# 2022–23 S.V. Zulte Waregem season

The 2022–23 S.V. Zulte Waregem season was the club's 22nd season in existence and the 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. The club finished 17th in the league and was relegated to the Challenger Pro League.
In addition to the domestic league, Zulte Waregem participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup, reaching the semi-finals. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 18 August 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Sammy Bossut |
| 2 | DF | CGO | Ravy Tsouka |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Borja López |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Timothy Derijck |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Drambayev (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Sissako |
| 7 | MF | GAM | Alieu Fadera |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Jelle Vossen |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Mamadou Sangare (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Alioune Ndour |
| 12 | MF | BEL | Christian Brüls |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Alessandro Ciranni |
| 15 | MF | BEL | Wout De Buyser |
| 16 | MF | EST | Kevor Palumets |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Pape Diop |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | SEN | Modou Tambedou |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Youssuf Sylla |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Nicolas Rommens |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Bent Sørmo |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Dani Ramírez |
| 25 | GK | BEL | Louis Bostyn |
| 26 | MF | TAN | Novatus Dismas |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Chinonso Offor (on loan from CF Montréal) |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Sef Van Damme |
| 31 | DF | BEL | Lukas Willen |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Martijn Beernaert |
| 34 | FW | BEL | Stan Braem |
| 35 | FW | BEL | Lennert Hallaert |
| 71 | DF | BEL | Cheick Thiam |
| 93 | FW | GNB | Zinho Gano |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Borja López | Sporting Gijón | | 15 June 2022 |
| MF | Nicolas Rommens | RWDM | | 16 June 2022 |
| DF | Oleksandr Drambayev | Shakhtar Donetsk | Loan | 16 June 2022 |
| FW | Stan Braem | Unattached | Free | 18 June 2022 |
| MF | Mamadou Sangare | Red Bull Salzburg | Loan | 22 June 2022 |
| MF | Novatus Miroshi | Maccabi Tel Aviv | | 28 June 2022 |
| DF | Modou Tambedou | Unattached | Free | 14 July 2022 |
| DF | Ravy Tsouka | Helsingborg | | 29 July 2022 |
| MF | Dani Ramírez | Lech Poznań | | 1 August 2022 |
| MF | Kevor Palumets | Paide Linnameeskond | | 5 September 2022 |
| FW | Chinonso Offor | Montréal | Loan | 5 September 2022 |
| MF | Pape Diop | Unattached | Free | 5 September 2022 |
| FW | Alioune Ndour | Haugesund | | 6 September 2022 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Dion De Neve | Kortrijk | Free | 4 April 2022 |
| DF | Ewoud Pletinckx | OH Leuven | Undisclosed | 17 June 2022 |
| DF | Cameron Humphreys | Rotherham United | Free | 5 July 2022 |
| DF | Laurens De Bock | Atromitos | Free | 30 July 2022 |
| MF | David Hubert | RSCA Futures | Undisclosed | 13 August 2022 |
| MF | Jean-Luc Dompé | Hamburger SV | Undisclosed | 18 August 2022 |
| MF | Mathieu De Smet | HSV Hoek | Undisclosed | 7 September 2022 |
| MF | Omar Govea | Unattached | Free | 7 September 2022 |
| MF | Ibrahima Seck | Unattached | Free | 7 September 2022 |
| MF | Bassem Srarfi | Unattached | Free | 7 September 2022 |
| MF | Frank Boya | Antwerp | End of loan | 7 September 2022 |
| MF | Dereck Kutesa | Reims | End of loan | 7 September 2022 |
| MF | Idrissa Doumbia | Sporting CP | End of loan | 7 September 2022 |
| DF | Dion Cools | Midtjylland | End of loan | 7 September 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Belgian Pro League | 23 July 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 50 | 78 | −28 | 017.65 |
| Belgian Cup | 9 November 2022 | 28 February 2023 | Sixth round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 56 | 82 | −26 | 023.08 |
Last updated: 23 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Belgian Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 31 | |
| 15 | Eupen | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 75 | −35 | 28 | |
| 16 | Oostende (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 37 | 76 | −39 | 27 | Relegation to Challenger Pro League |
| 17 | Zulte Waregem (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 50 | 78 | −28 | 27 | Relegation to Challenger Pro League |
| 18 | Seraing (R) | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 28 | 68 | −40 | 20 | Relegation to Challenger Pro League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 April 2023. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.