2023–24 K.V. Kortrijk season

K.V. Kortrijk
2023–24 season
Manager	Edward Still; (until 25 September); Glen De Boeck; (from 2 October until 5 December); Joseph Akpala; (caretaker); Freyr Alexandersson; (from 6 January)
Stadium	Guldensporen Stadion
Belgian Pro League	15th
Relegation play-offs	2nd
Belgian Cup	Eighth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Isaak Davies (9); All: ; Isaak Davies (9)
Average home league attendance	6,588
Biggest win	Kortrijk 4–2 Lommel
Biggest defeat	Antwerp 6–0 Kortrijk

The 2023–24 season was K.V. Kortrijk's 123rd season in existence and 16th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 December 2023^[2]

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	BEL	Tom Vandenberghe
2	DF	ENG	Ryan Alebiosu
4	DF	UKR	Mark Mampassi (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
5	DF	GER	Christalino Atemona
6	DF	CHI	Nayel Mehssatou
7	FW	BEL	Dylan Mbayo
8	MF	BEL	Youssef Challouk
9	FW	IRL	Jonathan Afolabi
10	MF	ALG	Abdelkahar Kadri
11	MF	BEL	Dion De Neve
13	GK	BEL	Ebbe De Vlaeminck
15	MF	BUL	Kristiyan Malinov
16	MF	BEL	Marco Kana (on loan from Anderlecht)
20	FW	URU	Felipe Avenatti
21	DF	BEL	Martin Wasinski (on loan from Charleroi)
23	FW	ENG	Alex Mighten (on loan from Nottingham Forest)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Sissako
29	FW	SVK	Martin Regáli
39	FW	WAL	Isaak Davies (on loan from Cardiff City)
44	DF	POR	João Silva
54	FW	ENG	Sheyi Ojo (on loan from Cardiff City)
66	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Radovanović
68	FW	GLP	Thierry Ambrose
70	MF	BEL	Massimo Bruno
76	FW	SEN	Djibi Seck
77	FW	TOG	David Henen
89	MF	BEL	Lynnt Audoor (on loan from Club Brugge)
95	GK	BEL	Lucas Pirard
98	DF	ROU	Raul Opruț
99	FW	FRA	Mounaïm El Idrissy

Out on loan

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
—	MF	BEL	Massimo Decoene (at Oostende until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ALG	Billel Messaoudi (at Göztepe until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MAS	Luqman Hakim Shamsudin (at Njarðvík until 31 December 2023)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Raul Opruț	FC Hermannstadt	€400,000	31 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Sheyi Ojo	Cardiff City	Loan	16 August 2023	^[4]
MF	Kristiyan Malinov	OH Leuven	Free	18 August 2023
MF	Marco Kana	Anderlecht	Loan	1 September 2023
DF	Craig Cathcart	Watford	Free	5 September 2023
MF	Alex Mighten	Nottingham Forest	Loan	5 September 2023	^[5]
FW	Mounaïm El Idrissy	Ajaccio		6 September 2023
FW	Jonathan Afolabi	Bohemians	Undisclosed	29 December 2023
DF	Haruya Fujii	Nagoya Grampus	Loan	10 January 2024	^[6]
DF	Ryotaro Tsunoda	Cardiff City	Loan	23 January 2024	^[7]
MF	Kings Kangwa	Red Star Belgrade	Loan	1 February 2024	^[8]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Billel Messaoudi	Göztepe	Loan	14 August 2023	^[9]
DF	Craig Cathcart	Retired		19 September 2023	^[10]
DF	Raul Opruț	FC Hermannstadt	Loan	8 January 2024
MF	Alex Mighten	Nottingham Forest	Loan return	9 January 2024	^[11]
FW	Luqman Hakim Shamsudin	YSCC Yokohama	Loan	16 January 2024	^[12]
DF	Aleksandar Radovanović	Almería	Free	20 January 2024	^[13]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

17 June 2023 Friendly	KE Wervik	2–1	Kortrijk	Wervik
17:00				Stadium: Sportcentrum Virovios Terrein 1

24 June 2023 Friendly	KRC Harelbeke	2–6	Kortrijk	Harelbeke
17:00				Stadium: Forestiersstadion

28 June 2023 Friendly	Oudenaarde	2–4	Kortrijk	Oudenaarde
19:00				Stadium: Burgemeester Thienpontstadion

1 July 2023 Friendly	Kortrijk	0–2	SK Beveren	Kortrijk
17:00				Stadium: Guldensporenstadion

5 July 2023 Friendly	Kortrijk	2–1	RWDM	Harelbeke
19:00				Stadium: Forestiersstadion

8 July 2023 Friendly	RKC Waalwijk	0–0	Kortrijk	Waalwijk, Netherlands
14:00				Stadium: Sportpark Olympia Waalwijk

14 July 2023 Friendly	Beerschot	1–0	Kortrijk
19:00

22 July 2023 Friendly	Kortrijk	2–1	Volendam	Kortrijk
15:00				Stadium: Guldensporenstadion

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 %
Belgian Pro League regular season	30 July 2023	16 March 2024	Matchday 1	15th	30	6	6	18	22	57	−35	020.00
Relegation play-offs	7 April 2024	11 May 2024	Matchday 1	2nd	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	033.33
Promotion/relegation play-offs	19 May 2024		First leg	Winners	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
Belgian Cup	1 November 2023		Seventh round	Eighth round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					40	10	8	22	35	71	−36	025.00

Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
16	RWD Molenbeek	30	5	8	17	31	67	−36	23

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.^[14]

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
30	6	6	18	22	57	−35	24	4	3	8	13	24	−11	2	3	10	9	33	−24

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W
Position	12	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15

Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[15]

30 July 2023 1	Gent	3–2	Kortrijk	Ghent
16:00	Radovanović 8' (o.g.) Castro-Montes 24' Cuypers 30' Orban 71'	Report	Kadri 5' Montegnies 30' Mehssatou 56' Avenatti 40', 86' João Silva 90+5'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 12,595 Referee: Lawrence Visser

6 August 2023 2	Kortrijk	0–1	Sint-Truiden	Kortrijk
19:15				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

11 August 2023 3	Antwerp	6–0	Kortrijk	Antwerp
20:45				Stadium: Den Dreef

20 August 2023 4	Kortrijk	1–3	Eupen	Kortrijk
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Wasinski 49' Audoor 54' Malinov 65' Kadri 66' João Silva 80' Mehssatou 90+2' Avenatti 90+9'	Report	Paeshuyse 53' Magnée 56' Keita 60', 67' Král 90+5' Slonina 90+9' Déom 90+11'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 4,419 Referee: Arthur Denil

26 August 2023 5	Kortrijk	1–1	Standard Liège	Kortrijk
20:45				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

1 September 2023 6	OH Leuven	3–0	Kortrijk	Leuven
20:45				Stadium: Den Dreef

17 September 2023 7	Kortrijk	2–2	Anderlecht	Kortrijk
16:00				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

23 September 2023 8	Charleroi	1–0	Kortrijk	Charleroi
16:00				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

29 September 2023 9	Kortrijk	2–1	Cercle Brugge	Kortrijk
20:45		Report		Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Erik Lambrechts

7 October 2023 10	Westerlo	1–0	Kortrijk	Westerlo
18:15		Report		Stadium: Het Kuipje Referee: Nathan Verboomen

29 October 2023 11	Kortrijk	1–0	Club Brugge	Kortrijk
16:00				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

29 October 2023 12	Kortrijk	0–3	Genk	Kortrijk
19:15		Report		Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

4 November 2023 13	RWD Molenbeek	1–1	Kortrijk	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
16:00		Report		Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium

12 November 2023 14	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–0	Kortrijk	Brussels
19:15		Report		Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium

26 November 2023 15	Kortrijk	0–3	Mechelen	Kortrijk
19:15		Report	Bassette 6' Schoofs 16' Mrabti 79'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

2 December 2023 16	Eupen	1–1	Kortrijk	Eupen
18:15	Pálsson 69'	Report	Vandenberghe 90+3'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

8 December 2023 17	Kortrijk	1–2	Westerlo	Kortrijk
20:45	Davies 66'	Report	Frigan 33' Daci 87'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Brent Staessens

17 December 2023 18	Genk	4–0	Kortrijk	Genk
19:15		Report		Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Bram Van Driessche

20 December 2023 19	Cercle Brugge	3–2	Kortrijk	Bruges
18:30		Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Wim Smet

26 December 2023 20	Kortrijk	0–2	Gent	Kortrijk
16:00			Tissoudali 7', 56'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Jan Boterberg

20 January 2024 21	Standard Liège	0–1	Kortrijk	Liège
18:15		Report	Avenatti 45'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Bert Put

27 January 2024 22	Kortrijk	0–0	OH Leuven	Kortrijk
16:00		Report		Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Nicolas Laforge

30 January 2024 23	Club Brugge	3–3	Kortrijk	Bruges
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zinckernagel 16' Mechele 77' Thiago 86'	Report	Afolabi 53' Bruno 68' Seck 90+7'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Jonathan Lardot

3 February 2024 24	Kortrijk	1–0	Charleroi	Kortrijk
18:15	Davies 45'	Report		Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Brent Staessens

9 February 2024 25	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Kortrijk	Sint-Truiden
20:45	Fujii 40' (o.g.)	Report	Sissako 83' João Silva 87'	Stadium: Stayen Referee: Wim Smet

18 February 2024 26	Kortrijk	1–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	Kortrijk
16:00	Davies 54'	Report	Rasmussen 8' Castro-Montes 17' Amoura 52'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Nathan Verboomen

24 February 2024 27	Mechelen	3–0	Kortrijk	Mechelen
20:45	Antonio 31' Vandenberghe 79' (o.g.) Bafdili 90+3'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Lawrence Visser

3 March 2024 28	Kortrijk	3–2	RWDM	Kortrijk
19:15	Davies 9' Kadri 63', 74' (pen.)	Report	Biron 24' Reine-Adélaïde 65'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot

9 March 2024 29	Kortrijk	0–1	Antwerp	Kortrijk
16:00		Report	Ilenikhena 31' Van Den Bosch 40'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Bert Put

16 March 2024 30	Anderlecht	0–1	Kortrijk	Anderlecht
20:45	Rits 62'	Report	Davies 79' Malinov 88' Alebiosu 89'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Relegation play-offs

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
6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	7	1	0	2	4	6	−2	1	1	1	3	4	−1

Last updated: 11 May 2024.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	W	L
Position	3	4	4	3	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

7 April 2024 1	Eupen	1–1	Kortrijk	Eupen
16:00	Keita 28' Charles-Cook 80'	Report	Davies 50' Kana 55' Ojo 65'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 2,525 Referee: Lawrence Visser

14 April 2024 2	Kortrijk	1–2	Charleroi	Kortrijk
16:00	Davies 45+2'	Report	Camara 32' Bernier 54' Dari 90+4'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 6,691 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

21 April 2024 3	Kortrijk	2–4	RWDM	Kortrijk
16:00	João Silva 23' Ambrose 37' Sissako 46' Davies 66'	Report	Gueye 11', 67' Sousa 14', 29' Carlos Alberto 24' (pen.) Abe 44' Sambu 62' Reine-Adélaïde 90+8'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Jan Boterberg

28 April 2024 4	RWDM	0–1	Kortrijk	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
19:15	Adaramola 17' Mboup 79'	Report	Mehssatou 16' Davies 21' Kadri 57'	Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium Referee: Jonathan Lardot

5 May 2024 5	Kortrijk	1–0	Eupen	Kortrijk
19:15	Sissako 14' Davies 45+5' João Silva 45+10' Pirard 69' Mehssatou 82'	Report	Emond 16' Lambert 29' Filin 45+6' Youndje 81'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Nathan Verboomen

11 May 2024 6	Charleroi	3–1	Kortrijk	Charleroi
18:15	Heymans 24' (pen.) Bernier 38' Sylla 70'	Report	Davies 58' Kadri 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Wim Smet

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Barrage

19 May 2024 First leg	Lommel	0–1	Kortrijk	Lommel
18:30	Rosa 8' Wouters 30' Schoofs 77'		Kadri 14' (pen.) De Neve 36' Sissako 45' Ambrose 69' Silva 84' Pirard 90+2'	Stadium: Soevereinstadion Attendance: 4,436 Referee: Lawrence Wisser

26 May 2024 Second leg	Kortrijk	4–2 (5–2 agg.)	Lommel	Kortrijk
13:30	Ambrose 96', 101', 117', 118' Malinov 45' Avenatti 107' Silva 109'	Report	Rosa 3' Oware 45+3' 98' Dermane 66' Sales 85' Schoofs 105' (pen.) Granell 105+3'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Bert Put

Belgian Cup

1 November 2023 Seventh round	Dender	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Kortrijk	Denderleeuw
19:00	Rajsel 10', 101' Masangu 11' 37' Ruyssen 80' Rôdes 85' Pupe 90' Myny 107' Akman 116'	Report	Kadri 28' (pen.), 110' Bruno 44' Mbayo 120+2' 120+5'	Stadium: Van Roystadion Referee: Hannes De Couvreur

5 December 2023 Seventh round	Kortrijk	0–1	RWDM	Kortrijk
20:00	Henen 42'	Report	Sissako 24' Del Piage 27' Reine-Adélaïde 84', 85' Koné 90+3'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Wesli De Cremer

References

^ https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/bel-eerste-klasse-a-2023-2024/1/
^ "spelers – KV Kortrijk". kvk.be.
^ "Kortrijk l-a prezentat oficial pe Raul Opruț".
^ "Sheyi Ojo: Cardiff winger moves to Belgian club KV Kortrijk on loan". BBC Sport. 16 August 2023.
^ "Alexander Mighten Op Huurbasis Naar KVK".
^ "Haruya Fujii volgende versterking KVK".
^ "Tsunoda completes transfer and loan out deal". 23 January 2024.
^ "Kings Kangwa is een Kerel".
^ "Billal Messaoudi Göztepe'mizde - Göztepe Spor Kulübü".
^ "Not an easy choice - NI defender Cathcart retires". BBC Sport.
^ "Mighten and Hwang return". 9 January 2024.
^ "NEWS: YSCC has signed Luqman Hakim on loan from KV Kortrijk (Belgium) | Y.S.C.C.公式サイト". 18 January 2024.
^ "Aleksandar Radovanovic swaps Pro League relegation battle for la Liga relegation battle".
^ "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

[1] ttps://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/bel-eerste-klasse-a-2023-2024/1/

[2] "spelers – KV Kortrijk". kvk.be.

[3] "Kortrijk l-a prezentat oficial pe Raul Opruț".

[4] "Sheyi Ojo: Cardiff winger moves to Belgian club KV Kortrijk on loan". BBC Sport. 16 August 2023.

[5] "Alexander Mighten Op Huurbasis Naar KVK".

[6] "Haruya Fujii volgende versterking KVK".

[7] "Tsunoda completes transfer and loan out deal". 23 January 2024.

[8] "Kings Kangwa is een Kerel".

[9] "Billal Messaoudi Göztepe'mizde - Göztepe Spor Kulübü".

[10] "Not an easy choice - NI defender Cathcart retires". BBC Sport.

[11] "Mighten and Hwang return". 9 January 2024.

[12] "NEWS: YSCC has signed Luqman Hakim on loan from KV Kortrijk (Belgium) | Y.S.C.C.公式サイト". 18 January 2024.

[13] "Aleksandar Radovanovic swaps Pro League relegation battle for la Liga relegation battle".

[14] "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.

[15] "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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