2020–21 Waasland-Beveren season

Waasland-Beveren
2020–21 season
Chairman	Dirk Huyck
Manager	Arnauld Mercier
Stadium	Freethiel Stadion
Belgian First Division A	1st
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: Daan Heymans (2); All: Daan Heymans (2)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 9 August 2020.

The 2020–21 Waasland-Beveren season is the club's 85th season in existence and the ninth season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Waasland-Beveren will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covers the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 25 July, 2020^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BEL	Vladimir Van De Wiel
3	DF	BEL	Brendan Schoonbaert
7	DF	GER	Andreas Wiegel
8	MF	RWA	Djihad Bizimana
10	MF	JPN	Yuki Kobayashi
11	FW	USA	Joseph Efford
12	FW	BEL	Alessandro Albanese
14	MF	BEL	Denzel Jubitana
15	DF	BEL	Dries Wuytens
17	FW	BEL	Aboubakary Koita
18	MF	BEL	Daan Heymans
19	DF	CRC	Alexis Gamboa
20	MF	BEL	Nikola Pejcic


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	BEL	Lucas Pirard
22	DF	MNE	Andrija Vukčević
23	DF	BEL	Maximiliano Caufriez
26	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Vukotić
28	DF	BEL	Daam Foulon
29	MF	BEL	Matthias Verreth
44	GK	BEL	Brent Gabriël
52	DF	BEL	Jur Schryvers
77	MF	BEL	Tom Reyners
88	MF	BEL	Milan De Mey
98	FW	ALB	Din Sula
99	FW	MNE	Stefan Milošević

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Francesco Forte (at Juve Stabia)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		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

11 July 2020 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	5–0	Waasland-Beveren
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

17 July 2020 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	7–0	Waasland-Beveren	Paris, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vukotić 21' (o.g.) Neymar 28' (pen.) Di María 43' Icardi 47' Mbappé 60' Choupo-Moting 65', 67' Mbe Soh 93'		Caufriez 27' Vukotić 47'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

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	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Belgian Cup	2020		Sixth round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00

Last updated: 9 August 2020
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
18	Excel Mouscron^[a] (R)	34	7	10	17	32	54	−22	31	Relegation to First Division B

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.^[5]
(R) Relegated
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.^[2] Both Excel 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.^[3]^[4]

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
1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	+2

Last updated: 9 August 2020.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	A	H
Result	W
Position	1

Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2020. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.^[6]

9 August 2020 1	Kortrijk	1–3	Waasland-Beveren	Kortrijk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lepoint 45+3' Mboyo 54' (pen.) Selemani 90+5'	Report	Heymans 10', 90+1', 81' Vukotić 45+1' Albanese 51' Caufriez 52' Koita 68'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Kevin van Damme

17 August 2020 2	Waasland-Beveren	v	Standard Liège	Beveren
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Freethiel Stadion

Belgian Cup

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 9 August 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
21	GK	BEL	Lucas Pirard	1	0	1	0	0	0
44	GK	BEL	Brent Gabriël	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	BEL	Vladimir Van De Wiel	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	BEL	Brendan Schoonbaert	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	GER	Andreas Wiegel	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	BEL	Dries Wuytens	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	CRC	Alexis Gamboa	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	MNE	Andrija Vukčević	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	BEL	Maximiliano Caufriez	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Vukotić	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	BEL	Jenthe Mertens	1	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF	BEL	Daam Foulon	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	DF	BEL	Jur Schryvers	1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	RWA	Djihad Bizimana	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF	JPN	Yuki Kobayashi	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	BEL	Denzel Jubitana	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	BEL	Daan Heymans	1	2	1	2	0	0
20	MF	BEL	Nikola Pejcic	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	BEL	Matthias Verreth	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	BEL	Tom Reyners	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	BEL	Milan De Mey	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	FRA	Jordan Faucher	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	USA	Joseph Efford	1	0	1	0	0	0
12	FW	BEL	Alessandro Albanese	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW	BEL	Aboubakary Koita	1	1	0+1	1	0	0
98	FW	ALB	Din Sula	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	MNE	Stefan Milošević	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

Goalscorers

As of 9 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	19	MF	Daan Heymans	2	2
2	17	FW	Aboubakary Koita	1	1
Totals				3	3

References

^ "A-kem". Waasland-Beveren. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "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.

External links

Official website

[table_note_OOS0.10821351134601-5] 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.^[2] Both Excel 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.^[3]^[4]

[1] "A-kem". Waasland-Beveren. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[licenses-2] "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-3] "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-4] "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.

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

[7] "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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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
Club seasons
First Division A	Anderlecht Antwerp Beerschot Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Excel Mouscron Genk Gent Kortrijk Mechelen OH Leuven Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Zulte Waregem
First Division B	Club NXT Deinze Lierse Lommel RWD Molenbeek Seraing Union SG Westerlo