2022–23 K.A.A. Gent season

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 Pro League, Belgian Cup, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

K.A.A. Gent
2022–23 season
ChairmanIvan De Witte
Managing directorMichel Louwagie
ManagerHein Vanhaezebrouck
StadiumGhelamco Arena
Pro League5th
Belgian CupQuarter-finals
Belgian Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hugo Cuypers (15)
All:
Hugo Cuypers (20)

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 France FRA Paul Nardi
2 DF Kenya KEN Joseph Okumu
5 DF Cameroon CMR Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
6 MF Ghana GHA Elisha Owusu
7 MF South Korea KOR Hong Hyun-seok
8 MF Belgium BEL Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (captain)
9 FW Serbia SRB Darko Lemajić
10 FW Norway NOR Jens Petter Hauge (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
11 FW Belgium BEL Hugo Cuypers
13 MF Belgium BEL Julien De Sart
14 MF Belgium BEL Alessio Castro-Montes
16 FW Belgium BEL Ibrahim Salah
17 MF Denmark DEN Andrew Hjulsager
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Belgium BEL Matisse Samoise
19 FW Belgium BEL Malick Fofana
21 DF Norway NOR Andreas Hanche-Olsen
22 MF The Gambia GAM Sulayman Marreh
23 DF Germany GER Jordan Torunarigha
24 MF Belgium BEL Sven Kums (vice-captain)
25 DF Angola ANG Núrio Fortuna
26 GK Belgium BEL Louis Fortin
29 FW Belgium BEL Laurent Depoitre
30 GK Belgium BEL Célestin De Schrevel
31 DF Belgium BEL Bruno Godeau
33 GK Belgium BEL Davy Roef
34 FW Morocco 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 Ivory Coast 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 Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Chakvetadze (at Slovan Bratislava until 30 June 2023)
— FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jordan Botaka (at Hapoel Jerusalem until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Belgium BEL Gianni Bruno (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 June 2022 Friendly SC Dikkelvenne Belgium 0–6 Belgium Gent Dikkelvenne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Marc Gevaert
24 June 2022 Friendly Westerlo Belgium 6–2 Belgium Gent Westerlo
11:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Het Kuipje
1 July 2022 Friendly Hajduk Split Croatia 0–3 Belgium Gent Friedberg
11:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
  • Cuypers 28'
  • Bruno 43', 49'
 Stadium: Sportzentrum Friedberg
4 July 2022 Friendly Aris Thessaloniki Greece 1–0 Belgium Gent Söchau
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kräuterdorfstadion Söchau
9 July 2022 Friendly Gent Belgium 2–1 Denmark Midtjylland Ghent
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
12 July 2022 Friendly Gent Belgium 2–2 Belgium SK Beveren Ghent
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 0
7 December 2022 Friendly KRC Gent Belgium 0–5 Belgium Gent Oostakker
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Chillax Arena
14 December 2022 Friendly Gent Belgium 4–1 Netherlands Heerenveen Oliva, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 22 July 2022 May 2022 Matchday 1 25 11 6 8 44 30 +14 044.00
Belgian Cup 9 November 2022 12 January 2023 Sixth round Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 066.67
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 7 2 2 3 10 7 +3 028.57
Total 38 15 8 15 61 46 +15 039.47

Last updated: 16 February 2023
Source: Soccerway

Pro League
Main article: 2022–23 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Antwerp 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
5 Gent 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]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation ANT USG GNK CLU
1 Antwerp 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 45 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round — 28 May 2–1 3–2
2 Union SG 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 44 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 0–2 — 3–0 4 Jun
3 Genk 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 41 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round 4 Jun 21 May — 3–1
4 Club Brugge (Q) 3 0 0 3 4 8 −4 30 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round 21 May 1–2 28 May —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2023. 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]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation GNT STA CER WES
1 Gent 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 37 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round — 3 Jun 20 May 3–1
2 Standard Liège 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 30 1–2 — 27 May 2–2
3 Cercle Brugge 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 29 0–4 0–0 — 3 Jun
4 Westerlo (E) 3 0 1 2 6 10 −4 27 27 May 20 May 3–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2023. 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]
(E) Eliminated

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round12345
GroundAHHAH
ResultDDWW
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
7 August 2022 3 Gent 2–1 Westerlo Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 11,138
Referee: Wim Smet
12 August 2022 4 Oostende 1–3 Gent Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 4,568
Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Belgian Cup
Main article: 2022–23 Belgian Cup

Belgian Super Cup
Main article: 2022 Belgian Super Cup
17 July 2022 Final Club Brugge 1–0 Gent Bruges
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 18,166
Referee: Erik Lambrechts

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2022–23 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 Belgium 0–2 Cyprus Omonia Ghent
--:-- EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 10,496
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
25 August 2022 Second leg Omonia Cyprus 2–0
(4–0 agg.)		 Belgium Gent Nicosia, Cyprus
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 17,002
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

UEFA Europa Conference League
Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League

Group stage
Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group F

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DJU GNT MOL SHR
1 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 6 5 1 0 12 6 +6 16 Advance to round of 16 — 4–2 3–2 1–0
2 Belgium Gent 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 — 4–0 3–0
3 Norway Molde 6 2 1 3 9 10 −1 7 2–3 0–0 — 3–0
4 Republic of Ireland 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 Norway 0–0 Belgium Gent Molde, Norway
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 4,158
Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)
15 September 2022 2 Gent Belgium 3–0 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Ghent
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 7,813
Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)
6 October 2022 3 Gent Belgium 0–1 Sweden Djurgårdens IF Ghent
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 10,896
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
13 October 2022 4 Djurgårdens IF Sweden 4–2 Belgium Gent Stockholm, Sweden
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 16,822
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
27 October 2022 5 Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 1–1 Belgium Gent Dublin, Republic of Ireland
20:00 IST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 6,203
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
3 November 2022 6 Gent Belgium 4–0 Norway Molde Ghent
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Knockout round play-off
Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase
16 February 2023 First leg Qarabağ Azerbaijan 1–0 Belgium Gent Baku, Azerbaijan
21:45 AZT (UTC+4)
Report Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
Attendance: 25,452
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
24 February 2023 Second leg Gent Belgium 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(5–3 p)		 Azerbaijan Qarabağ Ghent, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 11,724
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Penalties
Note: 1–1 on aggregate. Gent won 5–3 on penalties

Round of 16
9 March 2023 First leg Gent Belgium 1–1 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir Ghent
 Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 11,334
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
15 March 2023 Second leg İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 1–4
(2–5 agg.)		 Belgium Gent Istanbul
 Report
Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Attendance: 8,216
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
Note: Gent won 5–2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals
13 April 2023 First leg Gent Belgium 1–1 England West Ham United Ghent
 Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 19,037
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
20 April 2023 Second leg West Ham United England 4–1
(5–2 agg.)		 Belgium Gent London
 Report
Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 53,475
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Note: West Ham United won 5–2 on aggregate

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