2020–21 Royal Antwerp F.C. season
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2020–21 season | ||||
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Owner | Paul Gheysens | |||
Manager | Franky Vercauteren | |||
Stadium | Bosuilstadion | |||
Belgian First Division A | 3rd | |||
Belgian Cup | Seventh round | |||
Belgian Super Cup | Final (cancelled due to COVID-19) | |||
UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Dieumerci Mbokani (11) All: Lior Refaelov (14) | |||
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All statistics correct as of 23 May 2021. |
The 2020–21 season was the 117th season in the existence of Royal Antwerp F.C. and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Antwerp participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, of which they were the reigning champions, the Belgian Super Cup and participated in 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 1 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers[edit]
In[edit]
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Source |
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1 | GK | Alireza Beiranvand | Persepolis | €600,000 | 1 July 2020 | [1] |
5 | MF | Birger Verstraete | 1. FC Koln | Loan | ||
15 | MF | Frank Boya | Mouscron | Free | [2] | |
19 | MF | Koji Miyoshi | Kawasaki Frontale | €1,200,000 | [3] | |
46 | GK | Jean Butez | Mouscron | €1,000,000 | ||
64 | DF | Dragan Lausberg | Standard Liège U18 | Free | ||
11 | FW | Nill De Pauw | Atromitos | Free | 24 July 2020 | |
16 | MF | Pieter Gerkens | Anderlecht | €700,000 | 12 August 2020 | |
3 | DF | Lee Jae-ik | Al-Rayyan | Loan | 16 September 2020 | |
17 | MF | Cristian Benavente | Pyramids FC | Loan | 1 October 2020 | [4] |
9 | FW | Guy Mbenza | Cercle Brugge | €700,000 | 5 October 2020 | |
23 | FW | Nana Ampomah | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | ||
26 | DF | Jérémy Gelin | Rennes | Loan | ||
94 | DF | Jordan Lukaku | Lazio | Loan | [5] | |
90 | FW | Felipe Avenatti | Standard Liège | Loan | 28 January 2021 | |
31 | DF | Maxime Le Marchand | Fulham | Loan | 1 February 2021 | [6] |
97 | GK | Ortwin De Wolf | Eupen | Loan | ||
FW | Jules-Anthony Vilsaint | Free agent | Free | 27 March 2021 |
Out[edit]
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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4 | DF | Daniel Opare | Zulte Waregem | Free | 1 July 2020 | |
14 | FW | Amara Baby | K.A.S. Eupen | Free | [7] | |
15 | DF | Dino Arslanagić | Gent | Free | [8] | |
16 | MF | Steven Defour | Free | |||
60 | MF | Sambou Yatabaré | Free | |||
FW | Kafoumba Touré | Free | ||||
MF | Yehor Nazaryna | Zorya Luhansk | Undisclosed | 28 July 2020 | ||
39 | GK | Jens Teunckens | AEK Larnaca | Free | 10 August 2020 | |
GK | Bill Lathouwers | MVV | Free | 17 August 2020 | [9] | |
17 | DF | Robbie Quirynen | Mouscron | Loan | 19 August 2020 | |
1 | GK | Sinan Bolat | Free | 27 August 2020 | ||
9 | FW | Jonathan Bolingi | Ankaragücü | Loan | 1 September 2020 | |
87 | FW | Kevin Mirallas | Gaziantep | Free | 5 October 2020 | [10] |
8 | MF | Ivo Rodrigues | Famalicão | Free | 15 January 2021 | [11] |
28 | FW | Manuel Benson | PEC Zwolle | Loan | 26 January 2021 | [12] |
40 | DF | Junior Pius | Sint-Truiden | Loan | 1 February 2021 | |
MF | Louis Verstraete | Waasland-Beveren | Loan | [13] | ||
9 | FW | Jonathan Bolingi | Lausanne | Loan | 5 February 2021 | [14] |
9 | FW | Guy Mbenza | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | Loan | 15 February 2021 | [15] |
Pre-season and friendlies[edit]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
Competitions[edit]
Overview[edit]
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Belgian First Division A | 8 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 47.50 |
Belgian Cup | 2 February 2021 | 10 February 2021 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 50.00 |
UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 25 February 2021 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 50.00 |
Total | 50 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 79 | 77 | +2 | 48.00 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway
Belgian First Division A[edit]
Regular season[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Club Brugge (C) | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I[a] |
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[b] | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 56 | |
5 | Oostende[c] | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 53 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
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.[19]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ The regular season winners will qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs or for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League through the 2020–21 Belgian Cup.
- ^ 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.[16] 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.[17][18]
Results summary[edit]
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | +4 |
Last updated: 17 April 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League
Results by round[edit]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches[edit]
The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[20]
8 August 2020 1 | Antwerp | 1–1 | Excel Mouscron | Antwerp |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
16 August 2020 2 | Cercle Brugge | 2–1 | Antwerp | Bruges |
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet |
22 August 2020 3 | Antwerp | 1–0 | Gent | Antwerp |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
30 August 2020 4 | Charleroi | 2–0 | Antwerp | Charleroi |
18:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
13 September 2020 5 | Sint-Truiden | 2–3 | Antwerp | Sint-Truiden |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Wim Smet |
20 September 2020 6 | Antwerp | 2–2 | Eupen | Antwerp |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
25 September 2020 7 | Kortrijk | 1–3 | Antwerp | Kortrijk |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 2,745 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
2 October 2020 8 | Antwerp | 4–1 | KV Mechelen | Antwerp |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
18 October 2020 9 | Zulte Waregem | 1–3 | Antwerp | Waregem |
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 3,230 Referee: Lothar D'hondt |
25 October 2020 10 | Antwerp | 3–2 | Beerschot | Antwerp |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote |
1 November 2020 11 | Anderlecht | 1–0 | Antwerp | Anderlecht |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
8 November 2020 12 | Antwerp | 1–1 | Standard Liège | Antwerp |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
21 November 2020 13 | Oostende | 1–1 | Antwerp | Ostend |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
30 November 2020 14 | Antwerp | 3–2 | OH Leuven | Antwerp |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet |
6 December 2020 15 | Genk | 4–2 | Antwerp | Genk |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
13 December 2020 16 | Antwerp | 0–2 | Club Brugge | Antwerp |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
16 December 2020 17 | Antwerp | 0–1 | Zulte Waregem | Antwerp |
18:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt |
20 December 2020 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 0–3 | Antwerp | Beveren |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
27 December 2020 19 | Antwerp | 2–1 | Charleroi | Antwerp |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
10 January 2021 20 | KV Mechelen | 3–0 | Antwerp | Mechelen |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
17 January 2021 21 | Gent | 0–1 | Antwerp | Ghent |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
20 January 2021 22 | Antwerp | 1–0 | Cercle Brugge | Antwerp |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
23 January 2021 23 | Antwerp | 1–2 | Oostende | Antwerp |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put |
26 January 2021 24 | Eupen | 0–2 | Antwerp | Eupen |
18:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
29 January 2021 25 | Antwerp | 3–2 | Waasland-Beveren | Antwerp |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen |
7 February 2021 26 | Beerschot | 1–2 | Antwerp | Antwerp |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
14 February 2021 27 | Standard Liège | 1–1 | Antwerp | Liège |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
21 February 2021 28 | Antwerp | 0–0 | Sint-Truiden | Antwerp |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer |
1 March 2021 29 | OH Leuven | 2–0 | Antwerp | Leuven |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt |
6 March 2021 30 | Antwerp | 4–2 | Kortrijk | Antwerp |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick |
21 March 2021 31 | Club Brugge | 0–2 | Antwerp | Bruges |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
5 April 2021 32 | Antwerp | 1–4 | Anderlecht | Antwerp |
18:15 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
12 April 2021 33 | Excel Mouscron | 2–3 | Antwerp | Mouscron |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
17 April 2021 34 | Antwerp | 3–2 | Genk | Antwerp |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt |
Play-Off I[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | CLU | GNK | ANT | AND | |
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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 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[21]
(C) Champions
Results summary[edit]
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League
Results by round[edit]
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) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
8 May 2021 2 | Anderlecht | 2–2 | Antwerp | Anderlecht |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
13 May 2021 3 | Antwerp | 0–0 | Club Brugge | Antwerp |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche |
16 May 2021 4 | Club Brugge | 2–1 | Antwerp | Bruges |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
20 May 2021 5 | Genk | 4–0 | Antwerp | Genk |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
23 May 2021 6 | Antwerp | 1–0 | Anderlecht | Antwerp |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
Belgian Cup[edit]
2 February 2021 Sixth round | Antwerp | 2–1 | RAAL La Louvière | Antwerp |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Debeuckelaere |
10 February 2021 Seventh round | Club Brugge | 3–1 | Antwerp | Bruges |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
UEFA Europa League[edit]
Group stage[edit]
The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[22]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | ANT | LASK | LUD | |
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1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | Antwerp | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | ||
3 | LASK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 10 | 3–3 | 0–2 | — | 4–3 | ||
4 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — |
22 October 2020 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–2 | Antwerp | Razgrad, Bulgaria |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel) |
29 October 2020 2 | Antwerp | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Antwerp, Belgium |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy) |
5 November 2020 3 | Antwerp | 0–1 | LASK | Antwerp, Belgium |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine) |
26 November 2020 4 | LASK | 0–2 | Antwerp | Linz, Austria |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Linzer Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania) |
3 December 2020 5 | Antwerp | 3–1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | Antwerp, Belgium |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic) |
10 December 2020 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–0 | Antwerp | Tottenham, England |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) |
Knockout phase[edit]
Round of 32[edit]
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[23]
18 February 2021 First leg | Antwerp | 3–4 | Rangers | Antwerp, Belgium |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria) |
25 February 2021 Second leg | Rangers | 5–2 (9–5 agg.) | Antwerp | Glasgow, Scotland |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) |
Statistics[edit]
Squad appearances and goals[edit]
- Last updated on 23 May 2021.
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | UEFA Europa League | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
1 | GK | IRN | Alireza Beiranvand | 12 | 0 |