2019–20 K.R.C. Genk season

Genk
2019–20 season
Chairman	Peter Croonen
Head coach	Felice Mazzu
Stadium	Luminus Arena
Belgian First Division A	7th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Belgian Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Paul Onuachu (9); All: ; Paul Onuachu; Mbwana Samatta; (10 each)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was K.R.C. Genk's 32nd season in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgium football. It covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Genk competed in the Belgian First Division A, the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Players

Current squad

As of 3 September 2019^[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
1	GK	AUS	Danny Vukovic
2	DF	BEL	Casper de Norre
4	MF	BEL	Dries Wouters
5	DF	BRA	Neto Borges
6	DF	BEL	Sébastien Dewaest
7	FW	JPN	Junya Ito (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
8	MF	BEL	Bryan Heynen
10	FW	TAN	Mbwana Samatta
11	FW	GHA	Joseph Paintsil
14	FW	SWE	Benjamin Nygren
15	FW	NGA	Stephen Odey
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský
18	FW	NGA	Paul Onuachu
19	MF	POL	Jakub Piotrowski


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	FIN	Jere Uronen
23	MF	ROU	Ianis Hagi
25	MF	NOR	Sander Berge
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt
27	FW	BEL	Theo Bongonda
28	GK	BEL	Gaëtan Coucke
31	DF	DEN	Joakim Mæhle
33	DF	COL	Jhon Lucumí
35	DF	BEL	Shawn Adewoye
40	GK	BEL	Tobe Leysen
46	DF	COL	Carlos Cuesta
54	MF	ROU	Vladimir Screciu
77	MF	COD	Dieumerci Ndongala

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
16	FW	BEL	Dante Vanzeir (at KV Mechelen until 30 June 2020)
20	MF	CRO	Ivan Fiolić (at AEK Larnaca until 31 May 2020)
24	DF	MAR	Amine Khammas (at Lommel until 30 June 2020)
30	GK	BEL	Nordin Jackers (at Waasland-Beveren until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
91	FW	BEL	Adriano Bertaccini (at Deinze until 30 June 2020)
93	FW	BEL	Zinho Gano (at Antwerp until 30 June 2020)
—	DF	BEL	Rubin Seigers (at Beerschot until 30 June 2020)
—	MF	KOS	Edon Zhegrova (at Basel until 30 June 2020)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

29 June 2019 Friendly	Eendracht Termien	2–5	Genk	Genk, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Terrain 't Heke

6 July 2019 Friendly	Beringen	0–12	Genk	Beringen, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark De Motbemden

14 July 2019 Friendly	Genk	3–0	NK Lokomotiva	Swolgen, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Sporting Swolgen Tienray

21 July 2019 Friendly	Westerlo	2–1	Genk	Westerlo, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kuipje

10 January 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–1	Genk	Benidorm, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jakobs 59'		Bongonda 71'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor

10 January 2020 Friendly	Ferencváros	1–2	Genk	La Nucia, Spain
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lovrencsics 28'		Oyen 81' Odey 85'	Stadium: Estadio Camilo Cano

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	26 July 2019	7 March 2020	Matchday 1	7th	29	13	5	11	48	45	+3	044.83
Belgian Cup	24 September 2019	3 December 2019	Sixth round	Seventh round	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	050.00
Super Cup	20 July 2019		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
UEFA Champions League	17 September 2019	10 December 2019	Group stage	Group stage	6	0	1	5	5	20	−15	000.00
Total					38	15	7	16	62	68	−6	039.47

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Standard Liège	29	14	7	8	47	32	+15	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Mechelen	29	13	5	11	46	43	+3	44
7	Genk	29	13	5	11	45	42	+3	44
8	Anderlecht	29	11	10	8	45	29	+16	43
9	Zulte Waregem	29	10	6	13	41	49	−8	36

Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) 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
29	13	5	11	48	45	+3	44	8	1	5	21	18	+3	5	4	6	27	27	0

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
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	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	C
Position	5	8	10	8	6	6	9	7	6	7	6	7	8	9	9	8	8	6	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.^[4]

26 July 2019 1	Genk	2–1	Kortrijk	Genk
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nygren 50' Hagi 76'	Report	De Sart 13' Golubović 86'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts

3 August 2019 2	KV Mechelen	3–1	Genk	Mechelen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Togui 18' Engvall 54', 77' De Camargo 80'	Report	Samatta 45+4'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Referee: Bram Van Driessche

10 August 2019 3	Genk	0–2	Zulte Waregem	Genk
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Heynen 90+3'	Report	Bjørdal 6', 56' Bürki 65' Berahino 78'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Lothar D'hondt

17 August 2019 4	Waasland-Beveren	0–4	Genk	Beveren
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wiegel 52' Heymans 90+2'	Report	Paintsil 21' Samatta 53', 66', 86'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Referee: Kevin Van Damme

23 August 2019 5	Genk	1–0	Anderlecht	Genk
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Samatta 55'	Report	Kana 90+3'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Lawrence Visser

1 September 2019 6	Club Brugge	1–1	Genk	Bruges
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Deli 41' Okereke 45+1' Dennis 90+1'	Report	Piotrowski 21' Berge 56' Dewaest 67' Ndongala 79' Samatta 85'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Erik Lambrechts

13 September 2019 7	Charleroi	2–1	Genk	Charleroi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morioka 26' (pen.) Nicholson 29' Ilaimaharitra 51' Bruno 69' Dessoleil 73' Marinos 81' Busi 85' Rezaei 90+5'	Report	Onuachu 61' Dewaest 74'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nathan Verboomen

21 September 2019 8	Genk	3–1	Oostende	Genk
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hagi 7' Vargas 16' (o.g.) Onuachu 44' Hrošovský 86' Berge 90'	Report	Sylla 32', 75' Vandendriessche 82'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Bram Van Driessche

28 September 2019 9	Sint-Truiden	3–3	Genk	Sint-Truiden
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Janssens 25' García 35', 80' Botaka 47' Mmaee 59' De Smet 59' Boli 63', 87' Sousa 82'	Report	Bongonda 15' Hagi 48' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Mæhle 79'	Stadium: Stayen Referee: Lawrence Visser
Note: The match was abandoned in the final moments because of the behavior of the supporters of both teams.^[5] However, the result stood.^[6]

6 October 2019 10	Genk	2–1	Excel Mouscron	Genk
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Onuachu 75', 90+8' Heynen 90+3'	Report	Osabutey 49' Boya 54' De Medina 62'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Kevin Van Damme

19 October 2019 11	Standard Liège	1–0	Genk	Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cimirot 61' Oularé 83' Bastien 84'	Report	Dewaest 63'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Nicolas Laforge

26 October 2019 12	Genk	1–0	Cercle Brugge	Genk
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dewaest 8'	Report	Dekuyper 76' Donsah 81'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Bert Put

30 October 2019 13	Genk	2–2	Antwerp	Genk
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Samatta 69' Berge 90+6'	Report	Lamkel Zé 8', 45+1' Rodrigues 33' 82', 47' De Sart 63'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Wesley Alen

2 November 2019 14	Eupen	2–0	Genk	Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bolingi 20' Amat 23'	Report	Wouters 22'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Wesli De Cremer

10 November 2019 15	Genk	0–2	Gent	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuesta 53' Heynen 66' Dewaest 71'	Report	Depoitre 2' Jonathan David 47'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts

23 November 2019 16	Excel Mouscron	2–2	Genk	Mouscron
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Perica 2' De Medina 36' Antonov 65'	Report	Dewaest 20' Onuachu 54'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Referee: Wim Smet

30 November 2019 17	Genk	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Genk
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Samatta 9' Ito 76'	Report	Boli 17' Suzuki 40' Colombatto 55'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Bram Van Driessche

7 December 2019 18	Cercle Brugge	1–2	Genk	Bruges
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Somers 65' Dekuyper 86'	Report	Ito 34' Borges 45+7' Mæhle 57' Berge 70', 84'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Nathan Verboomen

14 December 2019 19	Genk	4–1	Waasland-Beveren	Genk
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bongonda 10' Onuachu 26' Lucumí 35', 87' Berge 70'	Report	Foulon 36' Vukotić 88' Koita 90+2'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts

22 December 2019 20	Anderlecht	2–0	Genk	Anderlecht
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vlap 54', 61'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Nicolas Laforge

26 December 2019 21	Genk	2–1	Eupen	Genk
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ito 12' Dewaest 37' Onuachu 60'	Report	Koch 5' Lazare 63', 81' Embaló 90+1'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 24,956 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

19 January 2020 22	Zulte Waregem	0–3	Genk	Waregem
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Thorstvedt 23' Mæhle 50' Ito 55' Bongonda 63', 70'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

25 January 2020 23	Gent	4–1	Genk	Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mohammadi 45' Bezus 52' Odjidja-Ofoe 88' Niangbo 90+4'	Report	Bongonda 16', 23'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts

1 February 2020 24	Genk	1–0	Charleroi	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hrošovský 39' Mæhle 59' Onuachu 81'	Report	Willems 14' Gholizadeh 43' Penneteau 63'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot

13 February 2020 25	Antwerp	1–1	Genk	Antwerp
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Juklerød 30' Mæhle 39' (o.g.) Buta 50'	Report	Onuachu 12' Wouters 86' Lucumí 88'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Jan Boterberg

16 February 2020 26	Genk	1–3	Standard Liège	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wouters 63' Dewaest 69', 84'	Report	Vanheusden 31' Laifis 34' Cimirot 37' Čop 42' Boljević 90+2'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Nicolas Laforge

21 February 2020 27	Kortrijk	0–1	Genk	Kortrijk
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van der Bruggen 54' Derijck 57' Tuta 90+4'	Report	Kouassi 19' Wouters 58', 80' Mæhle 76' Odey 90+3'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Wesley Alen

1 March 2020 28	Genk	1–2	Club Brugge	Genk
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ito 9' Wouters 62' Kouassi 72'	Report	De Ketelaere 3' Diatta 62' Mata 64' Álvarez 71' Rits 89' Sobol 90+4'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 24,956 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

7 March 2020 29	Oostende	2–4	Genk	Ostend
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verstraete 24' 45' Sakala 43' Marquet 76'	Report	Bongonda 45+4', 59' Onuachu 48' (pen.) Ito 67' Dæhli 70'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 5,532 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

15 March 2020 30	Genk	Cancelled	KV Mechelen	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena
Note: The match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Belgian Cup

24 September 2019 Sixth round	Ronse	0–3	Genk	Ronse
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieters 71'	Report	Odey 58' Heynen 72' (pen.) Onuachu 84'	Stadium: Orphale Cruckestadion Referee: Jan Boterberg

3 December 2019 Seventh round	Antwerp	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Juklerød 29' Haroun 40' Buta 64' Mbokani 72', 105' De Sart 96' Hoedt 99'	Report	Mæhle 4' Cuesta 70' Dewaest 76' Hoedt 80' (o.g.) Ndongala 83' Borges 89' Ito 105+1'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Lothar D'Hondt
	Penalties
	Refaelov Hoedt Buta Juklerød Mbokani		Samatta Berge Lucumí Ito Wouters

Belgian Super Cup

20 July 2019 Final	Genk	3–0	KV Mechelen	Genk
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dewaest 14', 60' Vanzeir 83' Nygren 88'		Schoofs 65' Engvall 66' Bijker 88' Van Cleemput 90+1'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 14,160 Referee: Lawrence Visser

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Template:2019–20 UEFA Champions League group tables

17 September 2019 1	Red Bull Salzburg	6–2	Genk	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haaland 2', 34', 45' Hwang 36' Szoboszlai 45+2', 62' Nissen 47' Bernède 50' Ulmer 66'	Report	Lucumí 40' Samatta 52', 83' Bongonda 58'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 29,520 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

2 October 2019 2	Genk	0–0	Napoli	Genk, Belgium
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Ito 50'	Report	Milik 65' Fabián 78'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 19,962 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

23 October 2019 3	Genk	1–4	Liverpool	Genk, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Odey 84', 88'	Report	Oxlade-Chamberlain 2', 57' Gomez 70' Mané 77' Salah 87'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 19,626 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

5 November 2019 4	Liverpool	2–1	Genk	Liverpool, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wijnaldum 14' Oxlade-Chamberlain 53'	Report	Lucumí 22' Samatta 40' De Norre 83'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 52,611 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

27 November 2019 5	Genk	1–4	Red Bull Salzburg	Genk, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Samatta 74', 85'	Report	Junuzović 21' Daka 43' Minamino 45' Kristensen 46' Hwang 69' Haaland 87'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 17,284 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

10 December 2019 6	Napoli	4–0	Genk	Naples, Italy
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Milik 3', 26', 38' (pen.) Mertens 74' (pen.) Mário Rui 80' Koulibaly 87'	Report	Vandevoordt 37' De Norre 74' Paintsil 89'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 22,265 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 7 March 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		Belgian Super Cup		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	AUS	Danny Vukovic	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt	7	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
28	GK	BEL	Gaëtan Coucke	23	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
30	GK	FRA	Thomas Didillon	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	BEL	Tobe Leysen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BEL	Casper de Norre	19	0	10+3	0	1+1	0	1	0	3	0
5	DF	BRA	Neto Borges	7	0	3+2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
6	DF	BEL	Sébastien Dewaest	31	5	24	3	2	0	1	2	4	0
21	DF	FIN	Jere Uronen	21	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
31	DF	DEN	Joakim Mæhle	33	1	23+2	0	2	1	0	0	6	0
33	DF	COL	Jhon Lucumí	29	2	21+1	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
35	DF	BEL	Shawn Adewoye	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	COL	Carlos Cuesta	27	0	20	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
Midfielders
4	MF	BEL	Dries Wouters	15	1	9+4	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	BEL	Bryan Heynen	20	2	11+3	1	1	1	1	0	3+1	0
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský	27	1	16+5	1	1	0	0	0	5	0
20	MF	NOR	Mats Møller Dæhli	3	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	BEL	Bryan Limbombe	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	CIV	Eboue Kouassi	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	NOR	Kristian Thorstvedt	8	1	5+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	JPN	Junya Ito	38	6	26+3	5	0+2	1	1	0	6	0
11	FW	GHA	Joseph Paintsil	23	1	10+8	1	1+1	0	0	0	2+1	0
14	FW	SWE	Benjamin Nygren	4	1	2	1	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
15	FW	NGA	Stephen Odey	13	2	1+10	0	1	1	0	0	0+1	1
18	FW	NGA	Paul Onuachu	28	10	17+5	9	1	1	0	0	2+3	0
27	FW	BEL	Theo Bongonda	29	5	15+7	5	0+1	0	0	0	2+4	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
10	FW	TAN	Mbwana Samatta	28	10	17+3	7	1	0	1	0	6	3
16	FW	BEL	Dante Vanzeir	1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	1	0	0
19	MF	POL	Jakub Piotrowski	8	0	4+2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	ROU	Ianis Hagi	19	3	6+8	3	0	0	0	0	1+4	0
25	MF	NOR	Sander Berge	31	1	22+1	1	1	0	1	0	6	0
29	FW	BEL	Manuel Benson	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
54	MF	ROU	Vladimir Screciu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	COD	Dieumerci Ndongala	17	0	5+6	0	2	0	0+1	0	1+2	0

References

^ "1ste ploeg" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk.
^ "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ Smith, Emma (2 April 2020). "Belgium's Pro League cancelled and Club Brugge set to be declared champions due to coronavirus". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
^ Saint-Trond/Genk arrêté à 3-3 en raison du comportement des supporters
^ Saint-Trond Genk ne sera pas rejoué, le score de 3-3 reste acquis

External links

Official website

[1] "1ste ploeg" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk.

[2] "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[3] Smith, Emma (2 April 2020). "Belgium's Pro League cancelled and Club Brugge set to be declared champions due to coronavirus". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[4] "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

[5] Saint-Trond/Genk arrêté à 3-3 en raison du comportement des supporters

[6] Saint-Trond Genk ne sera pas rejoué, le score de 3-3 reste acquis

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