# 2023–24 K.V. Kortrijk season

The 2023–24 season was K.V. Kortrijk's 123rd season in existence and 16th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 29 December 2023
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 | Tom Vandenberghe |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Ryan Alebiosu |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Mark Mampassi (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Christalino Atemona |
| 6 | DF | CHI | Nayel Mehssatou |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Dylan Mbayo |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Youssef Challouk |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Jonathan Afolabi |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Abdelkahar Kadri |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Dion De Neve |
| 13 | GK | BEL | Ebbe De Vlaeminck |
| 15 | MF | BUL | Kristiyan Malinov |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Marco Kana (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 20 | FW | URU | Felipe Avenatti |
| 21 | DF | BEL | Martin Wasinski (on loan from Charleroi) |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Alex Mighten (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Sissako |
| 29 | FW | SVK | Martin Regáli |
| 39 | FW | WAL | Isaak Davies (on loan from Cardiff City) |
| 44 | DF | POR | João Silva |
| 54 | FW | ENG | Sheyi Ojo (on loan from Cardiff City) |
| 66 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Radovanović |
| 68 | FW | GLP | Thierry Ambrose |
| 70 | MF | BEL | Massimo Bruno |
| 76 | FW | SEN | Djibi Seck |
| 77 | FW | TOG | David Henen |
| 89 | MF | BEL | Lynnt Audoor (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 95 | GK | BEL | Lucas Pirard |
| 98 | DF | ROU | Raul Opruț |
| 99 | FW | FRA | Mounaïm El Idrissy |

### 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 |
| — | MF | BEL | Massimo Decoene (at Oostende until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ALG | Billel Messaoudi (at Göztepe until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | MAS | Luqman Hakim Shamsudin (at Njarðvík until 31 December 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Raul Opruț | FC Hermannstadt | €400,000 | 31 July 2023 |
| MF | Sheyi Ojo | Cardiff City | Loan | 16 August 2023 |
| MF | Kristiyan Malinov | OH Leuven | Free | 18 August 2023 |
| MF | Marco Kana | Anderlecht | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Craig Cathcart | Watford | Free | 5 September 2023 |
| MF | Alex Mighten | Nottingham Forest | Loan | 5 September 2023 |
| FW | Mounaïm El Idrissy | Ajaccio | | 6 September 2023 |
| FW | Jonathan Afolabi | Bohemians | Undisclosed | 29 December 2023 |
| DF | Haruya Fujii | Nagoya Grampus | Loan | 10 January 2024 |
| DF | Ryotaro Tsunoda | Cardiff City | Loan | 23 January 2024 |
| MF | Kings Kangwa | Red Star Belgrade | Loan | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Billel Messaoudi | Göztepe | Loan | 14 August 2023 |
| DF | Craig Cathcart | Retired | Retired | 19 September 2023 |
| DF | Raul Opruț | FC Hermannstadt | Loan | 8 January 2024 |
| MF | Alex Mighten | Nottingham Forest | Loan return | 9 January 2024 |
| FW | Luqman Hakim Shamsudin | YSCC Yokohama | Loan | 16 January 2024 |
| DF | Aleksandar Radovanović | Almería | Free | 20 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 regular season | 30 July 2023 | 16 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 020.00 |
| Relegation play-offs | 7 April 2024 | 11 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 033.33 |
| Promotion/relegation play-offs | 19 May 2024 | 19 May 2024 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 1 November 2023 | 1 November 2023 | Seventh round | Eighth round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 025.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Belgian Pro League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | OH Leuven | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 29 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 13 | Charleroi | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Eupen | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 16 | RWD Molenbeek | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 May 2024. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |