2024–25 KRC Genk season

The 2024–25 season is the 37th season in the history of the K.R.C. Genk as a football club, and the 29th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Belgian Cup.

K.R.C. Genk

2024–25 season
Manager	Wouter Vrancken
Stadium	Cegeka Arena
Belgian Pro League	3rd
Belgian Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Tolu Arokodare (20) All: Tolu Arokodare (22)
Biggest win	Genk 4–0 Dender
Biggest defeat	Genk 0–4 Union SG
Home colours Away colours
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 11 May 2025.

Squad

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jarne Steuckers	Sint-Truiden	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
DF	Adrián Palacios	Deportivo Cali	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
DF	Matte Smets	Sint-Truiden	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
FW	Oh Hyeon-gyu	Celtic	Undisclosed[1]	14 July 2024	[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Anouar Ait El Hadj	Union Saint-Gilloise	Undisclosed	13 July 2024	[3]
MF	Aziz Ouattara Mohammed	Mechelen	Loan	23 July 2024	[4]

Friendlies

Pre-season

RC Hades v Genk

29 June 2024 Friendly	RC Hades	1–4	Genk	Hasselt
13:30	Kessels 73'	Report	Arokodare 28', 39' Adedeji-Sternberg 36' Ouattara 45'	Stadium: Sportcentrum Kiewit

Genk v Charleroi

6 July 2024 Friendly	Genk	3–3	Charleroi	Genk
12:00	Nkuba 37' Zeqiri 91' El Ouahdi 103'	Report	Guiagon 42' Heymans 60' Benbouali 65'	Stadium: Jos Vaessen Talent Academy
Note: 2 x 60 minutes

PAOK v Genk

10 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	1–3	Genk	Netherlands
18:00	Baba 45+4'	Report	Adedeji-Sternberg 6' Steuckers 10' Zeqiri 85'
Note: 2 x 60 minutes

Feyenoord v Genk

13 July 2024 Friendly	Feyenoord	3–1	Genk	Rotterdam, Netherlands
13:00	Kayembe 7' (o.g.) Paixão 60' Milambo 86'	Report	Bonsu Baah 20'	Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord

Genk v Go Ahead Eagles

17 July 2024 Friendly	Genk	1–2	Go Ahead Eagles
12:00	85'		Valaker Edvardsen 19' Adekanye 58'

Genk v Lille

20 July 2024 Friendly	Genk	2–2	Lille	Genk
18:30	38' 39'		7' 75'	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 regular season	28 July 2024	16 March 2025	Matchday 1		26	19	3	4	51	31	+20	073.08
Belgian Cup	30 October 2024	5 February 2025	Round of 32	Semi-finals	5	3	1	1	10	4	+6	060.00
Total					31	22	4	5	61	35	+26	070.97

Last updated: 14 February 2025
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Genk	30	21	5	4	55	33	+22	68	Qualification for the Champions' Play-offs[a]
2	Club Brugge	30	17	8	5	65	36	+29	59	Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
3	Union SG	30	15	10	5	49	25	+24	55
4	Anderlecht	30	15	6	9	50	27	+23	51
5	Antwerp	30	12	10	8	47	32	+15	46

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.^[5]
Notes:

1. The regular season winner will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2025–26 UEFA Champions League in the playoff.

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
26	19	3	4	51	31	+20	60	12	1	0	28	8	+20	7	2	4	23	23	0

Last updated: 14 February 2025.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W
Position	7	13	9	5	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2025. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.^[6]

Genk v Standard Liège

28 July 2024 1	Genk	0–0	Standard Liège	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Price  21' Houtekiet  28' O'Neill  63' Bulat  63'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 18,471 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

OH Leuven v Genk

3 August 2024 2	OH Leuven	3–1	Genk	Heverlee
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Akimoto  21' Maziz 22' Vlietinck 36' Banzuzi  70' Þorsteinsson 85'	Report	Bangoura  35' Fadera  45+2' Arokodare 62'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 7,418 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Genk v Club Brugge

11 August 2024 3	Genk	3–2	Club Brugge	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nkuba  38' Steuckers 68' (pen.) Arokodare 83' Hrošovský 90+4' Kayembe  90+12'	Report	Vetlesen  16' Skov Olsen 45', 60' tzolis  74'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 18,542 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Beerschot v Genk

17 August 2024 4	Beerschot	3–4	Genk	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Henderson 6' Weymans  38' Michez  45', 60' Cagro  78' Tshimanga 86'	Report	Steuckers 14' Arokodare 29', 63' Cuesta 39' Sadick  75' El Ouahdi  90+6'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Wim Smet

Genk v Westerlo

30 August 2024 6	Genk	1–0	Westerlo	Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Karetsas  55' Sattleberger 81'	Report	Alcócer  53' Rommens  79' Sydorchuk  82' Haspolat  90' Seigers  90+4'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 17,518 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Cercle Brugge v Genk

14 September 2024 7	Cercle Brugge	2–3	Genk	Brugge
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouattara 13' Ravych 20'	Report	Sor 1' Steuckers 17' Arokodare 55' Kayembe  90+4'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 4,404 Referee: Bert Put

Anderlecht v Genk

17 September 2024 5	Anderlecht	0–2	Genk	Anderlecht
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ashimeru  81'	Report	Steuckers  7' Sadick 37' Hrošovský  71' El Ouahdi  74' Adedeji-Sternberg 86'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 21,900 Referee: Erik Lambrechts
Note: The match originally scheduled for 23 August 2024 was postponed due to Anderlecht's participation in the Europa League.

Genk v Dender

22 September 2024 8	Genk	4–0	Dender	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arokodare 23' Bonsu Baah 53' Hrošovský 76' Hyeon-gyu 83'	Report	Cools  55' Ruyssen  68'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 16,858 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Genk v Mechelen

28 September 2024 9	Genk	2–1	Mechelen	Genk
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sadick  57' Hyeon-gyu 76', 90+7',  90+8'	Report	Pflücke  45' Mrabti 60' Belghali  87'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 16,858 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Kortrijk v Genk

5 October 2024 10	Kortrijk	2–1	Genk	Kortrijk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nacho 16', 19' Dejaegere  26' Sissako  54' Silva  78'	Report	Bonsu Baah 6',  33'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 6,486 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui

Genk v STVV

20 October 2024 11	Genk	3–2	STVV	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arokodare 18' Steuckers 31' El Ouahdi 45' Smets  59'	Report	Taniguchi  15' Bertaccini 34', 58' Patris  48' Godeau  74' Brahimi  74'  90+5'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 21,889 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Gent v Genk

27 October 2024 12	Gent	0–2	Genk	Ghent
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Samoise  37' Delorge  85'	Report	Arokodare 46',  76' Steuckers 58' (pen.) Hrošovský  69'	Stadium: Arteveldestadion Attendance: 17,020 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Genk v Royal Antwerp

3 November 2024 13	Genk	2–0	Royal Antwerp	Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Smets  27' Hrošovský 45+1', 54' Sadick  61'	Report	Costa  77' Alderweireld  82'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 20,407 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Union SG v Genk

10 November 2024 14	Union SG	4–0	Genk	Brussels
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lapoussin 5' David 45+1', 64' Sadiki 51' Kōki  55' Burgess  73'	Report	Sadick  51' Heynen  56' Van Crombrugge  57' Arokodare  74'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Attendance: 8,427 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Genk v Sporting Charleroi

23 November 2024 15	Genk	3–0	Sporting Charleroi	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sattlberger  46' Arokodare 77' Steuckers 83' Noah Adedeji-Sternberg 90'	Report	Ousou  54' Heymans  64' De Mil  57' Arokodare  90+1'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 15,941 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

STVV v Genk

1 December 2024 16	STVV	2–2	Genk	Sint-Truiden
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Belaïd  32' Bertaccini 66', 77' Fujita  73'	Report	Arokodare 26' Steuckers  45+5' Kokubo 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 10,073 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Genk v Kortrijk

7 December 2024 17	Genk	3–2	Kortrijk	Genk
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuesta  23' Sadick  28' Hrošovský 41', 47' Van Crombrugge  54' Adedeji-Sternberg 68' El Ouahdi  90+4'	Report	Dewaele 4' Lagae  43' Messaoudi  54' Nacho  76' Ambrose 90+1'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 15,273 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui

Club Brugge v Genk

15 December 2024 18	Club Brugge	2–0	Genk	Brugge
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ordóñez  70' Mechele 77' Vanaken  81' Skov Olsen 86',  90+3'	Report	Sadick  39' Arokodare  73'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Genk v Anderlecht

22 December 2024 19	Genk	2–0	Anderlecht	Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cuesta  25' Arokodare 29' Karetsas 72'	Report	Dendoncker  48'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 21,685 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Royal Antwerp v Genk

26 December 2024 20	Royal Antwerp	2–2	Genk	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kerk 9', 32' Van Den Bosch  83' Corbanie  90'	Report	Arokodare 12', 51' Nkuba  62'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Genk v OH Leuven

11 January 2025 21	Genk	2–0	OH Leuven	Genk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Smets  6' Steuckers 48' (pen.) Oh Hyeon-gyu 84' (pen.) Cuesta  87'	Report	Kuruçay  46' Leysen  62' Osifo  90+6'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 16,475 Referee: Bert Put

Mechelen v Genk

18 January 2025 22	Mechelen	1–2	Genk	Mechelen
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Raman 8' Hairemans  24' Ouattara  32'	Report	Karetsas 15' El Ouahdi 25' Sattlberger  62'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 13,847 Referee: Kevin van Damme

Westerlo v Genk

25 January 2025 23	Westerlo	1–2	Genk	Westerlo
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sakamoto 87' Bos  90+2'	Report	El Ouahdi 18',  75' Arokodare 30' Bangoura  54' Nkuba  90+5'	Stadium: Het Kuipje Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Genk v Beerschot

1 February 2025 24	Genk	1–0	Beerschot	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kayembe 30' Heynen  87'	Report	Sahabo  69' Cagro  75'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 16,356 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

Genk v Cercle Brugge

8 February 2025 25	Genk	2–1	Cercle Brugge	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Steuckers 18' (pen.) Oh Hyeon-gyu 40'	Report	Somers 10' Perrin  58' Delanghe  82' Diakité  89'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 15,112 Referee: Kevin van Damme

Standard Liège v Genk

14 February 2025 26	Standard Liège	1–2	Genk	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Šutalo  46' Eckert 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Bonsu Baah 35' Bangoura  56' Arokodare 78' Penders  89'  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,621 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Genk v Gent

23 February 2025 27

Genk

0–0

Gent

Charleroi v Genk

28 February 2025 28

Charleroi

1–1

Genk

Dender v Genk

8 March 2025 29

Dender

0–1

Genk

Genk v Union Saint-Gilloise

15 March 2025 30

Genk

2–1

Union Saint-Gilloise

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

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

v

TBD 2025 1		v
TBD

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

Beveren v Genk

30 October 2024 Seventh round	Beveren	0–2	Genk	Beveren
20:00 CET	Luiz  40'	Report	Oh Hyeon-gyu 66' (pen.),  80' Steuckers 90' Nkuba  90'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Ken Vermeiren

Genk v Standard Liège

4 December 2024 Eighth round	Genk	2–1	Standard Liège	Genk
20:30 CET	Karetsas  33' Bangoura  49' Arokodare 72' Hrošovský 115' Sattlberger  117'	Report	O'Neill  39' Zeqiri 65'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 11,116 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Sint-Truiden v Genk

7 January 2025 Quarter-finals	Sint-Truiden	0–4	Genk	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET	Yamamoto  45+1' Godeau  49' Patris  69'	Report	Nkuba  3' Oh Hyeon-gyu 29', 51' El Ouahdi 63',  69' Adedeji-Sternberg 81'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Club Brugge v Genk

15 January 2025 Semi-finals first legs	Club Brugge	2–1	Genk	Brugge
20:45 CET	Ordóñez 34' Tzolis 75' (pen.) Vanaken  82' Vermant  90' Jashari  90'	Report	Arokodare 29' Sadick  29' Bonsu Baah  35' Bangoura  39'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Genk v Club Brugge

5 February 2025 Semi-finals second legs	Genk	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Club Brugge	Genk
20:45 CET	El Ouahdi 15' Nkuba  79' Sadick  87'		Ordóñez 25' Onyedika  84' Jashari  90+2'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 21,061 Referee: Nicolas Laforge