2024–25 K.V. Kortrijk season

K.V. Kortrijk
2024–25 season
Manager	Freyr Alexandersson; (until 17 December); Yves Vanderhaeghe; (from 18 December)
Stadium	Guldensporen Stadion
Belgian Pro League	15th
Belgian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nacho Ferri (6); All: ; Nacho Ferri (6)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season marks the 104th season in the history of K.V. 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]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Mouhamed Guèye	SK Rapid Wien II	Undisclosed	5 January 2025	^[2]
DF	Ryotaro Tsunoda	Cardiff City	Loan	7 January 2025	^[3]
MF	Karim Dermane	Lommel	Loan	14 January 2025	^[4]
MF	Marco Ilaimaharitra	Unattached	Free	15 January 2025	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Kristiyan Malinov	Debreceni VSC	Undisclosed	1 January 2025	^[6]
MF	Takuro Kaneko	Urawa Red Diamonds	Undisclosed	4 January 2025	^[7]
MF	Tomoki Takamine	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Undisclosed	5 January 2025	^[8]
GK	Tom Vandenberghe	Gent	Undisclosed	7 January 2025	^[9]

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

6 January 2025 Friendly	Charleroi	2–1	Kortrijk	Tubize
	Dabbagh Mbenza	Report		Stadium: National Centre

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	28 July 2024	14–16 March 2025	Matchday 1		20	5	3	12	17	39	−22	025.00
Belgian Cup	30 October 2024	4 December 2024	Seventh round	Round of 16	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
Total					22	6	4	12	18	39	−21	027.27

Last updated: 26 December 2024
Source: Competitions

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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.^[10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pts	Qualification or relegation	GNK	CLU	USG	AND	ANT	GNT
1	Genk	34	Qualification for the Champions League league phase^[a]		11 May	20 Apr	25 May	27 Apr	30 Mar
2	Club Brugge	30	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	13 Apr		24 Apr	30 Mar	25 May	1 May
3	Union SG	28	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]	3 May	27 Apr		12 Apr	29 Mar	25 May
4	Anderlecht	26	Qualification for the European competition play-off^[b]	6 Apr	18 May	10 May		20 Apr	23 Apr
5	Antwerp	23		23 Apr	6 Apr	17 May	1 May		13 Apr
6	Gent	23		18 May	20 Apr	5 Apr	27 Apr	11 May

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[11]
Notes:

^ The regular season winner (Genk) will qualify for the Europa League second round if they do not earn a Champions League berth.
^ ^a ^b The winner of the 2024–25 Belgian Cup (Club Brugge or Anderlecht) qualifies for the Europa League play-off round (if they have not already qualified for the Champions League). The Europa League second round and the European competition play-off berths would be passed to the next two highest-placed teams.

Pos	Team v t e	Pts	Qualification or relegation	STA	MEC	WES	CHA	OHL	DEN
1	Standard Liège	20	Qualification for the European competition play-off		29 Mar	19 Apr	4 May	22 Apr	17 May
2	Mechelen	19		10 May		22 Apr	18 May	13 Apr	4 Apr
3	Westerlo	19		24 May	26 Apr		11 Apr	5 Apr	2 May
4	Charleroi	19		6 Apr	19 Apr	9 May		24 May	26 Apr
5	OH Leuven	19		26 Apr	3 May	16 May	28 Mar		19 Apr
6	Dender EH	16		13 Apr	24 May	30 Mar	22 Apr	11 May

Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2025. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[12]

Pos	Team v t e	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CER	STR	KOR	BEE
1	Cercle Brugge	32			26 Apr	3 May	5 Apr
2	Sint-Truiden	31	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-offs	12 Apr		6 Apr	4 May
3	Kortrijk	26	Relegation to Challenger Pro League	30 Mar	10 May		12 Apr
4	Beerschot	18	Relegation to Challenger Pro League	10 May	29 Mar	25 Apr

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2025. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.^[13]

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
20	5	3	12	17	39	−22	18	4	1	5	9	13	−4	1	2	7	8	26	−18

Last updated: 26 December 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 11 June 2024.^[14]

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

22 September 2024 8	OH Leuven	1–1	Kortrijk	Leuven
				Stadium: Den Dreef

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	Antwerp	Kortrijk
				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

24 November 2024 15	Westerlo	4–0	Kortrijk	Westerlo
19:15				Referee: Wim Smet

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			Berte 15' Scheidler 17', 45+1'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Lawrence Visser

21 December 2024 19	Beerschot	2–2	Kortrijk	Antwerp
20:45	Reyners 43' Colassin 55' Verlinden 62', 90' Weymans 88'		Messaoudi 45' Sissako 49' Ferri 52', 83'	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	Eckert 50'			Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

19 January 2025 22	Kortrijk	v	Anderlecht	Kortrijk
13:30				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

Belgian Cup

30 October 2024 Round of 32	Kortrijk	1–0	Lokeren-Temse	Kortrijk
	Kadri 46'			Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

4 December 2024 Round of 16	Kortrijk	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Antwerp	Kortrijk
				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

References

^ "Third times a charm: Kortrijk bring back Yves Vanderhaeghe for a third spell with the club".
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Kalender Jupiler Pro League 2024-2025".

[table_note_res_CLLS0.51212870493165-11] The regular season winner (Genk) will qualify for the Europa League second round if they do not earn a Champions League berth.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.51212870493165-12] The winner of the 2024–25 Belgian Cup (Club Brugge or Anderlecht) qualifies for the Europa League play-off round (if they have not already qualified for the Champions League). The Europa League second round and the European competition play-off berths would be passed to the next two highest-placed teams.

[1] "Third times a charm: Kortrijk bring back Yves Vanderhaeghe for a third spell with the club".

[2] "Mouhamed Gueye naar KVK". KV Kortrijk.

[3] "Tsunoda is terug een Kerel". KV Kortrijk.

[4] "Karim Dermane is een Kerel". KV Kortrijk.

[5] "Marco Ilaimaharitra is nieuwe Kerel". KV Kortrijk.

[6] "Jupiler Pro League: Kristiyan Malinov quitte Courtrai pour la Hongrie".

[7] "Kaneko naar Urawa Red Diamonds". KV Kortrijk.

[8] "Takamine naar Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo". KV Kortrijk.

[9] "Tom Vandenberghe naar KAA Gent". KV Kortrijk.

[10] "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.

[13] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[14] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[15] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[16] "Kalender Jupiler Pro League 2024-2025".

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Stadia	Guldensporen Stadion
Matches	2012 Belgian Cup final
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League competitions	Pro League Challenger Pro League Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2024 Winter 2024–25 Summer 2025
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2024 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A Domenico Tedesco Rudi Garcia
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