2024–25 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season

Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2024–25 football season
Oud-Heverlee Leuven
2024–25 season
ManagerÓscar García
StadiumDen Dreef
Belgian Pro LeaguePre-season
Belgian CupPre-season

The 2024–25 season is the 23rd season in the history of the Oud-Heverlee Leuven, and the club's fifth consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Belgian Cup.

Transfers

Transfers In

Date Announced Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
18 May 2024 MF Japan Takahiro Akimoto Urawa Red Diamonds Buy Clause Activated [1]
19 June 2024 FW Thailand Suphanat Mueanta Buriram United Loan Extended [2]
End of 2023–24 season MF Ghana Emmanuel Toku Denmark AaB Loan Return [3]
10 July 2024 MF Belgium Birger Verstraete Greece Aris Undisclosed [4]
20 July 2024 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo William Balikwisha Standard Liège Undisclosed [5]
24 July 2024 FW Nigeria Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi Salernitana Undisclosed [6]
1 August 2024 DF Spain Óscar Gil Espanyol Free [7]
8 August 2024 FW Martinique Mickaël Biron RWDM Loan [8]
13 August 2024 DF Belgium Antef Tsoungui Feyenoord Loan [9]
20 August 2024 DF Japan Takuma Ominami Kawasaki Frontale Loan [10]

Transfers Out

Date Announced Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
10 August 2023 MF Belgium Mandela Keita Antwerp Mandatory Buy Clause [11]
5 April 2024 GK Romania Valentin Cojocaru Pogoń Szczecin Buy Clause Activated [12]
7 May 2024 GK Belgium Nordin Jackers Club Brugge Buy Clause Activated [13]
16 May 2024 MF Belgium Desmond Acquah Dender EH Buy Clause Activated [14]
29 May 2024 MF Belgium Jo Gilis Houtvenne Undisclosed [15]
End of 2023–24 season DF Belgium Alexandro Calut Standard Liège Loan Return
End of 2023–24 season MF Belgium Joren Dom Free Agent End of Contract [16]
End of 2023–24 season FW Ghana Nathan Opoku Leicester City Loan Return
End of 2023–24 season GK Belgium Oregan Ravet Free Agent End of Contract
End of 2023–24 season DF Argentina Franco Russo Ludogorets Razgrad Loan Return
15 July 2024 MF Japan Kento Misao Japan Kashima Antlers Undisclosed [17]
17 July 2024 DF France Florian Miguel Burgos Free [18]
20 July 2024 DF Belgium Pierre-Yves Ngawa RFC Liège Free [19]
26 July 2024 FW Norway Jonatan Braut Brunes Poland Raków Częstochowa Loan [20]
3 August 2024 DF Belgium Richie Sagrado Italy Venezia Undisclosed [21]
5 August 2024 MF Ghana Emmanuel Toku Cyprus AEL Limassol Loan [22]
26 August 2024 MF Morocco Sofian Kiyine Free Agent Contract Terminated [23]
27 August 2024 MF Iceland Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson Germany Hertha Berlin Undisclosed [24]
28 August 2024 DF Belgium Joël Schingtienne Italy Venezia Undisclosed [25]
31 August 2024 FW Belgium Nachon Nsingi France Dunkerque Loan [26]

Friendlies

Pre-season

OH Leuven Belgium v Belgium Bertem-Leefdaal
29 June 2024 Friendly OH Leuven Belgium 8–0 Belgium Bertem-Leefdaal Oud-Heverlee
11:00 Stadium: Banqup Campus
Heist Belgium v Belgium OH Leuven
3 July 2024 Friendly Heist Belgium 0–8 Belgium OH Leuven Heist-op-den-Berg
19:30
Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum
OH Leuven Belgium v  Ghana U20
6 July 2024 Friendly OH Leuven Belgium 6–2  Ghana U20
14:30
RKC Waalwijk Netherlands v Belgium OH Leuven
13 July 2024 Friendly RKC Waalwijk Netherlands 2–4 Belgium OH Leuven Waalwijk
14:30
Stadium: Side pitch of Mandemakers Stadion
OH Leuven Belgium v France Lens
20 July 2024 Friendly OH Leuven Belgium 0–1 France Lens Heverlee
15:00 Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
OH Leuven Belgium v Lokeren-Temse
21 July 2024 Friendly OH Leuven Belgium 0–1 Lokeren-Temse
11:00 Report
  • Janssen
Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Pro League regular season 27 July 2024 14–16 March 2025 Matchday 1 6 2 4 0 8 4 +4 033.33
Belgian Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 6 2 4 0 8 4 +4 033.33

Source: Soccerway

Pro League

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Westerlo 6 3 1 2 13 11 +2 10 Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
5 Genk 5 3 1 1 9 8 +1 10
6 OH Leuven 6 2 4 0 8 4 +4 10
7 Charleroi 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9 Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8 Union SG 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2024. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[27]
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 2 4 0 8 4  +4 10 2 1 0 6 2  +4 0 3 0 2 2  0

Source: Jupiler Pro League Ranking

Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2024. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Champions' Play-offs;   = Europe Play-offs;   = Relegation Play-offs
Points breakdown

Points at home: 7
Points away from home: 3

Points against 2023/24 Champions' Play-offs teams (6): 5 (out of 9)
Points against 2023/24 Europe Play-offs teams (5): 4 (out of 6)
Points against 2023/24 Relegation Play-offs teams (2): 0 (out of 0)
Points against newly promoted teams (2): 1 (out of 3)

6 points: none
4 points: none
3 points: Genk, Standard
2 points: none
1 point: Anderlecht, Beerschot, Cercle Brugge, Westerlo
0 points: none
Biggest & smallest

Biggest home win: 3–1 vs. Genk; 2–0 vs. Standard
Biggest home defeat: none
Biggest away win: none
Biggest away defeat: none

Biggest home attendance: 8,155 vs. Standard
Smallest home attendance: 7,418 vs. Genk
Biggest away attendance: 21,900 vs. Anderlecht
Smallest away attendance: 4,500 vs. Beerschot

Matches

The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.[28]

2024–25 Belgian Pro League
Match Details Home Team Result Away Team Lineup Unused Subs Bookings
Regular Season
27 July 2024
18:15
Olympisch Stadion
Antwerp
 Beerschot 0–0 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Leysen
Schingtienne, Pletinckx, Akimoto
Mendyl (90'+1' Vlietinck), Schrijvers (68' Verstraete), Banzuzi, N'Dri
Maertens, Mueanta (58' Thorsteinsson), Maziz (68' Balikwisha) 		Jochmans
Gigot
Nsingi
Osifo
Souanga 		Yellow card 66' Akimoto
3 August 2024
18:15
Den Dreef
Leuven
 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 3–1 Genk Leysen
Schingtienne, Pletinckx, Akimoto
Mendyl (75' Osifo), Verstraete (75' Balikwisha), Schrijvers, Vlietinck (68' Ikwuemesi)
Maertens (68' Thorsteinsson), N'Dri, Maziz (59' Banzuzi) 		Jochmans
Mueanta
Nsingi
Souanga 		Yellow card 21' Akimoto
Yellow card 70' Banzuzi
22' Maziz (Maertens)
36' Vlietinck (Pletinckx)

85' Thorsteinsson (Osifo) 		1–0
2–0
2–1
3–1

62' Arokodare (Sor)
10 August 2024
20:45
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Anderlecht
 Anderlecht 1–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Leysen
Schingtienne, Pletinckx, Akimoto
Mendyl (75' Banzuzi), Verstraete (85' Biron), Schrijvers, Vlietinck (63' Gil)
Maertens (75' Ikwuemesi), N'Dri, Balikwisha (63' Maziz) 		Jochmans
Nsingi
Osifo
Thorsteinsson 		Yellow card 51' Balikwisha
Yellow card 62' Mendyl
36' Dolberg (Stroeykens) 1–0
1–1
44' Maertens (Schrijvers)
18 August 2024
16:00
Den Dreef
Leuven
 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 1–1 Cercle Brugge Leysen
Akimoto, Pletinckx, Schingtienne, Gil
Banzuzi, Verstraete, Schrijvers (55' Thorsteinsson)
Maertens (55' Biron (78' Ikwuemesi)), N'Dri (78' Vlietinck), Maziz (65' Ricca) 		Jochmans
Balikwisha
Mendyl
Tsoungui 		Yellow card 22' Schrijvers
Red card 62' Gil
Yellow card 74' Verstraete
Yellow card 75' Akimoto

37' Maziz (N'Dri) 		0–1
1–1 		16' Denkey (Gonçalves)
24 August 2024
18:15
Het Kuipje
Westerlo
 Westerlo 1–1 Oud-Heverlee Leuven Leysen
Akimoto, Ricca, Pletinckx (45'+2' Ominami), Gil (85' Vlietinck)
Maziz (85' Mendyl), Verstraete, Maertens (66' Schrijvers), Banzuzi, Balikwisha (66' Ikwuemesi)
N'Dri 		Jochmans
Biron
Mueanta
Tsoungui 		Yellow card 45+3' Maziz
Yellow card 79' Verstraete
14' Mebude (Stassin) 1–0
1–1
19' Balikwisha (Banzuzi)
31 August 2024
20:45
Den Dreef
Leuven
 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2–0 Standard Liège Leysen
Mendyl (77' Tsoungui), Ricca, Ominami, Vlietinck (46' Akimoto)
Verstraete, Maziz, Schrijvers (6' Banzuzi)
Balikwisha (87' Biron), Maertens, N'Dri (77' Ikwuemesi) 		Jochmans
Gil
Mueanta
Osifo 		Yellow card 14' Verstraete
Yellow card 23' Ominami
Yellow card 49' N'Dri
Yellow card 60' Ricca
32' N'Dri (Banzuzi)
63' Ominami (Maziz) 		1–0
2–0

Belgian Cup

References

  1. ^ "TAKAHIRO AKIMOTO DEFINITIEF NAAR OH LEUVEN" [TAKAHIRO AKIMOTO PERMANENTLY TO OH LEUVEN] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ "SUPHANAT MUEANTA EEN JAAR LANGER BIJ OH LEUVEN" [SUPHANAT MUEANTA ONE MORE YEAR AT OH LEUVEN] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Odada og Toku stopper ved udløb" [Odada and Toku stop at contract expiration] (in Danish). aabsport.dk. 28 May 2024.
  4. ^ "BIRGER VERSTRAETE VERSTERKT OH LEUVEN" [BIRGER VERSTRAETE REINFORCES OH LEUVEN] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 10 July 2024.
  5. ^ "WILLIAM BALIKWISHA VERSTERKT LEUVENSE AANVAL" [WILLIAM BALIKWISHA REINFORCES LEUVEN OFFENCE]. ohleuven.com. 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Aanvallende versterking voor OH Leuven" [Offensive reinforcement for OH Leuven]. ohleuven.com. 24 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Óscar Gil voor twee seizoenen naar OH Leuven" [Óscar Gil for two seasons to OH Leuven]. ohleuven.com. 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Mickaël Biron tekent voor OH Leuven" [Mickaël Biron signs for OH Leuven]. ohleuven.com. 8 August 2024.
  9. ^ "OH Leuven versterkt zich met Belgische jeugdinternational" [OH Leuven reinforces itself with Belgian youth-international]. ohleuven.com. 13 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Nieuwe Japanse verdediger voor OH Leuven" [New Japanese defender for OH Leuven] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 20 May 2024.
  11. ^ "MANDELA KEITA NAAR ANTWERP" [MANDELA KEITA TO ANTWERP] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 10 August 2023.
  12. ^ "POGON SZCZECHIN LICHT OPTIE OP VALENTIN COJOCARU" [POGON SZCZECHIN ACTIVATES VALENTIN COJOCARU BUY CLAUSE] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 5 April 2024.
  13. ^ "NORDIN JACKERS DEFINITIEF NAAR CLUB BRUGGE" [NORDIN JACKERS PERMANENTLY TO CLUB BRUGGE] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 7 May 2024.
  14. ^ "DESMOND ACQUAH MAAKT DE OVERSTAP NAAR FCV DENDER" [DESMOND ACQUAH COMPLETES TRANSFER TO FCV DENDER] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 16 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Jonge coach, veel Westeljeugd én Jens Cools: zo ziet het belofte-elftal van Westerlo er volgend seizoen uit" [Young manager, lots of Westerlo-youth and Jens Cools: this is what the U23 of Westerlo will look like coming season] (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 29 May 2024.
  16. ^ "CONTRACT JOREN DOM WORDT NIET VERLENGD" [CONTRACT JOREN DOM NOT PROLONGED] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 15 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Kento Misao trekt naar Kashima Antlers" [Kento Misao moves to Kashima Antlers] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 15 July 2024.
  18. ^ "FLORIAN MIGUEL TEKENT BIJ BURGOS CF" [FLORIAN MIGUEL SIGNS WITH BURGOS CF] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 17 July 2024.
  19. ^ "2024-2025 / Ngawa nous rejoint !" [2024-2025 / Ngawa joins us !] (in French). rfcliege.be. 17 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Jonatan Braut Brunes vertrekt bij OH Leuven" [Jonatan Braut Brunes leaves OH Leuven] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 26 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Richie Sagrado vertrekt naar Venezia FC" [Richie Sagrado leaves to Venezia FC] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 3 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Emmanuel Toku trekt naar Cyprus" [Emmanuel Toku moves to Cyprus] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 5 August 2024.
  23. ^ "Contract Sofian Kiyine in onderling overleg beëindigd" [Contract Sofian Kiyine terminated by mutual consent] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 26 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson trekt naar Hertha Berlijn" [Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson moves to Hertha Berlin] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 27 August 2024.
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  26. ^ "Nachon Nsingi voor één seizoen naar USL Dunkerque" [Nachon Nsingi for one season to USL Dunkerque] (in Dutch). ohleuven.com. 31 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
  28. ^ "Speelkalender 2024 - 2025 bekend". 6 November 2024.
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