2014–15 R. Charleroi S.C. season

The 2014–15 season is a season played by Charleroi, a Belgian football club based in Charleroi, Hainaut. The season covers the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015. Charleroi will be participating in the Belgian Pro League and Belgian Cup.

Charleroi

2014–15 season
Chairman	Fabien Debecq
Manager	Felice Mazzu
Ground	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Belgian Pro League	16th
Belgian Cup	Round of 32

Review

Pre-season

Charleroi will play eight pre-season fixtures in preparation for the 2014-15 season, matches against Royal Châtelet, Racing Fosses, Differdange 03, Excelsior Virton, F91 Dudelange, White Star Bruxelles, Metz and Lens were scheduled.[1] Charleroi started the run of games with a 3-4 win against Royal Châtelet at Complexe des Sablières, with their goals coming from Sébastien Dewaest, Cédric Fauré, Neeskens Kebano and a hat-trick from Giuseppe Rossini.[2] The club then eased past Racing Fosses 1-5 at the Stade Winson.[3]

The club followed that with two straight wins, firstly a 0-2 win over Differdange 03 followed by a 1-4 win over Excelsior Virton.[4][5] After that on 8 July Charleroi lost a thrilling match against F91 Dudelange 4-3 at Stade Jos Nosbaum.[6] They followed that with another defeat, this time suffering a 1-0 loss to manager Felice Mazzu's previous club White Star Bruxelles on 12 July.[7] Charleroi won their penultimate pre-season fixture 1-2 against Ligue 1 side Metz, that thanks to a brace from new signing Lynel Kitambala.[8]

Transfers

On 14 April 2014, Charleroi opened their summer transfer spending with the signing of Mali international Kalifa Coulibaly from Paris Saint-Germain for an undisclosed fee, the striker penned a two-year contract with the option of two further years.[9] Charleroi then signed winger Clinton Mata from Eupen for an undisclosed fee on 28 May, he also signed a two-year contract with the option of two further years.[10] The club completed their first loan signing on 14 June, it was a familiar face who arrived in versatile former Senegal youth international Christophe Diandy who had a loan spell at the club in the 2012–13 season, he joined on a season-long loan deal from Mons.[11]

As Salvatore Crimi left the club following the expiration of his loan deal from Zulte Waregem, Mohamed Mrabet also left the club but only on a season-long loan deal to Virton on 15 May.[12] Charleroi's first transfer activity since the transfer window officially opened on 1 July was the incoming of French winger Lynel Kitambala, he signed for an undisclosed fee from Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne.[13]

Players

Squad information

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Cup		Other		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Maxime Vandermeulen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Steeven Willems	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Jonathan Vervoort	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Robin Leemans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Sébastien Dewaest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Clément Tainmont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF	Francisco Martos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Giuseppe Rossini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Mohamed Daf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Christophe Diandy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	GK	Valentin Baume	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	Jamal Thiaré	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Stergos Marinos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Cédric Fauré	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Clinton Mata	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Jessy Gálvez López	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Guillaume François	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Damien Marcq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	Kalifa Coulibaly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Enes Sağlık	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	Harlem Gnohéré	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	Parfait Mandanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	Francis N'Ganga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF	Kenneth Houdret	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	Dieumerci Ndongala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	MF	Neeskens Kebano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Lynel Kitambala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Mohamed Mrabet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	FW	Evans Kondogbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers in

#	Position:	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
26	FW	Kalifa Coulibaly	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	14 April 2014	[14]
19	MF	Clinton Mata	Eupen	Undisclosed	28 May 2014	[15]
99	FW	Lynel Kitambala	Saint-Étienne	Undisclosed	7 July 2014	[16]

Loans in

#	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expires	Source
13	FW	Christophe Diandy	Mons	14 June 2014	End of season	[17]

Total spending: Undisclosed

Transfers out

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Loans out

#	Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
	DF	Mohamed Mrabet	Virton	15 May 2014	End of season	[18]

Total income: –

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Felice Mazzu
Assistant manager	Mario Notaro
Physiotherapist	Marc Etienne
Fitness trainer	Renotte Frederick

Last updated: 22 July 2014
Source: Website of Charleroi.

Other information

Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Chairman	Fabien Debecq
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stade du Pays de Charleroi (30,000 / – x – metres)

Updated to match played 22 July 2014
Source: Website of Charleroi.

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

21 June 2014	Royal Châtelet	3 – 6	Charleroi	Châtelet, Belgium
18:00 CEST	Bulfon  45' (pen.), 58' Kabungu  47'	Report	Dewaest  38' Fauré  41' (pen.) Rossini  57' (pen.), 64', 72' Kebano  62'	Stadium: Complexe des Sablières

27 June 2014	Racing Fosses	1 – 5	Charleroi	Fosses-la-Ville, Belgium
20:00 CEST	Van Dessel  35'	Report	Rossini  31' Coulibaly  33' Thiaré  55' Tainmont  74' Sağlık  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Winson

28 June 2014	Differdange 03	0 – 2	Charleroi	Differdange, Luxembourg
17:00 CEST		Report	–  14' Daf  34'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange

5 July 2014	Virton	1 – 4	Charleroi	Virton, Belgium
16:00 CEST	–  90'	Report	Kebano  34' Coulibaly  40' Fauré  60', 87'	Stadium: Stade Yvan Georges

8 July 2014	F91 Dudelange	4 – 3	Charleroi	Dudelange, Luxembourg
19:00 CEST	Karapetian  6', 27' Ben Ajiba  37' (pen.) Pedro  54'	Report	Daf  47' Rossini  61' Tainmont  65'	Stadium: Stade Jos Nosbaum

12 July 2014	White Star Bruxelles	1 – 0	Charleroi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
17:00 CEST	Traoré  44'	Report		Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium

19 July 2014	Metz	1 – 2	Charleroi	Metz, France
17:00 CEST	Manuel Falcon  59'	Report	Kitambala  11', 27'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

30 July 2014	Lens	–	Charleroi	Lens, France
19:00 CEST		[Report]		Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert

Last updated: 23 July 2014
Source:Website of Charleroi

Belgian Pro League

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
1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	−3

Last updated: 26 July 2014.
Source: Results

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	31	32
Ground	A
Result	L
Position	16

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2014. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 July 2014 1	Standard Liège	3 – 0	Charleroi	Liège, Belgium
20:30 CEST	Mujangi Bia  13', 19' Carcela-Gonzalez  55'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Luc Wouters

2 August 2014 2	Charleroi	2 – 3	Westerlo	Charleroi, Belgium
20:00 CEST	Fauré  7' Kitambala  27' Dieumerci Ndongala  40' Tainmont  67' N'Ganga  90' Dewaest  90+3'	Summary	Aoulad  36'  56' Gouongbe  63' Annys  89'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 4,523 Referee: Wim Smet

10 August 2014 3	Anderlecht	1 – 0	Charleroi	Brussels, Belgium
18:00 CEST	Mitrović  45'	Summary	François  2'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Last updated: 23 July 2014
Source:Website of Charleroi

Belgian Cup

September 2014	TBA	–	TBA	TBA, Belgium
TBA CEST		[Report]		Stadium: TBA

Last updated: 23 July 2014
Source: Website of Belgian Cup

References

1. "Saison 2014 - 2015". Charleroi. 21 June 2014.
2. "Royal Châtelet S.C - RCSC,". Charleroi. 21 June 2014.
3. "Racing FC Fosses - RCSC,". Charleroi. 27 June 2014.
4. "FC Differdange - RCSC : Un doublé de Daf". Charleroi. 28 June 2014.
5. "Excelsior Virton - RCSC,". Charleroi. 5 July 2014.
6. "F91 Dudelange - RCSC,". Charleroi. 8 July 2014.
7. "R. White Star Bruxelles - RCSC,". Charleroi. 12 July 2014.
8. "FC Metz - RCSC,". Charleroi. 19 July 2014.
9. "Kalifa Coulibaly sign Sporting". Charleroi. 14 April 2014.
10. "Clinton Mata, officially zebra". Charleroi. 28 May 2014.
11. "Cristophe Diandy, back to Charleroi ..." Charleroi. 14 June 2014.
12. "Mohamed Mrabet to Gaume Lorraine". Charleroi. 15 May 2014.
13. "Lynel Darcy Kitambala our new striker!". Charleroi. 7 July 2014.
14. "Kalifa Coulibaly sign Sporting". Charleroi. 14 April 2014.
15. "Clinton Mata, officially zebra". Charleroi. 28 May 2014.
16. "Lynel Darcy Kitambala our new striker!". Charleroi. 7 July 2014.
17. "Cristophe Diandy, back to Charleroi ..." Charleroi. 14 June 2014.
18. "Mohamed Mrabet to Gaume Lorraine". Charleroi. 15 May 2014.