# 2023–24 K.R.C. Genk season

The 2023–24 season was K.R.C. Genk's 36th season in existence, and 28th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 7 September 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 | Hendrik Van Crombrugge |
| 2 | DF | USA | Mark McKenzie |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mujaid Sadick |
| 4 | MF | CIV | Aziz Ouattara Mohammed |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Gerardo Arteaga |
| 7 | MF | GAM | Alieu Fadera |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Bryan Heynen (captain) |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Andi Zeqiri |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Yira Sor |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hrošovský |
| 18 | DF | COD | Joris Kayembe |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Anouar Ait El Hadj |
| 23 | DF | COL | Daniel Muñoz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Luca Oyen |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Matías Galarza |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Maarten Vandevoordt |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Joseph Paintsil |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Vic Chambaere |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Bilal El Khannous |
| 41 | GK | BEL | Mike Penders |
| 46 | DF | COL | Carlos Cuesta |
| 70 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Sory Bangoura |
| 77 | MF | MAR | Zakaria El Ouahdi |
| 90 | MF | GHA | Christopher Bonsu Baah |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Tolu Arokodare |

### 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 | DEN | Rasmus Carstensen (at 1. FC Köln until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Nicolás Castro (at Elche until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | BEL | Mike Trésor (at Burnley until June 30 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| DF | Hendrik Van Crombrugge | Anderlecht | €1,300,000 | 18 July 2023 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Rasmus Carstensen | 1. FC Köln | Loan | 3 August 2023 |
| GK | Tobe Leysen | OH Leuven | Undisclosed | 19 August 2023 |
| MF | Mike Trésor | Burnley | Loan | 1 September 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 | 29 July 2023 | 17 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 040.00 |
| Champions' Play-offs | 1 April 2024 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 044.44 |
| Belgian Cup | 1 November 2023 | 6 December 2023 | Seventh round | Eighth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 25 July 2023 | 2 August 2023 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 10 August 2023 | 17 August 2023 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 24 August 2023 | 14 December 2023 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 79 | 62 | +17 | 037.74 |
Last updated: 20 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 51 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 September 2023. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 |

#### 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: 12 May 2024. Source:

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round

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

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round

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

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Play-off round

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

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage will be held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FIO | FER | GNK | ČUK |
| 1 | Fiorentina | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Ferencváros | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Genk | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Čukarički | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 14 December 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Conference League | Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Hendrik Van Crombrugge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Maarten Vandevoordt | 27 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Vic Chambaere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | BEL | Mike Penders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | USA | Mark McKenzie | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mujaid Sadick | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Gerardo Arteaga | 19 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | COD | Joris Kayembe | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | COL | Daniel Muñoz | 26 | 7 | 13+1 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 46 | DF | COL | Carlos Cuesta | 21 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | CIV | Aziz Ouattara Mohammed | 15 | 1 | 3+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | TAN | Mbwana Samatta | 21 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Bryan Heynen | 24 | 6 | 13+1 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Yira Sor | 21 | 4 | 6+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hrošovský | 29 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Anouar Ait El Hadj | 12 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Luca Oyen | 14 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Matías Galarza | 29 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Bilal El Khannous | 31 | 3 | 15+2 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Sory Bangoura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | MAR | Zakaria El Ouahdi | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | GHA | Christopher Bonsu Baah | 28 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SUI | Andi Zeqiri | 17 | 5 | 7+3 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Joseph Paintsil | 27 | 7 | 15+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Tolu Arokodare | 29 | 8 | 4+13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | BEL | Mike Trésor | 6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |