KRC Genk boasts one of the most renowned youth systems in Belgium, with numerous big-name stars emerging from the youth teams before making their debut for the senior team. Examples include Kevin de Bruyne (now of Manchester City), Leandro Trossard (now of Arsenal), and Thibaut Courtois (now of Real Madrid),...
What started off as a potential promising campaign for RWD Molenbeek after promotion to the Belgian Pro League has turned into one with the imminent threat of relegation. After a very poor winless run of eight matches in all competitions, the club sacked Claudio Caçapa, with his replacement being confirmed...
K.A.A. Gent is a club that has been investing in young players recently. The Belgian team secured the signatures of sought-after young players in the January transfer window, including 19-year-old winger Momodou Lamin Sonko from BK Häcken and 21-year-old central defender Hugo Gambor from USL Dunkerque. The club do not...
All around European football, this January transfer window was relatively quiet in terms of critical players switching teams midway through the season. The Belgian Pro League was no different, with many teams making smaller moves to offer their squads depth going into this crucial part of the season. However,...
In a recent article by The Athletic, statistics suggested that Real Madrid were the best defensive side in Europe's top five leagues from set-pieces. Over the past five seasons, they conceded 21 goals, averaging just over four goals per season. Obviously, the better a team is, like Madrid, who have won...
Since Miron Muslić took over at Cercle Brugge in September of 2022, the Belgian side have been constantly improving. Now, in 2024, the Belgian side started the post-winter break in Belgium with a dominant performance against last season's league runners-up, Genk. Muslić’s side were unlucky not to leave the Cegeka...
Who Is Freyr Alexandersson? Kortrijk are in the midst of a season that almost seems destined to end in relegation. The club currently sit bottom of the Belgian Pro League, 11 points from safety. They are also on their third permanent manager of the season, with former Iceland women’s national...
After an underwhelming first half of the Belgian Pro League season, and with the club languishing in 9th position, only two points above the relegation zone, Standard Liège decided to sack Carl Hoefkens. His replacement is someone who has both played and managed in Belgium before, with the Belgian side appointing 45-year-old...
If there is one club that is the envy of English football at present, then it's Brighton. Not only do the Seagulls have a young, inventive manager and a team playing attractive football, but their player recruitment drive is raking in hefty transfer fees. One of the summer's transfer sagas...
At the beginning of the 2021/22 Belgian Pro League season, a 17-year-old Malick Fofana was handed his senior debut by Gent boss Hein Vanhaezebrouck. Fofana ended last campaign with 19 appearances in all competitions, with the now 18-year-old already matching his total in the league this season as we approach...
George Ilenikhena has had a very good start to his professional football career. Ilenikhena was born in Nigeria but moved to France at the age of 3, where he eventually joined Ligue 2 side Amiens's academy. He made his first-team debut for the club last season, making 16 appearances in...
Aboubakary Koita is currently in the midst of a breakout season at Sint-Truiden in regards to his attacking output. The 25-year-old Belgian-born Mauritania international joined the top division club from SK Beveren in the summer of 2021, with Koita scoring three goals and contributing three assists in his first two...
Belgian giants Club Brugge find themselves in uncharted territory this season in the Jupiler Pro League. Having won the league title in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, finished second in 2021-22, and fourth in 2022-23, they have gotten off to an uncharacteristically poor start this time around. Ronny Deila's men...
Since being promoted from the second tier of Belgian football a few years ago, Union Saint-Gilloise have been one of the best teams in Belgium, both to watch and from an on-the-field success perspective. One thing the club owned by Brighton owner Tony Bloom does extremely well is recruit, with...
After a disappointing start to the Belgian Pro League season, and with the club sitting in the relegation zone, OH Leuven parted company with their manager, Marc Brys, after just over three seasons in charge. After a protracted search, Leuven finally found their man, appointing 50-year-old Spaniard Óscar García as...
Standard Liège did not have the greatest start to the new season under their new manager, Carl Hoefkens, with the Belgian side losing 3 of their opening four matches and drawing the other. However, the Belgian manager has begun stabilising the side, with Standard unbeaten in their last six matches,...
Gent occupies first place in the Belgian Pro League with 14 points from six matches, with a difference of three goals from Anderlecht, the second, but in seven games. One of Gent's most important points of power this season is their excellence in set-pieces, particularly attacking corners, as they are...
Six matches into the new Belgian Pro League season, and Kortrijk are still yet to get a win. In fact, they have been arguably the worst side in the division this season, with their 17 goals conceded the most. They also have only scored four goals this season, one of...
Club Brugge have had a fantastic start to the new Belgian Pro League season, with the Belgian side sitting top of the table after the first four matchdays, having scored 14 goals in those four matches. They also scored five or more goals in their last four matches in all...
After an excellent 2022/23 campaign, where he scored 17 goals in all competitions for Union Saint-Gilloise, Victor Boniface was sold to German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen for a fee of just over €20 million. This left new manager Alexander Blessin with a big question: who would be the player to...
