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

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As of 2 September 2019[1]

Current squad

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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   BEL Thomas Kaminski
2 DF   BEL Jan Van den Bergh
3 MF   SUI Nicky Beloko (on loan from Fiorentina)
5 DF   CMR Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
6 MF   FRA Elisha Owusu
7 FW   UKR Roman Yaremchuk
8 MF   BEL Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (Captain)
9 MF   UKR Roman Bezus
10 MF   GEO Giorgi Chakvetadze
11 FW   FRA Jean-Luc Dompé
12 DF   BEL Franck Bahi
13 FW   GEO Giorgi Kvilitaia
14 DF   BEL Alessio Castro-Montes
15 DF   IRN Milad Mohammadi
16 FW   CAN Jonathan David
17 DF   FRA Ibrahima Cissé
18 MF   BEL Dylan Mbayo
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   BEL Brecht Dejaegere
20 GK   BEL Jari De Busser
21 DF   GHA Nana Akwasi Asare
22 FW   NGA Philip Azango
23 DF   SWE Mikael Lustig
24 MF   BEL Sven Kums (on loan from Anderlecht)
25 DF   NGA Reuben Yem
26 GK   BEL Colin Coosemans
28 DF   TUN Dylan Bronn
29 FW   BEL Laurent Depoitre
31 FW   JPN Yuya Kubo
32 DF   UKR Ihor Plastun
33 MF   BEL Louis Verstraete
76 DF   BEL Timothy Derijck
DF   COL Deiver Machado
FW   SEN Mamadou Sylla

Out on loan

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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. Nation Player
3 MF   SWE Eric Smith (at Tromsø)
77 MF   GEO Giorgi Beridze (at Lokeren)
MF   CRO Franko Andrijašević (at HNK Rijeka)
FW   BEL Stallone Limbombe (at Giresunspor)
FW   ISR Lior Inbrum (at Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.)

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

21 June 2019 Friendly KRC Gent   0–2   Gent
22 June 2019 Friendly KVV Zelzate   0–4   Gent
28 June 2019 Friendly KFC Merelbeke   1–6   Gent
29 June 2019 Friendly SC Dikkelvenne   0–6   Gent
6 July 2019 Friendly Gent   3–0   Aris
13 July 2019 Friendly Gent   2–4   Sint-Truiden
17 July 2019 Friendly Gent   2–0   AZ Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
20 July 2019 Friendly Reims   1–1   Gent Le Touquet, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Oudin   75'
Stadium: Stade Gérard Houllier
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

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian First Division A 28 July 2019 7 March 2020 Matchday 1 2nd 29 16 7 6 59 34 +25 055.17
Belgian Cup 25 September 2019 4 December 2019 Sixth round Seventh round 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 050.00
Europa League 25 July 2019 27 February 2020 Second qualifying round Round of 32 14 6 6 2 26 17 +9 042.86
Total 45 23 13 9 89 52 +37 051.11

Last updated: 7 March 2020
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge (C) 29 21 7 1 58 14 +44 70 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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
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

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
29 16 7 6 59 34  +25 55 11 3 1 38 14  +24 5 4 5 21 20  +1

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

Results by round

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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

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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)
Report
Stadium: 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)
Report Stadium: 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)
Report
Stadium: 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)
Report
Stadium: 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) Report
Stadium: 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)
Report
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
23 February 2020 27 Gent 4–1 Sint-Truiden Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: 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)
Report
Stadium: 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

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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

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Second qualifying round

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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)
1 August 2019 Second leg Viitorul Constanța   2–1
(5–7 agg.)
  Gent Ovidiu, Romania
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul
Attendance: 4,088
Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)

Third qualifying round

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

Play-off round

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

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GNT WLF STE OLE
1   Gent 6 3 3 0 11 7 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–2 3–2 2–1
2   VfL Wolfsburg 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 1–3 1–0 3–1
3   Saint-Étienne 6 0 4 2 6 8 −2 4 0–0 1–1 1–1
4   Oleksandriya 6 0 3 3 6 10 −4 3 1–1 0–1 2–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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)
3 October 2019 2 Oleksandriya   1–1   Gent Lviv, Ukraine
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 7,588
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
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)
7 November 2019 4 VfL Wolfsburg   1–3   Gent Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 11,620
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
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)
12 December 2019 6 Gent   2–1   Oleksandriya Ghent, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 13,156
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Knockout phase

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Round of 32
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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)
27 February 2020 Second leg Gent   1–1
(1–2 agg.)
  Roma Ghent, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 17,557
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Statistics

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Squad appearances and goals

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Last updated on 7 March 2020.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Belgian Division Belgian Cup UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   BEL Thomas Kaminski 44 0 29 0 1 0 14 0
20 GK   BEL Jari De Busser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK   BEL Colin Coosemans 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
5 DF   CMR Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui 42 4 29 3 1 0 12 1
12 DF   BEL Franck Bahi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   BEL Alessio Castro-Montes 31 2 14+7 2 1+1 0 2+6 0
15 DF   IRN Milad Mohammadi 24 1 17+1 1 2 0 3+1 0
17 DF   FRA Ibrahima Cissé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   GHA Nana Akwasi Asare 23 1 12 0 0 0 11 1
23 DF   SWE Mikael Lustig 30 0 14+2 0 1 0 13 0
25 DF   NGA Reuben Yem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF   BEL Bruno Godeau 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF   UKR Ihor Plastun 43 3 28 2 1 0 14 1
Midfielders
3 MF   SWE Eric Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF   FRA Elisha Owusu 41 0 27 0 0 0 14 0
8 MF   BEL Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe 42 3 26 3 2 0 14 0
9 MF   UKR Roman Bezus 29 7 14+7 7 2 0 3+3 0
10 MF   GEO Giorgi Chakvetadze 12 0 2+7 0 0 0 0+3 0
18 MF   BEL Dylan Mbayo 6 1 0+4 0 0+2 1 0 0
19 MF   BEL Brecht Dejaegere 23 1 6+8 0 1 0 6+2 1
22 MF   GAM Sulayman Marreh 5 0 1+3 0 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF   BEL Sven Kums 32 1 22 1 1 0 9 0
Forwards
7 FW   UKR Roman Yaremchuk 30 17 18 10 1 0 11 7
11 FW   CIV Anderson Niangbo 8 3 1+6 3 0 0 0+1 0
13 FW   GEO Giorgi Kvilitaia 33 3 8+15 1 1+1 2 0+8 0
16 FW   CAN Jonathan David 40 23 24+3 18 0 0 13 5
29 FW   BEL Laurent Depoitre 35 15 19+3 8 1 0 11+1 7
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
2 DF   BEL Jan Van den Bergh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 MF   SUI Nicky Beloko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   NOR Sigurd Rosted 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 FW   FRA Jean-Luc Dompé 9 0 0+6 0 1 0 0+2 0
22 MF   GEO Giorgi Beridze 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
22 FW   SEN Mamadou Sylla 3 0 1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
28 DF   TUN Dylan Bronn 7 0 2+3 0 1 0 0+1 0
31 FW   JPN Yuya Kubo 12 3 2+4 0 1 1 3+2 2
33 MF   BEL Louis Verstraete 11 0 3+2 0 1+1 0 0+4 0
76 DF   BEL Timothy Derijck 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

References

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  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.
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