2020–21 K.A.S. Eupen season

K.A.S. Eupen

2020–21 season
Owner	ASPIRE Zone Foundation
Chairman	Dieter Steffens
Manager	Beñat San José
Stadium	Kehrwegstadion
Belgian First Division A	12th
Belgian Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Smail Prevljak (15) All: Smail Prevljak (15)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2020–21 K.A.S. Eupen season was the club's 76th season in existence and its 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Eupen 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 30 January 2021^[1]

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  GER Robin Himmelmann 3 DF  NED Menno Koch 4 DF  BEL Rocky Bushiri (on loan from Norwich City) 5 DF  ESP Jordi Amat 6 DF  FRA Benoît Poulain 7 FW  BEL Julien Ngoy 8 MF  BEL Stef Peeters 9 FW  BIH Smail Prevljak 10 FW  ZIM Knowledge Musona 11 FW  SEN Amara Baby 13 MF  MLI Sibiry Keita 15 DF  BEL Gary Magnée 17 FW  GNB Carlos Embaló 18 MF  MNE Aleksandar Boljević (on loan from Standard Liège) 20 MF  BEL Marciano Aziz

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  BRA Adriano Correia 22 DF  CIV Emmanuel Agbadou 23 DF  CGO Senna Miangué (on loan from Cagliari) 24 DF  CIV Silas Gnaka 25 DF  GHA Emmanuel Sowah Adjei 26 MF  BEL Jens Cools 28 DF  BEL Jonathan Heris 31 GK  BEL Théo Defourny 32 DF  GER Andreas Beck 33 GK  GHA Abdul Nurudeen 34 FW  CIV Konan N'Dri 35 DF  BEL Boris Lambert 39 MF  COD Edo Kayembe 77 FW  CIV Mamadou Koné

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Antwerp v Eupen

8 July 2020 Friendly	Antwerp	0–1	Eupen	Antwerp, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

Eupen v Union Saint-Gilloise

18 July 2020 Friendly	Eupen	0–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Eupen, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Communal

Eupen v Sint-Truiden

31 July 2020 Friendly	Eupen	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Eupen, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

Eupen v URSL Visé

22 August 2020 Friendly	Eupen	Cancelled	URSL Visé	Eupen, Belgium
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

Eupen v RWD Molenbeek

4 September 2020 Friendly	Eupen	5–3	RWD Molenbeek	Eupen, Belgium
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	10 August 2020	17 April 2021	Matchday 1	12th	34	10	13	11	44	55	−11	029.41
Belgian Cup	2 February 2021	13 March 2021	Sixth round	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	11	2	+9	075.00
Total					38	13	13	12	55	57	−2	034.21

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

Main article: 2020–21 Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
13	Charleroi	34	11	9	14	46	49	−3	42
14	Kortrijk	34	11	6	17	44	57	−13	39

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	13	11	44	55	−11	43	5	6	6	24	30	−6	5	7	5	20	25	−5

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W
Position	9	15	16	16	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	12

Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.^[3]

OH Leuven v Eupen

10 August 2020 1	OH Leuven	1–1	Eupen	Leuven
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kotysch 57' Myny  60'	Report	Nuhu  48', 72' Peeters  56'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

Eupen v Club Brugge

16 August 2020 2	Eupen	0–4	Club Brugge	Eupen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Badji 14' Diatta 59', 69' Vormer 76'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Kortrijk v Eupen

21 August 2020 3	Kortrijk	0–0	Eupen	Kortrijk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Selemani  72' Rougeaux  88'	Report	Musona  30' Cools  90+3'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Eupen v Sint-Truiden

29 August 2020 4	Eupen	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Eupen
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Cools  10' Ngoy 13' Heris  25' Beck  45+1' Koné  82' Poulain  84'	Report	Asamoah  16' Lucas  58' Mmaee  63' Colidio  72' Suzuki 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

Eupen v Gent

11 September 2020 5	Eupen	2–1	Gent	Eupen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Prevljak 35' Cools 53',  84' Adriano  71' Amat  78'	Report	Kums 63',  75' Ngadeu-Ngadjui  73' Botaka  76' Arslanagić  88'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Antwerp v Eupen

20 September 2020 6	Antwerp	2–2	Eupen	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	De Laet  45+1' Mbokani  45+5' Pius 62', 77'	Report	Musona  35', 53' Prevljak 45+2' (pen.),  65' Koné  45+5' Amat  69' Ngoy  86' Poulain  89'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Anderlecht v Eupen

27 September 2020 7	Anderlecht	1–1	Eupen	Anderlecht
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doku  38' Lokonga 71' El Hadj  90+3'	Report	Adriano  58' Peeters  81' Koch  89' Ngoy 90' Vázquez  90+4'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kevin Dhondt

Eupen v Cercle Brugge

3 October 2020 8	Eupen	1–2	Cercle Brugge	Eupen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Peeters  14' Musona  31' Ngoy 39' Amat  43' Koch  84' Adriano  90'	Report	Hazard 5',  47' Taravel  46' Musaba 76' Somers  89' Ugbo  90+3'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Excel Mouscron v Eupen

18 October 2020 9	Excel Mouscron	0–2	Eupen	Mouscron
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Musona 47' Heris 79'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 500 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Genk v Eupen

30 October 2020 11	Genk	4–0	Eupen	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 5' (pen.) Dessers 48' Bongonda 74', 82' Wouters  81'	Report	N'Dri  70' Kayembe  90+1'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Eupen v Waasland-Beveren

7 November 2020 12	Eupen	1–1	Waasland-Beveren	Eupen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters  74' Koch 84'	Report	Frey 11' Vukčević  88' Vukotić  90+2'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Standard Liège v Eupen

21 November 2020 13	Standard Liège	2–2	Eupen	Liège
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bokadi 35' Shamir  41',  45' Bodart 90+6'	Report	Prevljak 36' Peeters 57'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

Eupen v Charleroi

27 November 2020 14	Eupen	3–1	Charleroi	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Prevljak 18' Penneteau 48' (o.g.) Ngoy 75' Heris  90+2'	Report	Willems  45+1' Gillet  52' Morioka  70' Kayembe 85' Gholizadeh  87' Nkuba  90'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Eupen v KV Mechelen

3 December 2020 10	Eupen	1–1	KV Mechelen	Eupen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ngoy 20'	Report	Vanlerberghe  78' Van Damme  88' Schoofs 90+2'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Beerschot v Eupen

6 December 2020 15	Beerschot	0–1	Eupen	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mboko  40' Vorogovskiy  40' Bourdin  86'	Report	Agbadou 35' Ngoy  54' Schouterden  61'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Club Brugge v Eupen

26 December 2020 19	Club Brugge	3–0	Eupen	Bruges
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lang 52', 58' Vanaken  79' Okereke 82'	Report	Cools  45+2' Koch  49'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Eupen v Zulte Waregem

29 December 2020 16	Eupen	2–3	Zulte Waregem	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Musona 34', 57' Koch  60' N'Dri  80' Prevljak  86'	Report	Bruno  33', 82' Seck  56' Dompé 75' Deschacht 84'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

Eupen v Genk

6 January 2021 18	Eupen	1–4	Genk	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters 14' Kayembe  45+4' Defourny  47' Amat  62'	Report	Ito 9' Onuachu 42', 48' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Kouassi  45+1'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Cercle Brugge v Eupen

9 January 2021 30	Cercle Brugge	1–2	Eupen	Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hoggas 53'	Report	Prevljak 69', 76'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Oostende v Eupen

12 January 2021 17	Oostende	1–1	Eupen	Ostend
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kvasina 79'	Report	Prevljak 49'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Eupen v Anderlecht

15 January 2021 20	Eupen	2–0	Anderlecht	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters  40' Prevljak 75', 85' N'Dri  90+2'	Report	Vlap  14' Lawrence  39' Wellenreuther  41' Miazga  90'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Eupen v Beerschot

20 January 2021 21	Eupen	3–1	Beerschot	Eupen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Prevljak 10' N'Dri 40' Koch 54'	Report	Noubissi 2' Brogno  71' Van den Buijs  80' Eleke  90+1'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

KV Mechelen v Eupen

23 January 2021 22	KV Mechelen	3–0	Eupen	Mechelen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Hairemans 26' Mrabti 47' De Camargo 74'	Report		Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Eupen v Antwerp

26 January 2021 23	Eupen	0–2	Antwerp	Eupen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Koch  56' Agbadou  66'	Report	Refaelov 18', 61' Seck 28' Gerkens  45+3'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Eupen v Excel Mouscron

30 January 2021 24	Eupen	1–1	Excel Mouscron	Eupen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Faraj 32' (o.g.)		Silvestre 68'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0

Gent v Eupen

7 February 2021 25	Gent	2–2	Eupen	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tissoudali 27', 30' Arslanagić  40' Hanche-Olsen  63' Dorsch  90+1' Yaremchuk  90+5'	Report	Prevljak 7', 64' (pen.) Peeters  90' Heris  90+2'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Waasland-Beveren v Eupen

17 February 2021 26	Waasland-Beveren	1–0	Eupen	Beveren
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Frey 11' Leuko  29' Albanese  74' Heltne Nilsen  85'	Report	Peeters 30' Prevljak  57' N'Dri  90+2'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Eupen v Oostende

20 February 2021 27	Eupen	1–1	Oostende	Eupen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Cools  47' Kayembe  67' Baby 84' Peeters  88'	Report	Hjulsager 49' Tanghe  63' Bataille  90+1'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Sint-Truiden v Eupen

28 February 2021 28	Sint-Truiden	0–2	Eupen	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Teixeira  61' De Ridder  62' Lavalée  78'	Report	Baby 41' Miangué  80' Prevljak 89'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Eupen v OH Leuven

6 March 2021 29	Eupen	3–3	OH Leuven	Eupen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Prevljak 8' Heris 29',  64' Amat  32' Musona 43' (pen.), 67' Beck  85' Baby  90'	Report	Malinov 27',  69' Henry 36' Mercier 55' Hubert  90'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

Eupen v Kortrijk

20 March 2021 31	Eupen	2–0	Kortrijk	Eupen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ngoy 52' Musona  78', 80' Heris  90+1'	Report	Makarenko  70' Radovanović  90+4'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

Zulte Waregem v Eupen

5 April 2021 32	Zulte Waregem	2–1	Eupen	Waregem
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Bock  21', 82' Pletinckx 59'	Report	Agbadou  18'  80' Peeters 22' Amat  72'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

Eupen v Standard Liège

9 April 2021 33	Eupen	0–4	Standard Liège	Eupen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Peeters  90+2'	Report	Amallah 43', 68' Muleka 71' Lestienne 85'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

Charleroi v Eupen

17 April 2021 34	Charleroi	2–3	Eupen	Charleroi
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kipré  19' Gholizadeh 32' Ilaimaharitra  33', 81' (pen.) Teodorczyk  46'	Report	Prevljak 19', 20', 28', 45+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Belgian Cup

Rupel Boom v Eupen

2 February 2021 Sixth round	Rupel Boom	0–5	Eupen	Boom
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Gemeentelijk Parkstadion
Note: On 19 January 2021, Rupel Boom forfeited the match against Eupen which progressed automatically to the seventh round.[4]

Eupen v Olympic Charleroi CF

10 February 2021 Seventh round	Eupen	5–1	Olympic Charleroi CF	Eupen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Koné 8' Baby 50' Magnée 61' Koch 65' Sowah Adjei  84' Bushiri 90+3'	Report	Delbergue 14' (pen.) Castellana  90+2'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0

Eupen v Gent

3 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Eupen	1–0	Gent	Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Musona  35' Prevljak  35' Heris 49' Amat  74'	Report		Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Eupen v Standard Liège

13 March 2021 Semi-finals	Eupen	0–1	Standard Liège	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters  8' Heris  73' Defourny  90'	Report	Muleka  16' Raskin  26' Amallah 66' Laifis  90+2'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 11 September 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Total
1	26	MF		Jens Cools	1	0	1
	29	MF		Isaac Nuhu	1	0	1
	7	FW		Julien Ngoy	1	0	1
	9	FW		Smail Prevljak	1	0	1
Totals					4	0	4

References

1. "Squad List and numbers". K.A.S. Eupen. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
2. "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
3. "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
4. "Ook geen bekerwedstrijden voor amateurclubs Rupel Boom en Thes" [No cup matches for amateur clubs Rupel Boom and Thes as well]. sporza.be. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

• Official website