2024–25 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

Charleroi

2024–25 season
Chairman	Fabien Debecq
Managing Director	Mehdi Bayat
Manager	Rik De Mil
Stadium	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Belgian Pro League	7th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: Daan Heymans (8) All: Daan Heymans (9)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 26 December 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 121st season in the history of the Royal Charleroi S.C., and the club's 13th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Belgian Cup.

Squad

Position Number Player Date joined Further data GK 12 Nicolas Closset GK 55 Martin Delavallée GK 33 Théo Defourny 2024 DF 15 Vetle Dragsnes 2023 DF 21 Stelios Andreou 2021 DF 32 Mehdi Boukamir 2013 DF 24 Mardochee Nzita 2024 DF Aiham Ousou 2024 MF 5 Etienne Camara 2024 MF 6 Adem Zorgane 2021 MF 8 Parfait Guiagon 2023 MF 17 Antoine Bernier 2023 MF 18 Daan Heymans 2022 MF 29 Žan Rogelj 2023 MF 98 Jeremy Petris 2024 MF Noam Mayoka-Tika 2024 FW 7 Isaac Mbenza 2022 FW 9 Oday Dabbagh 2023 FW 19 Nikola Štulić 2023 FW 80 Youssuf Sylla 2023

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Martin Wasinski	Kortrijk	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	José Capon	Stade Rennais B	Free	1 July 2024	[1]
DF	Mardochee Nzita	Beerschot	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	[2]
GK	Théo Defourny	RWDM	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	[3]
MF	Noam Mayoka-Tika	Olympique de Marseille	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	[4]
GK	Mohamed Koné	Le Havre AC	Undisclosed	2 July 2024	[5]
DF	Cheick Keita	Reims	Undisclosed	4 July 2024
MF	Raymond Asante	Udinese Primavera	Loan	12 July 2024	[6]
MF	Yacine Titraoui	Paradou AC	Undisclosed	12 July 2024	[7]
FW	Mondy Prunier	FC Versailles	Undisclosed	31 July 2024	[8]
DF	Aiham Ousou	Slavia Prague	Loan	31 July 2024	[9]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Achraf Dari	Brest	Loan return	30 June 2024	[10]
DF	Martin Wasinski	Schalke 04	End of contract	1 July 2024	[11]
DF	Jackson Tchatchoua	Hellas Verona	Undislosed	1 July 2024	[12]
GK	Hervé Koffi	RC Lens	Undislosed	1 July 2024	[10]
DF	Jonas Bager	IFK Göteborg	End of contract	1 July 2024	[10]
MF	Ryota Morioka	Vissel Kobe	End of contract	1 July 2024	[10]
DF	Roméo Monticelli	OH Leuven U23	End of contract	1 July 2024	[10]
DF	Valentine Ozornwafor		End of contract	1 July 2024	[10]
MF	Marco Ilaimaharitra		End of contract	1 July 2024	[10]
DF	Jules Van Cleemput	KV Mechelen	End of contract	1 July 2024	[10]
DF	Damien Marcq		End of contract	1 July 2024	[10]
GK	Pierre Patron	Quevilly-Rouen	End of contract	1 July 2024	[13]
DF	Stefan Knežević	FC Luzern	End of contract	1 July 2024	[14]
FW	Mondy Prunier	Francs Borains	Loan	31 July 2024	[8]
FW	Youssouph Badji	AGF	€1,400,000	2 September 2024
FW	Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali	Győri ETO FC	Loan	3 September 2024	[15]
DF	Mehdi Boukamir	Pafos	Loan	9 September 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

RAEC Mons v Charleroi

28 June 2024 Friendly	RAEC Mons	0–3	Charleroi	Mons
20:00			Štulić Zorgane	Stadium: Stade Charles Tondreau

Genk v Charleroi

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

Charleroi v Swift Hesperange

9 July 2024 Friendly	Charleroi	3–0	Swift Hesperange	Marcinelle
	Mbenza 24' Heymans 48' (pen.) Guiagon 63'	Report
Note: One period of 60 minutes and a second period of 45 minutes.

Charleroi v Beerschot

13 July 2024 Friendly	Charleroi	3–0	Beerschot	Tubize
11:00	Heymans 15', 80' Guiagon 29'	Report
Note: Behind closed doors

Charleroi v Zulte Waregem

13 July 2024 Friendly	Charleroi	2–0	Zulte Waregem	Tubize
14:30	Nzita 39' Sow 67'
Note: Behind closed doors

RKC Waalwijk v Charleroi

17 July 2024 Friendly	RKC Waalwijk	1–1	Charleroi	Netherlands
			Štulić

NAC Breda v Charleroi

19 July 2024 Friendly	NAC Breda	1–2	Charleroi	Zundert, Netherlands
UTZ	Boere 80'		Sylla 58' Zorgane 73'

Charleroi v RFC Liège

30 July 2024 Friendly	Charleroi	3–1	RFC Liège	Marcinelle
	Badji Asante Dalle Molle	Report

Francs Borains v Charleroi

4 August 2024 Friendly	Francs Borains	1–2	Charleroi
18:30	Lavie 83'		Badji 11' Benaets 16'

Charleroi v RAEC Mons

19 August 2024 Friendly	Charleroi	2–1	RAEC Mons	Marcinelle
12:00	Dabbagh Mbenza

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League regular season	28 July 2024	14–16 March 2025	Matchday 1		20	8	3	9	21	23	−2	040.00
Belgian Cup	29 October 2024		Seventh round	Seventh round	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Total					21	8	3	10	22	27	−5	038.10

Last updated: 26 December 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
5	Union SG	20	7	10	3	28	18	+10	31	Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
6	Gent	20	8	6	6	30	24	+6	30
7	Charleroi	20	8	3	9	21	23	−2	27	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8	Mechelen	20	7	6	7	35	26	+9	27
9	Dender EH	20	7	6	7	27	33	−6	27

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.[16]

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
20	8	3	9	21	23	−2	27	5	2	2	10	6	+4	3	1	7	11	17	−6

Last updated: 26 December 2024.
Source: ^[citation needed]

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2024. Source: ^[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The schedule was released on 11 June 2024.[17]

Charleroi v Antwerp

28 July 2024 1	Charleroi	0–1	Antwerp	Charleroi
18:30	Petris  15' Camara  64' Dragsnes  76' Titraoui  88' Heymans  90+1'		Janssen 10',  83' Odoi  90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Sint-Truiden v Charleroi

3 August 2024 2	Sint-Truiden	1–4	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
20:45	Van Helden  40' Zahiroleslam 61'		Heymans 18' (pen.), 30' Guiagon 43' Bernier 45+1' Camara  68'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 4,348 Referee: Bert Put

Charleroi v Gent

11 August 2024 3	Charleroi	1–0	Gent	Charleroi
18:30	Camara  32' Bernier  87' Heymans 90',  90+7'		Fernandez-Pardo  45+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

Union Saint-Gilloise v Charleroi

16 August 2024 4	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–0	Charleroi	Forest
20:45	Moris  90' Fuseini 90+3' (pen.)		Koné  34' Keita  47' Camara  49' Petris  54'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Charleroi v Kortrijk

25 August 2024 5	Charleroi	1–0	Kortrijk	Charleroi
19:15				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Mechelen v Charleroi

31 August 2024 6	Mechelen	5–2	Charleroi	Mechelen
16:00				Stadium: Achter de Kazerne

Charleroi v Beerschot

15 September 2024 7	Charleroi	3–0	Beerschot	Charleroi
18:30				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Anderlecht v Charleroi

21 September 2024 8	Anderlecht	0–0	Charleroi	Anderlecht
20:45				Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 16,841 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Charleroi v Club Brugge

27 September 2024 9	Charleroi	1–1	Club Brugge	Charleroi
20:45	Guiagon 48'		Onyedika  55' Vanaken 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Dender v Charleroi

5 October 2024 10	Dender	1–0	Charleroi	Denderleeuw
20:45	Koné 13' (o.g.)			Stadium: Van Roystadion Referee: Michiel Allaerts

Standard Liège v Charleroi

20 October 2024 11	Standard Liège	2–1	Charleroi	Liège
18:30				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Charleroi v OH Leuven

26 October 2024 12	Charleroi	0–2	OH Leuven	Charleroi
16:00			Ikwuemesi 32', 45+2'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Cercle Brugge v Charleroi

3 November 2024 13	Cercle Brugge	2–0	Charleroi	Bruges
16:00	Denkey 67' Van der Bruggen 72'			Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Charleroi v Westerlo

9 November 2024 14	Charleroi	1–0	Westerlo	Charleroi
20:45	Heymans 67'			Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Bert Put

Genk v Charleroi

23 November 2024 15	Genk	3–0	Charleroi	Genk
20:45	Arokodare 77' Steuckers 83' Adedeji-Sternberg 90'			Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Charleroi v Standard Liège

30 November 2024 16	Charleroi	1–1	Standard Liège	Charleroi
20:45	Dabbagh 90+4'		Kuavita 36'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Antwerp v Charleroi

8 December 2024 17	Antwerp	1–3	Charleroi	Antwerp
13:30				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

OH Leuven v Charleroi

14 December 2024 18	OH Leuven	1–0	Charleroi	Leuven
18:15

Charleroi v Sint-Truiden

21 December 2024 19	Charleroi	2–1	Sint-Truiden	Charleroi
16:00				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Kortrijk v Charleroi

26 December 2024 20	Kortrijk	0–1	Charleroi	Kortrijk
16:00

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Cup

Patro Eisden v Charleroi

29 October 2024 Seventh round	Patro Eisden	4–1	Charleroi	Maasmechelen
20:00				Stadium: Patro-Stadion

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played 26 December 2024

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Pro League	Play-offs	Blegian Cup	Total
1	MF	18		Daan Heymans	8	0	1	9
2	MF	17		Antoine Bernier	3	0	0	3
	MF	8		Parfait Guiagon	3	0	0	3
	FW	19		Nikola Štulić	3	0	0	3
5	DF	21		Stelios Andreou	1	0	0	1
	FW	9		Oday Dabbagh	1	0	0	1
	FW	99		Grejohn Kyei	1	0	0	1
	FW	7		Isaac Mbenza	1	0	0	1
Own goals					0	0	0	0
Totals					21	0	1	22

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