2025–26 K.V.C. Westerlo season

KVC Westerlo
2025–26 season
President	Oktay Ercan
Manager	Issame Charaï
Stadium	Het Kuipje
Belgian Pro League	12th
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
Highest home attendance	6,509 vs Mechelen
Lowest home attendance	5,645 vs Zulte Waregem
Biggest win	Sint-Truiden 0–3 Westerlo
Biggest defeat	Anderlecht 5–2 Westerlo; Cercle Brugge 4–1 Westerlo
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 2025–26 season is the 93rd in KVC Westerlo's history and its fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football, the Belgian Pro League. The club will also take part in the Belgian Cup.

On 17 June 2025, the club announced the appointment of Issame Charaï as head coach.^[1]

Squad

No.	Name	Position	Age	Joined
99	Andreas Jungdal	GK	23	2025
	Oskar Annell	GK	20	2025
40	Emin Bayram	DF	22	2024
22	Bryan Reynolds	DF	24	2023
25	Tuur Rommens	DF	22	2023
	Amando Lapage	DF	21	2025
33	Roman Neustädter	DF	37	2022
	Lucas Mbamba	DF	19	2025
	Seiji Kimura	DF	24	2025
7	Allahyar Sayyadmanesh	MF	24	2024
13	Isa Sakamoto	MF	22	2025
8	Serhiy Sydorchuk	MF	34	2023
34	Doğucan Haspolat	MF	25	2023
	Adedire Mebude	MF	21	2023
18	Griffin Yow	MF	23	2022
	Arthur Piedfort	MF	20	2023
39	Thomas Van den Keybus	MF	24	2023
	Mathias Fixelles	MF	29	2022
	Raf Smekens	MF	21	2023
	Antonio Cordero	MF	19	2025
	Reda Laalaoui	MF	20	2025
77	Josimar Alcócer	FW	21	2023
90	Nacho Ferri	FW	21	2025
14	Kyan Vaesen	FW	24	2011
	Eliot Bujupi	FW	19	2025

Transfers In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Kyan Vaesen	Willem II	Loan return	30 June 2025
MF	Isa Sakamoto	Gamba Osaka	Undisclosed^[a]	1 July 2025	^[2]
GK	Andreas Jungdal	Cremonese	Undisclosed^[a]	1 July 2025	^[3]
GK	Oskar Annell	Mechelen	Free	1 July 2025	^[4]
FW	Nacho Ferri	Eintracht Frankfurt	€2,000,000	8 July 2025	^[5]
DF	Lucas Mbamba	LOSC Lille B	Undisclosed	29 July 2025	^[6]
MF	Antonio Cordero	Newcastle United	Loan	1 August 2025	^[7]
DF	Seiji Kimura	FC Tokyo	Undisclosed	8 August 2025	^[8]
MF	Enzo Geerts	Jong PSV	Free	2 September 2025
MF	Reda Laalaoui	FUS Rabat	Undisclosed	8 September 2025	^[9]
FW	Eliot Bujupi	VfB Stuttgart II	Loan	8 September 2025	^[10]

Transfers Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Alfie Devine	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan return	30 June 2025
FW	Islam Slimani	CR Belouizdad	Loan return	30 June 2025
DF	Luka Vušković	Hajduk Split	Loan return	30 June 2025
MF	Rhys Youlley	Sydney FC	Free	1 July 2025
MF	Muhammed Gümüşkaya	Bandırmaspor	Undisclosed	3 July 2025
DF	Edisson Jordanov	Beerschot	Free	10 July 2025
DF	Jordan Bos	Feyenoord	€5,000,000	25 July 2025	^[11]
FW	Matija Frigan	Parma	€10,000,000	15 August 2025	^[12]
GK	Nick Gillekens	RFC Seraing	Free	20 August 2025	^[13]
MF	Enzo Geerts	KFC Houtvenne	Loan	3 September 2025
DF	Rubin Seigers	Lommel	Free	5 September 2025	^[14]
GK	Sinan Bolat	Iğdır	Undisclosed	10 September 2025	^[15]

Friendlies

21 June 2025	Mechelen	3–2	Westerlo
11:00	Schoofs Raman	Report	Vaesen Yow

25 June 2025	Westerlo	1–3	AEK Larnaca
11:00	Frigan 28'		Miličević 7' García 62' Naoum 90'

27 June 2025	Westerlo	2–1	Lierse
18:00	Van den Keybus Bos	Report	Sy

5 July 2025	Westerlo	1–3	Sint-Truiden
11:00	Haj Abdallah	Report	Ferrari Delpupo Lambotte

11 July 2025	Westerlo	2–1	Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
11:00	Frigan 76', 80'		Rousseau 35'

16 July 2025	Westerlo	1–3	Panathinaikos
20:00	Vaesen 90'		Gnezda Čerin 41' Pellistri 56' Bregou 84'

19 July 2025	Westerlo	3–1	Samsunspor
19:00	Rommens 39' Ferri 50' Van den Keybus 70'		Holse 17'

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	27 July 2025	21 March 2026	Matchday 1	7	3	0	4	11	13	−2	042.86
Belgian Cup	30 October 2025		Round of 16	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	3	0	4	11	13	−2	042.86

Last updated: 21 September 2025
Source: Competitions

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Genk	19	6	7	6	24	26	−2	25	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8	Antwerp	19	6	6	7	22	20	+2	24
9	Westerlo	19	6	6	7	28	28	0	24
10	Gent	19	6	5	8	26	29	−3	23
11	Zulte Waregem	19	5	8	6	25	27	−2	23

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch)
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
7	3	0	4	11	13	−2	9	2	0	2	5	4	+1	1	0	2	6	9	−3

Last updated: 21 September 2025.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	P	W	W	L
Position	16	7	9	13

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

27 July 2025 1	Anderlecht	5–2	Westerlo	Anderlecht
13:30 UTC+2	Hazard 19', 90+1' Hey 23' Degreef 37', 64' Llansana 44' Angulo 65' Saliba 70' Vázquez 80'		Vaesen 46', 71' Van den Keybus 54' Frigan 58'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui

2 August 2025 2	Westerlo	3–1	Zulte Waregem	Westerlo
16:00 UTC+2	Yow 1' Alcócer 11' Haspolat 75' Sakamoto 82'		Erenbjerg 30' Traoré 42'	Stadium: Het Kuipje Attendance: 5,645 Referee: Bert Verbeke

9 August 2025 3	Westerlo	0–1	Mechelen	Westerlo
18:15 UTC+2	Ferri 25'		Halhal 18' Raman 84'	Stadium: Het Kuipje Attendance: 6,509 Referee: Michiel Allaerts

17 August 2025 4	Cercle Brugge	4–1	Westerlo	Bruges
19:15 UTC+2	Gerkens 35' Minda 37' Ngoura 45+1' Adewumi 90+2'		Alcócer 70' Bayram 78'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 4,286 Referee: Anthony Letellier

30 August 2025 6	Westerlo	2–0	Antwerp	Westerlo
18:15 UTC+2	Sakamoto 28' Piedfort 75'		Doumbia 72'	Stadium: Het Kuipje Attendance: 5,709 Referee: Jan Boterberg

14 September 2025 7	Sint-Truiden	0–3	Westerlo	Sint-Truiden
19:15 UTC+2	Sissako 57'		Ferri 39' Yow 50' (pen.) Bayram 58' Reynolds 61' Jungdal 67'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 7,737 Referee: Bram van Driessche

21 September 2025 8	Westerlo	0–2	Standard Liège	Westerlo
16:00 UTC+2			Nielsen 24' Abid 37', 40' Lawrence 47' Henry 84' Karamoko 87'	Stadium: Het Kuipje Referee: Kevin Van Damme

24 September 2025 5	Club Brugge	v	Westerlo	Bruges
20:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Belgian Cup

30 October 2025 Round of 16	Beerschot	v	Westerlo
20:30

Notes

^ ^a ^b Purchase option activated

References

^ "Issame Charaï new head coach of KVC Westerlo -". June 17, 2025.
^ "Sterk seizoen voor Isa Sakamoto -". June 19, 2025.
^ "Jungdal definitief Kemphaan -". June 18, 2025.
^ "OFFICIEEL: KVC Westerlo neemt 20-jarige doelman over van Jong Mechelen". VoetbalPrimeur.be. June 19, 2025.
^ "Official | Eintracht Frankfurt sell Spanish attacking prospect to Belgian outfit with buyback option - Get German Football News". www.getfootballnewsgermany.com. July 8, 2025.
^ "OFFICIEEL: KVC Westerlo presenteert 18-jarige Mbamba , ex-Genk en Club".
^ "Antonio Cordero joins KVC Westerlo on loan". OneFootball. August 2, 2025.
^ "Japanner Seiji Kimura (23) voor vier jaar naar Westerlo: "Internationale ervaring en honger naar groei"".
^ "Welcome Reda! -". September 8, 2025.
^ "OFFICIEEL: Westerlo haalt Eliot Bujupi weg bij Stuttgart II". VoetbalPrimeur.be. September 8, 2025.
^ "Feyenoord present Australian left-back Jordan Bos as seventh summer signing | Flashscore.com". www.flashscore.com.
^ "Official : Parma buy Frigan from KVC Westerlo with reported €10m fee". August 15, 2025.
^ "'Westerlo stuurt speler gratis door naar ploeg in Challenger Pro League'". Voetbalkrant.com. August 20, 2025.
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^ "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.

[fn1-2] Purchase option activated

[1] "Issame Charaï new head coach of KVC Westerlo -". June 17, 2025.

[3] "Sterk seizoen voor Isa Sakamoto -". June 19, 2025.

[4] "Jungdal definitief Kemphaan -". June 18, 2025.

[5] "OFFICIEEL: KVC Westerlo neemt 20-jarige doelman over van Jong Mechelen". VoetbalPrimeur.be. June 19, 2025.

[6] "Official | Eintracht Frankfurt sell Spanish attacking prospect to Belgian outfit with buyback option - Get German Football News". www.getfootballnewsgermany.com. July 8, 2025.

[7] "OFFICIEEL: KVC Westerlo presenteert 18-jarige Mbamba , ex-Genk en Club".

[8] "Antonio Cordero joins KVC Westerlo on loan". OneFootball. August 2, 2025.

[9] "Japanner Seiji Kimura (23) voor vier jaar naar Westerlo: "Internationale ervaring en honger naar groei"".

[10] "Welcome Reda! -". September 8, 2025.

[11] "OFFICIEEL: Westerlo haalt Eliot Bujupi weg bij Stuttgart II". VoetbalPrimeur.be. September 8, 2025.

[12] "Feyenoord present Australian left-back Jordan Bos as seventh summer signing | Flashscore.com". www.flashscore.com.

[13] "Official : Parma buy Frigan from KVC Westerlo with reported €10m fee". August 15, 2025.

[14] "'Westerlo stuurt speler gratis door naar ploeg in Challenger Pro League'". Voetbalkrant.com. August 20, 2025.

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[17] "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.

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