# 2019–20 S.V. Zulte Waregem season

The 2019–20 S.V. Zulte Waregem season was the club's 19th season in existence and the 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Zulte Waregem participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

## Players

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 | Sammy Bossut |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Davy De fauw (captain) |
| 3 | DF | CGO | Marvin Baudry |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Gideon Mensah (on loan from RB Salzburg) |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Damien Marcq |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Sissako |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Cyle Larin (on loan from Beşiktaş) |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Omar Govea |
| 11 | MF | TUN | Bassem Srarfi |
| 14 | DF | NED | Sandy Walsh |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jean-Luc Dompé |
| 18 | DF | SWE | Erdin Demir |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Gianni Bruno |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Henrik Bjørdal |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Seck |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Jelle Vossen |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Ewoud Pletinckx |
| 25 | GK | BEL | Louis Bostyn |
| 27 | FW | SUI | Dimitri Oberlin (on loan from Basel) |
| 38 | FW | BDI | Saido Berahino |
| 43 | DF | GRE | Nikos Kenourgios |
| 44 | GK | GER | Eike Bansen |
| 45 | DF | BEL | Olivier Deschacht |
| 52 | DF | MAR | Hotman El Kababri |
| 67 | MF | BEL | Jannes Van Hecke |

### 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 |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Luka Zarandia (at Tobol until 30 June 2020) |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Mikael Soisalo (at Varzim until 30 June 2020) |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Cameron Humphreys-Grant (at Excelsior until 30 June 2020) |
| 40 | FW | GUI | Idrissa Sylla (at Oostende until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | NED | Robert Mühren (at SC Cambuur until 30 June 2020) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| First Division A | 27 July 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 034.48 |
| Belgian Cup | 25 September 2019 | 5 February 2020 | Sixth round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 038.24 |
Source: Competitions

### First Division A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 44 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 43 |
| 9 | Zulte Waregem | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 36 |
| 10 | Excel Mouscron | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 36 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 33 |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | C |
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#### Matches

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