Editing K.R.C. Genk (section)

===K.R.C. Genk (1988–present)===
'''1990s and 2000s'''

The new club was named KRC Genk and as it kept the Winterslag ranking, it began in the first division but finished last. The next year Genk won the final round in 2nd division and then played 4 seasons in the [[Belgian First Division|first division]]. In 1995 the club hired [[Aimé Anthuenis]] a coach and Racing finished second and skipped the final round as two first division teams merged ([[R.F.C. Seraing (1904)|Seraing]] and Standard Liège). After an eighth place in 1997, the club had a good 1997–98 season with a cup win and a second place in the championship. In its first European season, Racing Genk eliminated successively [[KF Apolonia Fier|Apolonia Fier]] and [[MSV Duisburg]] but it lost to [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]] in the round of 16 after two draws (1–1 on aggregate) in the last [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] ever. The season was ended well as Genk won its first Belgian championship in May, with manager Aimé Anthuenis then moving to [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]].

Genk played in the [[UEFA Champions League]] in 1999–2000 but lost in the second qualifying round to [[NK Maribor|Maribor]]. The season was salvaged by winning the Belgian Cup again, this time to Standard, but Genk ended the championship in 9th place. It finished 11th in the following season and lost in the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] second round to [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] after a win against [[FC Zürich]]. After this poor spell, Genk won the championship once more in the 2001–02 season. In 2002–03, they reached the Champions League group stages for the first time in their history. Although they came 4th, they impressed fans with draws against [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] and [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]].

In the 2006–07 season, Genk finished second to Anderlecht. The Limburgians had been ahead almost the entire season but were pipped at the post by Anderlecht after losing at Germinal Beerschot. The 2007–08 season was a disaster, as Genk failed to finish in the top half of the division, ending in a disappointing tenth place.

Three bad seasons followed. Genk finished the 2007–08 season on 45 points and in 10th spot in the league: their worst result in seven years. The 2008–09 season was poor for Genk as well, finishing 8th in the league. The season ended on a positive note with them winning the [[Belgian Cup]], which gave them a ticket to the fourth Europa League qualifying round. The 2009–10 season started badly when they were knocked out of the Europa League by [[Lille OSC|Lille]]. Things did not go well in the domestic league either. Manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck was fired in December and was replaced by [[Franky Vercauteren]]. Genk finished 11th, but Vercauteren led the club to European football by beating derby rival [[Sint-Truidense V.V.|Sint-Truiden]] in the final of Play-offs II.

'''2010s'''

The 2010–11 season started well for KRC Genk when they beat [[FC Inter Turku|Inter Turku]] with 1–5 in Finland. They progressed to the 4th qualifying round of the Europa League and drew the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] club [[FC Porto|Porto]]. Genk lost both games against Porto, despite two good performances.

On 30 January 2010, KRC Genk announced that coach Franky Vercauteren signed a new contract that ran untl June 2013.

They only lost their first game of the season on the 20th matchday and started the Play-offs in second place. The club won the [[2010–11 Belgian Pro League]] after drawing 1–1 with title challengers [[Standard Liége]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news/01f1-0e78734e6e7c-69c017afc020-1000--genk-pip-standard-to-belgian-title/|title=Genk pip Standard to Belgian title by Berend Scholten on UEFA.com|date=17 May 2011|work=[[UEFA]]|access-date=18 May 2011|archive-date=3 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503053533/https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=bel/news/newsid=1632291.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
This was KRC Genk's third league win in its history and its supporters celebrated with a pitch invasion straight after the final whistle.

On 11 August, coach Frank Vercauteren confirmed he was leaving Genk and signed with [[Abu Dhabi]] club [[Al Jazira Club|Al-Jazira]]. In the 3rd Qualifying Round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League KRC Genk beat [[FK Partizan]] over two legs and drew [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] in the play-off Round. Maccabi Haifa beat Genk 2–1 in the first leg in Israel, while the second leg was won by Genk with the same 2–1 score in Belgium. During the penalty shoot-out, goalkeeper [[László Köteles]] helped Genk to qualify by saving two penalties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f4-0e794f0c1122-4eb806970cda-1000--koteles-shines-as-genk-defeat-haifa-on-penalties/|title=Köteles shines as Genk defeat Haifa on penalties|date=23 August 2011|publisher=UEFA|access-date=24 August 2011|archive-date=20 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920120426/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/matches/round=2000262/match=2007560/postmatch/report/index.html#koteles+shines+genk+defeat+haifa+penalties|url-status=live}}</ref> For the second time in its history, KRC Genk reached the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. They were drawn in Group E with [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] and [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]].

In late August 2011, [[Mario Been]] was announced as the new manager.
The Champions League campaign was one with ups and downs. Genk got a 1–1 result against both Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen and a goalless draw against Valencia. Away from home, Genk lost all three games.
The season in the Jupiler League was a difficult one, with Genk only just qualifying for the play-offs by finishing sixth in the regular competition. In the play-offs however, Genk started to play better and climbed up to third place. By finishing in third place, KRC Genk qualified for the third qualifying round of the [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]].

The 2012–13 season started well for Genk by qualifying for the Europa League group stage after beating [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] and [[FC Luzern]]. In this group stage KRC Genk performed very well and ultimately won the group without a single defeat. Genk finished first with three points more than [[FC Basel|Basel]] and by doing so, qualified for the next round where they faced [[VfB Stuttgart]]. It was the first time in the club's history that they played European football after Christmas.
Stuttgart got the better of Genk over the two games.
In the league, Genk qualified for the play-offs and performed well until the title was out of reach; fifth place was the result. Genk ended their season on a positive note by winning the Belgian Cup. They defeated [[Cercle Brugge K.S.V.|Cercle Brugge]] in the final, in front of 30,000 Genk fans.

In the 2016–2017 season, Genk participated in the [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]]; they started playing in the second qualifying round and [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round|qualified]] for the third qualifying round (on 21 July 2016)<ref name=Buducnost2>[[Budućnost Podgorica]]–Genk 2–0; [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2020141--buducnost-podgorica-vs-genk/ UEFA report.]</ref> and the play-off round (on 4 August 2016).<ref name=Cork2>[[Cork City F.C.|Cork]]–Genk 1–2; [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2020417--cork-vs-genk/ UEFA report.]</ref> They won their group with 3 home victories over [[Athletic Bilbao]], [[Rapid Wien]] and [[U.S. Sassuolo Calcio|Sassuolo]] and after defeating [[FC Astra Giurgiu|Astra Giurgiu]] (2–2 and 1–0) in the 2nd round they drew [[KAA Gent]] from the domestic [[Belgian Pro League]] with 2 confusing games Gent-Genk, Genk-Gent and an impressive 2–5 away victory. Even when Genk got beaten in the quarter final against [[Celta de Vigo]] (3–2 and 1–1), it was Genk's most successful European season.

Genk won the [[2018–19 Belgian First Division A]] for the fourth time in their history, hence they qualified for the [[2019–20 UEFA Champions League]] after an eight-year absence.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.voetbalnieuws.be/news/417329/krc-genk-kan-groep-des-doods-loten-in-champions-league|title=KRC Genk kan Groep des Doods loten in Champions League|work=voetbalnieuws.be|language=Dutch|date=28 May 2019|access-date=30 May 2019|archive-date=22 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722172026/https://www.voetbalnieuws.be/news/417329/krc-genk-kan-groep-des-doods-loten-in-champions-league|url-status=live}}</ref>

Genk started their [[2019–20 UEFA Champions League]] campaign with a poor 6–2 loss against Austrian club [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]]. In the second match they drew 0–0 against Napoli, and in the third match they lost 1–4 against Liverpool.