2025–26 Olympic Charleroi season
| 2025–26 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Darko Janacković[1] |
| Stadium | Stade de la Neuville |
| Challenger Pro League | 17th |
| Belgian Cup | TBD |
| Top goalscorer | League: Robert Ion (1) All: Robert Ion (1) |
| Biggest defeat | Olympic Charleroi 1–4 Jong KAA Gent Lommel 3–0 Olympic Charleroi |
The 2025–26 season is the 115th in the history of Olympic Charleroi and marks the club's return to the second tier of Belgian football for the first time since the 2008–09 season.[2] The team will also compete in the Belgian Cup.
Olympic Charleroi will stage its first two home matches at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi, home of neighboring club Sporting Charleroi, due to renovation work at the Stade de la Neuville.[3]
Squad
Transfers In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK |  David Vitasek
|
Slovan Velvary
|
Undisclosed | 2 July 2025 | |
| DF |  Hasan Jahić
|
 Petrolul Ploiești
|
Free | 3 July 2025 | |
| MF |  Rayan Berberi
|
Dynamo České Budějovice
|
Undisclosed | 4 July 2025 | |
| MF | Luca Florică
|
Chrudim
|
Free | 5 July 2025 | |
| MF | Robert Ion
|
Concordia Chiajna
|
Free | 9 July 2025 | |
| MF | .svg.png){kind=small} Thierno Diallo
|
La Louvière
|
Loan | 9 July 2025 | |
| FW |  Raphaël Eyongo
|
La Louvière
|
Loan | 12 July 2025 | |
| FW |  Slobodan Stanojlović
|
OFK Beograd
|
Free | 19 July 2025 | [4] |
| DF |  Victor Corneillie
|
La Louvière
|
Free | 24 July 2025 |
Transfers Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Ayoub Kouri
|
1 July 2025 | |||
| MF | Noah Lobe
|
1 July 2025 | |||
| MF |  Elisha Feugna Temou
|
1 July 2025 | |||
| MF | Jérémie Luvovadio
|
1 July 2025 | |||
| DF |  Thierno Gaye
|
1 July 2025 | |||
| DF | Bryan Verboom
|
1 July 2025 | |||
| FW |  Souleymane Kamara
|
1 July 2025 | |||
| FW | Abdoulkhadre Gassama
|
1 July 2025 | |||
| MF | Simon Paulet
|
RFC Liège
|
Free | 2 July 2025 | |
| DF |  Aaron Kamardin
|
Patro Eisden
|
Free | 20 July 2025 | |
| DF |  Toufik Zeghdane
|
FC Atert Bissen
|
Free | 24 July 2025 | |
| MF | Mehdi Terki
|
FC Atert Bissen
|
Free | 24 July 2025 |
Friendlies
| 28 June 2025 | Zulte Waregem | 1–1 | Olympic Charleroi | |
| 17:00 |
| 2 July 2025 | UNA Strassen | 1–1 | Olympic Charleroi | |
| 14:00 |
| 12 July 2025 | De Graafschap | 2–0 | Olympic Charleroi | |
| 14:00 |
| 24 July 2025 | Union Rochefortoise | 1–1 | Olympic Charleroi | |
| 19:30 |
| 2 August 2025 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 3–3 | Olympic Charleroi | |
| 15:00 |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Challenger Pro League | 8 August 2025 | Matchday 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 | |
| Belgian Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 | |||
Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: Competitions
Challenger Pro League
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Jong Genk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | Ineligible for promotion or promotion play-offs; cannot be relegated unless a U23 team from the same wing (ACFF/VV) finishes in the top three of Division 1 |
| 14 | Lokeren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |
| 15 | Seraing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
| 16 | Lierse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Relegated to National Division 1 |
| 17 | Olympic Charleroi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: Challenger Pro League
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 made.[5]
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 made.[5]
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The match schedule was announced on 3 July 2025.[6]
| 8 August 2025 1 | Olympic Charleroi | 1–4 | Jong KAA Gent | Charleroi |
| 20:00 |
|
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Anaik Jacoby |
| 16 August 2025 2 | Lommel | 3–0 | Olympic Charleroi | Lommel |
| 20:00 |
|
Stadium: Soeverein stadium Referee: Dunken Van De Velde |
| 23 August 2025 3 | Olympic Charleroi | v | Kortrijk | Charleroi |
| 20:00 | Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi |
Belgian Cup
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ "16 ans plus tard, l'Olympic Charleroi retrouve le football professionnel : 'On a travaillé dur pour ce titre' - RTBF Actus".
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Letnja pijaca: Šarlroa izabrala napadača OFK Beograda".
- ^ "General terms Belgian competition" (PDF). kbvb.be. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Le calendrier de la Challenger Pro League est sorti: Voici les affiches des premières journées de championnat".