# 2020–21 S.V. Zulte Waregem season

The 2020–21 S.V. Zulte Waregem season was the club's 20th season in existence and the 16th 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. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 August 2020
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 | FRA | William Bianda (on loan from Roma) |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Olivier Deschacht |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Daniel Opare |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Damien Marcq |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Sissako |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Jelle Vossen |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Omar Govea |
| 11 | MF | TUN | Bassem Srarfi |
| 15 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Chorý (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň) |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jean-Luc Dompé |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Gianni Bruno |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Ibrahima Seck |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Panagiotis Armenakas |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Ewoud Pletinckx |
| 25 | GK | BEL | Louis Bostyn |
| 27 | DF | BEL | Laurens De Bock (on loan from Leeds) |
| 29 | MF | BEL | Mathieu De Smet |
| 31 | DF | COM | Abdallah Ali Mohamed (on loan from Marseille) |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Cameron Humphreys |
| 43 | DF | GRE | Nikos Kenourgios |
| 44 | GK | GER | Eike Bansen |
| 67 | MF | BEL | Jannes Van Hecke |
| 80 | FW | BEL | Youssuf Sylla |

### 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 |
| — | FW | BDI | Saido Berahino (at RSC Charleroi until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | NED | Robert Mühren (at SC Cambuur 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 | 9 August 2020 | 18 April 2021 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 041.18 |
| Belgian Cup | 3 February 2021 | 3 February 2021 | Sixth round | Sixth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 040.00 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 12 | Eupen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 43 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | | | | | | | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.

### Belgian Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 9 August 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Total |
| 1 | 45 | DF | | Olivier Deschacht | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 |