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Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

2023–24 season
Chairman	Alex Muzio
Manager	Alexander Blessin
Stadium	Joseph Marien Stadium
Belgian Pro League	2nd
Belgian Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
UEFA Europa Conference League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mohamed Amoura (18) All: Mohamed Amoura (25)
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The 2023–24 season was Royale Union Saint-Gilloise's 126th season in existence and third consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup, UEFA Europa League and the Europa Conference League. They reached the final of and won the Belgian Cup for the first time since 1914.

Players

First-team squad

As of 21 December 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  NOR Mathias Rasmussen 5 DF  ARG Kevin Mac Allister 7 MF  BEL Elton Kabangu 8 MF  CIV Jean Thierry Lazare 9 FW  GER Dennis Eckert 10 MF  MAD Loïc Lapoussin 11 FW  GER Henok Teklab 12 GK  AUT Heinz Lindner 13 FW  ECU Kevin Rodríguez 14 GK  SWE Joachim Imbrechts 16 DF  ENG Christian Burgess 17 FW  FIN Casper Terho 19 DF  BEL Guillaume François

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  BEL Alessio Castro-Montes 23 MF  ESP Cameron Puertas 24 MF  BEL Charles Vanhoutte 26 DF  ENG Ross Sykes 27 DF  COD Noah Sadiki 28 DF  JPN Koki Machida 29 FW  SWE Gustaf Nilsson 34 GK  RWA Maxime Wenssens 35 MF  BEL Nathan Huygevelde 47 FW  ALG Mohamed Amoura 48 DF  BEL Fedde Leysen 49 GK  LUX Anthony Moris

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Mathias Rasmussen	Brann	€1,200,000	1 July 2023
DF	Fedde Leysen	Jong PSV	Free	1 July 2023
FW	Elton Kabangu	Willem II	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Koki Machida	Kashima Antlers	€1,000,000	1 July 2023
DF	Kevin Mac Allister	Argentinos Juniors	€1,500,000	12 July 2023
DF	Noah Sadiki	Anderlecht	€1,400,000	27 July 2023
FW	Mohamed El Amine Amoura	Lugano	€4,000,000	18 August 2023
GK	Maxime Wenssens	Unattached	Undisclosed	27 August 2023
FW	Kevin Rodríguez	Independiente del Valle	Undisclosed	1 September 2023
MF	Alessio Castro-Montes	Gent	€2,000,000	1 September 2023
GK	Heinz Lindner	Sion	Loan	16 January 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ilyes Ziani	SL16 FC	Undisclosed	1 July 2023
MF	Teddy Teuma	Reims	€3,600,000	7 July 2023
DF	Ismaël Kandouss	Gent	€3,000,000	12 July 2023
DF	Siebe Van der Heyden	Mallorca	€2,500,000	18 July 2023
MF	Oussama El Azzouzi	Bologna	€2,000,000	20 July 2023
FW	Victor Boniface	Bayer Leverkusen	€20,000,000	22 July 2023
MF	Senne Lynen	Werder Bremen	€2,100,000	8 August 2023
DF	Bart Nieuwkoop	Feyenoord	€2,000,000	10 August 2023
GK	Lucas Pirard	KV Kortrijk	Undisclosed	25 August 2023
MF	Viktor Boone	Lierse	Loan	5 September 2023
DF	Arnaud Dony	Dender	Loan	7 September 2023
DF	Matthew Sorinola	Plymouth Argyle	Released	28 December 2023

Notes

1. Exercised buy option.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 July 2023 Friendly	Monaco	1–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	La Turbie
11:00 UTC+2	Martins 73'		Boniface 42'	Stadium: CMB Training Centre

11 July 2023 Friendly	Nice	v	Union Saint-Gilloise	Nice
10:30 UTC+2
Note: The match was cancelled.

12 July 2023 Friendly	Union Saint-Gilloise	4–0	RFC Liège	Overijse
18:30 UTC+2	Puertas 50' Boniface 60' Eckert 118' Sykes 120'			Stadium: Tempo Overijse facilities
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute periods.

15 July 2023 Friendly	Feyenoord	0–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Barendrecht
14:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Sportpark Smitshoek

21 July 2023 Friendly	Oostende	0–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Oudenburg
18:15 UTC+2			Eckert 32'

22 July 2023 Friendly	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–0	Valenciennes	Nijlen
13:00 UTC+2	Kabangu 8'			Stadium: KFC Nijlen A-terrein

30 July 2023 Friendly	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–1	Royale Jeunesse Aischoise	Brussels
16:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Le Barca Terrein 2

16 November 2023 Friendly	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–0	Lierse
13:00 UTC+1	Kabangu 25' Eckert Aysena 61', 73'

12 January 2024 Friendly	Union Saint-Gilloise	4–0	St. Gallen	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
13:00 UTC+1	19', 66', 79', 86' (pen.)  44',  56',  62',  69'		36',  69',  77',  89'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 19 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

League table

1. The regular season winner qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2024–25 UEFA Champions League in the play-off.

Results summary

Last updated: complete.
Source:

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

Champions' Play-offs

Union Saint-Gilloise finished first in the regular season and will start the Champions' play-offs on 35 points, their nearest rivals Anderlecht start three points behind them.

Results by round

Matches

Belgian Cup

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

24 August 2023 First leg	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	Lugano	Brussels
20:30 UTC+2	Eckert 8',  42' Mac Allister  67' Terho 71' Nilsson  90+6'	Report	Sabbatini  76'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 7,238 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

31 August 2023 Second leg	Lugano	0–1 (0–3 agg.)	Union Saint-Gilloise	Geneva, Switzerland
20:30 UTC+2	Hajdari  40'  90+3' Bislimi  45'	Report	Eckert 6' Lapoussin  38'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 1,171 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	TOU	USG	LAS
1	Liverpool	6	4	0	2	17	7	+10	12	Advance to round of 16		—	5–1	2–0	4–0
2	Toulouse	6	3	2	1	8	9	−1	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		3–2	—	0–0	1–0
3	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8	Transfer to Europa Conference League		2–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	LASK	6	1	0	5	6	12	−6	3			1–3	1–2	3–0	—

21 September 2023 1	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–1	Toulouse	Brussels
18:55 UTC+2	Vanhoutte  14' Mac Allister  53' Amoura 69' Sadiki  78'	Report	Dønnum  33' Dallinga 45+3' Costa  66'  90+4' Magri  86'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 12,161 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
Note: Kick-off was delayed due to the late arrival of both teams.

5 October 2023 2	Liverpool	2–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Liverpool, England
20:00 UTC+1	Gravenberch 44' Jota 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 49,513 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

26 October 2023 3	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–1	LASK	Brussels
21:00 UTC+2	Vanhoutte  80' Puertas 84' Burgess  88' 90+4'	Report	Usor 24' Bello  26' Žulj  28' Horvath  90+1' Talovierov  90+3'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 11,426 Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Türkiye)

9 November 2023 4	LASK	3–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Linz, Austria
18:45 UTC+1	Ljubic  19' Horvath 25' (pen.) Talovierov 45+4' Stojković  49' Žulj 77'	Report	Puertas  71'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

30 November 2023 5	Toulouse	0–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Toulouse, France
21:00 UTC+1	Sierro  57'		Vanhoutte  14' Mac Allister  34' Amoura  56' Sadiki  90+2'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 31,205 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

14 December 2023 6	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–1	Liverpool	Brussels
18:45 UTC+1	Amoura 32' Puertas 43' Sadiki  53'	Report	Bradley  23' Quansah 39' Scanlon  90+2'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 16,959

UEFA Europa Conference League

Knockout round play-off

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held 18 December 2023.

15 February 2024 First leg	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Brussels
18:45 UTC+1	Burgess  26' Rasmussen 31' Vanhoutte  35'  78' Nilsson 68' Lindner  90+5'	Report	Chaïbi 3',  85' Tuta  4' Kalajdžić 10' Buta  82'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 9,015 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

22 February 2024 Second leg	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2 (3–4 agg.)	Union Saint-Gilloise	Frankfurt, Germany
21:00 UTC+1	Buta  20' Trapp  76' Chandler  82' Dina Ebimbe 88',  89'	Report	Puertas 47' Amoura  76' Eckert 80' Machida  87'	Stadium: Waldstadion Referee: Espen Eskås, (Norway)

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024, Union Saint-Gilloise were unseeded in the draw and was prevented from drawing Club Brugge as clubs from the same association can not play in this round.

7 March 2024 First leg	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–3	Fenerbahçe	Brussels
20:00	Amoura  45' Machida  54' Burgess  90+3'	Report	Batshuayi 20' Krunić  81' Oosterwolde 84' Tadić 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

14 March 2024 Second leg	Fenerbahçe	0–1 (3–1 agg.)	Union Saint-Gilloise	Istanbul, Turkey
18:45	Yüksek  38' Eğribayat  87'	Report	Rasmussen 68' Ayensa  87'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Europa League		UEFA Europa Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	GK	AUT	Heinz Lindner	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	GK	SWE	Joachim Imbrechts	3	0	0+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	RWA	Maxime Wenssens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	GK	LUX	Anthony Moris	53	0	39	0	4	0	8	0	2	0
Defenders
5	DF	ARG	Kevin Mac Allister	47	1	24+7	1	6	0	8	0	2	0
16	DF	ENG	Christian Burgess	52	2	37	1	4	0	8	1	3	0
19	DF	BEL	Guillaume François	7	0	1+4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Ross Sykes	34	5	19+5	4	4+2	1	0+1	0	1+2	0
27	DF	COD	Noah Sadiki	53	0	15+22	0	4+1	0	3+5	0	3	0
28	DF	JPN	Koki Machida	45	3	29+2	1	2+1	2	7	0	4	0
48	DF	BEL	Fedde Leysen	9	1	4	0	2+1	1	1+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	NOR	Mathias Rasmussen	53	5	23+13	2	5+1	1	2+5	0	3+1	2
8	MF	CIV	Lazare Amani	45	0	19+12	0	2+2	0	7+1	0	1+1	0
10	MF	MAD	Loïc Lapoussin	48	6	26+5	5	3+2	1	7+1	0	3+1	0
21	MF	BEL	Alessio Castro-Montes	47	4	31+2	4	4	0	6	0	4	0
23	MF	ESP	Cameron Puertas	56	14	39+1	11	3+1	0	8	2	3+1	1
24	MF	BEL	Charles Vanhoutte	54	1	36+3	1	4+1	0	7	0	3	0
35	MF	BEL	Nathan Huygevelde	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	BEL	Elton Kabangu	19	1	0+15	1	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	FW	GER	Dennis Eckert	44	11	15+16	8	1+2	0	3+3	2	1+3	1
11	FW	GER	Henok Teklab	30	1	9+12	1	3	0	0+2	0	1+3	0
13	FW	ECU	Kevin Rodríguez	30	4	4+16	3	3+1	1	2+4	0	0	0
17	FW	FIN	Casper Terho	32	4	11+10	3	2+1	0	3+4	1	1	0
29	FW	SWE	Gustaf Nilsson	49	17	26+9	16	4	0	3+3	0	4	1
47	FW	ALG	Mohamed Amoura	45	25	25+7	18	3+1	2	5+1	2	3	3
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
2	DF	NED	Bart Nieuwkoop	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BEL	Viktor Boone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	BEL	Senne Lynen	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Matthew Sorinola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

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External links

• Official website

• Royale Union Saint-Gilloise seasons
• Belgian football clubs 2023–24 season
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa League participants seasons
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League participants seasons