2020–21 K Beerschot VA season

The 2020–21 K Beerschot VA season is the club's eighth season in existence and its first season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Beerschot are participating in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covers the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

K Beerschot VA

2020–21 season
Chairman	Francis Vrancken
Manager	William Still (from 19 January 2021) Hernán Losada (until 18 January 2021)
Stadium	Olympisch Stadion
Belgian First Division A	8th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: Raphael Holzhauser (11) All: Raphael Holzhauser (11)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 7 February 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 August 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BEL Jan Van den Bergh 3 DF  UKR Denis Prychynenko 5 MF  BEL Joren Dom 6 DF  BEL Ayrton Mboko 8 MF  AUT Raphael Holzhauser 9 FW  CMR Marius Noubissi 10 MF  BEL Alexander Maes 11 FW  TOG Euloge Placca 13 FW  CGO Prince Ibara 15 DF  FRA Pierre Bourdin 16 MF  BEL Tom Pietermaat 17 MF  BEL Brian De Keersmaecker

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  BEL Ryan Sanusi 24 DF  KAZ Yan Vorogovskiy 26 MF  BEL Loris Brogno 27 DF  ALG Réda Halaïmia 31 GK  BEL Mike Vanhamel 34 FW  MAR Tarik Tissoudali 44 DF  BEL Frédéric Frans 72 GK  BEL Antoine Lejoly 77 MF  BEL Jorn Vancamp 89 DF  BEL Grégory Grisez 99 FW  BRA Felipe Micael DF  BEL Dario Van den Buijs DF  FRA Baptiste Aloé

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

8 July 2020 Friendly	Club Brugge	1–1	Beerschot	Knokke-Heist, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complex Molenhoek

18 July 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Beerschot	Geel, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Leunen

26 July 2020 Friendly	Beerschot	1–1	Patro Eisden	Hoboken, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion De Visputten

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	10 August 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1	26	11	4	11	47	50	−3	042.31
Belgian Cup	2 February 2021		Sixth round	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Total				27	12	4	11	52	50	+2	044.44

Last updated: 7 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Standard Liège	26	10	9	7	37	30	+7	39	Qualification for the Play-offs II
7	Charleroi	26	11	5	10	39	35	+4	38
8	Beerschot	26	11	4	11	47	50	−3	37
9	OH Leuven	26	10	7	9	41	42	−1	37
10	Mechelen	26	10	6	10	39	42	−3	36

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	4	11	47	50	−3	37	6	3	4	26	22	+4	5	1	7	21	28	−7

Last updated: 7 February 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L
Position	2	1	1	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	6	7	7	7	10	10	9	9	7	8

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[3]

10 August 2020 1	Oostende	1–2	Beerschot	Ostend
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tanghe  19' Gueye  22' Vandendriessche  63' Kvasina  72'	Report	Noubissi  1', 74' Prychynenko  60' Van den Buijs  83'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

16 August 2020 2	Beerschot	3–1	Zulte Waregem	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali  32' Sanusi  56' Pietermaat  67' Holzhauser  68', 87' Eleke  90+2'	Report	Berahino  57' Srarfi  64' Govea  67'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

23 August 2020 3	Club Brugge	0–1	Beerschot	Bruges
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balanta  76'	Report	Holzhauser  28'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

30 August 2020 4	Beerschot	0–3	Standard Liège	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanusi  26' Vorogovskiy  80' Holzhauser  82'	Report	Avenatti  32' Fai  73' Lestienne  76' Oularé  83'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

14 September 2020 5	Beerschot	5–2	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Holzhauser  12', 63' (pen.) Bourdin  49' Vorogovskiy  85' Noubissi  90'	Report	Onuachu  19' (pen.) Cuesta  58'  59' Bongonda  68' Lucumí  74' Dessers  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Frederik Geldhof

18 September 2020 6	Charleroi	3–1	Beerschot	Charleroi
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rezaei  29', 87' (pen.) Gholizadeh  55'	Report	Sanusi  54' Suzuki  90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 4,706 Referee: Kevin van Damme

26 September 2020 7	Beerschot	3–2	Waasland-Beveren	Antwerp
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali  42' Noubissi  64' Suzuki  79' Brogno  90+6'	Report	Efford  11' Heymans  14' Bertone  82' Schryvers  90+7'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

4 October 2020 8	Gent	5–1	Beerschot	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yaremchuk  12', 15' Depoitre  29', 61' Marreh  51' Samoise  79'	Report	Dom  78' Coulibaly  90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 7,995 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

17 October 2020 9	Beerschot	6–3	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Jan Boterberg

25 October 2020 10	Antwerp	3–2	Beerschot	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Refaelov  7' Juklerød  15' Hongla  34' Gerkens  37' Mbokani  74' Haroun  78' Buta  81'	Report	Suzuki  25', 73' Frans  27' Sanyang  86'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

31 October 2020 11	Beerschot	4–2	OH Leuven	Antwerp
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Tissoudali  21' Suzuki  25' Pietermaat  32' Coulibaly  45' Van den Bergh  56' Sanusi  62' Holzhauser  65' Dom  74' Bourdin  79'	Report	Mercier  16' Henry  82' (pen.) Jemelka  87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

7 November 2020 12	Kortrijk	5–5	Beerschot	Kortrijk
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Jonckheere  1' Selemani  8' Mboyo  57' (pen.) Gueye  68' Sainsbury  84',  90+4' De Sart  87'	Report	Vorogovskiy  28' Bourdin  39', 74' Sanusi  43' Holzhauser  49' (pen.) Tissoudali  50' Frans  88'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

22 November 2020 13	Beerschot	2–1	Anderlecht	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly  29' Frans  42' Holzhauser  50' Tissoudali  70'	Report	Lawrence  21' Žulj  60' Nmecha  87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

29 November 2020 14	KV Mechelen	2–3	Beerschot	Mechelen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frans  21' (o.g.) Vanlerberghe  39' Mboko  44' (o.g.) Vranckx  60' Storm  67' Hairemans  68' Schoofs  74'	Report	Tissoudali  13' Coulibaly  18',  80' Pietermaat  42' Van den Bergh  69'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

6 December 2020 15	Beerschot	0–1	Eupen	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mboko  40' Vorogovskiy  40' Bourdin  86'	Report	Agbadou  35' Ngoy  54' Schouterden  61'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

12 December 2020 16	Excel Mouscron	3–1	Beerschot	Mouscron
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0

27 December 2020 18	Anderlecht	2–0	Beerschot	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha  32' Mukairu  71'	Report		Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

30 December 2020 19	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Beerschot	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Suzuki  41' Konaté  73' Buatu  75' Cacace  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

10 January 2021 30	Beerschot	1–1	Gent	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Holzhauser 8' Coulibaly  23' Frans  42' Suzuki  49' Vorogovskiy  90' Van den Bergh  90+1'	Report	Bolat  8' Kums  43' (pen.) Marreh  87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

13 January 2021 17	Beerschot	1–1	Cercle Brugge	Antwerp
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vorogovskiy  14' Suzuki  22' Sanusi  89'	Report	Hazard  57' Musaba  89'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

17 January 2021 20	Beerschot	0–3	Club Brugge	Antwerp
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Buijs  43' Coulibaly  66' Van den Bergh  67'	Report	Dost  15' Kossounou  19' Sobol  48' Lang  82',  83'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

20 January 2021 21	Eupen	3–1	Beerschot	Eupen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0

24 January 2021 22	Zulte Waregem	0–3	Beerschot	Waregem
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Van den Bergh  54' Dom  75' Prychynenko  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

27 January 2021 23	Beerschot	0–0	Kortrijk	Antwerp
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

30 January 2021 24	OH Leuven	0–1	Beerschot	Leuven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sowah  34' Henry  48' Schrijvers  90+3'	Report	Pietermaat  41' Prychynenko  72' Tissoudali  74'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

7 February 2021 25	Beerschot	1–2	Antwerp	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pietermaat  20' Van den Bergh  39' Sanyang  69' Bourdin  77' Frans  89'	Report	De Laet  71' Lamkel Zé  84',  85' Gerkens  87' Refaelov  90+3'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

14 February 2021 26	Beerschot	v	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0

Belgian Cup

2 February 2021 Sixth round	Dessel	0–5	Beerschot	Dessel
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Armand Melisstadion
Note: On 17 January 2021, Dessel forfeited the match against Beerschot which progressed automatically to the seventh round.[4]

11 February 2021 Seventh round	Beerschot	v	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated 22 November 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Wouter Biebauw	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Mike Vanhamel	13	0	13	0	0	0
72	GK		Antoine Lejoly	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Jan Van den Bergh	8	0	7+1	0	0	0
3	DF		Denis Prychynenko	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
4	DF		Frédéric Frans	12	1	12	1	0	0
6	DF		Dario Van den Buijs	10	0	3+7	0	0	0
15	DF		Pierre Bourdin	12	3	9+3	3	0	0
24	DF		Yan Vorogovskiy	9	1	8+1	1	0	0
27	DF		Réda Halaïmia	8	0	5+3	0	0	0
79	DF		Ayrton Mboko	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	DF		Grégory Grisez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Joren Dom	13	0	13	0	0	0
8	MF		Raphael Holzhauser	13	10	13	10	0	0
16	MF		Tom Pietermaat	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
18	MF		Ryan Sanusi	13	1	13	1	0	0
19	MF		Keres Masangu	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Abdoulie Sanyang	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
28	MF		Ismaila Coulibaly	6	3	6	3	0	0
36	MF		Senne Ceulemans	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Isaac Matondo Kwanzambi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Blessing Eleke	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
9	FW		Marius Noubissi	9	3	7+2	3	0	0
10	FW		Musashi Suzuki	9	5	6+3	5	0	0
34	FW		Tarik Tissoudali	13	6	12+1	6	0	0
38	FW		David Mukuna-Trouet	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
92	FW		Loris Brogno	4	2	1+3	2	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

Goalscorers

As of 17 January 2021[5]

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Total
1	8	MF		Raphael Holzhauser	11	0	11
2	34	FW		Tarik Tissoudali	8	0	8
3	10	FW		Musashi Suzuki	6	0	6
4	28	MF		Ismaila Coulibaly	5	0	5
5	15	DF		Pierre Bourdin	3	0	3
6	9	FW		Marius Noubissi	2	0	2
	92	FW		Loris Brogno	2	0	2
8	2	DF		Jan Van den Bergh	1	0	1
	4	DF		Frédéric Frans	1	0	1
	18	MF		Ryan Sanusi	1	0	1
	24	MF		Yan Vorogovskiy	1	0	1
Totals					41	0	41

References

2. "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
3. "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
4. "Dessel Sport laat bekermatch tegen Beerschot schieten" [Dessel Sport forfeits cup tie with Beerschot]. sporza.be. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
5. "2020-2021 Beerschot Wilrijk Stats". FBref. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

External links

• Official website