Signings Report 2023/24 — Jupiler Pro League

Executive Summary

171

Real signings

162

Evaluated

38%

Clubs' average hit rate

Successful

Unsuccessful

In total we identified 171 real signings by the clubs of Jupiler Pro League in the 2023/24 season — academy promotions, loan returns, internal moves and transfers that never went through are excluded. Of these, 162 are included in the hit-rate calculation; 9 are youth investments (under-23 with no game time), classified separately. Signings without relevant minutes in the season count as unsuccessful.

Club Ranking

	Club	League position	Signings	Evaluated	Successful	Fair	Unsuccessful	Hit rate %
1	AS Eupen	16º	7	7	4	3	0	79%
2	Club Brugge KV	3º	6	5	3	0	2	60%
3	KV Mechelen	5º	7	7	2	4	1	57%
4	Union St. Gilloise	1º	10	9	4	2	3	56%
5	KVC Westerlo	12º	8	8	2	3	3	44%
6	Standard Liege	13º	11	11	4	1	6	41%
7	Gent	4º	9	9	2	3	4	39%
8	Antwerp	8º	4	4	0	3	1	38%
9	Cercle Brugge	7º	5	4	1	1	2	38%
10	Anderlecht	2º	15	15	4	3	8	37%
11	Charleroi	10º	11	11	2	4	5	36%
12	RWDM	15º	29	27	7	3	17	32%
13	St. Truiden	9º	10	10	3	0	7	30%
14	Genk	6º	7	6	0	3	3	25%
15	OH Leuven	11º	11	9	1	2	6	22%
16	Kortrijk	14º	16	16	1	5	10	22%
17	Lommel United	17º	5	4	0	0	4	0%

The difference between Signings and Evaluated are youth investments (under-23 with no game time in the season), classified separately. Signings without relevant minutes are unsuccessful (Did not deliver).

Season Highlights

The ten signings with the greatest technical impact of the season, according to the Player Impact Score (PIS).

Player	Club	Pos	Min	G+A	Avg rating	Rating
Thiago	Club Brugge KV	F	2535	18+3	7.21	Excellent
Hayao Kawabe	Standard Liege	F	2725	7+9	7.14	Excellent
Kasper Dolberg	Anderlecht	F	2926	15+4	6.99	Excellent
Wilfried Kanga	Standard Liege	F	3130	12+3	7.02	Excellent
Mohamed El Amine Amoura	Union St. Gilloise	F	2213	18+4	7.08	Excellent
Daam Foulon	KV Mechelen	D	3334	3+4	7.14	Excellent
Thorgan Hazard	Anderlecht	M	1581	4+4	7.49	Excellent
Tsuyoshi Watanabe	Gent	D	3236	2+3	7.13	Excellent
Makhtar Gueye	RWDM	F	2560	11+2	6.90	Excellent
Félix Lemaréchal	Cercle Brugge	M	2228	2+6	7.06	Excellent

Methodology

Club assessment — the universe of signings

The report considers exclusively genuine signings for the first-team squad, identified by the player's effective incorporation into the group between seasons. Excluded from the universe are: academy promotions, loan returns, internal administrative moves and transfers recorded but never completed. The aim is to measure the quality of market decisions — and those alone.

Player Impact Score (PIS)

Each evaluated signing receives a score from 0 to 100 that combines four observable technical dimensions: individual performance (average match ratings over the season), output (goals, assists and decisive actions adjusted for game time), collective performance (starting status and correlation with the club's results) and availability (volume of matches, adjusted for interruptions). High-impact players with reduced game time are promoted through an alternative efficiency criterion.

Outcome classification

The rating tiers are: Excellent and Good (successful signings — a full point in the index), Fair (intermediate performance — half a point) and Below expectations / Did not deliver (unsuccessful signings). Two categories sit outside the calculation, for distinct reasons: Injury (a serious injury prevented a fair assessment) and Investment (an under-23 player with low game time — the return depends on development and cannot be counted for or against the club in this cycle). Signings that did not reach relevant game time in the season are classified as unsuccessful, reflecting the sporting cost of the decision.

A note on scope

This is SigningLab's public, simplified model, developed for transparent retrospective market assessment. SigningLab's commercial solutions for partner clubs use a substantially larger set of variables and dedicated predictive mechanisms, and are not fully reflected in this document.

Appendix — Signings by club

* Youth investment (under-23, no game time in the season) — outside the hit-rate calculation.

AS Eupen (7 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Victor Pálsson	35	3156	2	1	Good
Gabriel Słonina	33	2976	0	0	Good
Kevin Möhwald	22	1413	1	1	Good
Miloš Pantović	20	1300	2	2	Good
Alfreð Finnbogason	27	1125	1	3	Fair
Renaud Emond	12	701	2	0	Fair
Bartosz Bialek	6	432	1	0	Fair

Anderlecht (15 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Mats Rits	37	2936	0	1	Fair
Kasper Dolberg	39	2926	15	4	Excellent
Kasper Schmeichel	31	2745	0	0	Good
Ludwig Augustinsson	32	2524	0	4	Good
Thorgan Hazard	22	1581	4	4	Excellent
Thomas Delaney	24	1486	1	1	Fair
Louis Patris	31	1033	1	0	Did not deliver
Luis Vázquez	39	963	7	1	Fair
Maxime Dupé	20	630	0	0	Did not deliver
Federico Gattoni	18	538	0	0	Did not deliver
Alexis Flips	18	394	0	0	Did not deliver
Colin Coosemans	27	225	0	0	Did not deliver
Justin Lonwijk	3	46	0	0	Did not deliver
Robbie Ure	2	1	0	0	Did not deliver
Mads Juhl Kikkenborg	4	0	0	0	Did not deliver

Antwerp (4 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Owen Wijndal	32	2241	1	0	Fair
Chidera Ejuke	33	1857	4	4	Fair
Jacob Ondrejka	24	1102	5	0	Fair
Eliot Matazo	14	359	1	0	Did not deliver

Cercle Brugge (5 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Félix Lemaréchal	31	2228	2	6	Excellent
Flávio Nazinho	23	1161	1	0	Below expectations
Felipe Augusto	20	917	2	1	Fair
Kazeem Olaigbe	34	773	4	0	Below expectations
Maxime Delanghe *	40	0	0	0	Investment

Charleroi (11 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Vetle Winger Dragsnes	30	2310	3	3	Good
Žan Rogelj	35	2288	0	1	Below expectations
Oday Dabbagh	30	1899	5	3	Fair
Parfait Guiagon	30	1861	6	4	Good
Antoine Bernier	30	1167	5	1	Fair
Jeremy Petris	12	986	0	1	Fair
Etienne Camara	12	871	0	0	Below expectations
Youssuf Sylla	28	722	3	0	Did not deliver
Achraf Dari	9	616	3	0	Fair
Adrien Trebel	5	102	0	0	Did not deliver
Mitchy Ntelo	6	41	0	0	Did not deliver

Club Brugge KV (6 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Thiago	34	2535	18	3	Excellent
Hugo Vetlesen	37	2514	3	3	Excellent
Philip Zinckernagel	33	1605	7	5	Good
Michał Skóraś	37	1130	2	4	Below expectations
Nordin Jackers	38	800	0	0	Did not deliver
Josef Bursik *	11	0	0	0	Investment

Genk (7 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Joris Kayembe Ditu	34	2093	1	4	Fair
Zakaria El Ouahdi	28	1965	0	4	Fair
Alieu Fadera	29	1331	3	1	Fair
Andi Zeqiri	36	1053	7	0	Below expectations
Eduard Sobol	20	435	0	0	Did not deliver
Ken Nkuba *	14	70	0	0	Investment
Hendrik Van Crombrugge	37	0	0	0	Did not deliver

Gent (9 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Tsuyoshi Watanabe	36	3236	2	3	Excellent
Ismael Kandouss	37	2610	2	0	Fair
Archie Brown	33	2369	0	4	Good
Omri Gandelman	37	1710	11	5	Fair
Pieter Gerkens	41	1324	4	3	Fair
Stefan Mitrović	18	1102	2	0	Below expectations
Daniel Schmidt	20	810	0	0	Did not deliver
Noah Fadiga	29	488	0	1	Did not deliver
Daisuke Yokota	9	337	0	0	Did not deliver

KV Mechelen (7 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Daam Foulon	38	3334	3	4	Excellent
Lion Lauberbach	35	1881	5	0	Fair
Patrick Pflücke	36	1734	4	4	Good
Mory Konate	29	1598	2	0	Below expectations
Munashe Garananga	16	1293	0	0	Fair
Islam Slimani	14	828	3	4	Fair
Rafik Belghali	8	226	2	1	Fair

KVC Westerlo (8 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Serhiy Sydorchuk	31	2416	1	1	Fair
Emin Bayram	23	1983	1	2	Good
Matija Frigan	32	1440	5	0	Fair
Lucas Stassin	28	1324	9	2	Good
Haspolat Dogucan	31	1165	0	2	Below expectations
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh	16	733	0	1	Below expectations
Romeo Vermant	13	723	3	2	Fair
Koen Van Langendonck	8	90	0	0	Did not deliver

Kortrijk (16 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Abdoulaye Sissako	34	2389	0	1	Fair
Isaak Davies	34	2347	12	0	Good
Sheyi Ojo	33	1614	1	1	Below expectations
Marco Kana	21	1512	0	0	Below expectations
Lucas Pirard	33	1440	0	0	Did not deliver
Kristiyan Malinov	33	920	0	0	Did not deliver
Haruya Fujii	11	917	0	0	Fair
Mounaim El Idrissy	27	913	0	0	Did not deliver
Ryotaro Tsunoda	9	793	0	0	Fair
Kings Kangwa	12	672	0	2	Fair
Ryan Alebiosu	14	407	0	1	Below expectations
Thierry Ambrose	9	398	1	1	Fair
Alex Mighten	12	247	0	0	Did not deliver
Lars Montegnies	3	156	0	0	Did not deliver
Raul Opruț	6	88	0	0	Did not deliver
Lynnt Audoor	0	0	0	0	Did not deliver

Lommel United (5 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Rating
Dries Wouters	1	90	Did not deliver
Lucas Schoofs	1	90	Did not deliver
Jari De Busser	1	90	Did not deliver
Jhon Banguera *	1	0	Investment
Igor Vetokele	0	0	Did not deliver

OH Leuven (11 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Ezechiel Banzuzi	38	2407	2	0	Fair
Youssef Maziz	35	2288	7	7	Excellent
Florian Miguel	33	1789	1	0	Did not deliver
Jonatan Braut Brunes	34	1305	3	1	Fair
Maxence Prévot	35	1267	0	0	Did not deliver
Takahiro Akimoto	19	1153	0	1	Did not deliver
Franco Russo	13	857	1	0	Below expectations
Kento Misao	28	856	1	1	Did not deliver
Konan N'Dri	24	494	0	1	Did not deliver
Manuel Osifo *	3	0	0	0	Investment
Alexandro Calut *	0	0	0	0	Investment

RWDM (29 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Theo Defourny	35	2597	0	0	Below expectations
Makhtar Gueye	31	2560	11	2	Excellent
Pierre Dwomoh	29	2306	1	1	Good
Abner	32	1927	0	0	Did not deliver
Shuto Abe	34	1915	3	1	Good
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	26	1784	2	2	Good
Mickaël Biron	22	1735	6	1	Excellent
Xavier Mercier	33	1632	2	4	Good
Junior Marsoni Sambu Mansoni	21	1594	0	0	Below expectations
David Sousa	16	1224	1	0	Fair
Klaus	20	1185	0	1	Did not deliver
Carlos Alberto	16	1065	3	2	Good
Luis Segovia	13	1017	1	0	Fair
Moussa Sissako	19	976	0	0	Did not deliver
Jonathan Heris	11	790	0	2	Fair
Florian Le Joncour	11	789	0	0	Did not deliver
Youssouf Koné	10	562	0	0	Did not deliver
Guillaume Hubert	33	556	0	0	Did not deliver
Florent Da Silva	15	456	2	0	Below expectations
Philipe Sampaio	6	411	0	0	Did not deliver
Alexis De Sart	8	401	0	1	Did not deliver
Zakaria El Ouahdi	4	347	0	0	Below expectations
Niklo Dailly	16	297	0	0	Did not deliver
Matías Segovia	11	288	0	1	Did not deliver
Rikelmi	11	230	0	0	Did not deliver
Romildo *	9	179	1	0	Investment
Malcolm Ebiowei	9	155	0	1	Did not deliver
Théo Gécé	9	135	0	0	Did not deliver
Frederic Soelle Soelle *	9	61	0	0	Investment

St. Truiden (10 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Bruno Godeau	38	3250	0	0	Good
Rein Van Helden	36	3057	0	0	Good
Ryotaro Ito	38	2499	7	4	Excellent
Joel Chima Fujita	30	1074	1	2	Below expectations
Frederic Ananou	26	979	0	1	Did not deliver
Rihito Yamamoto	35	935	0	0	Did not deliver
Robert-Jan Vanwesemael	22	934	0	0	Did not deliver
Joselpho Barnes	39	625	1	1	Did not deliver
Adriano Bertaccini	17	495	4	1	Below expectations
Ryoya Ogawa	19	414	1	2	Did not deliver

Standard Liege (11 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Wilfried Kanga	36	3130	12	3	Excellent
Hayao Kawabe	36	2725	7	9	Excellent
Isaac Price	37	2326	1	2	Good
Moussa Djenepo	30	1685	1	0	Below expectations
Aiden O'Neill	24	1499	1	0	Below expectations
Kamal Sowah	32	1453	2	0	Below expectations
Kelvin Yeboah	15	1127	6	2	Good
Souleyman Doumbia	11	838	0	0	Fair
Jonathan Panzo	16	708	1	0	Did not deliver
Isaac Hayden	11	681	0	0	Did not deliver
Ziani Ilyes	1	0	0	0	Did not deliver

Union St. Gilloise (10 signings)

Player	Matches	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Rating
Charles Vanhoutte	38	3022	1	2	Excellent
Alessio Castro-Montes	34	2691	4	3	Excellent
Kevin Mac Allister	33	2358	1	0	Fair
Mohamed El Amine Amoura	33	2213	18	4	Excellent
Mathias Rasmussen	37	2000	2	3	Good
Noah Sadiki	36	1544	0	1	Below expectations
Henok Teklab	26	941	1	2	Below expectations
Kevin Rodriguez	20	497	3	2	Fair
Elton Kabangu	30	168	1	1	Did not deliver
Joachim Imbrechts *	22	20	0	0	Investment