The 2023–24 season is K.A.A. Gent's 124th season in existence and 35th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They are also competing in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
| 2023–24 season | |
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| Manager | Hein Vanhaezebrouck |
| Stadium | Ghelamco Arena |
| Belgian Pro League | 7th |
| Europe Play-offs | 1st |
| Belgian Cup | Quarter-finals |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | Knockout round play-offs |
| Top goalscorer | League: Tarik Tissoudali (15) All: Tarik Tissoudali (21) |
Players edit
First-team squad edit
- As of 8 February 2024[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers edit
In edit
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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| DF |  Tsuyoshi Watanabe
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 Kortrijk
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€3,500,000 | 1 July 2023 | [2] |
| MF |  Keegan Jelacic
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Perth Glory
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€180,000 | 1 July 2023 | [3] |
| DF |  Ismaël Kandouss
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Union Saint-Gilloise
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€1,750,000 | 12 July 2023 | [4] |
Out edit
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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| DF |  Joseph Okumu
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 Reims
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€12,000,000 | 22 July 2023 | [5] |
Pre-season and friendlies edit
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 15 July 2023 Friendly | Volendam  | 1–2 | Gent | Alkmaar, Netherlands |
| 13:30 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Sportpark Overdie |
| 19 July 2023 Friendly | Gent | 4–2 | Zulte Waregem | |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Report | |||
| Note: Match was played in two 60-minute periods. | ||||
| 21 July 2023 Friendly | Gent | 2–2 |  Mamelodi Sundowns | Bruges |
| 13:45 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
| 22 July 2023 Friendly | Gent | v |  Shakhtar Donetsk | Bruges |
| 14:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
Competitions edit
Overall record edit
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Belgian Pro League Regular season | 30 July 2023 | 17 April 2024 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 40.00 |
| Europe Play-offs | 29 March 2024 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 80.00 |
| Europe Play-offs | 2 June 2024 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| Belgian Cup | 1 November 2023 | 16 January 2024 | Seventh round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 66.67 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 21 February 2024 | Second qualifying round | Knockout round play-offs | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 64.29 |
| Total | 58 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 122 | 65 | +57 | 55.17 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Belgian Pro League edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 5 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions' play-offs |
| 6 | Genk | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 47 | |
| 7 | Gent | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 47 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 8 | Mechelen | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 45 | |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 40 |
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.[6]
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.[6]
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | −1 |
Source: Worldfootball
Results by round edit
Matches edit
The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.[7]
| 30 July 2023 1 | Gent | 3–2 | Kortrijk | Ghent |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 12,595 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
| 6 August 2023 2 | Mechelen | 0–1 | Gent | Mechelen |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 11,234 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 13 August 2023 3 | Westerlo | 1–3 | Gent | Westerlo |
| 19:15 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Het Kuipje Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Wesli De Cremer |
| 20 August 2023 4 | Gent | 2–2 | Sint-Truiden | Ghent |
| 16:00 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
| 27 September 2023 5 | Antwerp | 0–0 | Gent | Antwerp |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 13,077 Referee: Nicolas Laforge | |
| Note: The match scheduled for 26 August 2023 was postponed due to the UEFA Champions League play-offs. | ||||
| 3 September 2023 6 | Gent | 2–1 | Club Brugge | Ghent |
| 13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,507 Referee: Jasper Vergoote |
| 24 September 2023 8 | Gent | 2–1 | Eupen | Ghent |
| 19:15 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jan Boterberg |
| 22 October 2023 11 | Cercle Brugge | 2–0 | Gent | Bruges |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
| 29 October 2023 12 | Gent | 3–1 | Standard Liège | Liège |
| 18:30 CEST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 16,679 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 5 November 2023 13 | Charleroi | 1–3 | Gent | Charleroi |
| 19:15 | Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi |
| 12 November 2023 14 | Gent | 1–1 | Anderlecht | Ghent |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena |
| 26 November 2023 15 | Gent | 1–1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | Ghent |
| 13:30 CET | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 18,007 |
| 3 December 2023 16 | Genk | 2–2 | Gent | Genk |
| 13:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 18,319 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 17 December 2023 18 | Club Brugge | 2–0 | Gent | Bruges |
| 13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
| 21 December 2023 19 | Gent | 4–0 | OH Leuven | Ghent |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena |
| 27 January 2024 22 | Gent | 2–2 | Westerlo | Ghent |
| 20:45 | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena |
| 11 February 2024 25 | Gent | 1–2 | Cercle Brugge | Ghent |
| Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena |
| 25 February 2024 27 | Gent | 2–2 | Antwerp | Ghent |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena |
| 2 March 2024 28 | Standard Liège | 4–2 | Gent | Liège |
| Report |
| 10 March 2024 29 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1–1 | Gent | Brussels |
| 18:30 CET | Report | Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium |
| 17 March 2024 30 | Gent | 5–0 | Charleroi | Ghent |
| 18:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jan Boterberg |
Europe Play-offs edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | GNT | MEC | STR | OHL | WES | STA | |
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| 1 | Gent (O) | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 48 | Qualification for the European competition play-off | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | Mechelen | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 39 | 2–4 | — | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 33 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | ||
| 4 | OH Leuven | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Westerlo | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 24 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | ||
| 6 | Standard Liège | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 22 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–5[a] | — |
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2024. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[9]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[9]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
- ^ The match between Standard and Westerlo of 10 May 2024 could not be played as Standard supporters prevented the bus of Standard to depart to the stadium. It is now up to the Belgian FA to judge who is to blame and whether Westerlo will win the match with a forfeit score, or whether the match will be replayed. On Tuesday the 28 May the desscion has be made that Standard has done to less to prevent the match to being played as result of that they give Westerlo a 0-5 win [8]
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 |
Source: Worldfootball
Results by round edit
Matches edit
| 29 March 2024 1 | Gent | 5–1 | Standard Liège | Ghent |
| 20:45 |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 11,341 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
| 7 April 2024 2 | Westerlo | 0–3 | Gent | Westerlo |
| 19:15 | Report | Stadium: Het Kuipje |
| 20 April 2024 4 | Gent | 3–1 | Mechelen | Gent |
| Report | Stadium: Planet Group Arena |
| 23 April 2024 5 | Sint-Truiden | 0–2 | Gent | Sint-Truiden |
| Report | Stadium: Stayen |
| 27 April 2024 6 | Gent | 3–2 | Westerlo | Gent |
| Report | Stadium: Planet Group Arena |
| 4 May 2024 7 | Mechelen | 2–4 | Gent | Mechelen |
| Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion |
| 12 May 2024 8 | Gent | 0–1 | OH Leuven | Gent |
| Report | Stadium: Planet Group Arena |
| 18 May 2024 9 | Standard Liège | 1–4 | Gent | Liège |
| 20:45 |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Kevin Van Damme |
| 25 May 2024 10 | Gent | 2–0 | Sint-Truiden | Gent |
| 20:30 | Report | Stadium: Planet Group Arena Referee: Matonga Simonini |
European competition play-off edit
| 2 June 2024 | Genk | 0–1 | Gent | Genk |
| 13:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Cegeka Arena |
Belgian Cup edit
| 1 November 2023 Seventh round | Patro Eisden Maasmechelen | 1–3 | Gent | Maasmechelen |
| 19:00 CET |
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Report |
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Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportparkstadion Maasmechelen |
| 6 December 2023 Eighth round | Sint-Truiden | 0–1 | Gent | Sint-Truiden |
| 20:30 CET | Report |
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Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
| 16 January 2024 Quarter-finals | Gent | 0–1 | Club Brugge | Ghent |
| 20:45 CET | Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 17,897 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
UEFA Europa Conference League edit
Second qualifying round edit
The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 21 June 2023.
| 27 July 2023 First leg | Gent | 5–1 |  Žilina | Ghent |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 8,904 Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo) |
| 3 August 2023 Second leg | Žilina | 2–5 (3–10 agg.) | Gent | Žilina, Slovakia |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Report |
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Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 6,224 Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova) |
Third qualifying round edit
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.
| 9 August 2023 First leg | Gent | 5–0 |  Pogoń Szczecin | Ghent |
| 20:00 UTC+2 |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 11,326 Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece) |
| 17 August 2023 Second leg | Pogoń Szczecin | 2–1 (2–6 agg.) | Gent | Szczecin, Poland |
| 18:00 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera Attendance: 11,549 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France) |
Play-off round edit
The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.
| 24 August 2023 First leg | Gent | 2–0 |  APOEL | Ghent |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,855 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany) |
| 31 August 2023 Second leg | APOEL | 1–2 (1–4 agg.) | Gent | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 20:00 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 14,100 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway) |
Group stage edit
The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MTA | GNT | ZOR | BRE | |
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| 1 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | Gent
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 4 |  Breiðablik
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — |
| 21 September 2023 1 | Zorya Luhansk | 1–1 | Gent | Lublin, Poland |
| 21:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Arena Lublin Attendance: 539 Referee: Daniele Chiffi (Italy) |
| Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[10] | ||||
| 5 October 2023 2 | Gent | 2–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Ghent |
| 18:45 |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,503 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey) |
| 26 October 2023 3 | Gent | 5–0 | Breiðablik | Ghent |
| 18:45 |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 9,907 Referee: Robertas Valikonis (Lithuania) |
| 9 November 2023 4 | Breiðablik | 2–3 | Gent | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 21:00 (20:00 WET) |
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Report | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 1,211 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria) | |
| Note: Breiðablik played their first two home matches at the Laugardalsvöllur, in Reykjavík, instead of their regular stadium, Kópavogsvöllur, in Kópavogur, which did not meet UEFA requirements. | ||||
| 30 November 2023 5 | Gent | 4–1 | Zorya Luhansk | Ghent |
| 18:45 | Report | Nahnoinyi  82' |
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,303 Referee: Evangelos Manouchos (Greece) |
| 14 December 2023 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3–1 | Gent | Bačka Topola, Serbia |
| 21:00 |
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Stadium: TSC Arena Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) |
| Note: Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Maccabi Tel Aviv played their remaining home matches at a neutral venue.[12] | ||||
Knockout round play-offs edit
| 15 February 2024 First leg | Maccabi Haifa | 1-0 | Gent | Budapest, Hungary |
| 21:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Bozsik Aréna Attendance: 1,274 Referee: Willie Collum (SCO) | |
| Note: Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Maccabi Haifa played their home matches at a neutral venue.[13] | ||||
| 21 February 2024 Second leg | Gent | 1–1 (1–2 agg.) | Maccabi Haifa | Ghent |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 60 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia) | |
| Note: Due to anticipated crowd trouble in protest against the Israel–Hamas war, no spectators were allowed to the Gent v Maccabi Haifa match.[14][15] | ||||
Notes edit
- ^ The match was played behind closed doors.[11]
References edit
- ^ "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017.
- ^ "KAA Gent verwelkomt Tsuyoshi Watanabe | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.
- ^ "Welcome Keegan Jelacic! | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.
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- ^ "Joseph Okumu, de la vitesse en charnière centrale | Stade de Reims". www.stade-de-reims.com.
- ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ultra's krijgen hun zin: geen Standard - Westerlo door aanhoudende supportersprotesten" [Ultras get their way: no Standard - Westerlo due to persistent fan protests]. 10 May 2024.
- ^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Venues announced for UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League matches featuring Maccabi Haifa FC and Maccabi Tel Aviv". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Gent crash out of Europe in front of empty stadium as 10-man Maccabi Haifa hold on". OneFootball. 22 February 2024.
- ^ Press, Associated (19 January 2024). "KAA Gent and Israeli side Maccabi Haifa will meet with no fans over fears of Gaza-related trouble". San Diego Union-Tribune.