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. It has played 74 UEFA games, resulting in 32 wins, 20 draws and 22 defeats. 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 Cegeka 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).
The club was formed in 1988 by the merger of Waterschei Thor with KFC Winterslag, inheriting Winterslag's matricule number. Waterschei had appeared in the Cup-Winners Cup twice, in 1980–81 and again in 1982–83. Winterslag had appeared once in the UEFA Cup, in 1981–82.
European record
Matches Q = qualification round PO = play-off KPO = knockout play-off R = round Group = group stage / Group 1 / League stage = first group stage / Group 2 = second group stage PUC = points UEFA coefficient Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group B36 Tórshavn 5–0 2nd Stabæk 4–3 Dynamo Moscow 2–3 Panachaiki 4–2 1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup Q Apolonia 4–0 5–19–1 1R MSV Duisburg 5–0 1–16–1 2R Mallorca 1–1 0–01–1 (a)1999–00 Champions League 2Q Maribor 3–0 1–54–52000–01 UEFA Cup 1R Zürich 2–1 1–03–1 2R Werder Bremen 2–5 1–43–92002–03 Champions League 3Q Sparta Prague 2–0 2–44–4 (a) Group C AEK Athens 0–0 1–1 4th Real Madrid 1–1 0–6 Roma 0–1 0–02004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2R Marek Dupnitza 2–1 0–02–1 3R Borussia Dortmund 0–1 2–12–2 (a) Semi-finals União de Leiria 0–0 0–20–22005–06 UEFA Cup 2Q Liepājas Metalurgs 3–0 3–26–2 1R Litex Lovech 0–1 2–22–32007–08 Champions League 2Q Sarajevo 1–2 1–02–2 (a)2009–10Europa League PO Lille 1–2 2–43–62010–11 Europa League 3Q Inter Turku 3–2 5–18–3 PO Porto 0–3 2–42–72011–12 Champions League 3Q Partizan 2–1 1–13–2 PO Maccabi Haifa 2–1 1–23–3 Group E Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 0–2 4th Chelsea 1–1 0–5 Valencia 0–0 0–72012–13 Europa League 3Q Aktobe 2–1 2–14–2 PO Luzern 2–0 1–23–2Group G Sporting CP 2–1 1–1 1st Basel 0–0 2–2 Videoton 3–0 1–0 Round of 32 VfB Stuttgart 0–2 1–11–32013–14 Europa League PO FH 2–0 5–27–2Group G Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 1–0 1st Rapid Wien 1–1 2–2 Thun 2–1 1–0 Round of 32 Anzhi Makhachkala 0–2 0–00–22016–17 Europa League 2Q Budućnost Podgorica 2–0 0–2 2–2 3Q Cork City 1–0 2–13–1 PO Lokomotiva 2–0 2–24–2Group F Athletic Bilbao 2–0 3–5 1st Rapid Wien 1–0 2–3 Sassuolo 3–1 2–0 Round of 32 Astra Giurgiu 1–0 2–23–2 Round of 16 Gent 1–1 5–26–3 Quarter-finals Celta Vigo 1–1 2–33–42018–19 Europa League 2Q Fola Esch 5–0 4–19–1 3Q Lech Poznań 2–0 2–14–1 PQ Brøndby 5–2 4–29–4Group I Malmö FF 2–0 2–2 1st Sarpsborg 08 4–0 0–2 Beşiktaş 1–1 4–2 Round of 32 Slavia Prague 1–4 0–01–42019–20 Champions LeagueGroup E Red Bull Salzburg 1–4 2–6 4th Napoli 0–0 0–4 Liverpool 1–4 1–22021–22Champions League 3Q Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 1–22–4 Europa LeagueGroup H Dinamo Zagreb 0–3 1–1 4th West Ham United 2–2 0–3 Rapid Wien 0–1 1–0 2023–24Champions League 2Q Servette 2–2 1–1 3–3 Europa League 3Q Olympiacos 1–1 0–1 1–2 Europa Conference League PO Adana Demirspor 2–1 0–1 2–2 Group F Fiorentina 2–2 2–1 3rd Čukarički 2–0 0–2 Ferencváros 0–0 1–12025–26Europa League PO Lech Poznań 1–2 5–1 6–3League phase Rangers 1–0 9th Ferencváros 0–1 Real Betis 0–0 Braga 4–3 Basel 2–1 Midtjylland 0–1 Utrecht 2–0 Malmö FF 2–1 KPO Dinamo Zagreb 3–3 3–16–4 Round of 16 SC Freiburg 1–0 1–52–5
All-time statistics 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. 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 Champions League / European CupEuropa League / UEFA CupCup Winners' CupUEFA Intertoto CupTotal
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