2020–21 K.A.A. Gent season
The 2020–21 K.A.A. Gent season is the club's 118th season in existence and the 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Gent are participating in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
2020–21 season | ||||
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Chairman | Ivan De Witte | |||
Managing director | Michel Louwagie | |||
Manager | Jess Thorup (until 20 August) László Bölöni (from 20 August until 14 September) Wim De Decker (from 14 September until 3 December) Hein Vanhaezebrouck (from 4 December) | |||
Stadium | Ghelamco Arena | |||
Belgian First Division A | 12th | |||
Belgian Cup | Seventh round | |||
UEFA Champions League | Play-off round | |||
UEFA Europa League | Group stage | |||
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All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021. |
Players
- As of 11 August 2020[1]
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 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
In
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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Out
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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16 | FW | Jonathan David | Lille | €30M | 11 August 2020 | [2] |
1 | GK | Thomas Kaminski | Blackburn Rovers | €500k | 26 August 2020 | [3] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
18 July 2020 Friendly | Club Brugge | 2–3 | Gent | Knokke-Heist, Belgium |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Complex Molenhoek |
21 July 2020 Friendly | Lens | 1–1 | Gent | Billy-Montigny, France |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Paul Guerre |
22 July 2020 Friendly | Gent | 2–3 | Lyon | Ghent, Belgium |
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena |
1 August 2020 Friendly | Zulte Waregem | 2–1 | Gent | Waregem, Belgium |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Regenboogstadion |
5 August 2020 Friendly | Gent | 2–1 | RFC Seraing | Oostakker, Belgium |
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: PGB-Stadion |
3 September 2020 Friendly | AZ | 1–1 | Gent | Alkmaar, Netherlands |
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Hardeman |
Competitions
Overview
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 | 9 August 2020 | 30 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 34.62 | |
Belgian Cup | 3 February 2021 | Sixth round | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 | ||
UEFA Champions League | 15 September 2020 | 29 September 2020 | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 33.33 |
UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 10 December 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0.00 |
Total | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 30.56 |
Last updated: 7 February 2021
Belgian First Division A
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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10 | Mechelen | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 36 |
11 | Zulte Waregem | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 34 |
12 | Gent | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 33 |
13 | Kortrijk | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 33 |
14 | Eupen | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 32 |
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.[4]
Results summary
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 |
26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | +1 |
Last updated: 7 February 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[5]
9 August 2020 1 | Sint-Truiden | 2–1 | Gent | Sint-Truiden |
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
15 August 2020 2 | Gent | 1–2 | Kortrijk | Ghent |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
22 August 2020 3 | Antwerp | 1–0 | Gent | Antwerp |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
30 August 2020 4 | Gent | 1–0 | KV Mechelen | Ghent |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
11 September 2020 5 | Eupen | 2–1 | Gent | Eupen |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
19 September 2020 6 | Excel Mouscron | 0–1 | Gent | Mouscron |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 900 Referee: Bert Put |
26 September 2020 7 | Gent | 2–3 | OH Leuven | Ghent |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
4 October 2020 8 | Gent | 5–1 | Beerschot | Ghent |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 7,995 Referee: Lothar D'hondt |
17 October 2020 9 | Cercle Brugge | 5–2 | Gent | Bruges |
16:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
26 October 2020 10 | Gent | 1–2 | Genk | Ghent |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
1 November 2020 11 | Waasland-Beveren | 1–4 | Gent | Beveren |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
8 November 2020 12 | Gent | 1–1 | Anderlecht | Ghent |
18:15 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
22 November 2020 13 | Charleroi | 0–1 | Gent | Charleroi |
18:15 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
29 November 2020 14 | Gent | 0–3 | Zulte Waregem | Ghent |
16:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
6 December 2020 15 | Oostende | 2–1 | Gent | Ostend |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt |
13 December 2020 16 | Gent | 2–1 | Standard Liège | Ghent |
18:15 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
16 December 2020 17 | Gent | 3–0 | Waasland-Beveren | Ghent |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put |
20 December 2020 18 | Club Brugge | 0–1 | Gent | Bruges |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
26 December 2020 19 | Kortrijk | 1–0 | Gent | Kortrijk |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet |
10 January 2021 20 | Beerschot | 1–1 | Gent | Antwerp |
16:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
17 January 2021 21 | Gent | 0–1 | Antwerp | Ghent |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
21 January 2021 22 | Genk | 1–1 | Gent | Genk |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
24 January 2021 23 | OH Leuven | 0–3 | Gent | Leuven |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen |
27 January 2021 24 | Gent | 1–1 | Sint-Truiden | Ghent |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick |
31 January 2021 25 | Anderlecht | 0–0 | Gent | Anderlecht |
18:15 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
7 February 2021 26 | Gent | 2–2 | Eupen | Ghent |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
15 February 2021 27 | Gent | v | Excel Mouscron | Ghent |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 |
Belgian Cup
3 February 2021 Sixth round | Gent | 5–0 | Heur-Tongeren | Ghent |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 |
11 February 2021 Seventh round | Gent | v | Charleroi | Ghent |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena |
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds
15 September 2020 Third qualifying round | Gent | 2–1 | Rapid Wien | Ghent, Belgium |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden) |
23 September 2020 Play-off round 1st leg | Gent | 1–2 | Dynamo Kyiv | Ghent, Belgium |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania) |
29 September 2020 Play-off round 2nd leg | Dynamo Kyiv | 3–0 (5–1 agg.) | Gent | Kiev, Ukraine |
22:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Report |
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Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HOF | ZVE | LIB | GNT | |
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1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | 0–0 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Slovan Liberec | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Gent | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
22 October 2020 1 | Slovan Liberec | 1–0 | Gent | Liberec, Czech Republic |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria) |
29 October 2020 2 | Gent | 1–4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Ghent, Belgium |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) |
5 November 2020 3 | Red Star Belgrade | 2–1 | Gent | Belgrade, Serbia |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy) |
26 November 2020 4 | Gent | 0–2 | Red Star Belgrade | Ghent, Belgium |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia) |
3 December 2020 5 | Gent | 1–2 | Slovan Liberec | Ghent, Belgium |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine) |
Statistics
Squad appearances and goals
- Last updated on 3 February 2021.
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | Sinan Bolat | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
26 | GK | Colin Coosemans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
33 | GK | Davy Roef | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Defenders | |||||||||||||
5 | DF | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
14 | DF | Alessio Castro-Montes | 31 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Milad Mohammadi | 28 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
21 | DF | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | 22 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
25 | DF | Núrio Fortuna | 26 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | |
31 | DF | Bruno Godeau | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | DF | Ihor Plastun | 14 | 2 | 9+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
36 | DF | Dino Arslanagić | 12 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
6 | MF | Elisha Owusu | 24 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | 18 | 1 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | |
9 | MF | Roman Bezus | 21 | 1 | 7+7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Giorgi Chakvetadze | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | MF | Alexandre De Bruyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | MF | Matisse Samoise | 5 | 2 | 0+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | MF | Sulayman Marreh | 14 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |
24 | MF | Sven Kums | 30 | 3 | 22+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | |
27 | MF | Mathéo Parmentier | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | MF | Wouter George | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
30 | MF | Niklas Dorsch | 32 | 4 | 21+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | FW | Roman Yaremchuk | 26 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | |
11 | FW | Anderson Niangbo | 22 | 2 | 9+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | |
18 | FW | Dylan Mbayo | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | FW | Osman Bukari | 27 | 4 | 18+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
23 | FW | Yonas Malede | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | FW | Laurent Depoitre | 22 | 2 | 8+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
34 | FW | Tarik Tissoudali | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | |
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club | |||||||||||||
17 | DF | Jordan Botaka | 15 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | |
34 | FW | Tim Kleindienst | 23 | 3 | 4+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 |
Goalscorers
- As of 15 September 2020
Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Champions League | Total |
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1 | 32 | DF | Ihor Plastun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | 24 | MF | Sven Kums | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
30 | MF | Niklas Dorsch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
7 | FW | Roman Yaremchuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
11 | FW | Anderson Niangbo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
References
- "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017.
- "Good luck Jonathan!" (in Dutch). K.A.A. Gent. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.|
- "Thomas Kaminski: Blackburn Rovers sign KAA Gent goalkeeper". Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation 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.
- "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.