The Belgian Lion Award (Dutch: Belgische Leeuw, French: Lion Belge[1]) is a football award in Belgium given annually to the best Maghreb player of Arab / Amazigh origin in the Belgian First Division A.[2][3] Recently, secondary awards have also been handed out to the best footballer abroad, youngster, female footballer, coach and futsal player.
Winners
edit| Year | Belgian Lion | |
|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | |
| 2010 |  Mbark Boussoufa (MAR) |
Anderlecht |
| 2011 | Mbark Boussoufa (MAR) |
Anderlecht |
| 2012 | Soufiane Bidaoui (MAR) |
Lierse |
| 2013 |  Hamdi Harbaoui (TUN) |
Lokeren |
| 2014 | Hamdi Harbaoui (TUN) |
Lokeren |
| 2015 | Mehdi Carcela (MAR) |
Standard Liège |
| 2016 |  Sofiane Hanni (ALG) |
Mechelen |
| 2017 | Ishak Belfodil (ALG) |
Standard Liège |
| 2018 | Mehdi Carcela (MAR) |
Standard Liège |
| 2019 | Mehdi Carcela (MAR) |
Standard Liège |
| 2020 | Selim Amallah (MAR) |
Standard Liège |
| 2021 | Tarik Tissoudali (MAR) |
Gent |
| 2022 | Tarik Tissoudali (MAR) |
Gent |
| 2023 | Bilal El Khannous (MAR) |
Genk |
Breakdown of winners
editBy country of origin
edit| Country | Number of wins | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Morocco |
10 |
2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Tunisia |
2 |
2013, 2014 |
| Algeria |
2 |
2016, 2017 |
By club
edit| Club | Number of wins | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Liège | 5 |
2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Anderlecht | 2 |
2010, 2011 |
| Lokeren | 2 |
2013, 2014 |
| Gent | 2 |
2021, 2022 |
| Lierse | 1 |
2012 |
| Mechelen | 1 |
2016 |
| Genk | 1 |
2023 |
References
edit- ^ "Le Lion Belge De Belgische Leeuw". Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ AKOUETE, Isidore (2020-11-17). "Belgique : Selim Amallah sacrée « Lion Belge 2020 »". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ "Tarik Tissoudali remporte le Lion Belge 2022". Walfoot.be (in French). 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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