# 2018–19 K.R.C. Genk season

The 2018–19 K.R.C. Genk season was the club's 31st season in existence and the 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genk participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2019
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 | AUS | Danny Vukovic |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Casper de Norre |
| 4 | MF | BEL | Dries Wouters |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Neto Borges |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Dewaest |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Junya Ito (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Marcus Ingvartsen |
| 10 | FW | TAN | Mbwana Samatta |
| 11 | MF | GHA | Joseph Paintsil |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Leandro Trossard (captain) |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
| 19 | MF | POL | Jakub Piotrowski |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Ivan Fiolić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Jere Uronen |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Rubin Seigers |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Sander Berge |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Maarten Vandevoordt |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Bryan Heynen |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Nordin Jackers |
| 31 | DF | DEN | Joakim Mæhle |
| 33 | DF | COL | Jhon Lucumí |
| 45 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo |
| 54 | MF | ROU | Vladimir Screciu |
| 77 | MF | COD | Dieumerci Ndongala |
| 93 | FW | BEL | Zinho Gano |
| — | MF | CIV | Pierre Zebli |

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Bojan Nastić (at Oostende until 30 June 2019) |
| 8 | MF | KOS | Edon Zhegrova (at Basel until 30 June 2020) |
| 15 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Seck (at Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2019) |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Dante Vanzeir (at Beerschot Wilrijk until 30 June 2019) |
| 29 | MF | BEL | Manuel Benson (at Mouscron until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 40 | GK | BEL | Gaëtan Coucke (at Lommel until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | MAR | Amine Khammas (at Den Bosch until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | CZE | Jakub Brabec (at Viktoria Plzeň until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | GRE | Nikos Karelis (at PAOK until 30 June 2019) |

## 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 First Division A | 29 July 2018 | 19 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 060.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 26 September 2018 | 19 December 2018 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 26 July 2018 | 21 February 2019 | Second qualifying round | Round of 32 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 064.29 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 118 | 60 | +58 | 061.40 |
Source: Soccerway

### Belgian First Division A
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Genk | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 63 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 56 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 53 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 51 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 5 | Gent | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the championship 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: 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 12 June 2018.

#### Championship play-offs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Genk (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Antwerp (O) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off Final |
| 5 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 32 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2018.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNK | MAL | BES | SRP |
| 1 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | | 2–4 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Sarpsborg 08 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 5 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 17 December 2018.