# 2020–21 K Beerschot VA season

The 2020–21 K Beerschot VA season was the club's eighth season in existence and its first season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Beerschot participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 29 January 2021
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 | Wouter Biebauw |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Jan Van den Bergh |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Denis Prychynenko |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Frédéric Frans |
| 5 | MF | BEL | Joren Dom |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Blessing Eleke |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Raphael Holzhauser |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Marius Noubissi |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Musashi Suzuki |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Pierre Bourdin |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Tom Pietermaat |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Ryan Sanusi |
| 21 | MF | ENG | George Broadbent (on loan from Sheffield United) |
| 22 | MF | GAM | Abdoulie Sanyang |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | KAZ | Yan Vorogovskiy |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Réda Halaïmia |
| 28 | MF | MLI | Ismaila Coulibaly (on loan from Sheffield United) |
| 31 | GK | BEL | Mike Vanhamel |
| 36 | MF | BEL | Senne Ceulemans |
| 37 | MF | BEL | Isaac Matondo Kwanzambi |
| 38 | FW | BEL | David Mukuna-Trouet |
| 55 | DF | CRO | Stipe Radić |
| 72 | GK | BEL | Antoine Lejoly |
| 79 | DF | BEL | Ayrton Mboko |
| 89 | DF | BEL | Grégory Grisez |
| 92 | FW | BEL | Loris Brogno |
| 99 | FW | BEL | Zakaria Bakkali (on loan from Anderlecht) |

### 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 |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Dario Van den Buijs (at Fortuna Sittard) |
| 11 | FW | TOG | Euloge Placca (at Lierse Kempenzonen) |
| 13 | FW | CGO | Prince Ibara (at Neftçi) |
| 17 | FW | BEL | Brian De Keersmaecker (at FC Eindhoven) |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Keres Masangu (at HNK Šibenik) |
| 77 | MF | BEL | Jorn Vancamp (at FC Eindhoven) |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Felipe Micael (at Al Hilal United FC) |

## 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 | 10 August 2020 | 18 April 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 041.18 |
| Belgian Cup | 2 February 2021 | 11 February 2021 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 041.67 |
Last updated: 18 April 2021 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Gent | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 49 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 April 2021. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.

### Belgian Cup
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated 22 November 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Wouter Biebauw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | BEL | Mike Vanhamel | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | BEL | Antoine Lejoly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BEL | Jan Van den Bergh | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Denis Prychynenko | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Frédéric Frans | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Dario Van den Buijs | 10 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Pierre Bourdin | 12 | 3 | 9+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KAZ | Yan Vorogovskiy | 9 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ALG | Réda Halaïmia | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | DF | BEL | Ayrton Mboko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | BEL | Grégory Grisez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | BEL | Joren Dom | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Raphael Holzhauser | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Tom Pietermaat | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Ryan Sanusi | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Keres Masangu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GAM | Abdoulie Sanyang | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | MLI | Ismaila Coulibaly | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | BEL | Senne Ceulemans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BEL | Isaac Matondo Kwanzambi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NGA | Blessing Eleke | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Marius Noubissi | 9 | 3 | 7+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Musashi Suzuki | 9 | 5 | 6+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Tarik Tissoudali | 13 | 6 | 12+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | BEL | David Mukuna-Trouet | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | BEL | Loris Brogno | 4 | 2 | 1+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||

### Goalscorers

    As of 17 January 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Raphael Holzhauser | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 34 | FW | | Tarik Tissoudali | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Musashi Suzuki | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 28 | MF | | Ismaila Coulibaly | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 15 | DF | | Pierre Bourdin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Marius Noubissi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 92 | FW | | Loris Brogno | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Jan Van den Bergh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Frédéric Frans | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 18 | MF | | Ryan Sanusi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | MF | | Yan Vorogovskiy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 0 | 41 |