Koninklijke Racing Club Genk is an association football club from Genk, Belgium. The team has participated in thirteen seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including four seasons in the Champions League, six seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Intertoto Cup and one season in the Cup Winners' Cup.[1] It has played 74 UEFA games, resulting in 32 wins, 20 draws and 22 defeats.[2] The club's first appearance was in the 1997 Intertoto Cup. Since then, Genk has been involved in a UEFA tournament every season except the 2001-02, the 2006-07 and the 2008-09 seasons. The club's best performance is reaching the group stage of the 2002-03 Champions League, the 2011-12 Champions League and the 2019-20 Champions League.
The club plays its home matches at Luminus Arena, a multi-purpose stadium in Genk. Since the building in 1999, it can host 25,000 spectators (of which 4,200 are standing places).[3]
European record
Matches
- Q = qualification round
- PO = play-off
- R = round
- Group = group stage / Group 1 = first group stage / Group 2 = second group stage
- 1/8 = eighth finals / 1/4 = quarter-finals / 1/2 = semi-finals
- F = final
- PUC = points UEFA coefficient
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group |  B36 Tórshavn |
— | 5–0 | 2nd |
 Stabæk |
4–3 | — | ||||
 Dynamo Moscow |
— | 2–3 | ||||
 Panachaiki |
4–2 | — | ||||
| 1998–99 | Cup Winners' Cup | Q |  Apolonia |
4–0 | 5–1 | 9–1 |
| 1R |  MSV Duisburg |
5–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | ||
| 2R |  Mallorca |
1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 (a) | ||
| 1999–00 | Champions League | 2Q |  Maribor |
3–0 | 1–5 | 4–5 |
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | 1R | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} FC Zürich |
2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2R | Werder Bremen |
2–5 | 1–4 | 3–9 | ||
| 2002–03 | Champions League | 3Q |  Sparta Prague |
2–0 | 2–4 | 4–4 (a) |
| Group C | AEK Athens |
0–0 | 1–1 | 4th | ||
| Real Madrid |
1–1 | 0–6 | ||||
 Roma |
0–1 | 0–0 | ||||
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2R |  Marek Dupnitza |
2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 3R | Borussia Dortmund |
0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 (a) | ||
| Semi-finals |  União de Leiria |
0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 2Q |  Liepājas Metalurgs |
3–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 |
| 1R | Litex Lovech |
0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | ||
| 2007–08 | Champions League | 2Q |  FK Sarajevo |
1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2009–10 | Europa League | PO |  Lille |
1–2 | 2–4 | 3–6 |
| 2010–11 | Europa League | 3Q |  Inter Turku |
3–2 | 5–1 | 8–3 |
| PO | Porto |
0–3 | 2–4 | 2–7 | ||
| 2011–12 | Champions League | 3Q |  FK Partizan |
2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| PO |  Maccabi Haifa |
2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3, 4–1 (p) | ||
| Group E | Bayer Leverkusen |
1–1 | 0–2 | 4th | ||
 Chelsea |
1–1 | 0–5 | ||||
| Valencia |
0–0 | 0–7 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Europa League | 3Q |  Aktobe |
2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| PO | FC Luzern |
2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | ||
| Group G | Sporting CP |
2–1 | 1–1 | 1st | ||
| Basel |
0–0 | 2–2 | ||||
 Videoton |
3–0 | 1–0 | ||||
| Round of 32 | VfB Stuttgart |
0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | ||
| 2013–14 | Europa League | PO |  FH |
2–0 | 5–2 | 7–2 |
| Group G |  Dynamo Kyiv |
3–1 | 1–0 | 1st | ||
 Rapid Wien |
1–1 | 2–2 | ||||
| Thun |
2–1 | 1–0 | ||||
| Round of 32 | Anzhi Makhachkala |
0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | ||
| 2016–17 | Europa League | 2Q |  Budućnost |
2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2, 4–2 (p) |
| 3Q |  Cork City |
1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
| PO |  Lokomotiva |
2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | ||
| Group F | Athletic Club |
2–0 | 3–5 | 1st | ||
| Rapid Wien |
1–0 | 2–3 | ||||
| Sassuolo |
3–1 | 2–0 | ||||
| Round of 32 |  Astra Giurgiu |
1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | ||
| Round of 16 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Gent |
1–1 | 5–2 | 6–3 | ||
| Quarter-finals | Celta de Vigo |
1–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | ||
| 2018–19 | Europa League | 2Q |  Fola Esch |
5–0 | 4–1 | 9–1 |
| 3Q |  Lech Poznań |
2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | ||
| PQ |  Brøndby |
5–2 | 4–2 | 9–4 | ||
| Group I |  Malmö |
2–0 | 2–2 | 1st | ||
| Sarpsborg 08 |
4–0 | 0–2 | ||||
 Beşiktaş |
1–1 | 4–2 | ||||
| Round of 32 | Slavia Prague |
1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | ||
| 2019–20 | Champions League | Group E | Red Bull Salzburg |
1–4 | 2–6 | 4th |
| Napoli |
0–0 | 0–4 | ||||
| Liverpool |
1–4 | 1–2 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Champions League | 3Q | Shakhtar Donetsk |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| Europa League | Group H | Dinamo Zagreb |
0–3 | 1–1 | 4th | |
| West Ham United |
2–2 | 0–3 | ||||
| Rapid Wien |
0–1 | 1–0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Champions League | 2Q | Servette |
2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3, 1–4 (p) |
| Europa League | 3Q | Olympiacos |
1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Europa Conference League | PO | Adana Demirspor |
2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2, 5–4 (p) | |
| Group F | Fiorentina |
2–2 | 2–1 | TBD | ||
| Čukarički |
0–2 | |||||
| Ferencvárosi |
0–0 | 1–1 |
All-time statistics
The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Genk's games in the four UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals scored (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2018–19 season.[1][2] The statistics also include goals scored during the extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.
| Tournament | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions League / European Cup | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 22.73 |
| Europa League / UEFA Cup | 60 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 117 | 80 | +37 | 56.67 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 50.00 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 50.00 |
| Total | 98 | 47 | 25 | 26 | 172 | 137 | +35 | 47.96 |
References
- 1 2 "KRC Genk". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- 1 2 "KRC Genk - History". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Cristal Arena - K.R.C. Genk". Genk. Retrieved 20 December 2014.