2023–24 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

Sporting Charleroi
2023–24 season
Chariman	Fabien Debecq
Managing Director	Mehdi Bayat
Manager	Felice Mazzù
Stadium	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Belgian Pro League	10th
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 29 July 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Royal Charleroi Sporting Club's 120th season in existence and 12th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They will also compete in the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 27 July, 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Pierre Patron
2	DF	DEN	Jonas Bager
3	DF	SUI	Stefan Knezevic
4	DF	BEL	Jules Van Cleemput
5	DF	TOG	Loïc Bessilé
6	MF	ALG	Adem Zorgane
7	FW	BEL	Isaac Mbenza
9	FW	PLE	Oday Dabbagh
10	FW	SEN	Youssouph Badji
12	GK	BEL	Nicolas Closset
16	GK	BFA	Hervé Koffi
17	FW	BEL	Antoine Bernier
18	MF	BEL	Daan Heymans
19	FW	SRB	Nikola Štulić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	CYP	Stelios Andreou
25	MF	FRA	Damien Marcq
26	MF	MAD	Marco Ilaimaharitra (captain)
28	FW	BEL	Ken Nkuba
29	MF	SVN	Žan Rogelj
32	DF	BEL	Mehdi Boukamir
38	MF	BEL	Jackson Tchatchoua
40	GK	BEL	Matteo Chiacig
44	MF	JPN	Ryota Morioka
45	FW	ALG	Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali
55	GK	BEL	Martin Delavallée
66	DF	NGA	Valentine Ozornwafor
88	FW	BEL	Mitchy Ntelo

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Oday Dabbagh	Arouca	Free	1 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Žan Rogelj	WSG Tirol	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Antoine Bernier	RFC Seraing	Free	1 July 2023	^[4]
FW	Youssouph Badji	Club Brugge	Undisclosed	6 July 2023	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ali Gholizadeh	Lech Poznań	€1,800,000	1 July 2023	^[6]
MF	Joris Kayembe	Genk	Undisclosed	1 July 2023	^[7]
MF	Nauris Petkevičius	FC Hegelmann	Free	6 July 2023	^[8]
GK	Didier Desprez	F91 Dudelange	Free	11 July 2023
MF	Julien Maggiotti	Bastia		25 July 2023	^[9]

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.^[10]

25 June 2023 Friendly	Mons	0–1	Charleroi	Mons, Belgium
15:00 UTC+2			Badji 68'	Stadium: Stade Charles Tondreau

1 July 2023 Friendly	Charleroi	5–0	Tournai	Marcinelle, Belgium
15:00 UTC+2	Morioka 43' Dabbagh 50' Marcq 60' Ntelo 70', 75'			Attendance: 0

6 July 2023 Friendly	Oostende	1–3	Charleroi	Ostend, Belgium
15:00 UTC+2	Albanese 15'		Van Cleemput 55' Štulić 77' Monticelli 79'	Attendance: 0

8 July 2023 Friendly	Eupen	4–0	Charleroi	Eupen, Belgium
14:00 UTC+2	Davidson 24' N'Dri 65' Nuhu 69' Youndje 73'			Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

12 July 2023 Friendly	Charleroi	2–1	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
18:30 UTC+2	Marcq 75' Štulić 90'		Marić 65'

15 July 2023 Friendly	Utrecht	1–2	Charleroi	Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
13:30 UTC+2	Toornstra 29'		Dabbagh 11' Heymans 37'	Stadium: Sportpark Van Zuyen

19 July 2023 Friendly	Reims	3–1	Charleroi	Bétheny, France
17:00 UTC+2	Diakité 21' Munetsi 34' Sekongo 72'		Maggiotti 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Louis Blériot N°1

22 July 2023 Friendly	Charleroi	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Charleroi
19:00 UTC+2	Ilaimaharitra 32' (pen.), 80'		García 6' Aridane 58' Montiel 81' Chavarría 90'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	29 July 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Belgian Cup	TBD			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00

Last updated: 5 August 2023
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Westerlo	30	7	9	14	42	54	−12	30	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
12	OH Leuven	30	7	8	15	34	47	−13	29	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
13	Charleroi	30	7	8	15	26	48	−22	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	Eupen	30	7	3	20	24	58	−34	24
15	Kortrijk	30	6	6	18	22	57	−35	24

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.^[11]

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
2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	−2

Last updated: 5 August 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W
Position	10	14	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	13

Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[12]

29 July 2023 1	Charleroi	1–1	OH Leuven	Charleroi
18:15 UTC+2	Dabbagh 9' Štulić 17' Mbenza 39' Ilaimaharitra 52' Heymans 79'	Report	Maertens 62' Opoku 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nathan Verboomen

5 August 2023 2	Cercle Brugge	2–0	Charleroi	Bruges
18:15 UTC+2	Somers 16' Denkey 43' (pen.)	Report	Knežević 58' Boukamir 76' Heymans 80'	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	STVV	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	RWDM	Charleroi
20:45 UTC+2	Dabbagh 90+3' Dragsnes 90+6', 90+11'		Camara 65' Gueye 82', 90+4' 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.

References

^ "Équipes | RCSC". R. Charleroi S.C. - Web Oficial. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^ "Oday Dabbagh, le nouvel attaquant du Sporting de Charleroi, se confie: "J'aimerais connaître une carrière comme celle d'Osimhen"". 9 June 2023.
^ "Charleroi beat Cercle Brugge to signing of Zan Rogelj from WSG Tirol – Get Belgian & Dutch Football News". getfootballnewsbene.com. May 18, 2023.
^ "Mercato: le Sporting de Charleroi officialise l'arrivée d'Antoine Bernier". Le Soir. June 20, 2023.
^ "Youssouph Badji definite move to Sporting Charleroi". Club Brugge.
^ "Lech Poznań kupi reprezentanta Iranu. Ali Gholizadeh będzie kosztować rekordowe 1,8 mln euro. Najdroższy transfer w Polsce". Gol24.
^ "Genk bring Joris Kayembe in from Charleroi - Get Belgian & Dutch Football News". getfootballnewsbene.com. May 18, 2023.
^ "N. Petkevičius grįžta namo: pasirašė sutartį su Kauno klubu". www.lrytas.lt.
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^ "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.

External links

Official website

[Squad-1] "Équipes | RCSC". R. Charleroi S.C. - Web Oficial. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

[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.

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[11] "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.

[12] "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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League competitions	Pro League Challenger Pro League National Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2023 Winter 2023–24 Summer 2024
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying (Group F) Domenico Tedesco
Club seasons
Pro League	Anderlecht Antwerp Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Genk Gent Kortrijk Mechelen OH Leuven RWDM Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Union SG Westerlo
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