2023–24 K.A.A. Gent season

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.

Players

First-team squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Paul Nardi 3 DF  ENG Archie Brown 4 DF  JPN Tsuyoshi Watanabe 5 DF  MAR Ismaël Kandouss 6 MF  ISR Omri Gandelman 7 MF  KOR Hong Hyun-seok 8 MF  BEL Pieter Gerkens 9 FW  SWE Momodou Sonko 10 FW  MAR Tarik Tissoudali 12 DF  CAF Hugo Gambor 13 MF  BEL Julien De Sart 14 MF  JPN Daisuke Yokota 16 GK  JPN Daniel Schmidt 17 MF  DEN Andrew Hjulsager

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  BEL Matisse Samoise 19 FW  SUI Franck Surdez 20 DF  SRB Stefan Mitrović 21 DF  CMR Brian Agbor 22 DF  SEN Noah Fadiga 23 DF  NGA Jordan Torunarigha 24 MF  BEL Sven Kums (vice-captain) 25 DF  ANG Núrio Fortuna 26 GK  BEL Louis Fortin 28 FW  BEL Matias Fernandez-Pardo 29 FW  BEL Laurent Depoitre 30 GK  BEL Célestin De Schrevel 33 GK  BEL Davy Roef

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 — DF  BEL Bram Lagae (at Dunkerque until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AUS Keegan Jelacic (at Brisbane Roar until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Tsuyoshi Watanabe	Kortrijk	€3,500,000	1 July 2023	[2]
MF	Keegan Jelacic	Perth Glory	€180,000	1 July 2023	[3]
DF	Ismaël Kandouss	Union Saint-Gilloise	€1,750,000	12 July 2023	[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Joseph Okumu	Reims	€12,000,000	22 July 2023	[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

KFC Merelbeke v Gent

30 June 2023 Friendly	KFC Merelbeke	1–9	Gent
19:00 UTC+2

Lokomotiva Zagreb v Gent

8 July 2023 Friendly	Lokomotiva Zagreb	2–1	Gent
14:00 UTC+2

Utrecht v Gent

12 July 2023 Friendly	Utrecht	0–2	Gent
17:30 UTC+2		Report

Volendam v Gent

15 July 2023 Friendly	Volendam	1–2	Gent	Alkmaar, Netherlands
13:30 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Overdie

Gent v Zulte Waregem

19 July 2023 Friendly	Gent	4–2	Zulte Waregem
19:00 UTC+2		Report
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute periods.

Gent v Mamelodi Sundowns

21 July 2023 Friendly	Gent	2–2	Mamelodi Sundowns	Bruges
13:45 UTC+2	Orban	Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Gent v Shakhtar Donetsk

22 July 2023 Friendly	Gent	v	Shakhtar Donetsk	Bruges
14:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Belgian Pro League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[7]

Gent v Standard Liège

29 October 2023 12	Gent	3–1	Standard Liège	Liège
18:30 CEST	Torunarigha  27' Tissoudali 33' 40' Cuypers 36' Samoise  80'	Report	Vanheusden  47' Hayden  52' Kanga 67'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 16,679 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Europe Play-offs

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

European competition play-off

Belgian Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 21 June 2023.

Gent v Žilina

27 July 2023 First leg	Gent	5–1	Žilina	Ghent
20:00 UTC+2	Orban 23' De Sart 55' Cuypers 66', 85' Watanabe 76'	Report	Gidi  54' Javorček  68'  73' Kaprálik 79'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 8,904 Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)

Žilina v Gent

3 August 2023 Second leg	Žilina	2–5 (3–10 agg.)	Gent	Žilina, Slovakia
20:00 UTC+2	Rusnák  56' Minárik  58' Kaprálik  28', 66' Bari 77' Nemčík  90+3'	Report	Hjulsager 30' Cuypers 62', 89' Tissoudali 69' Gerkens 72'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 6,224 Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

Gent v Pogoń Szczecin

9 August 2023 First leg	Gent	5–0	Pogoń Szczecin	Ghent
20:00 UTC+2	Orban 13', 35', 64' Cuypers 40', 45+1' Torunarigha  41'	Report	Malec  29' Gamboa  80'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 11,326 Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)

Pogoń Szczecin v Gent

17 August 2023 Second leg	Pogoń Szczecin	2–1 (2–6 agg.)	Gent	Szczecin, Poland
18:00 UTC+2	Lončar  28' Koulouris 79', 86' Fornalczyk  82'	Report	Cuypers 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera Attendance: 11,549 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

Gent v APOEL

24 August 2023 First leg	Gent	2–0	APOEL	Ghent
20:00 UTC+2	Kandouss  29' Orban  34' Fofana 77' Hong 90+2'	Report	Chebake  19' Kvilitaia  39'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,855 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

APOEL v Gent

31 August 2023 Second leg	APOEL	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Gent	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:00 UTC+3	Dálcio  26' Chebake  29' Petrović  90+2' Roef 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Samoise 28' Orban  33' Kandouss  72' Tissoudali 79'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 14,100 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MTA	GNT	ZOR	BRE
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	5	0	1	14	9	+5	15	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	3–2	3–2
2	Gent	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9	13	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–0	—	4–1	5–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7			1–3	1–1	—	4–0
4	Breiðablik	6	0	0	6	5	18	−13	0			1–2	2–3	0–1	—

Zorya Luhansk v Gent

21 September 2023 1	Zorya Luhansk	1–1	Gent	Lublin, Poland
21:00	Guerrero 70'	Report	Cuypers 67'	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]

Gent v Maccabi Tel Aviv

5 October 2023 2	Gent	2–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ghent
18:45	Tissoudali 39', 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,503 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey)

Gent v Breiðablik

26 October 2023 3	Gent	5–0	Breiðablik	Ghent
18:45	Gandelman 10' Cuypers 15', 19' Tissoudali 43' Orban 69'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 9,907 Referee: Robertas Valikonis (Lithuania)

Breiðablik v Gent

9 November 2023 4	Breiðablik	2–3	Gent	Reykjavík, Iceland
21:00 (20:00 WET)	Svanþórsson 16', 18'	Report	Orban 6', 54' (pen.), 69'	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.

Gent v Zorya Luhansk

30 November 2023 5	Gent	4–1	Zorya Luhansk	Ghent
18:45	Fofana 20' Batahov 49' (o.g.) Orban 55' Gandelman 75'	Report	Nahnoinyi 82'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,303 Referee: Evangelos Manouchos (Greece)

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Gent

14 December 2023 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–1	Gent	Bačka Topola, Serbia
21:00	Kanichowsky 9' Zahavi 24', 61'	Report	De Sart 49'	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

Maccabi Haifa v Gent

15 February 2024 First leg	Maccabi Haifa	1-0	Gent	Budapest, Hungary
21:00	Kandil  57' Pierrot 65' Feingold  76'	Report	De Sart  90+3'	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]

Gent v Maccabi Haifa

21 February 2024 Second leg	Gent	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Maccabi Haifa	Ghent
18:00	Seck 69' (o.g.)	Report	Pierrot 4'	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

References

External links

• Official website