2020–21 K.R.C. Genk season

K.R.C. Genk
2020–21 season
Chairman	Peter Croonen
Manager	Hannes Wolf; (until 15 September); Domenico Olivieri; (caretaker, from 15 September until 24 September); Jess Thorup; (from 24 September until 2 November); John van den Brom; (from 8 November)
Stadium	Luminus Arena
Belgian First Division A	2nd
Belgian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Paul Onuachu (33); All: ; Paul Onuachu (35)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 K.R.C. Genk season was the club's 33rd season in existence and the 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genk participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 1 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	AUS	Danny Vukovic (captain)
2	DF	USA	Mark McKenzie
4	MF	BEL	Dries Wouters
5	DF	MEX	Gerardo Arteaga
7	FW	JPN	Junya Ito
8	MF	BEL	Bryan Heynen
9	FW	NGA	Cyriel Dessers
10	FW	BEL	Théo Bongonda
11	MF	SUI	Bastien Toma
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský
18	FW	NGA	Paul Onuachu
21	DF	FIN	Jere Uronen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	BEL	Bryan Limbombe
23	DF	COL	Daniel Muñoz
24	MF	BEL	Luca Oyen
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt
33	DF	COL	Jhon Lucumí
38	MF	CIV	Eboue Kouassi
40	GK	BEL	Tobe Leysen
42	MF	NOR	Kristian Thorstvedt
46	DF	COL	Carlos Cuesta
77	DF	ECU	Angelo Preciado
80	MF	BEL	Pierre Dwomoh

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
6	DF	BEL	Sébastien Dewaest (at Toulouse until 30 June 2021)
14	FW	SWE	Benjamin Nygren (at SC Heerenveen until 30 June 2022)
15	FW	NGA	Stephen Odey (at Amiens until 30 June 2021)
20	MF	NOR	Mats Møller Dæhli (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	GK	BEL	Nordin Jackers (at Waasland-Beveren until 30 June 2020)
—	DF	BRA	Neto Borges (at Vasco da Gama until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	BEL	Casper de Norre (at Leuven until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	GHA	Joseph Paintsil (at Ankaragücü until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
9	FW	Cyriel Dessers	Heracles Almelo	Undisclosed	1 July 2020	^[2]
5	DF	Gerardo Arteaga	Santos Laguna	Undisclosed	5 August 2020	^[3]

Out[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
–	MF	Ismael Saibari	Jong PSV	Undisclosed	1 July 2020	^[4]
31	DF	Joakim Mæhle	Atalanta	€10M	4 January 2021	^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss

9 July 2020 Friendly	Eendracht Termien	Cancelled	Genk	Termien, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Terrain 't Heke

15 July 2020 Friendly	Genk	3–1	Union SG	Genk, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paintsil 21', 43' Dæhli 33'	Report	Undav 49'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

17 July 2020 Friendly	Genk	4–1	Excelsior	Genk, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bongonda 6', 33' Borges 76' Dessers 88'	Report	Ómarsson 73'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

25 July 2020 Friendly	AZ	0–1	Genk	Alkmaar, Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dessers 19' (pen.)	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	1–1	Lens	Genk, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 44' (pen.)	Report	Gradit 43' Michelin 47' Ganago 60'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	2–3	Lens	Genk, Belgium
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nygren 8' Odey 83'	Report	Radovanović 10' Sotoca 22' Pereira Da Costa 24'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

10 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	3–2	RWDM	Genk, Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adewoye 45+5' Odey 63' Balouk 82'	Report	Bova 38' Yagan 45+3'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

16 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	9–0	Differdange	Genk, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oyen 28' Nygren 45' (pen.) Limbombe 45+2' Odey 55', 67', 87' Adewoye 63' Paintsil 82', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

24 August 2020 Friendly	Genk	2–2	Westerlo	Genk, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oyen 25' Nygren 48'	Report	23' 83'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0

4 September 2020 Friendly	Genk	Cancelled	Willem II	Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

13 January 2021 Friendly	Union SG	4–4	Genk	Brussels, Belgium
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Burgess 41' Lynen 45' Undav 58' Vanzeir 60' (pen.)		Németh 11', 66' Geusens 62' (pen.), 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien

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	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	2nd	40	21	9	10	82	53	+29	052.50
Belgian Cup	2 February 2021	25 April 2021	Sixth round	Winners	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11	100.00
Total					45	26	9	10	96	56	+40	057.78

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
2	Antwerp	34	18	6	10	57	48	+9	60	Qualification for the Play-offs I
3	Anderlecht	34	15	13	6	51	34	+17	58
4	Genk^[a]	34	16	8	10	67	48	+19	56
5	Oostende^[b]	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	Qualification for the Play-offs II

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.^[9]
Notes:

^ Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.
^ 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.^[6] 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.^[7]^[8]

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	16	8	10	67	48	+19	56	9	5	3	38	20	+18	7	3	7	29	28	+1

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L
Position	3	5	6	10	14	12	11	11	10	8	6	4	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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.^[10]

9 August 2020 1	Zulte Waregem	1–2	Genk	Waregem
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Deschacht 41' De Bock 47' Berahino 56' Opare 67'	Report	Onuachu 73', 90+4' Dessers 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

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

23 August 2020 3	Standard Liège	0–0	Genk	Liège
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Amallah 44' 90' Vojvoda 51' Laifis 74' Fai 77' Gavory 81'	Report	Lucumí 30' Muñoz 76'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

30 August 2020 4	Genk	1–2	Club Brugge	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kouassi 54' Bongonda 60' (pen.) Mæhle 81' Uronen 90' Arteaga 90+6'	Report	Vanaken 22' Deli 28' Mignolet 60' Vormer 80' Badji 83'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

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

20 September 2020 6	Genk	3–1	KV Mechelen	Genk
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Onuachu 10', 68' Ito 55'	Report	Mrabti 6' Van Damme 45+1'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

28 September 2020 7	Genk	2–2	Oostende	Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Onuachu 9', 52' (pen.) Lucumí 48' Toma 56'	Report	McGeehan 3', 40' Gueye 45', 83' Hjulsager 87' Bataille 90+5' Ndicka 90+7'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 2,340 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

3 October 2020 8	Waasland-Beveren	1–1	Genk	Beveren
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Vukotić 32', 90+6' Wiegel 59' Albanese 73'	Report	Vandevoordt 17' Hrošovský 39' Onuachu 67' Ito 70'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Wim Smet

18 October 2020 9	Genk	2–1	Charleroi	Genk
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Onuachu 25', 82' Ito 28' 82' Mæhle 63' Hrošovský 89'	Report	Willems 34' Berahino 48' Van Cleemput 60'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 2,743 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

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

30 October 2020 11	Genk	4–0	Eupen	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 5' (pen.) Dessers 48' Bongonda 74', 82' Wouters 81'	Report	N'Dri 70' Kayembe 90+1'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

7 November 2020 12	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Genk	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sankhon 6' Suzuki 28' García 41' De Ridder 53' 90+2' Caufriez 87'	Report	Bongonda 4', 31', 81' Thorstvedt 49'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

22 November 2020 13	Genk	4–1	Excel Mouscron	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 39', 63' Ito 45+2' Bongonda 55', 81'	Report	Bakić 17' Da Costa 34', 79' Ciranni 38' Badibanga 80'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

28 November 2020 14	Cercle Brugge	1–5	Genk	Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hotić 33', 51' Marcelin 62'	Report	Onuachu 9', 38' Ito 16' Heynen 30' Bongonda 74'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

6 December 2020 15	Genk	4–2	Antwerp	Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 19', 23' Uronen 45' Bongonda 59' Dessers 88'	Report	Miyoshi 3' De Laet 40' Hongla 40' Lukaku 61' Mbokani 83'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

11 December 2020 16	Anderlecht	1–0	Genk	Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

19 December 2020 18	Genk	2–0	Kortrijk	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Arteaga 1' Hrošovský 35' Bongonda 78'	Report	De Sart 77' Ocansey 87'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

27 December 2020 19	Genk	1–1	Waasland-Beveren	Genk
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 24'	Report	Koita 45+2' Wuytens 49' Frey 80' Heymans 85'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

6 January 2021 17	Eupen	1–4	Genk	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters 14' Kayembe 45+4' Defourny 47' Amat 62'	Report	Ito 9' Onuachu 42', 48' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Kouassi 45+1'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

9 January 2021 20	Kortrijk	2–1	Genk	Kortrijk
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gueye 23', 54' Hines-Ike 57'	Report	Onuachu 41' Kouassi 60' Ito 73'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

16 January 2021 21	Excel Mouscron	2–0	Genk	Mouscron
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Olinga 29' Tabekou 71'	Report		Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

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	Club Brugge	3–2	Genk	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dost 7' Vormer 65' Mechele 77'	Report	Ito 24' Toma 34' Thorstvedt 90+3'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

27 January 2021 24	Genk	3–2	Zulte Waregem	Genk
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 45+1', 52' Ito 67'	Report	De Bock 72' Bruno 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

30 January 2021 25	KV Mechelen	0–0	Genk	Mechelen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bijker 5' Van Damme 56'	Report	Preciado 9' Thorstvedt 51' Heynen 90+1'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

7 February 2021 26	Genk	1–2	Anderlecht	Genk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bongonda 2' Heynen 49' Arteaga 54' Lucumí 90+1'	Report	Vukovic 19' (o.g.) El Hadj 22' Cullen 28' Wellenreuther 89'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

17 February 2021 27	Oostende	3–1	Genk	Ostend
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hubert 9' Gueye 22' (pen.), 26' (pen.) Theate 58'	Report	Onuachu 10' (pen.) Cuesta 26' McKenzie 90+1'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

21 February 2021 28	Genk	1–2	Beerschot	Genk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bongonda 66' Muñoz 81' Hrošovský 90+3'	Report	Radić 14' Sanusi 58' Van den Bergh 65' Holzhauser 82' (pen.) Pietermaat 89'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

26 February 2021 29	Charleroi	1–2	Genk	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gholizadeh 52' Ilaimaharitra 77' Van Cleemput 86'	Report	Onuachu 17' (pen.) Heynen 59' Thorstvedt 77', 83'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

7 March 2021 30	Genk	2–0	Cercle Brugge	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 9' Ito 24' Heynen 37'	Report	Marcelin 20' Van der Bruggen 27' 39' Pavlović 87'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

19 March 2021 31	Genk	2–2	Standard Liège	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lucumí 36' Ito 44', 59', 72'	Report	Klauss 54' Pavlovic 62' Siquet 69' Muleka 81', 85' Laifis 90+1'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

5 April 2021 32	OH Leuven	2–3	Genk	Leuven
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngawa 25' Mercier 74' Henry 90+2'	Report	Thorstvedt 7' Bongonda 81' Onuachu 83'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

11 April 2021 33	Genk	4–0	Sint-Truiden	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bongonda 21' Heynen 24' Thorstvedt 35' Onuachu 53'	Report	Brüls 20' Suzuki 41'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

17 April 2021 34	Antwerp	3–2	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Seck 44' Lamkel Zé 55', 67' Mbokani 89', 90' Batubinsika 90+2'	Report	Onuachu 22', 64' (pen.) Heynen 31'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Play-Off I[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CLU	GNK	ANT	AND
1	Club Brugge (C)	6	1	3	2	8	11	−3	44	Qualification for the Champions League group stage	—	1–2	2–1	2–2
2	Genk	6	5	1	0	15	5	+10	44	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	3–0	—	4–0	1–1
3	Antwerp	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	35	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	0–0	2–3	—	1–0
4	Anderlecht	6	0	4	2	9	11	−2	33	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round	3–3	1–2	2–2	—

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.^[11]
(C) Champions

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	5	1	0	15	5	+10	16	2	1	0	8	1	+7	3	0	0	7	4	+3

Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round[edit]

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

Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

30 April 2021 1	Antwerp	2–3	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	De Laet 10' Le Marchand 57' Miyoshi 61' Verstraete 74' Boya 81'	Report	Bongonda 20', 88' Onuachu 73' Arteaga 82'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

7 May 2021 2	Genk	3–0	Club Brugge	Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Onuachu 57', 68' Ito 74' Thorstvedt 75'	Report	Vanaken 69' Lang 81' Sobol 84'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

12 May 2021 3	Genk	1–1	Anderlecht	Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Muñoz 45' Hrošovský 62' Onuachu 67' Lucumí 79' Heynen 79'	Report	El Hadj 33' Sambi Lokonga 66'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

15 May 2021 4	Anderlecht	1–2	Genk	Anderlecht
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Nmecha 31' Murillo 73'	Report	Onuachu 16' Hrošovský 50' Dessers 86' Bongonda 90+5'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

20 May 2021 5	Genk	4–0	Antwerp	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thorstvedt 43', 49', 64' Dessers 75'	Report	Miyoshi 16' Lamkel Zé 67'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

23 May 2021 6	Club Brugge	1–2	Genk	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanaken 34' Sobol 71' Vormer 80'	Report	Toma 61' Dessers 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Belgian Cup[edit]

2 February 2021 Sixth round	Tessenderlo	0–5	Genk	Tessenderlo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportpark
Note: On 19 January 2021, Tessenderlo forfeited the match against Genk which progressed automatically to the seventh round.^[12]

10 February 2021 Seventh round	Genk	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thorstvedt 24' Onuachu 87'	Report		Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

4 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Genk	4–1	KV Mechelen	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thorstvedt 2', 64' Muñoz 10' Bongonda 85'	Report	Mrabti 82' Vranckx 87'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

14 March 2021 Semi-finals	Anderlecht	1–2	Genk	Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cullen 51' Trebel 73' Mukairu 81' Miazga 90+2'	Report	Onuachu 17' Miazga 59' (o.g.) Lucumí 71' Thorstvedt 89'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

25 April 2021 Final	Standard Liège	1–2	Genk	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gavory 63' Muleka 65', 83' Raskin 71' Carcela 81' Amallah 87' Sissako 90+2'	Report	Ito 48' Muñoz 56' Bongonda 80' Hrošovský 90'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 23 May 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	AUS	Danny Vukovic	24	0	24	0	0	0
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt	20	0	16	0	4	0
40	GK	BEL	Tobe Leysen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	USA	Mark McKenzie	16	0	8+5	0	1+2	0
5	DF	MEX	Gerardo Arteaga	28	1	21+4	1	3	0
21	DF	FIN	Jere Uronen	23	0	21+1	0	1	0
23	DF	COL	Daniel Muñoz	44	1	37+3	0	4	1
33	DF	COL	Jhon Lucumí	41	0	36+2	0	3	0
35	DF	BEL	Shawn Adewoye	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	COL	Carlos Cuesta	38	0	34	0	4	0
77	DF	ECU	Angelo Preciado	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	BEL	Dries Wouters	8	0	4+4	0	0	0
8	MF	BEL	Bryan Heynen	33	2	27+2	2	4	0
11	MF	SUI	Bastien Toma	21	2	12+7	2	1+1	0
16	MF	BEL	Elias Sierra	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský	34	2	27+3	2	3+1	0
24	MF	BEL	Luca Oyen	21	0	4+16	0	1	0
38	MF	CIV	Eboue Kouassi	18	0	7+11	0	0	0
42	MF	NOR	Kristian Thorstvedt	34	9	22+8	7	4	2
80	MF	BEL	Pierre Dwomoh	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	JPN	Junya Ito	42	12	37+1	11	4	1
9	FW	NGA	Cyriel Dessers	34	7	6+26	7	1+1	0
10	FW	BEL	Theo Bongonda	39	18	34+1	16	3+1	2
18	FW	NGA	Paul Onuachu	41	35	36+2	33	3	2
22	FW	BEL	Bryan Limbombe	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
2	DF	BEL	Casper de Norre	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Neto Borges	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	BEL	Sébastien Dewaest	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	DEN	Joakim Mæhle	16	1	16	1	0	0
20	MF	NOR	Mats Møller Dæhli	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
11	FW	GHA	Joseph Paintsil	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	SWE	Benjamin Nygren	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
15	FW	NGA	Stephen Odey	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 23 May 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Total
1	18	FW	Paul Onuachu	33	2	35
2	27	FW	Théo Bongonda	16	2	18
3	7	FW	Junya Ito	11	1	12
4	42	MF	Kristian Thorstvedt	7	2	9
5	9	FW	Cyriel Dessers	7	0	7
6	8	MF	Bryan Heynen	2	0	2
	11	MF	Bastien Toma	2	0	2
	17	MF	Patrik Hrošovský	2	0	2
9	5	DF	Gerardo Arteaga	1	0	1
	23	DF	Daniel Muñoz	0	1	1
	31	DF	Joakim Mæhle	1	0	1
Own goal				0	1	1
Totals				82	9	91

References[edit]

^ "1ste ploeg" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk.
^ "Genk rondt komst Dessers af: "Nu ben ik waar ik wil zijn"" [Genk completes Dessers signing: "Now I am where I want to be"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 1 July 2020.
^ "Akkoord met Mexicaanse international Gerardo Arteaga" [Agreement with Mexican international Gerardo Arteaga] (in Dutch). krcgenk.be. 5 August 2020.
^ "Ismael Saibari versterkt Jong PSV" [Ismael Saibari reinforces Jong PSV] (in Dutch). psv.nl. 29 July 2020.
^ "Official: Atalanta deal for Maelhe". Football Italia. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 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.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Ook geen bekerwedstrijden voor amateurclubs Rupel Boom en Thes" [No cup matches for amateur clubs Rupel Boom and Thes as well]. sporza.be. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_note_GNK0.1067566657936-6] Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.

[table_note_OOS0.1067566657936-10] 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.^[6] 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.^[7]^[8]

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

[2] "Genk rondt komst Dessers af: "Nu ben ik waar ik wil zijn"" [Genk completes Dessers signing: "Now I am where I want to be"] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 1 July 2020.

[3] "Akkoord met Mexicaanse international Gerardo Arteaga" [Agreement with Mexican international Gerardo Arteaga] (in Dutch). krcgenk.be. 5 August 2020.

[4] "Ismael Saibari versterkt Jong PSV" [Ismael Saibari reinforces Jong PSV] (in Dutch). psv.nl. 29 July 2020.

[5] "Official: Atalanta deal for Maelhe". Football Italia. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

[licenses-7] "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-8] "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-9] "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.

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

[12] "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.

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

[14] "Ook geen bekerwedstrijden voor amateurclubs Rupel Boom en Thes" [No cup matches for amateur clubs Rupel Boom and Thes as well]. sporza.be. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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