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Sporting Charleroi

Pro League Belgium

Belgian Cup World

Club Friendlies 3

Founded:	1904
Stadium:	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Coach:	Rik Demil
Pro League Form:
Overall Form:

Sporting Charleroi home ground venue is Stade du Pays de Charleroi.

Rik Demil is the current coach for Sporting Charleroi.

Sporting Charleroi Pro League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Sporting Charleroi have played a total of 20 matches in Belgium Pro League. Their current statistics is 11 win, 4 draw and 5 lose.

Sporting Charleroi did not lose their last five matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Sporting Charleroi results for their home or away matches in Pro League 2024/2025.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Sporting Charleroi	20	11	4	5

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
24/05/2025	Sporting Charleroi	2 - 1	OH Leuven	1-1	H2H	O	+
N. Štulić 25'
C. Keita 29'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	43' Y. Titraoui
J. Pétris 46'
R. Asante 46'
P. Guiagon 46'
I. Mbenza 46'
N. Štulić 46'
A. Stanić 46'
Y. Titraoui 63'
A. Boukamir 63'
			72' Youssef Maziz
			72' Mathieu Maertens
S. Andreou 74'
R. Denuit 74'
			75' Thibault Vlietinck
			78' Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi
			78' Yassine Azzouz
			78' Thibault Vlietinck
			78' Manuel Osifo
			78' William Balikwisha
			78' Davis Opoku
A. Stanić 88'		2 - 1
			89' Federico Ricca
			89' Christ Souanga
09/05/2025	Sporting Charleroi	4 - 3	Westerlo	1-2	H2H	O	+
N. Štulić 10'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	29' Isa Sakamoto
		1 - 2	39' Isa Sakamoto
		1 - 3	55' Matija Frigan
			56' Thomas Van den Keybus
N. Štulić 57'		2 - 3
			63' Thomas Van den Keybus
			63' Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
			63' Doğucan Haspolat
M. Nzita 66'
			69' Matija Frigan
D. Heymans 71'		3 - 3
			74' Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
			78' Bryan Reynolds
			78' Josimar Alcócer
			78' Isa Sakamoto
			78' Islam Slimani
A. Bernier 80'
Ž. Rogelj 80'
			80' Tuur Rommens
C. Keita 84'		4 - 3
D. Heymans 88'
J. Pétris 90'
R. Denuit 90'
A. Zorgane 90+2'
É. Camara 90+2'
M. Nzita 90+2'
V. Dragsnes 90+2'
			90+7' Doğucan Haspolat
26/04/2025	Sporting Charleroi	4 - 1	Dender	1-0	H2H	O	+
Adem Zorgane 14'
			16' Gilles Ruyssen
Antoine Bernier 17'		1 - 0
			33' Dembo Sylla
			57' Bryan Goncalves
			57' Joedrick Pupe
			57' Lennard Hens
			57' Nathan Rodes
			58' Fabio Ferraro
			58' David Hrnčár
Daan Heymans 63'		2 - 0
			67' Bruny Nsimba
			67' Mohamed Berte
		2 - 1	69' Roman Kvet
Antoine Bernier 73'
Raymond Asante 73'
Yassine Titraoui 73'
Etienne Camara 73'
Mardochee Nzita 79'
Vetle Winger Dragsnes 79'
Parfait Guiagon 79'
Žan Rogelj 79'
			80' Joedrick Pupe
			80' Jasper Van Oudenhove
Žan Rogelj 87'		3 - 1
Nikola Štulić 90'		4 - 1
Jeremy Petris 90+1'
Cheick Keita 90+1'
19/04/2025	Sporting Charleroi	3 - 0	Mechelen	2-0	H2H	O	+
			14' Benito Raman
			14' Nikola Storm
Nikola Štulić 16'		1 - 0
Daan Heymans 20'		2 - 0
Massamba Sow 28'
			59' Toon Raemaekers
			59' Bas Van den Eynden
			59' Patrick Pflücke
			59' Geoffry Hairemans
Nikola Štulić 62'		3 - 0
Yassine Titraoui 68'
Etienne Camara 68'
			70' Kerim Mrabti
			70' Bilal Bafdili
			71' Rafik Belghali
			71' Keano Vanrafelghem
Massamba Sow 75'
Cheick Keita 75'
Parfait Guiagon 75'
Isaac Mbenza 75'
Antoine Bernier 75'
Žan Rogelj 75'
Mardochee Nzita 85'
Vetle Winger Dragsnes 85'
06/04/2025	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 0	Standard Liège	1-0	H2H	O	+
Antoine Bernier 44'		1 - 0
			45' Nathan Ngoy
			45' Boli Bolingoli
Parfait Guiagon 46'
Isaac Mbenza 46'
			52' Ilay Camara
			56' Léandre Kuavita
			56' Sotiris Alexandropoulos
Isaac Mbenza 60'
			74' Jean Thierry Lazare
			74' Marko Bulat
			74' Andreas Hountondji
			74' Andi Zeqiri
			75' Ilay Camara
			75' Yann Gboua
Nikola Štulić 83'
Grejohn Kyei 83'
Antoine Bernier 83'
Žan Rogelj 83'
08/03/2025	Sporting Charleroi	0 - 1	Mechelen	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	1' Benito Raman
Žan Rogelj 46'
Antoine Bernier 46'
			46' Benito Raman
			46' Lion Lauberbach
Yassine Titraoui 50'
			53' Lion Lauberbach
Mardochee Nzita 61'
Vetle Winger Dragsnes 61'
Isaac Mbenza 67'
Alexis Flips 67'
			69' Nikola Storm
			69' Bilal Bafdili
			69' Patrick Pflücke
			69' Stephen Welsh
Yassine Titraoui 78'
Alexandre Stanic 78'
			80' Geoffry Hairemans
			80' Mory Konate
			83' Ortwin De Wolf
			90+3' Kerim Mrabti
			90+3' Aziz Ouattara Mohammed
28/02/2025	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 1	Genk	0-0	H2H	O	+
			27' Matte Smets
Parfait Guiagon 30'
		0 - 1	71' Tolu Arokodare
Žan Rogelj 73'
Antoine Bernier 73'
Adem Zorgane 74'
Mardochee Nzita 82'
Vetle Winger Dragsnes 82'
Parfait Guiagon 82'
Isaac Mbenza 82'
Daan Heymans 89'		1 - 1
			90+4' Patrik Hrošovský
			90+4' Konstantinos Karetsas
			90+4' Christopher Baah
			90+4' Noah Adedeji-Sternberg
Isaac Mbenza 90+13'
16/02/2025	Sporting Charleroi	0 - 1	Anderlecht	0-0	H2H	O	+
Nikola Štulić 10'
			32' Ali Maamar
			38' Kasper Dolberg
			38' Luis Vázquez
			43' Leander Dendoncker
			58' Thorgan Hazard
			58' Nilson Angulo
		0 - 1	62' Luis Vázquez
			68' Tristan Degreef
			68' Tristan Degreef
Jeremy Petris 74'
Antoine Bernier 74'
Etienne Camara 74'
Isaac Mbenza 74'
			85' Cesar Huerta
			85' Adryelson
			85' Ludwig Augustinsson
			85' Moussa N'Diaye
Parfait Guiagon 89'
Grejohn Kyei 89'
01/02/2025	Sporting Charleroi	5 - 0	Dender	3-0	H2H	O	+
Adem Zorgane 8'		1 - 0
			14' Bryan Goncalves
Nikola Štulić 17'		2 - 0
			34' Bryan Goncalves
			34' Ragnar Oratmangoen
			40' Bruny Nsimba
Nikola Štulić 44'		3 - 0
			45+2' Aurélien Scheidler
			59' Kobe Cools
			59' Lennard Hens
			60' Roman Kvet
			60' Dembo Sylla
			60' David Hrnčár
			60' Malcolm Viltard
Aiham Ousou 63'
Parfait Guiagon 64'
Raymond Anokye Asante 64'
Isaac Mbenza 64'
Antoine Bernier 64'
Vetle Winger Dragsnes 64'
Mardochee Nzita 64'
Daan Heymans 71'		4 - 0
			72' Fabio Ferraro
			72' Ridwane M'Barki
Yassine Titraoui 74'
Etienne Camara 74'
Aiham Ousou 74'
Massamba Sow 74'
Antoine Bernier 82'		5 - 0
25/01/2025	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-1	H2H	O	+
Parfait Guiagon 12'		1 - 0
Cheick Keita 33'
		1 - 1	35' Thibo Somers
			63' Kazeem Olaigbe
			63' Alan Minda
Daan Heymans 69'
Isaac Mbenza 70'
Antoine Bernier 70'
			71' Christiaan Ravych
			71' Emmanuel Kakou
Cheick Keita 75'
Parfait Guiagon 78'
Stelios Andreou 78'
			85' Gary Magnee
			85' Flávio Nazinho
			85' Erick
			85' Malamine Efekele
			90+3' Edgaras Utkus
11/01/2025	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 2	Union Saint-Gilloise	1-0	H2H	O	+
Nikola Štulić 13'		1 - 0
			22' Charles Vanhoutte
Jeremy Petris 38'
			42' Promise David
			46' A. Khalaili
			46' Alessio Castro-Montes
Antoine Bernier 49'
		1 - 1	59' Alessio Castro-Montes
		1 - 2	63' Franjo Ivanović
Parfait Guiagon 65'
Antoine Bernier 70'
Isaac Mbenza 70'
Parfait Guiagon 70'
Oday Dabbagh 70'
Cheick Keita 70'
			71' Christian Burgess
			78' Anouar Ait El Hadj
			78' Kamiel Van De Perre
Jeremy Petris 80'
Quentin Benaets 80'
Cheick Keita 80'
S. Andreou 80'
			84' Ousseynou Niang
			84' Koki Machida
			84' Promise David
			84' Mohammed Fuseini
21/12/2024	Sporting Charleroi	2 - 1	Sint-Truiden	1-0	H2H	O	+
Daan Heymans 37'		1 - 0
			45' Andrés Ferrari
			45' Ryotaro Ito
Daan Heymans 45'
Isaac Mbenza 45'
Yassine Titraoui 53'		2 - 0
Vetle Winger Dragsnes 58'
			68' Louis Patris
			70' Zineddine Belaid
			70' Isaías Delpupo
			70' Rihito Yamamoto
			70' Olivier Dumont
			78' Billal Brahimi
			78' Jay David Mbalanda
Antoine Bernier 82'
Žan Rogelj 82'
			87' Robert-Jan Vanwesemael
			87' Adam Nhaili
Nikola Štulić 88'
Youssuf Sylla 88'
		2 - 1	90' Adriano Bertaccini
Parfait Guiagon 90+3'
Massamba Sow 90+3'
30/11/2024	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 1	Standard Liège	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	36' Léandre Kuavita
Parfait Guiagon 45+3'
Alexis Flips 46'
Isaac Mbenza 46'
			70' Boško Šutalo
Yassine Titraoui 72'
Grejohn Kyei 72'
			76' A. Zeqiri
			76' Muhammed Badamosi
			76' Dennis Eckert Ayensa
			76' Marko Bulat
Vetle Winger Dragsnes 79'
Mardochee Nzita 79'
Jeremy Petris 79'
Žan Rogelj 79'
			84' Ilay Camara
			84' Boli Bolingoli
Antoine Bernier 86'
Oday Dabbagh 86'
			90' I. Price
			90' Sotiris Alexandropoulos
			90+3' Marlon Fossey
Oday Dabbagh 90+4'		1 - 1
09/11/2024	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 0	Westerlo	0-0	H2H	O	+
Yassine Titraoui 3'
Isaac Mbenza 46'
Parfait Guiagon 46'
			64' Adedire Mebude
			64' Allahyar Sayyadmanesh
Oday Dabbagh 65'
Nikola Štulić 65'
Daan Heymans 67'		1 - 0
Yassine Titraoui 82'
Noam Mayoka-Tika 82'
			84' Arthur Piedfort
			84' Muhammed Gümüşkaya
Antoine Bernier 89'
Antoine Bernier 90+3'
Žan Rogelj 90+3'
26/10/2024	Sporting Charleroi	0 - 2	OH Leuven	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	32' Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi
			33' Ezechiel Banzuzi
		0 - 2	45+2' Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi
Daan Heymans 46'
Alexis Flips 46'
Etienne Camara 46'
Yassine Titraoui 46'
			57' Óscar Gil
			73' S. Mitrović
			73' Takahiro Akimoto
			73' William Balikwisha
			73' Konan N'Dri
Isaac Mbenza 73'
Grejohn Kyei 73'
			75' Óscar Gil
Vetle Winger Dragsnes 80'
Mardochee Nzita 80'
Oday Dabbagh 80'
Youssuf Sylla 80'
			80' Siebe Schrijvers
			80' Takuma Ominami
			87' Óscar Gil
			87' Wouter George
			87' Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi
			87' Youssef Maziz
27/09/2024	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 1	Club Brugge	0-0	H2H	O	+
Stelios Andreou 34'
Daan Heymans 36'
Parfait Guiagon 48'		1 - 0
			55' Raphael Onyedika
			66' Hugo Vetlesen
			66' Casper Nielsen
			66' Andreas Skov Olsen
			66' Romeo Vermant
Grejohn Kyei 67'
Oday Dabbagh 67'
Parfait Guiagon 74'
			76' Romeo Vermant
			82' Joel Ordóñez
			82' Kyriani Sabbe
			83' Joaquin Seys
			83' Michał Skóraś
Antoine Bernier 84'
Alexis Flips 84'
Parfait Guiagon 84'
Isaac Mbenza 84'
			89' Christos Tzolis
			89' Chemsdine Talbi
		1 - 1	90+1' Hans Vanaken
15/09/2024	Sporting Charleroi	3 - 0	K. Beerschot V.A.	1-0	H2H	O	+
Daan Heymans 17'		1 - 0
Grejohn Kyei 49'		2 - 0
Antoine Bernier 58'		3 - 0
			61' Ayouba Kosiah
			61' Charly Keita
			61' Colin Dagba
			61' Florian Krüger
			61' Ewan Henderson
			61' Tom Reyners
Parfait Guiagon 69'
Isaac Mbenza 69'
			69' Apostolos Konstantopoulos
			69' Brian Plat
Grejohn Kyei 69'
Youssuf Sylla 69'
Etienne Camara 77'
Alexis Flips 77'
Antoine Bernier 77'
Yassine Titraoui 77'
Alexis Flips 79'
Jeremy Petris 83'
Žan Rogelj 83'
25/08/2024	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 0	KV Kortrijk	1-0	H2H	O	+
Daan Heymans 10'		1 - 0
Stelios Andreou 59'
			59' Massimo Bruno
			59' Brecht Dejaegere
			59' Nacho Ferri
			59' Billal Messaoudi
			60' Nayel Mehssatou Sepúlveda
			60' Tomoki Takamine
			61' Mounaim El Idrissy
Youssouph Badji 68'
Youssuf Sylla 68'
			70' Haruya Fujii
			70' Mark Mampasi
			70' Ryan Alebiousu
			70' Dion De Neve
Antoine Bernier 79'
Isaac Mbenza 79'
Parfait Guiagon 79'
Mardochée Nzita 79'
			87' Abdelhak Kadri
Vetle Dragsnes 88'
Aiham Ousou 88'
			90+6' Thierry Ambrose
11/08/2024	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 0	Gent	0-0	H2H	O	+
Étienne Camara 32'
Youssuf Sylla 45'
Youssouph Badji 45'
			45+1' Matias Fernandez Pardo
			70' Matisse Samoise
			70' Noah Fadiga
			70' Matias Fernandez Pardo
			70' Franck William Surdez
Parfait Guiagon 77'
Isaac Mbenza 77'
			83' Hong Hyun-Seok
			83' Sven Kums
			83' Daisuke Yokota
			83' Momodou Lamin Sonko
Antoine Bernier 88'
Daan Heymans 90+1'		1 - 0
Antoine Bernier 90+6'
Aiham Ousou 90+6'
Daan Heymans 90+7'
28/07/2024	Sporting Charleroi	0 - 1	Antwerp	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	10' Vincent Janssen
Jeremy Petris 15'
Étienne Camara 64'
Youssuf Sylla 65'
Youssouph Badji 65'
Isaac Mbenza 65'
Antoine Bernier 65'
Étienne Camara 65'
Oday Dabbagh 65'
			67' Tjaronn Chery
			67' Mandela Keita
			67' Jurgen Ekkelenkamp
			67' Jacob Ondrejka
			76' Vetle Dragsnes
			78' Mahamadou Doumbia
			78' Gyrano Kerk
Vetle Dragsnes 82'
Mardochée Nzita 82'
Vincent Janssen 83'
Adem Zorgane 84'
Yacine Titraoui 84'
			85' Jelle Bataille
			85' Alhassan Yusuf
Yacine Titraoui 88'
			90+2' Daan Heymans
			90+2' Denis Odoi

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Sporting Charleroi in Pro League.

Statistics & Analysis of Sporting Charleroi

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	5
Longest losing streak	1
Longest run without loss	5
Longest run without win	3
Clean sheets	7
Matches over 2.25 goals	8
Matches under 2.25 goals	12
Matches First Half Over 0.5	15
Matches First Half Under 0.5	5
Matches odd	15
Matches even	5
Average goals scored	1.6
Average goals allowed	0.85
Failure to score	4
Biggest victory	5 - 0
Biggest defeat	0 - 2
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	0
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	0 (0%)
Goalless draw at away match	0
Comeback win	0

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Pro League 2024/2025 - Championship Round Table

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Union Saint-Gilloise	40	24	11	5	71	28	+43	42
2	Club Brugge	40	24	10	6	86	42	+44	38
3	Genk	40	25	6	9	69	44	+25	30
4	Anderlecht	40	18	7	15	62	40	+22	23
5	Antwerp	40	14	13	13	57	50	+7	21
6	Gent	40	12	12	16	45	65	-20	15

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League Qualifiers

UEFA Europa League Qualifiers

UEFA Conference League Play-offs

Pro League 2024/2025 - Conference League Play-off Group Table

Sporting Charleroi are in the 1st position of Pro League and they are in contention for UEFA Conference League Play-offs.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Sporting Charleroi	40	16	10	14	55	46	+9	40
2	Westerlo	40	13	12	15	69	65	+4	33
3	Mechelen	40	12	14	14	62	57	+5	31
4	Dender	40	11	12	17	53	72	-19	29
5	OH Leuven	40	9	18	13	39	52	-13	27
6	Standard Liège	40	10	16	14	27	43	-16	27

UEFA Conference League Play-offs

Pro League 2024/2025 - Relegation Round Table

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Sint-Truiden	36	10	11	15	50	66	-16	41
2	Cercle Brugge	36	9	12	15	39	57	-18	39
3	KV Kortrijk	36	10	7	19	40	63	-23	37
4	K. Beerschot V.A.	36	5	9	22	36	70	-34	24

Relegation Play-off

Relegation

Pro League 2024/2025 - Regular Season Table

Sporting Charleroi are in the 10th position of Pro League and they are in contention for UEFA Conference League Play-offs.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Genk	30	21	5	4	55	33	+22	68
2	Club Brugge	30	17	8	5	65	36	+29	59
3	Union Saint-Gilloise	30	15	10	5	49	25	+24	55
4	Anderlecht	30	15	6	9	50	27	+23	51
5	Antwerp	30	12	10	8	47	32	+15	46
6	Gent	30	11	12	7	41	33	+8	45
7	Standard Liège	30	10	9	11	22	35	-13	39
8	Mechelen	30	10	8	12	45	40	+5	38
9	Westerlo	30	10	7	13	50	49	+1	37
10	Sporting Charleroi	30	10	7	13	36	36	+0	37
11	OH Leuven	30	8	13	9	28	33	-5	37
12	Cercle Brugge	30	7	11	12	29	44	-15	32
13	Dender	30	8	8	14	33	51	-18	32
14	Sint-Truiden	30	7	10	13	41	56	-15	31
15	KV Kortrijk	30	7	5	18	28	55	-27	26
16	K. Beerschot V.A.	30	3	9	18	26	60	-34	18

Championship Round

UEFA Conference League Play-offs

Relegation Round

Sporting Charleroi Squad

Detailed statistics of each Sporting Charleroi player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Sporting Charleroi top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
1	Pierre Patron
2	Jonas Bager
3	Stefan Knežević
4	Aiham Ousou	503	9	4				1
4	Jules Van Cleemput
5	E. Camara	844	11		6			4
5	Loïc Bessile
6	Adem Zorgane	984	11		1
7	Isaac Mbenza	232	11	10	1	1
8	Parfait Guiagon	802	11		10	3		2
9	Oday Dabbagh	218	6	5	1			1
10	Youssouph Mamadou Badji	204	5	3	2
13	Ahmed Nadir Benbouali
15	Vetle Winger Dragsnes	945	11		4			0
16	Kouakou Herve Koffi
17	Antoine Bernier	712	11	2	9	2		2
18	Daan Heymans	988	11		1	6	2	3
19	Nikola Štulić
21	Stelios Andreou	990	11					3
22	Yacine Titraoui	83	5	5				1
22	Adrien Trebel
24	Mardochee Nzita	48	3	3
25	Damien Marcq
26	Marco Ilaimaharitra
27	Roméo Monticelli
28	Raymond Asante	20	1	1
28	Ken Nkuba Tshiend
29	Žan Rogelj	126	3	2
30	Mohamed Kone	990	11					1
32	Mehdi Boukamir
33	Théo Defourny
37	Achraf Dari
44	Ryota Morioka
55	Martin Delavalée
56	Amine Boukamir
60	Nicolas Closset
66	Noam Mayoka-Tika
66	Valentine Ozornwafor
70	Alexis Flips	148	5	4	1			1
70	Flavio Da Silva
80	Youssuf Sylla	350	10	7	3
88	Mitchy Ntelo
95	Check keita	506	6		1			2
98	Jérémy Pétris	864	10		2			5
99	Grejohn Kyei	323	5		5	1
	Jackson Tchatchoua
	Martin Wasinski
	Nathan Okumu Monkoy
	Thomas Lutte

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