The Charleroi Gazette
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Severin Nioule runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 42. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match26 Aug 2026
Charleroi march on in the cup
Sint-Truiden are out and Charleroi go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Mohamed Koné asks to leave Charleroi
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Charleroi
Parfait Guiagon was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Hugo Mallo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Charleroi supporters have found a favourite in Severin Nioule
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Severin Nioule has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match29 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Charleroi against Westerlo
0‑1 to Westerlo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Oscar Latteur out for 29 days
The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Oscar Latteur, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Cheick Keita gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market The Jakob Napoleon Romsaas conversation is coming
- Player ratings Filip Szymczak was the difference for Charleroi
- Player ratings Ortega Gisa spends the afternoon fouling