2019–20 Royal Charleroi S.C. season

R. Charleroi S.C.
2019–20 season
Owner	Fabien Debecq
Managing director	Mehdi Bayat
Head coach	Karim Belhocine
Stadium	Stade du Pays de Charleroi
First Division A	3rd
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was the 116th season in the existence of R. Charleroi S.C. and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, R. Charleroi S.C. participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

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	FRA	Nicolas Penneteau
4	DF	BEL	Maxime Busi
5	DF	SEN	Modou Diagne
6	DF	MKD	Gjoko Zajkov
7	MF	TOG	David Henen
8	MF	IRN	Ali Gholizadeh
10	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei (on loan from Club Brugge)
12	MF	BEL	Joris Kayembe
13	MF	SEN	Christophe Diandy
14	GK	SWE	Joachim Imbrechts
15	FW	BEL	Anthony Descotte
16	FW	JAM	Shamar Nicholson
17	DF	GRE	Stergos Marinos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ITA	Frank Tsadjout (on loan from Milan)
22	MF	BEL	Gaëtan Hendrickx
23	DF	FRA	Steeven Willems
24	DF	BEL	Dorian Dessoleil
25	DF	ANG	Núrio Fortuna
26	MF	MAD	Marco Ilaimaharitra
27	MF	SEN	Mamadou Fall
28	MF	BEL	Ken Nkuba
40	GK	FRA	Rémy Descamps
44	MF	JPN	Ryota Morioka
70	MF	IRN	Younes Delfi
77	MF	BEL	Massimo Bruno

On loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	GK	COD	Parfait Mandanda (at Hartford Athletic until 31 December 2020)
—	GK	BEL	Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui (at F91 Dudelange until 30 June 2020)
—	MF	IRN	Omid Noorafkan (at Sepahan FC until 30 June 2020)
—	MF	BEL	Nathan Rodes (at Union Titus Pétange until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CMR	Arnold Garita (at US Boulogne until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	FRA	Jérémy Perbet (at Oud-Heverlee Leuven until 30 June 2020)
—	FW	MLI	Adama Niane (at KV Oostende until 30 June 2020)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

16 July 2019 Friendly	Metz	2–1	Charleroi	Homécourt, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Yvan Tepus

7 January 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	1–2	Charleroi	Benidorm, Spain
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lemperle 67'	Report	Gholizadeh 21' Rezaei 52' Busi 59' Núrio 81'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor

Competitions

Overall record

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 %
First Division A	28 July 2019	7 March 2020	Matchday 1	3rd	29	15	9	5	49	23	+26	051.72
Belgian Cup	25 September 2019	17 December 2019	Sixth round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	4	4	+0	066.67
Total					32	17	9	6	53	27	+26	053.13

Source: Soccerway

First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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.^[2]
(C) Champions; (Y) Croky Cup winner
Notes:

^ Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.^[1]

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
26	12	7	7	42	33	+9	43	5	4	4	16	13	+3	7	3	3	26	20	+6

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	C
Position

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

Matches

On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.^[4]

28 July 2019 1	Charleroi	1–1	Gent	Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 89'	Report	Asare 53' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 56' Plastun 78'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 8,760 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

3 August 2019 2	Kortrijk	1–1	Charleroi	Kortrijk
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

11 August 2019 3	Charleroi	2–1	Antwerp	Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

19 August 2019 4	Zulte Waregem	3–1	Charleroi	Waregem
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Regenboogstadion

29 January 2020 5	Charleroi	0–0	Club Brugge	Charleroi
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nicholson 61'	Report	Vormer 71' Mata 86'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 12,090 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

31 August 2019 6	Waasland-Beveren	0–4	Charleroi	Beveren
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Freethiel Stadion

13 September 2019 7	Charleroi	2–1	Genk	Charleroi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Morioka 26' (pen.) Nicholson 29' Ilaimaharitra 51' Bruno 69' Dessoleil 73' Marinos 81' Busi 85' Rezaei 90+5'	Report	Onuachu 61' Dewaest 74'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nathan Verboomen

21 September 2019 8	Charleroi	0–3	Sint-Truiden	Charleroi
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

29 September 2019 9	Standard Liège	1–1	Charleroi	Liège
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carcela 59' Amallah 85' M'Poku 90'	Report	Diagne 2' Ilaimaharitra 31' 90+3' Morioka 45+1' Fortuna 63'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 26,932 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

4 October 2019 10	Charleroi	1–2	Anderlecht	Charleroi
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Wesley Alen

20 October 2019 11	Cercle Brugge	0–3	Charleroi	Brugge
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

26 October 2019 12	Charleroi	1–0	Excel Mouscron	Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

29 October 2019 13	Oostende	0–1	Charleroi	Ostend
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

3 November 2019 14	Mechelen	2–2	Charleroi	Mechelen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Achter de Kazerne

9 November 2019 15	Charleroi	1–0	Eupen	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

24 November 2019 16	Sint-Truiden	1–3	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen

30 November 2019 17	Charleroi	2–0	Waasland-Beveren	Charleroi
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Frederik Goldhof

8 December 2019 18	Anderlecht	0–0	Charleroi	Anderlecht
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Bram Van Driessche

14 December 2019 19	Charleroi	3–0	Cercle Brugge	Charleroi
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Nicolas Laforge

21 December 2019 20	Excel Mouscron	1–1	Charleroi	Mouscron
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Referee: Jasper Vergoote

27 December 2019 21	Charleroi	5–0	Oostende	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Wesli De Cremer

18 January 2020 22	Eupen	1–1	Charleroi	Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Wim Smet

11 February 2020 23	Charleroi	2–1	Mechelen	Charleroi
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

1 February 2020 24	Genk	1–0	Charleroi	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hrošovský 39' Mæhle 59' Onuachu 81'	Report	Willems 14' Gholizadeh 43' Penneteau 63'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot

8 February 2020 25	Charleroi	4–0	Zulte Waregem	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

16 February 2020 26	Antwerp	1–1	Charleroi	Antwerp
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

23 February 2020 27	Club Brugge	1–0	Charleroi	Bruges
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Álvarez 1'	Report	Ilaimaharitra 87'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 27,039 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

1 March 2020 28	Charleroi	2–0	Standard Liège	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dessoleil 32' Nicholson 56' Ilaimaharitra 61'	Report	Laifis 31' Vojvoda 67' Vanheusden 90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 13,304 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

7 March 2020 29	Gent	1–4	Charleroi	Ghent
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Owusu 17' Mohammadi 41' 84' Niangbo 59'	Report	Nicholson 39' Ilaimaharitra 44' (pen.) Fall 57' Morioka 67' Rezaei 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 15,661 Referee: Jan Boterberg

15 March 2020 30	Charleroi	Cancelled	Kortrijk	Charleroi
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Belgian Cup

25 September 2019 Sixth round	Rupel Boom	2–3	Charleroi	Boom
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laureys 41', 88'	Report	Rezaei 31', 86' Gholizadeh 50'	Stadium: Gemeentelijk Parkstadion

4 December 2019 Seventh round	Charleroi	1–0	Gent	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bruno 84'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

17 December 2019 Quarter-finals	Zulte Waregem	2–0	Charleroi	Waregem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Berahino 48' Larin 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Regenboogstadion Referee: Jan Boterberg

References

^ "Communication à la suite de l'Assemblée Générale". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020.
^ "First Division A 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ 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.
^ "Communicatie na de Algemene Vergadering". Jupiler Pro League. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.11651441925974-2] Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.^[1]

[1] "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.

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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
26	12	7	7	42	33	+9	43	5	4	4	16	13	+3	7	3	3	26	20	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	12	7	7	42	33	+9	43	5	4	4	16	13	+3	7	3	3	26	20	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	12	7	7	42	33	+9	43	5	4	4	16	13	+3	7	3	3	26	20	+6