# 2020–21 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

The 2020–21 Royal Charleroi Sporting Club season was the club's 117th season in existence and the 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Charleroi participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | FRA | Nicolas Penneteau |
| 2 | DF | BUL | Ivan Goranov |
| 3 | DF | BIH | Ognjen Vranješ (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Jules Van Cleemput |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Modou Diagne |
| 6 | DF | MKD | Gjoko Zajkov |
| 7 | FW | COD | Jordan Botaka (on loan from Gent) |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Ali Gholizadeh |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Kaveh Rezaei (on loan from Brugge) |
| 12 | MF | BEL | Joris Kayembe |
| 13 | MF | SEN | Christophe Diandy |
| 14 | GK | SWE | Joachim Imbrechts |
| 15 | FW | BEL | Anthony Descotte |
| 16 | FW | JAM | Shamar Nicholson |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Levi Malungu |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Lucas Ribeiro Costa |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Jon Flanagan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Gaëtan Hendrickx |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Steeven Willems |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Dorian Dessoleil |
| 26 | MF | MAD | Marco Ilaimaharitra |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Fall |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Ken Nkuba |
| 29 | MF | PER | Cristian Benavente (on loan from Pyramids) |
| 30 | DF | BEL | Guillaume Gillet |
| 33 | DF | CIV | Cédric Kipré (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Amine Benchaib |
| 38 | FW | BDI | Saido Berahino (on loan from Zulte Waregem) |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Rémy Descamps |
| 42 | DF | BEL | Yunus Bahadir |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Ryota Morioka |
| 77 | MF | BEL | Massimo Bruno |
| 91 | FW | POL | Łukasz Teodorczyk (on loan from Udinese) |

### 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 |
| 20 | MF | CIV | Jean Thierry Lazare (at Estoril Praia until 30 June 2021) |
| 35 | GK | COD | Parfait Mandanda (at Hartford Athletic until 31 December 2020) |
| 70 | MF | IRN | Younes Delfi (at HNK Gorica until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | CMR | Arnold Garita (at FC Villefranche until 30 June 2021) |

## 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 | 8 August 2020 | 17 April 2021 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 032.35 |
| Belgian Cup | 3 February 2021 | 11 February 2021 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 24 September 2020 | 1 October 2020 | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 034.21 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 45 |
| 12 | Eupen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 43 |
| 13 | Charleroi | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 42 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 39 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 38 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.

### UEFA Europa League
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 17 September 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Kaveh Rezaei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 16 | FW | | Shamar Nicholson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 24 | DF | | Dorian Dessoleil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 27 | MF | | Mamadou Fall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 44 | MF | | Ryota Morioka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |