2024–25 K.V. Kortrijk season
| 2024–25 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Freyr Alexandersson (until 17 December) Yves Vanderhaeghe (18 December–19 February) Bernd Storck (from 20 February) |
| Stadium | Guldensporen Stadion |
| Belgian Pro League | Regular season: 15th Relegation play-offs 3rd (relegated) |
| Belgian Cup | Round of 16 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Thierry Ambrose Nacho Ferri (6) All: Nacho Ferri (7) |
The 2024–25 season marks the 104th season in the history of KV Kortrijk and the 17th consecutive season in the Belgian Pro League. The team also competed in the Belgian Cup.
On 17 December, following a 0–3 home defeat to Dender and the team's dwindling chances of avoiding relegation, head coach Freyr Alexandersson was dismissed. He was succeeded by Yves Vanderhaeghe for his third tenure.[1]
On 4 May 2025, KV Kortrijk was formally relegated to the Belgian second division, marking its first return to that level since 2008.[2]
Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Mouhamed Guèye | SK Rapid Wien II | Undisclosed | 5 January 2025 | [3] |
| DF | Ryotaro Tsunoda | Cardiff City | Loan | 7 January 2025 | [4] |
| MF | Karim Dermane | Lommel | Loan | 14 January 2025 | [5] |
| MF | Marco Ilaimaharitra | Unattached | Free | 15 January 2025 | [6] |
| FW | Koen Kostons | SC Paderborn | Loan | 30 January 2025 | [7] |
| DF | Massimo Decoene | Lokeren-Temse | Loan return | 4 February 2025 |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Kristiyan Malinov | Debreceni VSC | Undisclosed | 1 January 2025 | [8] |
| MF | Takuro Kaneko | Urawa Red Diamonds | Undisclosed | 4 January 2025 | [9] |
| MF | Tomoki Takamine | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Undisclosed | 5 January 2025 | [10] |
| GK | Tom Vandenberghe | Gent | Undisclosed | 7 January 2025 | [11] |
| MF | Ryan Alebiosu | St Mirren | Loan | 3 February 2025 | |
| DF | Massimo Decoene | NŠ Mura | Loan | 5 February 2025 | |
| DF | João Silva | Sport Recife | Undisclosed | 13 February 2025 |
Friendlies
| 6 July 2024 Friendly | Lens | 6–3 | Kortrijk |
| 13 July 2024 Friendly | Cardiff City | 3–1 | Kortrijk |
| 17 July 2024 Friendly | Kortrijk | 5–0 | Amiens |
| 20 July 2024 Friendly | AZ Alkmaar | 3–0 | Kortrijk |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Belgian Pro League | 28 July 2024 | 16 March 2025 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 23.33 |
| Relegation play-offs | 30 March 2025 | 10 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 60.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 30 October 2024 | 4 December 2024 | Seventh round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Total | 37 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 29.73 | ||||
Last updated: 3 May 2025
Source: Competitions
Belgian Pro League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Dender EH | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 32 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 13 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 31 | |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 26 | |
| 16 | Beerschot | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 18 |
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.[12]
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.[12]
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 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 35 | −21 |
Source:
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league schedule was released on 11 June 2024.[13]
| 28 July 2024 1 | Kortrijk | 0–1 | Gent | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 4 August 2024 2 | Cercle Brugge | 1–2 | Kortrijk | Bruges |
| Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
| 10 August 2024 3 | Dender | 4–1 | Kortrijk | Denderleeuw |
| Stadium: Dender Football Complex |
| 18 August 2024 4 | Kortrijk | 1–0 | Standard Liège | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 25 August 2024 5 | Charleroi | 1–0 | Kortrijk | Charleroi |
| Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi |
| 1 September 2024 6 | Kortrijk | 1–1 | Sint-Truiden | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 14 September 2024 7 | Kortrijk | 0–3 | Club Brugge | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 29 September 2024 9 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 3–0 | Kortrijk | Forest |
| Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium |
| 5 October 2024 10 | Kortrijk | 2–1 | Genk | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 20 October 2024 11 | Mechelen | 3–0 | Kortrijk | Mechelen |
| Stadium: Achter de Kazerne |
| 25 October 2024 12 | Kortrijk | 1–0 | Beerschot | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 3 November 2024 13 | Anderlecht | 4–0 | Kortrijk | Anderlecht |
| 9 November 2024 14 | Kortrijk | 1–2 | Royal Antwerp F.C. | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 29 November 2024 16 | Kortrijk | 3–1 | Mechelen | Kortrijk |
| 20:45 | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
| 7 December 2024 17 | Genk | 3–2 | Kortrijk | Genk |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui |
| 14 December 2024 18 | Kortrijk | 0–3 | Dender | Kortrijk |
| 20:45 |
|
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Lawrence Visser |
| 21 December 2024 19 | Beerschot | 2–2 | Kortrijk | Antwerp |
| 20:45 | Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 26 December 2024 20 | Kortrijk | 0–1 | Charleroi | Kortrijk |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 10 January 2025 21 | Standard Liège | 1–0 | Kortrijk | Liège |
| 20:45 |
|
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne |
| 19 January 2025 22 | Kortrijk | 0–2 | Anderlecht | Kortrijk |
| 13:30 | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 25 January 2025 23 | Club Brugge | 1–1 | Kortrijk | Bruges |
| 20:45 | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
| 2 February 2025 24 | Kortrijk | 1–2 | Westerlo | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 9 February 2025 25 | Kortrijk | 1–2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 15 February 2025 26 | Antwerp | 2–1 | Kortrijk | Antwerp |
| 23 February 2025 27 | Kortrijk | 1–1 | Cercle Brugge | Kortrijk |
| Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 1 March 2025 28 | Sint-Truiden | 4–2 | Kortrijk | Sint-Truiden |
| Stadium: Stayen |
| 8 March 2025 29 | Kortrijk | 2–0 | OH Leuven | Kortrijk |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 16 March 2025 30 | Gent | 1–2 | Kortrijk | Ghent |
| 18:30 | Stadium: Planet Group Arena |
Relegation play-offs
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | STR | CER | KOR | BEE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 41 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |||
| 2 | Cercle Brugge (O) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 39 | Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-offs | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Kortrijk (R) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 37 | Relegation to Challenger Pro League | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | ||
| 4 | Beerschot (R) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.[14]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.[14]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
| 30 March 2025 1 | Kortrijk | 2–2 | Cercle Brugge | Kortrijk |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 6,913 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
| 6 April 2025 2 | Sint-Truiden | 0–3 | Kortrijk | Sint-Truiden |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 4,595 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 12 April 2025 3 | Kortrijk | 3–2 | Beerschot | Kortrijk |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Wim Smet |
| 25 April 2025 4 | Beerschot | 2–0 | Kortrijk | Antwerp |
| 20:45 | Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
Belgian Cup
| 30 October 2024 Round of 32 | Kortrijk | 1–0 | Lokeren-Temse | Kortrijk |
|
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 4 December 2024 Round of 16 | Kortrijk | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Antwerp | Kortrijk |
| 20:30 | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
References
- ^ "Third times a charm: Kortrijk bring back Yves Vanderhaeghe for a third spell with the club".
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Mouhamed Gueye naar KVK". KV Kortrijk.
- ^ "Tsunoda is terug een Kerel". KV Kortrijk.
- ^ "Karim Dermane is een Kerel". KV Kortrijk.
- ^ "Marco Ilaimaharitra is nieuwe Kerel". KV Kortrijk.
- ^ Koen Kostons verhuist naar KVK
- ^ "Jupiler Pro League: Kristiyan Malinov quitte Courtrai pour la Hongrie".
- ^ "Kaneko naar Urawa Red Diamonds". KV Kortrijk.
- ^ "Takamine naar Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo". KV Kortrijk.
- ^ "Tom Vandenberghe naar KAA Gent". KV Kortrijk.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kalender Jupiler Pro League 2024-2025".
- ^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.