2023–24 Royal Charleroi S.C. season explained

Club:	Charleroi
Season:	2023–24
Chrtitle:	Managing Director
Chairman:	Mehdi Bayat
Ownertitle:	Chariman
Owner:	Fabien Debecq
Manager:	Felice Mazzù (until 20 March) Rik De Mil (from 22 March)
Stadium:	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
League:	Belgian Pro League
League Result:	13th
Cup1:	Relegation play-offs
Cup1 Result:	1st
Cup2:	Belgian Cup
Cup2 Result:	Eighth round
League Topscorer:	Parfait Guiagon (6)
Season Topscorer:	Oday Dabbagh Parfait Guiagon (6 each)
Largest Win:	Thes Sport Tessenderlo 0–3 Charleroi
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Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 season was Royal Charleroi S.C.'s 120th season in existence and 12th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup, being knocked out in the eighth round.

Players

First-team squad

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On loan

Transfers

In

	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
		Arouca	Free		^[2]
		WSG Tirol	Free		^[3]
		RFC Seraing	Free		^[4]
		Club Brugge	Undisclosed		^[5]
		Zulte Waregem			^[6]
		Lillestrøm	€250,000		^[7]
		Levski Sofia	Undisclosed		^[8]
		Brest	Loan		^[9]
		Udinese	Undisclosed		^[10]

Out

	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
		Lech Poznań	€1,800,000		^[11]
		Genk	Undisclosed		^[12]
		FC Hegelmann	Free		^[13]
		F91 Dudelange	Free
		Tractor	€800,000
		Bastia	Undisclosed		^[14]
		Hellas Verona	Loan
		USL Dunkerque	Undisclosed
		Genk	€3,800,000

Pre-season and friendlies

On 8 June 2023, it was announced that their first friendly of the upcoming season, will be a trip to Mons to play fifth division side R.A.E.C. Mons.^[15]

Competitions

Belgian Pro League

See main article: 2023–24 Belgian Pro League.

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[16]

Matches

Belgian Cup

See main article: 2023–24 Belgian Cup.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Équipes RCSC. 2021-07-23. R. Charleroi S.C. - Web Oficial.
2. Web site: Oday Dabbagh, le nouvel attaquant du Sporting de Charleroi, se confie: "J'aimerais connaître une carrière comme celle d'Osimhen" . 9 June 2023 .
3. Web site: Charleroi beat Cercle Brugge to signing of Zan Rogelj from WSG Tirol – Get Belgian & Dutch Football News. May 18, 2023. getfootballnewsbene.com.
4. Web site: Mercato: le Sporting de Charleroi officialise l'arrivée d'Antoine Bernier. June 20, 2023. Le Soir.
5. Web site: Youssouph Badji definite move to Sporting Charleroi. Club Brugge.
6. Web site: Le Sporting de Charleroi accueille Youssuf Sylla de Zulte Waregem. RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.
7. Web site: Vetle Dragsnes vient renforcer notre défense. RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.
8. Web site: Jeremy Petris est zèbre. RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.
9. Web site: Achraf Dari est zèbre. RCSC - Sporting de Charleroi.
10. Web site: Camara signs to Charleroi < Squad < News < Udinese. www.udinese.it.
11. Web site: Lech Poznań kupi reprezentanta Iranu. Ali Gholizadeh będzie kosztować rekordowe 1,8 mln euro. Najdroższy transfer w Polsce. Gol24.
12. Web site: Genk bring Joris Kayembe in from Charleroi - Get Belgian & Dutch Football News. May 18, 2023. getfootballnewsbene.com.
13. Web site: N. Petkevičius grįžta namo: pasirašė sutartį su Kauno klubu. www.lrytas.lt.
14. Web site: Mercato : Julien Maggiotti s'engage avec le SC Bastia. July 25, 2023. www.corsematin.com.
15. https://twitter.com/RAEC_Mons/status/1666759301581479937
16. Web site: Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023–2024 dévoilé . 27 June 2023 .