# 2022–23 K.A.A. Gent season

The 2022–23 season was the 120th season in the history of K.A.A. Gent and their 34th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Belgian Pro League, Belgian Cup, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players

    As of 30 May 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 | FRA | Paul Nardi |
| 2 | DF | KEN | Joseph Okumu |
| 4 | DF | POL | Kamil Piątkowski (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Hong Hyun-seok |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (captain) |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Darko Lemajić |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Jens Petter Hauge (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Hugo Cuypers |
| 13 | MF | BEL | Julien De Sart |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Alessio Castro-Montes |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Andrew Hjulsager |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Matisse Samoise |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Malick Fofana |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Gift Orban |
| 22 | MF | GAM | Sulayman Marreh |
| 23 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums (vice-captain) |
| 25 | DF | ANG | Núrio Fortuna |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Louis Fortin |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Laurent Depoitre |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Célestin De Schrevel |
| 31 | DF | BEL | Bruno Godeau |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Davy Roef |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Tarik Tissoudali |
| — | MF | AUS | Keegan Jelacic |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CIV | Anderson Niangbo |

### 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 |
| — | MF | GEO | Giorgi Chakvetadze (at Slovan Bratislava until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | COD | Jordan Botaka (at Hapoel Jerusalem until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BEL | Gianni Bruno (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Hugo Cuypers | Mechelen | Undisclosed | 14 June 2022 |
| MF | Hong Hyun-seok | LASK | Undisclosed | 8 August 2022 |
| FW | Jens Petter Hauge | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | 16 August 2022 |
| GK | Paul Nardi | Lorient | Undisclosed | 31 August 2022 |
| DF | Kamil Piątkowski | Red Bull Salzburg | Loan | 17 January 2023 |
| FW | Gift Orban | Stabæk | Undisclosed | 31 January 2023 |
| MF | Keegan Jelacic | Perth Glory | Undisclosed | 30 May 2023 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Yonas Malede | Mechelen | Undisclosed | 15 June 2022 |
| FW | Osman Bukari | Red Star Belgrade | Undisclosed | 21 June 2022 |
| DF | Christopher Opéri | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 21 June 2022 |
| MF | Giorgi Chakvetadze | Slovan Bratislava | Loan | 4 July 2022 |
| MF | Adewale Oladoye | Trenčín | Undisclosed | 6 July 2022 |
| FW | Gianni Bruno | Sint-Truiden | Loan | 11 July 2022 |
| FW | Jordan Botaka | Hapoel Jerusalem | Loan | 15 August 2022 |
| DF | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | Mainz 05 | Undisclosed | 13 January 2023 |
| MF | Elisha Owusu | Auxerre | Undisclosed | 16 January 2023 |
| FW | Ibrahim Salah | Rennes | Undisclosed | 31 January 2023 |
| DF | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | Beijing Guoan | Undisclosed | 29 March 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 % |
| Pro League | 22 July 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 047.06 |
| Pro League Play-off II | 29 April 2023 | 3 June 2023 | 1st | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 083.33 |
| Belgian Cup | 9 November 2022 | 12 January 2023 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Belgian Super Cup | 17 July 2022 | 17 July 2022 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 18 August 2022 | 25 August 2022 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 8 September 2022 | 20 April 2023 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 106 | 67 | +39 | 046.55 |
Last updated: 5 June 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Antwerp (C) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 72 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 59 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 5 | Gent (U) | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 56 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 7 | Westerlo | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 June 2023 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.

#### Play-offs II

Points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the play-offs. Gent and Standard started on 28 points, Westerlo on 26, and Cercle Brugge on 25. As the points of Standard and Westerlo were rounded up, in case of ties they would always be ranked below the team (or teams) they are tied with. The deciding factor after that would be finishing position in the regular season.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | GNT | CER | STA | WES |
| 1 | Gent (F) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 36 | | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 30 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Westerlo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 30 | | 1–3 | 3–5 | 3–0 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Standard Liège 6 , Westerlo 7

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DJU | GNT | MOL | SHR |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Gent | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Molde | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |

#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 3 June 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Belgian Super Cup | Belgian Super Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Paul Nardi | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Louis Fortin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Célestin De Schrevel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Davy Roef | 22 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KEN | Joseph Okumu | 42 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POL | Kamil Piątkowski | 21 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Bram Lagae | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha | 45 | 3 | 33+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ANG | Núrio Fortuna | 29 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BEL | Bruno Godeau | 27 | 1 | 4+11 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | BEL | Cederick Van Daele | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | SEN | Brian Agbor | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KOR | Hong Hyun-seok | 54 | 9 | 34+3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | 44 | 3 | 19+10 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+4 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | BEL | Noah De Ridder | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | BEL | Julien De Sart | 39 | 2 | 22+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Alessio Castro-Montes | 46 | 0 | 22+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Andrew Hjulsager | 35 | 5 | 17+7 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Matisse Samoise | 47 | 2 | 31+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GAM | Sulayman Marreh | 17 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums | 53 | 4 | 37+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Rune Van Den Bergh | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SRB | Darko Lemajić | 11 | 2 | 1+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Jens Petter Hauge | 29 | 0 | 1+18 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Hugo Cuypers | 55 | 34 | 37+2 | 27 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10+1 | 6 |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Malick Fofana | 33 | 1 | 8+14 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Gift Orban | 22 | 20 | 14+2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 5 |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Laurent Depoitre | 44 | 7 | 7+21 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+6 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Tarik Tissoudali | 15 | 2 | 4+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | BEL | Matias Fernandez-Pardo | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | SEN | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | 45 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Elisha Owusu | 15 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | MAR | Ibrahim Salah | 21 | 3 | 8+6 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | 13 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |