2022–23 K.A.S. Eupen season

The 2022–23 K.A.S. Eupen season was the club's 78th season in existence and the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Eupen participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

K.A.S. Eupen

2022–23 season
Owner	Aspire Zone Foundation
President	Mishal bin Khalifa bin Nasser Al-Thani
Manager	Bernd Storck (until 23 October) Edward Still (from 24 November)
Stadium	Kehrwegstadion
Belgian Pro League	15th
Belgian Cup	Sixth round
Top goalscorer	League: Konan N'Dri (7) All: Konan N'Dri (7)
Biggest defeat	Club Brugge 7–0 Eupen
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2023^[1]

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  GER Lennart Moser 2 DF  BEL Yentl Van Genechten 3 DF  AUS Jason Davidson 4 DF  RUS Oleksandr Filin 5 DF  TOG Loïc Bessilé (on loan from Charleroi) 6 MF  BEL Brandon Baiye 7 MF  GHA Isaac Nuhu 8 MF  BEL Stef Peeters 9 FW  BIH Smail Prevljak 10 FW  GRN Regan Charles-Cook 11 FW  CIV Konan N'Dri 13 FW  ESP Davo 14 MF  BEL Jérôme Déom 15 MF  BEL Gary Magnée 17 MF  FRA Nathan Bitumazala 18 MF  GUI Amadou Keita

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  MLI Sibiry Keita 20 MF  JAM Tyreek Magee 23 MF  WAL Isaac Christie-Davies 24 MF  GHA Mubarak Wakaso (on loan from Shenzhen) 25 FW  FRA Djeidi Gassama (on loan from PSG) 27 DF  GUI Ibrahim Diakité (on loan from Reims) 28 DF  BEL Rune Paeshuyse 29 DF  FRA Teddy Alloh 30 DF  SVN Jan Gorenc 31 GK  HAI Garissone Innocent 33 GK  GHA Abdul Manaf Nurudeen 35 DF  BEL Boris Lambert 44 GK  GER Julian Renner 47 FW  BEL Lorenzo Offermann 77 MF  BEL Dario Oger 99 GK  BEL Tom Roufosse

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  CZE Jan Král (at Jablonec until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jan Gorenc	Mura	Undisclosed	23 May 2022	[2]
DF	Rune Paeshuyse	Mechelen	Undisclosed	24 May 2022	[3]
FW	Nazif Tchadjei	Alemannia Aachen	Free	3 June 2022	[4]
MF	Isaac Christie-Davies	Barnsley	Free	8 June 2022	[5]
MF	Regan Charles-Cook	Ross County	Free	8 June 2022	[6]
GK	Lennart Moser	Union Berlin	Undisclosed	18 June 2022	[7]
DF	Jason Davidson	Melbourne Victory	Undisclosed	22 June 2022	[8]
DF	Jan Král	Hradec Králové	Undisclosed	24 June 2022	[9]
DF	Yentl Van Genechten	Genk	Undisclosed	28 June 2022	[10]
MF	Nathan Bitumazala	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	17 August 2022	[11]
FW	Sambou Soumano	Lorient	Loan	20 August 2022	[12]
GK	Garissone Innocent	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	1 September 2022	[13]
MF	Mubarak Wakaso	Shenzhen	Loan	2 September 2022	[14]
MF	Djeidi Gassama	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan	6 September 2022	[15]
MF	Marciano Aziz	Afturelding	End of loan	30 September 2022	[16]
DF	Ibrahim Diakité	Reims	Loan	12 January 2023	[17]
MF	Brandon Baiye	Clermont Foot	Undisclosed	23 January 2023	[18]
DF	Loïc Bessilé	Charleroi	Loan	31 January 2023	[19]
DF	Oleksandr Filin	Khimki	Free	31 January 2023	[20]
FW	Davo	Wisła Płock	Free	1 February 2023	[21]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Andreas Beck	Unattached	End of contract	3 June 2022	[22]
DF	Silas Gnaka	Magdeburg	Undisclosed	6 June 2022	[23]
FW	Mamadou Koné	Deinze	Free	7 June 2022	[24]
DF	Emmanuel Agbadou	Reims	Undisclosed	16 June 2022	[25]
FW	Leonardo Rocha	Lierse	Undisclosed	16 June 2022	[26]
DF	Jonathan Heris	RWDM	Free	21 June 2022	[27]
FW	Carlos Embaló	Cittadella	Undisclosed	24 June 2022	[28]
FW	Julien Ngoy	Mechelen	Free	4 July 2022	[29]
MF	Marciano Aziz	Afturelding	Loan	7 July 2022	[16]
DF	Benoît Poulain	Nîmes	Free	14 July 2022	[30]
MF	Jens Cools	Al-Riyadh	Free	26 July 2022	[31]
MF	Marciano Aziz	HK Kópavogs	Undisclosed	13 January 2023	[32]
FW	Sambou Soumano	Lorient	End of loan	18 January 2023	[33]
DF	Jan Král	Jablonec	Loan	19 January 2023	[34]
MF	James Jeggo	Hibernian	Undisclosed	21 January 2023	[35]
MF	Pierre Akono	Alcoyano	Free	25 January 2023	[36]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Eupen v Köln U-21

26 June 2022	Eupen	4–1	Köln U-21	Eupen, Belgium
	Prevljak 6', 34' Nuhu 26' N'Dri 65'	Report	85'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

Eupen v Alemannia Aachen

2 July 2022	Eupen	4–1	Alemannia Aachen	Eupen, Belgium
	Prevljak 31' (pen.) Magnée 37' Oger 75' N'Dri 87'	Report	Mause 28'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

Kaiserslautern v Eupen

9 July 2022	Kaiserslautern	4–1	Eupen	Pirmasens, Germany
	Wunderlich 60' Lobinger 64', 67' Redondo 87'	Report	Offerman 85'	Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe Attendance: 2,223

Ajax v Eupen

15 July 2022	Ajax	1–1	Eupen	Duivendrecht, Netherlands
	Kudus 85'	Report	Prevljak 48'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) Referee: Robin Gansner (Netherlands)

Qatar v Eupen

17 October 2022	Qatar	v	Eupen	Marbella, Spain
18:30		Source		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Sint-Truiden v Eupen

3 December 2022	Sint-Truiden	3–1	Eupen	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
11:00	Teixeira 23' Bruno 72', 87'	Report	N'Dri 80'	Stadium: Stayen

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	23 July 2022	23 April 2023	Matchday 1	15th	34	7	7	20	40	75	−35	020.59
Belgian Cup	8 November 2022	8 November	Sixth round	Sixth round	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total					35	7	7	21	40	78	−38	020.00

Source: Soccerway

Pro League

Main article: 2022–23 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Mechelen	34	11	7	16	49	63	−14	40
14	Kortrijk	34	8	7	19	37	61	−24	31
15	Eupen	34	7	7	20	40	75	−35	28
16	Oostende (R)	34	7	6	21	37	76	−39	27	Relegation to Challenger Pro League
17	Zulte Waregem (R)	34	6	9	19	50	78	−28	27

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.^[37]
(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
34	7	7	20	40	75	−35	28	4	4	9	22	33	−11	3	3	11	18	42	−24

Last updated: 23 April 2023.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

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	23	22	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L
Position	13	10	15	16	18	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	14	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.^[38]

Charleroi v Eupen

23 July 2022 1	Charleroi	3–1	Eupen	Charleroi
16:00 CEST	Zaroury 18' Bessilé 50' Gholizadeh 90+4'	Report	N'Dri 76'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Eupen v Club Brugge

31 July 2022 2	Eupen	2–1	Club Brugge	Eupen
16:00 CEST	Magnée 1' Prevljak 19'	Report	Jutglà 7'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Genk v Eupen

6 August 2022 3	Genk	4–2	Eupen	Genk
16:00 CEST	Paintsil 3', 8' Hrošovský 37' Ndayishimiye 90+2'	Report	Prevljak 32' Charles-Cook 59'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 12,324 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Eupen v Antwerp

14 August 2022 4	Eupen	0–1	Antwerp	Eupen
16:00 CEST		Report	Lambert 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Jan Boterberg

Eupen v Seraing

19 August 2022 5	Eupen	1–3	Seraing	Eupen
20:45 CEST	Magnée 60'	Report	Mouandilmadji 5' (pen.), 36' Bernier 39'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Arthur Denil

Westerlo v Eupen

28 August 2022 6	Westerlo	0–1	Eupen	Westerlo
21:00 CEST		Report	Nuhu 84'	Stadium: Het Kuipje Referee: Lawrence Visser

Eupen v Kortrijk

3 September 2022 7	Eupen	0–1	Kortrijk	Eupen
18:15 CEST		Report	Mbayo 81'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Bert Put

Oostende v Eupen

10 September 2022 8	Oostende	1–0	Eupen	Ostend
18:15 CEST	Bätzner 51'	Report		Stadium: Diaz Arena Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Eupen v Union SG

18 September 2022 9	Eupen	1–2	Union SG	Eupen
16:00 CEST	Lambert 18'	Report	Adingra 8' Boniface 90+2'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Sint-Truiden v Eupen

2 October 2022 10	Sint-Truiden	0–1	Eupen	Sint-Truiden
21:00 CEST		Report	N'Dri 76'	Stadium: Stayen Referee: Lawrence Visser

Eupen v Gent

9 October 2022 11	Eupen	0–4	Gent	Eupen
16:00 CEST		Report	Torunarigha 26' (pen.) Depoitre 40' Hong 50', 64'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Brent Staessens

Cercle Brugge v Eupen

15 October 2022 12	Cercle Brugge	5–1	Eupen	Bruges
18:15 CEST	Denkey 25', 77', 86' Somers 30' Ueda 39'	Report	Peeters 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Eupen v OH Leuven

18 October 2022 13	Eupen	4–2	OH Leuven	Eupen
18:30 CEST	Charles-Cook 24' Peeters 45+3' (pen.) Magnée 75' N'Dri 86'	Report	González 8', 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Mechelen v Eupen

22 October 2022 14	Mechelen	2–1	Eupen	Mechelen
18:15 CEST	Da Cruz 22' Ngoy 76' (pen.)	Report	N'Dri 16'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Anderlecht v Eupen

30 October 2022 15	Anderlecht	4–2	Eupen	Anderlecht
13:30 CEST	Amuzu 14' Refaelov 19', 65' Ait El Hadj 87'	Report	Hoedt 44' (o.g.) Peeters 68'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Jan Boterberg

Eupen v Standard Liège

5 November 2022 16	Eupen	2–0	Standard Liège	Eupen
20:45 CEST	Peeters 78' (pen.) Gassama 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Zulte Waregem v Eupen

12 November 2022 17	Zulte Waregem	5–5	Eupen	Waregem
18:15 CEST	Gano 39', 45+3' (pen.) Braem 83' Offor 84' Fadera 88'	Report	N'Dri 9' Charles-Cook 20' Nuhu 41' Lambert 56' Soumano 90+4'	Stadium: Elindus Arena Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Seraing v Eupen

23 December 2022 18	Seraing	0–1	Eupen	Seraing
18:30 CEST		Report	Charles-Cook 88'	Stadium: Stade du Pairay Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Eupen v Charleroi

7 January 2023 19	Eupen	1–2	Charleroi	Eupen
16:00 CEST	Lambert 42'	Report	Nkuba 55' Marcq 88'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Eupen v Sint-Truiden

14 January 2023 20	Eupen	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Eupen
18:15 CEST		Report	Bruno 44' Davidson 68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Lawrence Visser

OH Leuven v Eupen

17 January 2023 21	OH Leuven	1–1	Eupen	Heverlee
18:30 CEST	Þorsteinsson 28'	Report	Prevljak 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Standard Liège v Eupen

27 January 2023 23	Standard Liège	3–1	Eupen	Liège
20:45 CEST	Balikwisha 31' Zinckernagel 35' Perica 59'	Report	Charles-Cook 11'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Eupen v Genk

1 February 2023 22	Eupen	1–1	Genk	Eupen
18:45 CEST	Peeters 26' (pen.)	Report	Paintsil 17'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Bert Put
Note: The match was postponed due to heavy snowfall.[39][40]

Eupen v Westerlo

4 February 2023 24	Eupen	1–1	Westerlo	Eupen
18:15 CEST	Peeters 68' (pen.)	Report	Nene 44'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Arthur Denil

Eupen v Mechelen

10 February 2023 25	Eupen	2–1	Mechelen	Eupen
20:45 CEST	N'Dri 86' Baiye 90+1'	Report	Verstraete 10'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Antwerp v Eupen

18 February 2023 26	Antwerp	2–0	Eupen	Antwerp
16:00 CEST	Janssen 38' (pen.) Ekkelenkamp 44'	Report		Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Wim Smet

Eupen v Cercle Brugge

25 February 2023 27	Eupen	2–2	Cercle Brugge	Eupen
18:15 CEST	Peeters 10' (pen.) N'Dri 28'	Report	Francis 13' Ueda 39'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Union SG v Eupen

5 March 2023 28	Union SG	2–1	Eupen	Brussels
19:15 CEST	Adingra 14' Vertessen 52'	Report	Prevljak 90+5'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Referee: Arthur Denil

Eupen v Oostende

11 March 2023 29	Eupen	4–4	Oostende	Eupen
18:15 CEST	Gassama 45+3' Prevljak 59' Lambert 76' Charles-Cook 84'	Report	Ambrose 13' (pen.) Ndicka 56' Hornby 61' Rodin 90+7'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Gent v Eupen

19 March 2023 30	Gent	3–0	Eupen	Ghent
19:15 CEST	Cuypers 45+1' Davidson 77' (o.g.) Okumu 85'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Lawrence Visser

Eupen v Anderlecht

2 April 2023 31	Eupen	0–1	Anderlecht	Eupen
16:00 CEST		Report	Raman 50'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Kortrijk v Eupen

8 April 2023 32	Kortrijk	0–0	Eupen	Kortrijk
16:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Eupen v Zulte Waregem

15 April 2023 33	Eupen	1–5	Zulte Waregem	Eupen
16:00 CEST	Prevljak 46'	Report	Fila 5' Gano 28', 39', 45+2' Vormer 79'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Club Brugge v Eupen

23 April 2023 34	Club Brugge	7–0	Eupen	Bruges
18:30 CEST	Rits 23', 61' Jutglà 30', 65', 90+1' Vanaken 35' Lang 42'	Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Jan Boterberg

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Belgian Cup

Deinze v Eupen

8 November 2022 Sixth round	Deinze	3–0	Eupen	Deinze
20:00 CET	De Belder 38' Quintero 43' Balaj 90'	Report		Stadium: Dakota Arena Referee: Klass Clerkx

References

1. "Squad List and numbers". K.A.S. Eupen. Archived from the original on 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
2. "KAS Eupen verpflichtet slowenischen Verteidiger Jan Gorenc" [KAS Eupen signs Slovenian defender Jan Gorenc] (in German). Eupen. 23 May 2022.
3. "La KAS Eupen engage Rune Paeshuyse du KV Mechelen" [KAS Eupen signs Rune Paeshuyse from KV Mechelen] (in French). Eupen. 24 May 2022.
4. "Nazif Tchadjei à l'AS Eupen" [Nazif Tchadjei at AS Eupen]. L'Avenir (in French). 3 June 2022.
5. "KAS Eupen sign English midfielder Isaac Christie-Davies". Eupen. 8 June 2022.
6. "KAS Eupen engages left winger Regan Charles-Cook". Eupen. 8 June 2022.
7. "KAS Eupen signs goalkeeper Lennart Moser". Eupen. 18 June 2022.
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11. "Nathan Bitumazala from PSG to KAS Eupen". Eupen. 17 August 2022.
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13. "KAS Eupen signs goalkeeper Garissone Innocent". Eupen. 1 September 2022.
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15. "Teddy Alloh and Djeidi Gassama from PSG to KAS Eupen". Eupen. 6 September 2022.
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27. "Welcome home, Jonathan Heris !" (in Dutch). RWDM. 21 June 2022.
28. "Carlos Embalo joins Cittadella from Belgian side Eupen". Cittadella. 24 June 2022.
29. "Julien Ngoy tekent contract" [Julien Ngoy signs contract] (in Dutch). Mechelen. 4 July 2022.
30. Albenque, Thierry (14 July 2022). "Nîmes Olympique : Benoît Poulain neuvième recrue" [Nîmes Olympique: Benoît Poulain ninth recruit]. Midi Libre (in French).
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34. "Do Jablonce přichází stoper Jan Král!" [Defender Jan Král is coming to Jablonec!] (in Czech). Jablonec. 19 January 2023.
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