2020–21 K.A.S. Eupen season

K.A.S. Eupen
2020–21 season
Owner	ASPIRE Zone Foundation
Chairman	Dieter Steffens
Manager	Beñat San José
Stadium	Kehrwegstadion
Belgian First Division A	12th
Belgian Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Smail Prevljak (15); All: ; Smail Prevljak (15)

The 2020–21 K.A.S. Eupen season was the club's 76th season in existence and its 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Eupen participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 January 2021[1]

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	GER	Robin Himmelmann
3	DF	NED	Menno Koch
4	DF	BEL	Rocky Bushiri (on loan from Norwich City)
5	DF	ESP	Jordi Amat
6	DF	FRA	Benoît Poulain
7	FW	BEL	Julien Ngoy
8	MF	BEL	Stef Peeters
9	FW	BIH	Smail Prevljak
10	FW	ZIM	Knowledge Musona
11	FW	SEN	Amara Baby
13	MF	MLI	Sibiry Keita
15	DF	BEL	Gary Magnée
17	FW	GNB	Carlos Embaló
18	MF	MNE	Aleksandar Boljević (on loan from Standard Liège)
20	MF	BEL	Marciano Aziz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	BRA	Adriano Correia
22	DF	CIV	Emmanuel Agbadou
23	DF	CGO	Senna Miangué (on loan from Cagliari)
24	DF	CIV	Silas Gnaka
25	DF	GHA	Emmanuel Sowah Adjei
26	MF	BEL	Jens Cools
28	DF	BEL	Jonathan Heris
31	GK	BEL	Théo Defourny
32	DF	GER	Andreas Beck
33	GK	GHA	Abdul Nurudeen
34	FW	CIV	Konan N'Dri
35	DF	BEL	Boris Lambert
39	MF	COD	Edo Kayembe
77	FW	CIV	Mamadou Koné

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

8 July 2020 Friendly	Antwerp	0–1	Eupen	Antwerp, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

18 July 2020 Friendly	Eupen	0–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Eupen, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Communal

31 July 2020 Friendly	Eupen	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Eupen, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

22 August 2020 Friendly	Eupen	Cancelled	URSL Visé	Eupen, Belgium
11:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

4 September 2020 Friendly	Eupen	5–3	RWD Molenbeek	Eupen, Belgium
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

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	10 August 2020	17 April 2021	Matchday 1	12th	34	10	13	11	44	55	−11	029.41
Belgian Cup	2 February 2021	13 March 2021	Sixth round	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	11	2	+9	075.00
Total					38	13	13	12	55	57	−2	034.21

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Zulte Waregem	34	14	4	16	53	69	−16	46
11	OH Leuven	34	12	9	13	54	59	−5	45
12	Eupen	34	10	13	11	44	55	−11	43
13	Charleroi	34	11	9	14	46	49	−3	42
14	Kortrijk	34	11	6	17	44	57	−13	39

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.[2]

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	10	13	11	44	55	−11	43	5	6	6	24	30	−6	5	7	5	20	25	−5

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W
Position	9	15	16	16	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	12

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[3]

10 August 2020 1	OH Leuven	1–1	Eupen	Leuven
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kotysch 57' Myny 60'	Report	Nuhu 48', 72' Peeters 56'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

16 August 2020 2	Eupen	0–4	Club Brugge	Eupen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Badji 14' Diatta 59', 69' Vormer 76'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

21 August 2020 3	Kortrijk	0–0	Eupen	Kortrijk
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Selemani 72' Rougeaux 88'	Report	Musona 30' Cools 90+3'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

29 August 2020 4	Eupen	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Eupen
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Cools 10' Ngoy 13' Heris 25' Beck 45+1' Koné 82' Poulain 84'	Report	Asamoah 16' Lucas 58' Mmaee 63' Colidio 72' Suzuki 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

11 September 2020 5	Eupen	2–1	Gent	Eupen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Prevljak 35' Cools 53', 84' Adriano 71' Amat 78'	Report	Kums 63', 75' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 73' Botaka 76' Arslanagić 88'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

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

27 September 2020 7	Anderlecht	1–1	Eupen	Anderlecht
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doku 38' Lokonga 71' El Hadj 90+3'	Report	Adriano 58' Peeters 81' Koch 89' Ngoy 90' Vázquez 90+4'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kevin Dhondt

3 October 2020 8	Eupen	1–2	Cercle Brugge	Eupen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Peeters 14' Musona 31' Ngoy 39' Amat 43' Koch 84' Adriano 90'	Report	Hazard 5', 47' Taravel 46' Musaba 76' Somers 89' Ugbo 90+3'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

18 October 2020 9	Excel Mouscron	0–2	Eupen	Mouscron
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Musona 47' Heris 79'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 500 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

30 October 2020 11	Genk	4–0	Eupen	Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 5' (pen.) Dessers 48' Bongonda 74', 82' Wouters 81'	Report	N'Dri 70' Kayembe 90+1'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

7 November 2020 12	Eupen	1–1	Waasland-Beveren	Eupen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters 74' Koch 84'	Report	Frey 11' Vukčević 88' Vukotić 90+2'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

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

27 November 2020 14	Eupen	3–1	Charleroi	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Prevljak 18' Penneteau 48' (o.g.) Ngoy 75' Heris 90+2'	Report	Willems 45+1' Gillet 52' Morioka 70' Kayembe 85' Gholizadeh 87' Nkuba 90'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

3 December 2020 10	Eupen	1–1	KV Mechelen	Eupen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ngoy 20'	Report	Vanlerberghe 78' Van Damme 88' Schoofs 90+2'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

6 December 2020 15	Beerschot	0–1	Eupen	Antwerp
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mboko 40' Vorogovskiy 40' Bourdin 86'	Report	Agbadou 35' Ngoy 54' Schouterden 61'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

26 December 2020 19	Club Brugge	3–0	Eupen	Bruges
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lang 52', 58' Vanaken 79' Okereke 82'	Report	Cools 45+2' Koch 49'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

29 December 2020 16	Eupen	2–3	Zulte Waregem	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Musona 34', 57' Koch 60' N'Dri 80' Prevljak 86'	Report	Bruno 33', 82' Seck 56' Dompé 75' Deschacht 84'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

6 January 2021 18	Eupen	1–4	Genk	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters 14' Kayembe 45+4' Defourny 47' Amat 62'	Report	Ito 9' Onuachu 42', 48' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Kouassi 45+1'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

9 January 2021 30	Cercle Brugge	1–2	Eupen	Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hoggas 53'	Report	Prevljak 69', 76'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

12 January 2021 17	Oostende	1–1	Eupen	Ostend
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kvasina 79'	Report	Prevljak 49'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

15 January 2021 20	Eupen	2–0	Anderlecht	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters 40' Prevljak 75', 85' N'Dri 90+2'	Report	Vlap 14' Lawrence 39' Wellenreuther 41' Miazga 90'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

20 January 2021 21	Eupen	3–1	Beerschot	Eupen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Prevljak 10' N'Dri 40' Koch 54'	Report	Noubissi 2' Brogno 71' Van den Buijs 80' Eleke 90+1'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

23 January 2021 22	KV Mechelen	3–0	Eupen	Mechelen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Hairemans 26' Mrabti 47' De Camargo 74'	Report		Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

26 January 2021 23	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

30 January 2021 24	Eupen	1–1	Excel Mouscron	Eupen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Faraj 32' (o.g.)		Silvestre 68'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0

7 February 2021 25	Gent	2–2	Eupen	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tissoudali 27', 30' Arslanagić 40' Hanche-Olsen 63' Dorsch 90+1' Yaremchuk 90+5'	Report	Prevljak 7', 64' (pen.) Peeters 90' Heris 90+2'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

17 February 2021 26	Waasland-Beveren	1–0	Eupen	Beveren
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Frey 11' Leuko 29' Albanese 74' Heltne Nilsen 85'	Report	Peeters 30' Prevljak 57' N'Dri 90+2'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

20 February 2021 27	Eupen	1–1	Oostende	Eupen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Cools 47' Kayembe 67' Baby 84' Peeters 88'	Report	Hjulsager 49' Tanghe 63' Bataille 90+1'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

28 February 2021 28	Sint-Truiden	0–2	Eupen	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Teixeira 61' De Ridder 62' Lavalée 78'	Report	Baby 41' Miangué 80' Prevljak 89'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

6 March 2021 29	Eupen	3–3	OH Leuven	Eupen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Prevljak 8' Heris 29', 64' Amat 32' Musona 43' (pen.), 67' Beck 85' Baby 90'	Report	Malinov 27', 69' Henry 36' Mercier 55' Hubert 90'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

20 March 2021 31	Eupen	2–0	Kortrijk	Eupen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ngoy 52' Musona 78', 80' Heris 90+1'	Report	Makarenko 70' Radovanović 90+4'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

5 April 2021 32	Zulte Waregem	2–1	Eupen	Waregem
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Bock 21', 82' Pletinckx 59'	Report	Agbadou 18' 80' Peeters 22' Amat 72'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

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

17 April 2021 34	Charleroi	2–3	Eupen	Charleroi
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kipré 19' Gholizadeh 32' Ilaimaharitra 33', 81' (pen.) Teodorczyk 46'	Report	Prevljak 19', 20', 28', 45+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Belgian Cup

2 February 2021 Sixth round	Rupel Boom	0–5	Eupen	Boom
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Gemeentelijk Parkstadion
Note: On 19 January 2021, Rupel Boom forfeited the match against Eupen which progressed automatically to the seventh round.[4]

10 February 2021 Seventh round	Eupen	5–1	Olympic Charleroi CF	Eupen
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Koné 8' Baby 50' Magnée 61' Koch 65' Sowah Adjei 84' Bushiri 90+3'	Report	Delbergue 14' (pen.) Castellana 90+2'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0

3 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Eupen	1–0	Gent	Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Musona 35' Prevljak 35' Heris 49' Amat 74'	Report		Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

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

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 11 September 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	26	MF	Jens Cools	1	1
	29	MF	Isaac Nuhu	1	1
	7	FW	Julien Ngoy	1	1
	9	FW	Smail Prevljak	1	1
Totals				4	4

References

"Squad List and numbers". K.A.S. Eupen. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
"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.
"Ook geen bekerwedstrijden voor amateurclubs Rupel Boom en Thes" [No cup matches for amateur clubs Rupel Boom and Thes as well]. sporza.be. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Squad List and numbers". K.A.S. Eupen. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

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

[3] "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.

[4] "Ook geen bekerwedstrijden voor amateurclubs Rupel Boom en Thes" [No cup matches for amateur clubs Rupel Boom and Thes as well]. sporza.be. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

2020–21 in Belgian football
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League competitions	First Division A First Division B National Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2020 Fall 2020 Winter 2020–21 Summer 2021
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2020 (Group B) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group E) Roberto Martínez
Club seasons
First Division A	Anderlecht Antwerp Beerschot Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Excel Mouscron Genk Gent Kortrijk Mechelen OH Leuven Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Zulte Waregem
First Division B	Club NXT Deinze Lierse Lommel RWD Molenbeek Seraing Union SG Westerlo