2022–23 K.A.A. Gent season

K.A.A. Gent
2022–23 season
Chairman	Ivan De Witte
Managing director	Michel Louwagie
Manager	Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Stadium	Ghelamco Arena
First Division A	9th
Belgian Cup	Sixth round
Belgian Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hugo Cuypers (7); All: ; Hugo Cuypers (8)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is the 120th season in the history of K.A.A. Gent and their 34th consecutive season in the top flight. The club are participating in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Cup, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

As of 23 July 2022^[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
2	DF	KEN	Joseph Okumu
5	DF	CMR	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
6	MF	GHA	Elisha Owusu
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
16	FW	BEL	Ibrahim Salah
17	MF	DEN	Andrew Hjulsager


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	BEL	Matisse Samoise
19	FW	BEL	Malick Fofana
21	DF	NOR	Andreas Hanche-Olsen
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

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

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 June 2022 Friendly	SC Dikkelvenne	0–6	Gent	Dikkelvenne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportcomplex Marc Gevaert

24 June 2022 Friendly	Westerlo	6–2	Gent	Westerlo
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Het Kuipje

1 July 2022 Friendly	Hajduk Split	0–3	Gent	Friedberg
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Cuypers 28' Bruno 43', 49'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Friedberg

4 July 2022 Friendly	Aris Thessaloniki	1–0	Gent	Söchau
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	García 36' (pen.)			Stadium: Kräuterdorfstadion Söchau

9 July 2022 Friendly	Gent	2–1	Midtjylland	Ghent
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Castro-Montes 55' (pen.) Tissoudali 78'	Report	Onyedika 30'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

12 July 2022 Friendly	Gent	2–2	SK Beveren	Ghent
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First Division A	22 July 2022	May 2022	Matchday 1		10	4	2	4	16	14	+2	040.00
Belgian Cup	8–10 November 2022		Sixth round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Belgian Super Cup	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		Group stage		3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	033.33
Total					16	5	3	8	19	20	−1	031.25

Last updated: 6 October 2022
Source: Soccerway

First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
7	Westerlo	34	14	9	11	61	53	+8	51

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.^[2]
(C) Play-off I winner; (U) Play-off II winner

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	ANT	GNK	USG	CLU
1	Antwerp (C)	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	47	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round	—	2–1	1–1	3–2
2	Genk (K)	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	46^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	2–2	—	1–1	3–1
3	Union SG	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	46^[a]	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	0–2	3–0	—	1–3
4	Club Brugge	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	36	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	2–0	1–3	1–2	—

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.^[3]
(C) Champions; (K) Regular season winner
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Genk 1, Union SG 2.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	GNT	CER	STA	WES
1	Gent (Q, 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^[a]		1–2	0–4	—	2–2
4	Westerlo	6	1	1	4	10	15	−5	30^[a]		1–3	3–5	3–0	—

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.^[4]
(F) Play-off II winner; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Standard Liège 6 , Westerlo 7

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	8	1	1	0	3	2	+1	1	1	0	5	3	+2

Last updated: 122 August 2022.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.^[5]

22 July 2022 1	Standard Liège	2–2	Gent	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Amallah 34' (pen.) Dussenne 89'	Report	Tissoudali 60' Lemajić 79'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 18,918 Referee: Lawrence Visser

29 July 2022 2	Gent	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Ghent
14:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cuypers 12'	Report	Hayashi 82'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

7 August 2022 3	Gent	2–1	Westerlo	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marreh 37' Cuypers 48'	Report	Vetokele 5'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 11,138 Referee: Wim Smet

12 August 2022 4	Oostende	v	Gent	Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

Belgian Cup

Belgian Super Cup

17 July 2022 Final	Club Brugge	1–0	Gent	Bruges
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skov Olsen 39'			Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 18,166 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

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

18 August 2022 First leg	Gent	0–2	Omonia	Ghent
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Charalambous 19' Barker 76'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,496 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

25 August 2022 Second leg	Omonia	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Gent	Nicosia, Cyprus
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)	Kakoullis 18' Charalambous 36'	Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

8 September 2022 1	Molde	0–0	Gent	Molde, Norway
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 4,158 Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

15 September 2022 2	Gent	3–0	Shamrock Rovers	Ghent
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cuypers 9' Odjidja-Ofoe 18', 65'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 7,813 Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)

6 October 2022 3	Gent	0–1	Djurgårdens IF	Ghent
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Danielson 37'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,896 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

13 October 2022 4	Djurgårdens IF	4–2	Gent	Stockholm, Sweden
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Holmberg 21' Wikheim 42', 46' Banda 45+4'	Report	Depoitre 61' Cuypers 73'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 16,822 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

27 October 2022 5	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Gent	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
20:00 IST (UTC+1)	Gaffney 3'	Report	Hong 74'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 6,203 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

3 November 2022 6	Gent	4–0	Molde	Ghent
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hjulsager 52' Godeau 62' Kums 80' Cuypers 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

References

^ "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017.
^ "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. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Pro League : La date de la révélation du calendrier 2022-2023 est connue". 10 June 2022.
^ "Anderlecht treft West Ham als grootste naam in Conference League, Gent loot haalbare kaarten" (in Dutch). 26 August 2022.

[table_hth_GNK0.36621523153326-3] Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Genk 1, Union SG 2.

[table_hth_STA0.37466489960191-5] Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Standard Liège 6 , Westerlo 7

[1] "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017.

[2] "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. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[4] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[6] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[7] "Pro League : La date de la révélation du calendrier 2022-2023 est connue". 10 June 2022.

[8] "Anderlecht treft West Ham als grootste naam in Conference League, Gent loot haalbare kaarten" (in Dutch). 26 August 2022.

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League competitions	Pro League Challenger Pro League National Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
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Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2022 Winter 2022–23 Summer 2023
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A (Group 4) 2022 FIFA World Cup (Group F) Roberto Martínez Domenico Tedesco
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