2020–21 Standard Liège season

Standard Liège
2020–21 season
Chairman	Bruno Venanzi
Manager	Philippe Montanier; (until 26 December); Mbaye Leye; (from 30 December)
Stadium	Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Belgian First Division A	6th
Belgian Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Selim Amallah (10); All: ; Selim Amallah (15)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 May 2021.

The 2020–21 Standard Liège season was the club's 117th season in existence and its ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Standard Liège participated in this season's edition of the Belgian 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 14 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	Jean-François Gillet
3	DF	BEL	Zinho Vanheusden
5	DF	MLI	Moussa Sissako
6	DF	BEL	Noë Dussenne
7	FW	CRO	Duje Čop
8	MF	BIH	Gojko Cimirot
9	FW	BEL	Obbi Oularé
10	MF	MAR	Mehdi Carcela
11	MF	COD	William Balikwisha
12	MF	FRA	Eddy Sylvestre
13	DF	COD	John Nekadio
14	FW	BRA	Klauss (on loan from Hoffenheim)
15	MF	ISR	Eden Shamir
16	GK	BEL	Arnaud Bodart
17	FW	COD	Jackson Muleka
18	MF	MNE	Aleksandar Boljević
19	MF	MAR	Selim Amallah


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	COD	Merveille Bokadi
21	DF	CMR	Collins Fai
22	MF	BEL	Maxime Lestienne
23	FW	BFA	Abdoul Tapsoba
24	DF	FRA	Nicolas Gavory
25	FW	URU	Felipe Avenatti
26	MF	BEL	Nicolas Raskin
27	DF	LUX	Laurent Jans
28	MF	BEL	Samuel Bastien
29	MF	BEL	Joachim Carcela
30	GK	BEL	Laurent Henkinet
31	FW	BEL	Mitchy Ntelo
32	MF	BEL	Michel-Ange Balikwisha
33	DF	BEL	Damjan Pavlovic
34	DF	CYP	Konstantinos Laifis
41	DF	BEL	Hugo Siquet

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
12	FW	ROU	Denis Drăguș (at Crotone)

Transfers

In

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

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
–	DF	Arthur Theate	Oostende	Undisclosed	13 July 2020	^[2]
–	MF	Carlinhos	Vasco da Gama	Undisclosed	7 August 2020	^[3]
7	FW	Orlando Sá	Málaga	Free	13 August 2020	^[4]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	3–2	Kortrijk	Angleur, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

11 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–1	OH Leuven	Angleur, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

11 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	0–1	OH Leuven	Angleur, Belgium
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

18 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	4–0	KV Mechelen	Boncelles, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus

22 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	2–1	Monaco	Seraing, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti 88', 90'		Geubbels 19'	Stadium: Stade du Pairay Attendance: 0

25 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–2	Nice	Liège, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti 33'		Dolberg 37' (pen.) Kamara 47'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–0	Reims	Liège, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carcela 65'			Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	3–0	Reims	Seraing, Belgium
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Shamir 20' Balikwisha 45' Čop 59'			Stadium: Académie Robert Louis-Dreyfus Attendance: 0

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	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	6th	40	14	11	15	59	58	+1	035.00
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021	25 April 2021	Sixth round	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	8	4	+4	060.00
UEFA Europa League	17 September 2020	10 December 2020	Second qualifying round	Group stage	9	4	1	4	14	16	−2	044.44
Total					54	21	13	20	81	78	+3	038.89

Last updated: 22 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
4	Genk^[a]	34	16	8	10	67	48	+19	56	Qualification for the Play-offs I
5	Oostende^[b]	34	15	8	11	49	41	+8	53	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Standard Liège	34	13	11	10	52	41	+11	50
7	Gent	34	14	7	13	55	42	+13	49
8	Mechelen	34	13	9	12	54	54	0	48

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.^[8]
Notes:

^ 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.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]

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	13	11	10	52	41	+11	50	7	7	3	26	20	+6	6	4	7	26	21	+5

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	W
Position	6	2	3	2	3	2	4	3	4	5	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	11	10	8	5	4	4	4	6	6	10	10	11	11	9	6	6

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.^[9]

8 August 2020 1	Standard Liège	1–0	Cercle Brugge	Liège
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bastien 55' Avenatti 59'	Report	Hotić 77'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

17 August 2020 2	Waasland-Beveren	1–2	Standard Liège	Beveren
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bizimana 27' Schryvers 60' Mertens 65' Caufriez 90+4'	Report	Shamir 16' Raskin 20' Laifis 40' Amallah 67' Bastien 70'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Frederik Geldhof

23 August 2020 3	Standard Liège	0–0	Genk	Liège
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Amallah 44' 90' Vojvoda 51' Laifis 74' Fai 77' Gavory 81'	Report	Lucumí 30' Muñoz 76'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

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

12 September 2020 5	OH Leuven	1–0	Standard Liège	Leuven
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kotysch 32' Sowah 77' Raemaekers 84'	Report	Oularé 13' Gavory 24' 60' Raskin 51'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

20 September 2020 6	Standard Liège	2–1	Kortrijk	Liège
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amallah 31' (pen.) Oularé 35'	Report	Mboyo 36' D'haene 38' Jonckheere 84' Rougeaux 90'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

27 September 2020 7	Standard Liège	2–2	Zulte Waregem	Liège
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Oularé 41' Balikwisha 47' Fai 60' Muleka 81'	Report	Dompé 10' Vossen 49', 81' Marcq 71' De Bock 77'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 6,578 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

4 October 2020 8	Charleroi	1–2	Standard Liège	Charleroi
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Nicholson 46' Fall 87' Ilaimaharitra 89'	Report	Tapsoba 32' Amallah 44' Vanheusden 72' Balikwisha 79' Raskin 84'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 5,261 Referee: Lawrence Visser

17 October 2020 9	Standard Liège	1–1	Club Brugge	Liège
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lestienne 20' Gavory 90+3' (pen.) Raskin 90+7'	Report	Mata 33' Diatta 40' Rits 71' Badji 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

25 October 2020 10	Sint-Truiden	2–0	Standard Liège	Sint-Truiden
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nazon 37' De Ridder 73', 80'	Report	Amallah 67'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

1 November 2020 11	Standard Liège	1–0	Oostende	Liège
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Dussenne 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

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	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

29 November 2020 14	Anderlecht	0–0	Standard Liège	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 80' Cullen 82'	Report	Cimirot 15' Dussenne 78'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

6 December 2020 15	Standard Liège	2–2	KV Mechelen	Liège
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Laifis 45' Fai 73' Balikwisha 78' Dussenne 90'	Report	Van Damme 63' (pen.) Walsh 88' Mrabti 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

13 December 2020 16	Gent	2–1	Standard Liège	Ghent
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Fortuna 27' Yaremchuk 85'	Report	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 2' (o.g.) Cimirot 50'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

16 December 2020 17	Kortrijk	2–1	Standard Liège	Kortrijk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dewaele 2' Makarenko 39' Derijck 43' Ocansey 55' Lepoint 90+9'	Report	Lestienne 76' Jans 79'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

20 December 2020 18	Standard Liège	0–1	Excel Mouscron	Liège
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Jans 9' Bokadi 72' Amallah 77' Carcela 78'	Report	Xadas 30' Hočko 34'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

26 December 2020 19	Standard Liège	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Amallah 39' Muleka 71' Balikwisha 75'	Report	Nazon 5' Suzuki 16' Asamoah 18' Caufriez 53' Konaté 71'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

11 January 2021 30	Standard Liège	3–1	Waasland-Beveren	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bastien 25' Amallah 31', 66' Muleka 33' Siquet 68' Bokadi 74'	Report	Vukotić 57' Wuytens 84'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

17 January 2021 20	Cercle Brugge	0–1	Standard Liège	Bruges
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ugbo 85'	Report	Lestienne 11' Tapsoba 88'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

20 January 2021 21	KV Mechelen	0–4	Standard Liège	Mechelen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Camargo 77'	Report	Dussenne 22' Amallah 49' Pavlovic 51' Bastien 54' Balikwisha 57'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

24 January 2021 22	Standard Liège	3–2	Charleroi	Liège
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Klauss 13' Balikwisha 38' Carcela 73' Muleka 80'	Report	Fall 30', 65' Benchaib 50' Penneteau 90+2', 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

28 January 2021 23	Oostende	2–2	Standard Liège	Ostend
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sakala 8', 64' Hubert 88' Hjulsager 89'	Report	Balikwisha 47' Bokadi 90+4'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

31 January 2021 24	Club Brugge	3–1	Standard Liège	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vanaken 19' Dost 41' Lang 49' Kossounou 73'	Report	Bokadi 3' Bastien 62' Carcela 88' Dussenne 88' Pavlovic 90+2'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

6 February 2021 25	Standard Liège	1–1	OH Leuven	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Laifis 38' Dussenne 82' 87' Klauss 84'	Report	Henry 60' Raemaekers 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

14 February 2021 26	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 27	Zulte Waregem	3–2	Standard Liège	Waregem
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dompé 15' Bruno 56', 59'	Report	Klauss 11' Bastien 53' Tapsoba 90+1'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

28 February 2021 28	Standard Liège	1–3	Anderlecht	Liège
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Amallah 42', 83' Gavory 63' Bokadi 70'	Report	Lawrence 2', 71' Amuzu 23' Mukairu 62' Dauda 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

7 March 2021 29	Excel Mouscron	1–0	Standard Liège	Mouscron
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Siquet 37' (o.g.) Olinga 73' Bakić 90+1'	Report	Laifis 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

19 March 2021 31	Genk	2–2	Standard Liège	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lucumí 36' Ito 44', 59', 72'	Report	Klauss 54' Pavlovic 62' Siquet 69' Muleka 81', 85' Laifis 90+1'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

4 April 2021 32	Standard Liège	2–1	Gent	Liège
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissako 36' Muleka 66' Balikwisha 77' Fai 81'	Report	Yaremchuk 36' Castro-Montes 43', 43', 45+1' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 60' Kums 76' Fortuna 77'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

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

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

Play-Off II

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	GNT	MEC	OOS	STA
1	Gent	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	38	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round	—	2–2	2–1	2–0
2	Mechelen	6	3	2	1	15	11	+4	35		1–2	—	5–3	3–1
3	Oostende	6	2	1	3	15	16	−1	34		0–4	2–2	—	6–2
4	Standard Liège	6	1	0	5	7	17	−10	28		2–1	1–2	1–3	—

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.^[10]

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	0	5	7	17	−10	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	0	0	3	3	11	−8

Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1 May 2021 1	Oostende	6–2	Standard Liège	Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kvasina 30' Bätzner 39' Theate 44', 62' Capon 62' Hjulsager 64' Ndicka 90+3' Boonen 90+6'	Report	Carcela 27' 50', 45+2' Muleka 45' Balikwisha 78' Delferrière 89'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

8 May 2021 2	Standard Liège	2–1	Gent	Liège
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Amallah 61', 70' Gavory 72' Balikwisha 77' Klauss 86' Tapsoba 90+4'	Report	Bezus 8' Odjidja-Ofoe 45+1', 79' Dorsch 89'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

13 May 2021 3	Standard Liège	1–2	KV Mechelen	Liège
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amallah 36' Raskin 68'	Report	Gavory 14' (o.g.) Storm 54' Peyre 69' Walsh 73' Bijker 84'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

16 May 2021 4	KV Mechelen	3–1	Standard Liège	Mechelen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schoofs 13', 71' Shved 57' Vanlerberghe 70'	Report	Delferrière 5' Sissako 35' Bastien 82' Muleka 89'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

19 May 2021 5	Gent	2–0	Standard Liège	Ghent
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Malede 7' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 40' Castro-Montes 66' Yaremchuk 90+4'	Report	Lestienne 49' Balikwisha 70'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

22 May 2021 6	Standard Liège	1–3	Oostende	Liège
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balikwisha 13' Klauss 63' Laifis 90+1'	Report	Vandendriessche 6', 61' Boonen 50' Thiam 90' Ndicka 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

Belgian Cup

3 February 2021 Sixth round	Seraing	1–4	Standard Liège	Seraing
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mouhli 85' (pen.)	Report	Bokadi 3' Jans 36' Klauss 67' Muleka 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pairay Attendance: 0

9 February 2021 Seventh round	Kortrijk	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Standard Liège	Kortrijk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Selemani 90+2'	Report	Laifis 36' Tapsoba 82' Siquet 98'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt
	Penalties
	Chevalier Makarenko Stojanović Derijck Selemani Guèye Sainsbury		Bastien Klauss Dussenne Muleka Raskin Laifis Siquet

4 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Standard Liège	1–0	Club Brugge	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Muleka 39', 49' Bodart 74' Siquet 78' Amallah 79' Laifis 90+4'	Report	Mechele 45' Kossounou 81' Balanta 88'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

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

25 April 2021 Final	Standard Liège	1–2	Genk	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gavory 63' Muleka 65', 83' Raskin 71' Carcela 81' Amallah 87' Sissako 90+2'	Report	Ito 48' Muñoz 56' Bongonda 80' Hrošovský 90'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round	Standard Liège	2–0	Bala Town	Liège, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti 19' (pen.) Laifis 27' Amallah 34'	Report	Smith 52' Kay 64'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Standard Liège	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Vojvodina	Liège, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti 25', 47' (pen.) Gavory 53' Amallah 59', 91'	Report	Saničanin 33' Čović 59' Đuričin 64' Đorđević 68' Bojić 75', 90' Maksimović 114'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

1 October 2020 Play-off round	Standard Liège	3–1	Fehérvár	Liège, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Muleka 22' Laifis 31' Gavory 51' Amallah 77' (pen.), 85' (pen.)	Report	Nikolic 10' Hangya 70' Fiola 77' Stopira 85' Négo 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RAN	BEN	STL	LCH
1	Rangers	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	3–2	1–0
2	Benfica	6	3	3	0	18	9	+9	12	Advance to knockout phase	3–3	—	3–0	4–0
3	Standard Liège	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4		0–2	2–2	—	2–1
4	Lech Poznań	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3		0–2	2–4	3–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	Standard Liège	0–2	Rangers	Liège, Belgium
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Dussenne 18' Bodart 45+5' Bastien 67' Bokadi 82'	Report	Tavernier 19' (pen.) Hagi 26' Bassey 66' Roofe 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 3,139 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

29 October 2020 2	Benfica	3–0	Standard Liège	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gonçalves 43' Pizzi 49' (pen.), 76' Waldschmidt 66' (pen.)	Report	Bodart 48' Fai 65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 4,750 Referee: François Letexier (France)

5 November 2020 3	Lech Poznań	3–1	Standard Liège	Poznań, Poland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Ramírez 3' Skóraś 14' Ishak 22', 48' Muhar 88'	Report	Gavory 28' Lestienne 29' Bastien 53' Dussenne 64'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

26 November 2020 4	Standard Liège	2–1	Lech Poznań	Liège, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oularé 26' 45+3' Balikwisha 37' Raskin 45+3' Tapsoba 63' Boljević 72' Laifis 90+4'	Report	Crnomarković 20' 75' Butko 43' Ishak 61' Kravets 86'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Petr Ardeleánu (Czech Republic)

3 December 2020 5	Rangers	3–2	Standard Liège	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Goldson 39' Tavernier 45+1' (pen.), 72' Arfield 63' Roofe 85'	Report	Lestienne 6' Čop 41' Dussenne 71' Fai 90+2'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)

10 December 2020 6	Standard Liège	2–2	Benfica	Liège, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Raskin 12' Tapsoba 60' Cimirot 65'	Report	Everton 16' Ferreira 53' Pizzi 67' (pen.) Cervi 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 25 April 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	BEL	Jean-François Gillet	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	BEL	Arnaud Bodart	50	1	37	1	4	0	9	0
30	GK	BEL	Laurent Henkinet	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK	BEL	Timothy Galje	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	BEL	Zinho Vanheusden	17	0	9+3	0	0	0	5	0
5	DF	MLI	Moussa Sissako	12	0	7+1	0	4	0	0	0
6	DF	BEL	Noë Dussenne	32	2	19+4	2	1+1	0	5+2	0
13	DF	COD	John Nekadio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	CMR	Collins Fai	28	0	16+3	0	0+1	0	7+1	0
24	DF	FRA	Nicolas Gavory	48	2	36+1	1	1+1	0	8+1	1
27	DF	LUX	Laurent Jans	20	1	6+7	0	2	1	3+2	0
33	DF	BEL	Damjan Pavlovic	13	0	3+6	0	2+2	0	0	0
34	DF	CYP	Konstantinos Laifis	43	3	27+4	1	5	1	6+1	1
37	DF	MLI	Hady Sangar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	BEL	Alexandro Calut	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	BEL	Hugo Siquet	26	0	18+2	0	4+1	0	0+1	0
42	DF	BEL	Allan Delferrière	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	BEL	Nathan Ngoy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	BIH	Gojko Cimirot	38	0	21+4	0	4+1	0	8	0
10	MF	MAR	Mehdi Carcela	36	2	12+14	2	2+2	0	4+2	0
11	MF	BEL	William Balikwisha	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	FRA	Eddy Sylvestre	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	ISR	Eden Shamir	23	0	7+9	0	1+1	0	3+2	0
19	MF	MAR	Selim Amallah	36	15	24+3	10	3	1	6	4
20	MF	COD	Merveille Bokadi	44	5	27+4	4	4	1	8+1	0
22	MF	BEL	Maxime Lestienne	40	7	24+9	5	0+3	0	4	2
26	MF	BEL	Nicolas Raskin	43	3	29+3	2	4+1	0	5+1	1
28	MF	BEL	Samuel Bastien	40	4	27+2	4	2+3	0	5+1	0
29	MF	BEL	Joachim Carcela	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+3	0
Forwards
7	FW	CRO	Duje Čop	13	1	5+5	0	0	0	1+2	1
9	FW	BEL	Obbi Oularé	18	2	5+7	2	0	0	2+4	0
14	FW	BRA	Klauss	24	6	16+3	5	5	1	0	0
17	FW	COD	Jackson Muleka	33	12	14+9	9	2+3	3	2+3	0
23	FW	BFA	Abdoul Tapsoba	29	2	5+18	0	2+1	0	2+1	2
32	FW	BEL	Michel-Ange Balikwisha	40	9	24+8	9	2	0	4+2	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
27	DF	KOS	Mërgim Vojvoda	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	MNE	Aleksandar Boljević	9	0	3+3	0	0	0	0+3	0
12	FW	ROU	Denis Drăguș	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	URU	Felipe Avenatti	16	3	5+5	1	0	0	2+4	2

Goalscorers

As of 20 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Europa League	Total
1	19	MF	Selim Amallah	5	4	9
2	22	MF	Maxime Lestienne	4	2	6
3	32	MF	Michel-Ange Balikwisha	4	0	4
4	25	FW	Felipe Avenatti	1	2	3
4	28	MF	Samuel Bastien	3	0	3
6	6	DF	Noë Dussenne	2	0	2
	9	FW	Obbi Oularé	2	0	2
	17	FW	Jackson Muleka	2	0	2
	20	MF	Merveille Bokadi	2	0	2
	23	FW	Abdoul Tapsoba	0	2	2
	24	DF	Nicolas Gavory	1	1	2
	26	MF	Nicolas Raskin	1	1	2
	34	DF	Konstantinos Laifis	1	1	2
14	7	FW	Duje Čop	0	1	1
14	16	GK	Arnaud Bodart	1	0	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Totals				30	14	44

References

^ "Joueurs" [Players] (in French). Standard Liège.
^ "JONGE BELGISCHE VERDEDIGER THEATE TEKENT VOOR DRIE SEIZOENEN" [YOUNG BELGIAN DEFENDER THEATE SIGNS FOR THREE SEASONS] (in Dutch). kvo.be. 13 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "CARLINHOS DE RETOUR AU BRÉSIL" [CARLINHOS RETURNS TO BRASIL] (in Dutch). standard.be. 7 August 2020.
^ "Orlando Sá, un internacional luso para la delantera" [Orlando Sá, a Portuguese international for up front] (in Spanish). malagacf.com. 13 August 2020.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "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.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_GNK0.23125553840364-5] Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.

[table_note_OOS0.23125553840364-9] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]

[1] "Joueurs" [Players] (in French). Standard Liège.

[2] "JONGE BELGISCHE VERDEDIGER THEATE TEKENT VOOR DRIE SEIZOENEN" [YOUNG BELGIAN DEFENDER THEATE SIGNS FOR THREE SEASONS] (in Dutch). kvo.be. 13 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[3] "CARLINHOS DE RETOUR AU BRÉSIL" [CARLINHOS RETURNS TO BRASIL] (in Dutch). standard.be. 7 August 2020.

[4] "Orlando Sá, un internacional luso para la delantera" [Orlando Sá, a Portuguese international for up front] (in Spanish). malagacf.com. 13 August 2020.

[licenses-6] "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-7] "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-8] "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.

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

[11] "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.

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

[13] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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