2020–21 Sint-Truidense V.V. season

Sint-Truiden
2020–21 season
Owner	DMM.com
Chairman	David Meekers
Manager	Peter Maes
Stadium	Stayen
Belgian First Division A	15th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Yuma Suzuki (17); All: ; Yuma Suzuki (17)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Sint-Truidense V.V. season was the club's 97th season in existence and its sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sint-Truiden 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 31 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	BEL	Kenny Steppe
2	DF	JPN	Ko Matsubara
3	DF	BEL	Maximiliano Caufriez
7	FW	BEL	Ilombe Mboyo
8	DF	GUI	Ibrahima Sory Sankhon
9	FW	JPN	Yuma Suzuki
11	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Filippov
12	MF	GHA	Samuel Asamoah
13	DF	NZL	Liberato Cacace
15	FW	JPN	Keito Nakamura (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
16	FW	BEL	Steve De Ridder (captain)
18	FW	ARG	Facundo Colidio (on loan from Inter Milan)
19	MF	BEL	Stan Van Dessel
21	GK	JPN	Daniel Schmidt


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	BEL	Wolke Janssens
23	FW	JPN	Tatsuya Ito
24	MF	GUI	Mory Konaté
26	DF	POR	Jorge Teixeira
27	DF	BEL	Dimitri Lavalée (on loan from Mainz)
30	FW	BEL	Nelson Balongo
32	MF	USA	Chris Durkin
33	MF	BRA	Jhonny Lucas
35	GK	BEL	Wim Vanmarsenille
39	DF	ANG	Jonathan Buatu
40	DF	NGA	Junior Pius (on loan from Antwerp)
44	MF	BEL	Christian Brüls
77	DF	GRE	Georgios Vagiannidis (on loan from Inter Milan)
90	FW	HAI	Duckens Nazon
—	DF	JPN	Daiki Hashioka (on loan from Urawa Reds)

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
5	MF	ARG	Santiago Colombatto (on loan at Club León)
10	MF	KOR	Lee Seung-woo (on loan at Portimonense SC)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
13	DF	Liberato Cacace	Wellington Phoenix		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	Geel	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Geel, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Leunen

11 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	2–0	Sint-Truiden	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

11 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Brussels, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

18 July 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Beerschot	Geel, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Leunen

22 July 2020 Friendly	Westerlo	0–1	Sint-Truiden	Westerlo, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Het Kuipje

25 July 2020 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	2–3	Sint-Truiden	Waregem, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Regenboogstadion

30 July 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	4–1	Waasland-Beveren	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ito 5', 47' Nazon 30' Lee 70'	Report	Milošević 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Stayen

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

6 August 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	4–0	Lommel	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stayen

17 August 2020 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Lommel	Sint-Truiden, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 5'	Report	Þórðarson 7'	Stadium: Stayen

4 September 2020 Friendly	Westerlo	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Westerlo, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Het Kuipje Terrein 3

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	9 August 2020	18 April 2021	Matchday 1	15th	34	10	8	16	41	52	−11	029.41
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021	10 February 2021	Sixth round	Seventh round	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Total					36	11	8	17	43	53	−10	030.56

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Charleroi	34	11	9	14	46	49	−3	42
14	Kortrijk	34	11	6	17	44	57	−13	39
15	Sint-Truiden	34	10	8	16	41	52	−11	38
16	Cercle Brugge	34	11	3	20	40	51	−11	36
17	Waasland-Beveren (R)	34	8	7	19	44	70	−26	31	Qualification for the Relegation play-off

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]
(R) Relegated

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	8	16	41	52	−11	38	6	3	8	20	20	0	4	5	8	21	32	−11

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L
Position	4	11	10	11	14	15	16	16	17	14	15	15	16	16					14	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15

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]

9 August 2020 1	Sint-Truiden	2–1	Gent	Sint-Truiden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suzuki 2' Colombatto 31' Colidio 60', 90'	Report	Bezus 30' Plastun 43' Owusu 67'	Stadium: Stayen Referee: Jan Boterberg

16 August 2020 2	Anderlecht	3–1	Sint-Truiden	Anderlecht
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mykhaylichenko 41' Dimata 50', 61' Žulj 52' Tau 90+3'	Report	Sankhon 47' Balongo 88'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

24 August 2020 3	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Oostende	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 22' Teixeira 42'	Report	Hjulsager 18' Skúlason 33' D'Arpino 44' Bataille 59' 76' Gueye 77' Tanghe 83'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Frederik Geldhof

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

13 September 2020 5	Sint-Truiden	2–3	Antwerp	Sint-Truiden
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 1', 23' Durkin 25' Konaté 70' 89'	Report	Juklerød 16', 88' Seck 33' Batubinsika 41' 72' Haroun 53' Miyoshi 75'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Wim Smet

21 September 2020 6	Cercle Brugge	3–0	Sint-Truiden	Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Hotić 25' Ugbo 31' (pen.) Omolo 67' Vitinho 90+1'	Report	Matsubara 13' Colombatto 18' Durkin 35'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

26 September 2020 7	KV Mechelen	2–0	Sint-Truiden	Mechelen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Damme 23' Vranckx 60', 64', 68' Peyre 90+1'	Report	Colidio 12' Lee 23' Suzuki 43' Durkin 45+1' Konaté 65' Sankhon 74'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

3 October 2020 8	Sint-Truiden	0–0	Kortrijk	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 44' Asamoah 80' Nazon 90+4'	Report	Van der Bruggen 27' Selemani 71' Jakubech 90+2'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Bert Put

17 October 2020 9	Beerschot	6–3	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Holzhauser 2', 25' (pen.) Tissoudali 17', 34' Brogno 40' Coulibaly 57'	Report	Filippov 44' Suzuki 49' Nazon 74'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Jan Boterberg

25 October 2020 10	Sint-Truiden	2–0	Standard Liège	Sint-Truiden
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nazon 37' De Ridder 73', 80'	Report	Amallah 67'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

7 November 2020 12	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Genk	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sankhon 6' Suzuki 28' García 41' De Ridder 53' 90+2' Caufriez 87'	Report	Bongonda 4', 31', 81' Thorstvedt 49'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

23 November 2020 13	OH Leuven	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Leuven
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Malinov 42' Henry 45+2' (pen.) Eppiah 73'	Report	Nazon 27', 84', 28' Durkin 61' Cacace 90' García 90+2'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

28 November 2020 14	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Waasland-Beveren	Sint-Truiden
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	García 7' De Ridder 45' Colidio 72' Sankhon 88'	Report	Wuytens 29' Koita 90+2'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen

1 December 2020 11	Excel Mouscron	3–2	Sint-Truiden	Mouscron
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakić 17', 18' Koffi 34' Da Costa 53' Faraj 81' Xadas 90+5'	Report	Sankhon 17' García 37' Suzuki 63' (pen.) Nakamura 90+1' Janssens 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

5 December 2020 15	Club Brugge	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Okereke 57'	Report	Konaté 59'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

12 December 2020 16	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Charleroi	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Nazon 43'	Report	Fall 25' Nicholson 51'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

19 December 2020 18	Zulte Waregem	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Waregem
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Suzuki 56' Caufriez 90+1'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

26 December 2020 19	Standard Liège	1–2	Sint-Truiden	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Amallah 39' Muleka 71' Balikwisha 75'	Report	Nazon 5' Suzuki 16' Asamoah 18' Caufriez 53' Konaté 71'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

30 December 2020 17	Sint-Truiden	1–0	Beerschot	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Suzuki 41' Konaté 73' Buatu 75' Cacace 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

10 January 2021 20	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Club Brugge	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Ridder 51' Buatu 55' Nazon 86'	Report	Dost 13' Lang 35' Mechele 42' Balanta 77'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

17 January 2021 21	Sint-Truiden	3–1	OH Leuven	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Suzuki 10', 53', 50' Mboyo 39' García 78'	Report	Henry 25' Ngawa 37'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

20 January 2021 22	Kortrijk	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Kortrijk
16:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0

23 January 2021 23	Sint-Truiden	0–2	Excel Mouscron	Sint-Truiden
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0

27 January 2021 24	Gent	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Ghent
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castro-Montes 78' Schmidt 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Colidio 23' Teixeira 72' Sankhon 90+4'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick

31 January 2021 25	Sint-Truiden	3–0	Cercle Brugge	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Brüls 17' Buatu 49' Teixeira 64' Cacace 83' Colidio 90+1' Durkin 90+4'	Report	Pavlović 28' Marcelin 90+3'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

6 February 2021 26	Oostende	3–1	Sint-Truiden	Ostend
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Gueye 38', 60' (pen.) Sakala 74' (pen.)	Report	Lavalée 73' Suzuki 90'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

13 February 2021 27	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Zulte Waregem	Sint-Truiden
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0

21 February 2021 28	Antwerp	0–0	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Laet 90+4'	Report	Lavalée 70'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

28 February 2021 29	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

5 March 2021 30	Charleroi	0–0	Sint-Truiden	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rezaei 40'	Report	Hashioka 20' Durkin 41'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

3 April 2021 32	Sint-Truiden	2–1	KV Mechelen	Sint-Truiden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suzuki 11' Mboyo 42' (pen.)	Report	Walsh 41' Kaboré 65' De Camargo 90'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

6 April 2021 31	Waasland-Beveren	2–4	Sint-Truiden	Beveren
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frey 2' Sinani 14' Vukotić 27' Verstraete 60', 78' Wuytens 70' 73' Faucher 86'	Report	Mboyo 20', 51', 75' Suzuki 32', 84'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

11 April 2021 33	Genk	4–0	Sint-Truiden	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bongonda 21' Heynen 24' Thorstvedt 35' Onuachu 53'	Report	Brüls 20' Suzuki 41'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

18 April 2021 34	Sint-Truiden	0–1	Anderlecht	Sint-Truiden
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Durkin 33'	Report	Mykhaylichenko 6' Verschaeren 80'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Belgian Cup

3 February 2021 Sixth round	Lokeren-Temse	0–2	Sint-Truiden	Lokeren
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nöstlinger 36'	Report	Nazon 8' Ito 62'	Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 0

10 February 2021 Seventh round	Genk	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Genk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thorstvedt 24' Onuachu 87'	Report		Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 16 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	18	FW	Facundo Colidio	1	1
	9	FW	Yuma Suzuki	1	1
	30	FW	Nelson Balongo	1	1
Totals				3	3

References

^ "First Team". Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "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.

External links

Official website

[1] "First Team". Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[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.

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