# 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.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 12 February 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 | |
| 20 | MF | Sander Coopman | Oostende | Undisclosed | 4 July 2019 | |

### Out

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

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| 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 % |
| 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 051.28 |
Last updated: 1 August 2020 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 (Y) | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### 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.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Play-off round
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 1 August 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUR | Sinan Bolat | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | BEL | Yves De Winter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | GK | BEL | Jens Teunckens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | CRO | Davor Matijaš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BEL | Ritchie De Laet | 28 | 1 | 19+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Seck | 19 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Daniel Opare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Matheus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simen Juklerød | 22 | 1 | 11+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Dino Arslanagić | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | BEL | Robbe Quirynen | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CMR | Martin Hongla | 15 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Dylan Batubinsika | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Wesley Hoedt | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | POR | Aurélio Buta | 35 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | NGA | Junior Pius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | BEL | Brandon Nsimba Ndezi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | POR | Ivo Rodrigues | 29 | 5 | 17+5 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Steven Defour | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Koji Miyoshi | 15 | 3 | 4+10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Sander Coopman | 13 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BEL | Alexis De Sart | 31 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | BEL | Faris Haroun | 34 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | MLI | Sambou Yatabaré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CMR | Didier Lamkel Zé | 35 | 7 | 21+4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ISR | Lior Refaelov | 29 | 13 | 21+3 | 11 | 3+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Amara Baby | 16 | 1 | 3+6 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | BEL | Manuel Benson | 16 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | COD | Dieumerci Mbokani | 37 | 24 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 87 | FW | BEL | Kevin Mirallas | 21 | 2 | 11+7 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | BEL | 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 | COD | Jonathan Bolingi | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Geoffry Hairemans | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |