2014–15 R. Charleroi S.C. season

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

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.

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

Further information: R. Charleroi S.C. § Players
No. Pos. Name League Cup Other Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKBelgium Maxime Vandermeulen 0000000000
3DFFrance Steeven Willems 0000000000
4DFBelgium Jonathan Vervoort 0000000000
5DFBelgium Robin Leemans 0000000000
6DFBelgium Sébastien Dewaest 0000000000
7MFFrance Clément Tainmont 0000000000
8DFSpain Francisco Martos 0000000000
9FWBelgium Giuseppe Rossini 0000000000
10MFSenegal Mohamed Daf 0000000000
13MFSenegal Christophe Diandy 0000000000
15GKBelgium Valentin Baume 0000000000
16FWSenegal Jamal Thiaré 0000000000
17DFGreece Stergos Marinos 0000000000
18FWFrance Cédric Fauré 0000000000
19MFBelgium Clinton Mata 0000000000
20MFBelgium Jessy Gálvez López 0000000000
22MFBelgium Guillaume François 0000000000
25MFFrance Damien Marcq 0000000000
26FWMali Kalifa Coulibaly 0000000000
28MFBelgium Enes Sağlık 0000000000
31FWFrance Harlem Gnohéré 0000000000
35GKDemocratic Republic of the Congo Parfait Mandanda 0000000000
41DFRepublic of the Congo Francis N'Ganga 0000000000
80MFBelgium Kenneth Houdret 0000000000
88MFDemocratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Ndongala 0000000000
92MFFrance Neeskens Kebano 0000000000
99FWFrance Lynel Kitambala 0000000000
–DFBelgium Mohamed Mrabet 0000000000
–FWCentral African Republic Evans Kondogbia 0000000000

Transfers

Transfers in

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

Loans in

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

Total spending: Decrease Undisclosed

Transfers out

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source

Loans out

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

Total income: –

Club

Coaching staff

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

Last updated: 22 July 2014
Source: Charleroi.

Other information

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

Last updated: 22 July 2014
Source: Charleroi.

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Last updated: 23 July 2014
Source:Charleroi

Belgian Pro League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundA                               
Result L                                                              
Position 16                                                              

Last updated: 26 July 2014.
Source: Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Last updated: 23 July 2014
Source:Charleroi

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Belgian Cup

Last updated: 23 July 2014
Source: Belgian Cup

References

Template:R. Charleroi S.C. Template:R. Charleroi S.C. seasons

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