Oud-Heverlee Leuven

2017–18 season
Owner	King Power International Group
Chairman	Chris Vandebroeck (caretaker)
Manager	Dennis van Wijk (until 22 September) Nigel Pearson (from 22 September)
Stadium	King Power at Den Dreef Stadium
Belgian First Division B	2nd
Belgian Cup	Round 6
Top goalscorer	League: Yannick Aguemon & Esteban Casagolda (10 each) All: Yannick Aguemon (13)
Highest home attendance	6,407 vs. Beerschot Wilrijk (24 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance	1,488 vs. Turnhout (27 August 2017)
Average home league attendance	4,361
Home colours Away colours
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The 2017–18 season was Oud-Heverlee Leuven's 16th competitive season in professional football and the team's second consecutive season at the second level following their relegation from the Belgian Pro League in 2016. It was also the first season under the ownership of the King Power International Group led by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

OH Leuven lost points early throughout the season as several key starting players arrived only late in the 2017 summer transfer window, resulting in a poor league start of 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss from the opening 7 games. The team was not able to overtake Beerschot-Wilrijk anymore during the opening tournament, missing the first chance to qualify for the promotion play-offs by three points.

In the closing tournament the team again started mediocre, drawing against struggling teams Roeselare, Union SG and Tubize to set up a crucial away match to Cercle Brugge already on matchday 6, which was lost 1–0 against ten men. OH Leuven thereafter never managed to close the gap to Cercle Brugge and had to settle for the Europa League play-off matches, in which they scored wins against Waasland-Beveren and Excel Mouscron and a draw against a strong Zulte Waregem. Eventually the team ended fourth after finishing the season by being thrashed 5–0 away to Excel Mouscron, a score which was on the scoreboard already at half-time.

In the cup, the team strolled past Turnhout (playing two divisions lower) with seven different players scoring in an 8–0 win, before being eliminated after extra time by top division team Sint-Truiden. OH Leuven managed to come back from a deficit twice, the second time far into extra-time when down to nine men.

• This section lists players who were in Oud-Heveree Leuven's first team squad at any point during the 2017–18 season
• The symbol § indicates player left mid-season
• The symbol # indicates player joined mid-season
• The symbol ¥ indicates a youngster who has appeared on the match sheet at least once during the season (possibly as unused substitute)
• Italics indicate loan player

No.	Nationality	Name	Position	Joined First Team	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1		Nick Gillekens	GK	2015	Youth Squad
16		Kawin Thamsatchanan#	GK	2018	Muangthong United
21		Andreas Suederick¥	GK	NA, Youth Squad	Genk
26		Laurent Henkinet	GK	2017	Waasland-Beveren
34		Barry Boubacar Copa	GK	2017	Lokeren
Defenders
2		Dimitri Daeseleire	RB	2017	Antwerp
3	/	Derrick Tshimanga	LB	2017	Willem II
4		Kenneth Schuermans	CB	2017	Westerlo
5		Elliott Moore	CB	Loan	Leicester City
12		Clément Fabre	CB	2017	Tubize
15		Mamadou Diarra¥	CB	NA, Youth Squad	Youth Squad
18		Mamadou Bagayoko§	RB	2017	Sint-Truiden
22		Michael Caubergs¥	CB	NA, Youth Squad	Youth Squad
25		Jenthe Mertens¥	CB	2017	Youth Squad
27		Jordy Gillekens¥	CB	2017	Youth Squad
31		Benjamin Boulenger	LB	Loan	Charleroi
Midfielders
6		David Hubert	CM	2017	Gent
8	/	Flavien Le Postollec	CM	2014	Mons
10		Geert Berben§	CM	2017	Lommel United
11		Nikola Storm	LW / RW	Loan	Club Brugge
14	/	Thomas Azevedo§	LW / RW	2011	Lommel United
15		Kamal Sowah#	CM	Loan	Leicester City
17		Julien Gorius	CM	2017	Changchun Yatai
19		Samy Kehli#	AM	Loan	Lokeren
19		Godwin Odibo	CM	2017	Nath Boys
24		Jarno Libert¥	CM	2017	Youth Squad
28		Koen Persoons	CM	2017	Lokeren
29		Dico Jap Tjong¥	CM	NA, Youth Squad	Genk Youth
30		Joeri Dequevy#	RW	2018	Antwerp
33		Mathieu Maertens	CM/AM	2017	Cercle Brugge
Forwards
7	/	Yannick Aguemon	CF / LW / RW	2017	Union SG
9	//	Esteban Casagolda	CF	2016	Dender EH
18		Jo Gilis¥	CF	2018	Youth Squad
20		Simon Diedhiou	CF	2017	Gent
22		Daan Vekemans¥	CF	2018	Youth Squad
23		Jovan Kostovski	CF	2013	Vardar
32		Tony Watt§	CF	2017	Charlton Athletic

During the summer of 2017, OH Leuven was very active on the transfer market, although initially this was most noticeable on the outgoing side with the contracts of Nicolas Delporte, Nathan Durieux, Jonathan Kindermans and Fazlı Kocabaş not being prolonged and five loan players returning to their parent clubs: Nathan de Medina returned to Anderlecht, Siebe Horemans, Lucas Schoofs and Serge Tabekou all returned to Gent and Yannick Loemba returned to Oostende. No official news was released at the time about Jeroen Simaeys, who had suffered a serious injury early 2017, but he was no longer being presented as part of the squad in spite of having a running contract. Early 2018 it would become apparent that the injury had effectively ended Simaeys' professional football career and that he had found an agreement with the club to terminate his contract early.^[1] On top of this in May Belgian First Amateur Division team Heist announced the signing of defender Mehdi Bounou,^[2] while Kenneth Houdret moved to direct opponents Union SG.^[3] On the incoming side, OH Leuven announced mid May the dual signing of defenders Clément Fabre (from Tubize) and Kenneth Schuermans (from Westerlo), while also mentioning that goalkeeper Laurent Henkinet had extended his contract by three seasons until 2020.^[4] Early June saw two further departures, with first Soufiane El Banouhi following Kenneth Houdret to Union SG,^[5] followed by Romain Reynaud who moved to French fourth tier team Andrézieux-Bouthéon.^[6] Later that month three more players departed the squad as Pieter-Jan Monteyne moved to Roeselare,^[7] Pierre-Yves Ngawa was signed by Serie B team Avellino^[8] and Ben Yagan moved to the Belgian First Amateur Division to play for Dessel Sport,^[9] while on the incoming side OH Leuven strengthened the squad with four players: Geert Berben was seen as a promising youngster and picked up from relegated Lommel United,^[10] experienced French midfielder Julien Gorius was brought in for free from Chinese team Changchun Yatai^[10] and with Yannick Aguemon (from Union SG)^[11] and Nikola Storm (again on loan from Club Brugge),^[12] two fast wingers were added to the squad. Storm had already been on loan since the 2016–17 winter transfer window but the loan was extended for another season. In July, the team signed three Belgian players, young midfielder Mathieu Maertens was brought in from Cercle Brugge,^[13] while defenders Derrick Tshimanga (from Willem II)^[14] and Dimitri Daeseleire (from Antwerp)^[15] were brought in for their experience. Meanwhile, Simon Bracke and Cédric D'Ulivo left the team, respectively to Hasselt^[16] and Icelandic team FH.^[17] Traditionally, OH Leuven was very active in the month of August. As newly signed player Clément Fabre had suffered a serious injury near the end of July, which meant he would be unavailable for at least several months, two more defenders were brought in: Ivorian international Mamadou Bagayoko was signed from Sint-Truiden^[18] while English youth international Elliott Moore arrived on loan from Leicester City,^[19] with that transfer being arranged due to the fact that both OH Leuven and Leicester were now under ownership of King Power. Furthermore, experienced midfielder David Hubert was signed from Gent^[20] and the offensive department was reinforced with two foreign strikers, Scotsman Tony Watt from Charlton Athletic^[21] and Senegalese Simon Diedhiou from Gent.^[22] Four Belgian youngsters were sent out on loans to various teams playing in the 2017–18 Belgian First Amateur Division to get more playing time: Benjamin Bambi^[23] and Jordy Lokando^[24] were sent to Heist, striker Din Sula to Lommel^[25] and winger Leo Njengo to Dessel Sport.^[26] Finally, on transfer deadline day, three more players arrived: defender Benjamin Boulenger was loaned from Charleroi,^[27] 20 year old Nigerian winger Godwin Odibo was signed from Nath Boys Academy^[28] and experienced Belgian defender Koen Persoons was brought in from Lokeren.^[29] Although Ivorian international goalkeeper Copa had announced his retirement already a few weeks before, he arrived one day after the end of the transfer window on a free basis from Lokeren as an experienced backup and coach for Nick Gillekens, Laurent Henkinet and youngster Andreas Suederick.^[30]

During the 2017–18 winter transfer window, OH Leuven was much less active. Geert Berben^[31] had both not been receiving much playing time and was therefore loaned out to Oosterzonen Oosterwijk. Also loaned out was Thomas Azevedo,^[32] who was unhappy to be used only as a substitute and returned on loan to his former team Lommel. Finally, Mamadou Bagayoko, who had only been signed during the summer and did feature regularly in the team, was loaned out to Belgian First Division A team Mechelen where he was again reunited with Dennis van Wijk who was previously in charge at OH Leuven when Bagayoko joined the team.^[33] On the incoming side, despite already having four goalkeepers, the Thai owners behind Kind Power brought in Thailand national football team first goalkeeper Kawin Thamsatchanan from Muangthong United on a five-year deal.^[34] Furthermore, midfielder Samy Kehli was loaned from Lokeren,^[35] winger Joeri Dequevy arrived from Antwerp^[36] where he was deemed surplus and Ghanaian youngster Kamal Sowah became the second player on loan from Leicester City as he arrived on an 18-month deal until the summer of 2019.^[37] In February, Tony Watt was released after failing to make an impression.^[38]

Transfers In Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 19 May 2017 DF Clément Fabre Tubize Undisclosed [4] 19 May 2017 DF Kenneth Schuermans Westerlo Undisclosed [4] 13 June 2017 MF Geert Berben Lommel Undisclosed [10] 13 June 2017 MF Julien Gorius Changchun Yatai Free [10] 15 June 2017 MF Nikola Storm Club Brugge Loan Extended [12] 28 June 2017 W Yannick Aguemon Union SG Undisclosed [11] 12 July 2017 MF Mathieu Maertens Cercle Brugge Undisclosed [13] 14 July 2017 DF Derrick Tshimanga Willem II Free [14] 19 July 2017 DF Dimitri Daeseleire Antwerp Free [15] 13 August 2017 FW Tony Watt Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [21] 15 August 2017 DF Mamadou Bagayoko Sint-Truiden Undisclosed [18] 18 August 2017 MF David Hubert Gent Undisclosed [20] 18 August 2017 DF Elliott Moore Leicester City Loan [19] 24 August 2017 FW Simon Diedhiou Gent Undisclosed [22] 31 August 2017 DF Benjamin Boulenger Charleroi Loan [27] 31 August 2017 MF Godwin Odibo Nath Boys Academy Undisclosed [28] 31 August 2017 MF Koen Persoons Lokeren Undisclosed [29] 1 September 2017 GK Copa Lokeren Free [30] 10 January 2018 MF Samy Kehli Lokeren Loan [35] 10 January 2018 GK Kawin Thamsatchanan Muangthong United Undisclosed [34] 20 January 2018 MF Joeri Dequevy Antwerp Free [36] 31 January 2018 MF Kamal Sowah Leicester City Loan [37]

Transfers Out Date to Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 5 May 2017 MF Mehdi Bounou Heist Free [2] 15 May 2017 MF Kenneth Houdret Union SG Free [3] End of 2016–17 season DF Nicolas Delporte Free Agent Released End of 2016–17 season MF Nathan de Medina Anderlecht Loan Return End of 2016–17 season DF Nathan Durieux Free Agent Released End of 2016–17 season DF Siebe Horemans Gent Loan Return End of 2016–17 season MF Jonathan Kindermans Free Agent Released End of 2016–17 season DF Fazlı Kocabaş Free Agent Released End of 2016–17 season MF Yannick Loemba Oostende Loan Return End of 2016–17 season MF Lucas Schoofs Gent Loan Return End of 2016–17 season DF Jeroen Simaeys Free Agent Released [1] End of 2016–17 season MF Serge Tabekou Gent Loan Return 2 June 2017 DF Soufiane El Banouhi Union SG Undisclosed [5] 6 June 2017 DF Romain Reynaud Andrézieux-Bouthéon Free [6] 20 June 2017 DF Pieter-Jan Monteyne Roeselare Undisclosed [7] 26 June 2017 DF Pierre-Yves Ngawa Avellino Undisclosed [8] 28 June 2017 FW Ben Yagan Dessel Sport Free [9] 26 July 2017 MF Simon Bracke Hasselt Free [16] 31 July 2017 MF Cédric D'Ulivo FH Free [17] 3 August 2017 MF Jordy Lokando Heist Loan [24] 28 August 2017 FW Din Sula Lommel Loan [25] 30 August 2017 MF Benjamin Bambi Heist Loan [23] 31 August 2017 FW Leo Njengo Dessel Sport Loan [26] 23 January 2018 MF Geert Berben Oosterzonen Oosterwijk Loan [31] 30 January 2018 MF Thomas Azevedo Lommel Loan [32] 31 January 2018 DF Mamadou Bagayoko Mechelen Loan [33] 12 February 2018 FW Tony Watt Free Agent Released [38]

OHL's season in the Belgian First Division B began on 5 August 2017.

2017–18 Belgian First Division B
Match Details	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Lineup	Unused Subs	Bookings
Opening tournament
5 August 2017 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 4.321 Report	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2-2	Lierse	Henkinet Daeseleire, J. Gillekens, Schuermans, Mertens Aguemon (79' Azevedo), Gorius, Maertens, Storm Kostovski, Casagolda	N. Gillekens Bambi Berben Caubergs Libert Njengo	81' Mertens  89' Maertens
	39' Aguemon 52' Gorius	0-1 1-1 2-1 2-2	12' Bougrine 60' Boussaid
12 August 2017 17:00 Schiervelde Stadion Roeselare Attendance: 1.460 Report	Roeselare	3-1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Henkinet Daeseleire, J. Gillekens, Schuermans, Mertens Aguemon, Gorius (46' Azevedo), Maertens (78' Berben), Storm Kostovski (60' Libert), Casagolda	N. Gillekens Caubergs Njengo Sula	47' Daeseleire  73' Azevedo
	45+2' Brouwers 48' Samyn 72' Van Acker	1-0 2-0 3-0 3-1	77' Libert
19 August 2017 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 3.720 Report	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	7-1	Cercle Brugge	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Bagayoko (75' Mertens) Libert, Maertens, Azevedo (63' Hubert) Aguemon, Watt, Storm (78' Kostovski)	Suederick Berben Casagolda J. Gillekens	20' Bagayoko
	26' Storm 29' Aguemon 38' Maertens 53' Aguemon 65' Storm 80' Schuermans 90' (p) Aguemon	1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 4-1 5-1 6-1 7-1	60' Rodas
2 September 2017 17:00 Het Kuipje Westerlo Attendance: 2.500 Report	Westerlo	2-2	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Mertens (63' Boulenger) Maertens, Hubert, Aguemon Azevedo (60' Persoons), Watt (77' Diedhiou), Storm	Copa Casagolda J. Gillekens Libert	55' Schuermans  83'  90+2' Hubert
	3' De Ceulaer 15' Naessens	1-0 1-1 2-1 2-2	11' Azevedo 17' Watt
8 September 2017 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 3.000 Report	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2-0	Tubize	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Boulenger Aguemon (90+2' Libert), Maertens, Persoons, Storm (46' Azevedo) Diedhiou, Watt (85' Bagayoko)	Copa Berben Casagolda Mertens
	74' Moore 90+1' Aguemon	1-0 2-0
15 September 2017 20:30 King Baudouin Stadium Brussels Attendance: 1.600 Report	Union SG	0-0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Bagayoko Hubert, Maertens, Persoons Aguemon (73' Casagolda), Diedhiou (60' Tshimanga), Storm	Copa Boulenger Le Postollec Mertens Watt	53' N. Gillekens  83' Casagolda
24 September 2017 16:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 6.407 Report	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-1	Beerschot Wilrijk	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Bagayoko Hubert, Maertens (65' Casagolda), Persoons Aguemon (58' Azevedo), Diedhiou (75' Watt), Storm	Suederick Boulenger Le Postollec Mertens	41' Maertens  74' Schuermans  76' Moore
	90+6' Storm	0-1 1-1	62' Placca Fessou
30 September 2017 17:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 4.003 Report	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2-0	Roeselare	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Bagayoko (78' Tshimanga) Hubert, Maertens (65' Gorius), Persoons Azevedo, Casagolda (85' Diedhiou), Storm	Suederick Berben Boulenger Le Postollec
	14' Storm 89' Diedhiou	1-0 2-0
3 October 2017 20:30 Jan Breydel Stadium Bruges Attendance: 3.000 Report	Cercle Brugge	0-3	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Hubert, Maertens, Persoons Azevedo (66' Gorius), Casagolda, Aguemon (84' Diedhiou), Storm (88' Le Postollec)	Suederick Berben Boulenger Mertens	34' Tshimanga
		0-1 0-2 0-3	28' Moore 54' Casagolda 77' Maertens
8 October 2017 18:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 4.456 Report	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2-1	Westerlo	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga (54' Mertens) Hubert, Maertens, Persoons Azevedo (46' Aguemon), Casagolda, Storm (84' Diedhiou)	Henkinet Boulenger Gorius Le Postollec	61' Mertens
	63' Casagolda 89' Casagolda	1-0 1-1 2-1	79' Annys
13 October 2017 20:30 Stade Leburton Tubize Report	Tubize	1-2	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Boulenger, Schuermans, Moore, Bagayoko Hubert (35' Le Postollec), Maertens (59' Gorius), Persoons Aguemon, Casagolda, Storm (85' Libert)	Henkinet Azevedo Berben Diedhiou	82' Persoons
	54' Zenke	0-1 1-1 1-2	30' Casagolda 76' Aguemon
22 October 2017 20:30 Olympic Stadium Antwerp Report	Beerschot Wilrijk	2-2	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Libert, Maertens, Persoons Aguemon (46' Bagayoko), Casagolda (65' Diedhiou), Storm (85' Gorius)	Henkinet Azevedo Boulenger Kostovski	31' Aguemon  63' Persoons  90+1' Tshimanga
	13' François 83' Hoffer	1-0 1-1 1-2 2-2	54' Maertens 58' Casagolda
28 October 2017 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Report	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-0	Union SG	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga (27' Bagayoko) Libert, Maertens, Persoons Aguemon (70' Watt), Casagolda, Storm (86' Azevedo)	Henkinet Diedhiou Gorius Mertens	5' Daeseleire  8' Tshimanga  79' Schuermans  90' Maertens
	64' Schuermans	1-0
5 November 2017 16:00 Herman Vanderpoortenstadion Lier	Lierse	2-1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens (67' Henkinet) Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Bagayoko Hubert, Maertens, Persoons (84' Watt) Aguemon, Casagolda, Storm (66' Azevedo)	Boulenger Diedhiou Gorius Libert	68' Aguemon  71' Casagolda  72' Persoons  85' Moore  90+2' Watt
	64' Yagan 73' Yagan	0-1 1-1 2-1	51' Aguemon
Closing tournament
12 November 2017 18:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-1	Roeselare	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Gorius (61' Storm), Hubert, Persoons Maertens (84' Watt), Aguemon, Casagolda (86' Diedhiou), Aguemon	Boulenger Henkinet Libert Mertens	10' Gorius  20' Persoons  74' Storm  89' Watt
	8' Casagolda	1-0 1-1	78' (o.g.) N. Gillekens
18 November 2017 20:30 Olympic Stadium Antwerp	Beerschot Wilrijk	1-2	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga (90+2' Boulenger) Libert, Hubert, Maertens Aguemon (90' Bagayoko), Casagolda (77' Watt), Storm	Azevedo Gorius Henkinet Kostovski	51' Libert  71' Schuermans
	69' Hoffer	0-1 0-2 1-2	58' Aguemon 65' (p) Aguemon
25 November 2017 17:00 King Baudouin Stadium Brussels	Union SG	0-0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Libert, Hubert, Maertens Aguemon, Casagolda (74' Watt), Storm (80' Bagayoko)	Azevedo Boulenger Gorius Henkinet Kostovski	51' Schuermans  79' Tshimanga  90+4'  90+4' Aguemon
3 December 2017 16:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-1	Tubize	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Moore, Boulenger, Tshimanga Libert, Hubert (68' Persoons), Maertens Storm, Casagolda, Watt	Azevedo Bagayoko J. Gillekens Gorius Henkinet Kostovski	65' Watt
	34' (o.g.) Ba	1-0 1-1	59' (p) Stevance
9 December 2017 17:00 Het Kuipje Westerlo	Westerlo	1-0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Libert (46' Gorius), Persoons, Maertens Aguemon, Watt (73' Diedhiou), Storm (61' Casagolda)	Bagayoko Boulenger Henkinet Hubert	39' Watt
	19' Naessens	1-0
15 December 2017 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2-1	Lierse	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Hubert, Persoons (76' Libert), Maertens Aguemon (70' Azevedo), Casagolda, Storm (81' Bagayoko)	Boulenger Diedhiou Henkinet Watt	66' Aguemon  68' Tshimanga  88' Libert
	9' Casagolda 34' Persoons	1-0 2-0 2-1	90' Bourdin
5 January 2018 20:30 Jan Breydel Stadium Bruges	Cercle Brugge	1-0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Bagayoko (69' Boulenger) Hubert (56' Gorius), Persoons, Maertens Aguemon, Casagolda (56' Diedhiou), Storm	Azevedo Henkinet Libert Mertens	12' Daeseleire  75' Persoons
	64' (p) Cardona	1-0
14 January 2018 18:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	3-1	Union SG	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Persoons, Kehli, Maertens Aguemon (67' Hubert), Casagolda (81' Diedhiou), Storm (76' Azevedo)	Bagayoko Henkinet Gorius Mertens	84' Persoons
	18' Casagolda 26' Tshimanga 48' Storm	1-0 2-0 3-0 3-1	57' Fixelles
21 January 2018 18:00 Stade Leburton Tubize	Tubize	0-1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Daeseleire, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Kehli, Persoons, Maertens Aguemon (68' Diedhiou), Casagolda (81' Hubert), Storm (60' Dequevy)	Bagayoko Henkinet Gorius Mertens	38' Aguemon
		0-1	73' Casagolda
26 January 2018 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	0-1	Westerlo	N. Gillekens Daeseleire (60' Boulenger), Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Kehli, Persoons (74' Diedhiou), Maertens Aguemon, Casagolda, Storm (46' Dequevy)	Henkinet Gorius Hubert Mertens
		0-1	23' (o.g.) Daeseleire
2 February 2018 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2-2	Cercle Brugge	N. Gillekens Mertens (82' Kostovski), Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Dequevy (70' Storm), Persoons, Maertens, Kehli Casagolda, Diedhiou (60' Aguemon)	Henkinet Boulenger Gorius Hubert
	72' Kehli 90+5' (p) Aguemon	0-1 1-1 1-2 2-2	34' Cardona 77' Cardona
11 February 2018 16:00 Herman Vanderpoortenstadion Lier	Lierse	0-1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Mertens, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Dequevy (81' Boulenger), Persoons, Maertens, Aguemon (85' Storm) Casagolda (45' Gorius), Diedhiou	Thamsatchanan Hubert Kostovski Libert	39' N. Gillekens  79' Mertens  85' Aguemon
		0-1	41' Casagolda
17 February 2018 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-1	Beerschot Wilrijk	Thamsatchanan Libert, Schuermans, Boulenger, Tshimanga (66' Mertens) Gorius, Hubert, Kehli Dequevy (69' Vekemans), Diedhiou (73' Kostovski), Storm	N. Gillekens Daeseleire J. Gillekens Sowah	61' Dequevy
	87' Kostovski	0-1 1-1	69' Losada
25 February 2018 16:00 Schiervelde Stadion Roeselare	Roeselare	1-1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Thamsatchanan Libert, Schuermans, Boulenger Aguemon, Hubert, Persoons, Gorius, Storm (84' Tshimanga) Kehli (83' Kostovski), Diedhiou (65' Vekemans)	N. Gillekens Daeseleire J. Gillekens Mertens	53' Persoons  70' Hubert  84' Schuermans
	90+4' Lecomte	0-1 1-1	23' Storm

OHL qualified for the Europa League play-offs based on their league position in the 2017–18 Belgian First Division B.

Europa League play-offs
Match Details	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Lineup	Unused Subs	Bookings
Group A
1 April 2018 20:00 Regenboogstadion Waregem Attendance: 5.951	Zulte Waregem	2-2	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Thamsatchanan Libert, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Gorius (78' Hubert), Maertens, Persoons (77' Kostovski) Aguemon (83' Vekemans), Diedhiou, Storm	N. Gillekens Boulenger Gilis Mertens	14' Schuermans  57' Diedhiou  79' Maertens  90+2' Moore
	15' Harbaoui 69' De Pauw	1-0 1-1 2-1 2-2	35' Gorius 87' Kostovski
7 April 2018 20:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 3.375	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-2	Lierse	Thamsatchanan Mertens, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Gorius, Hubert (83' Vekemans), Maertens Dequevy (69' Aguemon), Casagolda (65' Kostovski), Storm	N. Gillekens Libert Persoons Sowah	34' Dequevy
	73' Kostovski	0-1 0-2 1-2	26' Laurent 71' Yagan
14 April 2018 20:00 Freethiel Stadion Beveren Attendance: 1.687	Waasland-Beveren	0-2	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Thamsatchanan Libert, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Gorius, Maertens, Persoons Dequevy (84' Sowah), Kostovski (66' Casagolda), Storm (74' Gilis)	N. Gillekens Aguemon Hubert Mertens	42' Kostovski  53' Tshimanga  82' Gilis
		0-1 0-2	23' Gorius 54' Storm
17 April 2018 20:30 Guldensporen Stadion Kortrijk Attendance: 3.100	Kortrijk	2-1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Thamsatchanan Libert (56' Gilis), Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Gorius, Maertens, Persoons (72' Kehli) Dequevy (56' Aguemon), Kostovski, Storm	N. Gillekens Casagolda Hubert Sowah	25' Maertens  37' Gorius  79' Tshimanga  90+2' Moore
	12' (p) Chevalier 38' (p) Chevalier	1-0 2-0 2-1	46' Kostovski
21 April 2018 18:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 3.605	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	3-1	Excel Mouscron	Thamsatchanan Libert, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Gorius, Maertens (65' Vekemans), Kehli Sowah, Kostovski (84' Gilis), Storm (56' Aguemon)	N. Gillekens Casagolda Hubert Mertens
	63' Aguemon 69' (p) Aguemon 72' Kehli	0-1 1-1 2-1 3-1	51' Mbombo
28 April 2018 20:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 3.557	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	0-0	Waasland-Beveren	Thamsatchanan Mertens, Schuermans, Libert, Tshimanga Gorius, Maertens, Kehli (62' Vekemans) Sowah (57' Storm), Kostovski (82' Casagolda), Aguemon	N. Gillekens Daeseleire Hubert Persoons	61' Storm  90' Mertens
5 May 2018 20:00 Herman Vanderpoortenstadion Lier Attendance: 2.600	Lierse	2-2	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Thamsatchanan Libert, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Gorius, Persoons (71' Vekemans), Kehli Dequevy (62' Maertens), Kostovski (71' Casagolda), Aguemon	N. Gillekens Daeseleire Hubert Storm	51' Dequevy
	12' Yagan 55' Bourdin	0-1 1-1 2-1 2-2	7' Aguemon 79' Schuermans
8 May 2018 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 3.574	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	0-2	Kortrijk	Thamsatchanan Daeseleire (62' Gilis), Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Hubert, Maertens (85' Dequevy), Vekemans Aguemon, Casagolda (58' Kostovski), Kehli	N. Gillekens Libert Persoons Sowah	45+1' Aguemon
		0-1 0-2	45+1' Kovačević 76' Perbet
11 May 2018 20:30 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium Leuven Attendance: 4.058	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1-2	Zulte Waregem	N. Gillekens Libert, Schuermans, Moore, Tshimanga Hubert, Gorius), Persoons (74' Vekemans) Gilis (69' Aguemon), Kostovski (80' Casagolda), Kehli	Thamsatchanan Daeseleire Dequevy Maertens
	31' Gorius	0-1 1-1 1-2	5' Coopman 82' Hämäläinen
18 May 2018 20:30 Stade Le Canonnier Mouscron	Excel Mouscron	5-0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Libert, Schuermans, Moore, Dequevy Hubert (46' Daeseleire), Gorius), Persoons Sowah, Kostovski (67' Casagolda), Kehli (46' Maertens)	Thamsatchanan Aguemon Gilis Vekemans	29' Schuermans  32' Hubert  43' Dequevy
	6' Mbombo 20' Spahiu 24' Amallah 42' C. Diedhiou 44' Mohamed	1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0

2017–18 Belgian Cup
Match Details	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Lineup	Cards
Round 5
27 August 2017 16:00 King Power at Den Dreef Stadium[nb 1] Leuven Attendance: 1.488 Report	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	8-0	Turnhout	N. Gillekens Daeseleire (46' Mertens), Moore, Schuermans, Bagayoko Maertens (46' Berben), Hubert, Aguemon Azevedo, Watt, Storm (58' Casagolda)
	5' Maertens 15' Storm 28' Storm 30' Watt 36' Azevedo 77' Mertens 79' Casagolda 90' Moore	1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 6-0 7-0 8-0
Round 6
19 September 2017 20:30 Stayen Sint-Truiden Report[permanent dead link‍]	Sint-Truiden	4-2 (a.e.t.)	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	N. Gillekens Boulenger, Moore, Schuermans, Tshimanga (55' Berben) Hubert, Persoons, Bagayoko Azevedo (69' Mertens), Diedhiou (90' Maertens), Storm	34'  87' Boulenger  37' Moore  52' Persoons  59'  65' Schuermans  52' Maertens
	4' Botaka 104' Goutas 107' Vetokele 112' Vetokele	1-0 1-1 2-1 2-2 3-2 4-2	56' Persoons 105+2' Storm

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	First Division B		Belgian Cup		Europa League play-offs		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Nick Gillekens	24	24	2	2	2	2	28	28
2	DF		Dimitri Daeseleire	23	23	1	1	2	1	26	25
3	DF		Derrick Tshimanga	19	16	1	1	9	9	29	26
4	DF		Kenneth Schuermans	27	27	2	2	10	10	39	39
5	DF		Elliott Moore	24	24	2	2	9	9	35	35
6	MF		David Hubert	19	16	2	2	5	4	26	22
7	MF		Yannick Aguemon	24	22	1	1	8	4	33	27
8	MF		Flavien Le Postollec	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW		Esteban Casagolda	23	20	1	0	7	2	31	22
11	MF		Nikola Storm	28	25	2	2	6	5	36	32
15	MF		Kamal Sowah	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	2
16	GK		Kawin Thamsatchanan	2	2	0	0	8	8	10	10
17	MF		Julien Gorius	12	5	0	0	9	9	21	14
18	FW		Jo Gilis	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	1
19	MF		Samy Kehli	6	6	0	0	7	6	13	12
20	FW		Simon Diedhiou	18	7	1	1	1	1	20	9
22	FW		Daan Vekemans	2	0	0	0	7	1	9	1
23	FW		Jovan Kostovski	6	2	0	0	10	7	16	9
24	MF		Jarno Libert	13	9	0	0	8	8	21	17
25	DF		Jenthe Mertens	8	5	2	0	2	2	12	7
26	GK		Laurent Henkinet	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
27	DF		Jordy Gillekens	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
28	MF		Koen Persoons	22	20	1	1	6	6	29	27
30	MF		Joeri Dequevy	5	3	0	0	6	5	11	8
31	DF		Benjamin Boulenger	10	5	1	1	0	0	11	6
32	FW		Tony Watt	11	5	1	1	0	0	12	6
33	MF		Mathieu Maertens	26	26	2	1	9	7	37	34
Players that have appeared this season, who are out on loan or have left OH Leuven
10	MF		Geert Berben (on loan at Oosterzonen Oosterwijk)	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF		Thomas Azevedo (on loan at Lommel)	13	5	2	2	0	0	15	7
18	DF		Mamadou Bagayoko (on loan at Mechelen)	13	7	2	2	0	0	15	9

Includes all competitive matches.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	First Division B	Belgian Cup	Europa League play-offs	Total
1	FW	7	Yannick Aguemon	10	0	3	13
2	FW	19	Esteban Casagolda	10	1	0	11
3	MF	11	Nikola Storm	6	3	1	10
4	MF	17	Julien Gorius	1	0	3	4
	FW	23	Jovan Kostovski	1	0	3	4
	MF	33	Mathieu Maertens	3	1	0	4
7	DF	4	Kenneth Schuermans	2	0	1	3
	DF	5	Elliott Moore	2	1	0	3
9	MF	14	Thomas Azevedo [A]	1	1	0	2
	MF	19	Samy Kehli	1	0	1	2
	MF	28	Koen Persoons	1	1	0	2
	FW	32	Tony Watt	1	1	0	2
13	DF	2	Derrick Tshimanga	1	0	0	1
	FW	20	Simon Diedhiou	1	0	0	1
	MF	24	Jarno Libert	1	0	0	1
	DF	25	Jenthe Mertens	0	1	0	1
Own Goals				1[B]	0	0	1
Total				43	10	12	65

Includes all competitive matches.

No.	Player	First Division B	Belgian Cup	Europa League play-offs	TOTAL
1	Nick Gillekens	7	1	0	8
16	Kawin Thamsatchanan	0	0	2	2
26	Laurent Henkinet	1	0	0	1

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