2024–25 K.V.C. Westerlo season

The 2024–25 season is the 92nd season in the history of K.V.C. Westerlo, and the club's third consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Belgian Cup.

K.V.C. Westerlo

2024–25 season
Manager	Timmy Simons
Stadium	Het Kuipje
Belgian Pro League	10th
Belgian Cup	Eighth round
Top goalscorer	League: Matija Frigan Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (6 each) All: Matija Frigan (7 goals)
Home colours Away colours
← 2023–24
All statistics correct as of 15 December 2024.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Luka Vušković	Hajduk Split	Loan	9 July 2024	[1]
FW	Julian Placias	North Carolina FC	Undisclosed	11 July 2024	[2]
DF	Emir Ortakaya	Fenerbahçe	Loan	24 July 2024
DF	Emin Bayram	Galatasaray	€4,000,000	30 July 2024
FW	Alfie Devine	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	5 September 2024	[3]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Karol Borys	NK Maribor	Loan	1 July 2024	[4]
FW	Kyan Vaesen	Willem II	Loan	25 July 2024	[5]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Westerlo v Beveren

28 June 2024 Friendly	Westerlo	5–0	Beveren
11:00

Young Boys v Westerlo

6 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	0–1	Westerlo
15:00

Servette v Westerlo

9 July 2024 Friendly	Servette	3–2	Westerlo
14:00

Westerlo v Gent

13 July 2024 Friendly	Westerlo	1–0	Gent
10:30	Bos 33'
Note: Behind closed doors

Westerlo v Helmond Sport

20 July 2024 Friendly	Westerlo	0–0	Helmond Sport
18:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League regular season	28 July 2024	14–16 March 2025	Matchday 1	12	4	3	5	21	22	−1	033.33
Belgian Cup	29 October 2024		Seventh round	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total				13	5	3	5	23	23	+0	038.46

Last updated: 29 October 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Standard Liège	30	10	9	11	22	35	−13	39	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8	Mechelen	30	10	8	12	45	40	+5	38
9	Westerlo	30	10	7	13	50	49	+1	37
10	Charleroi	30	10	7	13	36	36	0	37
11	OH Leuven	30	8	13	9	28	33	−5	37

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
7	3	2	2	15	13	+2	11	2	1	0	8	4	+4	1	1	2	7	9	−2

Last updated: 14 September 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.^[7]

Westerlo v Cercle Brugge

28 July 2024 1	Westerlo	3–0	Cercle Brugge	Westerlo
19:15	Stassin 18', 55' Sayyadmanesh 64'			Stadium: Het Kuipje Attendance: 4,134 Referee: Kevin van Damme

Mechelen v Westerlo

3 August 2024 2	Mechelen	2–4	Westerlo	Mechelen
16:00	Storm 65' Pflücke 88' (pen.)		Madsen 18' (pen.) Vušković 36' Alcócer 79' Frigan 90+5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Bram van Driessche

Westerlo v Union Saint-Gilloise

10 August 2024 3	Westerlo	4–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	Westerlo
18:15				Stadium: Het Kuipje Referee: Jasper Vergoot

Westerlo v Standard Liège

9 February 2025 25

Westerlo

4–2

Standard Liège

Cercle Brugge v Westerlo

16 February 2025 26

Cercle Brugge

1–1

Westerlo

Westerlo v Charleroi

22 February 2025 27

Westerlo

1–3

Charleroi

OH Leuven v Westerlo

2 March 2025 28

OH Leuven

0–0

Westerlo

Westerlo v Anderlecht

9 March 2025 29

Westerlo

2–0

Anderlecht

Beerchot v Westerlo

16 March 2025 30

Beerchot

1–2

Westerlo

Europe play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		CHA	WES	MEC	DEN	STA	OHL
1	Charleroi (O)	10	6	3	1	19	10	+9	40	Qualification for the European competition play-off			4–3	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–1
2	Westerlo	10	3	5	2	19	16	+3	33			2–2		2–2	4–2	0–0	2–2
3	Mechelen	10	2	6	2	17	17	0	31			1–1	2–3		5–2	0–0	1–1
4	Dender EH	10	3	4	3	20	21	−1	29			2–1	1–0	2–2		1–1	5–0
5	Standard Liège	10	0	7	3	5	8	−3	27			0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0		0–1
6	OH Leuven	10	1	5	4	11	19	−8	27			0–0	0–2	1–2	4–4	1–1

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[8]
(O) Play-off winners

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Dender v Westerlo

30 March 2025 1

Dender

1–0

Westerlo

Westerlo v OH Leuven

5 April 2025 2

Westerlo

2–2

OH Leuven

Westerlo v Charleroi

11 April 2025 3

Westerlo

2–2

Charleroi

Standard Liège v Westerlo

19 April 2025 4

Standard Liège

1–1

Westerlo

Mechelen v Westerlo

22 April 2025 5

Mechelen

2–3

Westerlo

Westerlo v Mechelen

26 April 2025 6

Westerlo

2–2

Mechelen

Westerlo v Dender

2 May 2025 7

Westerlo

4–2

Dender

Charleroi v Westerlo

9 May 2025 8

Charleroi

4–3

Westerlo

OH Leuven v Westerlo

16 May 2025 9

OH Leuven

0–2

Westerlo

Westerlo v Standard Liège

24 May 2025 10

Westerlo

0–0

Standard Liège

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

Westerlo v RWD Molenbeek

29 October 2024 Seventh round	Westerlo	2–1	RWD Molenbeek	Westerlo
20:00 CET	Frigan 45' Reynolds 56'	Report	Halifa 56'	Stadium: Het Kuipje

Anderlecht v Westerlo

5 December 2024 Eighth round	Anderlecht	4–1	Westerlo	Anderlecht
20:30 CET	Jørgensen 11' Dolberg 32', 56' N'Diaye 43'	Report	Van den Keybus 8'	Stadium: Lotto Park