2025–26 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season
Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2025–26 football season
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The 2025–26 season was the 24th season in the history of the Oud-Heverlee Leuven, and the club's sixth consecutive season in the Belgian Pro League. Similar to the two previous seasons, the club narrowly avoided the relegation play-offs but then did not manage to perform during the Europe play-offs. In the Belgian Cup, OH Leuven drew Club Brugge for the second successive season, narrowly losing at home in the 8th round.
Hans Somers (13 October 2025-26 October 2025)
Felice Mazzù (since 26 October 2025)
| 2025–26 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | David Hubert (until 13 October 2025) Hans Somers (13 October 2025-26 October 2025) Felice Mazzù (since 26 October 2025) |
| Stadium | Den Dreef |
| Regular season | 12th |
| Europe play-offs | 6th (12th overall) |
| Belgian Cup | 8th round |
Players
- This section lists players who were in Oud-Heveree Leuven's first-team squad at any point during the 2025–26 season and appeared at least once on the match sheet (possibly as unused substitute)
- The symbol ℒ indicates a player who is on loan from another club
- The symbol ¥ indicates a youngster, mostly playing for OH Leuven U23
| No. | Nationality | Name | Position | Joined First Team | Previous club | Left First Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||
| 1 | Tobe Leysen | GK | 19 August 2023 | – | ||
| 16 | Maxence Prévot | GK | 13 August 2023 | – | ||
| 61 | Owen Jochmans¥ | GK | Summer 2024 | Youth Squad | – | |
| 95 | Théo Radelet¥ | GK | Summer 2024 | Youth Squad | – | |
| Defenders | ||||||
| 3 | Noë Dussenne | CB | 19 August 2025 | – | ||
| 5 | Takuma Ominami | CB | 20 August 2024 | – | ||
| 15 | Viktor Damjanić | CB | 23 July 2025 | – | ||
| 27 | Óscar Gil | RB | 1 August 2024 | – | ||
| 28 | Ewoud Pletinckx | CB | 17 June 2022 | – | ||
| 30 | Takahiro Akimoto | LB / LW | 20 January 2024 | – | ||
| 34 | Roggerio Nyakossi | CB / DM | 27 January 2025 | – | ||
| 40 | Roméo Monticelli¥ | LB | 5 July 2024 | – | ||
| 43 | Liam McAlinney¥ | CB | Summer 2025 | Youth Squad | – | |
| 63 | Christ Souanga¥ | LB | Winter 2023–24 | Youth Squad | – | |
| 66 | Ayumu Ōhata | LB / LW | 29 January 2025 | 11 August 2025 | ||
| 93 | Milan Gigot¥ | CB | Fall 2025 | Youth Squad | – | |
| 99 | Davis Opoku¥ | RB / RW | Playoffs 2024 | Youth Squad | – | |
| Midfielders | ||||||
| 4 | Birger Verstraete | DM | 10 July 2024 | – | ||
| 6 | Wouter George | CM | Summer 2024 | Youth Squad | – | |
| 7 | Thibaud Verlinden | LW | 4 February 2025 | – | ||
| 14 | Henok Teklab | LW | 5 September 2025 | – | ||
| 24 | Łukasz Łakomyℒ | CM / DM / AM | 25 August 2025 | (30 June 2026) | ||
| 33 | Mathieu Maertens | CM / AM | 12 July 2017 | – | ||
| 42 | Hasan Bulut¥ | AM / CM | Spring 2026 | Youth Squad | – | |
| 48 | Bryang Kayo | CM | 26 June 2025 | – | ||
| 60 | Mohamed Yassine Azzouz¥ | AM | Winter 2024–25 | Youth Squad | – | |
| 72 | Sebastian Murru¥ | CM | Summer 2025 | Youth Squad | – | |
| 77 | Thibault Vlietinck | RW | 12 August 2020 | – | ||
| 80 | Matteo Heremans¥ | AM / CM | Spring 2026 | Youth Squad | – | |
| Forwards | ||||||
| 8 | Siebe Schrijvers | CF / AM / RW | 15 January 2021 | – | ||
| 9 | Abdoul Karim Traoré | CF | 8 July 2025 | – | ||
| 10 | Youssef Maziz | AM / LW | 29 August 2023 | – | ||
| 11 | Casper Terho | RW | 3 July 2025 | 2 February 2026 | ||
| 17 | Kyan Vaesen | CF | 2 February 2026 | – | ||
| 19 | Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi | CF | 24 July 2024 | – | ||
| 20 | Nachon Nsingi | CF | Summer 2022 | Youth Squad | 23 January 2026 | |
| 21 | William Balikwisha | AM / RW / LW | 20 July 2024 | – | ||
| 22 | Jovan Mijatovićℒ | CF / RW / LW | 31 January 2025 | 29 January 2026 | ||
| 39 | Sory Kaba | CF | 9 September 2025 | – | ||
Did not appear on match sheet
The following players were listed as part of Oud-Heverlee Leuven's first-team squad during (part of) the 2025–26 season, but never appeared on the match sheet
| No. | Nationality | Name | Position | Joined First Team | Previous club | Left First Team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Manuel Osifo | DM / CB | 1 February 2024 | 21 August 2025 | Loaned to |
Transfers
Transfers in
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Transfers out
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Friendlies
Pre-season
| 28 June 2025 Friendly | OH Leuven | 10–0 | | Oud-Heverlee |
| 14:00 |
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Stadium: Banqup Campus |
| 2 July 2025 Friendly | OH Leuven | 15–0 | | Oud-Heverlee |
| 19:00 | Stadium: Banqup Campus |
| 5 July 2025 Friendly | OH Leuven | Cancelled | | Oud-Heverlee |
| Stadium: Banqup Campus Attendance: 0 |
| 12 July 2025 Friendly | Leicester City | 2–1 | | Seagrave, England |
| 15:00 CEST |
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| 19 July 2025 Friendly | OH Leuven | 2–1 | | Oud-Heverlee |
| 11:00 |
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Stadium: Banqup Campus Attendance: 0 |
| 20 July 2025 Friendly | Reims | 0–1 | | Reims |
| 11:00 |
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During the season
| 4 September 2025 Friendly | OH Leuven | 3–3 | | Oud-Heverlee |
| 11:30 | Report | unknown | Stadium: Banqup Campus Attendance: 0 |
| 10 October 2025 Friendly | OH Leuven | 4–3 | | |
| Report | Attendance: 0 |
| 8 January 2026 Friendly | Preußen Münster | 2–1 | | Algorfa, Spain |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Pinatar Arena |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Belgian Pro League regular season | 27 July 2025 | 22 March 2026 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 30.00 |
| Belgian Pro League Europe play-offs | 4 April 2026 | 23 May 2026 | Matchday 1 | 6th (12th overall) | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 10.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 30 October 2025 | 3 December 2025 | Seventh round | Eighth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Total | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 26.19 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Pro League
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Antwerp | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 35 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |
| 11 | Charleroi | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 34 | |
| 12 | OH Leuven | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 34 | |
| 13 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 31 |
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.[23]
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 |
| 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | −11 |
Source: Jupiler Pro League Ranking
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Champions' Play-offs; = Europe Play-offs; = Relegation Play-offs
Points breakdown
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Biggest & smallestBiggest home win: 4–0 vs. Gent Biggest home attendance: 9,545 vs. Club Brugge |
Matches
The match schedule was released on 20 June 2025.[24]
Europe Play-offs
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[25]
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 |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
Source: Jupiler Pro League Ranking
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = European competition play-off
Matches
The play-off fixtures were unveiled on 23 March 2026.[26]
Belgian Cup
Results
| 2025–26 Belgian Cup | ||||||
| Match Details | Home team | Result | Away team | Lineup | Unused Subs | Bookings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th Round | ||||||
| 30 October 2025 20:30 Stade du Pairay Seraing |
Seraing | 1–3 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | Prévot Nyakossi, Dussenne, Pletinckx Akimoto, George, Maziz (67' Mijatović), Łakomy (76' Verstraete), Opoku (46' Gil) Kaba (67' Ikwuemesi), Verlinden (46' Traoré) |
Leysen McAlinney Teklab Terho |
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26' Maziz (o.g.) |
0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 |
10' Kaba (Akimoto) 62' Kaba (without assist) 90+2' Traoré (without assist) | ||||
| 8th Round | ||||||
| 3 December 2025 20:30 Den Dreef Leuven |
Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 1–2 | Club Brugge | Prévot Dussenne, Pletinckx, Ominami (86' Ikwuemesi) Verlinden (80' Terho), George (60' Maertens), Maziz, Łakomy, Gil (60' Opoku) Kaba, Mijatović (60' Traoré) |
Leysen Nyakossi Teklab Verstraete |
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67' Kaba (without assist) |
0–1 1–1 1–2 |
33' Vetlesen (Stanković) 83' Tzolis (pen.) | ||||
Squad statistics
Includes only competitive matches.
Appearances
- Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Belgian Pro League Regular season |
Belgian Pro League Playoffs |
Belgian Cup | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Sub | Unused Sub | Starts | Sub | Unused Sub | Starts | Sub | Unused Sub | Starts | Sub | Unused Sub | ||||
| 1 | GK | Tobe Leysen | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | DF | Noë Dussenne | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | MF | Birger Verstraete | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 4 | |
| 5 | DF | Takuma Ominami | 12 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 14 | |
| 6 | MF | Wouter George | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 13 | |
| 7 | MF | Thibaud Verlinden | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | |
| 8 | MF | Siebe Schrijvers | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | |
| 9 | MF | Abdoul Karim Traoré | 6 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 8 | |
| 10 | MF | Youssef Maziz | 18 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | Henok Teklab | 12 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 10 | |
| 15 | DF | Viktor Damjanić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | GK | Maxence Prévot | 6 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 28 | |
| 17 | MF | Kyan Vaesen | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |
| 19 | FW | Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 1 | |
| 21 | MF | William Balikwisha | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |
| 24 | MF | Łukasz Łakomy | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 2 | |
| 27 | DF | Óscar Gil | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 1 | |
| 28 | DF | Ewoud Pletinckx | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | MF | Takahiro Akimoto | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | |
| 33 | MF | Mathieu Maertens | 10 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 2 | |
| 34 | DF | Roggerio Nyakossi | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 11 | |
| 39 | FW | Sory Kaba | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 1 | |
| 40 | DF | Roméo Monticelli | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 42 | MF | Hasan Bulut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | DF | Liam McAlinney | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 48 | MF | Bryang Kayo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 60 | MF | Mohamed Yassine Azzouz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 61 | GK | Owen Jochmans | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 63 | DF | Christ Souanga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 72 | MF | Sebastian Murru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 77 | MF | Thibault Vlietinck | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 80 | MF | Matteo Heremans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 93 | MF | Milan Gigot | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 95 | GK | Théo Radelet | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 99 | DF | Davis Opoku | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 9 | |
| Players that have appeared this season, who are out on loan or have left OH Leuven | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | Casper Terho (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |
| 20 | FW | Nachon Nsingi (released to La Louvière) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 22 | FW | Jovan Mijatović (loan return to New York City) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |
| 66 | DF | Ayumu Ōhata (sold to Cerezo Osaka) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Goalscorers
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Belgian Pro League Regular season |
Belgian Pro League Playoffs |
Belgian Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 39 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2 | FW | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| DF | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | MF | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| FW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| MF | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| MF | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| MF | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| DF | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10 | MF | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| DF | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | DF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MF | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 32 | 9 | 4 | 45 | |||
Assists
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Belgian Pro League Regular season |
Belgian Pro League Playoffs |
Belgian Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| MF | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| MF | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | MF | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| MF | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6 | FW | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| MF | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | DF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MF | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total Goals With Assists | 21 | 6 | 1 | 28 | |||
| No Assist | |||||||
| Penalties | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Without Assist | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |||
| Total Goals Without Assist | 11 | 3 | 3 | 17 | |||
Clean sheets
| No. | Player | Belgian Pro League Regular season |
Belgian Pro League Playoffs |
Belgian Cup | Total clean sheets | % Clean sheet games | Goals conceded | Avg minutes between conceding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 1 | N/a | 7 | 21.97 % | 47 | 61 | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 39.43 % | 16 | 57.06 | |
| 61 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | |
| 95 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | |