2017–18 K.A.A. Gent season

Gent

2017–18 season
Chairman	Ivan De Witte
Managing director	Michel Louwagie
Manager	Hein Vanhaezebrouck (until 27 September) Yves Vanderhaeghe (from 4 October)
Stadium	Ghelamco Arena
First Division A	4th
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Jérémy Perbet (10) All: Jérémy Perbet (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2017–18 season was the 115th season in the history of K.A.A. Gent and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Gent participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

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  FRA Samuel Gigot 4 DF  NOR Sigurd Rosted 5 DF  BEL Noë Dussenne 6 MF  BEL Birger Verstraete 7 MF  GEO Giorgi Chakvetadze 8 MF  DEN Anders Christiansen 9 FW  SEN Mamadou Sylla Diallo 10 MF  BRA Renato Neto (Vice-captain) 11 DF  COL Deiver Machado 12 GK  BEL Anthony Swolfs 13 DF  SRB Stefan Mitrović 14 FW  CUW Rangelo Janga 17 FW  UKR Roman Yaremchuk 18 FW  NGA Samuel Kalu

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  BEL Brecht Dejaegere 20 GK  BEL Yannick Thoelen 21 DF  GHA Nana Akwasi Asare (Captain) 22 DF  TUN Dylan Bronn 23 MF  CRO Franko Andrijašević 27 FW  NGA Moses Simon 28 FW  BEL Aboubakary Koita 29 DF  BEL Thibault De Smet 31 FW  JPN Yuya Kubo 32 MF  BEL Thomas Foket 38 DF  BEL Siebe Horemans 44 MF  NGA Anderson Esiti 91 GK  CRO Lovre Kalinić

Out on loan

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 3 MF  BEL Lucas Schoofs — DF  ISR Ofir Davidzada (at Maccabi Tel Aviv) — FW  NGA Peter Olayinka (at Zulte Waregem) — FW  GEO Giorgi Beridze (at Trenčín) — MF  USA Kenny Saief (at Anderlecht) - FW  ISR Lior Inebrum (at F.C. Ashdod)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Dikkelvenne v Gent

30 June 2017 Friendly	Dikkelvenne	2–7	Gent	Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Gent v PAOK

7 July 2017 Friendly	Gent	2–0	PAOK	Horst, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Matton 31' Mamadou Sylla 86'			Stadium: Molenstraat

Gent v Nice

13 July 2017 Friendly	Gent	2–3	Nice	Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

AEK Athens v Gent

19 July 2017 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–1	Gent	Marousi, Greece
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mantalos 73'		Andrijašević 37' Marcq  53'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Aristidis Vatsios

Lens v Gent

21 July 2017 Friendly	Lens	1–3	Gent	France
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Beerschot v Gent

22 July 2017 Friendly	Beerschot	2–3	Gent	Belgium
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Gent v 1. FC Nürnberg

9 January 2018 Friendly	Gent	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Oliva, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Attendance: 200

Union Berlin v Gent

10 January 2018 Friendly	Union Berlin	3–1	Gent	Oliva, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Polter 50' Hedlund 54' Hosiner 81'		Esiti 12'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Attendance: 350

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First Division A	30 July 2017	20 May 2018	Matchday 1	4th	40	18	10	12	53	35	+18	045.00
Belgian Cup	20 September 2017	12 December 2017	Sixth round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	066.67
Europa League	27 July 2017	3 August 2022	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total					45	20	11	14	61	46	+15	044.44

Source: Soccerway

First Division A

Main article: 2017–18 Belgian First Division A

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Anderlecht	30	16	7	7	49	42	+7	55	Qualification for the championship play-offs
3	Charleroi	30	13	12	5	46	30	+16	51
4	Gent	30	14	8	8	45	27	+18	50
5	Genk	30	11	11	8	44	36	+8	44
6	Standard Liège	30	11	11	8	43	41	+2	44

Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), 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.[1]

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: ^[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	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Position

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

Matches

Sint-Truiden v Gent

30 July 2017 1	Sint-Truiden	3–2	Gent	Sint-Truiden
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stayen

Gent v Antwerp

6 August 2017 2	Gent	0–1	Antwerp	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Mechelen v Gent

12 August 2017 3	Mechelen	1–1	Gent	Mechelen
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne

Excel Mouscron v Gent

20 August 2017 4	Excel Mouscron	3–2	Gent	Mouscron
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier

Gent v Anderlecht

27 August 2017 5	Gent	0–0	Anderlecht	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Gent v Genk

10 September 2017 6	Gent	1–1	Genk	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Oostende v Gent

17 September 2017 7	Oostende	0–2	Gent	Ostend
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Versluys Arena

Gent v Zulte Waregem

24 September 2017 8	Gent	0–1	Zulte Waregem	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Club Brugge v Gent

1 October 2017 9	Club Brugge	2–1	Gent	Bruges
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Gent v Waasland-Beveren

14 October 2017 10	Gent	2–0	Waasland-Beveren	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Kortrijk v Gent

21 October 2017 11	Kortrijk	1–1	Gent	Kortrijk
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

Gent v Eupen

24 October 2017 12	Gent	3–0	Eupen	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Charleroi v Gent

27 October 2017 13	Charleroi	2–1	Gent	Charleroi
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Gent v Standard Liège

3 November 2017 14	Gent	1–0	Standard Liège	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Lokeren v Gent

19 November 2017 15	Lokeren	0–3	Gent	Lokeren
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Daknamstadion

Gent v Excel Mouscron

24 November 2017 16	Gent	3–1	Excel Mouscron	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Zulte Waregem v Gent

3 December 2017 17	Zulte Waregem	0–1	Gent	Waregem
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Regenboogstadion

Gent v Kortrijk

9 December 2017 18	Gent	2–1	Kortrijk	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Standard Liège v Gent

16 December 2017 19	Standard Liège	0–0	Gent	Liège
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Gent v Charleroi

21 December 2017 20	Gent	1–0	Charleroi	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Anderlecht v Gent

26 December 2017 21	Anderlecht	1–0	Gent	Anderlecht
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

Gent v Lokeren

21 January 2018 22	Gent	3–0	Lokeren	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Antwerp v Gent

24 January 2018 23	Antwerp	1–1	Gent	Antwerp
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

Gent v Club Brugge

28 January 2018 24	Gent	2–0	Club Brugge	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Eupen v Gent

3 February 2018 25	Eupen	1–1	Gent	Eupen
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kehrweg Stadion

Gent v Sint-Truiden

10 February 2018 25	Gent	3–0	Sint-Truiden	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Gent v Mechelen

18 February 2018 27	Gent	2–2	Mechelen	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Waasland-Beveren v Gent

24 February 2018 28	Waasland-Beveren	1–2	Gent	Beveren
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Freethiel Stadion

Gent v Oostende

3 March 2018 29	Gent	2–3	Oostende	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Genk v Gent

11 March 2018 30	Genk	1–2	Gent	Genk
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

Championship play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CLU	STA	AND	GNT	GNK	CHA
1	Club Brugge (C)	10	3	3	4	17	12	+5	46	Qualification for the Champions League group stage		—	4–4	1–2	0–1	1–0	6–0
2	Standard Liège	10	6	3	1	20	9	+11	43	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		1–1	—	2–1	1–0	5–0	1–0
3	Anderlecht	10	4	0	6	12	15	−3	40	Qualification for the Europa League group stage		1–0	1–3	—	0–2	1–2	3–1
4	Gent	10	4	2	4	8	8	0	39	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		1–0	1–3	1–0	—	0–0	0–1
5	Genk (O)	10	4	4	2	13	13	0	38	Qualification for the Europa League play-off final		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	4–1
6	Charleroi	10	2	2	6	9	22	−13	34			1–3	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

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: ^[citation needed]

Results by round

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

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

Matches

Anderlecht v Gent

1 April 2018 1	Anderlecht	0–2	Gent	Anderlecht
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

Gent v Club Brugge

8 April 2018 2	Gent	1–0	Club Brugge	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Standard Liège v Gent

14 April 2018 3	Standard Liège	1–0	Gent	Liège
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Gent v Genk

17 April 2018 4	Gent	0–0	Genk	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Charleroi v Gent

22 April 2018 5	Charleroi	2–1	Gent	Charleroi
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Gent v Standard Liège

29 April 2018 6	Gent	1–3	Standard Liège	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Gent v Charleroi

4 May 2018 7	Gent	0–1	Charleroi	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Genk v Gent

10 May 2018 8	Genk	1–1	Gent	Genk
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

Gent v Anderlecht

13 May 2018 9	Gent	1–0	Anderlecht	Ghent
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Club Brugge v Gent

20 May 2018 10	Club Brugge	0–1	Gent	Bruges
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Belgian Cup

Geel v Gent

20 September 2017 Sixth round	Geel	2–3	Gent	Geel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kerckhofs 48' (pen.) Nelissen 69' Karadayi  68'  90+3'		Milićević 9', 59' (pen.), 81'	Stadium: De Leunen Referee: Lawrence Visser

Gent v Lokeren

29 November 2017 Seventh round	Gent	2–1	Lokeren	Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mitrović 18' Milićević 64'		Söder 85'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Kortrijk v Gent

12 December 2017 Quarter-finals	Kortrijk	4–1	Gent	Kortrijk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rougeaux 7' Ouali 25' Ajagun 41' Stojanović 75'		Sylla 8'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Bart Vertenten

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Gent v Rheindorf Altach

27 July 2017 First leg	Gent	1–1	Rheindorf Altach	Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	K. Coulibaly 76'	Report	Ngwat-Mahop 5' Salomon  18' Kobras  40' Piesinger  50' Nutz  60' Aigner  90'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 13,745[3] Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

Rheindorf Altach v Gent

3 August 2017 Second leg	Rheindorf Altach	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Gent	Innsbruck, Austria
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngamaleu 11' Aigner  62' Nutz 76' Dobras 88'	Report	K. Coulibaly  19' Esiti  23' S. Mitrović  30'  49' Gigot  31' Milićević 44' (pen.),  54'	Stadium: Tivoli-Neu[a] Attendance: 3,852[4] Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France)
Note: Rheindorf Altach won 4–2 on aggregate.

Notes

1. The match was played at Tivoli-Neu in Innsbruck, instead of their regular stadium, the Stadion Schnabelholz in Altach.

References

1. "First Division A 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
2. "Reglement 2017-2018 Boek B: De koepelorganisatie KBVB en haar deelorganisaties" [General Rules 2017-2018 Book B: The overall organisation KBVB and its subsidiaries] (PDF) (in Dutch). Royal Belgian FA. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
3. "Gent vs. Altach" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
4. "Altach vs. Gent" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2023.