2019–20 Royal Antwerp F.C. season
2019–20 season | ||||
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Owner | Paul Gheysens | |||
Manager | Ivan Leko | |||
Stadium | Bosuilstadion | |||
Belgian First Division A | 4th | |||
Belgian Cup | Winners | |||
UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Dieumerci Mbokani (18) All: Dieumerci Mbokani (24) | |||
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The 2019–20 Royal Antwerp F.C. season was the club's 116th season in existence and the club's 8th 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 and UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 1 August 2020.
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- As of 12 February 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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25 | MF | ![]() |
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Undisclosed | 10 July 2019 | [1] |
20 | MF | ![]() |
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Undisclosed | 4 July 2019 | [2] |
Out
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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FW | ![]() |
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Free | 1 July 2019 | [3] | |
MF | ![]() |
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Undisclosed | 1 July 2019 | [4] |
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]Win Draw Loss
2 July 2019 Friendly | SV Meppen ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Harsewinkel, Germany |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Sportanlage Klosterpforte |
6 July 2019 Friendly | Antwerp ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Harsewinkel, Germany |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Sportanlage Klosterpforte |
10 July 2019 Friendly | Antwerp ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
13 July 2019 Friendly | Antwerp ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Municipal |
8 July 2020 Friendly | Antwerp ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
18 July 2020 Friendly | Antwerp ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
22 July 2020 Friendly | Antwerp ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
24 July 2020 Friendly | Antwerp ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 |
Competitions
[edit]Win Draw Loss
Overview
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Belgian First Division A | 6 August 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 51.72 |
Belgian Cup | 26 September 2019 | 1 August 2020 | Sixth round | Winners | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 66.67 |
UEFA Europa League | 8 August 2019 | 29 August 2019 | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 25.00 |
Total | 39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 51.28 |
Last updated: 1 August 2020
Source: Soccerway
Belgian First Division A
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
6 | Mechelen | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 44 |
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.[6]
(Y) Croky Cup winner
Notes:
- ^ Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.[5]
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | +1 |
Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: Jupiler Pro League
Results by round
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit]On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.[8]
28 July 2019 1 | KAS Eupen | 1–4 | Antwerp | Eupen |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Kehrwegstadion |
4 August 2019 2 | Antwerp | 4–1 | Waasland-Beveren | Antwerp |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
11 August 2019 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 2–1 | Antwerp | Charleroi |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi |
18 August 2019 4 | Antwerp | 2–0 | Sint-Truiden | Antwerp |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
1 September 2019 5 | Zulte Waregem | 2–0 | Antwerp | Waregem |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Regenboogstadion |
15 September 2019 6 | Anderlecht | 1–2 | Antwerp | Anderlecht |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium |
21 September 2019 7 | Antwerp | 3–1 | Cercle Brugge KSV | Antwerp |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
29 September 2019 8 | KV Oostende | 1–1 | Antwerp | Ostend |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Versluys Arena |
6 October 2019 9 | Antwerp | 2–2 | Standard Liège | Antwerp |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 12,978 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
20 October 2019 10 | KV Mechelen | 3–1 | Antwerp | Mechelen |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Achter de Kazerne |
26 October 2019 11 | Antwerp | 3–1 | Kortrijk | Antwerp |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
30 October 2019 12 | Genk | 2–2 | Antwerp | Genk |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Wesley Alen |
2 November 2019 13 | Mouscron | 3–1 | Antwerp | Mouscron |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier |
10 November 2019 14 | Antwerp | 2–1 | Club Brugge | Antwerp |
14:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 16,649 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
21 November 2019 15 | Antwerp | 3–2 | Gent | Antwerp |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
24 November 2019 16 | Gent | 1–1 | Antwerp | Ghent |
14:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,491 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
29 November 2019 17 | Antwerp | 1–0 | KV Mechelen | Antwerp |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
6 December 2019 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 0–4 | Antwerp | Beveren |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Freethiel Stadion |
14 December 2019 19 | Antwerp | 1–0 | KAS Eupen | Antwerp |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
22 December 2019 20 | Sint-Truiden | 1–1 | Antwerp | Sint-Truiden |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stayen |
27 December 2019 21 | Antwerp | 0–0 | Anderlecht | Antwerp |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
19 January 2020 22 | Cercle Brugge KSV | 1–2 | Antwerp | Bruges |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
26 January 2020 23 | Antwerp | 2–1 | Zulte Waregem | Antwerp |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
2 February 2020 24 | Club Brugge | 1–0 | Antwerp | Bruges |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
13 February 2020 25 | Antwerp | 1–1 | Genk | Antwerp |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Jan Boterberg |
16 February 2020 26 | Antwerp | 1–1 | Sporting Charleroi | Antwerp |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
22 February 2020 27 | Standard Liège | 1–0 | Antwerp | Liège |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 27,143 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
29 February 2020 28 | Antwerp | 3–1 | KV Oostende | Antwerp |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
7 March 2020 29 | KV Kortrijk | 0–1 | Antwerp | Kortrijk |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
15 March 2020 30 | Antwerp | Cancelled | Mouscron | Antwerp |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion | |||
Note: The match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Belgian Cup
[edit]26 September 2019 Sixth round | Antwerp | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Lokeren | Antwerp |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
3 December 2019 Seventh round | Antwerp | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Genk | Antwerp |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Lothar D'Hondt | ||
Penalties | ||||
18 December 2019 Quarter-final | Standard Liège | 1–3 | Antwerp | Liège |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: Erik Lambrechts |
23 January 2020 Semi-final 1st leg | Antwerp | 1–1 | Kortrijk | Antwerp |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
6 February 2020 Semi-final 2nd leg | Kortrijk | 0–1 (1–2 agg.) | Antwerp | Kortrijk |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
1 August 2020 Final | Club Brugge | 0–1 | Antwerp | Brussels |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge | ||
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and rescheduled to 1 August.[9] |
UEFA Europa League
[edit]Third qualifying round
[edit]8 August 2019 First leg | Antwerp ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 15,734[10] Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark) |
15 August 2019 Second leg | Viktoria Plzeň ![]() | 2–1 (2–2 agg.) | ![]() | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,717[10] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy) |
Play-off round
[edit]22 August 2019 First leg | AZ ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Enschede, Netherlands |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 4,014[11] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) |
29 August 2019 Second leg | Antwerp ![]() | 1–4 (a.e.t.) (2–5 agg.) | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 19,786[11] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
Statistics
[edit]Squad appearances and goals
[edit]- Last updated on 1 August 2020.
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | UEFA Europa League | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Sinan Bolat | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
31 | GK | ![]() |
Yves De Winter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | GK | ![]() |
Jens Teunckens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
71 | GK | ![]() |
Davor Matijaš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defenders | |||||||||||
2 | DF | ![]() |
Ritchie De Laet | 28 | 1 | 19+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Abdoulaye Seck | 19 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Daniel Opare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Matheus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
Simen Juklerød | 22 | 1 | 11+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
Dino Arslanagić | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
17 | DF | ![]() |
Robbe Quirynen | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
18 | DF | ![]() |
Martin Hongla | 15 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
21 | DF | ![]() |
Dylan Batubinsika | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
22 | DF | ![]() |
Wesley Hoedt | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | DF | ![]() |
Aurélio Buta | 35 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
40 | DF | ![]() |
Junior Pius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Brandon Nsimba Ndezi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Midfielders | |||||||||||
8 | MF | ![]() |
Ivo Rodrigues | 29 | 5 | 17+5 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
Steven Defour | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() |
Koji Miyoshi | 15 | 3 | 4+10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
20 | MF | ![]() |
Sander Coopman | 13 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
25 | MF | ![]() |
Alexis De Sart | 31 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
38 | MF | ![]() |
Faris Haroun | 34 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
60 | MF | ![]() |
Sambou Yatabaré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forwards | |||||||||||
7 | FW | ![]() |
Didier Lamkel Zé | 35 | 7 | 21+4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
11 | FW | ![]() |
Lior Refaelov | 29 | 13 | 21+3 | 11 | 3+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
14 | FW | ![]() |
Amara Baby | 16 | 1 | 3+6 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
28 | FW | ![]() |
Manuel Benson | 16 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
70 | FW | ![]() |
Dieumerci Mbokani | 37 | 24 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 |
87 | FW | ![]() |
Kevin Mirallas | 21 | 2 | 11+7 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
93 | FW | ![]() |
Zinho Gano | 15 | 2 | 1+10 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club | |||||||||||
9 | FW | ![]() |
Jonathan Bolingi | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Geoffry Hairemans | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexis De Sart vervoegt Rood-Witte legioen!" [Alexis De Sart Joins Red White Legion!] (in Dutch). royalantwerpfc.be. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Antwerp hengelt in Oostende en haalt Coopman binnen" [Antwerp goes fishing in Ostend and reels in Coopman] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 4 July 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ajman sign with Ghana striker William Owusu. The management of the Ajman club managed to bring Ghanaian William Osso (29 years) to his ranks from the Royal Antwerp". instagram.com. 29 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
- ^ "David Simao joins AEK FC until 2022". aekfc.gr. 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Communication à la suite de l'Assemblée Générale". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020.
- ^ "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Belgian cup final back on and set for Aug. 1". eurosport.com. Eurosport. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Summary UEFA Europa League – Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Summary UEFA Europa League – Play-off Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2019.