2019–20 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

R. Charleroi S.C.

2019–20 season
Owner	Fabien Debecq
Managing director	Mehdi Bayat
Head coach	Karim Belhocine
Stadium	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
First Division A	3rd
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2019–20 season was the 116th season in the existence of R. Charleroi S.C. and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, R. Charleroi S.C. participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

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  FRA Nicolas Penneteau 4 DF  BEL Maxime Busi 5 DF  SEN Modou Diagne 6 DF  MKD Gjoko Zajkov 7 MF  TOG David Henen 8 MF  IRN Ali Gholizadeh 10 FW  IRN Kaveh Rezaei (on loan from Club Brugge) 12 MF  BEL Joris Kayembe 13 MF  SEN Christophe Diandy 14 GK  SWE Joachim Imbrechts 15 FW  BEL Anthony Descotte 16 FW  JAM Shamar Nicholson 17 DF  GRE Stergos Marinos

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ITA Frank Tsadjout (on loan from Milan) 22 MF  BEL Gaëtan Hendrickx 23 DF  FRA Steeven Willems 24 DF  BEL Dorian Dessoleil 25 DF  ANG Núrio Fortuna 26 MF  MAD Marco Ilaimaharitra 27 MF  SEN Mamadou Fall 28 MF  BEL Ken Nkuba 40 GK  FRA Rémy Descamps 44 MF  JPN Ryota Morioka 70 MF  IRN Younes Delfi 77 MF  BEL Massimo Bruno

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 35 GK  COD Parfait Mandanda (at Hartford Athletic until 31 December 2020) — GK  BEL Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui (at F91 Dudelange until 30 June 2020) — MF  IRN Omid Noorafkan (at Sepahan FC until 30 June 2020) — MF  BEL Nathan Rodes (at Union Titus Pétange until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  CMR Arnold Garita (at US Boulogne until 30 June 2020) — FW  FRA Jérémy Perbet (at Oud-Heverlee Leuven until 30 June 2020) — FW  MLI Adama Niane (at KV Oostende until 30 June 2020)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Metz v Charleroi

16 July 2019 Friendly	Metz	2–1	Charleroi	Homécourt, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Yvan Tepus

1. FC Köln v Charleroi

7 January 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–2	Charleroi	Benidorm, Spain
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lemperle 67'	Report	Gholizadeh 21' Rezaei 52' Busi  59' Núrio  81'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First Division A	28 July 2019	7 March 2020	Matchday 1	3rd	29	15	9	5	49	23	+26	051.72
Belgian Cup	25 September 2019	17 December 2019	Sixth round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	4	4	+0	066.67
Total					32	17	9	6	53	27	+26	053.13

Source: Soccerway

First Division A

Main article: 2019–20 Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]
5	Standard Liège	29	14	7	8	47	32	+15	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.^[2]
(C) Champions; (Y) Croky Cup winner
Notes:

1. Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.^[1]

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
26	12	7	7	42	33	+9	43	5	4	4	16	13	+3	7	3	3	26	20	+6

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	C
Position

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

Matches

On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.^[4]

Charleroi v Gent

28 July 2019 1	Charleroi	1–1	Gent	Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 89'	Report	Asare  53' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 56' Plastun  78'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 8,760 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Kortrijk v Charleroi

3 August 2019 2	Kortrijk	1–1	Charleroi	Kortrijk
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

Charleroi v Antwerp

11 August 2019 3	Charleroi	2–1	Antwerp	Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Zulte Waregem v Charleroi

19 August 2019 4	Zulte Waregem	3–1	Charleroi	Waregem
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Regenboogstadion

Charleroi v Club Brugge

29 January 2020 5	Charleroi	0–0	Club Brugge	Charleroi
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nicholson  61'	Report	Vormer  71' Mata  86'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 12,090 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Waasland-Beveren v Charleroi

31 August 2019 6	Waasland-Beveren	0–4	Charleroi	Beveren
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Freethiel Stadion

Charleroi v Genk

13 September 2019 7	Charleroi	2–1	Genk	Charleroi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morioka 26' (pen.) Nicholson 29' Ilaimaharitra  51' Bruno  69' Dessoleil  73' Marinos  81' Busi  85' Rezaei  90+5'	Report	Onuachu 61' Dewaest  74'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Charleroi v Sint-Truiden

21 September 2019 8	Charleroi	0–3	Sint-Truiden	Charleroi
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Standard Liège v Charleroi

29 September 2019 9	Standard Liège	1–1	Charleroi	Liège
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carcela  59' Amallah  85' M'Poku 90'	Report	Diagne  2' Ilaimaharitra  31'  90+3' Morioka 45+1' Fortuna  63'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,932 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Charleroi v Anderlecht

4 October 2019 10	Charleroi	1–2	Anderlecht	Charleroi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Wesley Alen

Cercle Brugge v Charleroi

20 October 2019 11	Cercle Brugge	0–3	Charleroi	Brugge
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Charleroi v Excel Mouscron

26 October 2019 12	Charleroi	1–0	Excel Mouscron	Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Oostende v Charleroi

29 October 2019 13	Oostende	0–1	Charleroi	Ostend
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

Mechelen v Charleroi

3 November 2019 14	Mechelen	2–2	Charleroi	Mechelen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Achter de Kazerne

Charleroi v Eupen

9 November 2019 15	Charleroi	1–0	Eupen	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Sint-Truiden v Charleroi

24 November 2019 16	Sint-Truiden	1–3	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen

Charleroi v Waasland-Beveren

30 November 2019 17	Charleroi	2–0	Waasland-Beveren	Charleroi
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Frederik Goldhof

Anderlecht v Charleroi

8 December 2019 18	Anderlecht	0–0	Charleroi	Anderlecht
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Charleroi v Cercle Brugge

14 December 2019 19	Charleroi	3–0	Cercle Brugge	Charleroi
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Excel Mouscron v Charleroi

21 December 2019 20	Excel Mouscron	1–1	Charleroi	Mouscron
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Charleroi v Oostende

27 December 2019 21	Charleroi	5–0	Oostende	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Eupen v Charleroi

18 January 2020 22	Eupen	1–1	Charleroi	Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Wim Smet

Charleroi v Mechelen

11 February 2020 23	Charleroi	2–1	Mechelen	Charleroi
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Genk v Charleroi

1 February 2020 24	Genk	1–0	Charleroi	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hrošovský 39' Mæhle  59' Onuachu  81'	Report	Willems  14' Gholizadeh  43' Penneteau  63'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Charleroi v Zulte Waregem

8 February 2020 25	Charleroi	4–0	Zulte Waregem	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Antwerp v Charleroi

16 February 2020 26	Antwerp	1–1	Charleroi	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

Club Brugge v Charleroi

23 February 2020 27	Club Brugge	1–0	Charleroi	Bruges
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Álvarez 1'	Report	Ilaimaharitra  87'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 27,039 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Charleroi v Standard Liège

1 March 2020 28	Charleroi	2–0	Standard Liège	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dessoleil 32' Nicholson 56' Ilaimaharitra  61'	Report	Laifis  31' Vojvoda  67' Vanheusden  90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 13,304 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Gent v Charleroi

7 March 2020 29	Gent	1–4	Charleroi	Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Owusu  17' Mohammadi  41'  84' Niangbo 59'	Report	Nicholson 39' Ilaimaharitra 44' (pen.) Fall 57' Morioka  67' Rezaei 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 15,661 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Charleroi v Kortrijk

15 March 2020 30	Charleroi	Cancelled	Kortrijk	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Belgian Cup

Rupel Boom v Charleroi

25 September 2019 Sixth round	Rupel Boom	2–3	Charleroi	Boom
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laureys 41', 88'	Report	Rezaei 31', 86' Gholizadeh 50'	Stadium: Gemeentelijk Parkstadion

Charleroi v Gent

4 December 2019 Seventh round	Charleroi	1–0	Gent	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bruno 84'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Zulte Waregem v Charleroi

17 December 2019 Quarter-finals	Zulte Waregem	2–0	Charleroi	Waregem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Berahino 48' Larin 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Regenboogstadion Referee: Jan Boterberg

References

1. "Communication à la suite de l'Assemblée Générale". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020.
2. "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
3. Smith, Emma (2 April 2020). "Belgium's Pro League cancelled and Club Brugge set to be declared champions due to coronavirus". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
4. "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.