2020–21 K.A.A. Gent season

K.A.A. Gent
2020–21 season
Chairman	Ivan De Witte
Managing director	Michel Louwagie
Manager	Jess Thorup; (until 20 August); László Bölöni; (from 20 August until 14 September); Wim De Decker; (from 14 September until 3 December); Hein Vanhaezebrouck; (from 4 December)
Stadium	Ghelamco Arena
Belgian First Division A	7th
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Roman Yaremchuk (20); All: ; Roman Yaremchuk (23)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 May 2021.

The 2020–21 K.A.A. Gent season was the club's 118th season in existence and the 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Gent participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 27 February 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
1	GK	TUR	Sinan Bolat
5	DF	CMR	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
6	MF	FRA	Elisha Owusu
7	FW	UKR	Roman Yaremchuk
8	MF	BEL	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (captain)
9	MF	UKR	Roman Bezus
10	MF	GEO	Giorgi Chakvetadze
11	FW	CIV	Anderson Niangbo
12	MF	BEL	Alexandre De Bruyn
14	DF	BEL	Alessio Castro-Montes
15	DF	IRN	Milad Mohammadi
18	FW	BEL	Dylan Mbayo
20	FW	GHA	Osman Bukari
21	DF	NOR	Andreas Hanche-Olsen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	GAM	Sulayman Marreh
23	FW	ISR	Yonas Malede
24	MF	BEL	Sven Kums (vice-captain)
25	DF	ANG	Núrio Fortuna
26	GK	BEL	Colin Coosemans
27	MF	BEL	Mathéo Parmentier
28	MF	BEL	Wouter George
29	FW	BEL	Laurent Depoitre
30	MF	GER	Niklas Dorsch
31	DF	BEL	Bruno Godeau
32	DF	UKR	Ihor Plastun
33	GK	BEL	Davy Roef
36	DF	BEL	Dino Arslanagić
—	FW	MAR	Tarik Tissoudali

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	COD	Jordan Botaka (at R. Charleroi S.C.)
13	FW	GEO	Giorgi Kvilitaia (at Anorthosis Famagusta FC)
19	MF	BEL	Brecht Dejaegere (at Toulouse FC)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	CRO	Franko Andrijašević (at HNK Rijeka)
–	MF	SWE	Eric Smith (at FC St. Pauli)
34	FW	GER	Tim Kleindienst (at 1. FC Heidenheim)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
16	FW	Jonathan David	Lille	€30,000,000	11 August 2020	^[2]
1	GK	Thomas Kaminski	Blackburn Rovers	€500,000	26 August 2020	^[3]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 July 2020 Friendly	Club Brugge	2–3	Gent	Knokke-Heist, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Complex Molenhoek

21 July 2020 Friendly	Lens	1–1	Gent	Billy-Montigny, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sotoca 18' (pen.)		Botaka 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre

22 July 2020 Friendly	Gent	2–3	Lyon	Ghent, Belgium
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Niangbo 34' Plastun 37' De Bruyn 74' (pen.)	Report	Toko Ekambi 21' Traoré 42' Bard 49'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

28 July 2020 Friendly	Gent	3–0	Metz	Ghent, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yaremchuk 13', 21' Plastun 64'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

1 August 2020 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	2–1	Gent	Waregem, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berahino 1' Vossen 6' Srarfi 31'	Report	Yaremchuk 53' Odjidja-Ofoe 66'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion

5 August 2020 Friendly	Gent	2–1	RFC Seraing	Ghent, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mahour 78' Parmentier 88'	Report	Mikautadze 44'	Stadium: PGB-Stadion

3 September 2020 Friendly	AZ	1–1	Gent	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sugawara 76'	Report	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 51'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Hardeman

22 March 2021 Friendly	Gent	0–0	Anderlecht	Ghent, Belgium
12:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: PGB-Stadion

26 March 2021 Friendly	Oostende	1–4	Gent	Ostend, Belgium
11:30 CET (UTC+1)	10' (o.g.)	Report	Bezus 29' (pen.) Tanghe 31' (o.g.) Malede 72' Tissoudali 76'	Stadium: Versluys Arena

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	9 August 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	7th	40	18	8	14	68	48	+20	045.00
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021	3 March 2021	Sixth round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	066.67
UEFA Champions League	15 September 2020	29 September 2020	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	033.33
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020	10 December 2020	Group stage	Group stage	6	0	0	6	4	15	−11	000.00
Total					52	21	8	23	83	71	+12	040.38

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Oostende^[a]	34	15	8	11	49	41	+8	53	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Standard Liège	34	13	11	10	52	41	+11	50
7	Gent	34	14	7	13	55	42	+13	49
8	Mechelen	34	13	9	12	54	54	0	48
9	Beerschot	34	14	5	15	58	64	−6	47

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.^[7]
Notes:

^ On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.^[4] Both Exel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.^[5]^[6]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	7	13	55	42	+13	49	8	3	6	29	21	+8	6	4	7	26	21	+5

Last updated: 18 April 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round[edit]

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W
Position1	13	16	18	14	16	13	15	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	13	12	10	8	9	11	13	13	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	9	7

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

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

9 August 2020 1	Sint-Truiden	2–1	Gent	Sint-Truiden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suzuki 2' Colombatto 31' Colidio 60', 90'	Report	Bezus 30' Plastun 43' Owusu 67'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

15 August 2020 2	Gent	1–2	Kortrijk	Ghent
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Plastun 59'	Report	Moffi 22' Makarenko 45+1' Van der Bruggen 83'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

22 August 2020 3	Antwerp	1–0	Gent	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbokani 17' Batubinsika 45' De Pauw 60'	Report	Kums 53'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

30 August 2020 4	Gent	1–0	KV Mechelen	Ghent
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Niangbo 36' Chakvetadze 56' Castro-Montes 90+4'	Report	Schoofs 59'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

11 September 2020 5	Eupen	2–1	Gent	Eupen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Prevljak 35' Cools 53', 84' Adriano 71' Amat 78'	Report	Kums 63', 75' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 73' Botaka 76' Arslanagić 88'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

19 September 2020 6	Excel Mouscron	0–1	Gent	Mouscron
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Agouzoul 24' Ciranni 81' Nlandu 85'	Report	Dorsch 14'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 900 Referee: Bert Put

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

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	Cercle Brugge	5–2	Gent	Bruges
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Kanouté 4' Hotić 31' (pen.) Ugbo 57', 78' Marcelin 82'	Report	Hanche-Olsen 14' Yaremchuk 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

26 October 2020 10	Gent	1–2	Genk	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Castro-Montes 24' Kleindienst 73'	Report	Bongonda 40' Muñoz 58' Uronen 65' Hrošovský 84'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

1 November 2020 11	Waasland-Beveren	1–4	Gent	Beveren
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Vukčević 21' Wiegel 27' Vukotić 28' Sinani 51' Gamboa 53'	Report	Dorsch 28' Yaremchuk 29', 37', 44'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

8 November 2020 12	Gent	1–1	Anderlecht	Ghent
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Dorsch 32' Yaremchuk 61', 89' Mohammadi 75'	Report	Tau 26' Murillo 44', 45+1' Miazga 64' Lawrence 80'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

22 November 2020 13	Charleroi	0–1	Gent	Charleroi
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Rezaei 37'	Report	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 34' Bukari 45' Fortuna 61'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

29 November 2020 14	Gent	0–3	Zulte Waregem	Ghent
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 25'	Report	Govea 27' Chorý 37' De Bock 54' Vossen 82'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

6 December 2020 15	Oostende	2–1	Gent	Ostend
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Skúlason 45+2' Gueye 59', 61' Sakala 73' (pen.)	Report	Bukari 5', 67' Fortuna 89' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 90+5' Bezus 90+5'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

13 December 2020 16	Gent	2–1	Standard Liège	Ghent
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Fortuna 27' Yaremchuk 85'	Report	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 2' (o.g.) Cimirot 50'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

16 December 2020 17	Gent	3–0	Waasland-Beveren	Ghent
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castro-Montes 25' Yaremchuk 53' Hanche-Olsen 61' Bukari 90+1'	Report	Wiegel 37' Frey 66'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

20 December 2020 18	Club Brugge	0–1	Gent	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vanaken 47' Deli 62' Lang 83'	Report	Mohammadi 26' Dorsch 64' Ricca 68' (o.g.) Kleindienst 90+2'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

26 December 2020 19	Kortrijk	1–0	Gent	Kortrijk
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Sart 31' Ocansey 34' Selemani 49' Lepoint 82'	Report	Yaremchuk 21'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

10 January 2021 20	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

17 January 2021 21	Gent	0–1	Antwerp	Ghent
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kums 52' Bukari 71'	Report	De Pauw 36' Beiranvand 51' Hongla 54', 75'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

21 January 2021 22	Genk	1–1	Gent	Genk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 7' Cuesta 12' Toma 25' Vukovic 45+6' Ito 68'	Report	Yaremchuk 45+3' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 45+5' Dorsch 60' Marreh 83' Depoitre 83'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

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	Gent	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Ghent
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castro-Montes 78' Schmidt 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Colidio 23' Teixeira 72' Sankhon 90+4'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

31 January 2021 25	Anderlecht	0–0	Gent	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Arslanagić 60'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

7 February 2021 26	Gent	2–2	Eupen	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tissoudali 27', 30' Arslanagić 40' Hanche-Olsen 63' Dorsch 90+1' Yaremchuk 90+5'	Report	Prevljak 7', 64' (pen.) Peeters 90' Heris 90+2'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

15 February 2021 27	Gent	4–0	Excel Mouscron	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Yaremchuk 28', 85', 90+1' Tissoudali 70' Owusu 89'	Report	Agouzoul 65'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

19 February 2021 28	KV Mechelen	1–1	Gent	Mechelen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Storm 16' Vanlerberghe 56'	Report	Yaremchuk 10' Castro-Montes 81'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

8 March 2021 30	Gent	1–0	Oostende	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Yaremchuk 41' Bezus 52'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

15 March 2021 29	Gent	0–4	Club Brugge	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Vanaken 19' Dost 52', 67' De Ketelaere 63' Pérez 81'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 28 February 2021, but was postponed after more than seven Club Brugge players tested positive for COVID-19.^[9]

21 March 2021 31	Gent	1–0	Cercle Brugge	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Yaremchuk 67' Castro-Montes 81', 81' Kums 85'	Report	Lopes 14' Ugbo 51'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

4 April 2021 32	Standard Liège	2–1	Gent	Liège
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissako 36' Muleka 66' Balikwisha 77' Fai 81'	Report	Yaremchuk 36' Castro-Montes 43', 43', 45+1' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 60' Kums 76' Fortuna 77'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

10 April 2021 33	Gent	4–0	Charleroi	Ghent
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bezus 4', 8' (pen.) Godeau 61' Tissoudali 64' Yaremchuk 79' De Bruyn 86' Dorsch 88'	Report	Kipré 37' Van Cleemput 45+2'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

18 April 2021 34	Zulte Waregem	2–7	Gent	Waregem
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marcq 30' Deschacht 51' Bruno 80' Pletinckx 86'	Report	Castro-Montes 14', 40' Yaremchuk 29', 84' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 48' Bezus 57' Odjidja-Ofoe 63' De Bruyn 75'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Play-Off II[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	GNT	MEC	OOS	STA
1	Gent	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	38	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	—	2–2	2–1	2–0
2	Mechelen	6	3	2	1	15	11	+4	35		1–2	—	5–3	3–1
3	Oostende	6	2	1	3	15	16	−1	34		0–4	2–2	—	6–2
4	Standard Liège	6	1	0	5	7	17	−10	28		2–1	1–2	1–3	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[10]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	13	2	1	0	6	3	+3	2	0	1	7	3	+4

Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W
Position	2	4	3	2	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

2 May 2021 1	Gent	2–2	KV Mechelen	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Owusu 7' Yaremchuk 46' Odjidja-Ofoe 49'	Report	Storm 29' Druijf 32' Schoofs 39'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

8 May 2021 2	Standard Liège	2–1	Gent	Liège
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Amallah 61', 70' Gavory 72' Balikwisha 77' Klauss 86' Tapsoba 90+4'	Report	Bezus 8' Odjidja-Ofoe 45+1', 79' Dorsch 89'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

13 May 2021 3	Gent	2–1	Oostende	Ghent
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Yaremchuk 14', 90+2' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 25' Godeau 59'	Report	D'Haese 43' Hjulsager 62' D'Arpino 73' Gueye 81'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

16 May 2021 4	Oostende	0–4	Gent	Ostend
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hubert 34'	Report	Bezus 20', 66' Castro-Montes 43' Vandendriessche 58' (o.g.) Hanche-Olsen 89'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

19 May 2021 5	Gent	2–0	Standard Liège	Ghent
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Malede 7' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 40' Castro-Montes 66' Yaremchuk 90+4'	Report	Lestienne 49' Balikwisha 70'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

22 May 2021 6	KV Mechelen	1–2	Gent	Mechelen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mrabti 53' Druijf 72' (pen.) Engvall 85' Schoofs 88' Bateau 90+2'	Report	Bezus 51', 57' Tissoudali 67', 90+2' Godeau 85' Bolat 90+1' Kums 90+5' Emeka 90+5'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

Belgian Cup[edit]

3 February 2021 Sixth round	Gent	5–0	Heur-Tongeren	Ghent
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tissoudali 26' Bezus 35' Samoise 54' Niangbo 79' Mbayo 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0

11 February 2021 Seventh round	Gent	3–1	Charleroi	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Yaremchuk 74' Odjidja-Ofoe 81' Tissoudali 83' Berahino 83' (o.g.)	Report	Nicholson 1' Fall 72'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

3 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Eupen	1–0	Gent	Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Musona 35' Prevljak 35' Heris 49' Amat 74'	Report		Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Qualifying rounds[edit]

15 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Gent	2–1	Rapid Wien	Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dorsch 36' Yaremchuk 59' (pen.)	Report	Hofmann 5' Arase 22' Fountas 86' Demir 90+1', 90+3'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

23 September 2020 Play-off round 1st leg	Gent	1–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Ghent, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fortuna 13' Kleindienst 41' Bezus 50' 53' Odjidja-Ofoe 56'	Report	Supriaha 9' Rodrigues 31' De Pena 79' Shepelyev 87'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

29 September 2020 Play-off round 2nd leg	Dynamo Kyiv	3–0 (5–1 agg.)	Gent	Kyiv, Ukraine
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Buyalskyi 9' De Pena 36' (pen.) Rodrigues 49' (pen.)	Report	Castro-Montes 29' Plastun 42' Fortuna 49'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HOF	ZVE	LIB	GNT
1	1899 Hoffenheim	6	5	1	0	17	2	+15	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	5–0	4–1
2	Red Star Belgrade	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	5–1	2–1
3	Slovan Liberec	6	2	1	3	4	13	−9	7		0–2	0–0	—	1–0
4	Gent	6	0	0	6	4	15	−11	0		1–4	0–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	Slovan Liberec	1–0	Gent	Liberec, Czech Republic
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Helal 29' Beran 45+1'	Report	Marreh 34' Yaremchuk 68' Hanche-Olsen 89'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

29 October 2020 2	Gent	1–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Ghent, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 35' Kleindienst 90+3'	Report	Belfodil 36' (pen.) Rudy 51' Grillitsch 52' Vogt 72' Gaćinović 73' Baumgartner 90+4'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

5 November 2020 3	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	Gent	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kanga 12' Sanogo 45+1' Milunović 45+2' Katai 59', 84' Gobeljić 90+6'	Report	Mohammadi 24' Odjidja-Ofoe 31' Bukari 84'	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)

26 November 2020 4	Gent	0–2	Red Star Belgrade	Ghent, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Petrović 2' Milunović 58' Ben 71'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

3 December 2020 5	Gent	1–2	Slovan Liberec	Ghent, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Mohammadi 52' Yaremchuk 60', 90+6' Kums 75' Fortuna 85' Bukari 90+2'	Report	Mara 32', 79' Kacharaba 55' Matoušek 85' Sadílek 90+6' Rabušic 90+6'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

10 December 2020 6	1899 Hoffenheim	4–1	Gent	Sinsheim, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Beier 21', 49' Skov 26' John 44' Kramarić 64' Amade 90+3'	Report	Bezus 73' Fortuna 81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 22 May 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	TUR	Sinan Bolat	37	0	33	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
26	GK	BEL	Colin Coosemans	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	GK	BEL	Davy Roef	13	0	6	0	1	0	3	0	3	0
Defenders
5	DF	CMR	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	34	1	26+1	1	0	0	3	0	4	0
14	DF	BEL	Alessio Castro-Montes	48	7	37	7	2	0	3	0	5+1	0
15	DF	IRN	Milad Mohammadi	41	1	27+5	1	3	0	0+1	0	5	0
21	DF	NOR	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	39	1	31	1	3	0	0	0	5	0
25	DF	ANG	Núrio Fortuna	36	2	24+2	1	1+1	0	3	0	4+1	1
31	DF	BEL	Bruno Godeau	20	1	13+4	1	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	UKR	Ihor Plastun	18	2	9+5	2	0	0	2	0	1+1	0
36	DF	BEL	Dino Arslanagić	22	0	12+4	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Elisha Owusu	35	0	19+6	0	3	0	3	0	4	0
8	MF	BEL	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe	33	4	19+6	2	1+1	1	1+1	0	1+3	1
9	MF	UKR	Roman Bezus	37	7	20+8	6	2+1	1	1+1	0	3+1	0
10	MF	GEO	Giorgi Chakvetadze	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	MF	BEL	Alexandre De Bruyn	5	2	0+5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	NGA	Adewale Oladoye	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	BEL	Matisse Samoise	7	2	0+5	1	1	1	0+1	0	0	0
22	MF	GAM	Sulayman Marreh	18	0	9+5	0	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
24	MF	BEL	Sven Kums	45	3	32+4	3	2	0	1	0	4+2	0
27	MF	BEL	Mathéo Parmentier	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	BEL	Wouter George	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	MF	GER	Niklas Dorsch	43	4	23+10	3	1+1	0	3	1	5	0
Forwards
7	FW	UKR	Roman Yaremchuk	43	23	34	20	2	1	2	1	4+1	1
11	FW	CIV	Anderson Niangbo	25	2	11+7	1	0+2	1	1	0	0+4	0
16	FW	NGA	Chinonso Emeka	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	BEL	Dylan Mbayo	5	1	0+4	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
20	FW	GHA	Osman Bukari	35	4	18+8	4	1+1	0	1	0	6	0
23	FW	ISR	Yonas Malede	11	1	4+7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	BEL	Laurent Depoitre	28	2	11+12	2	1	0	3	0	0+1	0
34	FW	MAR	Tarik Tissoudali	22	7	7+7	5	2+1	1	0	0	2+3	1
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
17	DF	COD	Jordan Botaka	15	0	4+4	0	0	0	0+2	0	3+2	0
19	MF	BEL	Brecht Dejaegere	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	GER	Tim Kleindienst	23	3	4+11	1	0	0	1+2	1	2+3	1

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 8 March 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	7	FW	Roman Yaremchuk	15	1	1	1	18
2	35	FW	Tarik Tissoudali	4	1	0	0	5
3	20	FW	Osman Bukari	4	0	0	0	4
3	30	MF	Niklas Dorsch	3	0	1	0	4
5	24	MF	Sven Kums	3	0	0	0	3
5	34	FW	Tim Kleindienst	1	0	1	1	3
7	8	MF	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe	0	1	0	1	2
	11	FW	Anderson Niangbo	1	1	0	0	2
	14	DF	Alessio Castro-Montes	2	0	0	0	2
	19	MF	Matisse Samoise	1	1	0	0	2
	25	DF	Núrio Fortuna	1	0	0	1	2
	29	FW	Laurent Depoitre	2	0	0	0	2
	32	DF	Ihor Plastun	2	0	0	0	2
14	9	MF	Roman Bezus	0	1	0	0	1
	18	FW	Dylan Mbayo	0	1	0	0	1
	21	DF	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				1	1	0	0	2
Totals				42	8	3	4	57

References[edit]

^ "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "Good luck Jonathan!" (in Dutch). K.A.A. Gent. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.|
^ "Thomas Kaminski: Blackburn Rovers sign KAA Gent goalkeeper". Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association 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.
^ "KAA Gent - Club Brugge uitgesteld op basis van Covid-19 protocol" [KAA Gent - Club Brugge postponed based on Covid-19 protocol]. proleague.be (in Dutch). Belgian Pro League. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_note_OOS0.30479582506455-7] On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.^[4] Both Exel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.^[5]^[6]

[1] "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[2] "Good luck Jonathan!" (in Dutch). K.A.A. Gent. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.|

[Kaminski-Joins-Blackburn-Rovers-3] "Thomas Kaminski: Blackburn Rovers sign KAA Gent goalkeeper". Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[licenses-4] "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[appealoostende-5] "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[appealmouscron-6] "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[8] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[9] "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.

[10] "KAA Gent - Club Brugge uitgesteld op basis van Covid-19 protocol" [KAA Gent - Club Brugge postponed based on Covid-19 protocol]. proleague.be (in Dutch). Belgian Pro League. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

[11] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[12] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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