2020–21 Sint-Truidense V.V. season

Sint-Truidense V.V.
2020–21 season
Owner	DMM.com
Chairman	David Meekers
Manager	Kevin Muscat
Stadium	Stayen
Belgian First Division A	14th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

The 2020–21 Sint-Truidense V.V. season is the club's 97th season in existence and its sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sint-Truiden will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 July 2020

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	BEL	Kenny Steppe
2	DF	JPN	Ko Matsubara
3	DF	BEL	Rocky Bushiri (on loan from Norwich City)
4	DF	ESP	Pol García
5	MF	ARG	Santiago Colombatto
6	MF	BEL	Steven De Petter
7	MF	COD	Jordan Botaka (Captain)
8	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Sory Sankhon
9	FW	JPN	Yuma Suzuki
10	FW	KOR	Lee Seung-woo
12	MF	GHA	Samuel Asamoah
13	GK	BEL	Maxime Wenssens
14	FW	BEL	Alexandre De Bruyn
16	FW	BEL	Steve De Ridder
18	FW	ARG	Facundo Colidio (on loan from Inter Milan)
19	MF	BEL	Stan Van Dessel
20	DF	BEL	Samy Mmaee


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	JPN	Daniel Schmidt
22	FW	BEL	Wolke Janssens
23	FW	JPN	Tatsuya Ito
24	MF	GUI	Mory Konaté
26	DF	POR	Jorge Teixeira
27	DF	BEL	Mathieu Troonbeeckx
28	DF	BEL	Thibault De Smet
30	FW	BEL	Nelson Balongo
31	DF	BEL	Siebren Lathouwers
32	MF	USA	Chris Durkin
33	FW	BRA	Jhonny Lucas
35	GK	BEL	Tibo Herbots
50	FW	BRA	Alan
70	MF	BEL	Hamza Massoudi
90	FW	HAI	Duckens Nazon
—	FW	SLE	Mohamed Buya Turay

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
33	MF	JPN	Wataru Endo (on loan at VfB Stuttgart)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
13	DEF	Liberato Cacace	Wellington Phoenix FC		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	Geel	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Geel, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Leunen

11 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	2–0	Sint-Truiden	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

11 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Brussels, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

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

22 July 2020 Friendly	Westerlo	0–1	Sint-Truiden	Westerlo, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Het Kuipje

25 July 2020 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	2–3	Sint-Truiden	Waregem, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Regenboogstadion

30 July 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	4–1	Waasland-Beveren	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ito 5', 47' Nazon 30' Lee 70'	Report	Milošević 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Stayen

31 July 2020 Friendly	Eupen	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Eupen, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

6 August 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	4–0	Lommel	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stayen

17 August 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Lommel	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 5'	Report	Þórðarson 7'	Stadium: Stayen

4 September 2020 Friendly	Westerlo	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Westerlo, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kuipje Terrein 3

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	9 August 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1	25	8	6	11	33	37	−4	032.00
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021		Sixth round	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total				26	9	6	11	35	37	−2	034.62

Last updated: 3 February 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Charleroi	34	11	9	14	46	49	−3	42
14	Kortrijk	34	11	6	17	44	57	−13	39
15	Sint-Truiden	34	10	8	16	41	52	−11	38
16	Cercle Brugge	34	11	3	20	40	51	−11	36
17	Waasland-Beveren (R)	34	8	7	19	44	70	−26	31	Qualification for the Relegation play-off

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.^[1]
(R) Relegated

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	8	6	11	33	37	−4	30	5	3	5	17	14	+3	3	3	6	16	23	−7

Last updated: 31 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	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W
Position	4	11	10	11	14	15	16	16	17	14	15	15	16	16					14	15	15	14	15	15	14

Updated to match(es) played on 31 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.^[2]

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 Referee: Jan Boterberg

16 August 2020 2	Anderlecht	3–1	Sint-Truiden	Anderlecht
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mykhaylichenko 41' Dimata 50', 61' Žulj 52' Tau 90+3'	Report	Sankhon 47' Balongo 88'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

24 August 2020 3	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Oostende	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 22' Teixeira 42'	Report	Hjulsager 18' Skúlason 33' D'Arpino 44' Bataille 59' 76' Gueye 77' Tanghe 83'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Frederik Geldhof

29 August 2020 4	Eupen	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Eupen
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Cools 10' Ngoy 13' Heris 25' Beck 45+1' Koné 82' Poulain 84'	Report	Asamoah 16' Lucas 58' Mmaee 63' Colidio 72' Suzuki 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

13 September 2020 5	Sint-Truiden	2–3	Antwerp	Sint-Truiden
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 1', 23' Durkin 25' Konaté 70' 89'	Report	Juklerød 16', 88' Seck 33' Batubinsika 41' 72' Haroun 53' Miyoshi 75'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Wim Smet

21 September 2020 6	Cercle Brugge	3–0	Sint-Truiden	Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Hotić 25' Ugbo 31' (pen.) Omolo 67' Vitinho 90+1'	Report	Matsubara 13' Colombatto 18' Durkin 35'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

26 September 2020 7	KV Mechelen	2–0	Sint-Truiden	Mechelen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Damme 23' Vranckx 60', 64', 68' Peyre 90+1'	Report	Colidio 12' Lee 23' Suzuki 43' Durkin 45+1' Konaté 65' Sankhon 74'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

3 October 2020 8	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Kortrijk	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 44' Asamoah 80' Nazon 90+4'	Report	Van der Bruggen 27' Selemani 71' Jakubech 90+2'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Bert Put

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	Sint-Truiden	2–0	Standard Liège	Sint-Truiden
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nazon 37' De Ridder 73', 80'	Report	Amallah 67'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

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

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

28 November 2020 14	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Waasland-Beveren	Sint-Truiden
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	García 7' De Ridder 45' Colidio 72' Sankhon 88'	Report	Wuytens 29' Koita 90+2'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen

1 December 2020 11	Excel Mouscron	3–2	Sint-Truiden	Mouscron
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakić 17', 18' Koffi 34' Da Costa 53' Faraj 81' Xadas 90+5'	Report	Sankhon 17' García 37' Suzuki 63' (pen.) Nakamura 90+1' Janssens 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

5 December 2020 15	Club Brugge	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Okereke 57'	Report	Konaté 59'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

12 December 2020 16	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0

19 December 2020 18	Zulte Waregem	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Waregem
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Suzuki 56' Caufriez 90+1'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

26 December 2020 19	Standard Liège	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Amallah 39' Muleka 71' Balikwisha 75'	Report	Nazon 5' Suzuki 16' Asamoah 18' Caufriez 53' Konaté 71'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

30 December 2020 17	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 20	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Club Brugge	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Ridder 51' Buatu 55' Nazon 86'	Report	Dost 13' Lang 35' Mechele 42' Balanta 77'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

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

20 January 2021 22	Kortrijk	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Kortrijk
16:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0

23 January 2021 23	Sint-Truiden	0–2	Excel Mouscron	Sint-Truiden
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0

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	Sint-Truiden	3–0	Cercle Brugge	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Brüls 17' Buatu 49' Teixeira 64' Cacace 83' Colidio 90+1' Durkin 90+4'	Report	Pavlović 28' Marcelin 90+3'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

6 February 2021 26	Oostende	v	Sint-Truiden	Ostend
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

Belgian Cup

3 February 2021 Sixth round	Lokeren-Temse	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Lokeren
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nöstlinger 36'	Report	Nazon 8' Ito 62'	Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 0

10 February 2021 Seventh round	Genk	v	Sint-Truiden	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 16 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	18	FW	Facundo Colidio	1	1
	9	FW	Yuma Suzuki	1	1
	30	FW	Nelson Balongo	1	1
Totals				3	3

References

^ "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.

External links

Official website

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

[2] "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.

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