2024–25 K.R.C. Genk season

K.R.C. Genk

2024–25 season
Manager	Wouter Vrancken
Stadium	Cegeka Arena
Belgian Pro League	1st
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
Home colours Away colours

The 2024–25 season is the 37th season in the history of the K.R.C. Genk as a football club, and the 29th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Belgian Cup.

Squad

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jarne Steuckers	Sint-Truiden	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
DF	Adrián Palacios	Deportivo Cali	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
DF	Matte Smets	Sint-Truiden	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
FW	Oh Hyeon-gyu	Celtic	Undisclosed[1]	14 July 2024	[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Anouar Ait El Hadj	Union Saint-Gilloise	Undisclosed	13 July 2024	[3]
MF	Aziz Ouattara Mohammed	Mechelen	Loan	23 July 2024	[4]

Friendlies

Pre-season

RC Hades v Genk

29 June 2024 Friendly	RC Hades	1–4	Genk	Hasselt
13:30	Kessels 73'	Report	Arokodare 28', 39' Adedeji-Sternberg 36' Ouattara 45'	Stadium: Sportcentrum Kiewit

Genk v Charleroi

6 July 2024 Friendly	Genk	3–3	Charleroi	Genk
12:00	Nkuba 37' Zeqiri 91' El Ouahdi 103'	Report	Guiagon 42' Heymans 60' Benbouali 65'	Stadium: Jos Vaessen Talent Academy
Note: 2 x 60 minutes

PAOK v Genk

10 July 2024 Friendly	PAOK	1–3	Genk	Netherlands
18:00	Baba 45+4'	Report	Adedeji-Sternberg 6' Steuckers 10' Zeqiri 85'
Note: 2 x 60 minutes

Feyenoord v Genk

13 July 2024 Friendly	Feyenoord	3–1	Genk	Rotterdam, Netherlands
13:00	Kayembe 7' (o.g.) Paixão 60' Milambo 86'	Report	Bonsu Baah 20'	Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord

Genk v Go Ahead Eagles

17 July 2024 Friendly	Genk	1–2	Go Ahead Eagles
12:00	85'		Valaker Edvardsen 19' Adekanye 58'

Genk v Lille

20 July 2024 Friendly	Genk	2–2	Lille	Genk
18:30	38' 39'		7' 75'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena

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	7	5	1	1	14	10	+4	071.43
Belgian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	5	1	1	14	10	+4	071.43

Last updated: 17 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
1	Genk	20	13	3	4	40	27	+13	42	Qualification for the Europa League and Champions' play-offs[a]
2	Club Brugge	20	12	5	3	44	23	+21	41	Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
3	Anderlecht	20	9	6	5	36	18	+18	33
4	Antwerp	20	9	5	6	36	21	+15	32
5	Union SG	20	7	10	3	28	18	+10	31

Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2024. 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.[5]
Notes:

1. The regular season winner will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2025–26 UEFA Champions League in the playoff.

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	5	1	1	14	10	+4	16	2	1	0	4	2	+2	3	0	1	10	8	+2

Last updated: 17 September 2024.
Source: ^[citation needed]

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.[6]

Genk v Standard Liège

28 July 2024 1	Genk	0–0	Standard Liège	Genk
13:30				Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Lothar D'hondt

OH Leuven v Genk

3 August 2024 2	OH Leuven	3–1	Genk	Heverlee
				Stadium: Den Dreef

Genk v Club Brugge

11 August 2024 3	Genk	3–2	Club Brugge	Genk
13:30	Steuckers 68' (pen.) Arokodare 83' Hrošovský 90+4'		Skov Olsen 45', 60'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Anderlecht v Genk

17 September 2024 5	Anderlecht	0–2	Genk	Anderlecht
20:00			Sadick 37' Adedeji-Sternberg 86'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Erik Lambrechts
Note: The match originally scheduled for 23 August 2024 was postponed due to Anderlecht's participation in the Europa League.

Genk v Dender

22 September 2024 8	Genk	0–0	Dender	Genk
18:30				Stadium: Cegeka Arena

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

References

1. "Celtic forward Oh Hyeon-gyu joins Genk". OneFootball. July 14, 2024.
2. Projects, Sanmax. "South Korean Hyeon-gyu Oh signs for four seasons at KRC Genk | KRC Genk". www.krcgenk.be.
3. "On the move again: Union St Gilloise brings attacker back to Brussels from Genk". OneFootball. July 14, 2024.
4. [1]
5. "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
6. "Calendar presentation 2024-2025 | KRC Genk".