2024–25 Sint-Truidense V.V. season

Sint-Truidense V.V.
2024–25 season
Manager	Christian Lattanzio; (until 3 September); Felice Mazzù; (5 September–10 April)
Stadium	Stayen
Belgian Pro League	1th
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Adriano Bertaccini (12); All: Adriano Bertaccini (12)
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 101st season in the history of Sint-Truidense V.V., and the club's 10th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the Belgian Cup, reaching the quarter-finals.

Squad

As of 4 February 2025^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Ryoya Ogawa
4	DF	ALG	Zineddine Belaïd
5	DF	JPN	Shogo Taniguchi
6	MF	JPN	Rihito Yamamoto
7	MF	ALG	Billal Brahimi (on loan from Nice)
8	MF	JPN	Joel Chima Fujita
9	FW	URU	Andrés Ferrari (on loan from Villarreal)
10	FW	CMR	Didier Lamkel Zé
11	MF	ARG	Isaías Delpupo
12	GK	BEL	Jo Coppens
13	MF	JPN	Ryotaro Ito
14	MF	BEL	Olivier Dumont
15	FW	USA	Kahveh Zahiroleslam
16	GK	JPN	Leo Kokubo
18	DF	NOR	Simen Juklerød


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	BEL	Louis Patris (on loan from Anderlecht)
20	DF	BEL	Rein Van Helden
22	DF	BEL	Wolke Janssens
23	FW	GHA	Joselpho Barnes
26	DF	MKD	Visar Musliu
31	DF	BEL	Bruno Godeau (captain)
34	DF	BEL	Hugo Lambotte
37	MF	BEL	Arthur Alexis
41	FW	JPN	Hiiro Komori (on loan from JEF United Chiba)
51	GK	BEL	Matt Lendfers
53	FW	BEL	Adam Nhaili
60	DF	BEL	Robert-Jan Vanwesemael
91	FW	BEL	Adriano Bertaccini
94	MF	MAD	Loïc Lapoussin

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Leo Kokubo	Benfica	Undisclosed	11 July 2024	^[3]
DF	Zineddine Belaïd	USM Alger		15 July 2024
DF	Shogo Taniguchi	Al-Rayyan	Free	19 July 2024	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Aboubakary Koïta	AEK Athens	€3,600,000	13 July 2024	^[5]
GK	Zion Suzuki	Parma	€7,500,000	15 July 2024	^[6]
MF	Mathias Delorge	Gent	€3,500,000	24 July 2024	^[7]

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly	KVK Tienen	0–6	Sint-Truiden
16:00

3 July 2024 Friendly	Patro Eisden	3–4	Sint-Truiden
19:00

6 July 2024 Friendly	FC Twente	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Goor
14:00				Stadium: Sportpark Heeckeren

9 July 2024 Friendly	Ajax	4–0	Sint-Truiden
18:00

12 July 2024 Friendly	FC Utrecht	v	Sint-Truiden
15:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League regular season	27 July 2024	14–16 March 2025	Matchday 1	7	1	3	3	8	16	−8	014.29
Belgian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	1	3	3	8	16	−8	014.29

Last updated: 15 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

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.^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	USG	CLU	GNK	AND	ANT	GNT
1	Union SG (X)	7	6	1	0	14	2	+12	47	Qualification for the Champions League league phase		0–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	25 May
2	Club Brugge (X)	7	5	1	1	15	4	+11	46	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	0–1		1–0	2–0	25 May	4–1
3	Genk (X)	7	2	1	4	8	7	+1	41	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]	1–2	11 May		25 May	0–1	4–0
4	Anderlecht (Y)	7	3	1	3	10	7	+3	36	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round	10 May	18 May	1–2		0–0	5–0
5	Antwerp	7	1	2	4	6	13	−7	28	Qualification for the European competition play-off	17 May	2–3	1–1	1–3		0–1
6	Gent	7	1	0	6	2	22	−20	26		0–3	0–5	18 May	0–1	11 May

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 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.^[9]
(X) Assured of at least Europa League; (Y) Assured of at least European play-off
Notes:

^ Club Brugge won the 2024–25 Belgian Cup and therefore qualified for the Europa League play-off round. If Club Brugge qualifies as well for the Champions League through finishing first or second, the Europa League second qualifying round and the European competition play-off berths will be passed to the next two highest-placed teams, while the Europa League play-off round berth will be passed to regular season winners Genk in any scenario where they finish lower than second.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CHA	WES	MEC	OHL	DEN	STA
1	Charleroi	8	5	2	1	16	8	+8	36	Qualification for the European competition play-off		4–3	3–0	24 May	4–1	1–0
2	Westerlo (E)	8	2	4	2	17	16	+1	29		2–2		2–2	2–2	4–2	24 May
3	Mechelen	7	2	3	2	14	14	0	28		18 May	2–3		1–1	5–2	10 May
4	OH Leuven (E)	7	1	5	1	10	10	0	27		0–0	16 May	1–2		4–4	1–1
5	Dender EH (E)	7	2	2	3	13	19	−6	24		2–1	1–0	24 May	11 May		1–1
6	Standard Liège (E)	7	0	4	3	5	8	−3	24		0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	17 May

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 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.^[10]
(E) Eliminated

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	STR	CER	KOR	BEE
1	Sint-Truiden	5	3	0	2	7	8	−1	40			3–1	0–3	2–1
2	Cercle Brugge	5	2	1	2	8	9	−1	39	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-offs	3–1		0–2	2–1
3	Kortrijk (R)	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	36	Relegation to Challenger Pro League	10 May	2–2		3–2
4	Beerschot (R)	5	1	0	4	6	8	−2	21	Relegation to Challenger Pro League	0–1	10 May	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2025. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.^[11]
(R) Relegated

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	1	3	3	8	16	−8	6	1	2	1	6	8	−2	0	1	2	2	8	−6

Last updated: 15 September 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	D	D	W
Position	13	15	16	16	15	15	14

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.^[12]

27 July 2024 1	Anderlecht	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Anderlecht
20:45	Stroeykens 90+2'			Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote
Note: The match was held behind closed doors as a result of a probationary sanction imposed due to unsportsmanlike behavior exhibited by fans from both teams during a match hosted by Standard in October 2022, as well as subsequent misconduct during a cup match against Standard last December.^[13]

3 August 2024 2	Sint-Truiden	v	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
20:45				Stadium: Stayen

Belgian Cup

References

^ "Felice Mazzu wordt nieuwe trainer van STVV". stvv.com (in Dutch). 5 September 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
^ "Eerste Elftal" (in Dutch).
^ [1]
^ [2]
^ "OFFICIEEL: Koita ruilt STVV voor Griekse club".
^ "Zion Suzuki verlaat STVV met mooie woorden".
^ [3]
^ "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". VoetbalBelgie.
^ "Home game against STVV behind closed doors | RSC Anderlecht". www.rsca.be.

[table_note_res_ELPO0.49347468302281-9] Club Brugge won the 2024–25 Belgian Cup and therefore qualified for the Europa League play-off round. If Club Brugge qualifies as well for the Champions League through finishing first or second, the Europa League second qualifying round and the European competition play-off berths will be passed to the next two highest-placed teams, while the Europa League play-off round berth will be passed to regular season winners Genk in any scenario where they finish lower than second.

[:1-1] "Felice Mazzu wordt nieuwe trainer van STVV". stvv.com (in Dutch). 5 September 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

[2] "Eerste Elftal" (in Dutch).

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[5] "OFFICIEEL: Koita ruilt STVV voor Griekse club".

[6] "Zion Suzuki verlaat STVV met mooie woorden".

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[8] "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.

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

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

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

[13] "Kalender Jupiler Pro League 2024/2025". VoetbalBelgie.

[14] "Home game against STVV behind closed doors | RSC Anderlecht". www.rsca.be.

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League competitions	Pro League Challenger Pro League Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League
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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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