# 2022–23 K.V. Oostende season

The 2022–23 K.V. Oostende season was the club's 119th season in existence and the 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Oostende participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 August 2022
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 | ENG | Dillon Phillips (on loan from Cardiff City) |
| 2 | DF | NED | Osaze Urhoghide (on loan from Celtic) |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Zech Medley |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Mateo Barać (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 5 | DF | CYP | Fanos Katelaris |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Maxime D'Arpino |
| 7 | DF | FRA | Théo Ndicka |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Cameron McGeehan |
| 10 | MF | CPV | Kenny Rocha Santos |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Indy Boonen |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Dapo Mebude |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Sieben Dewaele |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Ivan Durdov |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Tatsuhiro Sakamoto |
| 19 | DF | BEL | Manuel Osifo |
| 20 | FW | BEL | Andy Musayev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | BEL | Jordy Schelfhout |
| 23 | DF | GER | Alfons Amade |
| 26 | MF | AUT | Kelvin Arase (on loan from Karlsruher SC) |
| 27 | DF | BEL | Brecht Capon |
| 28 | GK | BEL | Guillaume Hubert |
| 29 | MF | BEL | Robbie D'Haese |
| 33 | DF | BEL | Anton Tanghe |
| 34 | DF | GER | Nick Bätzner |
| 36 | DF | BEL | Siebe Wylin |
| 39 | FW | SCO | Fraser Hornby (on loan from Reims) |
| 68 | FW | GLP | Thierry Ambrose |
| 77 | FW | GHA | David Atanga |
| 80 | MF | BEL | Pierre Dwomoh (on loan from Antwerp) |
| 88 | DF | CRO | Matej Rodin |
| 90 | FW | BEL | Mohamed Berte |

### 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 |
| — | DF | FRA | Thomas Basila (at Nancy until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | USA | Kyle Duncan (at New York Red Bulls until 31 December 2023) |
| — | MF | BEL | Evangelos Patoulidis (at Den Bosch until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | FRA | Vincent Koziello (at Virton until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Alessandro Albanese (at Virton until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | SEN | Makhtar Gueye (at Zaragoza until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | FRA | Andrew Jung (at Quevilly-Rouen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | FRA | Thomas Robinet (at Nancy until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Fanos Katelaris | Apollon Limassol | Free | 15 June 2022 |
| GK | Dillon Phillips | Cardiff City | Loan | 27 July 2022 |
| FW | Fraser Hornby | Reims | Loan | 28 July 2022 |
| FW | Thomas Robinet | Châteauroux | Undisclosed | 1 September 2022 |
| FW | Dapo Mebude | Watford | Undisclosed | 3 September 2022 |
| FW | Mohammed Berte | Den Bosch | End of loan | 8 September 2022 |
| FW | Preben Stiers | Den Bosch | End of loan | 8 September 2022 |
| MF | Sieben Dewaele | Nancy | End of loan | 8 September 2022 |
| DF | Kyle Duncan | New York Red Bulls | End of loan | 27 October 2022 |
| MF | Pierre Dwomoh | Antwerp | Loan | 2 January 2023 |
| DF | Matej Rodin | Cracovia | Free | 2 January 2023 |
| FW | Ivan Durdov | Domžale | Free | 17 January 2023 |
| MF | Kelvin Arase | Karlsruher SC | Free | 20 January 2023 |
| DF | Mateo Barać | Krylia Sovetov Samara | Loan | 1 February 2023 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Mickaël Biron | RWDM | Undisclosed | 16 July 2022 |
| DF | Kyle Duncan | New York Red Bulls | Loan | 5 August 2022 |
| MF | Evangelos Patoulidis | Den Bosch | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| FW | Makhtar Gueye | Zaragoza | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| FW | Andrew Jung | Quevilly-Rouen | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| FW | Thomas Robinet | Nancy | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| FW | Marko Kvasina | Göztepe | Undisclosed | 8 September 2022 |
| DF | Frederik Jäkel | RB Leipzig | End of loan | 8 September 2022 |
| DF | Steven Fortès | Lens | End of loan | 8 September 2022 |
| GK | Kjell Scherpen | Brighton & Hove Albion | End of loan | 8 September 2022 |
| DF | Kyle Duncan | New York Red Bulls | Loan | 15 January 2023 |
| MF | Vincent Koziello | Virton | Loan | 11 January 2023 |
| MF | Alessandro Albanese | Virton | Loan | 18 January 2023 |

## 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 | 24 July 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 37 | 76 | −39 | 020.59 |
| Belgian Cup | 9 November 2022 | 20 December 2022 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 42 | 79 | −37 | 022.22 |
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: 7 August 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.