2020–21 Royal Antwerp F.C. season

Royal Antwerp
2020–21 season
Owner	Paul Gheysens
Manager	Franky Vercauteren
Stadium	Bosuilstadion
Belgian First Division A	2nd
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Belgian Super Cup	Final (cancelled due to COVID-19)
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dieumerci Mbokani (8); All: ; Lior Refaelov (10)
	All statistics correct as of 2 February 2021.

The 2020–21 Royal Antwerp F.C. season is the club's 117th season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Antwerp are participating in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, of which they are reigning champions, Belgian Super Cup and UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Alireza Beiranvand
2	DF	BEL	Ritchie De Laet
3	DF	KOR	Lee Jae-ik
4	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Seck
5	MF	BEL	Birger Verstraete
6	DF	NOR	Simen Juklerød
7	FW	CMR	Didier Lamkel Zé
9	FW	CGO	Guy Mbenza
11	MF	ISR	Lior Refaelov
12	DF	COD	Luete Ava Dongo
14	MF	BEL	Nill De Pauw
15	MF	CMR	Frank Boya
16	MF	BEL	Pieter Gerkens
18	DF	CMR	Martin Hongla
19	MF	JPN	Koji Miyoshi
20	MF	BEL	Sander Coopman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	FRA	Dylan Batubinsika
22	FW	BEL	Bruny Nsimba
23	MF	GHA	Nana Ampomah
25	MF	BEL	Alexis De Sart
26	DF	FRA	Jérémy Gelin
30	DF	POR	Aurélio Buta
38	MF	BEL	Faris Haroun (Captain)
46	GK	FRA	Jean Butez
64	DF	BEL	Dragan Lausberg
70	FW	COD	Dieumerci Mbokani
71	GK	CRO	Davor Matijaš
90	FW	URU	Felipe Avenatti
94	DF	BEL	Jordan Lukaku
97	GK	BEL	Ortwin De Wolf
—	DF	FRA	Maxime Le Marchand
—	DF	BRA	Matheus

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
1	Goalkeeper	Alireza Beiranvand	Persepolis	600.000 Euro	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

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	8 August 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1	25	13	4	8	41	34	+7	052.00
Belgian Cup	2 February 2021		Sixth round	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020		Group stage	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	066.67
Total				32	18	4	10	51	40	+11	056.25

Last updated: 2 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge	25	18	3	4	53	18	+35	57	Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I[lower-alpha 1]
2	Antwerp	25	13	4	8	41	34	+7	43	Qualification for the Play-offs I
3	Genk	25	12	7	6	49	33	+16	43
4	Standard Liège	25	10	8	7	36	29	+7	38
5	Anderlecht	25	9	11	5	34	26	+8	38	Qualification for the Play-offs II

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. 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]
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.

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	13	4	8	41	34	+7	43	7	3	3	22	17	+5	6	1	5	19	17	+2

Last updated: 29 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W
Position	11	13	8	13	8	10	6	5	5	1	6	6	6	4	4	7	7	7	5	6	3	3	3	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 29 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]

8 August 2020 1	Antwerp	1–1	Excel Mouscron	Antwerp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Refaelov 49' (pen.) Buta 58' De Laet 77'	Report	Onana 48' Bakić 78'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

16 August 2020 2	Cercle Brugge	2–1	Antwerp	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Omolo 31' Mbenza 80', 86'	Report	Gerkens 32' Mbokani 65'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

22 August 2020 3	Antwerp	1–0	Gent	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbokani 17' Batubinsika 45' De Pauw 60'	Report	Kums 53'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

30 August 2020 4	Charleroi	2–0	Antwerp	Charleroi
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessoleil 13' Nicholson 17', 90+1' Busi 30' Morioka 39' Penneteau 83'	Report	Batubinsika 12' Verstraete 22' Gerkens 40' Haroun 44'	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)	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

20 September 2020 6	Antwerp	2–2	Eupen	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	De Laet 45+1' Mbokani 45+5' Pius 62', 77'	Report	Musona 35', 53' Prevljak 45+2' (pen.), 65' Koné 45+5' Amat 69' Ngoy 86' Poulain 89'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

25 September 2020 7	Kortrijk	1–3	Antwerp	Kortrijk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mboyo 3' De Sart 69' D'haene 83'	Report	Sainsbury 63' (o.g.) Refaelov 82' Mbokani 90+2'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 2,745 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

2 October 2020 8	Antwerp	4–1	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bushiri 5' (o.g.) Miyoshi 8' Mbokani 43' Hongla 57' Seck 78'	Report	Bushiri 62' Hairemans 67' Bijker 76'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

18 October 2020 9	Zulte Waregem	1–3	Antwerp	Waregem
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dompé 7' Seck 74'	Report	Haroun 57' Hongla 64' Refaelov 71' Benavente 90+4'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 3,230 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

25 October 2020 10	Antwerp	3–2	Beerschot	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Refaelov 7' Juklerød 15' Hongla 34' Gerkens 37' Mbokani 74' Haroun 78' Buta 81'	Report	Suzuki 25', 73' Frans 27' Sanyang 86'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

1 November 2020 11	Anderlecht	1–0	Antwerp	Anderlecht
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mukairu 76'	Report	De Laet 30' Gelin 62' Buta 78'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

8 November 2020 12	Antwerp	1–1	Standard Liège	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Refaelov 10'	Report	Lestienne 68' Tapsoba 74' Raskin 74' Pavlovic 90+3'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

21 November 2020 13	Oostende	1–1	Antwerp	Ostend
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tanghe 80' Kvasina 89'	Report	Haroun 34' Refaelov 81'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

30 November 2020 14	Antwerp	3–2	OH Leuven	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Batubinsika 5' Mbokani 8' Haroun 10' Juklerød 41' Hongla 57' Seck 88'	Report	Henry 12' (pen.), 88' Malinov 15' Sowah 17' Maertens 20' Hubert 30' Ngawa 38'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

6 December 2020 15	Genk	4–2	Antwerp	Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 19', 23' Uronen 45' Bongonda 59' Dessers 88'	Report	Miyoshi 3' De Laet 40' Hongla 40' Lukaku 61' Mbokani 83'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

13 December 2020 16	Antwerp	0–2	Club Brugge	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gelin 16' Hongla 50' Batubinsika 78' Mbokani 83'	Report	Diatta 2' Rits 49' Balanta 56'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

16 December 2020 17	Antwerp	0–1	Zulte Waregem	Antwerp
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Sart 70' Ampomah 85'	Report	Bruno 36' Marcq 49' De Bock 58' Opare 72'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

20 December 2020 18	Waasland-Beveren	0–3	Antwerp	Beveren
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wiegel 57'	Report	Haroun 24' Refaelov 25' Ampomah 29' Lukaku 35' Mbokani 44' Buta 67' Seck 76'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

27 December 2020 19	Antwerp	2–1	Charleroi	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Benavente 73' Mbokani 78', 87'	Report	Seck 51' (o.g.) Diagne 90+1'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

10 January 2021 20	KV Mechelen	3–0	Antwerp	Mechelen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schoofs 59' Engvall 62' Hairemans 63', 67'	Report	Batubinsika 42' Buta 45+1' Haroun 90+1'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

17 January 2021 21	Gent	0–1	Antwerp	Ghent
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kums 52' Bukari 71'	Report	De Pauw 36' Beiranvand 51' Hongla 54', 75'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

20 January 2021 22	Antwerp	1–0	Cercle Brugge	Antwerp
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boya 37' Lamkel Zé 84', 85'	Report	Kanouté 41' Musaba 79' Bates 90+1'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

23 January 2021 23	Antwerp	1–2	Oostende	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gerkens 15' Lukaku 22' Buta 34' Hongla 51'	Report	Hendry 8' Sakala 35' Hjulsager 59' Bätzner 62' Kvasina 85'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

26 January 2021 24	Eupen	0–2	Antwerp	Eupen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Koch 56' Agbadou 66'	Report	Refaelov 18', 61' Seck 28' Gerkens 45+3'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

29 January 2021 25	Antwerp	3–2	Waasland-Beveren	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lamkel Zé 18', 57' Lukaku 45' Verstraete 68' Batubinsika 87'	Report	Frey 44' (pen.), 71' Albanese 85'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen

7 February 2021 26	Beerschot	v	Antwerp	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0

Belgian Cup

2 February 2021 Sixth round	Antwerp	2–1	RAAL La Louvière	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbenza 20' Ampomah 60' De Laet 73'	Report	Francotte 53' Lazitch 58' Calant 70' Louagé 87'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Debeuckelaere

10 February 2021 Seventh round	Club Brugge	v	Antwerp	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TOT	ANT	LASK	LUD
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	Advance to knockout phase	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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	Antwerp	Razgrad, Bulgaria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Higinio 46' Cicinho 88' Verdon 90+2'	Report	Gerkens 63' Refaelov 70' Juklerød 73' Haroun 80'	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)	Seck 20' Refaelov 29', 50' Verstraete 84' Mbokani 90'	Report		Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

5 November 2020 3	Antwerp	0–1	LASK	Antwerp, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verstraete 28' Gerkens 75' Ampomah 87'	Report	Holland 33' 68' Ranftl 39' Eggestein 55' Schlager 90+4'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

26 November 2020 4	LASK	0–2	Antwerp	Linz, Austria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Trauner 50' Goiginger 63' Eggestein 73'	Report	Hongla 28' Haroun 48' Refaelov 53' Gerkens 83'	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)	Hongla 19' De Laet 72' Benson 87'	Report	Despodov 53' Grigore 62' 90+1' Nedyalkov 71' Santana 90+2' Manu 90+4'	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)	Carlos Vinícius 57' Lo Celso 71' Sánchez 87'	Report	Seck 25' Ampomah 77'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[4]

18 February 2021 First leg	Antwerp	v	Rangers	Antwerp, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

25 February 2021 Second leg	Rangers	v	Antwerp	Glasgow, Scotland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 2 February 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	First Division A	Belgian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	11	MF	Lior Refaelov	7	0	3	10
2	70	FW	Dieumerci Mbokani	8	0	0	8
3	16	MF	Pieter Gerkens	2	0	2	4
3	18	MF	Martin Hongla	3	0	1	4
5	4	DF	Abdoulaye Seck	3	0	0	3
	6	DF	Simen Juklerød	3	0	0
	7	FW	Didier Lamkel Zé	3	0	0
8	2	DF	Ritchie De Laet	0	1	1	2
	19	FW	Koji Miyoshi	2	0	0
	21	DF	Dylan Batubinsika	2	0	0
	24	MF	Cristian Benavente	2	0	0
	40	DF	Junior Pius	2	0	0
13	9	FW	Guy Mbenza	0	1	0	1
	23	MF	Nana Ampomah	1	0	0
	28	FW	Manuel Benson	0	0	1
	38	MF	Faris Haroun	1	0	0
Totals				39	2	8	49

References

"Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation 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.
"2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
"Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". uefa.com. 14 December 2020.

External links

Official website

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[table_note_res_RW0.054608470320054-1] 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.

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

[3] "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.

[4] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[5] "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". uefa.com. 14 December 2020.

2020–21 in Belgian football
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