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{{Short description|Association football club in Belgium}}
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{{Infobox football club
| nickname = ''Blauw-Wit'' (Blue-White)<br />''Racing''<br />''KRC''<br />''De Smurfen'' (The Smurfs)
| ground = [[Cegeka Arena]]
| capacity = 23,718<ref>{{Cite web |title=Algemene Info |url=https://www.krcgenk.be/nl/club/algemene-info |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524082834/http://www.krcgenk.be/nl/club/algemene-info/ |archive-date=2016-05-24 |website=KRC Genk |language=nl}}</ref><br /> 21,500 (UEFA matches)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011/12 UEFA Champions League statistics handbook - Clubs |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801101204/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=1 August 2019 |website=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>
| season = [[2024–25 Belgian Pro League|2024–25]]
| clubname = KRC Genk
| image = Logo KRC Genk.png
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| fullname = Koninklijke Racing Club Genk
| founded = {{Start date and age|1988}}, merge of Thor Waterschei with KFC Winterslag
| chairman = Peter Croonen
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Thorsten Fink]]
| league = [[Belgian Pro League]]
| position = Belgian Pro League, 3rd of 16
| website = {{URL|https://www.krcgenk.be/|krcgenk.be}}
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'''Koninklijke Racing Club Genk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈreːsɪŋ ˌklʏp ˈxɛŋk}}),{{efn|''Genk'' in isolation: {{IPA|nl|ɣɛŋk|}}.}} commonly known as '''KRC Genk''' or '''Racing Genk''', is a Belgian professional [[association football|football]] club based in the city of [[Genk]] in [[Limburg (Belgium)|Belgian Limburg]].  Racing Genk plays in the [[Belgian Pro League]] and have won four championship titles; in [[1998–99 Belgian First Division|1998–99]], in [[2001–02 Belgian First Division|2001–02]], in [[2010–11 Belgian First Division|2010–11]] and in [[2018–19 Belgian First Division A|2018–19]]. They have also won five [[Belgian Cup]]s, most recently in [[2020–21 Belgian Cup|2020–21]]. They qualified for the [[UEFA Champions League]] group stage in the [[2002–03 UEFA Champions League|2002–03]], [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League|2011–12]] and [[2019–20 UEFA Champions League|2019–20]].

The club formed in [[1988 in football (soccer)|1988]] by the merger of [[K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk|Waterschei Thor]] with '''KFC Winterslag''', from which it took over the [[matricule|matricule number]].  It has been one of the most successful clubs in Belgium since the late 1990s and so they regularly qualify for European competitions. The club has been playing in the first division since the [[1996–97 Belgian First Division|1996–97 season]]. They play their home matches in the [[Cegeka Arena]]. Their main outfit is blue and white.

==History==

===KFC Winterslag history (1923–1988)===
The club '''FC Winterslag''' was founded in [[1923 in football (soccer)|1923]] and that gave it the matricule number 322. On its 35th anniversary the club added the Royal prefix ''[[Koninklijke]]'' to their name to become KFC Winterslag. In [[1972–73 in Belgian football|1972–73]] Winterslag reached the [[Belgian Second Division|second division]] and they eventually qualified for the [[1974–75 Belgian First Division]] after finishing second in the [[Belgian Second Division final round|second division final round]]. They had taken advantage of the increase in the number of first division clubs (from 16 to 20). The club ended the season in last place but won the second division right after.

KFC Winterslag reached the 5th place in [[1981 in football (soccer)|1981]] which allowed them to play UEFA Cup matches, where it defeated [[Bryne FK]] from Norway and English Premier league giant [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://afchistory.wordpress.com/category/winterslag/|title=Arsenal Humiliated in Europe On This Day|date=3 November 1981|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-date=1 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401212309/https://afchistory.wordpress.com/category/winterslag/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the next round it was knocked out by [[Dundee United]] from Scotland. Two seasons later it was relegated to the second stage after a disappointing last place. That season [[Standard Liège]] won the championship on bribery in a match against the club of Waterschei Thor that would eventually merge with the matricule number 322.  Following a spell of four seasons in the second division, Winterslag found its place again in the [[Belgian First Division|first division]] by winning the [[1987 in football (soccer)|1987]] final round, one point ahead of [[K.S.K. Tongeren|Tongeren]]. It finished 15th on 18 but at the end of the season, the club merged with the neighbour club of Waterschei Thor which was playing in the second division since its relegation in [[1986 in football (soccer)|1986]].

===K Waterschei SV Thor Genk===
{{main|K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk}}

K Waterschei SV Thor was created in [[1919 in football (soccer)|1919]] as Waterschei's Sport Vereeniging Thor with Thor being the acronym of ''Tot Herstel Onzer Rechten'' ({{langx|en|To recover our rights}}). It received matricule number n°533. The club enjoyed a spell in the first division in the late 1950s to the early 1960s and again from 1978 to 1986.

During the 1982–83 season, the match between [[Standard Liège]] and Waterschei {{ill|had been fixed|fr|Affaire Standard-Waterschei}} and Standard eventually won the championship. Waterschei won the Belgian Cup twice (1980 and 1982). The latter victory led to them reaching the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners Cup]] in the 1982–83 season. After defeating [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|PSG]] in the quarter-finals, Waterschei lost the first leg of the semi-final 5–1 at [[Pittodrie Stadium]], home of the eventual winners, [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] A 1–0 victory in Waterschei, courtesy of Eddy Voordeckers, could not reverse the position.

After two seasons in the second division, K. Waterschei SV Thor Genk merged with KFC Winterslag in 1988 to form the current KRC Genk.

===KRC Genk (1988–present)===
'''1990s and 2000s'''

The new club was named KRC Genk and as it kept the Winterslag ranking, it began in the first division but finished last. The next year Genk won the final round in 2nd division and then played 4 seasons in the [[Belgian First Division|first division]]. In 1995 the club hired [[Aimé Anthuenis]] a coach and Racing finished second and skipped the final round as two first division teams merged ([[R.F.C. Seraing (1904)|Seraing]] and Standard Liège). After an eighth place in 1997, the club had a good 1997–98 season with a cup win and a second place in the championship. In its first European season, Racing Genk eliminated successively [[KF Apolonia Fier|Apolonia Fier]] and [[MSV Duisburg]] but it lost to [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]] in the round of 16 after two draws (1–1 on aggregate) in the last [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]. The season was ended well as Genk won its first Belgian championship in May, with manager Aimé Anthuenis then moving to [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]].

Genk played in the [[UEFA Champions League]] in 1999–2000 but lost in the second qualifying round to [[NK Maribor|Maribor]]. The season was salvaged by winning the Belgian Cup again, this time to Standard, but Genk ended the championship in 9th place. It finished 11th in the following season and lost in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] second round to [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] after a win against [[FC Zürich]]. After this poor spell, Genk won the championship once more in the 2001–02 season. In 2002–03, they reached the Champions League group stages for the first time in their history. Although they came 4th, they impressed fans with draws against [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] and [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]].

In the 2006–07 season, Genk finished second to Anderlecht. The Limburgians had been ahead almost the entire season but were pipped at the post by Anderlecht after losing at Germinal Beerschot. The 2007–08 season was a disaster, as Genk failed to finish in the top half of the division, ending in a disappointing tenth place.

Three bad seasons followed. Genk finished the 2007–08 season on 45 points and in 10th spot in the league: their worst result in seven years. The 2008–09 season was poor for Genk as well, finishing 8th in the league. The season ended on a positive note with them winning the [[Belgian Cup]], which gave them a ticket to the fourth Europa League qualifying round. The 2009–10 season started badly when they were knocked out of the Europa League by [[Lille OSC|Lille]]. Things did not go well in the domestic league either. Manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck was fired in December and was replaced by [[Franky Vercauteren]]. Genk finished 11th, but Vercauteren led the club to European football by beating derby rival [[Sint-Truidense V.V.|Sint-Truiden]] in the final of Play-offs II.

'''2010s'''

The 2010–11 season started well for KRC Genk when they beat [[FC Inter Turku|Inter Turku]] with 1–5 in Finland. They progressed to the 4th qualifying round of the Europa League and drew the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] club [[FC Porto|Porto]]. Genk lost both games against Porto, despite two good performances.

On 30 January 2010, KRC Genk announced that coach Franky Vercauteren signed a new contract that ran untl June 2013.

They only lost their first game of the season on the 20th matchday and started the Play-offs in second place. The club won the [[2010–11 Belgian Pro League]] after drawing 1–1 with title challengers [[Standard Liége]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news/01f1-0e78734e6e7c-69c017afc020-1000--genk-pip-standard-to-belgian-title/|title=Genk pip Standard to Belgian title by Berend Scholten on UEFA.com|date=17 May 2011|work=[[UEFA]]|access-date=18 May 2011|archive-date=3 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503053533/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=bel/news/newsid=1632291.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
This was KRC Genk's third league win in its history and its supporters celebrated with a pitch invasion straight after the final whistle.

On 11 August, coach Frank Vercauteren confirmed he was leaving Genk and signed with [[United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirate]] club [[Al Jazira Club|Al-Jazira]]. In the 3rd Qualifying Round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League KRC Genk beat [[FK Partizan]] over two legs and drew [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] in the play-off Round. Maccabi Haifa beat Genk 2–1 in the first leg in Israel, while the second leg was won by Genk with the same 2–1 score in Belgium. During the penalty shoot-out, goalkeeper [[László Köteles]] helped Genk to qualify by saving two penalties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f4-0e794f0c1122-4eb806970cda-1000--koteles-shines-as-genk-defeat-haifa-on-penalties/|title=Köteles shines as Genk defeat Haifa on penalties|date=23 August 2011|publisher=UEFA|access-date=24 August 2011|archive-date=20 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920120426/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000262/match=2007560/postmatch/report/index.html#koteles+shines+genk+defeat+haifa+penalties|url-status=live}}</ref> For the second time in its history, KRC Genk reached the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. They were drawn in Group E with [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] and [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]].

In late August 2011, [[Mario Been]] was announced as the new manager.
The Champions League campaign was one with ups and downs. Genk got a 1–1 result against both Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen and a goalless draw against Valencia. Away from home, Genk lost all three games.
The season in the Jupiler League was a difficult one, with Genk only just qualifying for the play-offs by finishing sixth in the regular competition. In the play-offs however, Genk started to play better and climbed up to third place. By finishing in third place, KRC Genk qualified for the third qualifying round of the [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]].

The 2012–13 season started well for Genk by qualifying for the Europa League group stage after beating [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] and [[FC Luzern]]. In this group stage KRC Genk performed very well and ultimately won the group without a single defeat. Genk finished first with three points more than [[FC Basel|Basel]] and by doing so, qualified for the next round where they faced [[VfB Stuttgart]]. It was the first time in the club's history that they played European football after the winter break.
Stuttgart got the better of Genk over the two games.
In the league, Genk qualified for the play-offs and performed well until the title was out of reach; fifth place was the result. Genk ended their season on a positive note by winning the Belgian Cup. They defeated [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]] in the final, in front of 30,000 Genk fans.

In the 2016–2017 season, Genk participated in the [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]]; they started playing in the second qualifying round and [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|qualified]] for the third qualifying round (on 21 July 2016)<ref name=Buducnost2>[[Budućnost Podgorica]]–Genk 2–0; [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2020141--buducnost-podgorica-vs-genk/ UEFA report.]</ref> and the play-off round (on 4 August 2016).<ref name=Cork2>[[Cork City F.C.|Cork]]–Genk 1–2; [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2020417--cork-vs-genk/ UEFA report.]</ref> They won their group with 3 home victories over [[Athletic Bilbao]], [[Rapid Wien]] and [[U.S. Sassuolo Calcio|Sassuolo]] and after defeating [[FC Astra Giurgiu|Astra Giurgiu]] (2–2 and 1–0) in the 2nd round they drew [[KAA Gent]] from the domestic [[Belgian Pro League]] with 2 confusing games Gent-Genk, Genk-Gent and an impressive 2–5 away victory. Even when Genk got beaten in the quarter final against [[Celta de Vigo]] (3–2 and 1–1), it was Genk's most successful European season.

Genk won the [[2018–19 Belgian First Division A]] for the fourth time in their history, hence they qualified for the [[2019–20 UEFA Champions League]] after an eight-year absence.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.voetbalnieuws.be/news/417329/krc-genk-kan-groep-des-doods-loten-in-champions-league|title=KRC Genk kan Groep des Doods loten in Champions League|work=voetbalnieuws.be|language=Dutch|date=28 May 2019|access-date=30 May 2019|archive-date=22 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722172026/https://www.voetbalnieuws.be/news/417329/krc-genk-kan-groep-des-doods-loten-in-champions-league|url-status=live}}</ref>

Genk started their [[2019–20 UEFA Champions League]] campaign with a poor 6–2 loss against Austrian club [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]]. In the second match they drew 0–0 against Napoli, and in the third match they lost 1–4 against Liverpool.

== Stadium ==
{{Main|Cegeka Arena}}
Prior to the merger of the clubs in 1988, KFC Winterslag played at De Noordlaan, whilst Thor Waterschei played at the Andre Dumont Stadium.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Winterslag – Het einde van de Noordlaan |url=https://www.voetbalbelgie.be/artikel/winterslag-het-einde-van-de-noordlaan |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=VoetbalBelgie |language=nl}}</ref> The Andre Dumont Stadium was renovated at significant cost following the merger and became known as the [[Cegeka Arena|Thyl Geyselinckstadion]] after Thyl Geyselinck, who oversaw the merger of the clubs, and it was where KRC Genk played their matches from 1990.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-04 |title=Grondlegger van KRC Genk - Thyl Gheyselinck - is overleden op 83-jarige leeftijd |url=https://www.voetbalprimeur.be/nieuws/1255378/krc-genk-grondlegger-thyl-gheyselinck-overleden.html |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=VoetbalPrimeur.be |language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref>[https://www.hln.be/racing-genk/nieuwe-naam-voor-stadion-van-racing-genk-luminus-arena-wordt-cegeka-arena~a735f210/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F https://www.hln.be/racing-genk/nieuwe-naam-voor-stadion-van-racing-genk-luminus-arena-wordt-cegeka-arena~a735f210/]</ref> De Noordlaan was then used as a ground for the reserve and youth teams of KRC Genk before falling into disrepair around the year 2000 and being demolished in 2004 to make way for housing.<ref name=":0" /> The Thyl Geyselinckstadion was redeveloped in 1999 to hold 24,500 spectators and was renamed to the Fenixstadion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trots van het Noorden |url=https://www.trotsvanhetnoorden.nl/specials.php?id=155&sid=91 |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=www.trotsvanhetnoorden.nl}}</ref> Following a sponsorship deal with IT company [[Cegeka]] in 2021, the stadium was renamed to ''Cegeka Arena,'' having previously been known as the ''Luminus Arena'' due to a similar sponsorship deal with [[Luminus]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-08-26 |title=KRC Genk herdoopt Luminus Arena in Cegeka Arena |url=https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/sport/krc-genk-herdoopt-luminus-arena-in-cegeka-arena/10328144.html |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231207033032/https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/sport/krc-genk-herdoopt-luminus-arena-in-cegeka-arena/10328144.html |archive-date=2023-12-07 |access-date=2025-08-26 |work=De Tijd |language=nl}}</ref>

==Youth academy==
Genk is well known for its outstanding youth academy. In 2003 they built their youth center next to their stadium and set up a youth program with Ronny Vangeneugden. There are further plans to build a boarding school and some synthetic pitches. In the past and now, many young players have found their way through the youth system. Some examples are [[Yannick Carrasco]], [[Jelle Vossen]], [[Dennis Praet]], [[Steven Defour]], [[Christian Benteke]], [[Thibaut Courtois]], [[Divock Origi]], [[Timothy Castagne]], [[Leandro Trossard]] and [[Kevin De Bruyne]].

Their scouting is also highly regarded. Players such as [[Kalidou Koulibaly]], [[Wilfred Ndidi]], [[Leon Bailey]], [[Sergej Milinković-Savić]], [[Daniel Muñoz (footballer)|Daniel Muñoz]] and [[Sander Berge]] all played for Genk.

==Honours==
*'''[[Belgian Pro League|Belgian First Division]]:'''
**'''Winners (4):''' [[1998–99 Belgian First Division|1998–99]], [[2001–02 Belgian First Division|2001–02]], [[2010–11 Belgian First Division|2010–11]], [[2018–19 Belgian First Division A|2018–19]]
**Runners-up (4): [[1997–98 Belgian First Division|1997–98]], [[2006–07 Belgian First Division|2006–07]], [[2020–21 Belgian First Division A|2020–21]], [[2022–23 Belgian Pro League|2022–23]]
*'''[[Belgian Cup]]:'''
**'''Winners (5):''' [[1997–98 Belgian Cup|1997–98]], [[1999-2000 Belgian Cup|1999–2000]], [[2008–09 Belgian Cup|2008–09]], [[2012–13 Belgian Cup|2012–13]], [[2020–21 Belgian Cup|2020–21]]
**Runners-up (1): [[2017–18 Belgian Cup|2017–18]]
*'''[[Belgian Super Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (2):''' [[2011 Belgian Super Cup|2011]], [[2019 Belgian Super Cup|2019]]
**Runners-up (7): [[1998 Belgian Super Cup|1998]], [[1999 Belgian Super Cup|1999]], [[2000 Belgian Super Cup|2000]], [[2002 Belgian Super Cup|2002]], [[2009 Belgian Super Cup|2009]], [[2013 Belgian Super Cup|2013]], [[2021 Belgian Super Cup|2021]]
*'''[[Belgian Second Division]]:''' (as KFC Winterslag before 1988)
**'''Winners (1):''' 1975–76
**Runners-up (2): 1986–87, 1995–96
*'''[[Belgian Second Division final round]]:'''
**'''Winners (2):''' 1987, 1990
**Runners-up (1): 1974

==European record==
===UEFA club competition record===
{{See also|KRC Genk in European football}}

:''Updated 31 August 2018.''

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! Tournament
! scope=col | {{tooltip|Pld|Games played}}
! scope=col | {{tooltip|W|Games won}}
! scope=col | {{tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
! scope=col | {{tooltip|L|Games lost}}
! scope=col | {{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
! scope=col | {{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
! scope=col | {{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
! scope=col | {{tooltip|Win%|Win percentage}}
|- 
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League / European Cup]]
{{WDL|22|5|8|9|for=20|against=41|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[UEFA Europa League|Europa League / UEFA Cup]]
{{WDL|60|34|12|14|for=117|against=80|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]
{{WDL|6|3|3|0|for=16||against=3|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]
{{WDL|10|5|2|3|for=19||against=13|diff=yes}}
|-
!Total
{{WDLtot|98|47|25|26|for=172|against=137|diff=yes}}
|}

===Summary of best results===
From the quarter-finals upwards:

[[UEFA Cup]]/[[UEFA Europa League]]:
:- Quarter-finalists in 2016–17
[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]:
:- Semi-finalists in 2003–04

=== UEFA coefficient ===

{{further|UEFA coefficient}}

''Correct as of 21 May 2025.''<ref>{{cite web|publisher = [[UEFA]]|title = Club coefficients|url = https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/?year=2025 |access-date = 24 May 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank
! Team
! Points
|-
|139|| align="left" |{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Servette FC]]||11.500
|-
|140|| align="left" |{{flagicon|EST}} [[FC Flora]]||11.500
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="font-weight:bold"
|141|| align="left" |{{flagicon|BEL}} KRC Genk||11.370
|-
|142|| align="left" |{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Standard Liège]]||11.370
|-
|143|| align="left" |{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Royal Charleroi S.C.]]||11.370
|}

==Players==

===Current squad===
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{{Fs player|no=38|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=[[Daan Heymans]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=[[Josue Kongolo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=51|pos=GK|nat=BEL|name=[[Lucca Brughmans]]}}
{{Fs player|no=71|pos=GK|nat=BEL|name=Brent Stevens}}
{{Fs player|no=77|pos=DF|nat=MAR|name=[[Zakaria El Ouahdi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=[[Jusef Erabi]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Jong Genk===
{{updated|30 August 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=USA|name=[[Kayden Pierre]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Brad Manguelle}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Robin Mirisola}}
{{Fs player|no=50|pos=FW|nat=NGA|name=[[Victory Beniangba]]}}
{{Fs player|no=51|pos=GK|nat=BEL|name=[[Lucca Brughmans]]}}
{{Fs player|no=52|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Wilson Da Costa}}
{{Fs player|no=53|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Manu Mocsnik}}
{{Fs player|no=54|pos=DF|nat=NED|name=Juwensley Onstein}}
{{Fs player|no=55|pos=DF|nat=JPN|name=[[Yumeki Yoshinaga]]}}
{{Fs player|no=56|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=[[August De Wannemacker]]}}
{{Fs player|no=57|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Aaron Murenzi}}
{{Fs player|no=58|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Matthias Oyatambwe}}
{{Fs player|no=60|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Saif Eddien Lazar}}
{{Fs player|no=61|pos=GK|nat=BEL|name=Daan Van Laere}}
{{Fs player|no=62|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Michiel Cauwel}}
{{Fs player|no=65|pos=DF|nat=NGA|name=Christian Akpan}}
{{Fs player|no=66|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Jonathan Coenen}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=67|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Ali Camara}}
{{Fs player|no=68|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Ayman Rabhi}}
{{Fs player|no=70|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Lino Decresson}}
{{Fs player|no=71|pos=GK|nat=BEL|name=Brent Stevens}}
{{Fs player|no=72|pos=DF|nat=NED|name=Alpha Barry}}
{{Fs player|no=73|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Elie Mbavu}}
{{Fs player|no=74|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Loïc Alvarez Fernandez}}
{{Fs player|no=76|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Jelle Driessen}}
{{Fs player|no=79|pos=FW|nat=FIN|name=[[Djoully Nzoko]]}}
{{Fs player|no=80|pos=FW|nat=BEL|name=Saïdou Touré}}
{{Fs player|no=82|pos=GK|nat=BEL|name=[[Olivier Vliegen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=84|pos=DF|nat=BEL|name=Emmanuel Sarfo}}
{{Fs player|no=85|pos=DF|nat=KOR|name=Kang Min-woo|other={{small|on loan from [[Ulsan HD FC|Ulsan HD]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=86|pos=MF|nat=BEL|name=Kenan Haroun}}
{{Fs player|no=87|pos=MF|nat=JPN|name=[[Kenshin Yasuda]]|other={{small|on loan from [[Oita Trinita]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=89|pos=FW|nat=KOR|name=[[Kim Myung-jun]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Former players===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;Africa
;DR Congo
* {{flagicon|DRC}} [[Neeskens Kebano]] 
;Gambia
* {{flagicon|GAM}} [[Omar Colley]]
;Guinea
* {{flagicon|GIN}} [[Souleymane Oulare]] 
;Ivory Coast
* {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Didier Zokora]] 
;Nigeria
* {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Wilfred Ndidi]]
;Senegal
* {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Kalidou Koulibaly]]
* {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Kara Mbodj]] 
;South Africa  
* {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Anele Ngcongca]] 
;Tanzania
* {{flagicon|TAN}} [[Mbwana Samatta]] 
;Asia
;Australia 
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mathew Ryan]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Danny Vukovic]] 
;Europe
;Belgium
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Luc Nilis]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Denis Dasoul]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Christian Kabasele]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jelle Vossen]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Branko Strupar]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Pieter Gerkens]] 
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Timothy Castagne]] 
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Sébastien Pocognoli]] 
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Christian Benteke]] 
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Steven Defour]] 
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Leandro Trossard]] 
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]] 
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thibaut Courtois]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Divock Origi]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Koen Casteels]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thomas Buffel]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Wesley Sonck]]   
;Bosnia and Herzegovina
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Mirsad Bešlija]] 
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Suvad Katana]] 
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Ismet Mulavdić]] 
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Bojan Nastić]] 
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Tino-Sven Sušić]]
;Denmark
* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Joakim Mæhle]]
;Finland
* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jere Uronen]]
;Indonesia
* {{flagicon|IDN}} [[Sandy Walsh|Sandy Henny Walsh]]
;Israel
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Elyaniv Barda]] 
;Netherlands
* {{flagicon|SUR}} [[Jean-Paul Boëtius]]  
;Norway
* {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sander Berge]] 
;Romania
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ianis Hagi]] 
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Vladimir Screciu]]
;Serbia
* {{flagicon|SER}} [[Sergej Milinković-Savić]] 
;Slovakia
* {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Adam Nemec]] 
;Spain
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alejandro Pozuelo]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[José Naranjo (footballer, born 1994)|Jose Naranjo]]
;Turkey
* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Sinan Bolat]]
* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Enes Ünal]] 
;Ukraine
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ruslan Malinovskyi]] 
;North and Central America
;Jamaica
* {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Leon Bailey]]
{{div col end}}

==Club officials==
{{updated|1 July 2022}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Position
!Staff
|-
| President ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Peter Croonen
|-
| Vice-President ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Mathieu Cilissen
|-
| Chief Executive Officer ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Erik Gerits
|-
| Board Member ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Herbert Houben
|-
| Head coach ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Thorsten Fink]]
|-
| Assistant coach ||{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Hahn <br/> {{flagicon|POL}} Przemyslaw Lagozny
|-
| Goalkeeper coach ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Guy Martens
|-
| Fitness coach ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Glenn Vanryckeghem
|-
| Video analyst ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Peter Persoons
|-
| Club doctor ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Philip Thys <br/> {{flagicon|BEL}} Dr. Johan Jespers
|-
| Physiotherapist ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Matthias Didden <br/> {{flagicon|NED}} Martijn Smeets <br/> {{flagicon|BEL}} Erwin Kelchtermans
|-
| Medical department ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Jan Theunis
|-
| Finance Director ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Filip Aerden
|-
| Director of Marketing and Sales ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Stephan Poelmans
|-
| Head of Youth Scouting ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jochen Janssen]]
|-
| Coordinator of talent management ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jos Daerden]]
|-
| Team Manager ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[:nl:Pierre Denier|Pierre Denier]]
|-
| Technical director ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Dimitri De Condé
|}

==Managers==
{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ernst Künnecke]] (July 1988 – Nov 88)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Joseph Vliers]] (1988–89)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[René Desaeyere]] (1989)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Paul Theunis]] (1990–91)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Pier Janssen]] (1991–93)
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Luka Peruzović]] (1993–94)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Norbert Beuls]] (1994)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Aimé Anthuenis]] (1996–99)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Jos Heyligen]] (1999–2000)
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Johan Boskamp]] (31 Jan 2000 – 31 Dec 2000)
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Sef Vergoossen]] (1 July 2001 – 6 April 2004)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[René Vandereycken]] (17 May 2004 – 3 June 2005)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Hugo Broos]] (13 June 2005 – 23 Feb 2008)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ronny Van Geneugden]] (17 Feb 2008 – 5 March 2009)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Pierre Denier]] ''(interim)'' (6 March 2009 – 30 June 2009)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Hein Vanhaezebrouck]] (1 July 2009 – 29 Nov 2009)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Franky Vercauteren]] (3 Dec 2009 – 17 Aug 2011)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Pierre Denier]] ''(interim)'' (18 Aug 2011 – 29 Aug 2011)
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Mario Been]] (30 Aug 2011 – 24 Feb 2014)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Emilio Ferrera]] (24 Feb 2014 – 29 July 2014)
*{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Alex McLeish]] (22 Aug 2014 – 2015)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Peter Maes]] (2015 – 26 Dec 2016)
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Albert Stuivenberg]] (27 Dec 2016 – 10 Dec 2017)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Philippe Clement]] (18 Dec 2017 – 24 May 2019)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Felice Mazzù]] (3 June 2019 – 12 Nov 2019)
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hannes Wolf (football manager)|Hannes Wolf]] (19 Nov 2019 – 15 Sep 2020)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Domenico Olivieri (footballer)|Domenico Olivieri]] ''(interim)'' (15 Sep 2020 – 24 Sep 2020)
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Jess Thorup]] (24 Sep 2020 – 2 Nov 2020)
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[John van den Brom]] (8 Nov 2020 – 6 Dec 2021)
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bernd Storck]] (8 Dec 2021 – 22 May 2022)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Wouter Vrancken]] (28 May 2022 – 9 May 2024)
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Domenico Olivieri (footballer)|Domenico Olivieri]] ''(interim)'' (10 May 2024 – 4 June 2024)
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Thorsten Fink]] (5 June 2024 – Present)
{{div col end}}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|K.R.C. Genk}}
* [http://www.krcgenk.be KRC Genk]
* {{Webarchive|title=KRC Genk|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051022091645/http://www.uefa.com/footballEurope/Club=61582/domestic.html|publisher=UEFA|date=22 October 2005}}
* {{Webarchive|title=KRC Genk|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913082806/http://www.eufo.de/football/bel/krc_genk.htm|website=EUFO|date=13 September 2009}}
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/krc-genk/ KRC Genk] at Weltfussball.de
* [http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/belgium/2008-2009/eerste/genk.htm KRC Genk] at Football Squads.co.uk
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/club.php?id=227 KRC Genk] at National Football Teams.com
* [http://www.football-lineups.com/team/RC_Genk/ KRC Genk] at Football Lineups.com

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