OH Leuven Thread 24/25

[Bonanza]

Results and final standings after the last round of the playoffs

 

Champions Playoffs

 

USG	3-1	Gent
Club Brugge	1-1	Antwerp
Genk	2-1	Anderlecht

 

USG won the league and qualified for the Champions League group stage
Club Brugge --> 3th qualifying round of the Champions League
Genk --> playoffs of the Europa League
Anderlecht --> 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League

Antwerp will face Charleroi in 1 game. Winner qualifies for the 2nd qualifying round of the Conference League
Gent --> no European football

Europe Playoffs

 

Westerlo	0-0	Standard Liège
Charleroi	2-1	OH Leuven
Dender	2-2	KV Mechelen

Charleroi won the Europe playoffs and will play Antwerp in 1 game. Winner qualifies for the 2nd qualifying round of the Conference League.

 

Relegation Playoffs

 

 

St. Truidense won the relegation playoffs and will stay in the 1st division.
Cercle finished 2nd and had to play 2 games against Patro Maasmechelen (winner of the promotion playoffs in the 2nd division). Cercle won 8-2 on aggregate and will stay in the 1st division.
Kortrijk and Beerschot have been relegated. They will be replaced by Zulte Waregem (winner of the 2nd division) and La Louvière (2nd place in the 2nd division)

Edited 25 May 2025 by Bonanza

[Ryy]

1 hour ago, Bonanza said:

Results and final standings after the last round of the playoffs

 

Champions Playoffs

 

USG	3-1	Gent
Club Brugge	1-1	Antwerp
Genk	2-1	Anderlecht

 

USG won the league and qualified for the Champions League group stage
Club Brugge --> 3th qualifying round of the Champions League
Genk --> playoffs of the Europa League
Anderlecht --> 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League

Antwerp will face Charleroi in 1 game. Winner qualifies for the 2nd qualifying round of the Conference League
Gent --> no European football

Europe Playoffs

 

Westerlo	0-0	Standard Liège
Charleroi	2-1	OH Leuven
Dender	2-2	KV Mechelen

Charleroi won the Europe playoffs and will play Antwerp in 1 game. Winner qualifies for the 2nd qualifying round of the Conference League.

 

Relegation Playoffs

 

 

St. Truidense won the relegation playoffs and will stay in the 1st division.
Cercle finished 2nd and had to play 2 games against Patro Maasmechelen (winner of the promotion playoffs in the 2nd division). Cercle won 8-2 on aggregate and will stay in the 1st division.
Kortrijk and Beerschot have been relegated. They will be replaced by Zulte Waregem (winner of the 2nd division) and La Louvière (2nd place in the 2nd division)

Guessing La Louvière will be a big Darby game?

[Bonanza]

11 hours ago, Ryy said:

Guessing La Louvière will be a big Darby game?

Not at all

 

Our only derby's are against KV Mechelen and Sint-Truiden.

 

[KlaaZ]

11 hours ago, Bonanza said:

Not at all

 

Our only derby's are against KV Mechelen and Sint-Truiden.

 

Westerlo kind of as well due to proximity, more than Sint-Truiden. But yeah, we don't have any fierce rivalries except with Tienen (who play in third division). 

Persistent rumour that we're talking to Karel Geraerts to replace Coleman. Would be a good choice but even if it isn't him (competition from Lens, KV Mechelen and Standard), the most important note is that Coleman's days are numbered.

[shen]

On 25/05/2025 at 20:47, Bonanza said:

Kortrijk and Beerschot have been relegated. They will be replaced by Zulte Waregem (winner of the 2nd division) and La Louvière (2nd place in the 2nd division)

Wait, I thought they dissolved?

 

Just had a quick check to see they are kind of a phoenix club and rocketing up the leagues.

Is there a lot of controversy about them?

[Bonanza]

12 hours ago, shen said:

Wait, I thought they dissolved?

 

Just had a quick check to see they are kind of a phoenix club and rocketing up the leagues.

Is there a lot of controversy about them?

They were a big part of the gambling and match-fixing scandal in 2006. After that they dropped down to the lower leagues and merged with some neighboring clubs and changed their name, only to change it back to RAAL La Louvière in 2017. Went from the Belgian 5th division to now getting promoted to the 1st division in only 8 seasons. The club is now led by former players like Enzo Scifo, Silvio Proto and Nicolas Frutos. Non of the people involved with the match-fixing scandal are involved with the "new" club, so no real controversy.  

[Bonanza]

 

[shen]

33 minutes ago, Bonanza said:

 

Once again, some soft goals to concede and poor finishing at the other end. Could easily have won that.

Here's hoping you have a good off-season and use the money from Banzuzi well.

 

Is Davis Opoku a hot prospect?

[KlaaZ]

6 hours ago, shen said:

Is Davis Opoku a hot prospect?

From what I've seen, absolutely. From what we've seen in the last game, someone who wants to play forward, a nice bit of flair, moves well, good technicals. Only seventeen, too. There's quite a few to be honest. We currently have two kids at the Euros U17 with Belgium, both starting full backs, who just progressed to the semi finals from a group with England, Italy and Czech Republic. 

 

From the U23, goalie Radelet is supposedly the biggest talent but there are a few that have featured a few times for the first team already. Plenty to look out for imo.

[Ryy]

7 minutes ago, KlaaZ said:

From what I've seen, absolutely. From what we've seen in the last game, someone who wants to play forward, a nice bit of flair, moves well, good technicals. Only seventeen, too. There's quite a few to be honest. We currently have two kids at the Euros U17 with Belgium, both starting full backs, who just progressed to the semi finals from a group with England, Italy and Czech Republic. 

 

From the U23, goalie Radelet is supposedly the biggest talent but there are a few that have featured a few times for the first team already. Plenty to look out for imo.

From what I’ve seen I really like Wouter George

[KlaaZ]

13 hours ago, Ryy said:

From what I’ve seen I really like Wouter George

Ditto, just not labeling him as a hot prospect anymore as he already turned 23 in March.

[AjcW]

Assume Chris Coleman is getting flung into the Dyle as soon as possible?

[Jon the Hat]

Can anyone see any benefit whatsoever to KP owning OH Leuven as well as us?  Anyone?

[AjcW]

17 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

Can anyone see any benefit whatsoever to KP owning OH Leuven as well as us?  Anyone?

Shmoney Shmaundering

[Will1981]

13 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

Can anyone see any benefit whatsoever to KP owning OH Leuven as well as us?  Anyone?

Not anymore since Brexit, before the idea was for us to sign young players from outside of Europe that could not get a work permit in the UK and send them to OHL for two years to get Belgium citizenship then bring them back to play for us.

[AjcW]

2 minutes ago, Will1981 said:

Not anymore since Brexit, before the idea was for us to sign young players from outside of Europe that could not get a work permit in the UK and send them to OHL for two years to get Belgium citizenship then bring them back to play for us.

They bought the club after the Brexit vote....

[KlaaZ]

4 hours ago, AjcW said:

Assume Chris Coleman is getting flung into the Dyle as soon as possible?

 

Presumably, yes. They're obviously talking to other candidates, I reckon he will only be finalized once there's an agreement with someone who will take over.

 

4 hours ago, Will1981 said:

Not anymore since Brexit, before the idea was for us to sign young players from outside of Europe that could not get a work permit in the UK and send them to OHL for two years to get Belgium citizenship then bring them back to play for us.

 

4 hours ago, AjcW said:

They bought the club after the Brexit vote....

This is indeed not correct. We're not a feeder club or in any other way meant as a step up to Leicester. Also shows in the fact that there haven't been any meaningful Leicester loans in ages. Moore and Sowah were the only succesful ones in the past, with a few others flopping. 

 

Basically, we just have the same owners. Nothing more, nothing less.

[moore_94]

5 hours ago, Will1981 said:

Not anymore since Brexit, before the idea was for us to sign young players from outside of Europe that could not get a work permit in the UK and send them to OHL for two years to get Belgium citizenship then bring them back to play for us.

If a young player was decent enough we could send a player to them for one season and if they played enough in that one season they could get a work permit

 

We just seemingly have no interest in using that to our advantage

[KlaaZ]

6 hours ago, moore_94 said:

If a young player was decent enough we could send a player to them for one season and if they played enough in that one season they could get a work permit

 

We just seemingly have no interest in using that to our advantage

Might also be that you don't have anyone good enough to be added value for us. The last loans (Sowah being the exception) have been absolute shambles in that regard iirc.

[KlaaZ]

Brunes will stay in Poland at Rakow, with the Poles activating his clause. Polish media cites 1,5M, Transfermarkt says 2. Either way, we recover most of his transfer fee, which is good news. 

[st albans fox]

So USG have qualified for CL again.

Not just a one off flash in the pan 

 

shows what a proper businessman can do with an investment rather than our lot. 

[shen]

5 hours ago, st albans fox said:

So USG have qualified for CL again.

Not just a one off flash in the pan 

 

shows what a proper businessman can do with an investment rather than our lot. 

USGs rise is nothing short of remarkable. Usurping traditional power houses like Club Brugge, Anderlecht and Genk is no mean feat. 

[KlaaZ]

Apparently, the only reason Coleman hasn't been sacked yet is because Top so far refuses to sign his resignation. In the meantime, we have personal agreements with five new players but can't sign them as long as Coleman is around because they need to know who the new manager will be and how he wants to play..

[LVFox]

3 minutes ago, KlaaZ said:

Apparently, the only reason Coleman hasn't been sacked yet is because Top so far refuses to sign his resignation. In the meantime, we have personal agreements with five new players but can't sign them as long as Coleman is around because they need to know who the new manager will be and how he wants to play..

Sorry, Top is away on Polo duty ....please respect his priorities 

[Foxes1]

5 minutes ago, KlaaZ said:

Apparently, the only reason Coleman hasn't been sacked yet is because Top so far refuses to sign his resignation. In the meantime, we have personal agreements with five new players but can't sign them as long as Coleman is around because they need to know who the new manager will be and how he wants to play..

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