2020–21 K.V. Oostende season

K.V. Oostende 2020–21 football season
K.V. Oostende
2020–21 season
ChairmanFranck Dierckens
ManagerAlexander Blessin
StadiumVersluys Arena
Belgian First Division A5th
Belgian CupSeventh round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Fashion Sakala
(13 goals)

All:
Fashion Sakala
(16 goals)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2019–20
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2021.

The 2020–21 K.V. Oostende season was the club's 117th season in existence and its eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Oostende 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 24 August 2020[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
4 DF Scotland SCO Jack Hendry (on loan from Celtic)
5 DF Belgium BEL Arthur Theate
6 MF France FRA Maxime D'Arpino
7 FW Senegal SEN Makhtar Gueye
8 MF Belgium BEL François Marquet
9 FW Albania ALB Sindrit Guri
10 FW Zambia ZAM Fashion Sakala
11 MF Belgium BEL Indy Boonen
15 DF Germany GER Frederik Jäkel (on loan from RB Leipzig)
17 MF Denmark DEN Andrew Hjulsager
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Cameron McGeehan
19 FW Senegal SEN Mamadou Thiam
20 DF France FRA Théo Ndicka
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Austria AUT Marko Kvasina
23 DF Iceland ISL Ari Freyr Skúlason
24 MF Belgium BEL Evangelos Patoulidis
25 MF Belgium BEL Jelle Bataille
26 MF Belgium BEL Kévin Vandendriessche
27 DF Belgium BEL Brecht Capon
28 GK Belgium BEL Guillaume Hubert
29 MF Belgium BEL Robbie D'Haese
33 DF Belgium BEL Anton Tanghe
34 MF Germany GER Nick Bätzner
73 FW Belgium BEL Jorben Vanhulle
94 GK Belgium BEL Jordi Schelfhout
99 GK Belgium BEL Bram Castro

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Varsenare Belgium v Belgium Oostende
4 July 2020 Friendly Varsenare Belgium 0–7 Belgium Oostende Varsenare, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportcomplex Van Caloen
Sint-Eloois-Winkel Belgium v Belgium Oostende
18 July 2020 Friendly Sint-Eloois-Winkel Belgium Cancelled Belgium Oostende Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportpark Terschueren
Oostende Belgium v Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise
25 July 2020 Friendly Oostende Belgium 1–2 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise Oudenburg, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportterrein Ter Beke
Oostende Belgium v Belgium Cercle Brugge
1 August 2020 Friendly Oostende Belgium 3–1 Belgium Cercle Brugge Ostend, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Versluys Arena
Oostende Belgium v Belgium Roeselare
4 September 2020 Friendly Oostende Belgium Cancelled Belgium Roeselare Ostend, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Versluys Arena
Oostende Belgium v Belgium Knokke
5 September 2020 Friendly Oostende Belgium 3–1 Belgium Knokke Ostend, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Versluys Arena
Oostende Belgium v France Dunkerque
13 November 2020 Friendly Oostende Belgium 2–1 France Dunkerque Ostend, Belgium
11:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Versluys Arena
Oostende Belgium v Belgium Gent
26 March 2021 Friendly Oostende Belgium 1–4 Belgium Gent Ostend, Belgium
11:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Oostende Belgium v Belgium Anderlecht
24 April 2021 Friendly Oostende Belgium 0–3 Belgium Anderlecht Ostend, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Versluys Arena

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian First Division A 10 August 2020 22 May 2021 Matchday 1 5th 40 17 9 14 64 57 +7 042.50
Belgian Cup 3 February 2021 9 February 2021 Sixth round Seventh round 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 050.00
Total 42 18 9 15 68 62 +6 042.86

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

Regular season

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 +17 58 Qualification for the Play-offs I
4 Genk[a] 34 16 8 10 67 48 +19 56
5 Oostende[b] 34 15 8 11 49 41 +8 53 Qualification for the Play-offs II
6 Standard Liège 34 13 11 10 52 41 +11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 +13 49
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.[5]
Notes:
  1. ^ Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.
  2. ^ On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.[2] Both Exel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.[3][4]

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 15 8 11 49 41  +8 53 9 5 3 33 21  +12 6 3 8 16 20  −4

Last updated: 18 April 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[6]

Oostende v Beerschot
10 August 2020 1 Oostende 1–2 Beerschot Ostend
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
Charleroi v Oostende
15 August 2020 2 Charleroi 1–0 Oostende Charleroi
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
Sint-Truiden v Oostende
24 August 2020 3 Sint-Truiden 0–0 Oostende Sint-Truiden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stayen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Frederik Geldhof
Oostende v Anderlecht
28 August 2020 4 Oostende 2–2 Anderlecht Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jan Boterberg
KV Mechelen v Oostende
12 September 2020 5 KV Mechelen 0–1 Oostende Mechelen
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Lothar D'Hondt
Oostende v OH Leuven
19 September 2020 6 Oostende 3–1 OH Leuven Ostend
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Christof Dierick
Genk v Oostende
28 September 2020 7 Genk 2–2 Oostende Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Oostende v Excel Mouscron
4 October 2020 8 Oostende 3–0 Excel Mouscron Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 2,112
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
Oostende v Zulte Waregem
25 October 2020 10 Oostende 3–0 Zulte Waregem Ostend
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bert Put
Standard Liège v Oostende
1 November 2020 11 Standard Liège 1–0 Oostende Liège
18:15 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lawrence Visser
Oostende v Club Brugge
8 November 2020 12 Oostende 1–3 Club Brugge Ostend
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
Oostende v Antwerp
21 November 2020 13 Oostende 1–1 Antwerp Ostend
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
Waasland-Beveren v Oostende
24 November 2020 9 Waasland-Beveren 2–0 Oostende Beveren
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wim Smet
Kortrijk v Oostende
29 November 2020 14 Kortrijk 3–1 Oostende Kortrijk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
Oostende v Gent
6 December 2020 15 Oostende 2–1 Gent Ostend
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
Cercle Brugge v Oostende
12 December 2020 16 Cercle Brugge 0–1 Oostende Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
Anderlecht v Oostende
15 December 2020 18 Anderlecht 2–1 Oostende Anderlecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
OH Leuven v Oostende
26 December 2020 19 OH Leuven 1–2 Oostende Leuven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bert Put
Oostende v Charleroi
9 January 2021 30 Oostende 3–2 Charleroi Ostend
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
Oostende v Eupen
12 January 2021 17 Oostende 1–1 Eupen Ostend
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
Oostende v Kortrijk
16 January 2021 20 Oostende 2–1 Kortrijk Ostend
16:15 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Club Brugge v Oostende
20 January 2021 21 Club Brugge 2–1 Oostende Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wim Smet
Antwerp v Oostende
23 January 2021 22 Antwerp 1–2 Oostende Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bert Put
Oostende v Standard Liège
28 January 2021 23 Oostende 2–2 Standard Liège Ostend
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
Zulte Waregem v Oostende
31 January 2021 24 Zulte Waregem 2–1 Oostende Waregem
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jan Boterberg
Oostende v Sint-Truiden
6 February 2021 25 Oostende 3–1 Sint-Truiden Ostend
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
Oostende v Genk
17 February 2021 26 Oostende 3–1 Genk Ostend
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Onuachu 10' (pen.)
  • Cuesta Yellow card 26'
  • McKenzie Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wim Smet
Eupen v Oostende
20 February 2021 27 Eupen 1–1 Oostende Eupen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
Oostende v KV Mechelen
27 February 2021 28 Oostende 2–0 KV Mechelen Ostend
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bert Put
Gent v Oostende
8 March 2021 29 Gent 1–0 Oostende Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wim Smet
Excel Mouscron v Oostende
20 March 2021 31 Excel Mouscron 0–1 Oostende Mouscron
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bert Put
Oostende v Waasland-Beveren
3 April 2021 32 Oostende 0–2 Waasland-Beveren Ostend
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
Beerschot v Oostende
11 April 2021 33 Beerschot 1–2 Oostende Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Oostende v Cercle Brugge
18 April 2021 34 Oostende 1–1 Cercle Brugge Ostend
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Play-Off II

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation GNT MEC OOS STA
1 Gent 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 38 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round 2–2 2–1 2–0
2 Mechelen 6 3 2 1 15 11 +4 35 1–2 5–3 3–1
3 Oostende 6 2 1 3 15 16 −1 34 0–4 2–2 6–2
4 Standard Liège 6 1 0 5 7 17 −10 28 2–1 1–2 1–3
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[7]

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
6 2 1 3 15 16  −1 7 1 1 1 8 8  0 1 0 2 7 8  −1

Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round123456
GroundHAAHHA
ResultWLLLDW
Position112333
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Oostende v Standard Liège
1 May 2021 1 Oostende 6–2 Standard Liège Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
KV Mechelen v Oostende
9 May 2021 2 KV Mechelen 5–3 Oostende Mechelen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
Gent v Oostende
13 May 2021 3 Gent 2–1 Oostende Ghent
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Oostende v Gent
16 May 2021 4 Oostende 0–4 Gent Ostend
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
Oostende v KV Mechelen
19 May 2021 5 Oostende 2–2 KV Mechelen Ostend
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
Standard Liège v Oostende
22 May 2021 6 Standard Liège 1–3 Oostende Liège
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wim Smet

Belgian Cup

Waasland-Beveren v Oostende
3 February 2021 Sixth round Waasland-Beveren 2–3 Oostende Beveren
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Attendance: 0
Cercle Brugge v Oostende
9 February 2021 Seventh round Cercle Brugge 3–1 Oostende Bruges
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bert Put

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 8 March 2021[8]
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Pro League Belgian Cup Total
1 7 FW Senegal Makhtar Gueye 11 2 13
10 FW Zambia Fashion Sakala 13 0 13
3 17 MF Denmark Andrew Hjulsager 3 1 4
4 5 DF Belgium Arthur Theate 3 0 3
18 MF Northern Ireland Cameron McGeehan 3 0 3
26 MF Belgium Kévin Vandendriessche 3 0 3
7 4 DF Scotland Jack Hendry 2 0 2
21 FW Austria Marko Kvasina 2 0 2
9 6 MF France Maxime D'Arpino 1 0 1
27 MF Belgium Brecht Capon 1 0 1
29 MF Belgium Robbie D'Haese 1 0 1
33 DF Belgium Anton Tanghe 1 0 1
34 MF Germany Nick Bätzner 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Totals 45 4 49

References

  1. ^ "Spelers A-Kern" (in Dutch). K.V. Oostende. Archived from the original on 14 December 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. ^ "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  8. ^ "2020-2021 Oostende Stats". FBref. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

External links

  • Official website