2020–21 K Beerschot VA season

K Beerschot VA

2020–21 season
Chairman	Francis Vrancken
Manager	William Still (from 19 January 2021) Hernán Losada (until 18 January 2021)
Stadium	Olympisch Stadion
Belgian First Division A	9th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: Raphael Holzhauser (15) All: Raphael Holzhauser (15)
Home colours Away colours

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^[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  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; some limited exceptions apply. 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)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Club Brugge v Beerschot

8 July 2020 Friendly	Club Brugge	1–1	Beerschot	Knokke-Heist, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complex Molenhoek

Sint-Truiden v Beerschot

18 July 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Beerschot	Geel, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Leunen

Beerschot v Patro Eisden

26 July 2020 Friendly	Beerschot	1–1	Patro Eisden	Hoboken, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion De Visputten

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	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					36	15	5	16	63	65	−2	041.67

Last updated: 18 April 2021
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	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
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

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	14	5	15	58	64	−6	47	7	4	6	32	29	+3	7	1	9	26	35	−9

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

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2021. 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]

Oostende v Beerschot

10 August 2020 1	Oostende	1–2	Beerschot	Ostend
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tanghe  19' Gueye  22' Vandendriessche 63' Kvasina  72'	Report	Noubissi 1', 74' Prychynenko  60' Van den Buijs  83'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Beerschot v Zulte Waregem

16 August 2020 2	Beerschot	3–1	Zulte Waregem	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali 32' Sanusi  56' Pietermaat  67' Holzhauser 68', 87' Eleke  90+2'	Report	Berahino 57' Srarfi  64' Govea  67'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

Club Brugge v Beerschot

23 August 2020 3	Club Brugge	0–1	Beerschot	Bruges
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balanta  76'	Report	Holzhauser 28'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Beerschot v Standard Liège

30 August 2020 4	Beerschot	0–3	Standard Liège	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanusi  26' Vorogovskiy  80' Holzhauser  82'	Report	Avenatti 32' Fai  73' Lestienne 76' Oularé 83'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Beerschot v Genk

14 September 2020 5	Beerschot	5–2	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Holzhauser 12', 63' (pen.) Bourdin 49' Vorogovskiy 85' Noubissi 90'	Report	Onuachu 19' (pen.) Cuesta  58'  59' Bongonda  68' Lucumí  74' Dessers 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Frederik Geldhof

Charleroi v Beerschot

18 September 2020 6	Charleroi	3–1	Beerschot	Charleroi
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rezaei 29', 87' (pen.) Gholizadeh 55'	Report	Sanusi  54' Suzuki 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 4,706 Referee: Kevin van Damme

Beerschot v Waasland-Beveren

26 September 2020 7	Beerschot	3–2	Waasland-Beveren	Antwerp
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali 42' Noubissi  64' Suzuki 79' Brogno 90+6'	Report	Efford 11' Heymans 14' Bertone  82' Schryvers  90+7'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Gent v Beerschot

4 October 2020 8	Gent	5–1	Beerschot	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yaremchuk 12', 15' Depoitre 29', 61' Marreh  51' Samoise 79'	Report	Dom  78' Coulibaly 90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 7,995 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Beerschot v Sint-Truiden

17 October 2020 9	Beerschot	6–3	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Holzhauser 2', 25' (pen.) Tissoudali 17', 34' Brogno 40' Coulibaly 57'	Report	Filippov 44' Suzuki 49' Nazon 74'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Antwerp v Beerschot

25 October 2020 10	Antwerp	3–2	Beerschot	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Refaelov 7' Juklerød 15' Hongla  34' Gerkens  37' Mbokani 74' Haroun  78' Buta  81'	Report	Suzuki 25', 73' Frans  27' Sanyang  86'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Beerschot v OH Leuven

31 October 2020 11	Beerschot	4–2	OH Leuven	Antwerp
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Tissoudali 21' Suzuki 25' Pietermaat  32' Coulibaly  45' Van den Bergh  56' Sanusi 62' Holzhauser 65' Dom  74' Bourdin  79'	Report	Mercier 16' Henry 82' (pen.) Jemelka  87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Kortrijk v Beerschot

7 November 2020 12	Kortrijk	5–5	Beerschot	Kortrijk
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Jonckheere 1' Selemani 8' Mboyo 57' (pen.) Gueye 68' Sainsbury  84', 90+4' De Sart  87'	Report	Vorogovskiy  28' Bourdin 39', 74' Sanusi  43' Holzhauser 49' (pen.) Tissoudali 50' Frans 88'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Beerschot v Anderlecht

22 November 2020 13	Beerschot	2–1	Anderlecht	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 29' Frans  42' Holzhauser 50' Tissoudali  70'	Report	Lawrence  21' Žulj  60' Nmecha 87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

KV Mechelen v Beerschot

29 November 2020 14	KV Mechelen	2–3	Beerschot	Mechelen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frans 21' (o.g.) Vanlerberghe  39' Mboko 44' (o.g.) Vranckx  60' Storm  67' Hairemans  68' Schoofs  74'	Report	Tissoudali 13' Coulibaly  18', 80' Pietermaat  42' Van den Bergh 69'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

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

Excel Mouscron v Beerschot

12 December 2020 16	Excel Mouscron	3–1	Beerschot	Mouscron
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0

Anderlecht v Beerschot

27 December 2020 18	Anderlecht	2–0	Beerschot	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 32' Mukairu 71'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Sint-Truiden v Beerschot

30 December 2020 19	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Beerschot	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Suzuki 41' Konaté  73' Buatu  75' Cacace  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

Beerschot v Gent

10 January 2021 30	Beerschot	1–1	Gent	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Holzhauser 8' Coulibaly 23' Frans  42' Suzuki  49' Vorogovskiy  90' Van den Bergh  90+1'	Report	Bolat  8' Kums 43' (pen.) Marreh  87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Beerschot v Cercle Brugge

13 January 2021 17	Beerschot	1–1	Cercle Brugge	Antwerp
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vorogovskiy  14' Suzuki 22' Sanusi  89'	Report	Hazard  57' Musaba 89'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

Beerschot v Club Brugge

17 January 2021 20	Beerschot	0–3	Club Brugge	Antwerp
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Buijs  43' Coulibaly  66' Van den Bergh  67'	Report	Dost 15' Kossounou 19' Sobol  48' Lang 82',  83'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

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

Zulte Waregem v Beerschot

24 January 2021 22	Zulte Waregem	0–3	Beerschot	Waregem
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Van den Bergh 54' Dom 75' Prychynenko 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

Beerschot v Kortrijk

27 January 2021 23	Beerschot	0–0	Kortrijk	Antwerp
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

OH Leuven v Beerschot

30 January 2021 24	OH Leuven	0–1	Beerschot	Leuven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sowah  34' Henry  48' Schrijvers  90+3'	Report	Pietermaat  41' Prychynenko  72' Tissoudali 74'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

Beerschot v Antwerp

7 February 2021 25	Beerschot	1–2	Antwerp	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pietermaat  20' Van den Bergh  39' Sanyang  69' Bourdin  77' Frans 89'	Report	De Laet  71' Lamkel Zé 84',  85' Gerkens 87' Refaelov  90+3'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Beerschot v KV Mechelen

14 February 2021 26	Beerschot	1–2	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Radić  34' Holzhauser 52' (pen.) Brogno  81'	Report	Walsh 90' Druijf 90+4'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Genk v Beerschot

21 February 2021 27	Genk	1–2	Beerschot	Genk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bongonda  66' Muñoz  81' Hrošovský 90+3'	Report	Radić  14' Sanusi  58' Van den Bergh 65' Holzhauser 82' (pen.) Pietermaat  89'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

Beerschot v Excel Mouscron

28 February 2021 28	Beerschot	2–2	Excel Mouscron	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pietermaat  80' Eleke 86' Radić 90+4' Van den Bergh  90+6'	Report	Olinga  23' Onana 26' Da Costa  45+3' Tabekou 71' Koffi  85' Hočko  90+6' Bakić  90+7'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Waasland-Beveren v Beerschot

6 March 2021 29	Waasland-Beveren	1–2	Beerschot	Beveren
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Heymans 8',  13' Vukotić  90+2'	Report	Dom 34' Holzhauser 73' Brogno  80' Radić  90+2'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Cercle Brugge v Beerschot

4 April 2021 32	Cercle Brugge	2–1	Beerschot	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Biancone 18',  49' Ugbo 34' (pen.),  73' Velkovski  38' Lopes  44'	Report	Sanusi  33' Van den Bergh 50'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Beerschot v Charleroi

7 April 2021 31	Beerschot	2–1	Charleroi	Antwerp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Holzhauser 34' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.),  90+4' Van den Bergh  90+7'	Report	Fall  26' Van Cleemput  33' Nicholson 70'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Beerschot v Oostende

11 April 2021 33	Beerschot	1–2	Oostende	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Brogno 23',  63'	Report	Kvasina 81' Bataille 84',  88' Thiam  90+2'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Standard Liège v Beerschot

18 April 2021 34	Standard Liège	3–0	Beerschot	Liège
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Muleka  6', 86' Klauss 44' Amallah 60' (pen.)	Report	Pietermaat  26' Dom  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Belgian Cup

Dessel v Beerschot

2 February 2021 Sixth round	Dessel	0–5	Beerschot	Dessel
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Armand Melisstadion
Note: On 17 January 2021, Dessel forfeited the match against Beerschot which progressed automatically to the seventh round.[4]

Beerschot v KV Mechelen

11 February 2021 Seventh round	Beerschot	0–1	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Bergh  21' Prychynenko  54'	Report	Schoofs 41' Kaya  86' Kaboré  89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated 22 November 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup
				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^[5]

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
	92	FW		Loris Brogno	2	0	2
8	2	DF		Jan Van den Bergh	1	0	1
	4	DF		Frédéric Frans	1	0	1
	18	MF		Ryan Sanusi	1	0	1
	24	MF		Yan Vorogovskiy	1	0	1
Totals					41	0	41

References

1. "Team | Beerschot".
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. "Dessel Sport laat bekermatch tegen Beerschot schieten" [Dessel Sport forfeits cup tie with Beerschot]. sporza.be. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
5. "2020-2021 Beerschot Wilrijk Stats". FBref. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

External links

• Official website