2019–20 Royal Antwerp F.C. season

The 2019–20 Royal Antwerp F.C. season was the club's 116th season in existence and the club's 8th 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 and UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 1 August 2020.

Royal Antwerp

2019–20 season
Owner	Paul Gheysens
Manager	Ivan Leko
Stadium	Bosuilstadion
Belgian First Division A	4th
Belgian Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Dieumerci Mbokani (18) All: Dieumerci Mbokani (24)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Current squad

As of 12 February 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 -- GK  FRA Jean Butez 2 DF  BEL Ritchie De Laet 3 DF  SEN Abdoulaye Seck 5 DF  BRA Matheus 6 DF  NOR Simen Juklerød 7 FW  CMR Didier Lamkel Zé 8 MF  POR Ivo Rodrigues 11 MF  ISR Lior Refaelov 12 DF  COD Luete Ava Dongo -- MF  CMR Frank Boya -- MF  BEL Birger Verstraete 17 DF  BEL Robbe Quirynen 18 DF  CMR Martin Hongla

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  JPN Koji Miyoshi 20 MF  BEL Sander Coopman 21 DF  FRA Dylan Batubinsika 25 MF  BEL Alexis De Sart 28 FW  BEL Manuel Benson 30 DF  POR Aurélio Buta 31 GK  BEL Yves De Winter 38 MF  BEL Faris Haroun (Captain) 40 DF  NGA Junior Pius 70 FW  COD Dieumerci Mbokani -- GK  CRO Davor Matijaš -- MF  UKR Yehor Nazaryna

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
25	MF	Alexis De Sart	Sint-Truiden	Undisclosed	10 July 2019	[1]
20	MF	Sander Coopman	Oostende	Undisclosed	4 July 2019	[2]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
	FW	William Owusu	Ajman	Free	1 July 2019	[3]
	MF	David Simão	AEK Athens	Undisclosed	1 July 2019	[4]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 July 2019 Friendly	SV Meppen	2–2	Antwerp	Harsewinkel, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportanlage Klosterpforte

6 July 2019 Friendly	Antwerp	1–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Harsewinkel, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportanlage Klosterpforte

10 July 2019 Friendly	Antwerp	2–0	Lokomotiva	Antwerp, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

13 July 2019 Friendly	Antwerp	0–0	Valenciennes	Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Municipal

8 July 2020 Friendly	Antwerp	0–1	Eupen	Antwerp, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

18 July 2020 Friendly	Antwerp	0–0	FC Utrecht	Antwerp, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

22 July 2020 Friendly	Antwerp	1–3	Roda JC	Antwerp, Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bolingi  50'		Croux  2', 66' Goppel  29'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion

24 July 2020 Friendly	Antwerp	2–3	Lyon	Antwerp, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodrigues  30' Verstraete  59' Hongla  70' Buta  78'		Dembélé  24' Seck  45' (o.g.) Cornet  49'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	6 August 2019	7 March 2020	Matchday 1	4th	29	15	8	6	49	32	+17	051.72
Belgian Cup	26 September 2019	1 August 2020	Sixth round	Winners	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	066.67
UEFA Europa League	8 August 2019	29 August 2019	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	025.00
Total					39	20	11	8	66	46	+20	051.28

Last updated: 1 August 2020

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Gent	29	16	7	6	59	34	+25	55	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Charleroi	29	15	9	5	49	23	+26	54	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Antwerp	29	15	8	6	49	32	+17	53	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5	Standard Liège	29	14	7	8	47	32	+15	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Mechelen	29	13	5	11	46	43	+3	44

Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[6]
Notes:

1. Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.[5]

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
29	15	8	6	49	32	+17	53	10	4	0	28	12	+16	5	4	6	21	20	+1

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
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	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	C
Position	1	2	4	4	9	5	2	4	4	5	5	6	7	6	4	4	5	4	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.[8]

28 July 2019 1	KAS Eupen	1–4	Antwerp	Eupen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

4 August 2019 2	Antwerp	4–1	Waasland-Beveren	Antwerp
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

11 August 2019 3	Sporting Charleroi	2–1	Antwerp	Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

18 August 2019 4	Antwerp	2–0	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

1 September 2019 5	Zulte Waregem	2–0	Antwerp	Waregem
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Regenboogstadion

15 September 2019 6	Anderlecht	1–2	Antwerp	Anderlecht
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Lotto Park

21 September 2019 7	Antwerp	3–1	Cercle Brugge KSV	Antwerp
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

29 September 2019 8	KV Oostende	1–1	Antwerp	Ostend
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Versluys Arena

6 October 2019 9	Antwerp	2–2	Standard Liège	Antwerp
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Refaelov  23' (pen.) Lamkel Zé  27' Mbokani  55' Arslanagić  75' Hoedt  88'	Report	Vanheusden  27' Emond  58', 72' M'Poku  90'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 12,978 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

20 October 2019 10	KV Mechelen	3–1	Antwerp	Mechelen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Achter de Kazerne

26 October 2019 11	Antwerp	3–1	Kortrijk	Antwerp
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

30 October 2019 12	Genk	2–2	Antwerp	Genk
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Samatta  69' Berge  90+6'	Report	Lamkel Zé  8',  45+1' Rodrigues  33'  82',  47' De Sart  63'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Wesley Alen

2 November 2019 13	Mouscron	3–1	Antwerp	Mouscron
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier

10 November 2019 14	Antwerp	2–1	Club Brugge	Antwerp
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haroun  33' Bolat  42' Miyoshi  45+1' Mbokani  49' (pen.) Mignolet  64' (o.g.) Lamkel Zé  65' De Sart  78' Hoedt  79'	Report	Schrijvers  25' Álvarez  61' Vanaken  75' Vormer  77'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 16,649 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

21 November 2019 15	Antwerp	3–2	Gent	Antwerp
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mbokani  25', 48' Refaelov  33' Rodrigues  39' Haroun  64' De Laet  86' Arslanagić  90+5'	Report	Yaremchuk  21',  86' Owusu  31' Kums  47' Bezus  83' Jonathan David  85',  90+4'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

24 November 2019 16	Gent	1–1	Antwerp	Ghent
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Yaremchuk  13' Kums  90+1'	Report	Arslanagić  25' Mbokani  42' De Sart  60' De Laet  62' Lamkel Zé  78' Haroun  81' Gano  90+4'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,491 Referee: Lawrence Visser

29 November 2019 17	Antwerp	1–0	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

6 December 2019 18	Waasland-Beveren	0–4	Antwerp	Beveren
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Freethiel Stadion

14 December 2019 19	Antwerp	1–0	KAS Eupen	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

22 December 2019 20	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Antwerp	Sint-Truiden
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen

27 December 2019 21	Antwerp	0–0	Anderlecht	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

19 January 2020 22	Cercle Brugge KSV	1–2	Antwerp	Bruges
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

26 January 2020 23	Antwerp	2–1	Zulte Waregem	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

2 February 2020 24	Club Brugge	1–0	Antwerp	Bruges
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dennis  27' Vanaken  84' Sobol  90+1'	Report	Rodrigues  27' Arslanagić  28'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

13 February 2020 25	Antwerp	1–1	Genk	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Juklerød  30' Mæhle  39' (o.g.) Buta  50'	Report	Onuachu  12' Wouters  86' Lucumí  88'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Jan Boterberg

16 February 2020 26	Antwerp	1–1	Sporting Charleroi	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

22 February 2020 27	Standard Liège	1–0	Antwerp	Liège
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oularé  33' Amallah  38'	Report	Seck  45+1' Defour  77' Hoedt  90+5'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 27,143 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

29 February 2020 28	Antwerp	3–1	KV Oostende	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

7 March 2020 29	KV Kortrijk	0–1	Antwerp	Kortrijk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

15 March 2020 30	Antwerp	Cancelled	Mouscron	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Note: The match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Belgian Cup

26 September 2019 Sixth round	Antwerp	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Lokeren	Antwerp
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbokani  5' Miyoshi  33', 98' Baby  114'	Report	Beridze  1' Navarro  83'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion

3 December 2019 Seventh round	Antwerp	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Juklerød  29' Haroun  40' Buta  64' Mbokani  72', 105' De Sart  96' Hoedt  99'	Report	Mæhle  4' Cuesta  70' Dewaest  76' Hoedt  80' (o.g.) Ndongala  83' Borges  89' Ito  105+1'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Lothar D'Hondt
	Penalties
	Refaelov Hoedt Buta Juklerød Mbokani		Samatta Berge Lucumí Ito Wouters

18 December 2019 Quarter-final	Standard Liège	1–3	Antwerp	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lestienne  24'	Report	De Laet  48' Benson  67' Mbokani  85'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: Erik Lambrechts

23 January 2020 Semi-final 1st leg	Antwerp	1–1	Kortrijk	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mbokani  84'	Report	Stojanović  70'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot

6 February 2020 Semi-final 2nd leg	Kortrijk	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Antwerp	Kortrijk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Refaelov  36' (pen.)	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Nicolas Laforge

1 August 2020 Final	Club Brugge	0–1	Antwerp	Brussels
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Balanta  39' Sobol  60' Rits  76' Vormer  90+8'	Report	Refaelov  25' Pius  32' Matijaš  82' Haroun  90+8'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and rescheduled to 1 August.[9]

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

8 August 2019 First leg	Antwerp	1–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Brussels, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seck  10' Rodrigues  29'	Report	Hrošovský  32' Limberský  72'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 15,734[10] Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)

15 August 2019 Second leg	Viktoria Plzeň	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	Antwerp	Plzeň, Czech Republic
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krmenčík  81', 97' Mihálik  109' Hrošovský  117'	Report	Juklerød  18' Haroun  57' Bolat  82' Seck  101'  101' Mbokani  113' Lamkel Zé  117'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,717[10] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Play-off round

22 August 2019 First leg	AZ	1–1	Antwerp	Enschede, Netherlands
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koopmeiners  25' Stengs  49' Boadu  82' Vlaar  85' Idrissi  90+3'	Report	Batubinsika  38' Buta  47'  73' Mbokani  63' Bolat  88' Lamkel Zé  90+3'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 4,014[11] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

29 August 2019 Second leg	Antwerp	1–4 (a.e.t.) (2–5 agg.)	AZ	Brussels, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodrigues  26' Mbokani  32'  35' Lamkel Zé  51'  74',  73' Seck  90+4' Bolat  97' Haroun  98' Batubinsika  101'	Report	Bizot  36' Boadu  40' Idrissi  86' Stengs  90',  97' Koopmeiners  91',  102' (pen.) Druijf  96' Wijndal  97' Guðmundsson  113'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 19,786[11] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 1 August 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Sinan Bolat	36	0	27	0	5	0	4	0
31	GK		Yves De Winter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	GK		Jens Teunckens	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
71	GK		Davor Matijaš	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Ritchie De Laet	28	1	19+3	0	4	1	2	0
3	DF		Abdoulaye Seck	19	0	10+3	0	2+1	0	3	0
4	DF		Daniel Opare	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Matheus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Simen Juklerød	22	1	11+3	0	4	1	4	0
15	DF		Dino Arslanagić	26	0	21	0	3	0	0+2	0
17	DF		Robbe Quirynen	5	0	2+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
18	DF		Martin Hongla	15	0	3+6	0	3+1	0	1+1	0
21	DF		Dylan Batubinsika	9	1	4	0	1	0	3+1	1
22	DF		Wesley Hoedt	25	0	21	0	4	0	0	0
30	DF		Aurélio Buta	35	2	28	2	4	0	3	0
40	DF		Junior Pius	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Brandon Nsimba Ndezi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Ivo Rodrigues	29	5	17+5	4	1+2	0	4	1
16	MF		Steven Defour	12	0	9+2	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF		Koji Miyoshi	15	3	4+10	1	1	2	0	0
20	MF		Sander Coopman	13	0	3+7	0	2	0	0+1	0
25	MF		Alexis De Sart	31	1	20+3	1	2+2	0	3+1	0
38	MF		Faris Haroun	34	0	24+1	0	5	0	4	0
60	MF		Sambou Yatabaré	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Didier Lamkel Zé	35	7	21+4	6	6	0	2+2	1
11	FW		Lior Refaelov	29	13	21+3	11	3+2	2	0	0
14	FW		Amara Baby	16	1	3+6	0	1+3	1	0+3	0
28	FW		Manuel Benson	16	1	6+5	0	3+2	1	0	0
70	FW		Dieumerci Mbokani	37	24	28	18	5	5	3+1	1
87	FW		Kevin Mirallas	21	2	11+7	2	2+1	0	0	0
93	FW		Zinho Gano	15	2	1+10	2	1+3	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
9	FW		Jonathan Bolingi	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Geoffry Hairemans	7	0	3+1	0	0	0	2+1	0

References

1. "Alexis De Sart vervoegt Rood-Witte legioen!" [Alexis De Sart Joins Red White Legion!] (in Dutch). royalantwerpfc.be. 10 July 2019.
2. "Antwerp hengelt in Oostende en haalt Coopman binnen" [Antwerp goes fishing in Ostend and reels in Coopman] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 4 July 2019.
3. "Ajman sign with Ghana striker William Owusu. The management of the Ajman club managed to bring Ghanaian William Osso (29 years) to his ranks from the Royal Antwerp". instagram.com. 29 June 2019.
4. "David Simao joins AEK FC until 2022". aekfc.gr. 22 June 2019.
5. "Communication à la suite de l'Assemblée Générale". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020.
6. "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
7. Smith, Emma (2 April 2020). "Belgium's Pro League cancelled and Club Brugge set to be declared champions due to coronavirus". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
8. "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
9. "Belgian cup final back on and set for Aug. 1". eurosport.com. Eurosport. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
10. "Summary UEFA Europa League – Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
11. "Summary UEFA Europa League – Play-off Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

External links

• Official website