2019–20 K.A.A. Gent season

The 2019–20 season was K.A.A. Gent's 117th season in existence and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top flight of Belgium football. It covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Gent competed in the Belgian First Division A, the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Gent
2019–20 season
ChairmanIvan De Witte
ManagerJess Thorup
StadiumGhelamco Arena
Belgian First Division A2nd
Belgian CupSeventh round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jonathan David (18)

All:
Jonathan David (23)

Players edit

As of 2 September 2019[1]

Current squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  BELThomas Kaminski
2DF  BELJan Van den Bergh
3MF  SUINicky Beloko (on loan from Fiorentina)
5DF  CMRMichael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
6MF  FRAElisha Owusu
7FW  UKRRoman Yaremchuk
8MF  BELVadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Captain)
9MF  UKRRoman Bezus
10MF  GEOGiorgi Chakvetadze
11FW  FRAJean-Luc Dompé
12DF  BELFranck Bahi
13FW  GEOGiorgi Kvilitaia
14DF  BELAlessio Castro-Montes
15DF  IRNMilad Mohammadi
16FW  CANJonathan David
17DF  FRAIbrahima Cissé
18MF  BELDylan Mbayo
No.Pos. NationPlayer
19MF  BELBrecht Dejaegere
20GK  BELJari De Busser
21DF  GHANana Akwasi Asare
22FW  NGAPhilip Azango
23DF  SWEMikael Lustig
24MF  BELSven Kums (on loan from Anderlecht)
25DF  NGAReuben Yem
26GK  BELColin Coosemans
28DF  TUNDylan Bronn
29FW  BELLaurent Depoitre
31FW  JPNYuya Kubo
32DF  UKRIhor Plastun
33MF  BELLouis Verstraete
76DF  BELTimothy Derijck
DF  COLDeiver Machado
FW  SENMamadou Sylla

Out on loan edit

For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2018.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
3MF  SWEEric Smith (at Tromsø)
77MF  GEOGiorgi Beridze (at Lokeren)
MF  CROFranko Andrijašević (at HNK Rijeka)
FW  BELStallone Limbombe (at Giresunspor)
FW  ISRLior Inbrum (at Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.)

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win  Draw  Loss

v Gent
21 June 2019 Friendly KRC Gent 0–2 Gent
v Gent
22 June 2019 Friendly KVV Zelzate 0–4 Gent
v Gent
28 June 2019 Friendly KFC Merelbeke 1–6 Gent
v Gent
29 June 2019 Friendly SC Dikkelvenne 0–6 Gent
v Aris
6 July 2019 Friendly Gent 3–0 Aris
v Sint-Truiden
13 July 2019 Friendly Gent 2–4 Sint-Truiden
v AZ
17 July 2019 Friendly Gent 2–0 AZ Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
v Gent
20 July 2019 Friendly Reims 1–1 Gent Le Touquet, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Oudin 75'
Stadium: Stade Gérard Houllier
v Gent
10 January 2020 Friendly FC Ingolstadt 04 2–3 Gent Oliva, Spain
11:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Competitions edit

Overview edit

CompetitionFirst matchLast matchStarting roundFinal positionRecord
PldWDLGFGAGDWin %
Belgian First Division A28 July 20197 March 2020Matchday 12nd2916765934+25055.17
Belgian Cup25 September 20194 December 2019Sixth roundSeventh round210141+3050.00
Europa League25 July 201927 February 2020Second qualifying roundRound of 32146622617+9042.86
Total45231398952+37051.11

Last updated: 7 March 2020
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A edit

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Club Brugge (C)2921715814+4470Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Gent2916765934+2555Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3Charleroi2915954923+2654Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4Antwerp (Y)2915864932+1753Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5Standard Liège2914784732+1549Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
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.[3]
(C) Champions; (Y) Croky Cup winner
Notes:
  1. ^ Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.[2]

Results summary edit

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2916765934 +255511313814 +245452120 +1

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultDWLWWWDWLWDDWWLDWWLDWWWWDWWLLC
Position868585453334432232332222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Jupiler Pro League
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.[4] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.[5]

28 July 2019 1 Charleroi 1–1 Gent Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
ReportStadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 8,760
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
4 August 2019 2 Gent 6–1 Eupen Ghent
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 17,780
Referee: Lawrence Visser
11 August 2019 3 Excel Mouscron 2–1 Gent Mouscron
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier
Attendance: 3,753
Referee: Jan Boterberg
18 August 2019 4 Gent 2–0 Oostende Ghent
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 17,860
Referee: Wesley Alen
1 September 2019 5 Gent 3–2 Cercle Brugge Ghent
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 17,525
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
15 September 2019 6 Gent 3–0 Mechelen Ghent
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 19,560
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
22 September 2019 7 Zulte Waregem 2–2 Gent Waregem
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 8,237
Referee: Wim Smet
28 September 2019 8 Gent 2–0 Kortrijk Ghent
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
ReportStadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 18,311
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
6 October 2019 9 Club Brugge 4–0 Gent Bruges
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 24,382
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
19 October 2019 10 Gent 2–0 Waasland-Beveren Ghent
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 19,016
Referee: Wim Smet
27 October 2019 11 Sint-Truiden 0–0 Gent Sint-Truiden
18:00 CET (UTC+1)Report
Stadium: Stayen
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jan Boterberg
31 October 2019 12 Anderlecht 3–3 Gent Anderlecht
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
3 November 2019 13 Gent 3–1 Standard Liège Ghent
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 19,441
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
10 November 2019 14 Genk 0–2 Gent Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
ReportStadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 19,962
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
21 November 2019 15 Antwerp 3–2 Gent Antwerp
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Note: The match was originally scheduled to be played on 25 August 2019, but was postponed so that the clubs can have time to prepare for their respective continental legs.[6]
24 November 2019 16 Gent 1–1 Antwerp Ghent
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 19,491
Referee: Lawrence Visser
1 December 2019 17 Kortrijk 0–2 Gent Kortrijk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
7 December 2019 18 Gent 2–0 Zulte Waregem Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
15 December 2019 19 Oostende 2–1 Gent Ostend
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
ReportStadium: Versluys Arena
Referee: Bert Put
22 December 2019 20 Gent 1–1 Club Brugge Ghent
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Lawrence Visser
26 December 2019 21 Standard Liège 0–1 Gent Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1)ReportStadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
18 January 2020 22 Gent 3–1 Excel Mouscron Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
25 January 2020 23 Gent 4–1 Genk Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
1 February 2020 24 Mechelen 0–3 Gent Mechelen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
Referee: Jan Boterberg
7 February 2020 25 Gent 1–1 Anderlecht Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Wesley Alen
14 February 2020 26 Eupen 2–3 Gent Eupen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
ReportStadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
23 February 2020 27 Gent 4–1 Sint-Truiden Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
ReportStadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
1 March 2020 28 Cercle Brugge 1–0 Gent Bruges
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 29,472
Referee: Lawrence Visser
7 March 2020 29 Gent 1–4 Charleroi Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
ReportStadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 15,661
Referee: Jan Boterberg
15 March 2020 30 Waasland-Beveren Cancelled Gent Beveren
18:00 CET (UTC+1)Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Note: The match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Belgian Cup edit

25 September 2019 Sixth round Eendracht Aalst 0–4 Gent Aalst
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Pierre Cornelisstadion
Referee: Christof Dierick
4 December 2019 Seventh round Charleroi 1–0 Gent Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 5,407
Referee: Erik Lambrechts

UEFA Europa League edit

Second qualifying round edit

v Viitorul Constanța
25 July 2019 First leg Gent 6–3 Viitorul Constanța Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 13,398
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)
v Gent
1 August 2019 Second leg Viitorul Constanța 2–1
(5–7 agg.)
Gent Ovidiu, Romania
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
ReportStadium: Stadionul Viitorul
Attendance: 4,088
Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)

Third qualifying round edit

v Gent
8 August 2019 First leg AEK Larnaca 1–1 Gent Larnaca, Cyprus
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)ReportStadium: AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis
Attendance: 3,360
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
v AEK Larnaca
15 August 2019 Second leg Gent 3–0
(4–1 agg.)
AEK Larnaca Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
ReportStadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 15,533
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Play-off round edit

v Rijeka
22 August 2019 First leg Gent 2–1 Rijeka Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
ReportStadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 12,198
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
v Gent
29 August 2019 Second leg Rijeka 1–1
(2–3 agg.)
Gent Rijeka, Croatia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)ReportStadium: Stadion Rujevica
Attendance: 7,562
Referee: François Letexier (France)

Group stage edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification GNT WLF STE OLE
1 Gent6330117+412Advance to knockout phase2–23–22–1
2 VfL Wolfsburg632197+2111–31–03–1
3 Saint-Étienne604268−240–01–11–1
4 Oleksandriya6033610−431–10–12–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
v Saint-Étienne
19 September 2019 1 Gent 3–2 Saint-Étienne Ghent, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 14,928
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)
v Gent
3 October 2019 2 Oleksandriya 1–1 Gent Lviv, Ukraine
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
ReportStadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 7,588
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
v VfL Wolfsburg
24 October 2019 3 Gent 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Ghent, Belgium
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 15,437
Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)
v Gent
7 November 2019 4 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Gent Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
ReportStadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 11,620
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
v Gent
28 November 2019 5 Saint-Étienne 0–0 Gent Saint-Étienne, France
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 25,315
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
v Oleksandriya
12 December 2019 6 Gent 2–1 Oleksandriya Ghent, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
ReportStadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 13,156
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit
v Gent
20 February 2020 First leg Roma 1–0 Gent Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 28,248
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
v Roma
27 February 2020 Second leg Gent 1–1
(1–2 agg.)
Roma Ghent, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
ReportStadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 17,557
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Statistics edit

Squad appearances and goals edit

Last updated on 7 March 2020.
No.PosNatPlayerTotalBelgian DivisionBelgian CupUEFA Europa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1GK  BELThomas Kaminski44029010140
20GK  BELJari De Busser00000000
26GK  BELColin Coosemans200+101000
Defenders
5DF  CMRMichael Ngadeu-Ngadjui42429310121
12DF  BELFranck Bahi00000000
14DF  BELAlessio Castro-Montes31214+721+102+60
15DF  IRNMilad Mohammadi24117+11203+10
17DF  FRAIbrahima Cissé00000000
21DF  GHANana Akwasi Asare23112000111
23DF  SWEMikael Lustig30014+2010130
25DF  NGAReuben Yem00000000
31DF  BELBruno Godeau100+100000
32DF  UKRIhor Plastun43328210141
Midfielders
3MF  SWEEric Smith00000000
6MF  FRAElisha Owusu41027000140
8MF  BELVadis Odjidja-Ofoe42326320140
9MF  UKRRoman Bezus29714+77203+30
10MF  GEOGiorgi Chakvetadze1202+70000+30
18MF  BELDylan Mbayo610+400+2100
19MF  BELBrecht Dejaegere2316+80106+21
22MF  GAMSulayman Marreh501+30000+10
24MF  BELSven Kums3212211090
Forwards
7FW  UKRRoman Yaremchuk3017181010117
11FW  CIVAnderson Niangbo831+63000+10
13FW  GEOGiorgi Kvilitaia3338+1511+120+80
16FW  CANJonathan David402324+31800135
29FW  BELLaurent Depoitre351519+381011+17
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
2DF  BELJan Van den Bergh00000000
3MF  SUINicky Beloko00000000
4DF  NORSigurd Rosted10000010
11FW  FRAJean-Luc Dompé900+60100+20
22MF  GEOGiorgi Beridze200+10000+10
22FW  SENMamadou Sylla30100+100+10
28DF  TUNDylan Bronn702+30100+10
31FW  JPNYuya Kubo1232+40113+22
33MF  BELLouis Verstraete1103+201+100+40
76DF  BELTimothy Derijck10001000

References edit

  1. ^ "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017. Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  2. ^ "Communication à la suite de l'Assemblée Générale". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Gent of Antwerp naar Europa League? Zet mijn geld toch op hun". voetbalnieuws.be (in Dutch). 25 August 2019.

External links edit