2023–24 Sint-Truidense V.V. season

The 2023–24 season is Sint-Truidense V.V.'s 100th season in existence and ninth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They are also competing in the Belgian Cup.

Sint-Truidense V.V.

2023–24 season
Manager	Thorsten Fink
Stadium	Stayen
Belgian Pro League	8th
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: Aboubakary Koita (10) All: Aboubakary Koita (10)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 September 2023^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   JPN Zion Suzuki (on loan from Urawa Reds) 2 DF   JPN Ryoya Ogawa (on loan from FC Tokyo) 4 DF   JPN Daiki Hashioka 6 MF   JPN Rihito Yamamoto (on loan from Gamba Osaka) 7 FW   BEL Aboubakary Koita 8 MF   JPN Joel Chima Fujita 11 FW   GER Fatih Kaya 12 GK   BEL Jo Coppens 13 MF   JPN Ryotaro Ito 14 MF   BEL Olivier Dumont 15 FW   USA Kahveh Zahiroleslam 16 MF   BEL Matte Smets 17 MF   BEL Mathias Delorge 18 MF   BEL Jarne Steuckers 20 DF   BEL Rein Van Helden

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK   JPN Daniel Schmidt 22 DF   BEL Wolke Janssens 23 MF   GHA Joselpho Barnes 24 DF   BEL David Mindombe 25 DF   BEL Tristan Teuchy 27 DF   TOG Frederic Ananou 30 FW   JPN Shinji Okazaki 31 DF   BEL Bruno Godeau 32 MF   BEL Andréa Librici 33 DF   BEL Alouis Diriken 35 GK   BEL Siemen Buvé 51 GK   BEL Matt Lendfers 53 FW   BEL Adam Nhaili 60 DF   BEL Robert-Jan Vanwesemael 77 DF   FRA Eric Bocat

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   JPN Daichi Hayashi (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Joselpho Barnes	Riga FC	€60,000	1 July 2023
DF	Frederic Ananou	Hansa Rostock	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Bruno Godeau	Gent	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Rihito Yamamoto	Gamba Osaka	Loan	1 July 2023
FW	Kahveh Zahiroleslam	Yale Bulldogs	Free	4 August 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Robert Bauer	Al-Tai	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Toni Leistner	Hertha BSC	Free	7 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Mory Konaté	Mechelen	Free	13 July 2023	^[3]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Sint-Truiden   v   Dessel Sport

24 June 2023 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	3–0	Dessel Sport
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Thes Sport Tessenderlo   v   Sint-Truiden

28 June 2023 Friendly	Thes Sport Tessenderlo	0–3	Sint-Truiden
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Westerlo   v   Sint-Truiden

1 July 2023 Friendly	Westerlo	2–2	Sint-Truiden
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Patro Eisden   v   Sint-Truiden

5 July 2023 Friendly	Patro Eisden	0–0	Sint-Truiden
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

PSV   v   Sint-Truiden

8 July 2023 Friendly	PSV	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Eindhoven
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	El Ghazi   81'		Bocat   38' (pen.) Nhaili   90'	Stadium: De Herdgang

Sint-Truiden   v   Helmond Sport

14 July 2023 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	0–2	Helmond Sport	Horst
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Kaars   56' Lorentzen   70' Çulhacı   75'	Stadium: Sportpark Ter Horst

Wehen Wiesbaden   v   Sint-Truiden

15 July 2023 Friendly	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–0	Sint-Truiden
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Lierse Kempenzonen   v   Sint-Truiden

19 July 2023 Friendly	Lierse Kempenzonen	1–3	Sint-Truiden
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Sint-Truiden   v   Al Taawoun

22 July 2023 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	2–0	Al Taawoun	Dessel
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	[[]]   66' [[]]   70'			Stadium: Armand Melis Stadion

RB Leipzig   v   Sint-Truiden

2 August 2023 Friendly	RB Leipzig	4–1	Sint-Truiden
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

VfL Bochum   v   Sint-Truiden

7 September 2023 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Bochum
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Loosli   88'		Barnes   47'	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia Ruhrstadion

Antwerp   v   Sint-Truiden

9 October 2023 Friendly	Antwerp	1–1	Sint-Truiden
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Valencia	Report	Zahiroleslam   80'

Borussia Mönchengladbach   v   Sint-Truiden

12 October 2023 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	Sint-Truiden
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Westerlo   v   Sint-Truiden

14 November 2023 Friendly	Westerlo	1–3	Sint-Truiden
13:00 CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	30 July 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1	14	4	6	4	17	23	−6	028.57
Belgian Cup	31 October 2023		Seventh round	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total				15	5	6	4	20	23	−3	033.33

Last updated: 10 November 2023
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Gent	30	12	11	7	53	38	+15	47	Qualification for the Europe play-offs
8	Mechelen	30	13	6	11	39	34	+5	45
9	Sint-Truiden	30	10	10	10	35	46	−11	40
10	Standard Liège	30	8	10	12	33	41	−8	34
11	Westerlo	30	7	9	14	42	54	−12	30

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.^[4]

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 November 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matchees

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[5]

Sint-Truiden v Standard Liège

29 July 2023 1	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Standard Liège	Sint-Truiden
19:15	Godeau   57' Koita   86'	Report	Barrett   26'	Stadium: Stayen Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Sint-Truiden v Cercle Brugge

27 August 2023	Sint-Truiden	0–2	Cercle Brugge	Sint-Truiden
16:00				Stadium: Stayen

Charleroi v Sint-Truiden

3 September 2023	Charleroi	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Charleroi
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Sint-Truiden v Mechelen

17 September 2023	Sint-Truiden	2–0	Mechelen	Sint-Truiden
19:15				Stadium: Stayen

Genk v Sint-Truiden

24 September 2023 8	Genk	3–3	Sint-Truiden	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cegeka Arena

Club Brugge v Sint-Truiden

1 October 2023 9	Club Brugge	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Olsen   47'	Report	Koita   66'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Sint-Truiden v Union Saint-Gilloise

8 October 2023	Sint-Truiden	0–4	Union Saint-Gilloise	Sint-Truiden
19:15				Stadium: Stayen

OH Leuven v Sint-Truiden

22 October 2023	OH Leuven	4–0	Sint-Truiden	Leuven
19:15

Sint-Truiden v RWD Molenbeek

27 October 2023	Sint-Truiden	2–1	RWD Molenbeek	Sint-Truiden
20:45				Stadium: Stayen

Sint-Truiden v Eupen

3 November 2023	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Eupen	Sint-Truiden
20:45				Stadium: Stayen

Westerlo v Sint-Truiden

10 November 2023	Westerlo	3–3	Sint-Truiden	Westerlo
20:45				Stadium: Het Kuipje

Sint-Truiden v Antwerp

24 November 2023 15	Sint-Truiden	v	Antwerp	Sint-Truiden
20:45				Stadium: Stayen

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Cup

Sint-Truiden v Francs Borains

31 October 2023 Seventh round	Sint-Truiden	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Francs Borains	Sint-Truiden
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zahiroleslam   93' Okazaki   111' Steuckers   120+3' (pen.)			Stadium: Stayen

Sint-Truiden v Gent

6 December 2023 Eighth round	Sint-Truiden	v	Gent	Sint-Truiden
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen

References

1. "Eerste Elftal" (in Dutch).
2. [1]
3. "Konaté tekent bij Malinwa | KV Mechelen". www.kvmechelen.be.
4. [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
5. "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.

External links

• Official website