2014–15 K.A.A. Gent season

The 2014–15 season was K.A.A. Gent's 112th season in existence and 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football, the Belgian Pro League. The club also competed in the Belgian Cup

K.A.A. Gent

2014–15 season
Chairman	Ivan De Witte
Manager	Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Stadium	Ghelamco Arena
Belgian Pro League	1st
Belgian Cup	Semi-final
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Juliper Pro trophy won by K.A.A. Gent in 2015

Match details

League positions are sourced by Statto,^[1] while the remaining information is referenced individually.

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2014–15 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge	30	17	10	3	69	28	+41	61	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2	Gent	30	16	9	5	52	29	+23	57
3	Anderlecht	30	16	9	5	51	30	+21	57
4	Standard Liège	30	16	5	9	49	39	+10	53
5	Kortrijk	30	16	3	11	54	35	+19	51

Source: Belgian Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a play-off is organised.

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
26 July 2014	5th	Cercle Brugge	A	D	0–0		7,465	[2]
3 August 2014	5th	Mechelen	H	W	3–1	Depoitre 49', 85', Raman 61',	16,979	[3]
10 August 2014	2nd	Standard Liège	A	W	1–0	Depoitre 16'	23,749	[4]
17 August 2014	2nd	Zulte-Waregem	H	W	3–1	Habibou 69', Milićević 72', 84' pen.	17,966	[5]
22 August 2014	2nd	Genk	A	L	2–3	Dejaegere 31', Milićević 34'	16,580	[6]
29 August 2014	2nd	Kortrijk	H	L	0–1		16,842	[7]
14 September 2014	2nd	Mouscron-Péruwelz	H	W	1–0	Saief 82'	16,855	[8]
20 September 2014	2nd	Oostende	A	W	3–1	Pollet 14', Depoitre 84', 90'	5,733	[9]
28 September 2014	2nd	Lokeren	H	D	1–1	Depoitre 90'	18,902	[10]
3 October 2014	2nd	Westerlo	A	D	0–0		8,000	[11]
18 October 2014	2nd	Charleroi	H	D	2–2	Foket 44', Raman 80'	16,606	[12]
26 October 2014	3rd	Club Brugge	A	D	2–2	Milićević 13', Rafinha 63'	26,500	[13]
29 October 2014	2nd	Waasland-Beveren	H	W	4–1	Milićević 16' pen., Depoitre 59', Raman 67', 84'	17,585	[14]
2 November 2014	2nd	Lierse	A	W	1–0	Van der Bruggen 74'	6,550	[15]
9 November 2014	4th	Anderlecht	H	L	0–2		19,999	[16]
22 November 2014	3rd	Cercle Brugge	H	W	4–0	Dejaegere 14', Raman 60', Depoitre 71', Pollet 82'	18,346	[17]
28 November 2014	3rd	Zulte-Waregem	A	L	1–2	Gershon 17'	11,213	[18]
7 December 2014	4th	Genk	H	D	0–0		17,407	[19]
12 December 2014	3rd	Mechelen	A	D	0–0		9,070	[20]
21 December 2014	6th	Standard Liege	H	L	1–2	Dejaegere 16'	19,458	[21]
26 December 2014	5th	Kortrijk	A	W	3–2	Nielsen 13', Raman 61', Depoitre 82'	9,374	[22]
17 January 2015	4th	Mouscron-Péruwelz	A	W	3–1	Neto 15', Depoitre 29', Dejaegere 56'	3,000	[23]
25 January 2015	3rd	Oostende	H	W	3–1	Neto 11', 82' Saief 25'	17,290	[24]
1 February 2015	4th	Lokeren	A	D	3–3	Simon 6', 16', 72'	8,900	[25]
7 February 2015	2nd	Westerlo	H	W	4–0	Depoitre 38', 90', Simon 61', Milićević 77'	18,248	[26]
15 February 2015	3rd	Charleroi	A	D	0–0		8,364	[27]
22 February 2015	3rd	Club Brugge	H	W	2–1	Simon 23', Simons 72' o.g.	19,999	[28]
1 March 2015	3rd	Waasland-Beveren	A	W	1–0	Simon 66'	6,308	[29]
7 March 2015	3rd	Lierse	H	W	2–1	Neto 32' pen., Pedersen 90'	19,470	[30]
15 March 2015	2nd	Anderlecht	A	W	2–1	Foket 49, Raman 61'	21,000	[31]

Championship play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gent (C)	10	6	2	2	18	11	+7	49	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Club Brugge	10	5	1	4	16	16	0	47	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Anderlecht	10	5	2	3	18	13	+5	46	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4	Standard Liège	10	4	1	5	14	13	+1	40	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Charleroi	10	3	2	5	13	15	−2	36	Qualification for the Testmatches to Europa League[b]
6	Kortrijk	10	2	2	6	11	22	−11	34

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points after deduction of (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) number of wins; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of away goals scored; 7) number of away wins.^[32]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since winners of the 2014–15 Belgian Cup, Club Brugge, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the other spots were adjusted accordingly.
2. The team finishing in fifth place, Charleroi, will play the testmatches against the winner of the Belgian Europa League playoff final, for a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
5 April 2015	1st	Kortrijk	H	W	2–0	Milićević 33', Simon 73'	18,412	[33]
11 April 2015	2nd	Charleroi	A	L	1–2	Poletanović 83'	10,106	[34]
17 April 2015	1st	Standard Liege	A	W	3–1	Pedersen 23', 52', Tabekou 90'	24,050	[35]
26 April 2015	2nd	Club Brugge	H	D	2–2	Milićević 13', 43'	19,999	[36]
30 April 2015	2nd	Anderlecht	H	W	2–1	Depoitre 50', Neto 90'	19,999	[37]
3 May 2015	1st	Kortrijk	A	W	1–0	Chanot 65' o.g.	9,078	[38]
8 May 2015	1st	Charleroi	H	D	1–1	Neto 26'	19,822	[39]
17 May 2015	1st	Club Brugge	A	W	3–2	Nielsen 5', Dejaegere 52', Raman 87'	27,000	[40]
21 May 2015	1st	Standard Liege	H	W	2–0	Kums 18', Neto 50' pen.	19,999	[41]
24 May 2015	1st	Anderlecht	A	L	1–2	Pedersen 3'	21,000	[42]

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Belgian Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Sixth round	24 September 2014	UR Namur	A	W	3–1	Lepoint 33', 35', 90'	2,000	[43]
Seventh round	3 December 2014	Lommel United	A	W	1–0	Lepoint 62'	2,500	[44]
Quarter-final first leg	17 December 2014	Lokeren	A	W	4–1	Depoitre 4', Milićević 50', Saief 69', Raman 87'	5,422	[45]
Quarter-final second leg	21 January 2015	Lokeren	H	W	1–0	Dejaegere 62'	6,975	[46]
Semi-final first leg	4 February 2015	Anderlecht	H	L	0–2		14,473	[47]
Semi-final second leg	12 February 2015	Anderlecht	A	L	0–3		9,113	[48]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2014	FW	David Pollet	Anderlecht	€1,500,000	[49]
1 July 2014	FW	Laurent Depoitre	Oostende	Free	[50]
1 July 2014	GK	Brian Vandenbussche	sc Heerenveen	Free	[51]

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 September 2014	DF	Lasse Nielsen	NEC Nijmegen	30 June 2015	[52]
1 September 2014	DF	Ygor Nogueira	Fluminese	30 June 2015	[53]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 September 2015	FW	Habib Habibou	Rennes	Undisclosed	[54]
29 January 2015	MF	Christophe Lepoint	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	[55]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
17 June 2014	FW	Sloan Privat	SM Caen	30 June 2015	[56]
20 June 2014	DF	Ervin Zukanović	Chievo	30 June 2015	[57]
14 July 2014	DF	Wouter Corstjens	Waasland-Beveren	30 June 2015	[58]
14 July 2014	MF	David Hubert	Waasland-Beveren	30 June 2015	[58]
5 August 2014	MF	Jari Vandeputte	Roeselare	30 June 2015	[59]
5 August 2014	MF	Rik Impens	Roeselare	30 June 2015	[59]

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