Charleroi
2023–24 season
CharimanFabien Debecq
Managing DirectorMehdi Bayat
ManagerFelice Mazzù
StadiumStade du Pays de Charleroi
Belgian Pro League11th
Belgian CupEighth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Oday Dabbagh
Marco Ilaimaharitra
(4 each)

All:
Oday Dabbagh (5)
Biggest winThes Sport Tessenderlo 0–3 Charleroi
All statistics correct as of 6 December 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Royal Charleroi S.C.'s 120th season in existence and 12th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup being knocked out in the eighth round.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 2023[1]

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 France FRA Pierre Patron
2 DF Denmark DEN Jonas Bager
3 DF Switzerland SUI Stefan Knezevic
4 DF Belgium BEL Jules Van Cleemput
5 DF Togo TOG Loïc Bessilé
6 MF Algeria ALG Adem Zorgane
7 FW Belgium BEL Isaac Mbenza
8 MF Ivory Coast CIV Parfait Guiagon
9 FW State of Palestine PLE Oday Dabbagh
10 FW Senegal SEN Youssouph Badji
12 GK Belgium BEL Nicolas Closset
15 DF Norway NOR Vetle Dragsnes
16 GK Burkina Faso BFA Hervé Koffi
17 FW Belgium BEL Antoine Bernier
18 MF Belgium BEL Daan Heymans
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Serbia SRB Nikola Štulić
21 DF Cyprus CYP Stelios Andreou
22 MF France FRA Adrien Trebel
25 MF France FRA Damien Marcq
26 MF Madagascar MAD Marco Ilaimaharitra (captain)
27 DF Belgium BEL Roméo Monticelli
28 FW Belgium BEL Ken Nkuba
29 MF Slovenia SVN Žan Rogelj
32 DF Belgium BEL Mehdi Boukamir
42 MF Belgium BEL Thomas Lutte
44 MF Japan JPN Ryota Morioka
45 FW Algeria ALG Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali
55 GK Belgium BEL Martin Delavallée
66 DF Nigeria NGA Valentine Ozornwafor
88 FW Belgium BEL Mitchy Ntelo

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 Belgium BEL Martin Wasinski (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2024)
MF Belgium BEL Jackson Tchatchoua (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW State of Palestine Oday Dabbagh Portugal Arouca Free 1 July 2023 [2]
MF Slovenia Žan Rogelj Austria WSG Tirol Free 1 July 2023 [3]
MF Belgium Antoine Bernier Belgium RFC Seraing Free 1 July 2023 [4]
FW Senegal Youssouph Badji Belgium Club Brugge Undisclosed 6 July 2023 [5]
FW Belgium Youssuf Sylla Belgium Zulte Waregem 30 August 2023 [6]
DF Norway Vetle Dragsnes Norway Lillestrøm €250,000 31 August 2023 [7]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
MF Iran Ali Gholizadeh Poland Lech Poznań €1,800,000 1 July 2023 [8]
MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Joris Kayembe Belgium Genk Undisclosed 1 July 2023 [9]
MF Lithuania Nauris Petkevičius Lithuania FC Hegelmann Free 6 July 2023 [10]
GK France Didier Desprez Luxembourg F91 Dudelange Free 11 July 2023
MF France Julien Maggiotti France Bastia 25 July 2023 [11]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 8 June 2023, it was announced that their first friendly of the upcoming season, will be a trip to Mons to play fifth division side R.A.E.C. Mons.[12]

25 June 2023 Friendly Mons Belgium 0–1 Belgium Charleroi Mons, Belgium
15:00 UTC+2
  • Badji 68'
Stadium: Stade Charles Tondreau
1 July 2023 Friendly Charleroi Belgium 5–0 Belgium Tournai Marcinelle, Belgium
15:00 UTC+2
Attendance: 0
6 July 2023 Friendly Oostende Belgium 1–3 Belgium Charleroi Ostend, Belgium
15:00 UTC+2
Attendance: 0
8 July 2023 Friendly Eupen Belgium 4–0 Belgium Charleroi Eupen, Belgium
14:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
12 July 2023 Friendly Charleroi Belgium 2–1 Croatia Lokomotiva Zagreb Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
18:30 UTC+2
15 July 2023 Friendly Utrecht Netherlands 1–2 Belgium Charleroi Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
13:30 UTC+2
Stadium: Sportpark Van Zuyen
19 July 2023 Friendly Reims France 3–1 Belgium Charleroi Bétheny, France
17:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Stade Louis Blériot N°1
22 July 2023 Friendly Charleroi Belgium 1–1 Spain Rayo Vallecano Charleroi
19:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
15 November 2023 Friendly Charleroi Belgium 1–3 Belgium Beveren
13:00 UTC+1

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Pro League 29 July 2023 26 May 2024 Matchday 1 16 4 5 7 17 25 −8 025.00
Belgian Cup 31 October 2023 6 December 2023 Seventh round Eighth round 2 1 0 1 5 5 +0 050.00
Total 18 5 5 8 22 30 −8 027.78

Last updated: 6 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Mechelen 20 6 4 10 20 25 5 22 Qualification for the Play-off II
11 Westerlo 20 5 6 9 30 35 5 21
12 Charleroi 20 5 6 9 21 30 9 21
13 RWD Molenbeek 20 5 6 9 22 40 18 21 Qualification for the Relegation Play-off
14 OH Leuven 20 4 4 12 25 38 13 16
Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2023. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[13]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
16 4 5 7 17 25  −8 17 4 3 1 13 11  +2 0 2 6 4 14  −10

Last updated: 2 December 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516
GroundHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultDLDDLDLWLWWLLLWD
Position10141112121314141413
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2023. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.[14]

29 July 2023 1 Charleroi 1–1 OH Leuven Charleroi
18:15 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
5 August 2023 2 Cercle Brugge 2–0 Charleroi Bruges
18:15 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
13 August 2023 3 Charleroi 1–1 Standard Liège Charleroi
18:30 UTC+2 Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
20 August 2023 4 Genk 0–0 Charleroi Genk
16:00 UTC+2 Stadium: Cegeka Arena
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
27 August 2023 5 Anderlecht 2–1 Charleroi Brussels
18:30 UTC+2 Stadium: Lotto Park
Referee: Lothar D'Hondt
3 September 2023 6 Charleroi 1–1 Sint-Truiden Charleroi
19:15 UTC+2 Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Wim Smet
16 September 2023 7 Club Brugge 4–2 Charleroi Brugge
20:45 UTC+2 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
23 September 2023 8 Charleroi 1–0 Kortrijk Charleroi
16:00 UTC+2 Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui
1 October 2023 9 Union Saint-Gilloise 3–1 Charleroi Brussels
13:30 UTC+2 Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
6 October 2023 10 Charleroi 2–1 RWD Molenbeek Charleroi
20:45 UTC+2
  • Camara Yellow card 65'
  • Gueye 82', Yellow card 90+4' Yellow-red card 90+6'
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Lawrence Visser, Theophile Diskeuve
Note: Due to injury the referee Lawrence Visser was replaced at half-time.
21 October 2023 11 Charleroi 3–2 Antwerp Charleroi
20:45 Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
28 October 2023 12 Eupen 2–0 Charleroi Eupen
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
5 November 2023 13 Charleroi 1–3 Gent Charleroi
19:15 Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
11 November 2023 14 Mechelen 1–0 Charleroi Mechelen
20:45 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
25 November 2023 15 Charleroi 3–2 Westerlo Charleroi
18:15
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
2 December 2023 16 RWD Molenbeek 0–0 Charleroi Molenbeek
16:00 Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium
10 December 2023 17 Charleroi v Union Saint-Gilloise Charleroi
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Belgian Cup

31 October 2023 Seventh Round Thes Sport Tessenderlo 0–3 Charleroi Tessenderlo
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportpark Tessenderlo
6 December 2023 Eighth Round Antwerp v Charleroi Antwerp
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Bosuilstadion

References

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  2. "Oday Dabbagh, le nouvel attaquant du Sporting de Charleroi, se confie: "J'aimerais connaître une carrière comme celle d'Osimhen"". 9 June 2023.
  3. "Charleroi beat Cercle Brugge to signing of Zan Rogelj from WSG Tirol – Get Belgian & Dutch Football News". getfootballnewsbene.com. May 18, 2023.
  4. "Mercato: le Sporting de Charleroi officialise l'arrivée d'Antoine Bernier". Le Soir. June 20, 2023.
  5. "Youssouph Badji definite move to Sporting Charleroi". Club Brugge.
  6. "Lech Poznań kupi reprezentanta Iranu. Ali Gholizadeh będzie kosztować rekordowe 1,8 mln euro. Najdroższy transfer w Polsce". Gol24.
  7. "Genk bring Joris Kayembe in from Charleroi - Get Belgian & Dutch Football News". getfootballnewsbene.com. May 18, 2023.
  8. "N. Petkevičius grįžta namo: pasirašė sutartį su Kauno klubu". www.lrytas.lt.
  9. "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
  10. "Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023–2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.
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