2024–25 K.A.A. Gent season

K.A.A. Gent
2024–25 season
Manager	Wouter Vrancken
Stadium	Planet Group Arena
Belgian Pro League	5th
Belgian Cup	Eighth round
UEFA Conference League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Max Dean (6); All: ; Max Dean (13)
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 15 December 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 125th season in the history of the K.A.A. Gent as a football club, and the 36th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Conference League.

Squad

Position	Number	Player	Date joined
GK	1	Paul Nardi	2022
DF	3	Archie Brown	2023
DF	4	Tsuyoshi Watanabe	2023
DF	5	Ismaël Kandouss	2023
DF	12	Hugo Gambor	2024
DF	20	Stefan Mitrović	2024
DF	22	Noah Fadiga	2023
DF	23	Jordan Torunarigha	2022
DF	41	Hannes Vernemmen
MF	6	Omri Gandelman	2023
MF	7	Hong Hyun-seok	2022
MF	8	Pieter Gerkens	2023
MF	13	Julien De Sart	2021
MF	17	Andrew Hjulsager	2021
MF	18	Matisse Samoise	2008
MF	24	Sven Kums	2019
FW	9	Momodou Sonko	2024
FW	28	Matias Fernandez-Pardo	2020
FW		Ahmed Abdullahi	2022
FW		Andri Guðjohnsen	2024

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Andri Guðjohnsen	Lyngby		1 July 2024	^[1]
FW	Max Dean	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	12 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Mathias Delorge	Sint-Truiden	€3,500,000	24 July 2024	^[3]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Laurent Depoitre		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[4]
FW	Tarik Tissoudali	PAOK	Undisclosed	28 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Matias Fernandez-Pardo	Lille		30 August 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly	KFC Merelbeke	0–5	Gent	Merelbeke
19:00		Report	Fernandez-Pardo 27', 37' Abdullahi 74' Gandelman 78' Samoise 80'

5 July 2024 Friendly	HO Kalken	0–9	Gent	Kalken
19:00		Report	Sonko 16' Gandelman 24' Fortuna 28' Yokota 36' Surdez 55', 90' Abdullahi 59' Gerkens 66' Asselman 70'	Attendance: 1,000

6 July 2024 Friendly

Gent

v

Deinze

10 July 2024 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Gent	Netherlands
15:00	Zini 2' Rota 54'		Hong Hyun-seok 18'
Note: 2 x 35 minutes

10 July 2024 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–1	Gent	Netherlands
16:30			Yokota 27'
Note: 2 x 30 minutes

13 July 2024 Friendly

Gent

v

Go Ahead Eagles

Netherlands

13 July 2024 Friendly	Westerlo	1–0	Gent
10:30	Bos 33'
Note: Behind closed doors.

17 July 2024 Friendly	Gent	0–1	Lille	Ghent
19:30			Cabella 7'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena

20 July 2024 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	2–0	Gent
14:00	Nyssen 12' Erenbjerg 52'

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	28 July 2024		Matchday 1	10	5	2	3	18	10	+8	050.00
Belgian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024		Second qualifying round	8	6	1	1	18	10	+8	075.00
Total				18	11	3	4	36	20	+16	061.11

Last updated: 24 October 2024
Source: Competitions

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Anderlecht	18	9	6	3	33	13	+20	33	Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
4	Antwerp	19	9	4	6	34	19	+15	31
5	Gent	18	7	6	5	28	21	+7	27
6	Union SG	18	6	9	3	23	15	+8	27
7	Mechelen	19	7	5	7	35	26	+9	26	Qualification for the Europe play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. 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.^[6]

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.^[7]

28 July 2024 1	Kortrijk	0–1	Gent	Kortrijk
16:00			Guðjohnsen 59'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

4 August 2024 2	Gent	1–2	Dender	Ghent
	Yokota 47'		Soladio 23' Berte 86'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena Attendance: 12,072 Referee: Jan Boterberg

11 August 2024 3	Charleroi	1–0	Gent	Charleroi
18:30	Heymans 90'			Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

18 August 2024 4	Gent	4–1	Westerlo	Ghent
				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

1 September 2024 6	Gent	1–1	Antwerp	Ghent
				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

15 September 2024 7	Gent	2–0	Mechelen	Ghent
				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

22 September 2024 8	Club Brugge	2–4	Gent	Bruges
				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

26 September 2024 5	Cercle Brugge	2–1	Gent	Bruges
				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

29 September 2024 9	Gent	3–0	OH Leuven	Ghent
				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

6 October 2024 10	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Gent	Sint-Truiden
				Stadium: Stayen

19 October 2024 11	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–0	Gent	Forest
				Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium

27 October 2024 12	Gent	v	Genk	Ghent
18:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

Belgian Cup

30 October 2024 Seventh round	Gent	7–0	Rochefort	Ghent
20:00 CET	Gerkens 6' Sonko 18', 56' Varela 31', 79' Dean 75' (pen.), 87'			Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

4 December 2024 Eighth round	Union SG	3–2	Gent	Forest
20:00 CET	David 14', 59' Fuseini 49'	Report	Dean 44' Gandelman 63'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.^[8]

25 July 2024 First leg	Gent	4–1	Víkingur	Ghent
20:00 UTC+2	Hong Hyun-seok 24', 88' Kums 59' De Sart 68' (pen.)		Nielsen 13'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena

1 August 2024 Second leg	Víkingur	0–3 (1–7 agg.)	Gent	Faroe Islands
18:45 UTC+1

Third qualifying round

8 August 2024 First leg	Silkeborg IF	2–2	Gent	Silkeborg, Denmark
18:30	Adamsen 49' (pen.), 90+5'		Ganchas 61' (o.g.) Dean 90+3'	Stadium: JYSK Park Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

15 August 2024 Second leg	Gent	3–2 (5–4 agg.)	Silkeborg IF	Ghent
20:30				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

League phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
15	Real Betis	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
16	1. FC Heidenheim	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
17	Gent	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8
19	Víkingur Reykjavík	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

3 October 2024 1	Chelsea	4–2	Gent	London, England
20:00 UTC+1	Veiga 12' Neto 46' Nkunku 63' Dewsbury-Hall 70'	Report	Watanabe 50' Gandelman 90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,546 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany)

24 October 2024 2	Gent	2–1	Molde	Ghent
18:45 UTC+2	Fadiga 24' Brown 90+5'	Report	Møller Dæhli 78'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

7 November 2024 3	Gent	v	Omonia	Ghent
18:45				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

References

^ "Andri Gudjohnsen is een Buffalo | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.
^ "Welkom, Max Dean! | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.
^ "STVV liet Delorge niet naar KRC Genk gaan". VoetbalBelgie.
^ "After over 250 appearances and 70 goals, former Porto and Huddersfield Town striker leaves Gent as a club legend". 28 May 2024.
^ "Dankjewel, Tita Tovenaar! | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.
^ "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.
^ "JPL Kalender seizoen 2024-2025 | KAA Gent Website".
^ "The official website for European football".

[1] "Andri Gudjohnsen is een Buffalo | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.

[2] "Welkom, Max Dean! | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.

[3] "STVV liet Delorge niet naar KRC Genk gaan". VoetbalBelgie.

[4] "After over 250 appearances and 70 goals, former Porto and Huddersfield Town striker leaves Gent as a club legend". 28 May 2024.

[5] "Dankjewel, Tita Tovenaar! | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.

[6] "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.

[7] "JPL Kalender seizoen 2024-2025 | KAA Gent Website".

[8] "The official website for European football".

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League competitions	Pro League Challenger Pro League Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2024 Winter 2024–25 Summer 2025
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2024 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A Domenico Tedesco
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