2025–26 KRC Genk season

KRC Genk
2025-26 season
ChairmanPeter Croonen
Head CoachThorsten Fink
StadiumCegeka Arena
Belgian Pro League10th
Belgian CupSeventh round
Europa LeagueLeague stage
All statistics correct as of 13 September 2025.

The 2025-26 season is the 38th season in the history of the K.R.C. Genk as a football club, and the 30th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Belgian Cup and in the UEFA Europa League.

Players

Squad information

Players, appearances, goals and squad numbers last updated on 9 August 2025. Appearances and goals include all official competition matches.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Contract ends Signed from Transfer fee Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Hendrik Van Crombrugge GK (2007-06-07) 7 June 2007 2023[2] 2027[3] Anderlecht €1.3M 24 0
26 Tobias Lawal GK (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 2025 2029[4] LASK €3.2M 2 0
28 Lucca Brughmans GK (2008-06-27) 27 June 2008 2024 2028[5] Youth Sector N/A 0 0
71 Brent Stevens GK (2025-08-11) 11 August 2025 2024 2026[6] MVV Maastricht Free 0 0
Defenders
3 Mujaid Sadick CB / RB (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 2021 2028[7] Deportivo €1.7M 120 3
6 Matte Smets CB / DM (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 2024 2028[8] Sint-Truiden €2.25M 46 0
18 Joris Kayembe LB / LM / LW (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 2023 2026[9] Charleroi N/A 82 4
19 Yaimar Medina LB / LM / LW (2004-11-05) 5 November 2004 2025 2029[10] Independiente €4.85M 5 0
22 Brad Manguelle CB (2007-11-27) 27 November 2007 2024 2027[11] Youth Sector N/A 0 0
27 Ken Nkuba RB / RM / RW (2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 2024 2028[12] Charleroi €3.75M 32 0
34 Adrián Palacios CB / LB (2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 2024 2028[13] Deportivo Cali €1.7M 3 0
44 Josue Kongolo CB (2006-04-13) 13 April 2006 2023 2028[14] Youth Sector N/A 9 0
77 Zakaria El Ouahdi RB / LB / RM (2001-12-31) 31 December 2001 2023 2028[15] RWDM Brussels €2.5M 70 9
Midfielders
8 Bryan Heynen (c) CM / DM (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 2015 2029[16] Youth Sector N/A 337 35
17 Patrik Hrosovsky CM / DM (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 2019[17] 2026[18] Viktoria Plzen €5.2M 235 18
20 Konstantinos Karetsas AM (2007-11-19) 19 November 2007 2024 2027[19] Youth Sector N/A 46 3
21 Ibrahima Sory Bangoura DM (2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 2024 2028[20] Youth Sector N/A 41 0
24 Nikolas Sattlberger DM / CM / CB (2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 2024 2029[21] Rapid Wien €2.5M 33 1
38 Daan Heymans AM / CM / RW (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 2025 2029[22] Charleroi €3M 2 0
- Aziz Ouattara DM / CB / RB (2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 2022 2026[23] Hammarby €2M 48 3
Forwards
7 Jarne Steuckers RW / LW / AM (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 2024 2028[24] Sint-Truiden €800K 45 9
9 Oh Hyeon-gyu ST / RW / LW (2001-04-12) 12 April 2001 2024 2028[25] Celtic €2.7M 44 13
10 Junya Ito RW / ST / RM (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 2025[26] 2028 Reims €2.8M 144 29
11 Luca Oyen LW / AM (2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 2020 2027[27] Youth Sector N/A 83 3
14 Yira Sor LW / RW (2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 2023 2027[28] Slavia Praha €6.5M 79 1
23 Aaron Bibout ST (2004-09-09) 9 September 2004 2025 2029[29] Västerås €2.2M 0 0
29 Robin Mirisola ST / RW (2006-12-08) 8 December 2006 2023 2027[30] Youth Sector N/A 0 0
30 Ayumu Yokoyama LW / ST (2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 2025 2029[31] Birmingham €3M 9 1
32 Noah Adedeji-Sternberg LW / RW / AM (2005-06-19) 19 June 2005 2024 2026 Youth Sector N/A 46 5
99 Tolu Arokodare ST (2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 2023 2027[32] Amiens €5M 111 41

Transfers

Summer 2025

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
1 July 2025 AM Daan Heymans 26 Charleroi €3M [22]
1 July 2025 LW Ayumu Yokoyama 22 Birmingham €3M Redeem after loan [31]
9 July 2025 GK Tobias Lawal 25 LASK €3.2M [4]
24 July 2025 ST Aaron Bibout 20 Västerås €2.2M [29]
9 August 2025 RW Junya Ito 32 Stade Reims €2.8M [26]

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
1 June 2025 GK Mike Penders 19 Chelsea — End of loan
1 July 2025 CM Thomas Claes 21 Zulte Waregem €300K [33]
7 July 2025 LW Christopher Bonsu Baah 20 Al-Qadsiah €17M [34]
8 September 2025 ST Andi Zeqiri 26 Widzew Łódź Transfer [35]

Pre-season and friendlies

28 June 2025 Friendly Eendracht Termien 0-4 Genk Genk, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Terrain ‘t Heke
4 July 2025 Friendly Fortuna 0-1 Genk Nederweert-Eind, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
19 July 2025 Friendly Genk 1-1 Rayo Vallecano Genk, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cegeka Arena
28 July 2025 Friendly Genk 6-0 Eupen Dolhain, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Lambert Fourir

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Pro League 27 July 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 TBD 9 3 2 4 12 13 −1 033.33
Belgian Cup 29 October 2025 TBD Seventh round TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Europa League 21 August 2025 TBD Play-off round TBD 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Total 10 4 2 4 13 13 +0 040.00

Last updated: 28 September 2025
Source: Competitions

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2025–26 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Mechelen 18 8 6 4 24 20 +4 30 Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
6 Standard Liège 19 8 3 8 17 21 −4 27
7 Genk 19 6 7 6 24 26 −2 25 Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8 Westerlo 19 6 6 7 28 28 0 24
9 Antwerp 18 6 5 7 20 18 +2 23
Updated to match(es) played on 20 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.[36]

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
9 3 2 4 12 13  −1 11 1 1 2 5 6  −1 2 1 2 7 7  0

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultLDLWLWDLW
Position131214810910149
Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2025. Source: KRC Genk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

27 July 2025 1 Club Brugge 2–1 Genk Bruges, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydelstadion
Attendance: 24,073
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
3 August 2025 2 Genk 1–1 Antwerp Genk, Belgium
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cegeka Arena
Attendance: 18,030
Referee: Lawrence Fisher
10 August 2025 3 Standard Liège 2–1 Genk Liege, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 21,575
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
15 August 2025 4 OH Leuven 1–2 Genk Leuven, Belgium
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 8,814
Referee: Lothar D'Hondt
31 August 2025 6 Genk 3–2 Zulte Waregem Genk, Belgium
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cegeka Arena
Attendance: 17,060
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
14 September 2025 7 Anderlecht 1–1 Genk Anderlecht, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Lotto Park
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
17 September 2025 5 Genk 0–1 Charleroi Genk, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Cegeka Arena
Attendance: 13,230
Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui
21 September 2025 8 Genk 1–2 Union SG Genk, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cegeka Arena
Attendance: 17,980
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
28 September 2025 9 Sint-Truiden 1–2 Genk Sint-Truiden, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Daio Wasabi Stayen Stadium
Attendance: 10,250
Referee: Lawrence Visser

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Belgian Cup
29 October 2025 Seventh round Genk v RWDM Brussels Genk, Belgium
20:30 CET Stadium: Cegeka Arena

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

21 August 2025 (2025-08-21) First leg Lech Poznań 1–5 Genk Poznań Stadium, Poznań
20:30
Report[38]
Attendance: 25,443[37]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
28 August 2025 (2025-08-28) Second leg Genk 1–2
(6–3 agg.)		 Lech Poznań Cegeka Arena, Genk
20:00
Report[40]
Attendance: 12,913[39]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

League phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
14 Viktoria Plzeň 6 2 4 0 6 2 +4 10 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
15 Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10
16 Genk 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
17 Red Star Belgrade 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18 PAOK 6 2 3 1 13 10 +3 9
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2025. Source: UEFA[41]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Round12345678
GroundAHHAHAAH
ResultWLD
Position91819
Points333
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 September 2025 (2025-09-25) 1 Rangers 0–1 Genk Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
21:00 (20:00 UTC+1) Report[43]
Attendance: 37,898[42]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
2 October 2025 (2025-10-02) 2 Genk 0–1 Ferencváros Cegeka Arena, Genk
21:00 Report[45]
Attendance: 13,743[44]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
23 October 2025 (2025-10-23) 3 Genk 0–0 Real Betis Cegeka Arena, Genk
18:45 Report[47] Attendance: 16,780[46]
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
6 November 2025 (2025-11-06) 4 Braga v Genk Estádio Municipal, Braga
21:00 (20:00 UTC+0) Report[48]
27 November 2025 (2025-11-27) 5 Genk v Basel Cegeka Arena, Genk
21:00 Report[49]
11 December 2025 (2025-12-11) 6 Midtjylland v Genk MCH Arena, Herning
18:45 Report[50]
22 January 2026 (2026-01-22) 7 Utrecht v Genk Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
21:00 Report[51]
29 January 2026 (2026-01-29) 8 Genk v Malmö FF Cegeka Arena, Genk
21:00 Report[52]

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