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K.A.A. Gent

2024–25 season
Manager	Wouter Vrancken
Stadium	Planet Group Arena
Belgian Pro League	5th
Belgian Cup	Eighth round
UEFA Conference League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: Max Dean (6) All: Max Dean (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2023–24
All statistics correct as of 15 December 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 125th season in the history of the K.A.A. Gent as a football club, and the 36th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Conference League.

Squad

Position Number Player Date joined Further data GK 1 Paul Nardi 2022 DF 3 Archie Brown 2023 DF 4 Tsuyoshi Watanabe 2023 DF 5 Ismaël Kandouss 2023 DF 12 Hugo Gambor 2024 DF 20 Stefan Mitrović 2024 DF 22 Noah Fadiga 2023 DF 23 Jordan Torunarigha 2022 DF 41 Hannes Vernemmen MF 6 Omri Gandelman 2023 MF 7 Hong Hyun-seok 2022 MF 8 Pieter Gerkens 2023 MF 13 Julien De Sart 2021 MF 17 Andrew Hjulsager 2021 MF 18 Matisse Samoise 2008 MF 24 Sven Kums 2019 FW 9 Momodou Sonko 2024 FW 28 Matias Fernandez-Pardo 2020 FW Ahmed Abdullahi 2022 FW Andri Guðjohnsen 2024

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Andri Guðjohnsen	Lyngby		1 July 2024
FW	Max Dean	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	12 July 2024
MF	Mathias Delorge	Sint-Truiden	€3,500,000	24 July 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Laurent Depoitre		End of contract	1 July 2024
FW	Tarik Tissoudali	PAOK	Undisclosed	28 July 2024
FW	Matias Fernandez-Pardo	Lille		30 August 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly	KFC Merelbeke	0–5	Gent	Merelbeke
19:00		Report	Fernandez-Pardo 27', 37' Abdullahi 74' Gandelman 78' Samoise 80'

5 July 2024 Friendly	HO Kalken	0–9	Gent	Kalken
19:00		Report	Sonko 16' Gandelman 24' Fortuna 28' Yokota 36' Surdez 55', 90' Abdullahi 59' Gerkens 66' Asselman 70'	Attendance: 1,000

6 July 2024 Friendly

Gent

v

Deinze

10 July 2024 Friendly	AEK Athens	2–1	Gent	Netherlands
15:00	Zini 2' Rota 54'		Hong Hyun-seok 18'
Note: 2 x 35 minutes

10 July 2024 Friendly	AEK Athens	0–1	Gent	Netherlands
16:30			Yokota 27'
Note: 2 x 30 minutes

13 July 2024 Friendly

Gent

v

Go Ahead Eagles

Netherlands

13 July 2024 Friendly	Westerlo	1–0	Gent
10:30	Bos 33'
Note: Behind closed doors.

17 July 2024 Friendly	Gent	0–1	Lille	Ghent
19:30			Cabella 7'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena

20 July 2024 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	2–0	Gent
14:00	Nyssen 12' Erenbjerg 52'

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 24 October 2024
Source: Competitions

Belgian Pro League

League table

Results by round

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.

27 October 2024 12	Gent	0–2	Genk	Ghent
18:30 UTC+1	Samoise  37' Delorge  85'	Report	Arokodare 46'  76' Steuckers 58' (pen.) Hrošovský  69'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena Attendance: 17,020 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

3 November 2024 13	Beerschot	0–0	Gent	Antwerp
19:15 CET	Colassin  36' Faisal Al-Ghamdi  86' Omar Fayed  89'	Report	Guðjohnsen  28' Hélio Varela  90+1'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 4,954 Referee: Michael Allaerts

10 November 2024 14	Gent	5–0	Standard Liège	Ghent
16:00 CET	Watanabe 5' Dean 41' 59' Brown 51' Gilles De Meyer 89'	Report	Alexandropoulos  11'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena Attendance: 16,283 Referee: Lawrence Visser

24 November 2024 15	Anderlecht	6–0	Gent	Brussels
18:30 CET	Rits 23' Edozie 38' Dolberg 45+1' 77' Tiago Araújo 85' (o.g.) Amuzu 88'	Report	Torunarigha  9'  43' Watanabe  43' Samoise  68'  75'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 21,900 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

Belgian Cup

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.

25 July 2024 First leg	Gent	4–1	Víkingur	Ghent
20:00 UTC+2	Hong Hyun-seok 24', 88' Kums 59' De Sart 68' (pen.)		Nielsen 13'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena

1 August 2024 Second leg	Víkingur	0–3 (1–7 agg.)	Gent	Faroe Islands
18:45 UTC+1

Third qualifying round

8 August 2024 First leg	Silkeborg IF	2–2	Gent	Silkeborg, Denmark
18:30	Adamsen 49' (pen.), 90+5'		Ganchas 61' (o.g.) Dean 90+3'	Stadium: JYSK Park Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia)

15 August 2024 Second leg	Gent	3–2 (5–4 agg.)	Silkeborg IF	Ghent
20:30				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

League phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
15	Real Betis	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
16	1. FC Heidenheim	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
17	Gent	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8
19	Víkingur Reykjavík	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	8

3 October 2024 1	Chelsea	4–2	Gent	London, England
20:00 UTC+1	Veiga 12' Neto 46' Nkunku 63' Dewsbury-Hall 70'	Report	Watanabe 50' Gandelman 90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,546 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany)

24 October 2024 2	Gent	2–1	Molde	Ghent
18:45 UTC+2	Fadiga 24' Brown 90+5'	Report	Møller Dæhli 78'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

7 November 2024 3	Gent	1–0	Omonia	Ghent
18:45	Gandelman 31' Dean  90+4'	Report	Kakoullis  84'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena Attendance: 8,584 Referee: Tamás Bognár

28 November 2024 4	Lugano	2–0	Gent	Thun
21:00 CET	Mahou 6'  71' Valenzuela  59' Saipi  69' Bislimi  73' Doumbia 86'	Report	Guðjohnsen  31' Torunarigha  49' Watanabe  76' Dean  80'	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 2,672 Referee: Enea Jorgji

References

1. "Andri Gudjohnsen is een Buffalo | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.
2. "Welkom, Max Dean! | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.
3. "STVV liet Delorge niet naar KRC Genk gaan". VoetbalBelgie.
4. "After over 250 appearances and 70 goals, former Porto and Huddersfield Town striker leaves Gent as a club legend". 28 May 2024.
5. "Dankjewel, Tita Tovenaar! | KAA Gent Website". KAA Gent.
6. "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.
7. "JPL Kalender seizoen 2024-2025 | KAA Gent Website".
8. "The official website for European football".

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