# 2022–23 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

The 2022–23 Royal Charleroi S.C. season was the club's 119th season in existence and the 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Charleroi participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 2 February 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 | FRA | Pierre Patron |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Jonas Bager |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Stefan Knezevic |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Jules Van Cleemput |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Adem Zorgane |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Isaac Mbenza |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Vakoun Issouf Bayo (on loan from Watford) |
| 10 | FW | SEN | Youssouph Badji (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Joris Kayembe |
| 16 | GK | BFA | Hervé Koffi |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Daan Heymans |
| 19 | FW | SRB | Nikola Štulić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | CYP | Stelios Andreou |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Damien Marcq |
| 26 | MF | MAD | Marco Ilaimaharitra (captain) |
| 28 | FW | BEL | Ken Nkuba |
| 32 | DF | BEL | Mehdi Boukamir |
| 38 | MF | BEL | Jackson Tchatchoua |
| 40 | GK | BEL | Matteo Chiacig |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Ryota Morioka |
| 45 | FW | ALG | Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali |
| 55 | GK | BEL | Martin Delavallée |
| 99 | MF | IRN | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh |
| — | DF | NGA | Valentine Ozornwafor |

### 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Didier Desprez (at Paris 13 Atletico until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | BEL | Martin Wasinski (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TOG | Loïc Bessilé (at Eupen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | IRN | Ali Gholizadeh (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Julien Maggiotti (at Laval until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | BEL | Anthony Descotte (at Utrecht until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | LTU | Nauris Petkevičius (at Žalgiris until 31 December 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| GK | Martin Delavallée | Royal Excel Mouscron | Free | 19 June 2022 |
| MF | Julien Maggiotti | Laval | Undisclosed | 21 June 2022 |
| GK | Pierre Patron | Le Mans | Undisclosed | 4 July 2022 |
| DF | Ivan Goranov | Levski Sofia | End of loan | 13 July 2022 |
| DF | Jonas Bager | Union SG | Free | 13 July 2022 |
| MF | Damien Marcq | Union SG | Free | 14 July 2022 |
| FW | Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali | Paradou AC | Undisclosed | 22 July 2022 |
| FW | Mitchy Ntelo | Standard Liège | Free | 4 August 2022 |
| MF | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | Esteghlal | Undisclosed | 22 August 2022 |
| FW | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | Watford | Loan | 30 January 2023 |
| FW | Nikola Štulić | Radnički Niš | Undisclosed | 31 January 2023 |
| DF | Valentine Ozornwafor | Sochaux | End of loan | 31 January 2023 |
| MF | Aboubakar Keita | Sektzia Ness Ziona | End of loan | 1 February 2023 |
| FW | Nauris Petkevičius | Beerschot | End of loan | 3 February 2023 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Julien Maggiotti | Laval | Loan | 21 June 2022 |
| FW | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | Watford | Undisclosed | 2 July 2022 |
| DF | Valentine Ozornwafor | Sochaux | Loan | 8 July 2022 |
| DF | Ivan Goranov | Lamia | Undisclosed | 13 July 2022 |
| GK | Didier Desprez | Paris 13 Atletico | Loan | 13 July 2022 |
| FW | Fabio Ferraro | RWDM | Free | 17 July 2022 |
| MF | Aboubakar Keita | Sektzia Ness Ziona | Loan | 19 July 2022 |
| DF | Romain Donnez | Francs Borains | Free | 25 July 2022 |
| MF | Anass Zaroury | Burnley | Undisclosed | 30 August 2022 |
| FW | Nauris Petkevičius | Beerschot | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| MF | Martin Wasinski | Kortrijk | Loan | 6 January 2023 |
| DF | Benjamin Karamoko | Spartak Varna | Undisclosed | 11 January 2023 |
| FW | Anthony Descotte | Utrecht | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| FW | Loïc Bessilé | Eupen | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| MF | Aboubakar Keita | AIK | Free | 1 February 2023 |
| FW | Ali Gholizadeh | Kasımpaşa | Loan | 2 February 2023 |
| FW | Nauris Petkevičius | Žalgiris | Loan | 3 February 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 23 July 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 041.18 |
| Belgian Cup | 8 November 2022 | 8 November 2022 | Sixth round | Sixth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 040.00 |
Last updated: 23 April 2023 Source: [ Soccerway]

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Westerlo | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 9 | Charleroi | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 48 | |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 48 | |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 46 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 May 2023. 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixture was announced on 22 June 2022.