2020–21 K Beerschot VA season

K Beerschot VA
2020–21 season
Chairman	Francis Vrancken
Manager	William Still (from 19 January 2021); Hernán Losada (until 18 January 2021)
Stadium	Olympisch Stadion
Belgian First Division A	9th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Raphael Holzhauser (15); All: ; Raphael Holzhauser (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 K Beerschot VA season was the club's eighth season in existence and its first season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Beerschot participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 January 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	BEL	Wouter Biebauw
2	DF	BEL	Jan Van den Bergh
3	DF	UKR	Denis Prychynenko
4	DF	BEL	Frédéric Frans
5	MF	BEL	Joren Dom
7	FW	NGA	Blessing Eleke
8	MF	AUT	Raphael Holzhauser
9	FW	CMR	Marius Noubissi
10	FW	JPN	Musashi Suzuki
15	DF	FRA	Pierre Bourdin
16	MF	BEL	Tom Pietermaat
18	MF	BEL	Ryan Sanusi
21	MF	ENG	George Broadbent (on loan from Sheffield United)
22	MF	GAM	Abdoulie Sanyang


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	KAZ	Yan Vorogovskiy
27	DF	ALG	Réda Halaïmia
28	MF	MLI	Ismaila Coulibaly (on loan from Sheffield United)
31	GK	BEL	Mike Vanhamel
36	MF	BEL	Senne Ceulemans
37	MF	BEL	Isaac Matondo Kwanzambi
38	FW	BEL	David Mukuna-Trouet
55	DF	CRO	Stipe Radić
72	GK	BEL	Antoine Lejoly
79	DF	BEL	Ayrton Mboko
89	DF	BEL	Grégory Grisez
92	FW	BEL	Loris Brogno
99	FW	BEL	Zakaria Bakkali (on loan from Anderlecht)

Out on loan

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	BEL	Dario Van den Buijs (at Fortuna Sittard)
11	FW	TOG	Euloge Placca (at Lierse Kempenzonen)
13	FW	CGO	Prince Ibara (at Neftçi)
17	FW	BEL	Brian De Keersmaecker (at FC Eindhoven)
19	MF	BEL	Keres Masangu (at HNK Šibenik)
77	MF	BEL	Jorn Vancamp (at FC Eindhoven)
99	FW	BRA	Felipe Micael (at Al Hilal United FC)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

8 July 2020 Friendly	Club Brugge	1–1	Beerschot	Knokke-Heist, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complex Molenhoek

18 July 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Beerschot	Geel, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Leunen

26 July 2020 Friendly	Beerschot	1–1	Patro Eisden	Hoboken, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion De Visputten

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	10 August 2020	18 April 2021	Matchday 1	9th	34	14	5	15	58	64	−6	041.18
Belgian Cup	2 February 2021	11 February 2021	Sixth round	Seventh round	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	050.00
Total					36	15	5	16	63	65	−2	041.67

Last updated: 18 April 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Gent	34	14	7	13	55	42	+13	49	Qualification for the Play-offs II
8	Mechelen	34	13	9	12	54	54	0	48	Qualification for the Play-offs II
9	Beerschot	34	14	5	15	58	64	−6	47
10	Zulte Waregem	34	14	4	16	53	69	−16	46
11	OH Leuven	34	12	9	13	54	59	−5	45

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.^[2]

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
34	14	5	15	58	64	−6	47	7	4	6	32	29	+3	7	1	9	26	35	−9

Last updated: 18 April 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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L
Position	2	1	1	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	6	7	7	7	10	10	9	9	7	8	10	8	8	6	7	6	6	9

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 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.^[3]

10 August 2020 1	Oostende	1–2	Beerschot	Ostend
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tanghe 19' Gueye 22' Vandendriessche 63' Kvasina 72'	Report	Noubissi 1', 74' Prychynenko 60' Van den Buijs 83'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

16 August 2020 2	Beerschot	3–1	Zulte Waregem	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali 32' Sanusi 56' Pietermaat 67' Holzhauser 68', 87' Eleke 90+2'	Report	Berahino 57' Srarfi 64' Govea 67'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

23 August 2020 3	Club Brugge	0–1	Beerschot	Bruges
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balanta 76'	Report	Holzhauser 28'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

30 August 2020 4	Beerschot	0–3	Standard Liège	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanusi 26' Vorogovskiy 80' Holzhauser 82'	Report	Avenatti 32' Fai 73' Lestienne 76' Oularé 83'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

14 September 2020 5	Beerschot	5–2	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Holzhauser 12', 63' (pen.) Bourdin 49' Vorogovskiy 85' Noubissi 90'	Report	Onuachu 19' (pen.) Cuesta 58' 59' Bongonda 68' Lucumí 74' Dessers 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Frederik Geldhof

18 September 2020 6	Charleroi	3–1	Beerschot	Charleroi
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rezaei 29', 87' (pen.) Gholizadeh 55'	Report	Sanusi 54' Suzuki 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 4,706 Referee: Kevin van Damme

26 September 2020 7	Beerschot	3–2	Waasland-Beveren	Antwerp
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali 42' Noubissi 64' Suzuki 79' Brogno 90+6'	Report	Efford 11' Heymans 14' Bertone 82' Schryvers 90+7'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

4 October 2020 8	Gent	5–1	Beerschot	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yaremchuk 12', 15' Depoitre 29', 61' Marreh 51' Samoise 79'	Report	Dom 78' Coulibaly 90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 7,995 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

17 October 2020 9	Beerschot	6–3	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Holzhauser 2', 25' (pen.) Tissoudali 17', 34' Brogno 40' Coulibaly 57'	Report	Filippov 44' Suzuki 49' Nazon 74'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Jan Boterberg

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

31 October 2020 11	Beerschot	4–2	OH Leuven	Antwerp
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Tissoudali 21' Suzuki 25' Pietermaat 32' Coulibaly 45' Van den Bergh 56' Sanusi 62' Holzhauser 65' Dom 74' Bourdin 79'	Report	Mercier 16' Henry 82' (pen.) Jemelka 87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

7 November 2020 12	Kortrijk	5–5	Beerschot	Kortrijk
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Jonckheere 1' Selemani 8' Mboyo 57' (pen.) Gueye 68' Sainsbury 84', 90+4' De Sart 87'	Report	Vorogovskiy 28' Bourdin 39', 74' Sanusi 43' Holzhauser 49' (pen.) Tissoudali 50' Frans 88'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

22 November 2020 13	Beerschot	2–1	Anderlecht	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 29' Frans 42' Holzhauser 50' Tissoudali 70'	Report	Lawrence 21' Žulj 60' Nmecha 87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

29 November 2020 14	KV Mechelen	2–3	Beerschot	Mechelen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frans 21' (o.g.) Vanlerberghe 39' Mboko 44' (o.g.) Vranckx 60' Storm 67' Hairemans 68' Schoofs 74'	Report	Tissoudali 13' Coulibaly 18', 80' Pietermaat 42' Van den Bergh 69'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

6 December 2020 15	Beerschot	0–1	Eupen	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mboko 40' Vorogovskiy 40' Bourdin 86'	Report	Agbadou 35' Ngoy 54' Schouterden 61'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

12 December 2020 16	Excel Mouscron	3–1	Beerschot	Mouscron
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0

27 December 2020 18	Anderlecht	2–0	Beerschot	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 32' Mukairu 71'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

30 December 2020 19	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Beerschot	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Suzuki 41' Konaté 73' Buatu 75' Cacace 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

10 January 2021 30	Beerschot	1–1	Gent	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Holzhauser 8' Coulibaly 23' Frans 42' Suzuki 49' Vorogovskiy 90' Van den Bergh 90+1'	Report	Bolat 8' Kums 43' (pen.) Marreh 87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

13 January 2021 17	Beerschot	1–1	Cercle Brugge	Antwerp
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vorogovskiy 14' Suzuki 22' Sanusi 89'	Report	Hazard 57' Musaba 89'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

17 January 2021 20	Beerschot	0–3	Club Brugge	Antwerp
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Buijs 43' Coulibaly 66' Van den Bergh 67'	Report	Dost 15' Kossounou 19' Sobol 48' Lang 82', 83'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

20 January 2021 21	Eupen	3–1	Beerschot	Eupen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Prevljak 10' N'Dri 40' Koch 54'	Report	Noubissi 2' Brogno 71' Van den Buijs 80' Eleke 90+1'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

24 January 2021 22	Zulte Waregem	0–3	Beerschot	Waregem
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Van den Bergh 54' Dom 75' Prychynenko 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

27 January 2021 23	Beerschot	0–0	Kortrijk	Antwerp
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

30 January 2021 24	OH Leuven	0–1	Beerschot	Leuven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sowah 34' Henry 48' Schrijvers 90+3'	Report	Pietermaat 41' Prychynenko 72' Tissoudali 74'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

7 February 2021 25	Beerschot	1–2	Antwerp	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pietermaat 20' Van den Bergh 39' Sanyang 69' Bourdin 77' Frans 89'	Report	De Laet 71' Lamkel Zé 84', 85' Gerkens 87' Refaelov 90+3'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

14 February 2021 26	Beerschot	1–2	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Radić 34' Holzhauser 52' (pen.) Brogno 81'	Report	Walsh 90' Druijf 90+4'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

21 February 2021 27	Genk	1–2	Beerschot	Genk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bongonda 66' Muñoz 81' Hrošovský 90+3'	Report	Radić 14' Sanusi 58' Van den Bergh 65' Holzhauser 82' (pen.) Pietermaat 89'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

28 February 2021 28	Beerschot	2–2	Excel Mouscron	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pietermaat 80' Eleke 86' Radić 90+4' Van den Bergh 90+6'	Report	Olinga 23' Onana 26' Da Costa 45+3' Tabekou 71' Koffi 85' Hočko 90+6' Bakić 90+7'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

6 March 2021 29	Waasland-Beveren	1–2	Beerschot	Beveren
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Heymans 8', 13' Vukotić 90+2'	Report	Dom 34' Holzhauser 73' Brogno 80' Radić 90+2'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

4 April 2021 32	Cercle Brugge	2–1	Beerschot	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Biancone 18', 49' Ugbo 34' (pen.), 73' Velkovski 38' Lopes 44'	Report	Sanusi 33' Van den Bergh 50'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

7 April 2021 31	Beerschot	2–1	Charleroi	Antwerp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Holzhauser 34' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.), 90+4' Van den Bergh 90+7'	Report	Fall 26' Van Cleemput 33' Nicholson 70'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

11 April 2021 33	Beerschot	1–2	Oostende	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Brogno 23', 63'	Report	Kvasina 81' Bataille 84', 88' Thiam 90+2'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

18 April 2021 34	Standard Liège	3–0	Beerschot	Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Muleka 6', 86' Klauss 44' Amallah 60' (pen.)	Report	Pietermaat 26' Dom 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Belgian Cup

2 February 2021 Sixth round	Dessel	0–5	Beerschot	Dessel
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Armand Melisstadion
Note: On 17 January 2021, Dessel forfeited the match against Beerschot which progressed automatically to the seventh round.^[4]

11 February 2021 Seventh round	Beerschot	0–1	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Bergh 21' Prychynenko 54'	Report	Schoofs 41' Kaya 86' Kaboré 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated 22 November 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Wouter Biebauw	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	BEL	Mike Vanhamel	13	0	13	0	0	0
72	GK	BEL	Antoine Lejoly	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BEL	Jan Van den Bergh	8	0	7+1	0	0	0
3	DF	UKR	Denis Prychynenko	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
4	DF	BEL	Frédéric Frans	12	1	12	1	0	0
6	DF	BEL	Dario Van den Buijs	10	0	3+7	0	0	0
15	DF	FRA	Pierre Bourdin	12	3	9+3	3	0	0
24	DF	KAZ	Yan Vorogovskiy	9	1	8+1	1	0	0
27	DF	ALG	Réda Halaïmia	8	0	5+3	0	0	0
79	DF	BEL	Ayrton Mboko	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	DF	BEL	Grégory Grisez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	BEL	Joren Dom	13	0	13	0	0	0
8	MF	AUT	Raphael Holzhauser	13	10	13	10	0	0
16	MF	BEL	Tom Pietermaat	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
18	MF	BEL	Ryan Sanusi	13	1	13	1	0	0
19	MF	BEL	Keres Masangu	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	GAM	Abdoulie Sanyang	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
28	MF	MLI	Ismaila Coulibaly	6	3	6	3	0	0
36	MF	BEL	Senne Ceulemans	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	BEL	Isaac Matondo Kwanzambi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	NGA	Blessing Eleke	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
9	FW	CMR	Marius Noubissi	9	3	7+2	3	0	0
10	FW	JPN	Musashi Suzuki	9	5	6+3	5	0	0
34	FW	MAR	Tarik Tissoudali	13	6	12+1	6	0	0
38	FW	BEL	David Mukuna-Trouet	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
92	FW	BEL	Loris Brogno	4	2	1+3	2	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

Goalscorers

As of 17 January 2021^[5]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	8	MF	Raphael Holzhauser	11	11
2	34	FW	Tarik Tissoudali	8	8
3	10	FW	Musashi Suzuki	6	6
4	28	MF	Ismaila Coulibaly	5	5
5	15	DF	Pierre Bourdin	3	3
6	9	FW	Marius Noubissi	2	2
6	92	FW	Loris Brogno	2	2
8	2	DF	Jan Van den Bergh	1	1
	4	DF	Frédéric Frans	1	1
	18	MF	Ryan Sanusi	1	1
	24	MF	Yan Vorogovskiy	1	1
Totals				41	41

References

^ "Team | Beerschot".
^ "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.
^ "Dessel Sport laat bekermatch tegen Beerschot schieten" [Dessel Sport forfeits cup tie with Beerschot]. sporza.be. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "2020-2021 Beerschot Wilrijk Stats". FBref. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Team | Beerschot".

[2] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association 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] "Dessel Sport laat bekermatch tegen Beerschot schieten" [Dessel Sport forfeits cup tie with Beerschot]. sporza.be. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[5] "2020-2021 Beerschot Wilrijk Stats". FBref. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

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