2015–16 K.A.A. Gent season

Gent

2015–16 season
Manager	Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Stadium	Ghelamco Arena
Belgian Pro League	3rd
Belgian Cup	Semi-finals
Belgian Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2015–16 season was Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent's 27th consecutive season in the Belgian Pro League and 113th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Gent participated in that season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the Belgian Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Squad

As of 10 March 2016[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 Matz Sels 4 MF  BRA Rafinha 6 FW  MAR Mbark Boussoufa 7 FW  MLI Kalifa Coulibaly 8 MF  BEL Thomas Matton 9 FW  BEL Laurent Depoitre 10 MF  BRA Renato Neto 11 FW  SEN Simon Diedhiou 13 DF  SRB Stefan Mitrović 14 MF  BEL Sven Kums 15 MF  ISR Kenny Saief 16 MF  BEL Rob Schoofs 17 MF  BEL Hannes Van der Bruggen

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  FRA Lucas Deaux 19 MF  BEL Brecht Dejaegere 20 GK  BEL Yannick Thoelen 21 DF  GHA Nana Akwasi Asare 22 FW  NOR Gustav Wikheim 23 DF  DEN Lasse Nielsen 25 GK  BEL Brian Vandenbussche 27 FW  NGA Moses Simon 29 DF  ISR Hatem Abd Elhamed 32 DF  BEL Thomas Foket 55 DF  ISR Rami Gershon 77 MF  BIH Danijel Milićević 99 FW  NGA Peter Olayinka

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	26 July 2015	22 May 2016	Matchday 1	3rd	40	20	12	8	66	44	+22	050.00
Belgian Cup	23 September 2015	3 February 2016	Sixth round	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	7	2	+5	080.00
Belgian Super Cup	16 July 2015		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
UEFA Champions League	16 September 2015	8 March 2016	Group stage	Round of 16	8	3	1	4	10	11	−1	037.50
Total					54	28	13	13	84	57	+27	051.85

Source: Competitions

Belgian Super Cup

Main article: 2015 Belgian Super Cup

Gent v Club Brugge

16 July 2015 Final	Gent	1–0	Club Brugge	Ghent
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Neto  45+1' Rafinha  75' Depoitre 87',  90'	Report	Denswil  75' Oularé  90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2015–16 Belgian Pro League

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
40	20	12	8	66	44	+22	72	11	7	2	40	20	+20	9	5	6	26	24	+2

Source: Competitions

Regular season

Main article: 2015–16 Belgian Pro League regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge	30	21	1	8	64	30	+34	64	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2	Gent	30	17	9	4	56	29	+27	60
3	Anderlecht	30	15	10	5	51	29	+22	55
4	Oostende	30	14	7	9	55	44	+11	49
5	Genk	30	14	6	10	42	30	+12	48

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

Matches

Westerlo v Gent

26 July 2015 1	Westerlo	1–1	Gent	Westerlo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Aoulad 20'	Report	Saief 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Het Kuipje Referee: Luc Wouters

Gent v Genk

31 July 2015 2	Gent	1–0	Genk	Ghent
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kums 43' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Anderlecht v Gent

9 August 2015 3	Anderlecht	1–1	Gent	Anderlecht
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sylla 12'	Report	Depoitre 60'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Bart Vertenten

Gent v Sint-Truiden

16 August 2015 4	Gent	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Ghent
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Depoitre 28'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Johan Verbist

Kortrijk v Gent

23 August 2015 5	Kortrijk	0–0	Gent	Kortrijk
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Gent v Mechelen

29 August 2015 6	Gent	2–2	Mechelen	Ghent
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Depoitre 49', 90+3'	Report	Veselinović 7' Rits 55'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Luc Wouters

Zulte Waregem v Gent

12 September 2015 7	Zulte Waregem	1–1	Gent	Waregem
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leye 74'	Report	Raman 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Referee: Joeri Van de Velde

Gent v Standard Liège

20 September 2015 8	Gent	4–1	Standard Liège	Ghent
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kums 42' Milićević 45+2' Matton 62', 90'	Report	Knockaert 2'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Waasland-Beveren v Gent

26 September 2015 9	Waasland-Beveren	1–3	Gent	Beveren
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Milošević 89'	Report	Mitrović 15' Matton 71' Depoitre 75'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Gent v Club Brugge

4 October 2015 10	Gent	4–1	Club Brugge	Ghent
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kums 15' (pen.), 51' (pen.), 62' Depoitre 72'	Report	Vormer 76'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Johan Verbist

Mouscron-Péruwelz v Gent

16 October 2015 11	Mouscron-Péruwelz	1–2	Gent	Mouscron
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dussenne 7'	Report	Oussalah 69' (o.g.) Kums 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Referee: Luc Wouters

Gent v Oostende

24 October 2015 12	Gent	2–2	Oostende	Ghent
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Milićević 54' Matton 75'	Report	Vandendriessche 60' Siani 90'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Lokeren v Gent

27 October 2015 13	Lokeren	1–2	Gent	Lokeren
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mirić 65'	Report	Raman 18' Neto 58'	Stadium: Daknamstadion Referee: Bart Vertenten

OH Leuven v Gent

31 October 2015 14	OH Leuven	0–2	Gent	Heverlee
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Coulibaly 3' Dejaegere 47'	Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Frederik Geldhof

Gent v Charleroi

8 November 2015 15	Gent	1–3	Charleroi	Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saief 28'	Report	Perbet 23', 61' Nielsen 25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Serge Gumienny

Gent v Westerlo

20 November 2015 16	Gent	5–0	Westerlo	Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 4' Dejaegere 23' Raman 58' Kums 68' (pen.), 77'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Wim Smet

Genk v Gent

28 November 2015 17	Genk	0–1	Gent	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Milićević 21'	Stadium: Cristal Arena Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Gent v Zulte Waregem

4 December 2015 18	Gent	2–2	Zulte Waregem	Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kums 39' (pen.) Simon 90+4'	Report	Lepoint 22' De Ridder 50'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Luc Wouters

Sint-Truiden v Gent

13 December 2015 19	Sint-Truiden	0–2	Gent	Sint-Truiden
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Dejaegere 45' Van der Bruggen 90+1'	Stadium: Stayen Referee: Joeri Van de Velde

Gent v Kortrijk

20 December 2015 20	Gent	3–0	Kortrijk	Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simon 35' Kums 57' (pen.) Chanot 71' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Wim Smet

Mechelen v Gent

26 December 2015 21	Mechelen	2–0	Gent	Mechelen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hanni 56' Matthys 62'	Report		Stadium: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Gent v Anderlecht

17 January 2016 22	Gent	2–0	Anderlecht	Ghent
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Depoitre 10', 89'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Standard Liège v Gent

24 January 2016 23	Standard Liège	0–3	Gent	Liège
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Depoitre 49' Kums 55' Dejaegere 70'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Joeri Van de Velde

Gent v Waasland-Beveren

31 January 2016 24	Gent	2–1	Waasland-Beveren	Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depoitre 18' Dejaegere 70'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Club Brugge v Gent

7 February 2016 25	Club Brugge	1–0	Gent	Bruges
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Refaelov 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Gent v Mouscron-Péruwelz

12 February 2016 26	Gent	2–0	Mouscron-Péruwelz	Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boussoufa 85' Milićević 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Oostende v Gent

21 February 2016 27	Oostende	5–2	Gent	Ostend
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jonckheere 12', 54' Milić 15' Musona 36' El Ghanassy 90+1'	Report	Kums 7' (pen.) Depoitre 41'	Stadium: Albertpark Referee: Wim Smet

Gent v Lokeren

26 February 2016 28	Gent	3–1	Lokeren	Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Neto 10' Dejaegere 38' Depoitre 90'	Report	Harbaoui 42' (pen.)	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Serge Gumienny

Gent v OH Leuven

4 March 2016 29	Gent	1–1	OH Leuven	Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boussoufa 68'	Report	Trossard 52'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Bart Vertenten

Charleroi v Gent

13 March 2016 30	Charleroi	1–1	Gent	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Perbet 49'	Report	Dejaegere 55'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Frederik Geldhof

Championship play-offs

Main article: 2015–16 Belgian Pro League championship play-offs

Play-off table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CLU	AND	GNT	GNK	OOS	ZWA
1	Club Brugge (C)	10	7	1	2	25	9	+16	54	Qualification for the Champions League group stage		—	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	5–0
2	Anderlecht	10	6	1	3	15	16	−1	47	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		1–0	—	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0
3	Gent	10	3	3	4	10	15	−5	42	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		1–4	1–1	—	0–0	2–0	1–1
4	Genk	10	5	1	4	20	13	+7	40	Qualification for the play-off final		4–2	5–2	1–2	—	4–0	2–0
5	Oostende	10	3	2	5	14	19	−5	36			0–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	—	3–3
6	Zulte Waregem	10	1	2	7	11	23	−12	27			0–2	1–2	4–2	1–2	1–2	—

Source: Belgian Pro League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Matches won; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Away matches won; 8) Play-off.[3]
(C) Champions

Matches

Gent v Zulte Waregem

1 April 2016 1	Gent	1–1	Zulte Waregem	Ghent
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kums 57'	Report	Leye 35'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Club Brugge v Gent

9 April 2016 2	Club Brugge	2–0	Gent	Bruges
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mitrović 80' (o.g.) Izquierdo 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Gent v Oostende

15 April 2016 3	Gent	2–0	Oostende	Ghent
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Matton 19' Simon 87'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Luc Wouters

Gent v Anderlecht

21 April 2016 4	Gent	1–1	Anderlecht	Ghent
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Saief 68' (pen.)	Report	Nuytinck 64'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Bart Vertenten

Genk v Gent

24 April 2016 5	Genk	1–2	Gent	Genk
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bailey 16'	Report	Depoitre 23' Neto 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Cristal Arena Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Anderlecht v Gent

1 May 2016 6	Anderlecht	2–0	Gent	Anderlecht
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbodji 38' Acheampong 87'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Serge Gumienny

Gent v Club Brugge

8 May 2016 7	Gent	1–4	Club Brugge	Ghent
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Depoitre 27'	Report	Vanaken 31', 58' Izquierdo 53' Gershon 67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Zulte Waregem v Gent

15 May 2016 8	Zulte Waregem	4–2	Gent	Waregem
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 22' Lepoint 68' Leye 80', 90'	Report	Saief 24' (pen.) Coulibaly 40'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Referee: Bart Vertenten

Oostende v Gent

19 May 2016 9	Oostende	0–1	Gent	Roeselare
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Coulibaly 84'	Stadium: Schiervelde Stadion Referee: Wim Smet

Gent v Genk

22 May 2016 10	Gent	0–0	Genk	Ghent
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Bart Vertenten

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Belgian Cup

Gent v Eupen

23 September 2015 Sixth round	Gent	3–0	Eupen	Ghent
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedersen 43' Raman 63' Van der Bruggen 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Denis Vanbecelaere

Gent v Zulte Waregem

1 December 2015 Seventh round	Gent	1–0	Zulte Waregem	Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Raman 20'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Bart Vertenten

Gent v Mechelen

16 December 2015 Quarter-finals	Gent	1–0	Mechelen	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dejaegere 10'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Semi-finals

Gent v Club Brugge

21 January 2016 First leg	Gent	2–1	Club Brugge	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dejaegere 59' Kums 90+2'	Report	Diaby 38'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Luc Wouters

Club Brugge v Gent

3 February 2016 Second leg	Club Brugge	1–0 ((a) 2–2 agg.)	Gent	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Diaby 21'	Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Johan Verbist
Note: 2–2 on aggregate. Club Brugge won on away goals.

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZEN	GNT	VAL	LYO
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Gent	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			2–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	Valencia	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League		2–3	2–1	—	0–2
4	Lyon	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4			0–2	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Gent v Lyon

16 September 2015 1	Gent	1–1	Lyon	Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dejaegere  41' Milićević 68' Depoitre  71' Foket  87'	Report	Ferri  11' Jallet 58' Umtiti  71' Lacazette 88' Malbranque  90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,601[4] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Gent

29 September 2015 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Gent	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Dzyuba 35' García  60' Shatov 67'	Report	Depoitre  42' Matton 56' Saief  88' Pedersen  90'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,095[5] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Valencia v Gent

20 October 2015 3	Valencia	2–1	Gent	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Feghouli 15' Parejo  18' Mina  46' Cancelo  55' Mitrović 72' (o.g.) Gayà  90'	Report	Asare  22' Foket 40',  70' Saief  66' Simon  86'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 38,207[6] Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Gent v Valencia

4 November 2015 4	Gent	1–0	Valencia	Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kums 49' (pen.) Raman  73'	Report	Feghouli  30' Mustafi  62' Gomes  72' Pérez  85'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,452[7] Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Lyon v Gent

24 November 2015 5	Lyon	1–2	Gent	Lyon, France
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ferri 7',  48' Bedimo  38'	Report	Nielsen  16' Neto  25' Milićević 32' Foket  58' Kums  75' Asare  87' Raman  90+3' Coulibaly 90+5'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 30,206[8] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Gent v Zenit Saint Petersburg

9 December 2015 6	Gent	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Depoitre 18' Milićević 78',  79' Mitrović  90+2'	Report	Garay  44' Dzyuba 65' García  75' Yusupov  77' Lodygin  79' Lombaerts  89' Danny  90+2'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,978[9] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Kockoout phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Gent v VfL Wolfsburg

17 February 2016 First leg	Gent	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kums  59', 80' Coulibaly 89'	Report	Draxler 44', 54' Luiz Gustavo  47' Vieirinha  48' Kruse 60'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,978[10] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

VfL Wolfsburg v Gent

8 March 2016 Second leg	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Gent	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Schürrle 74'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,457[11] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Note: VfL Wolfsburg won 4–2 on aggregate.

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External links

• UEFA Champions League
• Fixtures and results
• Archived Official Website