KRC Genk Extends With Coach Fink: “Get Everyone On Board With His Enthusiasm”

First after regular season

In front of the Champions’ Playoffs in the Jupil Pro League, the KRC Genk has extended with coach Thorsten Fink. The Belgian top club had completed the regular playing time in first place in the table. The association did not say how long the new contract of the 57-year-old and his assistant Sebastian Hahn and Goran Contic.

From 35 games so far since July 2024, Fink has won an average of 2.23 points, making it the best yield for Genk in the past 20 years of coaches with more than one game. In the latest update of the Jupiler Pro League, the KRC was the second largest winner in terms of squad value and increased by 34 million euros.

“As a player and later as a trainer, I have been responsible for many clubs. Only in a few places I had the possibilities that I get here. The top sports culture in the KRC Genk in connection with the family character within the club are great for me to work there. The club is already a top club, but it burns with ambition. We are working hard to grow in the future. Participate, ”said Fink, who had previously worked at FC Ingolstadt and HSV, about his contract extension.

The technical director Dimitri de Condé said: “In football you have to be careful not to fall into emotions too quickly. Thorsten manages the perfect. He runs around with an enormously positive attitude from the first day without losing himself in the delusion of the day. (…) Fink knows very well where he wants to go with the team and get everyone on board with his enthusiasm.”