News

Vice-captain Carlos Cuesta extends his contract at Cegeka Arena through 2026

19 January 2023

Carlos Cuesta (23) has extended his contract with KRC Genk through 2026. The Colombian defender made the switch from Atletico Nacional in his native league to Genk in 2019 and has already played 114 times for the Genk first team. Over the past three and a half seasons, Cuesta has been an indispensable cog in the heart of Genk's defence and one of the absolute leaders of Wouter Vrancken's team. In …

Turkish Football Association takes inspiration from KRC Genk’s Academy

19 January 2023

KRC Genk's youth academy is known far beyond Flanders as a true factory of talent. Big names such as Courtois, De Bruyne, Trossard and current captain of the first team Bryan Heynen have all been moulded by the Genk academy. The success of the Genk youth academy has not gone unnoticed in Turkey either. After visiting Ajax's youth academy yesterday, a delegation from the Turkish Football …

FRZA! FOUNDATION STARTS TRIBUNE G

09 January 2023

24,000 frenzied supporters gathered at our Cegeka Arena for the match against Club Brugge. The ground was filled with fireworks, flares, bullhorns, and chanting supporters. It was great for the atmosphere, but it was also too many stimuli for people with high sensitivity or autism to experience a live football match. With the launch of Tribune G, an isolated grandstand behind glass, the club now …

Alfred Caceido (18) joins KRC Genk

04 January 2023

KRC Genk welcomes the 18-year-old Ecuadorian Alfred Caceido. The versatile left-footed defender joins the club from the U-20 side of Sociedad Deportiva Aucas (Ecuador) and has played for his country’s U-20 national team. The compatriot of Angelo Preciado has signed a contract to XXX and will immediately join the squad of Jong Genk, and he will appear on the training pitch in Horst (NL) …

KRC Genk signs Yira Sor

28 December 2022

KRC Genk has today signed a contract with Yira Sor, the first winter transfer to join the first team. The 22-year-old Nigerian, a sharp right winger, joins from Slavia Prague and has signed a contract through 2027. Yira will start with an individual training program from now on and when the player squad returns from the current break, will join Wouter Vrancken’s squad with the number …

KRC Genk signs Matthias Pieklak

23 December 2022

The 16-year-old goalkeeper Matthias Pieklak has signed his first contract with KRC Genk today. Matthias, who hails from Oudsbergen, had been with RSC Anderlecht until a few years ago. With an excellent work ethic and extremely professional mentality, he has already managed to develop the skills that a "complete" goalkeeper in modern football needs. He currently plays for the club’s U-18s …

The Athletic speaks with Michel Ribeiro on Blue Bloods at the World Cup

28 November 2022

The leading sports website The Athletic, which offers international sports news to its subscribers, spoke to Michel Ribeiro, Individual Coach at KRC Genk, in response to the many Blue Bloods who are taking part in the World Cup. Click this link to read an interesting article in which Michel speaks about our working method and his relationship with the players. “They all had one …

Luca Oyen extends his contract through 2027

16 November 2022

It’s a new and important contract extension! Luca Oyen has extended his contract through the summer of 2027. The current agreement with our 19-year-old midfielder had been set to run until the summer of 2024. Luca has been with the team for 13 seasons – he joined Talent Academy at the U-6 level in 2009 and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2018. A year later it …

KRC Genk signs Zaïd Bafdili

16 November 2022

15-year-old Zaïd Bafdili has signed his first contract with KRC Genk today, for three seasons. Zaïd hails from Meise and moved from KV Mechelen earlier this season to join the KRC Genk Talent Academy. As a central midfielder able to cover plenty of ground, he is also a core part of the U-16 national team. KRC Genk wishes Zaïd every success in his continued development at the club!

Long-term deal for Wouter Vrancken

15 November 2022

KRC Genk officially communicated during a press conference this morning that the Wouter Vrancken’s contract, and by extension that of his entire staff, will be extended. In concrete terms, this means that, along with our head coach, we are embarking on a long-term plan, with his deal being extended until 2026 and Wouter Vrancken having a deeper involvement in the sporting operation of the …

World Cup selections for 3 Genkies

15 November 2022

After our game Sunday against Anderlecht, a number of our players are heading straight to the national team. From our first team, Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco), Angelo Preciado (Ecuador) and Gerardo Arteaga (Mexico) will leave on international duty. We wish our Genkies the best of luck! Updates on the matches and results of our Genkies can be followed soon on our channels.

KRC Genk FRZA! Foundation

08 November 2022

In 2007, KRC Genk was one of the first professional clubs in Belgium to set up a community foundation. Based on a strong belief in the potential of people – players, supporters, residents of Genk and by extension everyone – KRC Genk wants to create opportunities for people and support them with unique expertise to develop themselves. After a period of radio silence, KRC Genk now …

Youth League: Our U-19s will face Juventus

08 November 2022

The draw for the UEFA Youth League play-offs has just been made. We were the last ball out of the pot and we met the “Old Lady,” the Italian side Juventus on February 7 or 8! Juventus are veterans of the UEFA Youth League. Last year they eliminated Liverpool and narrowly lost the semi-final on penalties to eventual winner Benfica. This year in the group stage they again faced …

A big win for Jong Genk against Coleraine FC: 6-1

02 November 2022

On Wednesday afternoon, the return leg in the Youth League between Genk and Corelaine FC was played. In the first leg, our boys had won by a big margin, 0-4. The return leg started with Vic Chambaere in goal. Diawara was given a rest, and in his place Sakkali started. After barely five minutes Raf Smekens was able to open the scoring, as he fired Martens' corner into the goal. Genk had started …

U19 does a brilliant job in Northern Ireland

27 October 2022

Our U-19s can already smell the next round of the UEFA Youth League after a big win against Northern Ireland's Coleraine FC. Sébastien Pocognoli's men were dominant and technically stronger than the Irish, but the opening goal only came after more than 20 minutes of football. Evan Rotundo made it 0-1 from a corner kick, and not much later, Wilson Da Costa doubled the lead, and it would …