2020–21 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season

Oud-Heverlee Leuven
2020–21 season
Owner	King Power International Group
Chairman	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Marc Brys
Stadium	Den Dreef
Belgian First Division A	9th
Belgian Cup	Sixth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Thomas Henry (16); All: ; Thomas Henry (16)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

The 2020–21 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season is the club's 19th season in existence and its first season back in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, OH Leuven participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covers the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 January 2021[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	CZE	Václav Jemelka (on loan from Sigma Olomouc)
3	DF	BEL	Derrick Tshimanga
4	DF	BEL	Kenneth Schuermans
5	DF	BEL	Pierre-Yves Ngawa
6	MF	BEL	David Hubert
7	MF	BEN	Yannick Aguemon
8	MF	WAL	Andy King
9	FW	FRA	Thomas Henry
10	MF	FRA	Xavier Mercier
11	MF	BEL	Thibault Vlietinck (on loan from Club Brugge)
13	MF	JOR	Musa Al-Taamari
14	MF	GHA	Kamal Sowah (on loan from Leicester City)
15	DF	BFA	Dylan Ouédraogo
16	FW	BEL	Siebe Schrijvers
17	MF	FRA	Samy Kehli
18	DF	HUN	Barnabás Bese


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	FRA	Frédéric Duplus
20	MF	GHA	Isaac Asante
21	DF	CRO	Filip Benković (on loan from Leicester City)
22	MF	BEL	Olivier Myny
23	DF	GER	Sascha Kotysch
24	MF	BEL	Casper De Norre (on loan from Genk)
26	FW	BEL	Josh Eppiah (on loan from Leicester City)
28	DF	BEL	Toon Raemaekers
29	MF	BUL	Kristiyan Malinov
32	FW	BEL	Daan Vekemans
33	MF	BEL	Mathieu Maertens
38	GK	BEL	Oregan Ravet
39	FW	BEL	Arthur Allemeersch
45	FW	GHA	Jonah Osabutey (on loan from Werder Bremen)
90	GK	VEN	Rafael Romo
99	MF	CIV	Aboubakar Keita

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	BEL	Jo Gilis (at Lierse Kempenzonen until the end of the 2020–21 season)
27	FW	BEL	Jordy Gillekens (at Lierse Kempenzonen until the end of the 2020–21 season)
30	DF	SVN	Milan Tučić (at NK Bravo until the end of the 2020-21 season)
31	DF	BEL	Brent Laes (at Lierse Kempenzonen until the end of the 2020-21 season)

Transfers

Summer: In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
43	FW	Jérémy Perbet	R. Charleroi S.C.	Undisclosed	4 August 2020
21	GK	Daniel Iversen	Leicester City	Loan	11 August 2020
11	MF	Thibault Vlietinck	Club Brugge	Loan	12 August 2020
90	GK	Rafael Romo	Silkeborg IF	Free	18 August 2020
18	DF	Barnabas Bese	Le Havre AC	Free	19 August 2020
29	MF	Kristiyan Malinov	CSKA Sofia	400,000 €	19 August 2020
45	FW	Jonah Osabutey	Werder Bremen	Loan	9 September 2020
26	FW	Josh Eppiah	Leicester City	Loan	24 September 2020
2	DF	Václav Jemelka	Sigma Olomouc	Loan	5 October 2020
13	MF	Musa Al-Taamari	APOEL FC	1,000,000 €	5 October 2020
24	DF	Casper De Norre	Racing Genk	Loan	5 October 2020

Summer: Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
2	DF	Jan Van den Bergh	AA Gent	End of loan	30 June 2020
26	GK	Laurent Henkinet	Standard Liège	Free	1 July 2020
11	FW	Yannis Mbombo	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 2020
18	FW	Jo Gilis	Lierse Kempenzonen	Loan	22 July 2020
8	FW	Sam Hendriks	Go Ahead Eagles	Free	22 September 2020
16	GK	Darren Keet	Free agent	Released	29 October 2020

Winter: In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
8	MF	Andy King	Leicester City	Free	5 January 2021
21	DF	Filip Benkovic	Leicester City	Loan	12 January 2021
16	FW	Siebe Schrijvers	Club Brugge	2,000,000 €	15 January 2021

Winter: Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
31	DF	Brent Laes	Lierse Kempenzonen	Loan	21 December 2020
21	GK	Daniel Iversen	Leicester City	End of loan	7 January 2021
27	DF	Jordy Gillekens	Lierse Kempenzonen	Loan	11 January 2021
31	FW	Milan Tučić	NK Bravo	Loan	31 January 2021

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 July 2020 Friendly	OH Leuven	4–0	Bierbeek	Oud-Heverlee, Belgium
	Henry Perbet Raemaekers	Report

4 July 2020 Friendly	Club Brugge	4–1	OH Leuven	Knokke-Heist, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanaken Duplus (o.g.) Badji	Report	Vekemans	Stadium: Complex Molenhoek

11 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–2	OH Leuven	Liège, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti	Report	Duplus Allemeersch	Stadium: Academie Louis Dreyfus

18 July 2020 Friendly	OH Leuven	2–4	RWDM47	Machelen, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Myny Limbombe	Report	Dequevy N'Zuzi Rommens	Stadium: Gemeentelijk Stadion

18 July 2020 Friendly	OH Leuven	2–0	Zulte Waregem	Liège, Belgium
	Kotysch Henry	Report		Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

22 July 2020 Friendly	OH Leuven	2–1	Eupen	Leuven, Belgium
				Stadium: King Power Stadion

22 July 2020 Friendly

OH Leuven

3–5

Waasland-Beveren

Oud-Heverlee, Belgium

25 July 2020 Friendly	OH Leuven	3–0	KV Mechelen	Leuven, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: King Power Stadion

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	10 August 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1		25	10	6	9	40	41	−1	040.00
Belgian Cup	11 October 2020	3 February 2021	Fifth round	Sixth round	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Total					27	11	6	10	44	44	+0	040.74

Last updated: 3 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Beerschot	25	11	4	10	46	48	−2	37	Qualification for the Play-offs II
8	Oostende	25	10	6	9	36	33	+3	36	Qualification for the Play-offs II
9	OH Leuven	25	10	6	9	40	41	−1	36
10	Zulte Waregem	25	10	3	12	38	45	−7	33
11	Mechelen	25	9	6	10	38	42	−4	33

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 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
25	10	6	9	40	41	−1	36	6	2	5	16	17	−1	4	4	4	24	24	0

Last updated: 30 January 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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L
Position	12	12	15	9	7	10	7	6	7	6	8	7	7	7	5	4	6	5	7	4	7	4	7	8	9

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 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	OH Leuven	1–1	Eupen	Leuven
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kotysch 57' Myny 60'	Report	Nuhu 48', 72' Peeters 56'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

15 August 2020 2	Genk	1–1	OH Leuven	Genk
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wouters 7' Ito 55'	Report	Ngawa 59' Henry 85'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

22 August 2020 3	OH Leuven	1–3	Charleroi	Leuven
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mercier 34' Sowah 59'	Report	Dessoleil 6' Fall 49', 64' Gholizadeh 59' Ilaimaharitra 69' Rezaei 80' Busi 82' Hendrickx 90+2'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

29 August 2020 4	Waasland-Beveren	1–3	OH Leuven	Beveren
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vukotić 45' Efford 51' Caufriez 90+6'	Report	Malinov 23' Mercier 30' Kotysch 58' Henry 90'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

12 September 2020 5	OH Leuven	1–0	Standard Liège	Leuven
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kotysch 32' Sowah 77' Raemaekers 84'	Report	Oularé 13' Gavory 24' 60' Raskin 51'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

19 September 2020 6	Oostende	3–1	OH Leuven	Ostend
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Theate 2' Sakala 26', 50', 41' Gueye 32', 60' Bataille 46'	Report	Raemaekers 11' Vlietinck 45+1' Maertens 79'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Christof Dierick

26 September 2020 7	Gent	2–3	OH Leuven	Ghent
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dorsch 30', 71' (pen.) Depoitre 65' Kleindienst 74' (pen.)	Report	Sowah 41', 48' Maertens 44', 84' Hubert 85' Romo 90+6'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

3 October 2020 8	OH Leuven	2–1	Zulte Waregem	Leuven
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Henry 19' Sowah 63', 74'	Report	Berahino 70'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

18 October 2020 9	Anderlecht	2–2	OH Leuven	Anderlecht
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dimata 35' Verschaeren 38' Tau 45'	Report	Malinov 7' Duplus 53' Kotysch 59' Maertens 85'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

24 October 2020 10	OH Leuven	2–1	Club Brugge	Leuven
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Henry 21' (pen.) Malinov 30' Duplus 39' Mercier 57'	Report	Ricca 12' Sobol 19' Lang 45' (pen.), 55'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

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

23 November 2020 13	OH Leuven	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Leuven
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Malinov 42' Henry 45+2' (pen.) Eppiah 73'	Report	Nazon 27', 84', 28' Durkin 61' Cacace 90' García 90+2'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

30 November 2020 14	Antwerp	3–2	OH Leuven	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Batubinsika 5' Mbokani 8' Haroun 10' Juklerød 41' Hongla 57' Seck 88'	Report	Henry 12' (pen.), 88' Malinov 15' Sowah 17' Maertens 20' Hubert 30' Ngawa 38'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

5 December 2020 15	OH Leuven	2–1	Cercle Brugge	Leuven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sowah 10' Mercier 42' Henry 54' Maertens 78' Hubert 81'	Report	Kanouté 50' Taravel 81' Ugbo 90+1'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

8 December 2020 12	OH Leuven	2–0	Excel Mouscron	Leuven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ngawa 56' Henry 84'	Report	Olinga 29' Agouzoul 40' Onana 42' Bakić 77' Brym 87'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen

12 December 2020 16	Kortrijk	0–3	OH Leuven	Kortrijk
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Golubović 49' Hines-Ike 82'	Report	Henry 47', 64', 89' Kotysch 65'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

15 December 2020 18	Excel Mouscron	2–2	OH Leuven	Mouscron
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ciranni 29' Agouzoul 30' Koffi 54' Olinga 59' da Costa 71', 77' Tabekou 90+2'	Report	Sowah 30' Vlietinck 42' Hubert 55' (pen.) Vekemans 74'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

20 December 2020 17	OH Leuven	1–2	KV Mechelen	Leuven
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vlietinck 43' De Norre 54' Henry 61', 90+3'	Report	Vranckx 8' Mrabti 27' Hubert 31' (o.g.) Hairemans 83' Walsh 90+2' Engvall 90+3'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

26 December 2020 19	OH Leuven	1–2	Oostende	Leuven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Malinov 35' Ngawa 82'	Report	D'Arpino 29' Skúlason 37' Theate 59' Ngawa 72' (o.g.) Bataille 79'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

10 January 2021 20	OH Leuven	1–0	Anderlecht	Leuven
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Jemelka 51' Henry 87' (pen.)	Report	El Hadj 45' Colassin 90+4' Nmecha 90+5'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

17 January 2021 21	Sint-Truiden	3–1	OH Leuven	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Suzuki 10', 53', 50' Mboyo 39' García 78'	Report	Henry 25' Ngawa 37'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

21 January 2021 22	Zulte Waregem	2–3	OH Leuven	Waregem
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Armenakas 28' De Smet 42' Seck 83'	Report	Mercier 44', 90+5' (pen.) Henry 75'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

24 January 2021 23	OH Leuven	0–3	Gent	Leuven
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Henry 28' 79'	Report	Mohammadi 6' Kums 45', 50' Bukari 46', 54'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen

27 January 2021 24	Charleroi	1–1	OH Leuven	Charleroi
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gillet 46' Fall 49' Dessoleil 61'	Report	Sowah 12' Tshimanga 60' Malinov 64' Al-Taamari 90'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

30 January 2021 25	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

6 February 2021 26	Standard Liège	v	OH Leuven	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Belgian Cup

11 October 2020 Fifth round	Knokke FC	0–2	OH Leuven	Knokke
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martens 66'		Mercier 35' Duplus 76', 90' Myny 78'	Stadium: Burg. Graaf Leopold Lippens Park Referee: Simon Bourdeau'hui

3 February 2021 Sixth round	OH Leuven	2–3	Cercle Brugge	Leuven
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Maertens 3' Eppiah 17' Hubert 90+3'	Report	Hotić 1' (pen.) Marcelin 39', 81' Taravel 73' (pen.) Musaba 82'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 3 February 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Thomas Henry	16	0	16
2	10	MF	Xavier Mercier	6	1	7
2	14	MF	Kamal Sowah	7	0	7
3	33	MF	Mathieu Maertens	3	1	4
4	6	MF	David Hubert	1	1	2
	19	DF	Frédéric Duplus	1	1	2
	23	DF	Sascha Kotysch	2	0	2
5	5	DF	Pierre-Yves Ngawa	1	0	1
	11	FW	Thibault Vlietinck	1	0	1
	26	FW	Josh Eppiah	1	0	1
	29	MF	Kristiyan Malinov	1	0	1
Totals				39	4	43

Assists

As of 3 February 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Total
1	10	MF	Xavier Mercier	12	1	13
2	9	FW	Thomas Henry	2	1	3
	14	MF	Kamal Sowah	3	0	3
	24	MF	Casper De Norre	3	0	3
3	16	FW	Siebe Schrijvers	1	1	2
4	2	DF	Václav Jemelka	1	0	1
	11	MF	Thibault Vlietinck	1	0	1
	22	MF	Olivier Myny	1	0	1
	26	FW	Josh Eppiah	1	0	1
	29	MF	Kristiyan Malinov	1	0	1
Totals				26	3	29

References

"Team". OH Leuven. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
"Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
"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.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Team". OH Leuven. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[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.

2020–21 in Belgian football
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League competitions	First Division A First Division B National Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2020 Fall 2020 Winter 2020–21 Summer 2021
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2020 (Group B) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group E) Roberto Martínez
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