2020–21 K.R.C. Genk season

K.R.C. Genk
2020–21 season
ChairmanPeter Croonen
ManagerHannes 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)
StadiumLuminus Arena
Belgian First Division A2nd
Belgian CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Paul Onuachu (33)
All:
Paul Onuachu (35)

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

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First-team squad

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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 Australia AUS Danny Vukovic (captain)
2 DF United States USA Mark McKenzie
4 MF Belgium BEL Dries Wouters
5 DF Mexico MEX Gerardo Arteaga
7 FW Japan JPN Junya Ito
8 MF Belgium BEL Bryan Heynen
9 FW Nigeria NGA Cyriel Dessers
10 FW Belgium BEL Théo Bongonda
11 MF Switzerland SUI Bastien Toma
17 MF Slovakia SVK Patrik Hrošovský
18 FW Nigeria NGA Paul Onuachu
21 DF Finland FIN Jere Uronen
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Belgium BEL Bryan Limbombe
23 DF Colombia COL Daniel Muñoz
24 MF Belgium BEL Luca Oyen
26 GK Belgium BEL Maarten Vandevoordt
33 DF Colombia COL Jhon Lucumí
38 MF Ivory Coast CIV Eboue Kouassi
40 GK Belgium BEL Tobe Leysen
42 MF Norway NOR Kristian Thorstvedt
46 DF Colombia COL Carlos Cuesta
77 DF Ecuador ECU Angelo Preciado
80 MF Belgium BEL Pierre Dwomoh

Out on loan

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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 Belgium BEL Sébastien Dewaest (at Toulouse until 30 June 2021)
14 FW Sweden SWE Benjamin Nygren (at SC Heerenveen until 30 June 2022)
15 FW Nigeria NGA Stephen Odey (at Amiens until 30 June 2021)
20 MF Norway NOR Mats Møller Dæhli (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 GK Belgium BEL Nordin Jackers (at Waasland-Beveren until 30 June 2020)
— DF Brazil BRA Neto Borges (at Vasco da Gama until 30 June 2021)
— DF Belgium BEL Casper de Norre (at Leuven until 30 June 2021)
— MF Ghana GHA Joseph Paintsil (at Ankaragücü until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

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In

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

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

9 July 2020 Friendly Eendracht Termien Belgium Cancelled Belgium Genk Termien, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Terrain 't Heke
15 July 2020 Friendly Genk Belgium 3–1 Belgium Union SG Genk, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
17 July 2020 Friendly Genk Belgium 4–1 Netherlands Excelsior Genk, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
25 July 2020 Friendly AZ Netherlands 0–1 Belgium Genk Alkmaar, Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 0
1 August 2020 Friendly Genk Belgium 1–1 France Lens Genk, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
1 August 2020 Friendly Genk Belgium 2–3 France Lens Genk, Belgium
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
10 August 2020 Friendly Genk Belgium 3–2 Belgium RWDM Genk, Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
16 August 2020 Friendly Genk Belgium 9–0 Luxembourg Differdange Genk, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
24 August 2020 Friendly Genk Belgium 2–2 Belgium Westerlo Genk, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • 23'
  • 83'
 Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
4 September 2020 Friendly Genk Belgium Cancelled Netherlands Willem II Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
13 January 2021 Friendly Union SG Belgium 4–4 Belgium Genk Brussels, Belgium
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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

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Main article: 2020–21 Belgian First Division A

Regular season

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Pos Team
 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
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:
  1. ^ Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.
  2. ^ 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 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.[7][8]

Results summary

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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

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWDDLLWDDWWWWWWWLWWDLLDLWDLLLWWDWWL
Position3561014121111108643312222222222333333333
Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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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)
Report
Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
15 August 2020 2 Genk 1–1 OH Leuven Genk
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
23 August 2020 3 Standard Liège 0–0 Genk Liège
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
30 August 2020 4 Genk 1–2 Club Brugge Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram van Driessche
14 September 2020 5 Beerschot 5–2 Genk Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Frederik Geldhof
20 September 2020 6 Genk 3–1 KV Mechelen Genk
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 3,140
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
28 September 2020 7 Genk 2–2 Oostende Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
3 October 2020 8 Waasland-Beveren 1–1 Genk Beveren
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Wim Smet
18 October 2020 9 Genk 2–1 Charleroi Genk
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 2,743
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
26 October 2020 10 Gent 1–2 Genk Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jan Boterberg
30 October 2020 11 Genk 4–0 Eupen Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Stayen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
22 November 2020 13 Genk 4–1 Excel Mouscron Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
28 November 2020 14 Cercle Brugge 1–5 Genk Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
6 December 2020 15 Genk 4–2 Antwerp Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
11 December 2020 16 Anderlecht 1–0 Genk Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
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)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
27 December 2020 19 Genk 1–1 Waasland-Beveren Genk
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
6 January 2021 17 Eupen 1–4 Genk Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
9 January 2021 20 Kortrijk 2–1 Genk Kortrijk
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
16 January 2021 21 Excel Mouscron 2–0 Genk Mouscron
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
21 January 2021 22 Genk 1–1 Gent Genk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
24 January 2021 23 Club Brugge 3–2 Genk Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lawrence Visser
27 January 2021 24 Genk 3–2 Zulte Waregem Genk
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
30 January 2021 25 KV Mechelen 0–0 Genk Mechelen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christof Dierick
7 February 2021 26 Genk 1–2 Anderlecht Genk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
17 February 2021 27 Oostende 3–1 Genk Ostend
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wim Smet
21 February 2021 28 Genk 1–2 Beerschot Genk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bert Put
26 February 2021 29 Charleroi 1–2 Genk Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
19 March 2021 31 Genk 2–2 Standard Liège Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
5 April 2021 32 OH Leuven 2–3 Genk Leuven
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jan Boterberg
11 April 2021 33 Genk 4–0 Sint-Truiden Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
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

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Pos Team
 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

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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

Results by round

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Round123456
GroundAHHAHA
ResultWWDWWW
Position222222
Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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30 April 2021 1 Antwerp 2–3 Genk Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
7 May 2021 2 Genk 3–0 Club Brugge Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lawrence Visser
12 May 2021 3 Genk 1–1 Anderlecht Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
15 May 2021 4 Anderlecht 1–2 Genk Anderlecht
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
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 Club Brugge 1–2 Genk Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Belgian Cup

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Main article: 2020–21 Belgian Cup
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)
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)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
14 March 2021 Semi-finals Anderlecht 1–2 Genk Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Statistics

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Squad appearances and goals

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Last updated on 23 May 2021.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Belgian Division Belgian Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Australia AUS Danny Vukovic 24 0 24 0 0 0
26 GK Belgium BEL Maarten Vandevoordt 20 0 16 0 4 0
40 GK Belgium BEL Tobe Leysen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF United States USA Mark McKenzie 16 0 8+5 0 1+2 0
5 DF Mexico MEX Gerardo Arteaga 28 1 21+4 1 3 0
21 DF Finland FIN Jere Uronen 23 0 21+1 0 1 0
23 DF Colombia COL Daniel Muñoz 44 1 37+3 0 4 1
33 DF Colombia COL Jhon Lucumí 41 0 36+2 0 3 0
35 DF Belgium BEL Shawn Adewoye 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 DF Colombia COL Carlos Cuesta 38 0 34 0 4 0
77 DF Ecuador ECU Angelo Preciado 10 0 7+3 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF Belgium BEL Dries Wouters 8 0 4+4 0 0 0
8 MF Belgium BEL Bryan Heynen 33 2 27+2 2 4 0
11 MF Switzerland SUI Bastien Toma 21 2 12+7 2 1+1 0
16 MF Belgium BEL Elias Sierra 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
17 MF Slovakia SVK Patrik Hrošovský 34 2 27+3 2 3+1 0
24 MF Belgium BEL Luca Oyen 21 0 4+16 0 1 0
38 MF Ivory Coast CIV Eboue Kouassi 18 0 7+11 0 0 0
42 MF Norway NOR Kristian Thorstvedt 34 9 22+8 7 4 2
80 MF Belgium BEL Pierre Dwomoh 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Japan JPN Junya Ito 42 12 37+1 11 4 1
9 FW Nigeria NGA Cyriel Dessers 34 7 6+26 7 1+1 0
10 FW Belgium BEL Theo Bongonda 39 18 34+1 16 3+1 2
18 FW Nigeria NGA Paul Onuachu 41 35 36+2 33 3 2
22 FW Belgium 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 Belgium BEL Casper de Norre 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Brazil BRA Neto Borges 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Belgium BEL Sébastien Dewaest 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Denmark DEN Joakim Mæhle 16 1 16 1 0 0
20 MF Norway NOR Mats Møller Dæhli 5 0 2+3 0 0 0
11 FW Ghana GHA Joseph Paintsil 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Sweden SWE Benjamin Nygren 3 0 1+2 0 0 0
15 FW Nigeria NGA Stephen Odey 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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As of 23 May 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Pro League Belgian Cup Total
1 18 FW Nigeria Paul Onuachu 33 2 35
2 27 FW Belgium Théo Bongonda 16 2 18
3 7 FW Japan Junya Ito 11 1 12
4 42 MF Norway Kristian Thorstvedt 7 2 9
5 9 FW Nigeria Cyriel Dessers 7 0 7
6 8 MF Belgium Bryan Heynen 2 0 2
11 MF Switzerland Bastien Toma 2 0 2
17 MF Slovakia Patrik Hrošovský 2 0 2
9 5 DF Mexico Gerardo Arteaga 1 0 1
23 DF Colombia Daniel Muñoz 0 1 1
31 DF Denmark Joakim Mæhle 1 0 1
Own goal 0 1 1
Totals 82 9 91

References

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  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.