Genk
20:00 UTC+2	Paintsil 30' (pen.)  65' Fadera  56'	Report	Masouras  45' Rodinei  54'  90+10' Camara  56' Quini  65' Fortounis  78' Biel  83' Freire  90' Alexandropoulos 90+6'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 11,998 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

Genk v Adana Demirspor

24 August 2023 First leg	Genk	2–1	Adana Demirspor	Genk
20:00 UTC+2	McKenzie  24' Muñoz  60', 90+3' Arokodare 77' Bonsu Baah  90+6'	Report	Gravillon  23' Akbaba 47' Belhanda  50' B. Ndiaye  90+11'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 9,460 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Adana Demirspor v Genk

31 August 2023 Second leg	Adana Demirspor	1–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–5 p)	Genk	Adana, Turkey
21:00 UTC+3	C. Ndiaye 45+10', 45+10' Akbaba  64' Belhanda  78' Rodrigues  90+5' Stambouli  120+2'	Report	Fadera  25' Arokodare  90+1'	Stadium: New Adana Stadium Attendance: 24,986 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)
	Penalties
	Niang Stambouli Belhanda Sari David		Heynen Bonsu Baah Ait El Hadj Ouattara Arokodare

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage

The draw for the group stage will be held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FIO	FER	GNK	ČUK
1	Fiorentina	6	3	3	0	14	6	+8	12	Advance to round of 16		—	2–2	2–1	6–0
2	Ferencváros	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	1–1	3–1
3	Genk	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9			2–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Čukarički	6	0	0	6	2	16	−14	0			0–1	1–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Genk v Fiorentina

21 September 2023 1	Genk	2–2	Fiorentina	Genk
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Zeqiri 12' Muñoz  29' McKenzie 85'	Report	Ranieri 7', 23' Mandragora  33' Biraghi  45'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 11,243 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Čukarički v Genk

5 October 2023 2	Čukarički	0–2	Genk	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Subotić  85' Miladinović  90+2'	Report	Heynen 10' Paintsil 21' (pen.)	Stadium: Čukarički Stadium Attendance: 2,447 Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)

Genk v Ferencvárosi

26 October 2023 3	Genk	0–0	Ferencvárosi	Genk
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arteaga  29' El Khannous  59' Arokodare  90+3'	Report	Botka  40'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 10,597 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

Ferencvárosi v Genk

9 November 2023 4	Ferencvárosi	1–1	Genk	Ferencváros, Hungary
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pešić 48' Abu Fani  80'	Report	Sadick  43' El Khannous  55' Muñoz  58', 62' Paintsil  73'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 20,127 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Fiorentina v Genk

30 November 2023 5	Fiorentina	2–1	Genk	Florence, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez Quarta  28', 45+4' González 82' (pen.) Milenković  90+2' Biraghi  90+7' Kouamé  90+7'	Report	Fadera  20' Kayembe 45' Muñoz  81' Hrosovsky  89' Paintsil  89' Zeqiri  90+2' Galarza  90+4' Heynen  90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 16,666 Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)

Genk v Čukarički

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) 6	Genk	2–0	Čukarički	Genk
18:45	Heynen 21' Galarza  33' Paintsil 57' El Ouahdi  90+1'	Report	Sissoko  32' Adžić  50' Singh  90+3'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 10,423[9] Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 14 December 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Hendrik Van Crombrugge	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt	27	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6	0
30	GK	BEL	Vic Chambaere	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	BEL	Mike Penders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	USA	Mark McKenzie	21	1	9	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	6	1
3	DF	ESP	Mujaid Sadick	20	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5	DF	MEX	Gerardo Arteaga	19	0	11+1	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	4+1	0
18	DF	COD	Joris Kayembe	16	2	6	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	4	1
23	DF	COL	Daniel Muñoz	26	7	13+1	5	0+1	0	2	0	2	0	7	2
46	DF	COL	Carlos Cuesta	21	1	12	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	4	0
Midfielders
4	MF	CIV	Aziz Ouattara Mohammed	15	1	3+5	0	2	1	0+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
7	MF	TAN	Mbwana Samatta	21	1	7+4	1	0	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	5+1	0
8	MF	BEL	Bryan Heynen	24	6	13+1	4	0+1	0	2	0	0	0	6+1	2
14	MF	NGA	Yira Sor	21	4	6+4	3	1+1	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	3+3	0
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský	29	0	9+7	0	1+1	0	2	0	2	0	5+2	0
19	MF	BEL	Anouar Ait El Hadj	12	2	2+2	1	2	1	0+2	0	0	0	0+4	0
24	MF	BEL	Luca Oyen	14	0	3+4	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	3+1	0
25	MF	ARG	Matías Galarza	29	1	11+4	1	1+1	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	6+2	0
34	MF	MAR	Bilal El Khannous	31	3	15+2	3	0+2	0	2	0	2	0	7+1	0
70	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Sory Bangoura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	MAR	Zakaria El Ouahdi	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
90	MF	GHA	Christopher Bonsu Baah	28	1	6+9	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	3+5	0
Forwards
9	FW	SUI	Andi Zeqiri	17	5	7+3	3	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	3+2	1
28	FW	GHA	Joseph Paintsil	27	7	15+2	4	0+1	0	2	0	2	1	5	2
99	FW	NGA	Tolu Arokodare	29	8	4+13	4	1	1	2	2	1+1	0	2+5	1
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
11	MF	BEL	Mike Trésor	6	1	1+1	0	0	0	1+1	1	1+1	0	0	0