# 2019–20 K.R.C. Genk season

The 2019–20 season was K.R.C. Genk's 32nd season in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgium football. It covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Genk competed in the Belgian First Division A, the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 September 2019
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 |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Danny Vukovic |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Casper de Norre |
| 4 | MF | BEL | Dries Wouters |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Neto Borges |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Dewaest |
| 7 | FW | JPN | Junya Ito (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Bryan Heynen |
| 10 | FW | TAN | Mbwana Samatta |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Joseph Paintsil |
| 14 | FW | SWE | Benjamin Nygren |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Stephen Odey |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hrošovský |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Paul Onuachu |
| 19 | MF | POL | Jakub Piotrowski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Jere Uronen |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Ianis Hagi |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Sander Berge |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Maarten Vandevoordt |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Theo Bongonda |
| 28 | GK | BEL | Gaëtan Coucke |
| 31 | DF | DEN | Joakim Mæhle |
| 33 | DF | COL | Jhon Lucumí |
| 35 | DF | BEL | Shawn Adewoye |
| 40 | GK | BEL | Tobe Leysen |
| 46 | DF | COL | Carlos Cuesta |
| 54 | MF | ROU | Vladimir Screciu |
| 77 | MF | COD | Dieumerci Ndongala |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 16 | FW | BEL | Dante Vanzeir (at KV Mechelen until 30 June 2020) |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Ivan Fiolić (at AEK Larnaca until 31 May 2020) |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Amine Khammas (at Lommel until 30 June 2020) |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Nordin Jackers (at Waasland-Beveren until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 91 | FW | BEL | Adriano Bertaccini (at Deinze until 30 June 2020) |
| 93 | FW | BEL | Zinho Gano (at Antwerp until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | BEL | Rubin Seigers (at Beerschot until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | KOS | Edon Zhegrova (at Basel until 30 June 2020) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 | 26 July 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 044.83 |
| Belgian Cup | 24 September 2019 | 3 December 2019 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Super Cup | 20 July 2019 | 20 July 2019 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 17 September 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 039.47 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | C |
| Position | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### 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 Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | NAP | SAL | GNK |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 6–2 |
| 4 | Genk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 1 | | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — |

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 7 March 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Belgian Super Cup | Belgian Super Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AUS | Danny Vukovic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Maarten Vandevoordt | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | BEL | Gaëtan Coucke | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Thomas Didillon | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | BEL | Tobe Leysen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BEL | Casper de Norre | 19 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Neto Borges | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Sébastien Dewaest | 31 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Jere Uronen | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | DEN | Joakim Mæhle | 33 | 1 | 23+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | COL | Jhon Lucumí | 29 | 2 | 21+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | BEL | Shawn Adewoye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | COL | Carlos Cuesta | 27 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | BEL | Dries Wouters | 15 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Bryan Heynen | 20 | 2 | 11+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hrošovský | 27 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Mats Møller Dæhli | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Bryan Limbombe | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | CIV | Eboue Kouassi | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Kristian Thorstvedt | 8 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | JPN | Junya Ito | 38 | 6 | 26+3 | 5 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Joseph Paintsil | 23 | 1 | 10+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SWE | Benjamin Nygren | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Stephen Odey | 13 | 2 | 1+10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Paul Onuachu | 28 | 10 | 17+5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Theo Bongonda | 29 | 5 | 15+7 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | TAN | Mbwana Samatta | 28 | 10 | 17+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 16 | FW | BEL | Dante Vanzeir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | POL | Jakub Piotrowski | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Ianis Hagi | 19 | 3 | 6+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Sander Berge | 31 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Manuel Benson | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | ROU | Vladimir Screciu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | COD | Dieumerci Ndongala | 17 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |