# 2022–23 Sint-Truidense V.V. season

The 2022–23 Sint-Truidense V.V. season was the club's 99th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sint-Truiden participated in the season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Kenny Steppe |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Daiki Hashioka |
| 6 | MF | GUI | Mory Konaté |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Aboubakary Koita |
| 8 | FW | JPN | Daichi Hayashi |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Taichi Hara (on loan from Alavés) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Fatih Kaya |
| 12 | GK | BEL | Jo Coppens |
| 13 | MF | GER | Rocco Reitz (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Olivier Dumont |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Matte Smets |
| 18 | DF | POR | Fábio Baptista |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Stan Van Dessel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GER | Robert Bauer |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Daniel Schmidt |
| 22 | DF | BEL | Wolke Janssens |
| 26 | DF | POR | Jorge Teixeira |
| 27 | MF | CMR | Frank Boya (on loan from Antwerp) |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Shinji Okazaki |
| 32 | FW | BEL | Andréa Librici |
| 35 | GK | BEL | Keo Boets |
| 37 | DF | GER | Toni Leistner |
| 77 | DF | FRA | Eric Bocat |
| 91 | FW | BEL | Gianni Bruno (on loan from Gent) |
| — | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Filippov |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BEL | Rein Van Helden (on loan at MVV until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | BEL | Jarne Steuckers (on loan at MVV until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Mathias Delorge (on loan at Lierse Kempenzonen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | JPN | Tatsuya Ito (on loan at 1. FC Magdeburg until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Fatih Kaya | Ingolstadt | Free | 25 May 2022 |
| MF | Olivier Dumont | Standard Liège | Free | 8 June 2022 |
| GK | Jo Coppens | MSV Duisburg | Free | 21 June 2022 |
| MF | Frank Boya | Antwerp | Loan | 24 June 2022 |
| DF | Fábio Baptista | Benfica B | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Eric Bocat | Mouscron | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Gianni Bruno | Gent | Loan | 11 July 2022 |
| FW | Shinji Okazaki | Cartagena | Free | 19 August 2022 |
| FW | Oleksandr Filippov | Riga | End of loan | 21 November 2022 |
| MF | Rocco Reitz | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Loan | 17 January 2023 |
| FW | Taichi Hara | Alavés | Loan | 23 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Arnaud Dony | Union SG | Free | 9 June 2022 |
| DF | Dimitri Lavalée | Mainz 05 | End of loan | 20 June 2022 |
| FW | Nelson Balongo | ŁKS Łódź | Free | 24 June 2022 |
| FW | João Klauss | TSG Hoffenheim | End of loan | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Samuel Ntanda-Lukisa | Sampdoria | Undisclosed | 12 July 2022 |
| DF | Ko Matsubara | Júbilo Iwata | Free | 23 July 2022 |
| DF | Malick Keita | Antwerp | Free | 26 July 2022 |
| MF | Jarne Steuckers | MVV | Loan | 4 August 2022 |
| DF | Rein Van Helden | MVV | Loan | 13 August 2022 |
| DF | Dieter Reynders | Olympic Charleroi | Free | 23 August 2022 |
| DF | Jonathan Buatu | Valenciennes | Free | 2 September 2022 |
| FW | Steve De Ridder | Deinze | Loan | 7 September 2022 |
| MF | Christian Brüls | Zulte Waregem | Undisclosed | 5 January 2023 |
| DF | Ameen Al-Dakhil | Burnley | Undisclosed | 13 January 2023 |
| MF | Shinji Kagawa | Cerezo Osaka | Free | 31 January 2023 |
| MF | Mathias Delorge | Lierse Kempenzonen | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
* ↑ During his loan, on 6 April 2023, De Ridder signed a two-year permanent contract with Deinze.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 12th | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 032.35 |
| Belgian Cup | 9 November 2022 | 11 January 2023 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 035.14 |
Last updated: 23 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 48 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 46 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 42 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 40 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 31 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 February 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.