2024–25 Sint-Truidense V.V. season

The 2024–25 season is the 101st season in the history of Sint-Truidense V.V., and the club's 10th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Belgian Cup, reaching the quarter-finals.

Sint-Truidense V.V.

2024–25 season
Manager	Christian Lattanzio (until 3 September) Felice Mazzù (5 September–10 April)[1]
Stadium	Stayen
Belgian Pro League	1th
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Adriano Bertaccini (12) All: Adriano Bertaccini (12)
← 2023–24

Squad

As of 4 February 2025^[2]

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 2 DF  JPN Ryoya Ogawa 4 DF  ALG Zineddine Belaïd 5 DF  JPN Shogo Taniguchi 6 MF  JPN Rihito Yamamoto 7 MF  ALG Billal Brahimi (on loan from Nice) 8 MF  JPN Joel Chima Fujita 9 FW  URU Andrés Ferrari (on loan from Villarreal) 10 FW  CMR Didier Lamkel Zé 11 MF  ARG Isaías Delpupo 12 GK  BEL Jo Coppens 13 MF  JPN Ryotaro Ito 14 MF  BEL Olivier Dumont 15 FW  USA Kahveh Zahiroleslam 16 GK  JPN Leo Kokubo 18 DF  NOR Simen Juklerød

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  BEL Louis Patris (on loan from Anderlecht) 20 DF  BEL Rein Van Helden 22 DF  BEL Wolke Janssens 23 FW  GHA Joselpho Barnes 26 DF  MKD Visar Musliu 31 DF  BEL Bruno Godeau (captain) 34 DF  BEL Hugo Lambotte 37 MF  BEL Arthur Alexis 41 FW  JPN Hiiro Komori (on loan from JEF United Chiba) 51 GK  BEL Matt Lendfers 53 FW  BEL Adam Nhaili 60 DF  BEL Robert-Jan Vanwesemael 91 FW  BEL Adriano Bertaccini 94 MF  MAD Loïc Lapoussin

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Leo Kokubo	Benfica	Undisclosed	11 July 2024	[3]
DF	Zineddine Belaïd	USM Alger		15 July 2024
DF	Shogo Taniguchi	Al-Rayyan	Free	19 July 2024	[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Aboubakary Koïta	AEK Athens	€3,600,000	13 July 2024	[5]
GK	Zion Suzuki	Parma	€7,500,000	15 July 2024	[6]
MF	Mathias Delorge	Gent	€3,500,000	24 July 2024	[7]

Friendlies

Pre-season

KVK Tienen v Sint-Truiden

29 June 2024 Friendly	KVK Tienen	0–6	Sint-Truiden
16:00

Patro Eisden v Sint-Truiden

3 July 2024 Friendly	Patro Eisden	3–4	Sint-Truiden
19:00

FC Twente v Sint-Truiden

6 July 2024 Friendly	FC Twente	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Goor
14:00				Stadium: Sportpark Heeckeren

Ajax v Sint-Truiden

9 July 2024 Friendly	Ajax	4–0	Sint-Truiden
18:00

FC Utrecht v Sint-Truiden

12 July 2024 Friendly	FC Utrecht	v	Sint-Truiden
15:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League regular season	27 July 2024	14–16 March 2025	Matchday 1	7	1	3	3	8	16	−8	014.29
Belgian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	1	3	3	8	16	−8	014.29

Last updated: 15 September 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
12	Dender EH	30	8	8	14	33	51	−18	32	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
13	Cercle Brugge	30	7	11	12	29	44	−15	32	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14	Sint-Truiden	30	7	10	13	41	56	−15	31
15	Kortrijk	30	7	5	18	28	55	−27	26
16	Beerschot	30	3	9	18	26	60	−34	18

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.^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		USG	CLU	GNK	AND	ANT	GNT
1	Union SG (C)	10	9	1	0	22	3	+19	56	Qualification for the Champions League league phase			0–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	3–1
2	Club Brugge	10	7	2	1	21	6	+15	53	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		0–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1
3	Genk	10	4	1	5	14	11	+3	47	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]		1–2	0–2		2–1	0–1	4–0
4	Anderlecht	10	3	1	6	12	13	−1	36	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		0–1	1–3	1–2		0–0	5–0
5	Antwerp	10	2	3	5	10	18	−8	32	Qualification for the European competition play-off		0–4	2–3	1–1	1–3		0–1
6	Gent	10	1	0	9	4	32	−28	26			0–3	0–5	1–4	0–1	0–3

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.^[9]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Club Brugge won the 2024–25 Belgian Cup and qualified for the Champions League through finishing second, the Europa League play-off round berth was therefore transferred to regular season winners Genk.

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.^[10]
(O) Play-off winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		STR	CER	KOR	BEE
1	Sint-Truiden	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	41				3–1	0–3	2–1
2	Cercle Brugge (O)	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	39	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-offs		3–1		0–2	2–1
3	Kortrijk (R)	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	37	Relegation to Challenger Pro League		2–2	2–2		3–2
4	Beerschot (R)	6	2	0	4	10	10	0	24			0–1	4–2	2–0

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.^[11]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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	1	3	3	8	16	−8	6	1	2	1	6	8	−2	0	1	2	2	8	−6

Last updated: 15 September 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.^[12]

Anderlecht v Sint-Truiden

27 July 2024 1	Anderlecht	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Anderlecht
20:45	Stroeykens 90+2'			Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote
Note: The match was held behind closed doors as a result of a probationary sanction imposed due to unsportsmanlike behavior exhibited by fans from both teams during a match hosted by Standard in October 2022, as well as subsequent misconduct during a cup match against Standard last December.[13]

Sint-Truiden v Charleroi

3 August 2024 2	Sint-Truiden	1–4	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
20:45				Stadium: Stayen

Dender v Sint-Truiden

8 February 2025 25

Dender

2–1

Sint-Truiden

Sint-Truiden v Club Brugge

15 February 2025 26

Sint-Truiden

2–2

Club Brugge

Mechelen v Sint-Truiden

21 February 2025 27

Mechelen

1–1

Sint-Truiden

Sint-Truiden v Kortrijk

1 March 2025 28

Sint-Truiden

4–2

Kortrijk

Sint-Truiden v Beerschot

7 March 2025 29

Sint-Truiden

2–0

Beerschot

OH Leuven v Sint-Truiden

16 March 2025 30

OH Leuven

3–2

Sint-Truiden

Relegation play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		STR	CER	KOR	BEE
1	Sint-Truiden	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	41				3–1	0–3	2–1
2	Cercle Brugge (O)	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	39	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-offs		3–1		0–2	2–1
3	Kortrijk (R)	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	37	Relegation to Challenger Pro League		2–2	2–2		3–2
4	Beerschot (R)	6	2	0	4	10	10	0	24			0–1	4–2	2–0

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.^[14]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Beerschot v Sint-Truiden

29 March 2025 1

Beerschot

0–1

Sint-Truiden

Sint-Truiden v Kortrijk

6 April 2025 2

Sint-Truiden

0–3

Kortrijk

Sint-Truiden v Cercle Brugge

12 April 2025 3

Sint-Truiden

3–1

Cercle Brugge

Cercle Brugge v Sint-Truiden

26 April 2025 4

Cercle Brugge

3–1

Sint-Truiden

Sint-Truiden v Beerschot

4 May 2025 5

Sint-Truiden

2–1

Beerschot

Kortrijk v Sint-Truiden

10 May 2025 6

Kortrijk

2–2

Sint-Truiden

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Cup