Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), commonly known as KRC Genk or Racing Genk, is a Belgian professional

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club based in the city of

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in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the

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and have won four championship titles; in 1998–99, in 2001–02, in 2010–11 and in 2018–19. They have also won five

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s, most recently in 2020–21. They qualified for the

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group stage in the 2002–03, 2011–12 and 2019–20. The club formed in 1988 by the merger of Waterschei Thor with KFC Winterslag, from which it took over the matricule number. It has been one of the most successful clubs in Belgium since the late 1990s and so they regularly qualify for European competitions. The club has been playing in the first division since the 1996–97 season. They play their home matches in the Cegeka Arena. Their main outfit is blue and white.

History

KFC Winterslag history (1923–1988)

The club FC Winterslag was founded in

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and that gave it the matricule number 322. On its 35th anniversary the club added the Royal prefix ''

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'' to their name to become KFC Winterslag. In 1972–73 Winterslag reached the second division and they eventually qualified for the 1974–75 Belgian First Division after finishing second in the second division final round. They had taken advantage of the increase in the number of first division clubs (from 16 to 20). The club ended the season in last place but won the second division right after. KFC Winterslag reached the 5th place in

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

which allowed them to play UEFA Cup matches, where it defeated Bryne FK from Norway and English Premier league giant

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. In the next round it was knocked out by

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from Scotland. Two seasons later it was relegated to the second stage after a disappointing last place. That season

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège ( ; ; ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won t ...

won the championship on bribery in a match against the club of Waterschei Thor that would eventually merge with the matricule number 322. Following a spell of four seasons in the second division, Winterslag found its place again in the first division by winning the

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final round, one point ahead of

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. It finished 15th on 18 but at the end of the season, the club merged with the neighbour club of Waterschei Thor which was playing in the second division since its relegation in 1986.

K Waterschei SV Thor Genk

K Waterschei SV Thor was created in

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as Waterschei's Sport Vereeniging Thor with Thor being the acronym of ''Tot Herstel Onzer Rechten'' (). It received matricule number n°533. The club enjoyed a spell in the first division in the late 1950s to the early 1960s and again from 1978 to 1986. During the 1982–83 season, the match between

and Waterschei and Standard eventually won the championship. Waterschei won the Belgian Cup twice (1980 and 1982). The latter victory led to them reaching the semi-finals of the

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in the 1982–83 season. After defeating PSG in the quarter-finals, Waterschei lost the first leg of the semi-final 5–1 at

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, home of the eventual winners,

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A 1–0 victory in Waterschei, courtesy of Eddy Voordeckers, could not reverse the position. After two seasons in the second division, K. Waterschei SV Thor Genk merged with KFC Winterslag in 1988 to form the current KRC Genk.

K.R.C. Genk (1988–present)

1990s and 2000s The new club was named KRC Genk and as it kept the Winterslag ranking, it began in the first division but finished last. The next year Genk won the final round in 2nd division and then played 4 seasons in the first division. In 1995 the club hired Aimé Anthuenis a coach and Racing finished second and skipped the final round as two first division teams merged (

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and Standard Liège). After an eighth place in 1997, the club had a good 1997–98 season with a cup win and a second place in the championship. In its first European season, Racing Genk eliminated successively Apolonia Fier and

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but it lost to

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in the round of 16 after two draws (1–1 on aggregate) in the last

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ever. The season was ended well as Genk won its first Belgian championship in May, with manager Aimé Anthuenis then moving to

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. Genk played in the

in 1999–2000 but lost in the second qualifying round to

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. The season was salvaged by winning the Belgian Cup again, this time to Standard, but Genk ended the championship in 9th place. It finished 11th in the following season and lost in the

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second round to

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after a win against

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. After this poor spell, Genk won the championship once more in the 2001–02 season. In 2002–03, they reached the Champions League group stages for the first time in their history. Although they came 4th, they impressed fans with draws against

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, Roma and

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. In the 2006–07 season, Genk finished second to Anderlecht. The Limburgians had been ahead almost the entire season but were pipped at the post by Anderlecht after losing at Germinal Beerschot. The 2007–08 season was a disaster, as Genk failed to finish in the top half of the division, ending in a disappointing tenth place. Three bad seasons followed. Genk finished the 2007–08 season on 45 points and in 10th spot in the league: their worst result in seven years. The 2008–09 season was poor for Genk as well, finishing 8th in the league. The season ended on a positive note with them winning the

, which gave them a ticket to the fourth Europa League qualifying round. The 2009–10 season started badly when they were knocked out of the Europa League by

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. Things did not go well in the domestic league either. Manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck was fired in December and was replaced by Franky Vercauteren. Genk finished 11th, but Vercauteren led the club to European football by beating derby rival

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in the final of Play-offs II. 2010s The 2010–11 season started well for KRC Genk when they beat Inter Turku with 1–5 in Finland. They progressed to the 4th qualifying round of the Europa League and drew the Portuguese club

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. Genk lost both games against Porto, despite two good performances. On 30 January 2010, KRC Genk announced that coach Franky Vercauteren signed a new contract that ran untl June 2013. They only lost their first game of the season on the 20th matchday and started the Play-offs in second place. The club won the 2010–11 Belgian Pro League after drawing 1–1 with title challengers Standard Liége. This was KRC Genk's third league win in its history and its supporters celebrated with a pitch invasion straight after the final whistle. On 11 August, coach Frank Vercauteren confirmed he was leaving Genk and signed with

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club Al-Jazira. In the 3rd Qualifying Round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League KRC Genk beat

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over two legs and drew Maccabi Haifa in the play-off Round. Maccabi Haifa beat Genk 2–1 in the first leg in Israel, while the second leg was won by Genk with the same 2–1 score in Belgium. During the penalty shoot-out, goalkeeper László Köteles helped Genk to qualify by saving two penalties. For the second time in its history, KRC Genk reached the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. They were drawn in Group E with Chelsea,

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and

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. In late August 2011,

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was announced as the new manager. The Champions League campaign was one with ups and downs. Genk got a 1–1 result against both Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen and a goalless draw against Valencia. Away from home, Genk lost all three games. The season in the Jupiler League was a difficult one, with Genk only just qualifying for the play-offs by finishing sixth in the regular competition. In the play-offs however, Genk started to play better and climbed up to third place. By finishing in third place, KRC Genk qualified for the third qualifying round of the Europa League. The 2012–13 season started well for Genk by qualifying for the Europa League group stage after beating Aktobe and

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. In this group stage KRC Genk performed very well and ultimately won the group without a single defeat. Genk finished first with three points more than

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and by doing so, qualified for the next round where they faced

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. It was the first time in the club's history that they played European football after Christmas. Stuttgart got the better of Genk over the two games. In the league, Genk qualified for the play-offs and performed well until the title was out of reach; fifth place was the result. Genk ended their season on a positive note by winning the Belgian Cup. They defeated Cercle Brugge in the final, in front of 30,000 Genk fans. In the 2016–2017 season, Genk participated in the

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; they started playing in the second qualifying round and qualified for the third qualifying round (on 21 July 2016) Budućnost Podgorica–Genk 2–0
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, Rapid Wien and

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and after defeating

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(2–2 and 1–0) in the 2nd round they drew KAA Gent from the domestic

with 2 confusing games Gent-Genk, Genk-Gent and an impressive 2–5 away victory. Even when Genk got beaten in the quarter final against

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(3–2 and 1–1), it was Genk's most successful European season. Genk won the 2018–19 Belgian First Division A for the fourth time in their history, hence they qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League after an eight-year absence. Genk started their 2019–20 UEFA Champions League campaign with a poor 6–2 loss against Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg. In the second match they drew 0–0 against Napoli, and in the third match they lost 1–4 against Liverpool.

Youth academy

Genk is well known for its outstanding youth academy. In 2003 they built their youth center next to their stadium and set up a youth program with Ronny Vangeneugden. There are further plans to build a boarding school and some synthetic pitches. In the past and now, many young players have found their way through the youth system. Some examples are Yannick Carrasco, Jelle Vossen, Dennis Praet, Steven Defour, Christian Benteke, Thibaut Courtois, Divock Origi, Timothy Castagne, Leandro Trossard and Kevin De Bruyne. Their scouting is also highly regarded. Players such as Kalidou Koulibaly, Wilfred Ndidi, Leon Bailey, Sergej Milinković-Savić, Daniel Muñoz and Sander Berge all played for Genk.

Honours

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: **Winners (4): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2018–19 **Runners-up (4): 1997–98, 2006–07, 2020–21, 2022–23 *

: **Winners (5): 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2020–21 **Runners-up (1): 2017–18 *

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**Winners (2):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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**Runners-up (7):

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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: (as KFC Winterslag before 1988) **Winners (1): 1975–76 **Runners-up (2): 1986–87, 1995–96 * Belgian Second Division final round: **Winners (2): 1987, 1990 **Runners-up (1): 1974

European record

UEFA club competition record

:''Updated 31 August 2018.''

Summary of best results

From the quarter-finals upwards:

: :- Quarter-finalists in 2016–17

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: :- Semi-finalists in 2003–04

UEFA coefficient

''Correct as of 21 May 2025.''

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Jong Genk

Former players

;Africa ;DR Congo * Neeskens Kebano ;Gambia * Omar Colley ;Guinea * Souleymane Oulare ;Ivory Coast * Didier Zokora ;Nigeria * Wilfred Ndidi ;Senegal * Kalidou Koulibaly * Kara Mbodj ;South Africa * Anele Ngcongca ;Tanzania * Mbwana Samatta ;Asia ;Australia * Mathew Ryan * Danny Vukovic ;Europe ;Belgium *

Luc Nilis Luc Gilbert Cyrille Nilis (born 25 May 1967) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the striker coach of Patro Eisden. He spent most of his career in his native Belgium and, in particular, in the Netherlands with P ...

* Denis Dasoul * Christian Kabasele * Jelle Vossen * Branko Strupar * Pieter Gerkens * Timothy Castagne * Sébastien Pocognoli * Christian Benteke * Steven Defour * Leandro Trossard * Kevin De Bruyne * Thibaut Courtois * Divock Origi * Koen Casteels * Thomas Buffel * Wesley Sonck ;Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Mirsad Bešlija Mirsad Bešlija (born 6 July 1979) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He has most notably played for Željezničar, Genk, Heart of Midlothian and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career ...

* Suvad Katana * Ismet Mulavdić *

Bojan Nastić Bojan Nastić (; born 6 July 1994) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Polish club Wisła Płock. Nastić started his professional career at Vojvodina, before joining Genk in 2016. In 2019, he was loaned to Oost ...

* Tino-Sven Sušić ;Denmark * Joakim Mæhle ;Finland * Jere Uronen ;Indonesia * Sandy Henny Walsh ;Israel * Elyaniv Barda ;Netherlands * Jean-Paul Boëtius ;Norway * Sander Berge ;Romania * Ianis Hagi * Vladimir Screciu ;Serbia * Sergej Milinković-Savić ;Slovakia * Adam Nemec ;Spain *

Alejandro Pozuelo Alejandro Pozuelo Melero (born 20 September 1991) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Fayha FC, Al-Fayha as Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. Developed in the Re ...

* Jose Naranjo ;Turkey * Sinan Bolat *

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;Ukraine * Ruslan Malinovskyi ;North and Central America ;Jamaica * Leon Bailey

Club officials

Managers

* Ernst Künnecke (July 1988 – Nov 88) * Joseph Vliers (1988–89) * René Desaeyere (1989) * Paul Theunis (1990–91) * Pier Janssen (1991–93) * Luka Peruzović (1993–94) * Norbert Beuls (1994) * Aimé Anthuenis (1996–99) * Jos Heyligen (1999–2000) * Johan Boskamp (31 Jan 2000 – 31 Dec 2000) * Sef Vergoossen (1 July 2001 – 6 April 2004) * René Vandereycken (17 May 2004 – 3 June 2005) * Hugo Broos (13 June 2005 – 23 Feb 2008) * Ronny Van Geneugden (17 Feb 2008 – 5 March 2009) * Pierre Denier ''(interim)'' (6 March 2009 – 30 June 2009) * Hein Vanhaezebrouck (1 July 2009 – 29 Nov 2009) * Franky Vercauteren (3 Dec 2009 – 17 Aug 2011) * Pierre Denier ''(interim)'' (18 Aug 2011 – 29 Aug 2011) *

(30 Aug 2011 – 24 Feb 2014) * Emilio Ferrera (24 Feb 2014 – 29 July 2014) *

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(22 Aug 2014 – 2015) * Peter Maes (2015 – 26 Dec 2016) * Albert Stuivenberg (27 Dec 2016 – 10 Dec 2017) * Philippe Clement (18 Dec 2017 – 24 May 2019) * Felice Mazzù (3 June 2019 – 12 Nov 2019) * Hannes Wolf (19 Nov 2019 – 15 Sep 2020) * Domenico Olivieri ''(interim)'' (15 Sep 2020 – 24 Sep 2020) * Jess Thorup (24 Sep 2020 – 2 Nov 2020) * John van den Brom (8 Nov 2020 – 6 Dec 2021) * Bernd Storck (8 Dec 2021 – 22 May 2022) * Wouter Vrancken (28 May 2022 – 9 May 2024) * Domenico Olivieri ''(interim)'' (10 May 2024 – 4 June 2024) * Thorsten Fink (5 June 2024 – Present)