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K.A.A. Gent

2022–23 season
Chairman	Ivan De Witte
Managing director	Michel Louwagie
Manager	Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Stadium	Ghelamco Arena
Pro League	5th
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
Belgian Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Hugo Cuypers (27) All: Hugo Cuypers (34)
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The 2022–23 season was the 120th season in the history of K.A.A. Gent and their 34th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Belgian Pro League, Belgian Cup, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

As of 30 May 2023

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 Paul Nardi 2 DF  KEN Joseph Okumu 4 DF  POL Kamil Piątkowski (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) 7 MF  KOR Hong Hyun-seok 8 MF  BEL Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (captain) 9 FW  SRB Darko Lemajić 10 FW  NOR Jens Petter Hauge (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) 11 FW  BEL Hugo Cuypers 13 MF  BEL Julien De Sart 14 MF  BEL Alessio Castro-Montes 17 MF  DEN Andrew Hjulsager 18 MF  BEL Matisse Samoise 19 FW  BEL Malick Fofana

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  NGA Gift Orban 22 MF  GAM Sulayman Marreh 23 DF  GER Jordan Torunarigha 24 MF  BEL Sven Kums (vice-captain) 25 DF  ANG Núrio Fortuna 26 GK  BEL Louis Fortin 29 FW  BEL Laurent Depoitre 30 GK  BEL Célestin De Schrevel 31 DF  BEL Bruno Godeau 33 GK  BEL Davy Roef 34 FW  MAR Tarik Tissoudali — MF  AUS Keegan Jelacic

Other players under contract

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 — FW  CIV Anderson Niangbo

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  GEO Giorgi Chakvetadze (at Slovan Bratislava until 30 June 2023) — FW  COD Jordan Botaka (at Hapoel Jerusalem until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BEL Gianni Bruno (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Hugo Cuypers	Mechelen	Undisclosed	14 June 2022
MF	Hong Hyun-seok	LASK	Undisclosed	8 August 2022
FW	Jens Petter Hauge	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	16 August 2022
GK	Paul Nardi	Lorient	Undisclosed	31 August 2022
DF	Kamil Piątkowski	Red Bull Salzburg	Loan	17 January 2023
FW	Gift Orban	Stabæk	Undisclosed	31 January 2023
MF	Keegan Jelacic	Perth Glory	Undisclosed	30 May 2023

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Yonas Malede	Mechelen	Undisclosed	15 June 2022
FW	Osman Bukari	Red Star Belgrade	Undisclosed	21 June 2022
DF	Christopher Opéri	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	21 June 2022
MF	Giorgi Chakvetadze	Slovan Bratislava	Loan	4 July 2022
MF	Adewale Oladoye	Trenčín	Undisclosed	6 July 2022
FW	Gianni Bruno	Sint-Truiden	Loan	11 July 2022
FW	Jordan Botaka	Hapoel Jerusalem	Loan	15 August 2022
DF	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	Mainz 05	Undisclosed	13 January 2023
MF	Elisha Owusu	Auxerre	Undisclosed	16 January 2023
FW	Ibrahim Salah	Rennes	Undisclosed	31 January 2023
DF	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	Beijing Guoan	Undisclosed	29 March 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 June 2022 Friendly	Dikkelvenne	0–6	Gent	Dikkelvenne, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Van Hauter 3' Salah 12', 30' Bruno 28', 45' Kums 66'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Marc Gevaert

24 June 2022 Friendly	Westerlo	6–2	Gent	Westerlo, Belgium
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Seigers 37' Foster 56' Vaesen 73', 98', 107' Bernát 114'	Report	Fofana 79' Arthur 106'	Stadium: Het Kuipje
Note: Match was played over two halves of 60 minutes each

1 July 2022 Friendly	Hajduk Split	0–3	Gent	Friedberg, Austria
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Cuypers 28' Bruno 43', 49'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Friedberg

4 July 2022 Friendly	Aris Thessaloniki	1–0	Gent	Söchau, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	García 34' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Kräuterdorfstadion Söchau

9 July 2022 Friendly	Gent	2–1	Midtjylland	Ghent, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Castro-Montes 55' (pen.) Tissoudali 78'	Report	Onyedika 30'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

12 July 2022 Friendly	Gent	2–2	Beveren	Ghent, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0

7 December 2022 Friendly	K.R.C. Gent	0–5	Gent	Oostakker, Belgium
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Chillax Arena

14 December 2022 Friendly	Gent	4–1	Heerenveen	Oliva, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuypers 41', 45+2' Salah 50' Fofana 89'	Report	Van Hooijdonk 48'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 5 June 2023
Source: Soccerway

Pro League

League table

Results summary

Last updated: 7 June 2023 2022.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.

Play-offs II

Points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the play-offs. Gent and Standard started on 28 points, Westerlo on 26, and Cercle Brugge on 25. As the points of Standard and Westerlo were rounded up, in case of ties they would always be ranked below the team (or teams) they are tied with. The deciding factor after that would be finishing position in the regular season.

1. ^ Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Standard Liège 6 , Westerlo 7

Belgian Cup

Belgian Super Cup

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	0–2	Omonia	Ghent, Belgium
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Charalambous 19' Barker 76'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,496 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

25 August 2022 Second leg	Omonia	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Gent	Nicosia, Cyprus
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)	Kakoullis 18' Charalambous 36'	Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

UEFA Europa Conference League

Group stage

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DJU	GNT	MOL	SHR
1	Djurgårdens IF	6	5	1	0	12	6	+6	16	Advance to round of 16		—	4–2	3–2	1–0
2	Gent	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4	8	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	4–0	3–0
3	Molde	6	2	1	3	9	10	−1	7			2–3	0–0	—	3–0
4	Shamrock Rovers	6	0	2	4	1	10	−9	2			0–0	1–1	0–2	—

8 September 2022 1	Molde	0–0	Gent	Molde, Norway
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 4,158 Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

15 September 2022 2	Gent	3–0	Shamrock Rovers	Ghent, Belgium
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cuypers 9' Odjidja-Ofoe 18', 65'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 7,813 Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)

6 October 2022 3	Gent	0–1	Djurgårdens IF	Ghent, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Danielson 37'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,896 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

13 October 2022 4	Djurgårdens IF	4–2	Gent	Stockholm, Sweden
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Holmberg 21' Wikheim 42', 46' Banda 45+4'	Report	Depoitre 61' Cuypers 73'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 16,822 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

27 October 2022 5	Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Gent	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
20:00 IST (UTC+1)	Gaffney 3'	Report	Hong 74'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 6,203 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

3 November 2022 6	Gent	4–0	Molde	Ghent, Belgium
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hjulsager 52' Godeau 62' Kums 80' Cuypers 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Knockout round play-off

16 February 2023 First leg	Qarabağ	1–0	Gent	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Andrade 78'	Report		Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 25,452 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

24 February 2023 Second leg	Gent	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (5–3 p)	Qarabağ	Ghent, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Orban 74'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 11,724 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
	Penalties
	De Sart Cuypers Orban Marreh Van Daele		Richard Diakhaby Bayramov Benzia
Note: 1–1 on aggregate. Gent won 5–3 on penalties

Round of 16

9 March 2023 First leg	Gent	1–1	İstanbul Başakşehir	Ghent, Belgium
	Orban 35'	Report	Okaka 16'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 11,334 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

15 March 2023 Second leg	İstanbul Başakşehir	1–4 (2–5 agg.)	Gent	Istanbul, Turkey
	Januzaj 88'	Report	Orban 31', 32', 34' Cuypers 37'	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	1–1	West Ham United	Ghent, Belgium
	Cuypers 57'	Report	Ings 45+3'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,037 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

20 April 2023 Second leg	West Ham United	4–1 (5–2 agg.)	Gent	London, England
	Antonio 37', 63' Paquetá 55' (pen.) Rice 58'	Report	Cuypers 26'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 53,475 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Note: West Ham United won 5–2 on aggregate

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 3 June 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		Belgian Super Cup		UEFA Europa League		UEFA Europa Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FRA	Paul Nardi	37	0	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
26	GK	BEL	Louis Fortin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	BEL	Célestin De Schrevel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	BEL	Davy Roef	22	0	10+1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
Defenders
2	DF	KEN	Joseph Okumu	42	1	29+1	1	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	8+1	0
4	DF	POL	Kamil Piątkowski	21	0	16+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
15	DF	BEL	Bram Lagae	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	GER	Jordan Torunarigha	45	3	33+1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
25	DF	ANG	Núrio Fortuna	29	1	11+5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	3+7	0
31	DF	BEL	Bruno Godeau	27	1	4+11	0	2+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	4+3	1
35	DF	BEL	Cederick Van Daele	3	1	0+1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
38	DF	SEN	Brian Agbor	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	KOR	Hong Hyun-seok	54	9	34+3	6	3	2	0	0	2	0	11+1	1
8	MF	BEL	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe	44	3	19+10	1	2+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	6+4	2
12	MF	BEL	Noah De Ridder	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	BEL	Julien De Sart	39	2	22+5	2	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	6+3	0
14	MF	BEL	Alessio Castro-Montes	46	0	22+9	0	2+1	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
17	MF	DEN	Andrew Hjulsager	35	5	17+7	3	0+2	1	1	0	1+1	0	3+3	1
18	MF	BEL	Matisse Samoise	47	2	31+2	2	2	0	1	0	1+1	0	6+3	0
22	MF	GAM	Sulayman Marreh	17	1	5+6	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+3	0
24	MF	BEL	Sven Kums	53	4	37+1	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	10+1	1
27	MF	BEL	Rune Van Den Bergh	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	SRB	Darko Lemajić	11	2	1+7	2	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
10	FW	NOR	Jens Petter Hauge	29	0	1+18	0	1+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	3+3	0
11	FW	BEL	Hugo Cuypers	55	34	37+2	27	0+2	1	1	0	2	0	10+1	6
19	FW	BEL	Malick Fofana	33	1	8+14	0	2+1	1	0+1	0	0	0	4+3	0
20	FW	NGA	Gift Orban	22	20	14+2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	5
29	FW	BEL	Laurent Depoitre	44	7	7+21	5	2+1	1	0	0	1+1	0	5+6	1
34	FW	MAR	Tarik Tissoudali	15	2	4+8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0+2	0
39	FW	BEL	Matias Fernandez-Pardo	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
5	DF	SEN	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	45	1	30	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
6	MF	GHA	Elisha Owusu	15	0	6+3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
16	FW	MAR	Ibrahim Salah	21	3	8+6	3	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
21	DF	NOR	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	13	0	4+4	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	2	0

References

1. "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017.
2. "Hugo Cuypers is nen Buffalo!" [Hugo Cuypers is a Buffalo!] (in Dutch). Gent. 14 June 2022.
3. "Welcome Hyunseok!" (in Dutch). Gent. 8 August 2022.
4. "Velkommen Jens Petter!" [Welcome Jens Petter!] (in Dutch). Gent. 16 August 2022.
5. "Bienvenue Paul Nardi" [Welcome Paul Nardi] (in Dutch). Gent. 31 August 2022.
6. "Kamil Piatkowski is een Buffalo!" [Kamil Piatkowski is a Buffalo!] (in Dutch). Gent. 17 January 2023.
7. "Welcome Gift!" (in Dutch). Gent. 31 January 2023.
8. "Welcome Keegan Jelacic!" (in Dutch). Gent. 30 May 2023.
9. "Yonas Malede trekt naar KV Mechelen" [Yonas Malede moves to KV Mechelen] (in Dutch). Gent. 15 June 2022.
10. ^ "Osman Bukari en Christopher Operi verlaten de club" [Osman Bukari and Christopher Operi leave the club] (in Dutch). Gent. 21 June 2022.
11. "Giorgi Chakvetadze naar Slovan Bratislava" [Giorgi Chakvetadze to Slovan Bratislava] (in Dutch). Gent. 4 July 2022.
12. "Adewale Oladoye trekt naar AS Trenčín" [Adewale Oladoye moves to AS Trenčín] (in Dutch). Gent. 6 July 2022.
13. "Gianni Bruno naar STVV op uitleenbasis" [Gianni Bruno to STVV on loan] (in Dutch). Gent. 11 July 2022.
14. "Jordan Botaka trekt naar Hapoel Jerusalem" [Jordan Botaka moves to Hapoel Jerusalem] (in Dutch). Gent. 15 August 2022.
15. "Andreas Hanche-Olsen trekt naar Mainz 05" [Andreas Hanche-Olsen moves to Mainz 05] (in Dutch). Gent. 13 January 2023.
16. "Elisha Owusu verhuist naar AJ Auxerre" [Elisha Owusu moves to AJ Auxerre] (in Dutch). Gent. 16 January 2023.
17. "Merci Ibrahim!" [Thanks Ibrahim!] (in Dutch). Gent. 31 January 2023.
18. "Mike Ngadeu kiest voor Chinees avontuur" [Mike Ngadeu opts for Chinese adventure] (in Dutch). Gent. 29 March 2023.
19. "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.
20. "De volledige competitiekalender voor komend seizoen is bekend: Club Brugge opent tegen Racing Genk, Standard ontvangt AA Gent" [The full competition calendar for next season has been announced: Club Brugge opens against Racing Genk, Standard receives AA Gent]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 22 June 2022.
21. "Kalender seizoen 2022-2023" [Calendar season 2022-2023] (in Dutch). Gent. 22 June 2022. MD 5: Anderlecht - KAA GENT uitgesteld wegens UEFA Europa League-playoffronde
22. "Next Match: RSC Anderlecht - KAA Gent" (in Dutch). Gent. 31 August 2022.
23. "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
24. "Anderlecht treft West Ham als grootste naam in Conference League, Gent loot haalbare kaarten" (in Dutch). 26 August 2022.

• K.A.A. Gent seasons
• Belgian football clubs 2022–23 season
• 2022–23 UEFA Europa League participants seasons
• 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League participants seasons