The 2014–15 season was 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 participated in the Belgian Pro League and Belgian Cup.
Review
Pre-season Charleroi played 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. 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. The club then eased past Racing Fosses 1–5 at the Stade Winson.
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. After that on 8 July Charleroi lost a thrilling match against F91 Dudelange 4–3 at Stade Jos Nosbaum. 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. Charleroi won their penultimate pre-season fixture 1–2 against Ligue 1 side Metz, that thanks to a brace from new signing Lynel Kitambala.
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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
Competitions
Friendlies DateTimeOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorers18:00Royal ChâteletAwayW6–3Dewaest 38', Fauré 41' pen., Rossini 57' pen., 64', 72', Kebano 62'20:00Racing FossesAwayW5–1Rossini 31', Coulibaly 33', Thiaré 55', Tainmont 74', Sağlık 90+1'17:00Differdange 03AwayW2–0– 14', Daf 34'16:00VirtonAwayW4–1Kebano 34', Coulibaly 40', Fauré 60', 87'19:00F91 DudelangeAwayL3–4Daf 47', Rossini 61', Tainmont 65'17:00White Star BruxellesAwayL0–117:00MetzAwayW2–1Kitambala 11', 27'19:00LensAway
Belgian Pro League
Regular season
DateTimeLeaguepositionOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance20:3016thStandard LiègeAwayL0–3 20:0015thWesterloHomeL2–3Fauré 7', Kitambala 27'4,52318:0016thAnderlechtAwayL0–121,00020:0016thWaasland-BeverenHomeD2–220:0011thLierseAwayW2–020:009thMechelenHomeW2–020:0012thCercle BruggeAwayL0–120:306thZulte-WaregemHomeW2–120:3011thGenkAwayD1–118:0013thKortrijkHomeL0–220:3012thGentAwayD2–220:009thOostendeHomeW2–020:3011thLokerenAwayL2–518:0012thClub BruggeHomeD0–018:0010thMouscron-PéruwelzAwayW2–018:007thAnderlechtHomeW3–118:007thWesterloAwayW3–218:008thStandard LiègeHomeL0–120:007thWaasland-BeverenAwayW3–120:005thLierseHomeW6–014:304thZulte-WaregemAwayW3–120:005thCercle BruggeHomeL0–218:006thKortrijkAwayD0–018:005thGenkHomeW1–018:006thMechelenAwayD0–020:007thGentHomeD0–020:006thOostendeAwayW3–118:006thLokerenHomeW1–020:007thClub BruggeAwayL0–114:306thMouscron-PéruwelzHomeW2–0
Championship play-offs
DateTimeLeaguepositionOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance18:006thAnderlechtAwayL0–120:305thGentHomeW2–120:306thKortrijkAwayD1–118:004thStandard LiègeHomeW1–020:305thClub BruggeAwayL1–318:006thAnderlechtHomeL0–120:304thGentAwayD1–120:305thKortrijkHomeW5–220:305thClub BruggeHomeL2–314:305thStandard LiègeAwayL0–2
Europa League play-off DateTimeOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance20:30MechelenAwayL1–2Geraerts 54'7,20018:00MechelenHomeW2–0Marinos 69', Ndongala 89'10,658
Belgian Cup
RoundDateTimeOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendanceSixth round20:30EupenHomeW2–0Sağlık 49', Tainmont 50'2,500Seventh round20:00OostendeHomeW2–0Kebano 34' pen., Fauré 57'2,609Quarter-final first leg20:00Cercle BruggeHomeW2–1Fauré 26', 29'3,652Quarter-final second leg20:30Cercle BruggeAwayL0–21,200
Appearances and goals
No.Pos.NameLeagueCupOtherTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Maxime Vandermeulen00000000003DF Steeven Willems00000000004DF Jonathan Vervoort00000000005DF Robin Leemans00000000006DF Sébastien Dewaest00000000007MF Clément Tainmont00000000008DF Francisco Martos00000000009FW Giuseppe Rossini000000000010MF Mohamed Daf000000000013MF Christophe Diandy000000000015GK Valentin Baume000000000016FW Jamal Thiaré000000000017DF Stergos Marinos000000000018FW Cédric Fauré000000000019MF Clinton Mata000000000020MF Jessy Gálvez López000000000022MF Guillaume François000000000025MF Damien Marcq000000000026FW Kalifa Coulibaly000000000028MF Enes Sağlık000000000031FW Harlem Gnohéré000000000035GK Parfait Mandanda000000000041DF Francis N'Ganga000000000080MF Kenneth Houdret000000000088MF Dieumerci Ndongala000000000092MF Neeskens Kebano000000000099FW Lynel Kitambala0000000000–DF Mohamed Mrabet0000000000–FW Evans Kondogbia0000000000
Transfers
Transfers in
PositionPlayerTransferred fromFeeDate Paris Saint-GermainUndisclosed EupenUndisclosed Saint-ÉtienneUndisclosed
Loans in
PositionPlayerLoaned fromDateLoan expires MonsEnd of season
Total spending: Undisclosed
Transfers out
PositionPlayerTransferred toFeeDate
Loans out
PositionPlayerLoaned toDateLoan expires VirtonEnd of season
References