2014–15 R. Charleroi S.C. season

The 2014–15 season is a season played by Charleroi, a Belgian football club based in Charleroi, Hainaut. The season covers the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015. Charleroi will be participating in the Belgian Pro League and Belgian Cup.

Charleroi
2014–15 season
ChairmanFabien Debecq
ManagerFelice Mazzu
GroundStade du Pays de Charleroi
Belgian Pro League5th

Review

Pre-season

Charleroi will play eight pre-season fixtures in preparation for the 2014–15 season, matches against Royal Châtelet, Racing Fosses, Differdange 03, Excelsior Virton, F91 Dudelange, White Star Bruxelles, Metz and Lens were scheduled.[1] Charleroi started the run of games with a 3–4 win against Royal Châtelet at Complexe des Sablières, with their goals coming from Sébastien Dewaest, Cédric Fauré, Neeskens Kebano and a hat-trick from Giuseppe Rossini.[2] The club then eased past Racing Fosses 1–5 at the Stade Winson.[3]

The club followed that with two straight wins, firstly a 0–2 win over Differdange 03 followed by a 1–4 win over Excelsior Virton.[4][5] After that on 8 July Charleroi lost a thrilling match against F91 Dudelange 4–3 at Stade Jos Nosbaum.[6] They followed that with another defeat, this time suffering a 1–0 loss to manager Felice Mazzu's previous club White Star Bruxelles on 12 July.[7] Charleroi won their penultimate pre-season fixture 1–2 against Ligue 1 side Metz, that thanks to a brace from new signing Lynel Kitambala.[8]

On 14 April 2014, Charleroi opened their summer transfer spending with the signing of Mali international Kalifa Coulibaly from Paris Saint-Germain for an undisclosed fee, the striker penned a two-year contract with the option of two further years.[9] Charleroi then signed winger Clinton Mata from Eupen for an undisclosed fee on 28 May, he also signed a two-year contract with the option of two further years.[10] The club completed their first loan signing on 14 June, it was a familiar face who arrived in versatile former Senegal youth international Christophe Diandy who had a loan spell at the club in the 2012–13 season, he joined on a season-long loan deal from Mons.[11]

As Salvatore Crimi left the club following the expiration of his loan deal from Zulte Waregem, Mohamed Mrabet also left the club but only on a season-long loan deal to Virton on 15 May.[12] Charleroi's first transfer activity since the transfer window officially opened on 1 July was the incoming of French winger Lynel Kitambala, he signed for an undisclosed fee from Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne.[13]

Competitions

Friendlies
Date Time Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Ref.
21 June 201418:00Royal ChâteletAway W6–3Dewaest 38', Fauré 41' pen., Rossini 57' pen., 64', 72', Kebano 62' [14]
27 June 201420:00Racing FossesAway W5–1Rossini 31', Coulibaly 33', Thiaré 55', Tainmont 74', Sağlık 90+1' [15]
28 June 201417:00Differdange 03Away W2–0– 14', Daf 34' [16]
5 July 201416:00VirtonAway W4–1Kebano 34', Coulibaly 40', Fauré 60', 87' [17]
8 July 201419:00F91 DudelangeAway L3–4Daf 47', Rossini 61', Tainmont 65' [18]
12 July 201417:00White Star BruxellesAway L0–1 [19]
19 July 201417:00MetzAway W2–1Kitambala 11', 27' [20]
30 July 201419:00LensAway

Belgian Pro League
Main article: 2014–15 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Standard Liège 30 16 5 9 49 39 +10 53 Qualification to Championship play-offs
5 Kortrijk 30 16 3 11 54 35 +19 51
6 Charleroi 30 14 7 9 44 31 +13 49
7 Genk 30 13 10 7 38 28 +10 49 Qualification to Europa League play-offs
8 Lokeren 30 10 12 8 38 32 +6 42
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 Time League
position		 Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
25 July 201420:30 16thStandard LiègeAway L0–3 [21]
2 August 201420:00 15thWesterloHome L2–3Fauré 7', Kitambala 27' 4,523 [22]
10 August 201418:00 16thAnderlechtAway L0–1 21,000 [23]
16 August 201420:00 16thWaasland-BeverenHome D2–2
23 August 201420:00 11thLierseAway W2–0
31 August 201420:00 9thMechelenHome W2–0
13 September 201420:00 12thCercle BruggeAway L0–1
19 September 201420:30 6thZulte-WaregemHome W2–1
27 September 201420:30 11thGenkAway D1–1
4 October 201418:00 13thKortrijkHome L0–2
18 October 201420:30 12thGentAway D2–2
25 October 201420:00 9thOostendeHome W2–0
29 October 201420:30 11thLokerenAway L2–5
2 November 201418:00 12thClub BruggeHome D0–0
8 November 201418:00 10thMouscron-PéruwelzAway W2–0
22 November 201418:00 7thAnderlechtHome W3–1
29 November 201418:00 7thWesterloAway W3–2
7 December 201418:00 8thStandard LiègeHome L0–1
13 December 201420:00 7thWaasland-BeverenAway W3–1
20 December 201420:00 5thLierseHome W6–0
26 December 201414:30 4thZulte-WaregemAway W3–1
17 January 201520:00 5thCercle BruggeHome L0–2
24 January 201518:00 6thKortrijkAway D0–0
31 January 201518:00 5thGenkHome W1–0
7 February 201518:00 6thMechelenAway D0–0
15 February 201520:00 7thGentHome D0–0
21 February 201520:00 6thOostendeAway W3–1
28 February 201518:00 6thLokerenHome W1–0
7 March 201520:00 7thClub BruggeAway L0–1
15 March 201514:30 6thMouscron-PéruwelzHome W2–0

Championship play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gent (C) 10 6 2 2 18 11 +7 49 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Club Brugge 10 5 1 4 16 16 0 47 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Anderlecht 10 5 2 3 18 13 +5 46 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 Standard Liège 10 4 1 5 14 13 +1 40 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 Charleroi 10 3 2 5 13 15 −2 36 Qualification to Testmatches to Europa League[lower-alpha 2]
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.[24]
(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 Time League
position		 Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
6 April 201518:00 6thAnderlechtAway L0–1
11 April 201520:30 5thGentHome W2–1
19 April 201520:30 6thKortrijkAway D1–1
25 April 201518:00 4thStandard LiègeHome W1–0
29 April 201520:30 5thClub BruggeAway L1–3
3 May 201518:00 6thAnderlechtHome L0–1
8 May 201520:30 4thGentAway D1–1
17 May 201520:30 5thKortrijkHome W5–2
21 May 201520:30 5thClub BruggeHome L2–3
24 May 201514:30 5thStandard LiègeAway L0–2

Europa League play-off
Date Time Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
28 May 201520:30 MechelenAway L1–2Geraerts 54' 7,200 [25]
31 May 201518:00 MechelenHome W2–0Marinos 69', Ndongala 89' 10,658 [26]

Belgian Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Belgian Cup
Round Date Time Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
Sixth round 24 September 201420:30 EupenHome W2–0Sağlık 49', Tainmont 50' 2,500 [27]
Seventh round 3 December 201420:00 OostendeHome W2–0Kebano 34' pen., Fauré 57' 2,609 [28]
Quarter-final first leg 17 December 201420:00 Cercle BruggeHome W2–1Fauré 26', 29' 3,652 [29]
Quarter-final second leg 21 January 201520:30 Cercle BruggeAway L0–2 1,200 [30]

Appearances and goals
Further information: R. Charleroi S.C. § Players
No. Pos. Name League Cup Other Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKBelgium Maxime Vandermeulen 0000000000
3DFFrance Steeven Willems 0000000000
4DFBelgium Jonathan Vervoort 0000000000
5DFBelgium Robin Leemans 0000000000
6DFBelgium Sébastien Dewaest 0000000000
7MFFrance Clément Tainmont 0000000000
8DFSpain Francisco Martos 0000000000
9FWBelgium Giuseppe Rossini 0000000000
10MFSenegal Mohamed Daf 0000000000
13MFSenegal Christophe Diandy 0000000000
15GKBelgium Valentin Baume 0000000000
16FWSenegal Jamal Thiaré 0000000000
17DFGreece Stergos Marinos 0000000000
18FWFrance Cédric Fauré 0000000000
19MFBelgium Clinton Mata 0000000000
20MFBelgium Jessy Gálvez López 0000000000
22MFBelgium Guillaume François 0000000000
25MFFrance Damien Marcq 0000000000
26FWMali Kalifa Coulibaly 0000000000
28MFBelgium Enes Sağlık 0000000000
31FWFrance Harlem Gnohéré 0000000000
35GKDemocratic Republic of the Congo Parfait Mandanda 0000000000
41DFRepublic of the Congo Francis N'Ganga 0000000000
80MFBelgium Kenneth Houdret 0000000000
88MFDemocratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Ndongala 0000000000
92MFFrance Neeskens Kebano 0000000000
99FWFrance Lynel Kitambala 0000000000
–DFBelgium Mohamed Mrabet 0000000000
–FWCentral African Republic Evans Kondogbia 0000000000

Transfers

Transfers in
Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Ref.
FW Mali Kalifa Coulibaly France Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed 14 April 2014 [9]
MF Belgium Clinton Mata Belgium Eupen Undisclosed 28 May 2014 [10]
FW France Lynel Kitambala France Saint-Étienne Undisclosed 7 July 2014 [13]

Loans in
Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Ref.
FW Senegal Christophe Diandy Belgium Mons 14 June 2014 End of season [11]

Total spending: Decrease Undisclosed

Transfers out
Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Ref.

Loans out
Position Player Loaned to Date Loan expires Ref.
DF Belgium Mohamed Mrabet Belgium Virton 15 May 2014 End of season [12]

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