# K.R.C. Genk in European football

Koninklijke Racing Club Genk is an association football club from Genk, Belgium. The team has participated in thirteen seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including four seasons in the Champions League, six seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Intertoto Cup and one season in the Cup Winners' Cup. It has played 74 UEFA games, resulting in 32 wins, 20 draws and 22 defeats. The club's first appearance was in the 1997 Intertoto Cup. Since then, Genk has been involved in a UEFA tournament every season except the 2001–02, the 2006–07 and the 2008-09 seasons. The club's best performance is reaching the group stage of the 2002-03 Champions League, the 2011-12 Champions League and the 2019-20 Champions League.
The club plays its home matches at Cegeka Arena, a multi-purpose stadium in Genk. Since the building in 1999, it can host 25,000 spectators (of which 4,200 are standing places).

## European record
### Matches

* Q = qualification round
* PO = play-off
* R = round
* Group = group stage / Group 1 = first group stage / Group 2 = second group stage
* 1/8 = eighth finals / 1/4 = quarter-finals / 1/2 = semi-finals
* F = final
* PUC = points UEFA coefficient
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1997 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group | B36 Tórshavn | — | 5–0 | 2nd |
| 1997 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group | Stabæk | 4–3 | — | 2nd |
| 1997 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group | Dynamo Moscow | — | 2–3 | 2nd |
| 1997 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group | Panachaiki | 4–2 | — | 2nd |
| 1998–99 | Cup Winners' Cup | Q | Apolonia | 4–0 | 5–1 | 9–1 |
| 1998–99 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | MSV Duisburg | 5–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| 1998–99 | Cup Winners' Cup | 2R | Mallorca | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 (a) |
| 1999–00 | Champions League | 2Q | Maribor | 3–0 | 1–5 | 4–5 |
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | 1R | FC Zürich | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | 2R | Werder Bremen | 2–5 | 1–4 | 3–9 |
| 2002–03 | Champions League | 3Q | Sparta Prague | 2–0 | 2–4 | 4–4 (a) |
| 2002–03 | Champions League | Group C | AEK Athens | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4th |
| 2002–03 | Champions League | Group C | Real Madrid | 1–1 | 0–6 | 4th |
| 2002–03 | Champions League | Group C | Roma | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4th |
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2R | Marek Dupnitza | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 3R | Borussia Dortmund | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Semi-finals | União de Leiria | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 2Q | Liepājas Metalurgs | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 |
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 1R | Litex Lovech | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| 2007–08 | Champions League | 2Q | FK Sarajevo | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2009–10 | Europa League | PO | Lille | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–6 |
| 2010–11 | Europa League | 3Q | Inter Turku | 3–2 | 5–1 | 8–3 |
| 2010–11 | Europa League | PO | Porto | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–7 |
| 2011–12 | Champions League | 3Q | FK Partizan | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 2011–12 | Champions League | PO | Maccabi Haifa | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3, 4–1 (p) |
| 2011–12 | Champions League | Group E | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4th |
| 2011–12 | Champions League | Group E | Chelsea | 1–1 | 0–5 | 4th |
| 2011–12 | Champions League | Group E | Valencia | 0–0 | 0–7 | 4th |
| 2012–13 | Europa League | 3Q | Aktobe | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| 2012–13 | Europa League | PO | FC Luzern | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| 2012–13 | Europa League | Group G | Sporting CP | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1st |
| 2012–13 | Europa League | Group G | Basel | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1st |
| 2012–13 | Europa League | Group G | Videoton | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1st |
| 2012–13 | Europa League | Round of 32 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| 2013–14 | Europa League | PO | FH | 2–0 | 5–2 | 7–2 |
| 2013–14 | Europa League | Group G | Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1st |
| 2013–14 | Europa League | Group G | Rapid Wien | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1st |
| 2013–14 | Europa League | Group G | Thun | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1st |
| 2013–14 | Europa League | Round of 32 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| 2016–17 | Europa League | 2Q | Budućnost | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2, 4–2 (p) |
| 2016–17 | Europa League | 3Q | Cork City | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2016–17 | Europa League | PO | Lokomotiva | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| 2016–17 | Europa League | Group F | Athletic Club | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1st |
| 2016–17 | Europa League | Group F | Rapid Wien | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1st |
| 2016–17 | Europa League | Group F | Sassuolo | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1st |
| 2016–17 | Europa League | Round of 32 | Astra Giurgiu | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| 2016–17 | Europa League | Round of 16 | Gent | 1–1 | 5–2 | 6–3 |
| 2016–17 | Europa League | Quarter-finals | Celta de Vigo | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 |
| 2018–19 | Europa League | 2Q | Fola Esch | 5–0 | 4–1 | 9–1 |
| 2018–19 | Europa League | 3Q | Lech Poznań | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2018–19 | Europa League | PQ | Brøndby | 5–2 | 4–2 | 9–4 |
| 2018–19 | Europa League | Group I | Malmö | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1st |
| 2018–19 | Europa League | Group I | Sarpsborg 08 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1st |
| 2018–19 | Europa League | Group I | Beşiktaş | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1st |
| 2018–19 | Europa League | Round of 32 | Slavia Prague | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| 2019–20 | Champions League | Group E | Red Bull Salzburg | 1–4 | 2–6 | 4th |
| 2019–20 | Champions League | Group E | Napoli | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4th |
| 2019–20 | Champions League | Group E | Liverpool | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Champions League | 3Q | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| 2021–22 | Europa League | Group H | Dinamo Zagreb | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Europa League | Group H | West Ham United | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Europa League | Group H | Rapid Wien | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4th |
| 2023–24 | Champions League | 2Q | Servette | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3, 1–4 (p) |
| 2023–24 | Europa League | 3Q | Olympiacos | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 2023–24 | Europa Conference League | PO | Adana Demirspor | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2, 5–4 (p) |
| 2023–24 | Europa Conference League | Group F | Fiorentina | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3rd |
| 2023–24 | Europa Conference League | Group F | Čukarički | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3rd |
| 2023–24 | Europa Conference League | Group F | Ferencvárosi | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3rd |

## All-time statistics

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Genk's games in the four UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals scored (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2018–19 season. The statistics also include goals scored during the extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.
| Tournament | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Champions League / European Cup | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 022.73 |
| Europa League / UEFA Cup | 60 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 117 | 80 | +37 | 056.67 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | 98 | 47 | 25 | 26 | 172 | 137 | +35 | 047.96 |