# 2019–20 K.A.A. Gent season

The 2019–20 season was K.A.A. Gent's 117th season in existence and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Belgium football. It covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Gent competed in the Belgian First Division A, the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players

    As of 2 September 2019

### Current squad

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 | Thomas Kaminski |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Jan Van den Bergh |
| 3 | MF | SUI | Nicky Beloko (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Elisha Owusu |
| 7 | FW | UKR | Roman Yaremchuk |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Captain) |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Roman Bezus |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Chakvetadze |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Jean-Luc Dompé |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Franck Bahi |
| 13 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Kvilitaia |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Alessio Castro-Montes |
| 15 | DF | IRN | Milad Mohammadi |
| 16 | FW | CAN | Jonathan David |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Cissé |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Dylan Mbayo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Brecht Dejaegere |
| 20 | GK | BEL | Jari De Busser |
| 21 | DF | GHA | Nana Akwasi Asare |
| 22 | FW | NGA | Philip Azango |
| 23 | DF | SWE | Mikael Lustig |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 25 | DF | NGA | Reuben Yem |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Colin Coosemans |
| 28 | DF | TUN | Dylan Bronn |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Laurent Depoitre |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Yuya Kubo |
| 32 | DF | UKR | Ihor Plastun |
| 33 | MF | BEL | Louis Verstraete |
| 76 | DF | BEL | Timothy Derijck |
| — | DF | COL | Deiver Machado |
| — | FW | SEN | Mamadou Sylla |

#### Out on loan

For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2018.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | SWE | Eric Smith (at Tromsø) |
| 77 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Beridze (at Lokeren) |
| – | MF | CRO | Franko Andrijašević (at HNK Rijeka) |
| – | FW | BEL | Stallone Limbombe (at Giresunspor) |
| – | FW | ISR | Lior Inbrum (at Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.) |

## 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 | 28 July 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 055.17 |
| Belgian Cup | 25 September 2019 | 4 December 2019 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 25 July 2019 | 27 February 2020 | Second qualifying round | Round of 32 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 042.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 89 | 52 | +37 | 051.11 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Club Brugge (C) | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 14 | +44 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | C |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### 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
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNT | WLF | STE | OLE |
| 1 | Gent | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Oleksandriya | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## 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 | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Thomas Kaminski | 44 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | BEL | Jari De Busser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Colin Coosemans | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | CMR | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | 42 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Franck Bahi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Alessio Castro-Montes | 31 | 2 | 14+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRN | Milad Mohammadi | 24 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Cissé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GHA | Nana Akwasi Asare | 23 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | SWE | Mikael Lustig | 30 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NGA | Reuben Yem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BEL | Bruno Godeau | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | UKR | Ihor Plastun | 43 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | SWE | Eric Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Elisha Owusu | 41 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | 42 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Roman Bezus | 29 | 7 | 14+7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Chakvetadze | 12 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Dylan Mbayo | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Brecht Dejaegere | 23 | 1 | 6+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | GAM | Sulayman Marreh | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums | 32 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | UKR | Roman Yaremchuk | 30 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Anderson Niangbo | 8 | 3 | 1+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GEO | Giorgi Kvilitaia | 33 | 3 | 8+15 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+8 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | CAN | Jonathan David | 40 | 23 | 24+3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Laurent Depoitre | 35 | 15 | 19+3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11+1 | 7 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BEL | Jan Van den Bergh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | SUI | Nicky Beloko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Sigurd Rosted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Jean-Luc Dompé | 9 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Beridze | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Sylla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | TUN | Dylan Bronn | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Yuya Kubo | 12 | 3 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 33 | MF | BEL | Louis Verstraete | 11 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 76 | DF | BEL | Timothy Derijck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |