2024–25 Royal Antwerp F.C. season

Royal Antwerp F.C.
2024–25 season
Manager	Jonas De Roeck
Stadium	Bosuilstadion
Pro League	-
Belgian Cup	-
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Royal Antwerp Football Club's 145th season in existence and eighth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They are also competing in the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 August 2024

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	Jean Butez
2	DF	BEL	Kobe Corbanie
3	DF	BEL	Björn Engels
4	MF	NED	Jaïro Riedewald
5	DF	ARG	Ayrton Costa
6	DF	BEL	Denis Odoi
7	FW	SUR	Gyrano Kerk (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
9	MF	NED	Tjaronn Chery
10	FW	BEL	Michel-Ange Balikwisha
11	FW	SWE	Jacob Ondrejka
18	FW	NED	Vincent Janssen
20	MF	MLI	Mahamadou Doumbia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	CIV	Farouck Adekami
23	DF	BEL	Toby Alderweireld (captain)
25	DF	BEL	Jelle Bataille
26	DF	BUL	Rosen Bozhinov
27	MF	BEL	Mandela Keita
30	MF	GER	Christopher Scott
33	DF	BEL	Zeno Van Den Bosch
46	MF	BEL	Milan Smits
50	DF	KOS	Laurit Krasniqi
55	FW	ECU	Anthony Valencia
91	GK	BEL	Senne Lammens

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Jaïro Riedewald	Crystal Palace	Free	13 August 2024	^[1]
MF	Farouck Adekami	Right to Dream Academy	Undisclosed	8 August 2024	^[2]
FW	Gyrano Kerk	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	On loan	1 July 2024
DF	Denis Odoi	Club Brugge	Free	26 June 2024	^[3]
DF	Ayrton Costa	Club Atlético Independiente	Undisclosed	2 July 2024	^[4]
DF	Rosen Bozhinov	CSKA 1948 Sofia	Undisclosed	21 June 2024	^[5]
MF	Tjaronn Chery	Maccabi Haifa	Undisclosed	26 May 2024	^[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
MF	Mandela Keita	Parma Calcio	€ 15,000,000	30 August 2024
MF	Pierre Dwomoh	Watford F.C.	€ 1,000,000	26 August 2024
MF	Alhassan Yusuf	New England Revolution	€ 2,300,000	12 August 2024
MF	Jurgen Ekkelenkamp	Udinese Calcio	€ 5,500,000	6 August 2024
FW	George Ilenikhena	AS Monaco	€ 18,750,000	24 July 2024
DF	Dorian Dessoleil	Francs Borains	End of contract	30 June 2024
DF	Ritchie De Laet		Retired
GK	Davino Verhulst		Retired

Notes

Pre-season and friendlies

The team will start preparations with a test match versus third-tier side Hoogstraten VV on 29 June behind closed doors.^[7]

29 June 2024 Friendly	Antwerp	2–0	Hoogstraten VV	Antwerp, Belgium
	Vandeplas 19' Ilenikhena 58'			Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0

6 July 2024 Friendly	Antwerp	2–1	K.V. Mechelen	Antwerp, Belgium
	Smits Ekkelenkamp		Lauberbach	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0
Note: Four periods of 30 minutes.

11 July 2023 Friendly	SGV Reichenau	0–2	Antwerp	Wörgl, Austria
			Ondrejka 42' Udoh 55'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Wörgl Attendance: 0
Note: Two periods of 35 minutes.

13 July 2023 Friendly	Brøndby IF	0–0	Antwerp	Waidring, Austria
				Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 0

20 July 2024 Friendly	Antwerp	2–3	Francs Borains	Antwerp, Belgium
	Vandeplas Valencia			Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0

20 July 2023 Friendly	Antwerp	1–2	Parma Calcio	Antwerp, Belgium
	Balikwisha 24'		Partipilo 31' Hernani 33'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Wim Smet

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	28 July 2024	14–16 March 2025	Matchday 1	5	2	0	3	8	5	+3	040.00
Belgian Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				5	2	0	3	8	5	+3	040.00

Last updated: 24 August 2024
Source: Competitions

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Club Brugge	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
9	OH Leuven	5	1	4	0	6	4	+2	7
10	Antwerp	5	2	0	3	8	5	+3	6
11	Gent	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	6
12	Kortrijk	5	2	0	3	4	7	−3	6

Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2024. 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]

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
5	2	0	3	8	5	+3	6	1	0	2	7	4	+3	1	0	1	1	1	0

Last updated: 24 August 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	L
Position	2	9	4	6	10

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2024.^[9]

28 July 2024 1	Charleroi	0–1	Antwerp	Charleroi
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Petris 15' Camara 64' Dragsnes 76' Titraoui 88' Heymans 90+1'		Janssen 10', 83' Odoi 90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser

4 August 2024 2	Antwerp	1–2	Anderlecht	Antwerp
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lammens 25' (o.g.) Ashimeru 80'		Kerk 34' Alderweireld 39' Odoi 90+1'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 16,144 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

11 August 2024 3	Antwerp	6–1	STVV	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chery 4' Costa 22' Doumbia 39' Ondrejka 55', 65', 81' Valencia 68'		Ogawa 54'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

18 August 2024 4	Club Brugge	1–0	Antwerp	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nilsson 57', 81' (p)		Doumbia 21' Odoi 21' 87' Van den Bosch 90+4'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 22,876 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

24 August 2024 5	Antwerp	0–1	K.V. Mechelen	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Costa 71' Alderweireld 80'		Ouattara 4' Van den Eynden 57', 42' Schoofs 80'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

1 September 2024 6	Gent	v	Antwerp	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Planet Group Arena Referee: Nathan Verboomen

15 September 2024 7	Antwerp	v	Union SG	Antwerp
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

Belgian Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 11 August 2024

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Belgian Pro League	Total
1	11	FW	Jacob Ondrejka	3	3
2	7	FW	Gyrano Kerk	1	1
	9	MF	Tjaronn Chery	1
	14	FW	Anthony Valencia	1
	18	FW	Vincent Janssen	1
	20	MF	Mahamadou Doumbia	1
Totals				8	8

References

^ "RAFC legt Jaïro Riedewald vast".
^ "Farouck Adekami (18) tekent voor The Great Old".
^ "WELKOM OP DE BOSUIL, DENIS ODOI".
^ "ARGENTIJN AYRTON COSTA TEKENT CONTRACT OP DE BOSUIL".
^ "Rosen Bozhinov versterkt defensie RAFC".
^ "Tjaronn Chery eerste zomeraanwinst RAFC".
^ "Heruitgave van de Wembley-finale: Antwerp speelt galamatch tegen Parma op 20 juli en werkt nog vier oefenduels af". Gazet van Antwerpen. June 24, 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Club Brugge - KV Mechelen opent seizoen 2024-2025 van de Jupiler Pro League". 11 June 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "RAFC legt Jaïro Riedewald vast".

[2] "Farouck Adekami (18) tekent voor The Great Old".

[3] "WELKOM OP DE BOSUIL, DENIS ODOI".

[4] "ARGENTIJN AYRTON COSTA TEKENT CONTRACT OP DE BOSUIL".

[5] "Rosen Bozhinov versterkt defensie RAFC".

[6] "Tjaronn Chery eerste zomeraanwinst RAFC".

[7] "Heruitgave van de Wembley-finale: Antwerp speelt galamatch tegen Parma op 20 juli en werkt nog vier oefenduels af". Gazet van Antwerpen. June 24, 2024.

[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.

[9] "Club Brugge - KV Mechelen opent seizoen 2024-2025 van de Jupiler Pro League". 11 June 2024.

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