K.R.C. Genk in European football

Koninklijke Racing Club Genk is an association football club from Genk, Belgium. The team has participated in thirteen seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including four seasons in the Champions League, six seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Intertoto Cup and one season in the Cup Winners' Cup.^[1] It has played 74 UEFA games, resulting in 32 wins, 20 draws and 22 defeats.^[2] The club's first appearance was in the 1997 Intertoto Cup. Since then, Genk has been involved in a UEFA tournament every season except the 2001–02, the 2006–07 and the 2008-09 seasons. The club's best performance is reaching the group stage of the 2002-03 Champions League, the 2011-12 Champions League and the 2019-20 Champions League.

Luminus Arena, Genk's home ground.

The club plays its home matches at Cegeka Arena, a multi-purpose stadium in Genk. Since the building in 1999, it can host 25,000 spectators (of which 4,200 are standing places).^[3]

European record

Matches

• Q = qualification round
• PO = play-off
• R = round
• Group = group stage / Group 1 = first group stage / Group 2 = second group stage
• 1/8 = eighth finals / 1/4 = quarter-finals / 1/2 = semi-finals
• F = final
• PUC = points UEFA coefficient

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group	B36 Tórshavn	—	5–0	2nd
			Stabæk	4–3	—
			Dynamo Moscow	—	2–3
			Panachaiki	4–2	—
1998–99	Cup Winners' Cup	Q	Apolonia	4–0	5–1	9–1
		1R	MSV Duisburg	5–0	1–1	6–1
		2R	Mallorca	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1999–00	Champions League	2Q	Maribor	3–0	1–5	4–5
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1R	FC Zürich	2–1	1–0	3–1
		2R	Werder Bremen	2–5	1–4	3–9
2002–03	Champions League	3Q	Sparta Prague	2–0	2–4	4–4 (a)
		Group C	AEK Athens	0–0	1–1	4th
			Real Madrid	1–1	0–6
			Roma	0–1	0–0
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Marek Dupnitza	2–1	0–0	2–1
		3R	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)
		Semi-finals	União de Leiria	0–0	0–2	0–2
2005–06	UEFA Cup	2Q	Liepājas Metalurgs	3–0	3–2	6–2
		1R	Litex Lovech	0–1	2–2	2–3
2007–08	Champions League	2Q	FK Sarajevo	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)
2009–10	Europa League	PO	Lille	1–2	2–4	3–6
2010–11	Europa League	3Q	Inter Turku	3–2	5–1	8–3
		PO	Porto	0–3	2–4	2–7
2011–12	Champions League	3Q	FK Partizan	2–1	1–1	3–2
		PO	Maccabi Haifa	2–1	1–2	3–3, 4–1 (p)
		Group E	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	0–2	4th
			Chelsea	1–1	0–5
			Valencia	0–0	0–7
2012–13	Europa League	3Q	Aktobe	2–1	2–1	4–2
		PO	FC Luzern	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Group G	Sporting CP	2–1	1–1	1st
			Basel	0–0	2–2
			Videoton	3–0	1–0
		Round of 32	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	1–1	1–3
2013–14	Europa League	PO	FH	2–0	5–2	7–2
		Group G	Dynamo Kyiv	3–1	1–0	1st
			Rapid Wien	1–1	2–2
			Thun	2–1	1–0
		Round of 32	Anzhi Makhachkala	0–2	0–0	0–2
2016–17	Europa League	2Q	Budućnost	2–0	0–2	2–2, 4–2 (p)
		3Q	Cork City	1–0	2–1	3–1
		PO	Lokomotiva	2–0	2–2	4–2
		Group F	Athletic Club	2–0	3–5	1st
			Rapid Wien	1–0	2–3
			Sassuolo	3–1	2–0
		Round of 32	Astra Giurgiu	1–0	2–2	3–2
		Round of 16	Gent	1–1	5–2	6–3
		Quarter-finals	Celta de Vigo	1–1	2–3	3–4
2018–19	Europa League	2Q	Fola Esch	5–0	4–1	9–1
		3Q	Lech Poznań	2–0	2–1	4–1
		PQ	Brøndby	5–2	4–2	9–4
		Group I	Malmö	2–0	2–2	1st
			Sarpsborg 08	4–0	0–2
			Beşiktaş	1–1	4–2
		Round of 32	Slavia Prague	1–4	0–0	1–4
2019–20	Champions League	Group E	Red Bull Salzburg	1–4	2–6	4th
			Napoli	0–0	0–4
			Liverpool	1–4	1–2
2021–22	Champions League	3Q	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	1–2	2–4
	Europa League	Group H	Dinamo Zagreb	0–3	1–1	4th
			West Ham United	2–2	0–3
			Rapid Wien	0–1	1–0
2023–24	Champions League	2Q	Servette	2–2	1–1	3–3, 1–4 (p)
	Europa League	3Q	Olympiacos	1–1	0–1	1–2
	Europa Conference League	PO	Adana Demirspor	2–1	0–1	2–2, 5–4 (p)
		Group F	Fiorentina	2–2	2–1	3rd
			Čukarički	2–0	0–2
			Ferencvárosi	0–0	1–1

All-time statistics

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Genk's games in the four UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals scored (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2018–19 season.^[1][2] The statistics also include goals scored during the extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Champions League / European Cup	22	5	8	9	20	41	−21	022.73
Europa League / UEFA Cup	60	34	12	14	117	80	+37	056.67
Cup Winners' Cup	6	3	3	0	16	3	+13	050.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup	10	5	2	3	19	13	+6	050.00
Total	98	47	25	26	172	137	+35	047.96