2025–26 KRC Genk season

KRC Genk

2025-26 season
Chairman	Peter Croonen
Head Coach	Thorsten Fink
Stadium	Cegeka Arena
Belgian Pro League	10th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Europa League	League stage
Home colours Away colours Third colours
←  2024–25 2026–27  →
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 (age 18)	2023 [2]	2027 [3]	Anderlecht	€1.3M	24	0
26	Tobias Lawal		GK	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 25)	2025	2029 [4]	LASK	€3.2M	2	0
28	Lucca Brughmans		GK	(2008-06-27) 27 June 2008 (age 17)	2024	2028 [5]	Youth Sector	N/A	0	0
71	Brent Stevens		GK	(2025-08-11) 11 August 2025 (age 1 month)	2024	2026 [6]	MVV Maastricht	Free	0	0
Defenders
3	Mujaid Sadick		CB / RB	(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 25)	2021	2028 [7]	Deportivo	€1.7M	120	3
6	Matte Smets		CB / DM	(2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 21)	2024	2028 [8]	Sint-Truiden	€2.25M	46	0
18	Joris Kayembe		LB / LM / LW	(1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 31)	2023	2026 [9]	Charleroi	N/A	82	4
19	Yaimar Medina		LB / LM / LW	(2004-11-05) 5 November 2004 (age 20)	2025	2029 [10]	Independiente	€4.85M	5	0
22	Brad Manguelle		CB	(2007-11-27) 27 November 2007 (age 17)	2024	2027 [11]	Youth Sector	N/A	0	0
27	Ken Nkuba		RB / RM / RW	(2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 (age 23)	2024	2028 [12]	Charleroi	€3.75M	32	0
34	Adrián Palacios		CB / LB	(2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 (age 21)	2024	2028 [13]	Deportivo Cali	€1.7M	3	0
44	Josue Kongolo		CB	(2006-04-13) 13 April 2006 (age 19)	2023	2028 [14]	Youth Sector	N/A	9	0
77	Zakaria El Ouahdi		RB / LB / RM	(2001-12-31) 31 December 2001 (age 23)	2023	2028 [15]	RWDM Brussels	€2.5M	70	9
Midfielders
8	Bryan Heynen (c)		CM / DM	(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 28)	2015	2029 [16]	Youth Sector	N/A	337	35
17	Patrik Hrosovsky		CM / DM	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 33)	2019 [17]	2026 [18]	Viktoria Plzen	€5.2M	235	18
20	Konstantinos Karetsas		AM	(2007-11-19) 19 November 2007 (age 17)	2024	2027 [19]	Youth Sector	N/A	46	3
21	Ibrahima Sory Bangoura		DM	(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 21)	2024	2028 [20]	Youth Sector	N/A	41	0
24	Nikolas Sattlberger		DM / CM / CB	(2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 (age 21)	2024	2029 [21]	Rapid Wien	€2.5M	33	1
38	Daan Heymans		AM / CM / RW	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 26)	2025	2029 [22]	Charleroi	€3M	2	0
-	Aziz Ouattara		DM / CB / RB	(2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 24)	2022	2026 [23]	Hammarby	€2M	48	3
Forwards
7	Jarne Steuckers		RW / LW / AM	(2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 23)	2024	2028 [24]	Sint-Truiden	€800K	45	9
9	Oh Hyeon-gyu		ST / RW / LW	(2001-04-12) 12 April 2001 (age 24)	2024	2028 [25]	Celtic	€2.7M	44	13
10	Junya Ito		RW / ST / RM	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 32)	2025 [26]	2028	Reims	€2.8M	144	29
11	Luca Oyen		LW / AM	(2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 22)	2020	2027 [27]	Youth Sector	N/A	83	3
14	Yira Sor		LW / RW	(2000-07-24) 24 July 2000 (age 25)	2023	2027 [28]	Slavia Praha	€6.5M	79	1
23	Aaron Bibout		ST	(2004-09-09) 9 September 2004 (age 21)	2025	2029 [29]	Västerås	€2.2M	0	0
29	Robin Mirisola		ST / RW	(2006-12-08) 8 December 2006 (age 18)	2023	2027 [30]	Youth Sector	N/A	0	0
30	Ayumu Yokoyama		LW / ST	(2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 22)	2025	2029 [31]	Birmingham	€3M	9	1
32	Noah Adedeji-Sternberg		LW / RW / AM	(2005-06-19) 19 June 2005 (age 20)	2024	2026	Youth Sector	N/A	46	5
99	Tolu Arokodare		ST	(2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 (age 24)	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

Eendracht Termien v Genk

28 June 2025 Friendly	Eendracht Termien	0-4	Genk	Genk, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Jarne Steuckers 37' Ayumu Yokoyama 60' Robin Mirisola 63' Luca Oyen 75'	Stadium: Terrain ‘t Heke

Fortuna v Genk

4 July 2025 Friendly	Fortuna	0-1	Genk	Nederweert-Eind, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Noah Adedeji-Sternberg 31'

Genk v Rayo Vallecano

19 July 2025 Friendly	Genk	1-1	Rayo Vallecano	Genk, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Noah Adedeji-Sternberg 90+4'	Report	Álvaro García 81'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena

Genk v Eupen

28 July 2025 Friendly	Genk	6-0	Eupen	Dolhain, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Daan Heymans 8', 50' Yira Collins Sor 9' Tolu Arokodare 25' Ken Nkuba 55' Robin Mirisola 85'	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	7	2	2	3	9	10	−1	028.57
Belgian Cup	TBD	TBD	Seventh round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	21 August 2025	TBD	Play-off round	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					7	2	2	3	9	10	−1	028.57

Source: Competitions

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2025–26 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Antwerp	8	2	4	2	9	9	0	10	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
13	Cercle Brugge	8	2	3	3	10	9	+1	9	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14	Genk	8	2	2	4	10	12	−2	8
15	OH Leuven	8	2	1	5	7	16	−9	7
16	Dender EH	8	0	2	6	2	13	−11	2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 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
7	2	2	3	9	10	−1	8	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	1	2	5	6	−1

Source: Jupiler Pro League

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

Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2025. Source: KRC Genk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Club Brugge v Genk

27 July 20251	Club Brugge	2–1	Genk	Bruges, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ordóñez 62' Mechele 81'	Report	Hyun-gyu 9'	Stadium: Jan Breydelstadion Attendance: 24,073 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Genk v Antwerp

3 August 20252	Genk	1–1	Antwerp	Genk, Belgium
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	El Ouahdi 28'	Report	Janssen 24'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 18,030 Referee: Lawrence Fisher

Standard Liège v Genk

10 August 20253	Standard Liège	2–1	Genk	Liege, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Henry 37' (pen.) Fossey 54'	Report	Arokodare 70'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 21,575 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

OH Leuven v Genk

15 August 20254	OH Leuven	1–2	Genk	Leuven, Belgium
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Nyakossi 37'	Report	El Ouahdi 13', 19'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 8,814 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

Genk v Zulte Waregem

31 August 20256	Genk	3–2	Zulte Waregem	Genk, Belgium
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mujaid 13' 33' Mirisola  14'29' El Ouahdi 56' Kayembe  90+2'	Report	Erenbjerg 2' Tanghe 35' (pen.) Lofolomo  47' Nnadi  74'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 17,060 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Anderlecht v Genk

14 September 20257	Anderlecht	1–1	Genk	Anderlecht, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Huerta  15' Degreef  30' Vázquez 57' Hazard  90+8'	Report	Karetsas  42' Erabi 79' Medina  85' Erabi  90+1'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Genk v Charleroi

17 September 20255	Genk	0–1	Charleroi	Genk, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Scheidler 16' Camara  45+1' Blum  53'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 13,230 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui

Genk v Union SG

21 September 20258	Genk	v	Union SG	Genk, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cegeka Arena

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Belgian Cup

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Lech Poznań v Genk

21 August 2025 (2025-08-21)First leg	Lech Poznań	1–5	Genk	Poznań Stadium, Poznań
20:30	Jagiełło 19'	Report [37]	Hrošovský 10', 25' Heynen 33' Oh Hyeon-gyu 40' Gurgul 48' (o.g.)	Attendance: 25,443 [38] Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Genk v Lech Poznań

28 August 2025 (2025-08-28)Second leg	Genk	1–2 (6–3 agg.)	Lech Poznań	Cegeka Arena, Genk
20:00	Itō 31'	Report [39]	Lisman 43' Bengtsson 56'	Attendance: 12,913 [40] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

League phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	VfB Stuttgart	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3 [a]	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
9	FCSB	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3 [b]	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
9	Genk	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3 [b]
9	Lyon	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3 [b]
9	Porto	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3 [b]

Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2025. Source: UEFA ^[41]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Away goals scored: Ludogorets Razgrad 2, Roma 2, SC Freiburg 0, Lille 0, VfB Stuttgart 0.
2. Away goals scored: FCSB 1, Genk 1, Lyon 1, Porto 1, Aston Villa 0, Braga 0.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result
Position
Points

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

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Rangers v Genk

25 September 2025 (2025-09-25)1	Rangers	v	Genk	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
21:00 (20:00 UTC+1)		Report [42]

Genk v Ferencváros

2 October 2025 (2025-10-02)2	Genk	v	Ferencváros	Cegeka Arena, Genk
21:00		Report [43]

Genk v Real Betis

23 October 2025 (2025-10-23)3	Genk	v	Real Betis	Cegeka Arena, Genk
18:45		Report [44]

Braga v Genk

6 November 2025 (2025-11-06)4	Braga	v	Genk	Estádio Municipal, Braga
21:00 (20:00 UTC+0)		Report [45]

Genk v Basel

27 November 2025 (2025-11-27)5	Genk	v	Basel	Cegeka Arena, Genk
21:00		Report [46]

Midtjylland v Genk

11 December 2025 (2025-12-11)6	Midtjylland	v	Genk	MCH Arena, Herning
18:45		Report [47]

Utrecht v Genk

22 January 2026 (2026-01-22)7	Utrecht	v	Genk	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
21:00		Report [48]

Genk v Malmö FF

29 January 2026 (2026-01-29)8	Genk	v	Malmö FF	Cegeka Arena, Genk
21:00		Report [49]

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