# 2021–22 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

The 2021–22 season was the 118th season in the existence of Royal Charleroi S.C. and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, R. Charleroi S.C. participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | SEN | Bingourou Kamara (on loan from Strasbourg) |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Stefan Knezevic |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Jules Van Cleemput |
| 5 | DF | TOG | Loïc Bessilé |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Adem Zorgane |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Karim Zedadka (on loan from Napoli) |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Ali Gholizadeh |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Vakoun Issouf Bayo (on loan from Gent) |
| 10 | FW | SEN | Youssouph Badji (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Joris Kayembe |
| 13 | GK | FRA | Didier Desprez |
| 14 | FW | LTU | Nauris Petkevičius |
| 15 | FW | BEL | Anthony Descotte |
| 16 | GK | BFA | Hervé Koffi |
| 17 | FW | BEL | Isaac Mbenza |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Daan Heymans (on loan from Venezia) |
| 19 | DF | CIV | Benjamin Karamoko |
| 21 | DF | CYP | Stelios Andreou |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Steeven Willems |
| 25 | DF | NGA | Valentine Ozornwafor (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 26 | MF | MAD | Marco Ilaimaharitra |
| 28 | FW | BEL | Ken Nkuba |
| 29 | DF | BEL | Reda Akbib |
| 31 | DF | BEL | Martin Wasinski |
| 32 | DF | BEL | Mehdi Boukamir |
| 38 | MF | BEL | Jackson Tchatchoua |
| 39 | MF | BEL | Kilian Lokembo |
| 40 | GK | BEL | Matteo Chiacig |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Ryota Morioka (captain) |
| 70 | FW | BEL | Anass Zaroury |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Ivan Goranov (at Levski Sofia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | BEL | Levi Malungu (at MVV until 30 June 2022) |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Lucas Ribeiro Costa (at Waasland-Beveren until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | CIV | Aboubakar Keita (at RWDM47 until 30 June 2022) |
| 20 | MF | CIV | Jean Thierry Lazare (at Union SG until 30 June 2022) |
| 70 | MF | IRN | Younes Delfi (at Gorica until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### Loans in

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned from | Fee | Date | On loan until | Source |
| | | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | | | | | |

## 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 | 24 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 042.50 |
| Belgian Cup | 27 October 2021 | 27 October 2021 | Sixth round | Sixth round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 041.46 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Antwerp | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 6 | Charleroi | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 7 | Mechelen | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 52 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.

#### Play-Off II

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | GNT | GNK | CHA | MEC |
| 1 | Gent | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 37 | | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Charleroi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 34 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 30 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Gent qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Belgian Cup winners.

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | | | | | | |