# 2024–25 Royal Antwerp F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is Royal Antwerp Football Club's 145th season in existence and eighth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They are also competing in the Belgian Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 February 2025
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 | BEL | Kobe Corbanie |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Björn Engels |
| 4 | MF | NED | Jaïro Riedewald |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Olivier Deman (on loan from SV Werder Bremen) |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Denis Odoi |
| 7 | FW | SUR | Gyrano Kerk (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Dennis Praet |
| 9 | MF | SUR | Tjaronn Chery |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Michel-Ange Balikwisha |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Kadan Young (on loan from Aston Villa F.C.) |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Mauricio Benítez (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 18 | FW | NED | Vincent Janssen |
| 20 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Doumbia |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | CIV | Farouck Adekami |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Toby Alderweireld (captain) |
| 25 | DF | BEL | Jelle Bataille |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Rosen Bozhinov |
| 27 | FW | GUI | Mohamed Bayo (on loan from Lille OSC) |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Mandela Keita |
| 30 | MF | GER | Christopher Scott |
| 33 | DF | BEL | Zeno Van Den Bosch |
| 46 | MF | BEL | Milan Smits |
| 55 | FW | ECU | Anthony Valencia |
| 91 | GK | BEL | Senne Lammens |
| — | GK | BEL | Yannick Thoelen |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Kadan Young | Aston Villa F.C. | On loan | 3 February 2025 |
| FW | Mohamed Bayo | Lille OSC | On loan | 3 February 2025 |
| MF | Mauricio Benítez | Boca Juniors | On loan | 2 February 2025 |
| GK | Yannick Thoelen | K.V. Mechelen | Free | 30 January 2025 |
| DF | Olivier Deman | SV Werder Bremen | On loan | 6 January 2025 |
| MF | Dennis Praet | Leicester City | Free | 6 September 2024 |
| MF | Jaïro Riedewald | Crystal Palace | Free | 13 August 2024 |
| MF | Farouck Adekami | Right to Dream Academy | Undisclosed | 8 August 2024 |
| FW | Gyrano Kerk | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | On loan | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Denis Odoi | Club Brugge | Free | 26 June 2024 |
| DF | Ayrton Costa | Club Atlético Independiente | Undisclosed | 2 July 2024 |
| DF | Rosen Bozhinov | CSKA 1948 Sofia | Undisclosed | 21 June 2024 |
| MF | Tjaronn Chery | Maccabi Haifa | Undisclosed | 26 May 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Victor Udoh | Southampton F.C. | Undisclosed | 3 February 2025 |
| FW | Jacob Ondrejka | Parma Calcio | € 7,000,000 | 23 January 2025 |
| DF | Ayrton Costa | Boca Juniors | € 3,400,000 | 16 January 2025 |
| GK | Jean Butez | Como 1907 | € 2,000,000 | 7 January 2025 |
| DF | Laurit Krasniqi | FK Panevėžys | Free | 5 January 2025 |
| MF | Mandela Keita | Parma Calcio | € 15,000,000 | 30 August 2024 |
| MF | Pierre Dwomoh | Watford F.C. | € 1,000,000 | 26 August 2024 |
| MF | Alhassan Yusuf | New England Revolution | € 2,300,000 | 12 August 2024 |
| MF | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | Udinese Calcio | € 5,500,000 | 6 August 2024 |
| FW | George Ilenikhena | AS Monaco | € 18,750,000 | 24 July 2024 |
| DF | Dorian Dessoleil | Francs Borains | End of contract | 30 June 2024 |
| DF | Ritchie De Laet | | Retired | 30 June 2024 |
| GK | Davino Verhulst | | Retired | 30 June 2024 |

#### Notes
## Pre-season and friendlies

The team will start preparations with a test match versus third-tier side Hoogstraten VV on 29 June behind closed doors.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Belgian Pro League | 28 July 2024 | 14–16 March 2025 | Matchday 1 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 040.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 31 October 2024 | 6 February 2025 | Seventh round | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 040.00 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Union SG | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions' play-offs |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 51 | Qualification for the Champions' play-offs |
| 5 | Antwerp | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions' play-offs |
| 6 | Gent | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 45 | Qualification for the Champions' play-offs |
| 7 | Standard Liège | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 39 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source:

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2024.

#### Champions' Play-Off

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | GNK | CLU | USG | AND | ANT | GNT |
| 1 | Genk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase | | 11 May | 20 Apr | 25 May | 27 Apr | 30 Mar |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 13 Apr | | 24 Apr | 30 Mar | 25 May | 1 May |
| 3 | Union SG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 3 May | 27 Apr | | 12 Apr | 29 Mar | 25 May |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | Qualification for the European competition play-off | 6 Apr | 18 May | 10 May | | 20 Apr | 23 Apr |
| 5 | Antwerp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | | 23 Apr | 6 Apr | 17 May | 1 May | | 13 Apr |
| 6 | Gent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | | 18 May | 20 Apr | 5 Apr | 27 Apr | 11 May | |
* ↑ The regular season winner (Genk) will qualify for the Europa League second round if they do not earn a Champions League berth.
* 1 2 The winner of the 2024–25 Belgian Cup (Club Brugge or Anderlecht) qualifies for the Europa League play-off round (if they have not already qualified for the Champions League). The Europa League second round and the European competition play-off berths would be passed to the next two highest-placed teams.

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### Belgian Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Pro League | Belgian Pro League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Jean Butez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | BEL | Mathis Van Gils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | GK | GER | Niels Devalckeneer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | BEL | Senne Lammens | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BEL | Kobe Corbanie | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Bjorn Engels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Ayrton Costa | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Denis Odoi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Toby Alderweireld | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BEL | Jelle Bataille | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BUL | Rosen Bozhinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BEL | Zeno van den Bosch | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | KOS | Laurit Krasniqi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | BEL | Semm Renders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | BEL | Andreas Verstraeten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | NED | Jairo Riedewald | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Dennis Praet | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | SUR | Tjaronn Chery | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Doumbia | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CIV | Farouck Adekami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GUI | Amadou Diawara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Christopher Scott | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | BEL | Milan Smits | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SUR | Gyrano Kerk | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Michel Balikwisha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Jacob Ondrejka | 8 | 3 | 7+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ECU | Anthony Valencia | 7 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | NED | Vincent Janssen | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Victor Udoh | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | FW | BEL | Alexandre Stanic | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | BEL | Gerard Vandeplas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | NIG | Alhassan Yusuf | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Mandela Keita | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NED | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 September 2024 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 February 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Belgian Pro League | Belgian Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | MF | | Tjaronn Chery | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | | Vincent Janssen | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Gyrano Kerk | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Jacob Ondrejka | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 14 | FW | | Anthony Valencia | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | | Mahamadou Doumbia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 23 | DF | | Toby Alderweireld | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | DF | | Denis Odoi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Kobe Corbanie | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Dennis Praet | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 33 | DF | | Zeno Van Den Bosch | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Forfeit goals | Forfeit goals | Forfeit goals | Forfeit goals | Forfeit goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Owngoals | Owngoals | Owngoals | Owngoals | Owngoals | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 47 | 13 | 60 |