| 2019–20 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Ivan De Witte | |||
| Manager | Jess Thorup | |||
| Stadium | Ghelamco Arena | |||
| Belgian First Division A | 2nd | |||
| Belgian Cup | Seventh round | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Jonathan David (18) All: Jonathan David (23) | |||
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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.
Players
- As of 2 September 2019[1]
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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.
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Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss
| 21 June 2019 Friendly | KRC Gent | 0–2 | |
| 22 June 2019 Friendly | KVV Zelzate | 0–4 | |
| 28 June 2019 Friendly | KFC Merelbeke | 1–6 | |
| 29 June 2019 Friendly | SC Dikkelvenne | 0–6 | |
| 6 July 2019 Friendly | Gent | 3–0 | |
| 13 July 2019 Friendly | Gent | 2–4 | |
| 17 July 2019 Friendly | Gent | 2–0 | | Ghent, Belgium |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| 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 | 55.17 |
| Belgian Cup | 25 September 2019 | 4 December 2019 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 50.00 |
| Europa League | 25 July 2019 | 27 February 2020 | Second qualifying round | Round of 32 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 42.86 |
| Total | 45 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 89 | 52 | +37 | 51.11 | ||||
Last updated: 7 March 2020
Source: Soccerway
Belgian First Division A
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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[lower-alpha 1] |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
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:
- ↑ Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.[2]
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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.[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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 8,237 Referee: Wim Smet |
| 28 September 2019 8 | Gent | 2–0 | Kortrijk | Ghent |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
| 31 October 2019 12 | Anderlecht | 3–3 | Gent | Anderlecht |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
| 7 December 2019 18 | Gent | 2–0 | Zulte Waregem | Ghent |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
| 15 December 2019 19 | Oostende | 2–1 | Gent | Ostend |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Versluys Arena Referee: Bert Put |
| 22 December 2019 20 | Gent | 1–1 | Club Brugge | Ghent |
| 14:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Lawrence Visser |
| 26 December 2019 21 | Standard Liège | 0–1 | Gent | Liège |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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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) |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
| 1 February 2020 24 | Mechelen | 0–3 | Gent | Mechelen |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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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 |
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Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
| 23 February 2020 27 | Gent | 4–1 | Sint-Truiden | Ghent |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jasper Vergoote |
| 1 March 2020 28 | Cercle Brugge | 1–0 | Gent | Bruges |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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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
| 25 September 2019 Sixth round | Eendracht Aalst | 0–4 | Gent | Aalst |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Pierre Cornelisstadion Referee: Christof Dierick |
| 4 December 2019 Seventh round | Charleroi | 1–0 | Gent | Charleroi |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 5,407 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
UEFA Europa League
Second qualifying round
| 25 July 2019 First leg | Gent | 6–3 | | 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.) | | Ovidiu, Romania |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Attendance: 4,088 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain) |
Third qualifying round
| 8 August 2019 First leg | AEK Larnaca | 1–1 | | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) |
| 15 August 2019 Second leg | Gent | 3–0 (4–1 agg.) | | Ghent, Belgium |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 15,533 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden) |
Play-off round
| 22 August 2019 First leg | Gent | 2–1 | | Ghent, Belgium |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 12,198 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland) |
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNT | WLF | STE | OLE | |
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| 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |
| 19 September 2019 1 | Gent | 3–2 | | Ghent, Belgium |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 14,928 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel) |
| 3 October 2019 2 | Oleksandriya | 1–1 | | Lviv, Ukraine |
| 18:55 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 7,588 Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark) |
| 24 October 2019 3 | Gent | 2–2 | | Ghent, Belgium |
| 18:55 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 15,437 Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia) |
| 7 November 2019 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–3 | | Wolfsburg, Germany |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 11,620 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) |
| 28 November 2019 5 | Saint-Étienne | 0–0 | | Saint-Étienne, France |
| 18:55 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 25,315 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 12 December 2019 6 | Gent | 2–1 | | Ghent, Belgium |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 13,156 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania) |
Knockout phase
Round of 32
| 20 February 2020 First leg | Roma | 1–0 | | Rome, Italy |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 28,248 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria) |
| 27 February 2020 Second leg | Gent | 1–1 (1–2 agg.) | | Ghent, Belgium |
| 18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 17,557 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain) |
Statistics
Squad appearances and goals
- Last updated on 7 March 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | UEFA Europa League | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Thomas Kaminski | 44 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 20 | GK | Jari De Busser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | GK | Colin Coosemans | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | 42 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| 12 | DF | Franck Bahi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | Alessio Castro-Montes | 31 | 2 | 14+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Milad Mohammadi | 24 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Ibrahima Cissé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | DF | Nana Akwasi Asare | 23 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| 23 | DF | Mikael Lustig | 30 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | Reuben Yem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | DF | Bruno Godeau | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | DF | Ihor Plastun | 43 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 3 | MF | Eric Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Elisha Owusu | 41 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | 42 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 9 | MF | Roman Bezus | 29 | 7 | 14+7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Giorgi Chakvetadze | 12 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Dylan Mbayo | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Brecht Dejaegere | 23 | 1 | 6+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 | |
| 22 | MF | Sulayman Marreh | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | Sven Kums | 32 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Roman Yaremchuk | 30 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | |
| 11 | FW | Anderson Niangbo | 8 | 3 | 1+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 13 | FW | Giorgi Kvilitaia | 33 | 3 | 8+15 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+8 | 0 | |
| 16 | FW | Jonathan David | 40 | 23 | 24+3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |
| 29 | FW | 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 | Jan Van den Bergh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | MF | Nicky Beloko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Sigurd Rosted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Jean-Luc Dompé | 9 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Giorgi Beridze | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 22 | FW | Mamadou Sylla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 28 | DF | Dylan Bronn | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 31 | FW | Yuya Kubo | 12 | 3 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 | |
| 33 | MF | Louis Verstraete | 11 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | |
| 76 | DF | Timothy Derijck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017. Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Gent of Antwerp naar Europa League? Zet mijn geld toch op hun". voetbalnieuws.be (in Dutch). 25 August 2019.