2020–21 Royal Antwerp F.C. season

Royal Antwerp
2020–21 season
Owner	Paul Gheysens [nl]
Manager	Franky Vercauteren
Stadium	Bosuilstadion
Belgian First Division A	3rd
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Belgian Super Cup	Final (cancelled due to COVID-19)
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dieumerci Mbokani (11); All: ; Lior Refaelov (14)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 May 2021.

The 2020–21 season was the 117th season in the existence of Royal Antwerp F.C. and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Antwerp participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, of which they were the reigning champions, the Belgian Super Cup and participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 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	IRN	Alireza Beiranvand
2	DF	BEL	Ritchie De Laet
3	DF	KOR	Lee Jae-ik
4	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Seck
5	MF	BEL	Birger Verstraete
6	DF	NOR	Simen Juklerød
7	FW	CMR	Didier Lamkel Zé
9	FW	CGO	Guy Mbenza
11	MF	ISR	Lior Refaelov
12	DF	COD	Luete Ava Dongo
14	MF	BEL	Nill De Pauw
15	MF	CMR	Frank Boya
16	MF	BEL	Pieter Gerkens
18	DF	CMR	Martin Hongla
19	MF	JPN	Koji Miyoshi
20	MF	BEL	Sander Coopman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	FRA	Dylan Batubinsika
22	FW	BEL	Bruny Nsimba
23	MF	GHA	Nana Ampomah
25	MF	BEL	Alexis De Sart
26	DF	FRA	Jérémy Gelin
30	DF	POR	Aurélio Buta
38	MF	BEL	Faris Haroun (Captain)
46	GK	FRA	Jean Butez
64	DF	BEL	Dragan Lausberg
70	FW	COD	Dieumerci Mbokani
71	GK	CRO	Davor Matijaš
90	FW	URU	Felipe Avenatti
94	DF	BEL	Jordan Lukaku
97	GK	BEL	Ortwin De Wolf
—	DF	FRA	Maxime Le Marchand
—	DF	BRA	Matheus

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
1	GK	Alireza Beiranvand	Persepolis	€600,000	1 July 2020	^[1]
5	MF	Birger Verstraete	1. FC Koln	Loan
15	MF	Frank Boya	Mouscron	Free		^[2]
19	MF	Koji Miyoshi	Kawasaki Frontale	€1,200,000		^[3]
46	GK	Jean Butez	Mouscron	€1,000,000
64	DF	Dragan Lausberg	Standard Liège U18	Free
11	FW	Nill De Pauw	Atromitos	Free	24 July 2020
16	MF	Pieter Gerkens	Anderlecht	€700,000	12 August 2020
3	DF	Lee Jae-ik	Al-Rayyan	Loan	16 September 2020
17	MF	Cristian Benavente	Pyramids FC	Loan	1 October 2020	^[4]
9	FW	Guy Mbenza	Cercle Brugge	€700,000	5 October 2020
23	FW	Nana Ampomah	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Loan
26	DF	Jérémy Gelin	Rennes	Loan
94	DF	Jordan Lukaku	Lazio	Loan		^[5]
90	FW	Felipe Avenatti	Standard Liège	Loan	28 January 2021
31	DF	Maxime Le Marchand	Fulham	Loan	1 February 2021	^[6]
97	GK	Ortwin De Wolf	Eupen	Loan	1 February 2021
	FW	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	Free agent	Free	27 March 2021

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Daniel Opare	Zulte Waregem	Free	1 July 2020
14	FW	Amara Baby	K.A.S. Eupen	Free		^[7]
15	DF	Dino Arslanagić	Gent	Free		^[8]
16	MF	Steven Defour		Free
60	MF	Sambou Yatabaré		Free
	FW	Kafoumba Touré		Free
	MF	Yehor Nazaryna	Zorya Luhansk	Undisclosed	28 July 2020
39	GK	Jens Teunckens	AEK Larnaca	Free	10 August 2020
	GK	Bill Lathouwers	MVV	Free	17 August 2020	^[9]
17	DF	Robbie Quirynen	Mouscron	Loan	19 August 2020
1	GK	Sinan Bolat	Free	27 August 2020
9	FW	Jonathan Bolingi	Ankaragücü	Loan	1 September 2020
87	FW	Kevin Mirallas	Gaziantep	Free	5 October 2020	^[10]
8	MF	Ivo Rodrigues	Famalicão	Free	15 January 2021	^[11]
28	FW	Manuel Benson	PEC Zwolle	Loan	26 January 2021	^[12]
40	DF	Junior Pius	Sint-Truiden	Loan	1 February 2021
	MF	Louis Verstraete	Waasland-Beveren	Loan	1 February 2021	^[13]
9	FW	Jonathan Bolingi	Lausanne	Loan	5 February 2021	^[14]
9	FW	Guy Mbenza	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	Loan	15 February 2021	^[15]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	8 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	3rd	40	19	8	13	63	59	+4	047.50
Belgian Cup	2 February 2021	10 February 2021	Sixth round	Seventh round	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020	25 February 2021	Group stage	Round of 32	8	4	0	4	13	14	−1	050.00
Total					50	24	8	18	79	77	+2	048.00

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge (C)	34	24	4	6	73	26	+47	76	Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I^[a]
2	Antwerp	34	18	6	10	57	48	+9	60	Qualification for the Play-offs I
3	Anderlecht	34	15	13	6	51	34	+17	58
4	Genk^[b]	34	16	8	10	67	48	+19	56
5	Oostende^[c]	34	15	8	11	49	41	+8	53	Qualification for the Play-offs II

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.^[19]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The regular season winners will qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs or for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League through the 2020–21 Belgian Cup.
^ Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.
^ On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.^[16] Both Excel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.^[17]^[18]

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	18	6	10	57	48	+9	60	9	4	4	30	25	+5	9	2	6	27	23	+4

Last updated: 17 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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W
Position	11	13	8	13	8	10	6	5	5	1	6	6	6	4	4	7	7	7	5	6	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 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.^[20]

8 August 2020 1	Antwerp	1–1	Excel Mouscron	Antwerp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Refaelov 49' (pen.) Buta 58' De Laet 77'	Report	Onana 48' Bakić 78'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

16 August 2020 2	Cercle Brugge	2–1	Antwerp	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Omolo 31' Mbenza 80', 86'	Report	Gerkens 32' Mbokani 65'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

22 August 2020 3	Antwerp	1–0	Gent	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbokani 17' Batubinsika 45' De Pauw 60'	Report	Kums 53'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

30 August 2020 4	Charleroi	2–0	Antwerp	Charleroi
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessoleil 13' Nicholson 17', 90+1' Busi 30' Morioka 39' Penneteau 83'	Report	Batubinsika 12' Verstraete 22' Gerkens 40' Haroun 44'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

13 September 2020 5	Sint-Truiden	2–3	Antwerp	Sint-Truiden
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 1', 23' Durkin 25' Konaté 70' 89'	Report	Juklerød 16', 88' Seck 33' Batubinsika 41' 72' Haroun 53' Miyoshi 75'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Wim Smet

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

25 September 2020 7	Kortrijk	1–3	Antwerp	Kortrijk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mboyo 3' De Sart 69' D'haene 83'	Report	Sainsbury 63' (o.g.) Refaelov 82' Mbokani 90+2'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 2,745 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

2 October 2020 8	Antwerp	4–1	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bushiri 5' (o.g.) Miyoshi 8' Mbokani 43' Hongla 57' Seck 78'	Report	Bushiri 62' Hairemans 67' Bijker 76'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

18 October 2020 9	Zulte Waregem	1–3	Antwerp	Waregem
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dompé 7' Seck 74'	Report	Haroun 57' Hongla 64' Refaelov 71' Benavente 90+4'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 3,230 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

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

1 November 2020 11	Anderlecht	1–0	Antwerp	Anderlecht
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mukairu 76'	Report	De Laet 30' Gelin 62' Buta 78'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

8 November 2020 12	Antwerp	1–1	Standard Liège	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Refaelov 10'	Report	Lestienne 68' Tapsoba 74' Raskin 74' Pavlovic 90+3'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

21 November 2020 13	Oostende	1–1	Antwerp	Ostend
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tanghe 80' Kvasina 89'	Report	Haroun 34' Refaelov 81'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

30 November 2020 14	Antwerp	3–2	OH Leuven	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Batubinsika 5' Mbokani 8' Haroun 10' Juklerød 41' Hongla 57' Seck 88'	Report	Henry 12' (pen.), 88' Malinov 15' Sowah 17' Maertens 20' Hubert 30' Ngawa 38'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

6 December 2020 15	Genk	4–2	Antwerp	Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 19', 23' Uronen 45' Bongonda 59' Dessers 88'	Report	Miyoshi 3' De Laet 40' Hongla 40' Lukaku 61' Mbokani 83'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

13 December 2020 16	Antwerp	0–2	Club Brugge	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gelin 16' Hongla 50' Batubinsika 78' Mbokani 83'	Report	Diatta 2' Rits 49' Balanta 56'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

16 December 2020 17	Antwerp	0–1	Zulte Waregem	Antwerp
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Sart 70' Ampomah 85'	Report	Bruno 36' Marcq 49' De Bock 58' Opare 72'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

20 December 2020 18	Waasland-Beveren	0–3	Antwerp	Beveren
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wiegel 57'	Report	Haroun 24' Refaelov 25' Ampomah 29' Lukaku 35' Mbokani 44' Buta 67' Seck 76'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

27 December 2020 19	Antwerp	2–1	Charleroi	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Benavente 73' Mbokani 78', 87'	Report	Seck 51' (o.g.) Diagne 90+1'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

10 January 2021 20	KV Mechelen	3–0	Antwerp	Mechelen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schoofs 59' Engvall 62' Hairemans 63', 67'	Report	Batubinsika 42' Buta 45+1' Haroun 90+1'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

17 January 2021 21	Gent	0–1	Antwerp	Ghent
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kums 52' Bukari 71'	Report	De Pauw 36' Beiranvand 51' Hongla 54', 75'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

20 January 2021 22	Antwerp	1–0	Cercle Brugge	Antwerp
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boya 37' Lamkel Zé 84', 85'	Report	Kanouté 41' Musaba 79' Bates 90+1'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

23 January 2021 23	Antwerp	1–2	Oostende	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gerkens 15' Lukaku 22' Buta 34' Hongla 51'	Report	Hendry 8' Sakala 35' Hjulsager 59' Bätzner 62' Kvasina 85'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

26 January 2021 24	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

29 January 2021 25	Antwerp	3–2	Waasland-Beveren	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lamkel Zé 18', 57' Lukaku 45' Verstraete 68' Batubinsika 87'	Report	Frey 44' (pen.), 71' Albanese 85'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen

7 February 2021 26	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

14 February 2021 27	Standard Liège	1–1	Antwerp	Liège
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Carcela 8' (pen.) Lestienne 80'	Report	De Pauw 28' Hongla 45+5' Boya 56' Lamkel Zé 79' Le Marchand 90'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

21 February 2021 28	Antwerp	0–0	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Laet 90+4'	Report	Lavalée 70'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

1 March 2021 29	OH Leuven	2–0	Antwerp	Leuven
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mercier 25' Al-Taamari 29' Malinov 47'	Report	Seck 38' Buta 85'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

6 March 2021 30	Antwerp	4–2	Kortrijk	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Seck 20' Refaelov 28' (pen.) Mbokani 54' Le Marchand 55' Lamkel Zé 72' Mbokani 75' Verstraete 85'	Report	De Sart 27' Selemani 56' Gano 67'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

21 March 2021 31	Club Brugge	0–2	Antwerp	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mata 40' Lang 46' 89' Mechele 60'	Report	Lamkel Zé 9' Hongla 32' Refaelov 43' (pen.) De Pauw 60'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

5 April 2021 32	Antwerp	1–4	Anderlecht	Antwerp
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Marchand 89'	Report	Cobbaut 17' Nmecha 51' Ashimeru 52' Murillo 62' El Hadj 77' Verschaeren 84'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

12 April 2021 33	Excel Mouscron	2–3	Antwerp	Mouscron
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Olinga 38', 49' Da Costa 81' Agouzoul 83' Harbaoui 88'	Report	Mbokani 22', 48' Le Marchand 41' Seck 62' De Wolf 78'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

17 April 2021 34	Antwerp	3–2	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Seck 44' Lamkel Zé 55', 67' Mbokani 89', 90' Batubinsika 90+2'	Report	Onuachu 22', 64' (pen.) Heynen 31'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Play-Off I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CLU	GNK	ANT	AND
1	Club Brugge (C)	6	1	3	2	8	11	−3	44	Qualification for the Champions League group stage	—	1–2	2–1	2–2
2	Genk	6	5	1	0	15	5	+10	44	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	3–0	—	4–0	1–1
3	Antwerp	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	35	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	0–0	2–3	—	1–0
4	Anderlecht	6	0	4	2	9	11	−2	33	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round	3–3	1–2	2–2	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[21]
(C) Champions

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
6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	1	2	3	8	−5

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	L	W
Position	4	3	3	3	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 April 2021 1	Antwerp	2–3	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	De Laet 10' Le Marchand 57' Miyoshi 61' Verstraete 74' Boya 81'	Report	Bongonda 20', 88' Onuachu 73' Arteaga 82'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

8 May 2021 2	Anderlecht	2–2	Antwerp	Anderlecht
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cullen 10' Miazga 40', 90+6' Verschaeren 57'	Report	Seck 4' Mbokani 49', 84' (pen.) Verstraete 73' Hongla 80'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

13 May 2021 3	Antwerp	0–0	Club Brugge	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Verstraete 75'	Report	Mata 38' Lang 75'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

16 May 2021 4	Club Brugge	2–1	Antwerp	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Balanta 34' Butez 60' (o.g.) Vanaken 66' (pen.) Van Der Brempt 81'	Report	Le Marchand 12' Hongla 45' Mbokani 62', 89' De Laet 82'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

20 May 2021 5	Genk	4–0	Antwerp	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thorstvedt 43', 49', 64' Dessers 75'	Report	Miyoshi 16' Lamkel Zé 67'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

23 May 2021 6	Antwerp	1–0	Anderlecht	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lamkel Zé 48', 90+1' Verstraete 60' Seck 90+3'	Report	Miazga 13' Sambi Lokonga 58'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Belgian Cup

2 February 2021 Sixth round	Antwerp	2–1	RAAL La Louvière	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbenza 20' Ampomah 60' De Laet 73'	Report	Francotte 53' Lazitch 58' Calant 70' Louagé 87'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Debeuckelaere

10 February 2021 Seventh round	Club Brugge	3–1	Antwerp	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Vanaken 49' Dost 81' Vormer 85'	Report	Verstraete 33' De Laet 43' Seck 62' Lamkel Zé 83'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[22]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TOT	ANT	LASK	LUD
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–0	4–0
2	Antwerp	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	0–1	3–1
3	LASK	6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10		3–3	0–2	—	4–3
4	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	0	6	7	19	−12	0		1–3	1–2	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	Antwerp	Razgrad, Bulgaria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Higinio 46' Cicinho 88' Verdon 90+2'	Report	Gerkens 63' Refaelov 70' Juklerød 73' Haroun 80'	Stadium: Huvepharma Arena Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

29 October 2020 2	Antwerp	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Antwerp, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Seck 20' Refaelov 29', 50' Verstraete 84' Mbokani 90'	Report		Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

5 November 2020 3	Antwerp	0–1	LASK	Antwerp, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verstraete 28' Gerkens 75' Ampomah 87'	Report	Holland 33' 68' Ranftl 39' Eggestein 55' Schlager 90+4'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

26 November 2020 4	LASK	0–2	Antwerp	Linz, Austria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Trauner 50' Goiginger 63' Eggestein 73'	Report	Hongla 28' Haroun 48' Refaelov 53' Gerkens 83'	Stadium: Linzer Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

3 December 2020 5	Antwerp	3–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Antwerp, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Hongla 19' De Laet 72' Benson 87'	Report	Despodov 53' Grigore 62' 90+1' Nedyalkov 71' Santana 90+2' Manu 90+4'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

10 December 2020 6	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Antwerp	Tottenham, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Carlos Vinícius 57' Lo Celso 71' Sánchez 87'	Report	Seck 25' Ampomah 77'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.^[23]

18 February 2021 First leg	Antwerp	3–4	Rangers	Antwerp, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Avenatti 45' Refaelov 45+8' (pen.) De Laet 58' Seck 63' 88' Hongla 66'	Report	Aribo 38' Barišić 44', 59' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Kent 53', 83' Arfield 64'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

25 February 2021 Second leg	Rangers	5–2 (9–5 agg.)	Antwerp	Glasgow, Scotland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Morelos 9' Balogun 36' Patterson 46' Kent 55' Kamara 70' Barišić 79' (pen.) Itten 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Refaelov 32' Lamkel Zé 57' Le Marchand 60' Hongla 71'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 23 May 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IRN	Alireza Beiranvand	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
46	GK	FRA	Jean Butez	29	0	24	0	0	0	5	0
71	GK	CRO	Davor Matijaš	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	GK	BEL	Ortwin De Wolf	11	0	6+1	0	2	0	1+1	0
Defenders
2	DF	BEL	Ritchie De Laet	43	2	39	0	2	1	2	1
3	DF	KOR	Lee Jae-ik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Seck	46	4	37	4	2	0	7	0
6	DF	NOR	Simen Juklerød	25	3	12+7	3	0	0	5+1	0
12	DF	COD	Luete Ava Dongo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	FRA	Dylan Batubinsika	31	3	22+4	3	0+2	0	3	0
26	DF	FRA	Jérémy Gelin	20	0	10+2	0	2	0	5+1	0
30	DF	POR	Aurélio Buta	34	0	16+9	0	0+1	0	3+5	0
31	DF	FRA	Maxime Le Marchand	16	3	13	3	1	0	2	0
94	DF	BEL	Jordan Lukaku	29	0	20+2	0	1+1	0	3+2	0
Midfielders
5	MF	BEL	Birger Verstraete	31	1	18+5	1	2	0	2+4	0
11	MF	ISR	Lior Refaelov	43	14	32+1	9	0+2	0	8	5
14	MF	COD	Nill De Pauw	25	1	14+10	1	1	0	0	0
15	MF	CMR	Frank Boya	18	0	6+6	0	0+1	0	1+4	0
16	MF	BEL	Pieter Gerkens	46	5	31+6	3	1+1	0	7	2
18	MF	CMR	Martin Hongla	43	5	32+2	3	1	0	8	2
19	MF	JPN	Koji Miyoshi	32	3	14+9	3	1	0	5+3	0
20	MF	BEL	Sander Coopman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	GHA	Opoku Ampomah	24	1	4+11	1	1+1	0	0+7	0
25	MF	BEL	Alexis De Sart	9	0	3+5	0	1	0	0	0
38	MF	BEL	Faris Haroun	28	1	21+1	1	0	0	6	0
Forwards
7	FW	CMR	Didier Lamkel Zé	24	10	19+2	8	1+1	1	1	1
22	FW	ANG	Bruny Nsimba	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
70	FW	COD	Dieumerci Mbokani	35	14	29+3	14	0	0	2+1	0
90	FW	URU	Felipe Avenatti	8	1	0+4	0	2	0	1+1	1
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
17	MF	PER	Cristian Benavente	15	2	1+8	2	0	0	4+2	0
9	FW	CGO	Guy Mbenza	2	1	0+1	0	1	1	0	0
28	FW	BEL	Manuel Benson	8	1	1+4	0	0	0	1+2	1

Goalscorers

As of 23 May 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	First Division A	Belgian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	11	MF	Lior Refaelov	9	0	5	14
1	70	FW	Dieumerci Mbokani	14	0	0	14
3	7	FW	Didier Lamkel Zé	8	1	1	10
4	16	MF	Pieter Gerkens	3	0	2	5
4	18	MF	Martin Hongla	3	0	2	5
6	4	DF	Abdoulaye Seck	4	0	0	4
7	6	DF	Simen Juklerød	3	0	0	3
	19	FW	Koji Miyoshi	3	0	0
	21	DF	Dylan Batubinsika	3	0	0
	31	DF	Maxime Le Marchand	3	0	0
11	2	DF	Ritchie De Laet	0	1	1	2
	24	MF	Cristian Benavente	2	0	0
	40	DF	Junior Pius	2	0	0
14	5	MF	Birger Verstraete	1	0	0	1
	9	FW	Guy Mbenza	0	1	0
	14	MF	Nill De Pauw	1	0	0
	23	MF	Nana Ampomah	1	0	0
	28	FW	Manuel Benson	0	0	1
	38	MF	Faris Haroun	1	0	0
	90	FW	Felipe Avenatti	0	0	1
Totals				61	3	13	77

References

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^ "NIEUWE AANWINST RAFC AAN HET WOORD" (in Dutch). Royal Antwerp F.C. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
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External links

Official website

[table_note_res_RW0.98450106800743-16] The regular season winners will qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs or for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League through the 2020–21 Belgian Cup.

[table_note_GNK0.98450106800743-17] Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.

[table_note_OOS0.98450106800743-21] On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.^[16] Both Excel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.^[17]^[18]

[1] "AFC U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 MATCH SUMMARY". 19 May 2019.

[2] Lesley, Angu (26 June 2020). "Frank Boya joins Antwerp". Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[3] "NIEUWE AANWINST RAFC AAN HET WOORD" (in Dutch). Royal Antwerp F.C. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] . "Official: Cristian Benavente loaned to Antwerp by FC Nantes – The last transfers | En24 World". Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[5] "Statement 05.10.2020". S.S. Lazio. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[6] "Fulham seal loan deal for striker Maja". BBC Sport. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[7] "TRANSFER: Amara Baby ruilt Antwerp voor Eupen". Door Fans Voor Fans (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[8] "Potencijalni reprezentativac BiH potpisao dvogodišnji ugovor s Gentom". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 26 June 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[9] Visser, Emil (24 September 2020). "MVV-doelman kiest voor amateurcontract: 'Ik doe financieel een stap terug om mezelf te bewijzen'". De Limburger (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[10] "TRANSFER: KEVIN MIRALLAS GAZİANTEP'TE!". 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[11] Vieira, Sílvio (15 January 2021). "Ivo Rodrigues reforça o Famalicão em definitivo" [Ivo Rodrigues strengthens Famalicão permanently] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[12] "PEC Zwolle huurt Benson Manuel tot het einde van het seizoen | Voetbal | Telegraaf.nl" [PEC Zwolle hires Benson Manuel until the end of the season]. www.telegraaf.nl (in Dutch). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[13] "Louis Verstraete vertrekt op huurbasis naar Waasland-Beveren" [Louis Verstraete leaves on a rental basis to Waasland-Beveren]. Royal Antwerp FC Official Website (in Dutch). 1 February 2021. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[14] "JONATHAN BOLINGI EST LAUSANNOIS!" (in French). FC Lausanne-Sport. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

[15] "GUY MBENZA OP UITLEENBASIS NAAR FC STADE LAUSANNE OUCHY" (in Dutch). FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

[licenses-18] "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[appealoostende-19] "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[appealmouscron-20] "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[22] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[23] "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.

[24] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[25] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[26] "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". uefa.com. 14 December 2020.

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