# 2023–24 K.A.A. Gent season

The 2023–24 season is K.A.A. Gent's 124th season in existence and 35th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They are also competing in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 8 February 2024
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 | FRA | Paul Nardi |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Archie Brown |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tsuyoshi Watanabe |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Ismaël Kandouss |
| 6 | MF | ISR | Omri Gandelman |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Hong Hyun-seok |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Pieter Gerkens |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Momodou Sonko |
| 10 | FW | MAR | Tarik Tissoudali |
| 12 | DF | CTA | Hugo Gambor |
| 13 | MF | BEL | Julien De Sart |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Daisuke Yokota |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Daniel Schmidt |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Andrew Hjulsager |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Matisse Samoise |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Franck Surdez |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Stefan Mitrović |
| 21 | DF | CMR | Brian Agbor |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Noah Fadiga |
| 23 | DF | NGA | Jordan Torunarigha |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums (captain) |
| 25 | DF | ANG | Núrio Fortuna |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Louis Fortin |
| 28 | FW | BEL | Matias Fernandez-Pardo |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Laurent Depoitre |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Célestin De Schrevel |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Davy Roef |

#### 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 | BEL | Bram Lagae (at Dunkerque until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | AUS | Keegan Jelacic (at Brisbane Roar until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Tsuyoshi Watanabe | Kortrijk | €3,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Keegan Jelacic | Perth Glory | €180,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Ismaël Kandouss | Union Saint-Gilloise | €1,750,000 | 12 July 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| DF | Joseph Okumu | Reims | €12,000,000 | 22 July 2023 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 17 April 2024 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 040.00 |
| Europe Play-offs | 29 March 2024 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 080.00 |
| Europe Play-offs | 2 June 2024 | | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 1 November 2023 | 16 January 2024 | Seventh round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 21 February 2024 | Second qualifying round | Knockout round play-offs | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 064.29 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 122 | 65 | +57 | 055.17 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 47 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 6 | Genk | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 47 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 7 | Gent | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 47 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 8 | Mechelen | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 45 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 40 | Qualification for the Europe 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |

#### 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 |
Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

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

#### European competition play-off
### Belgian Cup
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 21 June 2023.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MTA | GNT | ZOR | BRE |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Gent | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Breiðablik | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 0 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — |