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[1]
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

KE Wervik v Kortrijk

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

KRC Harelbeke v Kortrijk

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

Oudenaarde v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v SK Beveren

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

Kortrijk v RWDM

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

RKC Waalwijk v Kortrijk

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

Beerschot v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Volendam

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
					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

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	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]

Gent v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Sint-Truiden

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

Antwerp v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Eupen

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

Kortrijk v Standard Liège

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

OH Leuven v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Anderlecht

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

Charleroi v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Cercle Brugge

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

Westerlo v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Club Brugge

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

Kortrijk v Genk

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

RWD Molenbeek v Kortrijk

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

Union Saint-Gilloise v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Mechelen

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

Eupen v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Westerlo

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

Genk v Kortrijk

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

Cercle Brugge v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Gent

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

Standard Liège v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v OH Leuven

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

Club Brugge v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Charleroi

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

Sint-Truiden v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Union Saint-Gilloise

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

Mechelen v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v RWDM

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

Kortrijk v Antwerp

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

Anderlecht v Kortrijk

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Eupen v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Charleroi

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

Kortrijk v RWDM

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

RWDM v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Eupen

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

Charleroi v Kortrijk

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

Lommel v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v Lommel

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

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Cup

Dender v Kortrijk

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

Kortrijk v RWDM

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

1. https://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.

External links

• Official website