# 2023–24 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

The 2023–24 season was Royal Charleroi S.C.'s 120th season in existence and 12th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup, being knocked out in the eighth round.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 10 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 | Pierre Patron |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Jonas Bager |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Stefan Knezevic |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Jules Van Cleemput |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Etienne Camara |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Adem Zorgane |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Isaac Mbenza |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Parfait Guiagon |
| 9 | FW | PLE | Oday Dabbagh |
| 10 | FW | SEN | Youssouph Badji |
| 12 | GK | BEL | Nicolas Closset |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Nadhir Benbouali |
| 15 | DF | NOR | Vetle Dragsnes |
| 16 | GK | BFA | Hervé Koffi |
| 17 | MF | BEL | Antoine Bernier |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Daan Heymans |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | SRB | Nikola Štulić |
| 21 | DF | CYP | Stelios Andreou |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Adrien Trebel |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Damien Marcq |
| 26 | MF | MAD | Marco Ilaimaharitra (captain) |
| 27 | DF | BEL | Roméo Monticelli |
| 29 | DF | SVN | Žan Rogelj |
| 32 | DF | BEL | Mehdi Boukamir |
| 37 | DF | MAR | Achraf Dari (on loan from Brest) |
| 42 | MF | BEL | Thomas Lutte |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Ryota Morioka |
| 55 | GK | BEL | Martin Delavallée |
| 66 | DF | NGA | Valentine Ozornwafor |
| 80 | FW | BEL | Youssuf Sylla |
| 98 | DF | FRA | Jeremy Petris |

### 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 | Martin Wasinski (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | BEL | Jackson Tchatchoua (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Oday Dabbagh | Arouca | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Žan Rogelj | WSG Tirol | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Antoine Bernier | RFC Seraing | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Youssouph Badji | Club Brugge | Undisclosed | 6 July 2023 |
| FW | Youssuf Sylla | Zulte Waregem | | 30 August 2023 |
| DF | Vetle Dragsnes | Lillestrøm | €250,000 | 31 August 2023 |
| DF | Jeremy Petris | Levski Sofia | Undisclosed | 30 January 2024 |
| DF | Achraf Dari | Brest | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Etienne Camara | Udinese | Undisclosed | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ali Gholizadeh | Lech Poznań | €1,800,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Joris Kayembe | Genk | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Nauris Petkevičius | FC Hegelmann | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| GK | Didier Desprez | F91 Dudelange | Free | 11 July 2023 |
| FW | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | Tractor | €800,000 | 25 July 2023 |
| MF | Julien Maggiotti | Bastia | Undisclosed | 26 July 2023 |
| DF | Jackson Tchatchoua | Hellas Verona | Loan | 31 August 2023 |
| DF | Loïc Bessilé | USL Dunkerque | Undisclosed | 1 January 2024 |
| MF | Ken Nkuba | Genk | €3,800,000 | 30 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 8 June 2023, it was announced that their first friendly of the upcoming season, will be a trip to Mons to play fifth division side R.A.E.C. Mons.

## 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 | 13th | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 023.33 |
| Relegation play-offs | 6 April 2024 | 11 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 083.33 |
| Belgian Cup | 31 October 2023 | 6 December 2023 | Seventh round | Eighth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 034.21 |
Source: Soccerway

### Belgian Pro League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Westerlo | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 30 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 12 | OH Leuven | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 29 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 13 | Charleroi | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Eupen | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 57 | −35 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 |

#### 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: 11 May 2024. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |