2018–19 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

The 2018–19 season was the 115th in the history of Royal Charleroi Sporting Club and the club's seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football.

Charleroi
2018–19 season
ChairmanFabien Debecq
Managing directorMehdi Bayat
Head coachFelice Mazzu
StadiumStade du Pays de Charleroi
First Division A9th
Belgian CupSeventh round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Victor Osimhen (12)

All:
Victor Osimhen (20)
Biggest winCharleroi 4–0 Beerschot Wilrijk
Biggest defeatExcel Mouscron 3–0 Charleroi

Players

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First-team squad

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Updated 31 January 2019.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FRA Nicolas Penneteau
4 DF   BEL Maxime Busi
6 DF   MKD Gjoko Zajkov
7 MF   BEL David Henen
8 DF   ESP Francisco Martos
9 FW   MLI Adama Niane
10 FW   FRA Jérémy Perbet
12 GK   SWE Joachim Imbrechts
13 MF   SEN Christophe Diandy
15 GK   BEL Valentin Baume
17 DF   GRE Stergos Marinos
20 MF   BEL Nathan Rodes
22 MF   BEL Gaëtan Hendrickx
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   FRA Steeven Willems
24 DF   BEL Dorian Dessoleil
25 DF   ANG Núrio Fortuna
26 MF   MAD Marco Ilaimaharitra
33 DF   ITA Gabriele Angella (on loan from Udinese)
35 GK   COD Parfait Mandanda
44 MF   JPN Ryota Morioka (on loan from Anderlecht)
45 FW   NGA Victor Osimhen (on loan from Wolfsburg)
69 GK   FRA Rémy Riou
70 MF   IRN Younes Delfi
77 MF   BEL Massimo Bruno
88 MF   IRN Ali Gholizadeh

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF   FRA Dorian Dervite (at NAC Breda until 30 June 2019)
28 MF   BEL Enes Sağlık (at AFC Tubize until 30 June 2019)
29 MF   FRA Romain Grange (at Grenoble Foot 38 until 30 June 2019)
FW   CIV Chris Bedia (at S.V. Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2019)
FW   BEL David Pollet (at KAS Eupen until 30 June 2019)
MF   IRN Omid Noorafkan (at Esteghlal until 30 June 2019)

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

30 June 2018 Friendly Cercle Brugge   0–2   Charleroi Kortemark, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Kortemark
6 July 2018 Friendly Charleroi   1–1   Tubize-Braine Mariembourg, Belgium
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade du Roi Soleil
11 July 2018 Friendly Valenciennes   0–1   Charleroi Swolgen, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportpark Sporting Swolgen Tienray
13 July 2018 Friendly Mainz 05   2–0   Charleroi Tegelen, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportpark de Bakenbos
18 July 2018 Friendly Dijon   2–2   Charleroi Dijon, France
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Gaston-Gérard
21 July 2018 Friendly Charleroi   2–2   Nice Charleroi, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
11 January 2019 Friendly FC St. Pauli   2–3   Charleroi Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
First Division A 29 July 2018 17 March 2019 Matchday 1 9th 30 12 6 12 43 43 +0 040.00
Europa League play-offs 31 March 2019 26 May 2019 Matchday 1 Runners-up 12 8 1 3 24 11 +13 066.67
Belgian Cup 26 September 2018 5 December 2018 Sixth round Seventh round 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Total 44 21 7 16 70 57 +13 047.73

Source: Soccerway

First Division A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Sint-Truiden 30 12 11 7 47 36 +11 47 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs
8 Kortrijk 30 12 7 11 44 42 +2 43
9 Charleroi 30 12 6 12 43 43 0 42
10 Excel Mouscron 30 11 7 12 33 33 0 40
11 Zulte Waregem 30 8 9 13 49 60 −11 33
Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[1]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 12 6 12 43 43  0 42 7 3 5 22 18  +4 5 3 7 21 25  −4

Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Matches

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29 July 2018 1 Charleroi 0–1 Antwerp Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
4 August 2018 2 Eupen 1–4 Charleroi Eupen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: [[]]
12 August 2018 3 Charleroi 1–2 Anderlecht Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
19 August 2018 4 Genk 3–1 Charleroi Genk
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: [[]]
25 August 2018 5 Charleroi 0–2 Kortrijk Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
1 September 2018 6 Charleroi 3–1 Excel Mouscron Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
15 September 2018 7 Standard Liège 0–0 Charleroi Liège
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: [[]]
22 September 2018 8 Waasland-Beveren 1–1 Charleroi Beveren
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: [[]]
29 September 2018 9 Charleroi 2–1 Lokeren Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
5 October 2018 10 Cercle Brugge 2–1 Charleroi Bruges
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: [[]]
21 October 2018 11 Charleroi 3–2 Zulte Waregem Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
26 October 2018 12 Gent 2–1 Charleroi Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
30 October 2018 13 Charleroi 1–0 Sint-Truiden Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
2 November 2018 14 Oostende 2–1 Charleroi Ostend
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: [[]]
10 November 2018 15 Charleroi 2–1 Club Brugge Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
25 November 2018 16 Lokeren 2–4 Charleroi Lokeren
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: [[]]
1 December 2018 17 Charleroi 3–1 Cercle Brugge Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
9 December 2018 18 Anderlecht 1–1 Charleroi Anderlecht
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: [[]]
14 December 2018 19 Charleroi 2–0 Gent Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
23 December 2018 20 Zulte Waregem 3–1 Charleroi Waregem
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: [[]]
26 December 2018 21 Charleroi 0–1 Standard Liège Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
20 January 2019 22 Club Brugge 0–1 Charleroi Bruges
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: [[]]
26 January 2019 23 Charleroi 2–2 Waasland-Beveren Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
1 February 2019 24 Excel Mouscron 3–0 Charleroi Mouscron
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: [[]]
9 February 2019 25 Charleroi 1–1 Oostende Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
16 February 2019 26 Kortrijk 1–2 Charleroi Kortrijk
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
24 February 2019 27 Sint-Truiden 3–1 Charleroi Sint-Truiden
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: [[]]
2 March 2019 28 Charleroi 1–1 Genk Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
10 March 2019 29 Antwerp 1–2 Charleroi Antwerp
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: [[]]
17 March 2019 30 Charleroi 1–2 Eupen Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Europa League play-offs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Charleroi 10 7 1 2 20 7 +13 22 Qualification for the Europa League play-off semi-final
2 Sint-Truiden 10 4 5 1 16 13 +3 17
3 Westerlo 10 3 3 4 13 12 +1 12
4 Oostende 10 3 3 4 12 15 −3 12
5 Eupen 10 3 2 5 9 15 −6 11
6 Beerschot Wilrijk 10 2 2 6 11 19 −8 8
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[1]
Matches
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31 March 2019 1 Sint-Truiden 3–1 Charleroi Sint-Truiden
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: [[]]
3 April 2019 2 Charleroi 1–2 Oostende Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
7 April 2019 3 Eupen 0–1 Charleroi Eupen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: [[]]
14 April 2019 4 Charleroi 2–0 Westerlo Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
22 April 2019 5 Charleroi 4–0 Beerschot Wilrijk Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
27 April 2019 6 Oostende 2–2 Charleroi Ostend
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: [[]]
4 May 2019 7 Charleroi 2–0 Sint-Truiden Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
11 May 2019 8 Beerschot Wilrijk 0–3 Charleroi Antwerp
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
15 May 2019 9 Westerlo 0–2 Charleroi Westerlo
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Het Kuipje
18 May 2019 10 Charleroi 2–0 Eupen Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Semi-final
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22 May 2019 Semi-final Kortrijk 1–2 Charleroi Kortrijk
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Final
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26 May 2019 Final Antwerp 3–2 Charleroi Antwerp
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Bosuilstadion

Belgian Cup

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26 September 2018 Sixth round Eendracht Aalst 0–2 Charleroi Aalst
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Pierre Cornelisstadion
5 December 2018 Seventh round Charleroi 1–3 Genk Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

References

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  1. ^ a b "Belgian First Division A 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.