2023–24 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

Charleroi
2023–24 season
Chariman	Fabien Debecq
Managing Director	Mehdi Bayat
Manager	Felice Mazzù; (until 20 March); Rik De Mil; (from 22 March)
Stadium	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Belgian Pro League	13th
Relegation play-offs	1st
Belgian Cup	Eighth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Parfait Guiagon (6); All: ; Oday Dabbagh; Parfait Guiagon; (6 each)
Biggest win	Thes Sport Tessenderlo 0–3 Charleroi
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Royal Charleroi S.C.'s 120th season in existence and 12th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup, being knocked out in the eighth round.

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 February 2024^[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	FRA	Pierre Patron
2	DF	DEN	Jonas Bager
3	DF	SUI	Stefan Knezevic
4	DF	BEL	Jules Van Cleemput
5	MF	FRA	Etienne Camara
6	MF	ALG	Adem Zorgane
7	MF	BEL	Isaac Mbenza
8	MF	CIV	Parfait Guiagon
9	FW	PLE	Oday Dabbagh
10	FW	SEN	Youssouph Badji
12	GK	BEL	Nicolas Closset
13	FW	ALG	Nadhir Benbouali
15	DF	NOR	Vetle Dragsnes
16	GK	BFA	Hervé Koffi
17	MF	BEL	Antoine Bernier
18	MF	BEL	Daan Heymans


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	SRB	Nikola Štulić
21	DF	CYP	Stelios Andreou
22	MF	FRA	Adrien Trebel
25	DF	FRA	Damien Marcq
26	MF	MAD	Marco Ilaimaharitra (captain)
27	DF	BEL	Roméo Monticelli
29	DF	SVN	Žan Rogelj
32	DF	BEL	Mehdi Boukamir
37	DF	MAR	Achraf Dari (on loan from Brest)
42	MF	BEL	Thomas Lutte
44	MF	JPN	Ryota Morioka
55	GK	BEL	Martin Delavallée
66	DF	NGA	Valentine Ozornwafor
80	FW	BEL	Youssuf Sylla
98	DF	FRA	Jeremy Petris

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
—	DF	BEL	Martin Wasinski (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	BEL	Jackson Tchatchoua (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Oday Dabbagh	Arouca	Free	1 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Žan Rogelj	WSG Tirol	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Antoine Bernier	RFC Seraing	Free	1 July 2023	^[4]
FW	Youssouph Badji	Club Brugge	Undisclosed	6 July 2023	^[5]
FW	Youssuf Sylla	Zulte Waregem		30 August 2023	^[6]
DF	Vetle Dragsnes	Lillestrøm	€250,000	31 August 2023	^[7]
DF	Jeremy Petris	Levski Sofia	Undisclosed	30 January 2024	^[8]
DF	Achraf Dari	Brest	Loan	1 February 2024	^[9]
MF	Etienne Camara	Udinese	Undisclosed	1 February 2024	^[10]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ali Gholizadeh	Lech Poznań	€1,800,000	1 July 2023	^[11]
MF	Joris Kayembe	Genk	Undisclosed	1 July 2023	^[12]
MF	Nauris Petkevičius	FC Hegelmann	Free	6 July 2023	^[13]
GK	Didier Desprez	F91 Dudelange	Free	11 July 2023
FW	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	Tractor	€800,000	25 July 2023
MF	Julien Maggiotti	Bastia	Undisclosed	26 July 2023	^[14]
DF	Jackson Tchatchoua	Hellas Verona	Loan	31 August 2023
DF	Loïc Bessilé	USL Dunkerque	Undisclosed	1 January 2024
MF	Ken Nkuba	Genk	€3,800,000	30 January 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

On 8 June 2023, it was announced that their first friendly of the upcoming season, will be a trip to Mons to play fifth division side R.A.E.C. Mons.^[15]

25 June 2023 Friendly	Mons	0–1	Charleroi	Mons, Belgium
15:00 UTC+2			Badji 68'	Stadium: Stade Charles Tondreau

1 July 2023 Friendly	Charleroi	5–0	Tournai	Marcinelle, Belgium
15:00 UTC+2	Morioka 43' Dabbagh 50' Marcq 60' Ntelo 70', 75'			Attendance: 0

6 July 2023 Friendly	Oostende	1–3	Charleroi	Ostend, Belgium
15:00 UTC+2	Albanese 15'		Van Cleemput 55' Štulić 77' Monticelli 79'	Attendance: 0

8 July 2023 Friendly	Eupen	4–0	Charleroi	Eupen, Belgium
14:00 UTC+2	Davidson 24' N'Dri 65' Nuhu 69' Youndje 73'			Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

12 July 2023 Friendly	Charleroi	2–1	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
18:30 UTC+2	Marcq 75' Štulić 90'		Marić 65'

15 July 2023 Friendly	Utrecht	1–2	Charleroi	Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
13:30 UTC+2	Toornstra 29'		Dabbagh 11' Heymans 37'	Stadium: Sportpark Van Zuyen

19 July 2023 Friendly	Reims	3–1	Charleroi	Bétheny, France
17:00 UTC+2	Diakité 21' Munetsi 34' Sekongo 72'		Maggiotti 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Louis Blériot N°1

22 July 2023 Friendly	Charleroi	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	Charleroi
19:00 UTC+2	Ilaimaharitra 32' (pen.), 80'		García 6' Aridane 58' Montiel 81' Chavarría 90'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

15 November 2023 Friendly	Charleroi	1–3	Beveren	Charleroi
13:00 UTC+1	Badji 40'		Salech 47' Kyeremateng 88'	Stadium: jeugdcomplex van Sporting Charleroi
Note: Four periods of 30 minutes.

11 October 2023 Friendly	Francs Borains	0–3	Charleroi	Boussu
11:00				Stadium: Stade Robert Urbain

12 January 2024 Friendly	Charleroi	6–2	Dinamo București	Antalya, Turkey
13:00	Guiagon 25' Štulić 64', 69', 86' Benbouali 72' Heymans 90+1'		Gregório 9' (pen.) Abdallah 40'
Note: Two halves of 60 minutes

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	29 July 2023	17 March 2024	Matchday 1	13th	30	7	8	15	26	48	−22	023.33
Relegation play-offs	6 April 2024	11 May 2024	Matchday 1	1st	6	5	1	0	11	3	+8	083.33
Belgian Cup	31 October 2023	6 December 2023	Seventh round	Eighth round	2	1	0	1	5	5	+0	050.00
Total					38	13	9	16	42	56	−14	034.21

Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Westerlo	30	7	9	14	42	54	−12	30	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
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

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.^[16]

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	7	8	15	26	48	−22	29	6	4	5	20	23	−3	1	4	10	6	25	−19

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L
Position	8	14	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	12	9	10	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13

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

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[17]

29 July 2023 1	Charleroi	1–1	OH Leuven	Charleroi
18:15	Dabbagh 9' Štulić 17' Mbenza 39' Ilaimaharitra 52' Heymans 79'	Report	Maertens 62' Opoku 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nathan Verboomen

5 August 2023 2	Cercle Brugge	2–0	Charleroi	Bruges
18:15	Somers 16' Denkey 43' (pen.)	Report	Knežević 58' Boukamir 76' Heymans 80'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Lothar D'hondt

13 August 2023 3	Charleroi	1–1	Standard Liège	Charleroi
18:30		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nicolas Laforge

20 August 2023 4	Genk	0–0	Charleroi	Genk
16:00		Report		Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Kevin Van Damme

27 August 2023 5	Anderlecht	2–1	Charleroi	Brussels
18:30		Report		Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

3 September 2023 6	Charleroi	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Charleroi
19:15		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Wim Smet

16 September 2023 7	Club Brugge	4–2	Charleroi	Brugge
20:45		Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Bram Van Driessche

23 September 2023 8	Charleroi	1–0	Kortrijk	Charleroi
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui

1 October 2023 9	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–1	Charleroi	Brussels
13:30		Report		Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Referee: Jasper Vergoote

6 October 2023 10	Charleroi	2–1	RWDM	Charleroi
20:45	Dabbagh 90+3' Dragsnes 90+6', 90+11'	Report	Camara 65' Gueye 82', 90+4' 90+6'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Lawrence Visser, Theophile Diskeuve
Note: Due to injury the referee Lawrence Visser was replaced at half-time.

21 October 2023 11	Charleroi	3–2	Antwerp	Charleroi
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Wesli De Cremer

28 October 2023 12	Eupen	2–0	Charleroi	Eupen
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Král 45' Möhwald 54'	Report		Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Jasper Vergoote

5 November 2023 13	Charleroi	1–3	Gent	Charleroi
19:15		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Jonathan Lardot

11 November 2023 14	Mechelen	1–0	Charleroi	Mechelen
20:45		Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Wesli De Cremer

25 November 2023 15	Charleroi	3–2	Westerlo	Charleroi
18:15	Heymans 59' Dabbagh 66' Sylla 90+6'	Report	Madsen 24' Yow 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Bram Van Driessche

2 December 2023 16	RWD Molenbeek	0–0	Charleroi	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
16:00		Report		Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium Referee: Jonathan Lardot

10 December 2023 17	Charleroi	1–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	Charleroi
19:15		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Erik Lambrechts

16 December 2023 18	Standard Liège	0–0	Charleroi	Liège
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

23 December 2023 19	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
18:15		Report		Stadium: Stayen Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui

27 December 2023 20	Charleroi	3–1	Mechelen	Charleroi
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Wesli De Cremer

21 January 2024 21	Antwerp	4–1	Charleroi	Antwerp
13:30		Report		Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Erik Lambrechts

27 January 2024 22	Charleroi	1–4	Club Brugge	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Bert Put

31 January 2024 23	Charleroi	1–0	Eupen	Charleroi
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Lothar D'hondt

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

11 February 2024 25	Charleroi	1–3	Anderlecht	Charleroi
18:30	Dari 42'	Report	Van Cleemput 6' (o.g.) Dolberg 29' Vázquez 85'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Erik Lambrechts

17 February 2024 26	OH Leuven	0–0	Charleroi	Leuven
18:15		Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Nicolas Laforge

23 February 2024 27	Charleroi	0–1	Genk	Charleroi
20:45		Report	Sor 71'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Kevin Van Damme

1 March 2024 28	Westerlo	0–1	Charleroi	Westerlo
20:45		Report	Guiagon 65'	Stadium: Het Kuipje Referee: Bram Van Driessche

9 March 2024 29	Charleroi	0–0	Cercle Brugge	Charleroi
18:15	Ilaimaharitra 61'	Report	Popović 40'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Lothar D'hondt

17 March 2024 30	Gent	5–0	Charleroi	Ghent
18:30	Fernandez-Pardo 38' Gandelman 41', 48', 55', 67'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jan Boterberg

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	5	1	0	11	4	+7	16	2	1	0	4	1	+3	3	0	0	7	3	+4

Last updated: 11 May 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 April 2024 1	Charleroi	0–0	RWDM	Charleroi
16:00	Guiagon 20'	Report	Biron 17', 56' Abner 45+2' Dwomoh 67' Makosso 78'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 7,035 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

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	Charleroi	1–0	Eupen	Charleroi
19:15	Heymans 14' Bager 90+2'	Report	Nuhu 18'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 7,333 Referee: Wim Smet

26 April 2024 4	Eupen	1–2	Charleroi	Eupen
20:45	Baiye 33' Białek 86' Král 89'	Report	Bernier 11' Dabbagh 41' Camara 56'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Bert Put

4 May 2024 5	RWDM	1–3	Charleroi	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
16:00	Gueye 63'	Report	Dari 7' Dragsnes 35' Guiagon 39' Andreou 87'	Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium Referee: Kevin van Damme

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

Belgian Cup

31 October 2023 Seventh round	Thes Sport Tessenderlo	0–3	Charleroi	Tessenderlo
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Badji 38' Rogelj 55' Heymans 57'	Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportpark Tessenderlo Referee: Jordy Vermeire

6 December 2023 Eighth round	Antwerp	5–2	Charleroi	Antwerp
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ejuke 45' Boukamir 57' (o.g.) Janssen 71', 90+2' Ilenikhena 76'	Report	Dabbagh 28' Heymans 31' Ilaimaharitra 90'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Jan Boterberg

References

^ "Équipes | RCSC". R. Charleroi S.C. - Web Oficial. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^ "Oday Dabbagh, le nouvel attaquant du Sporting de Charleroi, se confie: "J'aimerais connaître une carrière comme celle d'Osimhen"". 9 June 2023.
^ "Charleroi beat Cercle Brugge to signing of Zan Rogelj from WSG Tirol – Get Belgian & Dutch Football News". getfootballnewsbene.com. May 18, 2023.
^ "Mercato: le Sporting de Charleroi officialise l'arrivée d'Antoine Bernier". Le Soir. June 20, 2023.
^ "Youssouph Badji definite move to Sporting Charleroi". Club Brugge.
^ "Le Sporting de Charleroi accueille Youssuf Sylla de Zulte Waregem". RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.
^ "Vetle Dragsnes vient renforcer notre défense". RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.
^ "Jeremy Petris est zèbre". RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.
^ "Achraf Dari est zèbre". RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.
^ "Camara signs to Charleroi < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.
^ "Lech Poznań kupi reprezentanta Iranu. Ali Gholizadeh będzie kosztować rekordowe 1,8 mln euro. Najdroższy transfer w Polsce". Gol24.
^ "Genk bring Joris Kayembe in from Charleroi - Get Belgian & Dutch Football News". getfootballnewsbene.com. May 18, 2023.
^ "N. Petkevičius grįžta namo: pasirašė sutartį su Kauno klubu". www.lrytas.lt.
^ "Mercato : Julien Maggiotti s'engage avec le SC Bastia". www.corsematin.com. July 25, 2023.
^ [1]
^ "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

[Squad-1] "Équipes | RCSC". R. Charleroi S.C. - Web Oficial. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

[2] "Oday Dabbagh, le nouvel attaquant du Sporting de Charleroi, se confie: "J'aimerais connaître une carrière comme celle d'Osimhen"". 9 June 2023.

[3] "Charleroi beat Cercle Brugge to signing of Zan Rogelj from WSG Tirol – Get Belgian & Dutch Football News". getfootballnewsbene.com. May 18, 2023.

[4] "Mercato: le Sporting de Charleroi officialise l'arrivée d'Antoine Bernier". Le Soir. June 20, 2023.

[5] "Youssouph Badji definite move to Sporting Charleroi". Club Brugge.

[6] "Le Sporting de Charleroi accueille Youssuf Sylla de Zulte Waregem". RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.

[7] "Vetle Dragsnes vient renforcer notre défense". RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.

[8] "Jeremy Petris est zèbre". RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.

[9] "Achraf Dari est zèbre". RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.

[10] "Camara signs to Charleroi < Squad < News < Udinese". www.udinese.it.

[11] "Lech Poznań kupi reprezentanta Iranu. Ali Gholizadeh będzie kosztować rekordowe 1,8 mln euro. Najdroższy transfer w Polsce". Gol24.

[12] "Genk bring Joris Kayembe in from Charleroi - Get Belgian & Dutch Football News". getfootballnewsbene.com. May 18, 2023.

[13] "N. Petkevičius grįžta namo: pasirašė sutartį su Kauno klubu". www.lrytas.lt.

[14] "Mercato : Julien Maggiotti s'engage avec le SC Bastia". www.corsematin.com. July 25, 2023.

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[16] "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.

[17] "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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