# 2018–19 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

The 2018–19 season was the 115th in the history of Royal Charleroi Sporting Club and the club's seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football.

## Players
### First-team squad

Updated 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 | FRA | Nicolas Penneteau |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Maxime Busi |
| 6 | DF | MKD | Gjoko Zajkov |
| 7 | MF | BEL | David Henen |
| 8 | DF | ESP | Francisco Martos |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Adama Niane |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Perbet |
| 12 | GK | SWE | Joachim Imbrechts |
| 13 | MF | SEN | Christophe Diandy |
| 15 | GK | BEL | Valentin Baume |
| 17 | DF | GRE | Stergos Marinos |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Nathan Rodes |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Gaëtan Hendrickx |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Steeven Willems |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Dorian Dessoleil |
| 25 | DF | ANG | Núrio Fortuna |
| 26 | MF | MAD | Marco Ilaimaharitra |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Angella (on loan from Udinese) |
| 35 | GK | COD | Parfait Mandanda |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Ryota Morioka (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 45 | FW | NGA | Victor Osimhen (on loan from Wolfsburg) |
| 69 | GK | FRA | Rémy Riou |
| 70 | MF | IRN | Younes Delfi |
| 77 | MF | BEL | Massimo Bruno |
| 88 | MF | IRN | Ali Gholizadeh |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dorian Dervite (at NAC Breda until 30 June 2019) |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Enes Sağlık (at AFC Tubize until 30 June 2019) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Romain Grange (at Grenoble Foot 38 until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | CIV | Chris Bedia (at S.V. Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | BEL | David Pollet (at KAS Eupen until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | IRN | Omid Noorafkan (at Esteghlal until 30 June 2019) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| First Division A | 29 July 2018 | 17 March 2019 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 43 | +0 | 040.00 |
| Europa League play-offs | 31 March 2019 | 26 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 066.67 |
| Belgian Cup | 26 September 2018 | 5 December 2018 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 047.73 |
Source: Soccerway

### First Division A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 9 | Charleroi | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 10 | Excel Mouscron | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 11 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League 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:

#### Europa League play-offs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Charleroi | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 22 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off semi-final |
| 2 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 17 | |
| 3 | Westerlo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 12 | |
| 4 | Oostende | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 12 | |
| 5 | Eupen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 11 | |
| 6 | Beerschot Wilrijk | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 8 | |