K.R.C. Genk in European football

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Luminus Arena, Genk's home ground.

Koninklijke Racing Club Genk is an association football club from Genk, Belgium. The team has participated in thirteen seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including four seasons in the Champions League, six seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Intertoto Cup and one season in the Cup Winners' Cup.[1] It has played 74 UEFA games, resulting in 32 wins, 20 draws and 22 defeats.[2] The club's first appearance was in the 1997 Intertoto Cup. Since then, Genk has been involved in a UEFA tournament every season except the 2001-02, the 2006-07 and the 2008-09 seasons. The club's best performance is reaching the group stage of the 2002-03 Champions League, the 2011-12 Champions League and the 2019-20 Champions League.

The club plays its home matches at Luminus Arena, a multi-purpose stadium in Genk. Since the building in 1999, it can host 25,000 spectators (of which 4,200 are standing places).[3]

European record[edit]

Matches[edit]

  • Q = qualification round
  • PO = play-off
  • R = round
  • Group = group stage / Group 1 = first group stage / Group 2 = second group stage
  • 1/8 = eighth finals / 1/4 = quarter-finals / 1/2 = semi-finals
  • F = final
  • PUC = points UEFA coefficient
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn — 5–0 2nd
Norway Stabæk 4–3 —
Russia Dynamo Moscow — 2–3
Greece Panachaiki 4–2 —
1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup Q Albania Apolonia 4–0 5–1 9–1
1R Germany MSV Duisburg 5–0 1–1 6–1
2R Spain Mallorca 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
1999–00 Champions League 2Q Slovenia Maribor 3–0 1–5 4–5
2000–01 UEFA Cup 1R Switzerland FC Zürich 2–1 1–0 3–1
2R Germany Werder Bremen 2–5 1–4 3–9
2002–03 Champions League 3Q Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–0 2–4 4–4 (a)
Group C Greece AEK Athens 0–0 1–1 4th
Spain Real Madrid 1–1 0–6
Italy Roma 0–1 0–0
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2R Bulgaria Marek Dupnitza 2–1 0–0 2–1
3R Germany Borussia Dortmund 0–1 2–1 2–2 (a)
Semi-finals Portugal União de Leiria 0–0 0–2 0–2
2005–06 UEFA Cup 2Q Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs 3–0 3–2 6–2
1R Bulgaria Litex Lovech 0–1 2–2 2–3
2007–08 Champions League 2Q Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a)
2009–10 Europa League PO France Lille 1–2 2–4 3–6
2010–11 Europa League 3Q Finland Inter Turku 3–2 5–1 8–3
PO Portugal Porto 0–3 2–4 2–7
2011–12 Champions League 3Q Serbia FK Partizan 2–1 1–1 3–2
PO Israel Maccabi Haifa 2–1 1–2 3–3, 4–1 (p)
Group E Germany Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 0–2 4th
England Chelsea 1–1 0–5
Spain Valencia 0–0 0–7
2012–13 Europa League 3Q Kazakhstan Aktobe 2–1 2–1 4–2
PO Switzerland FC Luzern 2–0 1–2 3–2
Group G Portugal Sporting CP 2–1 1–1 1st
Switzerland Basel 0–0 2–2
Hungary Videoton 3–0 1–0
Round of 32 Germany VfB Stuttgart 0–2 1–1 1–3
2013–14 Europa League PO Iceland FH 2–0 5–2 7–2
Group G Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 1–0 1st
Austria Rapid Wien 1–1 2–2
Switzerland Thun 2–1 1–0
Round of 32 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala 0–2 0–0 0–2
2016–17 Europa League 2Q Montenegro Budućnost 2–0 0–2 2–2, 4–2 (p)
3Q Republic of Ireland Cork City 1–0 2–1 3–1
PO Croatia Lokomotiva 2–0 2–2 4–2
Group F Spain Athletic Club 2–0 3–5 1st
Austria Rapid Wien 1–0 2–3
Italy Sassuolo 3–1 2–0
Round of 32 Romania Astra Giurgiu 1–0 2–2 3–2
Round of 16 Belgium Gent 1–1 5–2 6–3
Quarter-finals Spain Celta de Vigo 1–1 2–3 3–4
2018–19 Europa League 2Q Luxembourg Fola Esch 5–0 4–1 9–1
3Q Poland Lech Poznań 2–0 2–1 4–1
PQ Denmark Brøndby 5–2 4–2 9–4
Group I Sweden Malmö 2–0 2–2 1st
Norway Sarpsborg 08 4–0 0–2
Turkey Beşiktaş 1–1 4–2
Round of 32 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 1–4 0–0 1–4
2019–20 Champions League Group E Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–4 2–6 4th
Italy Napoli 0–0 0–4
England Liverpool 1–4 1–2
2021–22 Champions League 3Q Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 1–2 2–4
Europa League Group H Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–3 1–1 4th
England West Ham United 2–2 0–3
Austria Rapid Wien 0–1 1–0
2023–24 Champions League 2Q Switzerland Servette 2–2 1–1 3–3, 1–4 (p)
Europa League 3Q Greece Olympiacos 1–1 0–1 1–2
Europa Conference League PO Turkey Adana Demirspor 2–1 0–1 2–2, 5–4 (p)
Group F Italy Fiorentina 2–2 2–1 TBD
Serbia Čukarički 0–2
Hungary Ferencvárosi 0–0 1–1

All-time statistics[edit]

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Genk's games in the four UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals scored (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2018–19 season.[1][2] The statistics also include goals scored during the extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

Tournament Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
Champions League / European Cup 22 5 8 9 20 41 −21 022.73
Europa League / UEFA Cup 60 34 12 14 117 80 +37 056.67
Cup Winners' Cup 6 3 3 0 16 3 +13 050.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup 10 5 2 3 19 13 +6 050.00
Total 98 47 25 26 172 137 +35 047.96

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "KRC Genk". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "KRC Genk - History". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Cristal Arena - K.R.C. Genk". Genk. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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