# 2017–18 K.A.A. Gent season

The 2017–18 season was the 115th season in the history of K.A.A. Gent and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Gent participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Samuel Gigot |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Sigurd Rosted |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Noë Dussenne |
| 6 | MF | BEL | Birger Verstraete |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Chakvetadze |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Anders Christiansen |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Sylla Diallo |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Renato Neto (Vice-captain) |
| 11 | DF | COL | Deiver Machado |
| 12 | GK | BEL | Anthony Swolfs |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Stefan Mitrović |
| 14 | FW | CUW | Rangelo Janga |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Roman Yaremchuk |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Samuel Kalu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Brecht Dejaegere |
| 20 | GK | BEL | Yannick Thoelen |
| 21 | DF | GHA | Nana Akwasi Asare (Captain) |
| 22 | DF | TUN | Dylan Bronn |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Franko Andrijašević |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Moses Simon |
| 28 | FW | BEL | Aboubakary Koita |
| 29 | DF | BEL | Thibault De Smet |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Yuya Kubo |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Thomas Foket |
| 38 | DF | BEL | Siebe Horemans |
| 44 | MF | NGA | Anderson Esiti |
| 91 | GK | CRO | Lovre Kalinić |

#### Out 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 |
| 3 | MF | BEL | Lucas Schoofs |
| — | DF | ISR | Ofir Davidzada (at Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| — | FW | NGA | Peter Olayinka (at Zulte Waregem) |
| — | FW | GEO | Giorgi Beridze (at Trenčín) |
| — | MF | USA | Kenny Saief (at Anderlecht) |
| - | FW | ISR | Lior Inebrum (at F.C. Ashdod) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| First Division A | 30 July 2017 | 20 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 045.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 20 September 2017 | 12 December 2017 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 27 July 2017 | 3 August 2022 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 044.44 |
Source: Soccerway

### First Division A
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 3 | Charleroi | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 4 | Gent | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 5 | Genk | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 44 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 44 | Qualification for the championship 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:

#### 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 | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W |
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#### Championship play-offs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CLU | STA | AND | GNT | GNK | CHA |
| 1 | Club Brugge (C) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 43 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Gent | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Genk (O) | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off final | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 |
| 6 | Charleroi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 34 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W |
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#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round