2025–26 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

Charleroi
2025–26 season
Manager	Rik De Mil
Stadium	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Belgian Pro League	12th
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round
Biggest win	Charleroi 3–1 Dender

The 2025–26 Royal Charleroi S.C. season is the club's 122nd season in existence, as well as its 14th consecutive season in the Belgian Pro League, the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Charleroi will also take part in the 2025-26 Belgian Cup and the 2025-26 UEFA Conference League.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali	Győri ETO FC	Loan return	30 June 2025
DF	Mehdi Boukamir	Pafos	Loan return	30 June 2025
FW	Oday Dabbagh	Aberdeen	Loan return	30 June 2025
FW	Anthony Descotte	FC Utrecht	Loan return	30 June 2025
FW	Mondy Prunier	Francs Borains	Loan return	30 June 2025
FW	Youssuf Sylla	Willem II	Loan return	30 June 2025
FW	Jakob Napoleon Romsaas	Tromsø	€2,000,000	1 July 2025	^[1]
FW	Freddy Mbemba	Versailles 78	Undisclosed	4 July 2025	^[2]
FW	Antoine Colassin	Beerschot	Undisclosed	8 July 2025	^[3]
FW	Aurélien Scheidler	FCV Dender	€1,700,000	19 August 2025	^[4]
DF	Kevin Van Den Kerkhof	FC Metz	Loan	20 August 2025	^[5]
DF	Jules Gaudin	Paris FC	Undisclosed	21 August 2025	^[6]
MF	Patrick Pflücke	Mechelen	€400,000	2 September 2025	^[7]
FW	Filip Szymczak	Lech Poznań	Loan	3 September 2025	^[8]
DF	Lewin Blum	Young Boys	Loan	6 September 2025

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Alexis Flips	Anderlecht	Loan return	30 June 2025
FW	Grejohn Kyei	Standard de Liège	Loan return	30 June 2025
MF	Daan Heymans	Genk	€3,000,000	1 July 2025
MF	Adem Zorgane	Union Saint-Gilloise	€4,300,000	1 July 2025
FW	Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali	Győri ETO FC	Undisclosed	17 July 2025
FW	Oday Dabbagh	Zamalek	€350,000	5 August 2025	^[9]
DF	Stelios Andreou	Widzew Łódź	Undisclosed	12 August 2025
DF	Vetle Dragsnes	SK Brann	Undisclosed	19 August 2025	^[10]
FW	Anthony Descotte	FC Volendam	Loan	19 August 2025	^[11]
FW	Nikola Štulić	Lecce	€5,000,000	27 August 2025	^[12]
FW	Youssuf Sylla	Jagiellonia Białystok	Free	31 August 2025
DF	Jeremy Petris	Watford	€2,000,000	1 September 2025	^[13]
FW	Freddy Mbemba	Guingamp	Loan	1 September 2025	^[14]
FW	Mondy Prunier	Eupen	Loan	2 September 2025	^[15]
DF	Žan Rogelj	Wisła Płock	Loan	8 September 2025	^[16]

Friendlies

27 June 2025	Mons	2–2	Charleroi
20:00			Romsaas 23' Sylla 53'

5 July 2025	Charleroi	1–1	Gent
Note: The match was played in two halves of 60 minutes each.

8 July 2025	Charleroi	4–1	Beveren
12:30	Stulic 37' Dabbagh 51', 74' Descotte 53'

12 July 2025	Charleroi	4–1	RWDM	Marcinelle
	Stulic Romsaas

12 July 2025	Charleroi	2–1	RFC Liège
	Descotte Okumu

18 July 2025	sc Heerenveen	1–0	Charleroi
12:30

18 July 2025	FC Utrecht	1–2	Charleroi
16:30

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	27 July 2025	21 March 2026	Matchday 1		22	8	6	8	27	26	+1	036.36
Belgian Cup	28 October 2025		Seventh Round		3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
UEFA Conference League	24 July 2025	31 July 2025	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					27	11	7	9	33	28	+5	040.74

Last updated: 29 January 2026
Source: Competitions

Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Westerlo (Q)	29	10	8	11	36	40	−4	38	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
10	Antwerp (Q)	29	9	8	12	31	31	0	35
11	Charleroi (Q)	29	9	7	13	38	41	−3	34
12	OH Leuven	29	8	7	14	31	43	−12	31
13	La Louvière	29	6	12	11	25	32	−7	30	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2026. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch)
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.^[17]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation	USG	CLU	STR	MEC	TBD5	TBD6
1	Union SG	Qualification for the Champions League league phase	—
2	Club Brugge	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		—
3	Sint-Truiden	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round			—
4	Mechelen	Qualification for the European competition play-off				—
5	TBD						—
6	TBD							—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2026. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[18]

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation	TBD1	TBD2	WES	ANT	CHA	TBD6
1	TBD	Qualification for the European competition play-off	—
2	TBD			—
3	Westerlo				—
4	Antwerp					—
5	Charleroi						—
6	TBD							—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2026. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[19]

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation	TBD1	TBD2	CER	DEN
1	TBD		—
2	TBD			—
3	Cercle Brugge				—
4	Dender EH	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-offs				—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2026. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Regular season finishing position.^[20]

Results by round

The color of the Position cell refers to being in Champions' Play-offs (green), Europe Play-offs (blue), or Relegation play-offs (red). Blank Position cells are rounds where not all teams have played the same number of matches, so a true ranking was not possible.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	W
Position	5	9	12	14				6	8	10	12	10	12	9	9	10	12	12	12	11	9	7

Updated to match(es) played on 25 January 2026. Source: soccerstats.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

27 July 2025 1	OH Leuven	2–2	Charleroi	Leuven
16:00 UTC+2	Maertens 3', 61' Gil 70' Maziz 79'		Camara 77' Bernier 90' Dragsnes 90+4' Romsaas 90+5'	Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Nathan Verboomen

3 August 2025 2	Charleroi	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Charleroi
19:15 UTC+2	Štulić 41' 59' 65'		Ito 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

10 August 2025 3	La Louvière	1–0	Charleroi	La Louvière
13:30 UTC+2	Camara 16' (o.g.)			Stadium: Easi Arena Attendance: 8,001 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

17 August 2025 4	Charleroi	1–1	Antwerp	Charleroi
18:30 UTC+2	Guiagon 34'		Adekami 13'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 8,001 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui

30 August 2025 6	Charleroi	3–1	Dender	Charleroi
20:45 UTC+2	Guiagon 5' (pen.), 88' Bernier 50'		Kadiri 67'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Wesli De Cremer

14 September 2025 7	Cercle Brugge	2–3	Charleroi	Bruges
16:00 UTC+2	Ngoura 54' Gerkens 87' Nazinho 90+3'		Pflücke 2' Titraoui 39' Ousou 51' Scheidler 56' Camara 90'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 4,999 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

17 September 2025 5	Genk	0–1	Charleroi	Genk
20:30 UTC+2			Scheidler 16' Camara 45+1' Blum 53'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena

20 September 2025 8	Charleroi	1–2	Zulte Waregem	Charleroi
18:15 UTC+2	Pflücke 15' Ousou 24' Keita 62' Van Den Kerkhof 73' Blum 80'		Opoku 62' Kiilerich 67' Vossen 90+4'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

28 September 2025 9	Charleroi	0–2	Mechelen	Charleroi
18:30 UTC+2			van Brederode 35' Lauberbach 40', 70' Mirás 83' Mrabti 90' Servais 90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Bram van Driessche

3 October 2025 10	Gent	2–1	Charleroi	Ghent
20:45 UTC+2	Itō 9' Samoise 26' Kanga 69' Gandelman 71'		Pflücke 28' Titraoui 50' Guiton 63' Camara 81' Blum 86'	Stadium: Planet Group Arena Attendance: 12,412 Referee: Lawrence Visser

18 October 2025 11	Union SG	3–1	Charleroi	Brussels
20:45 UTC+2	Florucz 16' Niang 48' Rasmussen 74'		Nzita 11' Ousou 18', 45+2' Guiagon 58'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Attendance: 6,942 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui

24 October 2025 12	Charleroi	1–0	Anderlecht	Charleroi
20:45 UTC+2	Guiagon 49' Keita 82' Guiton 90+5'		N'Diaye 90+1' Bertaccini 90+5'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 9,984 Referee: Lawrence Visser

31 October 2025 13	Standard Liège	3–1	Charleroi	Liège
20:45 UTC+2	Karamoko 24' Nzita 26' (o.g.) Henry 47' Said 58' Kuavita 83'		Guiagon 40' Titraoui 55' Khalifi 88' Ousou 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,999 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

8 November 2025 14	Charleroi	2–0	Westerlo	Charleroi
18:15 UTC+2	Titraoui 44', 78' Guiagon 64' Scheidler 70'		Sayyadmanesh 82'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 5,461 Referee: Bert Verbeke

22 November 2025 15	Club Brugge	1–0	Charleroi	Bruges
20:45 UTC+2	Vanaken 59' Onyedika 88' Vetlesen 90+7'		Ousou 90+7'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 18,640 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui

29 November 2025 16	Charleroi	0–0	La Louvière	Charleroi
20:45 UTC+2			Okou 39'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 8,454 Referee: Bram van Driessche

7 December 2025 17	Mechelen	1–0	Charleroi	Mechelen
13:30 UTC+2	Koudou 15', 89' Struyf 29' Mrabti 35' van Brederode 71'		Scheidler 84' Szymczak 90+4'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 9,683 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

14 December 2025 18	Charleroi	1–1	Union SG	Charleroi
18:30 UTC+2	Colassin 81' Bernier 84'		David 39' Mac Allister 48' Sykes 90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 7,425 Referee: Lawrence Visser

19 December 2025 19	Charleroi	2–2	Genk	Charleroi
20:45 UTC+2	Keita 23' Titraoui 42', 73' Guiagon 89'		Heynen 14', 69'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 6,140 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'Hui

26 December 2025 20	Anderlecht	1–2	Charleroi	Anderlecht
20:45 UTC+2	Hazard 24' (pen.) Hey 25'		Camara 12', 38' Guiagon 15' Bernier 44' Blum 77' Titraoui 90+2'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Bram van Driessche

18 January 2026 21	Charleroi	2–0	Standard Liège	Charleroi
18:30 UTC+2	Scheidler 6' Bernier 23' Ousou 83' Gaudin 90+3'	Report	Teuma 83'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Jasper Vergoote

25 January 2026 22	Antwerp	0–2	Charleroi	Antwerp
13:30 UTC+2	Scheidler 8' Camara 45' Titraoui 50' Guiagon 56' (pen.)	Report	Somers 36' Janssen 72'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Jan Boterberg

31 January 2026 23	Sint-Truiden	v	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
20:45 UTC+2				Stadium: Stayen

7 February 2026 24	Charleroi	v	Cercle Brugge	Charleroi
18:15 UTC+2				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

14 February 2026 25	Charleroi	v	Gent	Charleroi
18:15 UTC+2				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

22 February 2026 26	Westerlo	v	Charleroi	Westerlo
19:15 UTC+2				Stadium: Het Kuipje

1 March 2026 27	Charleroi	v	Club Brugge	Charleroi
18:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

7 March 2026 28	Dender	v	Charleroi	Denderleeuw
18:15 UTC+2				Stadium: Dender Football Complex

14 March 2026 29	Charleroi	v	OH Leuven	Charleroi
17:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

22 March 2026 30	Zulte Waregem	v	Charleroi	Waregem
19:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Elindus Arena

Belgian Cup

28 October 2025 Seventh Round	RFC Liège	0–1	Charleroi	Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Shkurti 82'	Report	Camara 31' Romsaas 36' Keita 89' Khalifi 90+1' Blum 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Rocourt Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Massimiliano Medda

4 December 2025 Eighth Round (Round of 16)	Charleroi	2–0	Mechelen	Charleroi
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guiagon 52' (pen.) Nzita 68', 75' Camara 82'	Report	Zekri 51' Hammar 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 9,684 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

13 January 2026 Quarter-finals	Charleroi	2–0	Club Brugge	Charleroi
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guiagon 21' (pen.), 45+3' Gaudin 90+8'	Report	Tzolis 90+7' Campbell 90+7'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Semi-finals

4 February 2026 First Leg	Charleroi	v	Union SG	Charleroi
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

11 February 2026 Second Leg	Union SG	v	Charleroi	Forest
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

24 July 2025 First leg	Hammarby	0–0	Charleroi	Stockholm, Sweden
19:00	Abraham 11' Pinas 58' Madjed 89' Tounekti 90+7'		Štulić 19' Guiagon 63' Titraoui 79' Petris 89'	Stadium: 3Arena Attendance: 20,855 Referee: Mathieu Vernice (France)

31 July 2025 Second leg	Charleroi	1–2 (a.e.t.) (1–2 agg.)	Hammarby	Charleroi
20:00	Štulić 47'		Erabi 21' Eriksson 119'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 12,842 Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

References

^ "Jakob Napoleon Romsaas est Carolo !".
^ "Freddy Mbemba est Carolo".
^ "Antoine Colassin rejoint le Sporting !".
^ "TRANSFER: Sporting Charleroi shopt bij Dender". VoetbalBelgie.
^ "Kevin Van Den Kerkhof rejoint le Sporting de Charleroi".
^ "Jules Gaudin rejoint le Sporting".
^ "OFFICIEEL: Sporting Charleroi haalt middenvelder bij KV Mechelen". OneFootball. September 6, 2025.
^ "Filip Szymczak : nouveau Zèbre !".
^ "Zamalek land Palestinian striker Oday Dabbagh".
^ "Vetle Dragsnes transféré au SK Brann (Norvège)".
^ "Anthony Descotte prêté avec option d'achat au FC Volendam (Pays-Bas)".
^ "C'est officiel : Nikola Stulic quitte le Sporting Charleroi". Walfoot.be. August 26, 2025.
^ Parcinski, Julien (September 6, 2025). "Jérémy Petris quitte Charleroi pour rejoindre l'Angleterre: voici la somme que les Zèbres empochent". lavenir.net.
^ "Freddy Mbemba prêté à l'En Avant Guingamp".
^ Loo, Jessica (September 2, 2025). "La KAS Eupen accueille l'attaquant Mondy Prunier en prêt du Sporting Charleroi".
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[1] "Jakob Napoleon Romsaas est Carolo !".

[2] "Freddy Mbemba est Carolo".

[3] "Antoine Colassin rejoint le Sporting !".

[4] "TRANSFER: Sporting Charleroi shopt bij Dender". VoetbalBelgie.

[5] "Kevin Van Den Kerkhof rejoint le Sporting de Charleroi".

[6] "Jules Gaudin rejoint le Sporting".

[7] "OFFICIEEL: Sporting Charleroi haalt middenvelder bij KV Mechelen". OneFootball. September 6, 2025.

[8] "Filip Szymczak : nouveau Zèbre !".

[9] "Zamalek land Palestinian striker Oday Dabbagh".

[10] "Vetle Dragsnes transféré au SK Brann (Norvège)".

[11] "Anthony Descotte prêté avec option d'achat au FC Volendam (Pays-Bas)".

[12] "C'est officiel : Nikola Stulic quitte le Sporting Charleroi". Walfoot.be. August 26, 2025.

[13] Parcinski, Julien (September 6, 2025). "Jérémy Petris quitte Charleroi pour rejoindre l'Angleterre: voici la somme que les Zèbres empochent". lavenir.net.

[14] "Freddy Mbemba prêté à l'En Avant Guingamp".

[15] Loo, Jessica (September 2, 2025). "La KAS Eupen accueille l'attaquant Mondy Prunier en prêt du Sporting Charleroi".

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[17] "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.

[18] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[19] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[20] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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