# 2024–25 K.A.A. Gent season

The 2024–25 season is the 125th season in the history of the K.A.A. Gent as a football club, and the 36th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Conference League.

## Squad

| Position | Number | Player | Date joined |
| GK | 1 | Paul Nardi | 2022 |
| DF | 3 | Archie Brown | 2023 |
| DF | 4 | Tsuyoshi Watanabe | 2023 |
| DF | 5 | Ismaël Kandouss | 2023 |
| DF | 12 | Hugo Gambor | 2024 |
| DF | 20 | Stefan Mitrović | 2024 |
| DF | 22 | Noah Fadiga | 2023 |
| DF | 23 | Jordan Torunarigha | 2022 |
| DF | 41 | Hannes Vernemmen | |
| MF | 6 | Omri Gandelman | 2023 |
| MF | 7 | Hong Hyun-seok | 2022 |
| MF | 8 | Pieter Gerkens | 2023 |
| MF | 13 | Julien De Sart | 2021 |
| MF | 17 | Andrew Hjulsager | 2021 |
| MF | 18 | Matisse Samoise | 2008 |
| MF | 24 | Sven Kums | 2019 |
| FW | 9 | Momodou Sonko | 2024 |
| FW | 28 | Matias Fernandez-Pardo | 2020 |
| FW | | Ahmed Abdullahi | 2022 |
| FW | | Andri Guðjohnsen | 2024 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Andri Guðjohnsen | Lyngby | | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Max Dean | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed | 12 July 2024 |
| MF | Mathias Delorge | Sint-Truiden | €3,500,000 | 24 July 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Laurent Depoitre | | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Tarik Tissoudali | PAOK | Undisclosed | 28 July 2024 |
| FW | Matias Fernandez-Pardo | Lille | | 30 August 2024 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Belgian Pro League | 28 July 2024 | | Matchday 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 050.00 |
| Belgian Cup | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| UEFA Conference League | 25 July 2024 | | Second qualifying round | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 061.11 |
Last updated: 24 October 2024 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Antwerp | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 40 | Qualification for the Champions' play-offs |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 39 | Qualification for the Champions' play-offs |
| 6 | Gent | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions' play-offs |
| 7 | Standard Liège | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 35 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 8 | Charleroi | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 32 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | | |
| Position | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | |

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.

### UEFA Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.

#### League phase

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 15 | Real Betis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 16 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 17 | Gent | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 18 | Copenhagen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 19 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |