2024–25 KAA Gent season

KAA Gent
2024–25 season
Manager	Wouter Vrancken
Stadium	Planet Group Arena
Belgian Pro League	6th
Belgian Cup	Eighth round
UEFA Conference League	Knockout phase play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Max Dean (6); All: ; Max Dean (13)
Average home league attendance	13,779
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 25 May 2025.

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

ManagerWouter Vrancken

StadiumPlanet Group Arena

Belgian Pro League6th

Belgian CupEighth round

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Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Andri Guðjohnsen	Lyngby		1 July 2024	^[2]
FW	Max Dean	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	12 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Mathias Delorge	Sint-Truiden	€3,500,000	24 July 2024	^[4]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Laurent Depoitre		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Tarik Tissoudali	PAOK	Undisclosed	28 July 2024	^[6]
FW	Matias Fernandez-Pardo	Lille		30 August 2024

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

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

2024–25 KAA Gent season

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

Competitions

Overall record

Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Results by round

Matches

Belgian Cup

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

League phase

Knockout phase

Knockout phase play-offs

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

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

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'

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	28 July 2024		Matchday 1	40	12	12	16	45	65	−20	030.00
Belgian Cup				2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	050.00
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024		Second qualifying round	12	7	1	4	21	16	+5	058.33
Total				54	20	13	21	73	83	−10	037.04

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Anderlecht	30	15	6	9	50	27	+23	51	Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
5	Antwerp	30	12	10	8	47	32	+15	46
6	Gent	30	11	12	7	41	33	+8	45
7	Standard Liège	30	10	9	11	22	35	−13	39	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8	Mechelen	30	10	8	12	45	40	+5	38	Qualification for the Europe play-offs

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D
Position	2	8	11	7	12	12	9	3	3	3	3	5	6	5	6	7	5	6	5	6	6	6

28 July 2024 1	Kortrijk	0–1	Gent	Kortrijk
16:00			Guðjohnsen 59'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

4 August 2024 2	Gent	1–2	Dender	Ghent
	Yokota 47'		Soladio 23' Berte 86'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena Attendance: 12,072 Referee: Jan Boterberg

11 August 2024 3	Charleroi	1–0	Gent	Charleroi
18:30	Heymans 90'			Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

22 September 2024 8	Club Brugge	2–4	Gent	Bruges
				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

6 October 2024 10	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Gent	Sint-Truiden
				Stadium: Stayen

19 October 2024 11	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–0	Gent	Forest
				Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium

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

18 August 2024 4	Gent	4–1	Westerlo	Ghent
				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

1 September 2024 6	Gent	1–1	Antwerp	Ghent
				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

15 September 2024 7	Gent	2–0	Mechelen	Ghent
				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

26 September 2024 5	Cercle Brugge	2–1	Gent	Bruges
				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

29 September 2024 9	Gent	3–0	OH Leuven	Ghent
				Stadium: Planet Group Arena

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

30 October 2024 Seventh round	Gent	7–0	Rochefort	Ghent
20:00 CET	Gerkens 6' Sonko 18', 56' Varela 31', 79' Dean 75' (pen.), 87'			Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

4 December 2024 Eighth round	Union SG	3–2	Gent	Forest
20:00 CET	David 14', 59' Fuseini 49'	Report	Dean 44' Gandelman 63'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium

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

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

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	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
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

12 December 2024 (2024-12-12) 5	Gent	3–0	TSC	Planet Group Arena, Ghent
21:00	Dean 8' (pen.) Gandelman 13' Surdez 20'	Report^[11]		Attendance: 5,423^[12] Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan (Armenia)